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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
11
Slore Rice will be planted in state as demand rises for Carolina rice considered best made. South Carolina holds thousands of acres of rich alluvial lands once used for rice, now largely fallow due to Tiger disease and drought. Prices remain surprisingly low amid revival hopes for rice cultivation.
Gets-It removes corns and calluses with a few drops turning them into a single peel like a banana skin. No plasters or knives needed, says the national remover used by millions. Guaranteed money back and sold at drug stores. promoted by E. Lawrence & Co. of Chicago and Harmon Ding Co. of Lexington.
The article traces South Carolina rice lands, once aiding flourished farming, toward diversification into highland staples and truck crops. Gulf states’ machinery, cheap timber for dikes, and labor shifts reduced rice's past prominence, though 1918–19 saw a rebound in plantings and prices. It argues true modernization requires large-scale, federally supported water control and drainage projects to unlock future production and population growth.
The American Red Cross has equipped a large building in Posen Western Poland to house 500 orphans gathered from devastated districts by the Polish government. The article notes soil improvement tips using coal ashes or lime to loosen heavy soils and improve moisture retention, alongside plant refuse aiding decomposition.
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