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VICE ALONG THE BORDER Mexican Saloonkeepers Reaping Harvest From Americans Mexican towns along the Texas border are reaping a harvest from American men and women addicted to the drinking and gambling habif. j When state wide prohibition was put j into effect in Texas, and later when the United States government sought, to rid the Southwest of gamblers and | women of mipstinnahle reDutation. i ? Jaurez. Matamoros. Piwlras X'egras. i and Nuevo Laredo vied with each! other in providing a haven for those I who might wish to cross the Mexican : bonier and continue the pursuits they; had followed in Texas. Hundreds of saloons and gambling dens were opened and now they are yielding their proprietors and the Mexican government a neat income. Beer, made in Monterey but bearing an American label, is being sold at 35 cents a pint bottle in N'uevo Laredo. Whiskey sells for from 25 to 50 cents a bottle, and, unless a Sunday is particularly dull, it is declared a hotel that does not take in more than $300 is doing a small business. The Mexican officials protect the saloons and gambling d^is of their cities, in fact, encourage them. It is said that when the mayor of Nuevo Laredo opposed gambling in saloons, he was removed from office and a mayor pro tern who.permitted gambling was put in his place. ) Saloons and gambling dens in Mex* ico pay a heqvy license tax. At this time Mexican border towns which are reaping big money off Americans, both at the bar and at gambling tables; give magnificent sums for their privileges. o Good Roads Increase Value of Farm After making an economic survey of eight counties, specialists of the Office of Public Roads determined the dollar.? and cents effect of good roads on land values. Improvement of the main market roads increased the selling price of tillable farm lands frnm 2S tn 194 Der cent. With the development and improvement of the roads comes a development of the rural activities. The markets can be reached more quickly, work can be carried on in unfavorable weathei^ the schools and churches can be more readily attended, and the ^ community is improved socially. All such influences have a powerful effect in makinj: the farms more valuable. While some farms, relatively poor so far as fertility is concerned, yet beI ] LET'S BE in ! Raise 1 I ? S BIGAl ' OF . i Poland Phil I UIUIIU Ullll | WIL] | Lake City, S. j ! i These are al They are real I ! with each Hog. i the suckling pig | single treatment ! to sixty days. i j Come and s< W | day, the 13th, at I the Highest bit j j J.J. M.GI i cause of their location on a good highway, comnianci a much higher t price than poorly located farms ol greater fertility. In Spotsylvania county. Virginia. ^ the average value of the farms per , acre after the roads were improved was $28.26. as compared with $17.31 previous to the improvement. In Dinwiddie county. Virginia, the actual price of 13 farms sohf or offered for { sale from 1909 to 191 1 ranged in price ' from $3.38 to $43.71 per acre before i the roads were improved, and from ' 4.U JJ?Z4.<U lo per aciv aiiui mv # roads had been properly built. , In Lee county. Virginia, a study j of eight tracts along the roads before and after their improvement, indicated that these properties had increas- , ed in value about $23 per acre, or 70 per cent. Similar results could be obtained in Williamsburg where there is not only a pressing need for better roads, but a greater spirit of cooperation in keeping the roads in the county in perfect condition after they are properly built, graded and surfaced. It is useless to spend money building a perfect road if it does not receive the necessary care to maintain its condition indefinitely. ?unatiMr,: m c mm ) How to Kei t ON THE I ? e ;<r f <Sm^ I The Fordson Tractor has mad g thousands of young Americans. A J ing more profitable by increasing done in a given time. Call on us b S you' 1 D. C. SCOTT, JR., . | Kingstree, - Ell EE I I III J HIE BOH \ More Liv< JCTION REGISTEF 4 ia & Duroc J I. TAKE PLACE C? December 13, 1 young Hogs, 3 to bargains. Registra Ail are cholera [S and they have I which holds good i ie these hogs at La 11a. m., when they lder. RAHAM, 0 Doinir is very largely a question of I lying. j o | See our line of Grain I M ills. Stalk i Gutters. I>isc Harrows, etc. j kVlLLIAMSBl'RG LIVESTOCK CO. t . .r-T | $100 Reward, $100 j Catarrh is a local disease greatly lnflu inced by constitutional conditions. It I herefore tequires constitutional treat- a nent. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE I s taken internally and acts through the | 31ood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sya- = em. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE | lestroys the foundation of the disease. , = ;lv the patient strength by improving I :ht general health and assists nature In i loing its work. $100.00 for any case ot11 :atarrh that HALL'S CATARRH 11 MEDICINE falls to cure. I Druggists 75c. Testimonials free. 7. J. Cheney ft Co.. Toledo. Ohio. I KZEMAP! NONET BACK j Anthout questiooif Hunt's SsNs , I fails in the treatment of Bciema f 1 Is Tetter, Ringworm, Itch, etc J 1 Don't become discouraged be- f / = cause other Teatmrnts failed. K M I Hunt's Sale# has relieved hun- aft M dreds of such cases You can't # I lose on our Manay Back Guarantee. Try it at our risk I TODAY Price 75c at W. V. Brockington. M. D. j! - | Mi I 'il llie; i 5. m j ip the Boy 1j . 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