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FOR LADIES.
12
600 yards Colored Lawns reduced from 5 and 6
cents to *t •• •• «• •• •• ••
360 yards Mercerized Ginghams reduced
from SO cents to ..
300 yards Cotton Pongee in solid colors reduced
froM 26 cents to v
800 yards Miscellaneous embroidery reduced
from 12 1-2 cents to
And most extraordinary value flaunces for
ladies dresses 27 inches wide at 60 cents
and 20 inches at
44 pair Ladies QUEEN QUALITY Shoes,
Tan and Wine, reduced from 3,00 and 3,50
to 2,36 and
22 pair Childrens Oxfords black and tan
4c
l-2c
19c
5c
FOR MEN.
Brothers Summer
48 Cen *1
rasper yd
$2.65
AT COST
36 Suits Strouse and
Clothing 33 to 42
42 Suits Boys Clothing from
years -
3 to 1?
At Cost
At Cost
Remember that these goods are the best
that money can buy, and the reduction is
something substantial. They have not been
marked up for the purpose of being marked
down a certain per cent, but you buy them
Al Cost
When it comes $0 Mid Summer sales we run one all Summer. There has not been a time, and will not be, when your
money will go further elsewhere than when spent with us
The T. A. Scott Company
Dollar Per Year.
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. flue. PADMER, Editor.
I. E. Fakmkr,
I,. M. Fatimkr \ PnblmlicrA.
JCutered at the Poatoffice in Tlimn-
tou m second class matter.
J>v Official OnoAN of McDuffie
County.
Advertisements from responsible parties
Wilt be published until ordered out when
the timo is not specified on the copy
And psym.nl exacted accordingly.
Communications for individual l>n oft,
f of a personal character, charged fur
a advertisements.
Obituaries, tbe first hundred words free
of charge. Bach extra word, one cent per
word, cash with copy.
THOMSON. C>A., JULY 31, 1009
THE DETERIORATION OF
THE COTTON CROP.
Within the last ton days there
has been a marked deterioration
of tho cotton crop in McDuffie,
and the prospect* for a largo yield
this year arc not so bright us at
Anytime heretofore.
Tbe men who thirty days ago
wore a smile that would not como
off, now finds that it ha* como
off all right and in its place (here
is left n pale and sickly grin.
Men who expected fifteen bales to
tho plow are now down to twelve,
and a.similar reduction in esti
mates nos been made nil along
tho line. And properly so, be-
oauso the cotton crop of this
county is now in a precarious esm-
dition. In a good large part of
- the county exceasivn rains have
fa]leu throughout the spring and
summer, and the plant is lar<w
and sappy. A few days of dry
woather^has already caused this
cotton to begin to abed its fruit
and turn rod at the bottom, and
a two weeks drought would com
plete the worlcsjf destruction.
In another nail of the county
the rains have continued so ex
cessive that it lias boon absolute
ly impossible to work tho crop,
and cotton, grass and all are now
the same height.
In the up*er section of the
county exoossivc rains continue to
fall with the result that thero will
soon be a large supply of weeds
there.
When we remember that the
entire month of August is before
us. and that the hot parching
winds of that month usually do
the work of destruction, wo can
not hope fur a bumper crop for
McDuffie County.
THE GEORGIA GAME LAWS-
Whenever tho legislature meets
there is sure to lie a change in the
Georgia genie laws. These ehang'-s
have been made so often that it
lias been almost impossible for
even the lawyers to keep up with
tho law and answer questions re
garding hunting and fishing with
out reference to tne law books.
fled as game arc: Quail* dor*#,
wild ducks, rails, coots, mtfdlnsas,
wild swan, wild geese, brant,
gal I initios, shore birds, ptoYers,
surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sand
pipers, tailors, curlews, wild turk
eys, grouse, pheasants, deer, fox
squirrel, black a. d gmy squirrel!
and rabbits.
‘•The hunt mg season fur all of
the above mentioned, except dorr,
is fixed from December 1 to March
I,". Only during November and
Decernuer may grown male doer
bo sli t. Females ami fawns may
net be killed at any time.”
The serious objection to this
law in this section will be opposi
tion to that clause that postpones
the tiling of doves until Decem
ber, when there are no doves here
THIS GROWING BANK
INVITES YOUR ACCOUNT
Jf you a;c not ft Depositor of tho FIRST
NATIONAL yon ought to be.
THE FIRST NATIONAL wants your ac
count whether it is tho smallest; or tho
largest.
It lias the Capital, the facilities and the
desire t: secure every class of customers.
The officers will be pleased to consult with
you personal! y. or by correspondence, with
the view of establishing business relations.
The
First
National
Bank
Of
Thomson,
Capital
and
Surplus
125,000,00
The legislature is again in ses
sion and as usual the game law is
to l>S revised. This time they tint
only limit the timo in which
hunting may lie done but they ill
s'* limit the number of birds a
person may kill during the entire
season.
A hunter can kill during a seas
on but three deer, three wild tur
keys, twenty-live birds, except
doves and snipe. Of the latter
fifty ouch may bo slaughtered.
‘•Those birds uhtl animals speci
to kill'.
Tlifc other sorious objection' to
the law that v ill come from vvery
section of the state is t.hut i“ w ill
not be CbtWoed but will be .T
force. Tito provision which would
hold one nuin down to twenty-five
birds m one season would act as a
license to those who are ever
ready to disregard the law, and
tho final ouloomo would be that,
by almost unanimous consent the
law wuiiid bo ('isregarded
It is well enough■ to have game
Uw§, but before Another change
!• made Georgia should learn to
GtifofCk iirhfct ehe hni.
uMtitieiiiD
PRfSjli/E OCCASION.
AeCui -’in^ to previous ennohir-
'.■wrneiit Veteran*!? M'-irlPirs Dav
was observed at the Methodist
church in ThRfr^oW on Monday
20*. !i r.t 3:30 o'clock fi. iff.- With
siight variation tho program pre
viously nrfafi$?cl byrho committee
composed of members of the
Memorial Association and Daugh
ters of the Confederacy was rend
ered.
Rev. Thomas 11. Timmons
read ilie Scriptures as follows:
fnit. 2:1-1 Rev. 7:9-17. The
congregation was h.d in prayer by
Rev. S.A. Walker After which
t. n o » nng ”M y 1‘ a i t h
Looks Up To Thou” was sung
by i lie choir, tire uinlioncu
was led in an appropriate prayer
by Dr. F. N. Ware. ‘‘Hoc!; of
Ages” was then beautifully sung
by the choir. After which Bro.
H. McCorkle r u ! the list of the
veterans that lisvr di< d binco the
organization of the camp. The
classical poem “Bivouac of the
Dead,” composed by Theodore
O'Hara was eloquently recited by
Miss Marie LazerD y.
' Jesus I.over of by Soul” was
then aut.g by tb« choir. Mr. Tim
mons then explained the difference
bnl ween Memorial Day and
Veterans Memoir's Diiy;' fff'atihg
that on Memorial Day wo discuss
tho original question of the war
and the patriotic questions in
volved.
This occasion it distinctly
religious nnd is intended 113 a
tender and appropriate tribute to
tlie members of the camp that
have d'ed during the past year,
lie then announced for a text 2nd
Cor. 5:1 “For we know, that if
our earth 1 ;/ h Mine of (Lift taber-
naoln were dissolved, wo have a
uiidingof God, an house not
made with hands; eternal in tin*
Heavens,”
Tim Sermon delivered was ap
propriate to the oecasoin, filled
with clear and beautiful thoughts
clothed in forceful and beautiful
angmige. For nearly an. hour
the preacher hold tho close nc-
1 —. 1.
v....v. vu » «« veterans nnd sthors
of the audience and Was warmly
congratulated jiftnvtlib service.
At the close of the discourse,
Miss Oortrtlde Jones sang in her
own inimitable manner. “The
Pearl/ Wiiiib Cii/.*' After which
Mr. MrGorfclv read art appropriate
poem. In bVliAlf of tho tfetorhns
Mr. Timmons exptessed thanks to
Miss Oertttide .lobe*, Who bsd
charge of tbs tnnsic. Miss Mamie
Harrison fthd Miss Mattie* Bello
Burnley for their efficient service
so cheerfully and 80 beautifully
rendered in the music for the cc-
Ciiiiou.
The congregation then joined
the choir in singing *‘God Bo
You Till We Meet Again.” And
the benediction was pronounced
by Rev. T. H Timmons.
The large and appreciative con
gregation tliat had assembled
listened with profund attention
during the entire service, and it
is but fair and just to say that
this was one of tho most impress
ive and beautiful services ever
held iu our midst.
It was a thrilling ami pathetic
scene, this assembling of the
heroes of the great war between
tho States, to pay u loving rein mu-
hrauce to those of their comrades,
who lmvo fallen since the war.
These grey and tired men 6eum
to approbate any kindness and
com tony that is.paid them. And
we who are younger can well
aft* >rd to hold them in preyful
and respectful considoration ; un
til we have parted from the last
one of them at the portals of
death.
Gt t DoWtu’s Corboliz-wl Witch Hazel
tkdvo when you ask for it. Thero aro a
great many imitations, hut ilicro Is jus*.one
original. This salvo is Rood for anythin;;
w-liero a sah o is nueUjil to be used, but it
is especially good for Piles, .‘told by Gib
fcou Drug Co -
Farmers’ Union Rally-
Theib will ba a FarroaT^JJnlou rally
«t Sweetwater August 6th, ftqo. Uovd
speaking on topics of interest. All
farmer* arc invited and everybody re
quested to bring full banket*.
It. E. L. Kv.vn3, Jonhn (J. Dozier,
W. T. Wiauixs: Coin in it lee.
w. CT U~
The regular meeting of the \V. C. T.
U., will bo held at the home of Mrs.
\V. M. I’itts, Tuesday afternoon, Aug-,
3rd ot -1 o’clock.
In Remembrance.
Whereas, on foe 18th instant at her
home at Colorado Springs, Mrs. Mar
garet Howell Hayes, the daughter of
tho Confederacy was claimed by death,
the last one of ihe family of Jefferson
Davis, the first, lust and only Presi
dent of the Confederate States of Ame
rica, who has gone down in history n
iuatyr for this land we all love, and
for whose rights we gave the best years
of cur young manhood In Hcrvice.
Her death severs the last link of that
illustrious citizen and statesman,
j Resolved 1st, that George McDuffie
I Camp no. 823 bow in humble submis-
' sion to the will of the Ruler of the
j Universe, und would ask leave to min-
j glc our tears with those her immeniate
loved ones, and the thousands of our
‘ Comrades of this broad southland, who
followed Jefferson Davis, Commander
in Chief of the armies of the Confeder
acy until the last fight had been made
and our superiors said, it is enough.
We feel that this great leader, his
noble family, and what they stood for
is not dead, but, slecpeth so, we too,
one by one must cross over and wait,
Resolved 2nd, that a copy of these
resolutions be published in our camp
organ The McDuffie Journal, and that
they be entered in the roll book of the
camp, and that a copy be sent to the
family of deceased.
Foley's Honey and Tai not ouly stops
chronic coughs that weaken the constitu
tion and devolop Into consume;'sou, hut
heals stiu strengthens tho lungs. It affords
comfort and relief iu tho worst cases of
chronic bronchitis, asthma, h;i; fever and
lung trouble. A. J . Mathews.
Died-
Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, 83 years of
age, died at the home of Mr. Gaylird
A. Reese Wednesday and the remuins
were interred in the Thomson ceme
tery Thursday. Rev. J. B. McLemore
conducted the burial services at the
grave. The cause of Mrs. Wilson's
death whs old age. For some time she
lias been lingering near death’s door,
add he.’ departure was looked for at
any lime,
Mrs, Wilson was the widow of the
late Samuel R. Wilson, unci the moth
er of the following children, all of
whom prcceeded her to the tomb: Mrs.
O. A. Reese, Mrs. W. S. Stovall, Miss
es Emma and Julia Wilson and Mr.
Wilton A. Wilson of this county, and
Mr. Walter Wilson of Tennessee.
She is survived by the following
grand children: Miss Leiia Reese,
Messrs. E. W. Kee.se, G. A. Reese Jr.
J. G. Stovall of McDuffie County, Mr.
E. R. Reese of Columbia County, Mrs.
Dr. J. II. Shurley of Alilledgevllle, nnd
Mr. Chess Reese of Kentuckey.
The bout pills mndo are DcWitls Utile
Early Iliacr-*, the famous little liver piiIs.
They are small, gen'lo pleasant, easy t
take and net promptly. They arc sold by
Gibson Drug Co.
Tatham Mines.
Hannah.
Hello! jolly Progress band how is it
with you all this time I hope you all
are enjoying the very best of health.
Hannah was confirmed to hei bed
several days loot week and urn glad to
sny she is recovering on i is about well
again.
After her recent spell of sickness
Mrs. Jennie Wynn’s many friends are
glad to sec her up again site was con
fined to her room for the past week.
Mrs. Will Paschall nnd children of
Florida are on an extended visit tit her
aunt’s Miss ASmcdiu Sistrunk.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Kmith, Mr,
Murray Wynn and two sisters Misses
Willie and Gertrude attended preach
ing services at Wrigliisboro Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Griffin and two
little daughters Annie Louise and
Marion spent Sunday in Wrightetom
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Farr.
After a visit to friends and relatives
at this place Mrs. Walter Davty and
two little sons Leonard ami Vernard
have returned to tlie.r home in Char
lotte, N. C.
Mr. \V. J. Paschall has returned to*
his home in Fla., after severul days
stay with friends at this place.
Mr. \V illiain It. Smith and son Reese
front near Washington were visitors nt-
this place Saturday night the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith.
Messrs W. J. Wynn nnd Millard
Smith spent last Saturday in Tnomson,
As first Saturdays and Sundays are
our regular preaching days at Flint
Hill it will he impossible for Bro. Har
ris to be here Saturday and Sunday as
he is carrying on his revival at another
one of his churches so the meeting at
Flint Hill was postponed one week
so it will start second Saturday. Wc
hope to have a good meeting and hope
much good will be accomplished.
Mr. Charlie Paschall visited Thom
son Saturday.
With best wishes to all I will close.
More Real Estate For Sale-
I offer for sale the farm known as
the Shields Republican Place, contain
ing 900 acres more or less. Will sell
as a whole or divide in half.
Also, a treat of land In Republican
District containing 100 acresmore or
l-.-s-, and known as the Gecter place,
adjoining the lands of ,1. S. Boyd, Mrs.
J. B. Smith, and others.
Also, a small tract of land on the
Millcdgeville road three miles from
Tnomson and known as a part of the
Cason place and containing 33 acres,
mote or less. 1U.V Id. FARMER.
Beginning Saturday July 24th, And Lasting Through Saturday August 7th.
THE T. A. SCOTT COMPANY Will put on the following Specials: