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Vol. IX.
THOMSON, G.A., FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1909.
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PRICES THAT MAKE
WISE FOR YOU
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Anticipate
ants
Specials In Dry Goods.
Tumblers, first quality, set 9e
A A A Unbleached Sheeting - - 6-1-2 yd
25c Colgates Talcum Powders - - 13c
Ice Tea Tumblers, set, 48c
Standard Calico’s at - - - - - 5c yd
& 1,50 Bead Spreads at $1.13
$50.00 3 piece suit oak furniture at $42.75
75c value Dress Shirts at
50c
We Sell
High Class Goods
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Specials In Mens Furnishings.
You will be up-to-date if you purchase
cue of our two piece suits.
Shirts in plain an .I pleated bosom with
attached or detached cuffs. Light weight
Balbrighan and Mesh underwear. All sizes.
$1.00 Mohair and Brilliantine at - 76c
60 inch Mohair at ----- - 46c
$12.50 Glass Front Book Case at $9.50
$10.00 Chiffoniers at
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Thomson, 6a,.
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G. W. & C. I\ (Jrail'dde announce to the public
that thev have opened a Grocery Store on Railroad
Street in the building recently occupied by j. R
Jones, where they will constantly beep on hand n
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June 1st, 1DC9.
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. i, ' K UU.r Progress ;•—
. ; I ii c,nv.|)Ii!inoe with your request unit
*” ! invitation, I lake llie liberty In annoy
HI 1 i'ii- readers of your paper, which I am
j proud to say, my home paper: with a i Ulc N^vai Uoanh Yhus enabling 1.1,’ein
\ii If'v lines lin Wealtle as it appears today U) ., (m|v ||r , lt>lt . livo llu , lils , ,■
p, [ and net only Seattle, hut .many of
V | tii • We tem towns and cities'.
S'J j Seattle along will, other Western
w , Ilf, : is lastly populating, yes sotue-
The camera will ho adjusted alter
the fashion of llie ( Vmpa -, .0 that it
will remain level in spite of the pitch
ing and tossing of I he Hup. Pictures
will then he made of tiie various vessels
undi r full speed tiring' at a target. The
result will he shown on a .croon, as in
| a regular mov ing picture show, before
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They solicit
public, and
Groceries.
a fait share of the patronage of the
guarantee fair prices, correct ® fights
and first-class goods.
Hi
diheionl classes of vessels, their meth
ods cf handling anil filing, their etti-
cieney etc.
This will he tin* lirsi time in the
World that .Motion Pictures have been
so applied, and the scheme is likely In
bo of great value to the. Navy, especial
ly in the Ordnance Department.
G. W. &
Railroad Street,
G. F. GRANADE.
THOMSON, liA. ,
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GEORGIA W. C T. U-
:?.i rkhanck iu*:c 11:i,a rio;ss,
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1 908 BANNER YEAR.i
Not-withstanding the panic and other business c
drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous j
year. We are better prepared than ever to serve you *
and can give you your money’s worth every time.
Agents for Sucrene Food.
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what faster than it is acquiring si Po
st an lla't business ; such as shops, plants,
and manufacturing to uphold such a
j lust glow III in population, bill where
j we find tlie masses and labor Hocking, i |
capitalist will follow, and in many I
ways, lelieving the congealed situation; |
j but never forgetting to pocket, the j
pn.lil under our present system of j |
i governmonf. A gold deal of ilisciHsieii of itiis' '
' ’ .. I,. 1 1 11., .,1 nfibjec was brought on hv the eourl
Having side eked tie sa.lhef'1, I ^ ■, .,
n I marl ial for (Ifumkeimess ol the rap-
vv ill ret ill'll to Neat tie with a heautiliil j j •, j 11 of the (ieorgia during the recent !
water front on Piurcl Hound and hut a j record breaking round-the-world cruise, ;
few miles from a range of Casoadw nml various criticisms were made Dial
Moimtains, showing imii'h ofthe cilecl, I "'ere founded on erroneous impres-
in her hilly and rolling streets and} -sIoiih. Any rcliccUng person will,
avenues, and entirely surrounding ! readily conclude that with forty Hums- j
Lake ( iiion and Croon Hake two »»<l ”H'n in its employ and the honor
small bodies of Wilier and bordering 'and ellicloncy of the service at stake,
fm several miles on Hake Washington. Hu* N>y 'epartmeut must havoj
j Scuttle bus several nice and pictures- j Ki ven to this subject Ihe closest athai-j
lion with a view to bringing about the .
best results. It will be interesting to
Boneviile.
PKOAlAir.
I! Coopov of Hucltlioail,
fipenfc several days in Boneviile
I'l'c.'iii 1 y. While acre he was act
ing Agent, of the Georgia Railroad
in {dace of the regular agent who
had stopped off.
M r Bonnei^Yeuiig aceompanied
by In-- If rot lio r, Mr. James Young, 1
attended religious services at \
While.ink Hunday.
Mr. J . B. Wall \gent of *.hu 1
tii nr ;i:i Railroavl at Villa place !
spent .Saturday and Sunday in:
Atlanla and with friends in Cuv-
mgton.
Mr. anrl .vtrs. E. Lavigno visit
ed t! roved own Sunday.
Mrs. ('. Boss Wall who lms he. n .
wry tick for the past two weeks, *
is at (Ins writing somewhat. 1111-1
proved*
The prospi'c 1 .'. for hotuiliftil
crops seems bright, for which we
should render grateful thanks to
t he Giver of all that'is good .
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!! Thomson Mercantile Co.
Announce to the people of McDuffie and adjoining
counties that they have recently greatly enlarged their
' |* business and are now better prepared than ever before
p to furnish their customers, friends and the public
generally with every article usual!', kept in a Grocery
Store. At our store on Railroad Street vou can al
ways find a large stock of \^"S
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Flour, Meal, Meat,. Lard, Suga^,
Molasses, Salt, Tobacco,
ging and Ties.
And many other harm Supplies! The buantities in
which we will purchase these goods will make us buy
and sell at the LOWEST market prices. We solicit
the patronage of the trading public.
l Arrington Bros. S CompanyG
S LEADING GROCERS,
j 863 13ROA D, ST., AlJG USTA, G A >
ipic parks; and many places of amuse- |
s J meat, including theatrical hails I
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j ! With a population < t more than 1
Vj j three Imuilied thou ,and, she lias
p 1 churelies of all ilcnomiiuUio:i and creed 1
(7 and her school facilities arc good willij
^ j private, public and high schools. Also j
the l.’niversity of Washington.
my are employed by the merctui-
tradc, with ihe usual number en-
| gaged in building and City improve
ments i‘|c., mvl some among the few
I -hops anil luctories ami shipping docks
j etc.
1 Hat. 'the writer ventures to say
' Seattle tuts more agents, real estate
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And find the trnrket
unfavor:t’ for your
producer The farmer
w!i.) ha
G-st. 'l
4f-3t of 6
. m .11 and pioinolers of some proposition,
I than any town on the l’aoilic coast,
! still with the hustle and vim everyone
! c rrrier through the. West; it will be
j bJt a few years and Seattle will itc-
i v.-lop inta a large ar.d prosperous city ;
I and as many oft tie boosters term it,
I the “New York 1 ' ofthe West.
! The uncouth conditions arc failing
I daily; with many available op
portunities and great speed to advance
ment. (A G HO I id IAN.)
know just what the regulations arc,
anil we have been at some pains to
ascertain delinitely.
The law forbids distilled spirits on
board ships of the Navy, except med
ical spirits carried by ti 1 a ship’s
surgeon, to be used only as medicine ;.
but, olllcers 'may legally have a "wine
mess," in which cacti oillcer subscribes
about ten dollars for the purchase of a :
supply of wine, beer, mineral waters
cigars and such things; and then in
dividuiils sign receipts for what they j
use, and pay as they would do in j
any club.
Knlisted men are not allowed to
have any kind of intnxicant on boariE Story and lamily
Salem,
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Goo Story and bo a, Must*
1:1011. wore llie gnosis of Mr. J. g?"
a teiepru
e useless
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S. Dunaway Snnrlay Iasi
Mastor \Y. Y. Dunaway was the.
guest of Master John e Story Sun- j
ilay lust.
Messrs Ike Hartley and T.<in|
Montgomery were the guest .of j
Mr. Geo Story Sunday afternoon. |
Mr. Hebert McGlamery from
Eincoln was the guest of Mr., Geo,
Sunday.
ship. A few years ago the expert-! ^ , llu | (;i, ;l r!io Chulker
meat was tried of giving them beer tt 1 , 11 «| ( ,a Sunday school at Sweet-
male in limited amounts at certain Nva(el . | a ., t Sunday .
hours ; usviillynt meal tune ; but the ^ ^ *
ililllciilty of regulatinf this was sW airs. Sarah liumphrey
imieh greater with the hundreds of lantu, Wit-, the guest ol
men than with the fewer olllcers that Sinmns Sunday last.
Mr. A. D. Ivey was the guest of
Mr, \j. ('. Dunaway Sunday.
Misses Sojrhia and Rubio Si
mons were the gu sin of Misses
.1 >e and Ola Ivey Sunday last.
Mrs, M illie Rugers accompanied
by her daughter Miss Annie, and j
her noire Mist A. 0. Bird and
Misses Cora Leo and Jennie Wide.*
ner, were t he guests at the home
of Mrs - M. R. A. Dunaway Sun
day ivttcrnoon last.
jOUR PRICES ON
Building Material
. . . Will Save You -From .. .
TO 20 PER CENT
of Al-
Mrs. (ho
ps
t his home can telephone
thus saved are worth the
Under
p!.;n of the Hell System the service
costs but a tr.iie; the farther owns the instrument
and the equipment.
Write to nearest; Dell Telephone
Manager-for pamphlet, or address
Farmers' Line T, nvantmcnl
soiTHfM uai and mEcaAFB co.
1h OOCJT& I'HVrf sfJztf,- ATLANTA. CA.
it was abandoned.
Thus olllcers are allowed more
priviligcs than enlisted men, but the
penalties keen pace with the privi-
, ... , „ ... leges. The usual punishment for an
Moving Pictures of baval Battles- eillislC(1 insin whl , muiiag es to get
The uses lo which Motion Pictures drunk 011 board ship is three days im-
may be put are many and varied. prison men t, but an olltccr in a sim-
I'or educational purposes in schools ilar case must face a general court
they have assumed importance scarcely martial and a vi ry, severe sentence,
.second to text books. In Church work In the mutter of drinking no restric-
j they have become a factor and in po-Jt'cns are placid upon any one on
litical campaigns and for advertising j shore leave beyond the strict require-
[ seliemes t heir value lias long been incut tliat no one’s conduct may bring
i recognized. They are also used for I discredit to the service.
| recruiting purposes in the Army and j A continuous record of sobriety is
1 Navy, for llie amusement and educa- j kept for every* officer and man in the
j lion of Deaf mutes, Exiles in the Leper j Navy ; and this record must be mark-
I Colonies, sufferers in hospitals, and on j ed at least twice every year; usually
I Ocean liners to influence tlie immi-! much oftener than that. And this
I gr nts to go West. Studies in Botany ! record has a real influence often a
! and Horticulture, shovvingtheProgress deciding one, upon a persons career,
j of .plants from tlie planting of a seed to As an example oi the normal use
1 the iruititiou of the plant lias been 1 of the “wine mess privilege of, the
| made, and naturalists and hunters
j have -applied them with equal ad-
' vantage.
j Now come the newest and most im-
; portarit phases of all.
! The Motion i'ictu re Patents Company
| has issued a license to the United
Stales Navy to operate under its pat-
ents, in making motion pictures of
• Battleships in action.
officers it may l>e said that on one
ofthe battleships where there were
twenty olllcers the monthly bills av
eraged less than five dollars. Tobacco
probably accounted for half of the total,
and when .you deduct from the remain
der a good percentage for mineral
waters and other "soft’’ Uriahs, i 1 will
be s.’en that the preportion spent for
wine alone is small.
Sure we will welcome you Polly,
come again, 1 enjoyed reading
yihif letter last week. I like par
rots anyway.
Mrs. Sam McCorkle and eliild-
ron» were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. G. \Y. Simons Sunday last.
I see that the automobiles nr
taking the place of the horse and
buggy rapidly in this settlement.
Roy. J C Adams filled his regu
lar appointment at Saleiii Sunday
last.
Well let us all h"l[ out l lie
Sunday schools.
Lime, Cement, Plaster,
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Screen Doors, Screen
Sash and etc. Mantels*
Grates, Tile, Paints, Var
nish, Grlass. Building
material of all kinds .. ..
Our services arc prompt
jj
Write For Prices.
Our materialls the best.
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ft. J. HORNE § CO.
657 Broad St Augusta, Ga.
Long Distance Phone 473.
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