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THE McDUFFIE PROGRESS, THOMSON, GA.
8. Buy fertilizers now
Regardless of how many or how few acres you
plant to any crop, it is up to you to make each
acre produce the greatest possible yield.
Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers will help you to
grow large yields per acre. As the Authorized
Swift Agent for this territory, we are handling
the analyses which will give the best results oxi
\ local soils and crops.
Buy Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers now—so
that we can give you the best possible service.
Come in and talk it over.
The A. S. A. (Authorized Swift
Agent) in this territory ia:
C. A. FARMER.
CITIZENS OF McDUFFIE—
ATTENTION, PLEASE!
Lullwater Shirts
The Cotton Mills of Thomson, your home
town, are running- on full time weaving
cloth from Georgia grown cotton and this
cloth is being made up into a beautiful, high
quality, blue chambray shirt, by The Lull-
water Manufacturing Company, and sold to
your own merchants:
Hadaway Dry Goods Co.
J. H. Crawley,
H. C. Fitzgerald,
and others, who will supply you at a price of
$1.00 each.
The LULLWATER SHIRT is just what
you have been wanting—looks well, wears
well and will prove to be the most satisfac
tory shirt it has ever been your privilege to
buy.
Ask for the “LULLWATER SHIRT” made
at home.
-Are made largely of Asphalt, As
bestos, Wool Felt and mineral'
surfacing materials. Now the
Carey factories get their Asbestos
direct from Carey owned mines.
They use Asphalt and Slate in
many products and in enormous quantities, enabling them
to buy at minimum prices. They manufacture their own
felts.
Turning out millions of dollars’ worth of roll roofing
annually makes it possible to employ cost saving methods
not possible in a smaller plant. You get the benefit in
lower prices.
So we offer you roll roofings at a wide range of price, to
afford whatever length of service you wish to get at the
lowest possible cost for that service. There are Slate sur
faced, Mica surfaced and Rock surfaced roll roofings and
Asbestos Built-up roofs, each to meet a particular need.
Thomson Hdw. Co.
Thomson, Ga.
K5-A
VORHAUER’S VIENNA BAKERY
None Such Restaurant
For For
Ladies Gentlemen
A delightful place to rest and eat
the best food.
720 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
Asked And
Answered
BY J. E. JONES.
This is a valuable educational fea
ture in The McDuffie Progress. Send
in your questions, and address them
to U. S. Press Association, Continen
tal Trust Building, Washington, D. C.
Mention this paper when you write.
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ply. Do not include trivial matter
or questions requiring extensive re
search.
Q. Who was the author of Dixie?
Did this author have any other com
positions?
A. “Dixie was written by Daniel
Decatur Emmett, who was bom at
Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1815 and
died forgotten by the world at large,
in a little hut at the place of his
birth in 1904. Emmet*- wrote “Dixie”
in 1859, and he had already composed
“Old Dan Tucker.” He was a mem
ber of Bryant’s Minstrels, was a good
singer and played many instruments.
He was also deeply religious. He
wrote “Dixie” between a Saturday
and the following Monday, and it was
first sung on September 19, 1859, at
Broadway, New York. The Confed
erate soldiers sang it while march
ing, in camp, and while fighting; the
singing of this melody was a big
factor in adding to the fighting quali
ties of the southern soldiers.
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Q. At what rate has the use of the
telephone developed in the United
States?
A. There were 430,872 telephone
stations in the United States in 1880,
and 15,000,101 telephones in the Bell
system at the beginning of the pres
ent year.
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Q. Is Mexico the most illiterate
of the countries of America?
| A. The percentage of illiteracy in
Mexico is 70.7 per cent; in Bolivia,
82.9 per cent; Brazil, 85.2, and in
Guatemala, 92.7.
* *
Q. Was General Robert E. Lee
offered command of the Northern, or
Union army?
1 A. Yes. This fact is historically
established by Nicolay and Hayes.
* *
I Q. Please explain the meaning of
.“fiat money.”
| A. Any currency, paper or metal,
placed in cirulation and maintained
as legal tender by the command (fiat)
of a government or other competent
power is fiat money. The term is
usually applied to a paper currency,
the substance of which is valueless,
but which has been made legal tender
by them, as distinguished from metal
coins supposedly equal to their face
value.
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Q. What was the date of the dis
aster of the American steamer City
of Columbus, and where did it occur?
A. The American steamer City of
Columbus was wrecked off Gay Head
Light, Massachesetts, January 18,
1884. Ninety-nine persons were lost.
* *
Q. How did th’e expression honey
moon originate?
A. It was a custom to drink of
diluted honey for thirty days, or i
moon’s age, after a wedding, and
hence the term honeymoon. It is of
Teutonic origin.
* *
Q. Is nickel steel, just steel nickel
finished, or is it an alloy?
A. Nickel steel, an alloy of steel
and nickel, steel being much hardened
by combination with 8-1G per cent of
nickel. After 1893 all armor for the
United States warships was made of
this alloy. It is also used for many
purposes where hardness is requisite
to its utility.
• * *
Q. What was the agrarian laws?
A. Agarain laws were first form
ed in the ancient Roman republic in
the Fourth century. Among other
enactments these laws provided that
no one should occupy more than 300
to 600 acres of land. All acres in
possession of individuals in excess of
concerted effort is likely. All ai*e
amongst the plebeians in lots of about
10 acres. Agrarian laws dealt large
ly with public land belonging to the
state and not in any appreciable de
gree to private property.
terials, subjected to hydraulic pres- (
sure. Sometimes it is made i col
lars. It is used as a substi.jte of
ivory, linen, tortoise, shell, and coral.
* *
Q. Do women wear more shoes
than men?
A. The Department of Commerce
finds that the 1923 leather shoe pro
duction was 351,114,230 pairs, a rec
ord for all time. Women’t footwear
made up over 109,000,000 of the total,
men’s shoes 100,282,000 pairs and the
remainder divided among infants,
boys, athletic and other classifica
tions.
* *
Q. What is the biggest business
in the world?
A. American farming. Twenty
billion dollars’ worth of products
come from United States Farms.
This is more than the output of any
other industry. There are close to
six and a half million farms in the
United States.
* *
Q. What are some of the results
of prohibition enforcement laws?
A.. Of 115,000 cases of violation
of the prohibition law tried in the
Federal courts the last four years
80 per cent, or 192,411 have resulted
in convictions and the payment of
$15,726,593 in fines, a monthly rev
enue of $327,461 to offset the cost of
prohibition enforcement. The figures
come from the Department of Justice,
which reports 25,000 cases still await
ing trial. In the four years the cases
disposed of have averaged about 80
cases a day, but as high as 119 cases
a day have been heard each day of
1923.
* *
Q. What is the highest and lowest
temperature recorded in the United
States?
A. The United States Weather
Bureau states that the highest tem
perature ever recorded in the United
States is 134 degrees, which occur
red at Greenland Ranch, California,
in one of the depressed valleys of the
southern portion of that State. The
lowest temperature observed is 65
degrees below zero which occurred
at Miles City, Montana.
* *
Q. How general are free text
hooks furnished in schools through
out the United States?
A. Forty-one States now have
laws on the subject. Of these, six
States provide school books at State
expense and in one some funds de
rived from State sources are avail
able for furnishing free textbooks
with local moneys, and 21 States have
laws which permit the use of school
funds for furnishing free books.
* ♦
Q. What spot in the world never
has had rainfall?
A. It is the general belief that no
part of the world is without rainfall
at some period.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Northeastern Divis
ion of the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the Matter of T. J. Bryan, Bank
rupt. Thomson, McDuffie County.
No. 1711 in Bankruptcy.
Notice of Application for Discharge
To the Creditors of the Above Named
Bankrupt: . V
You are hereby notified that the
above named bankrupt has applied
for a discharge from all dehts prov
able against him in bankruptcy.
The said application will be heard
by the Hon. Win. H. Barrett, Judge
of the District Court of the United
States for the said Division and Dis
trict at the United States Court room
in the city of Augusta, Ga., on the
11th day of April, 1924, at ten o’clock
in the forenoon.
All creditors of the said bankrupt
are notified to appear at the time
and place stated and show cause, if
any they have, why the prayers of
said petitioner should not be granted.
Dated at Augusta, Ga., this 11th
day of March, 1924.
L. M. ERWIN, Clerk.
ELESE VAN PELT, Deputy Clerk.
Q. Where did we get the expres
sion, Al?
A. It was a symbol first used in
the record of American and Foreign
Shipping, and by Lloyd’s. The term
has been used in many ways to indi
cate quality, as in the case of Al
hard wheat. It is also used as a
term of donating a high rating of
credit.
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Q. What is celluloid?
A. It is made from a compound of
guncotton, camphor, and other ma-
NOTICE.
This is to inform the public that
I am the mother of Leonard Turner,
16 years old. He left home the 12th
of February and his whereabouts are
unknown to me. He has light hair,
blue eyes, and fair complexion. I
forbid anyone working him, sleeping
him, or feeding him, or harboring him
in any w T ay. I am his mother.
MRS. J. W. TURNER.
Norwood, Ga., Route 2.
We have 5 Buckeye
Riding’ Cultivators to
go at $25 each Buy
one and save labor.
Thomson Hardware Co.
Neill Paint & Glass Co.
869 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
PAINTS AND GLASS FOR EVERY
PURPOSE.
Write us for prices and color cards.
The Secret Of Success
The secret of success is hard work and
clear thinking. The industrious person
earns more than his necessary expenses,
and the thinking person, saves this surplus
and deposits it in a GOOD STRONG BANK.
It is never too soon to begin saving. Get the
habit of saving. The sooner you start the
greater will be your success.
Financial success is simply a matter of
sticking to your saving habit—making your
character stronger than any temptation to
spend. Nobody saves much at a time. Ev
erybody can save a little at a time.
Try the saving habit and see how fas*
the small change will grow into dollars, and
the dollars into tens and hundreds.
We invite you to start an account with
us. It will be appreciated, whether large or
small. We will give you Safety and Service.
BANK OF THOMSON
The Old Bank.
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E VERY name looks very much the
same in the city directory, but
they won’t carry the same weight
when signed to a check. A checkink
account with a responsible bank al
lows a man to stand apart and assert
his individuality.
first National Stank
THOMSON, GA.
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V. & L CAFE
We are fully equipped to serve 300 per
sons at one sitting and p-ive them the '
prepared by cooks of ability. Sea Food,
Florida and California Vegetables and
Fruits.
Hotel, automobile and picnic parties serv
ed with luncheons. Phone or wire us. You
are cordially invited to dine with us, read
and rest.
V. & L. CAFE, Jackson St., Augusta, Ga.
High Grade Fruit and Shade Trees. Evergreens, Roses, Shrubs.
THE C. C. DORN CO., Horticulturists
Phone 418. Augusta, Ga.
Office: 109 Ninth St. Nurseries: New Savannah Road.
LANDSCAPE GARDENING A SPECIALTY.
Catalogue on Request.
1539 Marbury St.
Augusta, Ga.
Phone 2612.
KENTUCKY MULES.
The real kind, and the kind with qualities, the kind for service.
I have them, and am selling them at PRICES THAT ARE SUR
PRISING TO MOST PEOPLE when you see them and know what
they are.
I have guaranteed each and every one sold and haven’t had a
single mule returned for misrepresentation in three years.
I respectfully solicit your trade.
G. C. SMITH
Do Not Wait Until the Last Minute
To order your PLANTS and FRUIT TREES.
Set them out before sap begins to rise.
Write for illustrated Catalogue which
gives much valuable information.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES
Successors to P. J. Berckmans Co.
P. O. Drawer 910 T. Augusta, Ga.