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Vol. IX.
THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1909.
No. 4.
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MCCOMMONS-BUSH-BOSWELL COMPANY, "HSU
In The Furniture Dept.
Solid car Furniture just arrived,
get our prices before you buy.
Mosquito Canopies all prices.
Large assortment of Rugs and
Art Squares. -
We sell the Belmont Range for
$35.00, Guarantee satisfaction.
Large assortment Enamel Ware.
Fruit Jars and Jelly Tumblers.
Peerless Ice Cream Freezers.
Trunks for your Summer trip.
Mr. and Mrs. new couple:-
We know you thought about it
a long time before you did it, or if
you haven't yet bought the license,
that you are wondering whether
or not two can live as cheaply
as one.
Two times one will come closer
to being one if you buy that fur
niture from us. - -
In The Dry Goods
Department.
White Pique and Madras for shirt
waist and suits 10 to 25c yd.
Standard Calicoes at 5c. - -
Figured and White Lawn at 5
to 12 l-2e yd. -
Regular 9c yard wide Bleaching
at 8c.
See the bargain counter for Slip
pers and Towels. Something
special. -
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G. W. (Sc G. F. Granade announce to the public
that they have opened a Grocery Store on Railroad
Street in the building*-recently occupied by J. P-
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The Passing Country Mills.
Withtn iv uwlius of three cuiles from
simtU town of north Georgia, in one
of tiie iinest farming countries i" live
StiUe, tiiere were n few years since four
grist. mills run by water power, and all
supported by grain grown in the coun
try. One of them, after standing idle
for a time haa burned down, and no
el To rt lias been made to rebuild it.
Two Olivers are standing idle, the dams
broken, the buildings rotting down.
One still runs aitout halt time, grind
ing Western grain.
Ill the days when these four mills
rim live thousands of horse power now
The Georgia Railrose! Strike
And Their Suppliers
The Georgia Railroad strike was cal
culated to, as advocated by the otllciais
and members of The Rrotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engiuomon,
to give the while firemen sonority, or
superiority. They, no doubt, never
•liings more in to a joke than u riot, as
in several instances they treated the j
strikebreakers to a gold medal, rail-1
load fare and wish them a (tod speed.]
All these things go to show that the I
people of Georgia are people that like
to do as they would like to lie done by.
| They seem, to only want to impress j
! upon the railroad management their j
They solicit
public, and
a fair share of the patronage of the
guarantee fair prices, correct weights
It.ad an idea of haying such a support, sincere support of the firemen’s cause,
by file people along the line and the! and did not want to harm any one.
whole state as well; til fact the whole i There are oTlicr ways, as the people
South. Therefore their p.irpjsc was a . Ilr e nheudy aware, to make tnernil-j
more daring one i less Hum a hundred • routLsnkmiL to their wishes than by !
men lighting a corporation of several j violence. I am quite sure tlie people
hundred thousand d o I 1 a r s . j of Thomson and the rest of the state |
li goes t.o show their courage mid valor] w ill grasp the opportunity of easting I
and first-class goods.
G. W. & G. F. GRANADE.
annually wasted w er<* adding to the | in leaving their -engines, not knowing ! their ballot in support, of an issue to
wealth of the community. The people t hut they would ever be permitted to re- ! make the railroad submit to the wishes
round about ate pure Hour and meal • turn; but hoping, they made the move.' 0 f the people. In such a way there
made from their own grain. The! \\ hen t h^*-strike Went into elfeel. Hie j would be law uiul order and a victory
growing of this grain caused a partial; people heaol the reason, and in a mo- • that will be to the satisfaction of the
the cause was a 1
Railroad Street,
THOMSON, GA.
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\ 190 8 BANNER 'YEAR.
^ Not-withstanding the nanic and other business
previous
you
panic
i drawbacks, our sales were larger than any
j year. We are better prepared than ever to serve
< and can give you your money’s worth every time
Agents for Sucrene Food.
Arrington Bros. & Company, >
. LEADING '-GROCERS, >
j 863 13ROAD, ST., AUGUSTA, GA. ^
rotation of crops, and the farming
lands were thereby ltniiroved. The
people had fewer debts, fewer troubles,
and fewer stomach disc ises.
The change in conditions has been
brought about by the wild
grew more cotton, to grow cotton lo
the exclusion of home supplies. M'any
Iof t:.e country merchants, pursuing a
[short sighted policy, have aided in the
isp.ieading of an economic erior. They
have told their funner customers that
they could grow cotton to buy Hour,
meat, and corn cheaper than these
articles could be raised. They have,
volunteered to "run’ 1 the farmer with
crop mortgages as security The fund
amental idea probably was that in this
manner the merchant would he enabled
to sell to the farmer goods to the
amount ol his cotton crop, but over-
luoKing the fact that under the one
incut they saw the cause was a good
and just one, not only for the white
farmers and city people as well. They
remembered that their forefathers were
the Originators, promoters and supporl-
(cramble to | ers of the railroad industry, and they
themselves supported the railroad by
their patronage. They felt, that the
railroad management did mg appie-
olate their patronage, even so much as
granting whut they ; bought a reason
able and just request.
If the railroad had not, treated the
people with what we will term ns such
defiance they would not have been put
to such a high point of resistance.
The citizens llir.t took such an active
part, are no duibt, as
good citizens as we have in 1 he country.
They should not be branded by some
as disgracing their neighborhood and
selves. The violence seem to have been
exaggerated, as it appears to have been
to
In Any
Emergency
The Telephone* is the
quickest means of se
curing relief or calling
assistance. In rural
districts the doctor cr
the neighbors can. be sum
moned in less time than it takes
crop idea the cotton would not more
than cover the prices charged for meat,! a make believe than an aim
imul, lard, Dour, corn, and hay, till injure any one. The supporters, as •
articles to which a groat prolit wid not I they have shown, did not want to I
adhere. The consequence was that »arm any one, as they are aware that
i while the merchant got all the cotton 'he railroad is the greatest advantage
I crop he got but little profit, and could j ° r ^ seeia ’° huve turned
! get this protit only once per year. In j
the meantime, the single crop pian has j is true in a greater or less degree of
depleted the humus in the soil, has 1 thousands of others hi the cotton belt,
•sused leaching and washing into gul- j While the more progressive ot our fur-
ii,id the abandonment of hrge I agricultural schools, ugri-
mection
ith the Bell System puts you
whole country. You need a
your home.
• Write to nearest Bell
Telephone Manager for
pamphlet, or address
Farmers* line Department
Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co.
lies,
areas whioh were once productive, and j
which were annually adding to the I
wealth of the community. The effort
to grow greater acreage of cotton each
year lias led the people into poor pre
paration, a n ere scratching of the sur
face, which has added to the injury
done to the lands, and has induced
careless and slovenly farming, if such
work can he called farming. As an
example of the deterioration of the
farming lunds we cite one large plan
tation, lying on iioth sides o' ft river,
and within a mile aod a half of one ot
these abandoned mills, which in the
days when the mills were running pro-
pueed over a brie of cotton to tbe acre
.on lands where now it takes three to
live acres to make a bale.
The injury done to this one com
munity through the loss of horse pow
er annually wasted, the farm lands
I abandoned, the damage done to those
yet in cultivation bv depleting the
I humus, tlie loss of money in cireula
| lion tho ugh sending it North and
! West in payment for meat, lard, corn,
j hay, and flour can hardly he coinput
( e'b The damage to the individual is
I still greater through the fact that he
| has become burdened witti the crop
mortgage system that his farm opera
tions are conducted in a slovenly man
ner—fie lias in fact forgotten how to
farm, and can not teach his children
how to farm. He can onl.v tcaeli them
, to plant cotton, after a fashion,
j W hat is true of this one community
cultural press, and the Farmers’ Union
are teaching the salvation of diversifi
ed farming and raising home supplies',
too many of our merehonts are yet
pursuing the short sighted policy of
urging the people to plant more cotton.
And it is a sad commentary on the con
dition of the country Unit many of our
farmers are too deeply in the debt of
these merchants to do otherwise than
as directed,
Intelligent self interest should dic
tate to all merchants, hunkers, and
professional men that the people
should be encouraged to face about in
their 1 arming. The farmer who raises
his home supplies can spend his cotton
money for clothing, shoes, furniture,
tools and implements which carry a
good percentage of prolit, and which
the people now need, but in many
cases are forced to do without. The
farming class, as a rule, is a spending
class. The merchant need not fear the
farmer will put his cotton money in
an old sock and hide it awuv. He
will still spend it. The merchant will
.till bundle the money of tlie cotton
crop. Then why not handle it in a
manner whioh will give him a better
profit, and at tlie same time leave the
people and the lands in better condi
tion'/ The banker will have increased
deposits, the professional man will he
more promptly paid. In fact all class
es and conditions will be' materially
improv ed by the abandonment of this
economic err< r,—Southern Cultivator.
llrct-nen and 1 heir supporters.
Let uu hope that by arbitrating the
issue will gbe the firemen and the
people satisfaction, that the men that
the matter ties Jin the hands of will
seek to have the white man retain h's
correct place.
I f they don’t decide to the satisfac
tion of the people, which we do not
believe otherwise than to adhere to
the s inti men t of the people, when the
time that both shies are bound expires
Southern geo pic can send representa
tives to the correct places to pass laws
in accordance with the wishes of the
slate to make the railroad submit,
and not cause any innocent one to
suffer. .1. I*. I’r.PKKRTT.
Augusta, Ga.
Slight Decrease In Cotton Acreage.
New Orleans, La., June lit,—The
Times-Democrat, in publishing its first
report of tlie cotton crop of 190!), will
to-morrow summarize conditions as|
follows:
“There has been a moderate decrease
in acreage—probably about 6 per
cent.
“Taking the belt as n whole, the
condition of the plant leaves much to
be desired.
•‘The supply cf labor is fairly
adequate, as rule, though there is a
good deal of complaint in some sec
tions.
Among the reports from the cotton
belt of unusual features is Ihe follow
ing from Austin, Texas:
“That central Texas is without a cot
ton crop, with half of the month of
June gone by, may he a state of affairs
dittieult to imagine, yet such is the
ease, and to farmers of this section it is
a sail realty.
“This is generally admitted through
out the rural precincts, and it is be
lieved that the same conditions exist
throughout the state and most of the
southwest. The state department of
agriculture in this city confirms this
statement. In fact, there is so little
cotton in the ground that a compari
son between the acreage .• f this year
and that of last is next to itnpossib e.
About the only cotton well grown at
the present time lias been raised al
most exclusively by the ‘hot house’
rnetl.o l.”
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
to furnish their customers, friends and the public
generally with every article usually kept in a Grocery
Store. At our store on Railroad Street you can al
ways find a large stock ot
Flour, Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar,
Molasses. Salt, Tobacco, Bag
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 tlie trading public.
Thomson Mercantile Co.
jOUR PRICES j ON I
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crw. ymr.'ur. g.awj.a.. _u. u
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10 TO 20 PER CENT
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llucklen's Arnica Salve. Its the oiiei
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Bruises, Bores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, I
Eczema. Balt Rheuna. For Bore Eyes,
Cold Bores, Chapped Hands its su-}
prerne. Infallible for Pika. Only 25c at i
Gibson Drug Co.,-A. .1. Mathews.
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Lime, Cement, Plaster,
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Screen Doors, Screen
Sash and etc. Mantels,
Grates, Tile, Paints, Var
nish, Glass. Building
material of all kinds .. ..
Our services are prompt.
Write For Prices.
Our material is the best.
RTTHORNEsTa
657 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
Long Distance Phone 473.