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cat kind of competition from the
modern inventions.
lint nnuther question arises.
Wiiy is it that with the increased
value of the horBe. there hr.* been
no increase in the South? In the
face of the fact that t lie value of
both mules and horses has mere
than doubItfd in the last ton years,
it UppearH that the number raised
in the cotton states of the South
has decreased rather than increas*
ed.
It may bo true that this section
cannot successfully compete with
Jim West in stock raising, but it
occurs tlmt it could do it just as
successfully when the average val
ue ol stock is $95.00 per head as it
could when the average was only
forty dollars.
want to tett you the three things which
impressed me mote than all elm I saw.
lst ( Notwithstanding it was a repub
lican celebration of the greatest member
of that party, amt only-one democrat
was on the list of speakers, yet the
reception given to this democrat when
I he rose to speak—was far more enthusi
astic than to all the rest of the speakers
combined. Hr stood trying to quiet
them by a wave of the hand, while
the mammoth building fairly rocked
from the applause. It is scarcely
necessary for me to tell you who he
was, for none other than W. J. llryan
coaid do this. Everywhere lie went,
the people surged to get a look at him,
and mingling with the crowd, I heard
his name mentioned oftener than Lin
coln’s. The speakers were—the French
embassador, the F.nglish embassador,
Senator Doiliver of Iowa and W. J.
ilryan, and they spake in the order
named—Oov. licnecn introducing each
speaker. Next to the wonderful tlemon-
THOMSON, GA., FEB. 19, 1909
A DAY IN SPRING.
Last Sunday was a day in
Spring that came in a month of
Winter. On Llio calendar it was
Feb. 14th, but out in the sunshine
it was the middle of April. Old
Winter was not (lend, hut he took
ft imp, and while the old man slept
nature put on the garments of
Opring for a little while.
But it is best that the old follow
attend to his business. Already
the peach crop lias lind a close call,
and it could not stand another
•like it. A few warm days and vege
tation will come forth, and then u
blizzard would do its deadly werk.
Miss Spring is all right, but we
like her to come at the proper
time, February belongs to winter
and hv should hold the fort until
the time of his departure shall
come.
Wc Know It.
Legal Advertisements
SHERIFF SALE.
' STATE OF OEOROI A—McDuffie
«T*T« OK OXOllOJA -MrPM.Co.w- j u „ ld tlw
To the Superior Pourt of Said County. toa( j Depot in Thomson, On., within
Superior Court
The petition' of'F. A. Bowdeq,- J. K Oil- jj, e us „£i hours of sale, on the first
•tt, J. C. Cliatt anJ Ira E. Farmer, all of Tuesday In March 1909, the following
McDnflla County Georgia Fespectlully described property, towit: One 15 H..
•boWs:'" | p. Locomotive Atlas holler on ski Is,
tl) That they desire for ttauisetve*, their one 15 H. P. renter crank At las engi ne,
associates, and successors to be Incorpora- and ® ne No 1 Deloach Haw Mill, all
-> • *■£ 7”^ im.VbSS. % Mm
name and style of the Bowden Cliatt fin K(cut | on burned from the city court
Ltnitar Company. I p f Washington In favor or J. H. and J •
(2) That they desire to be incorporated p Hardin vs. E. N. Bjooine and M.
Don’t Back Away.
for a period of twenty years, with tlio priv
ilege of renewal at the end of that time.
W. Broome
This property is located on the place
• A IP IViHrneor... in fho 1 !l!t HlutriM
(.1) That .lie principal office of the corpo- 'of A. it. U ilkerson in the 133 District
ration will be in the town of Thomson, Me- G. M. McDuffie County w here it may
Duffio County, Georgia, nnd petitioners | bej*een
desire the right to establish branch offices
and transact their business at any other
place, in this state or elsewhere.
(4) The object of salil corporation is pe
cuniary gain and uroflt to itself nnd stock
holders.
(5) The business to he carried on by said
corporation is that of a general saw mill
This the 2nd do
E
of February 1909.
Hawes, Sheriff.
Tliis is just tlye time of year when you are
most likuly to have kidney nr bladder
trouble, with rheumatism and rheumatic
pains caused by weak kidneys. Delays are
.dangerous. Oet I)e Witt’s Kidney nnd
and lumber business in all of its various BIi1|1||m . p;,^ and i >0 „ nrn yo „ g ,. t what,
First:
That the First National Bank is sound, safe
and conservative. That it is as safe as the
Bank of England.
That it has $212,000.00 Capital, Surplus and
Stockholders liability behind every $ deposited
Cps»sv|«f]« That you will receive prompt, oolite and
JvtUlIU. preciative service from each officer and
ployee.
That you can make no mistake in opening
an account with us.
Try it and you will know it, too.
Money always on hand to lend our deposi
tors.
ap-
em
The First National Bank
Under United States Supervision
And Control.
AN ENORMOUS DRAIN.
The people of Georgia Inst, year
«peut sixteen million Dollars for
•commercial fertilizers. Think of
it—near eight dollars for every
man wuinotn nnd child in the
state. And the report goes out
that the eonsumptio 1 this year
will be as great as that of last
year, and perhaps greater Of
course, lands should be fertilized,
but when one stuto spends sixteen
million dollars for commercial fer
tilizers isn’t it carrying the* mat
ter too far? Can we stand up un
der it? Could not a large per cent,
of this fertilizer have been pro
duced at- home. Will the poopleof
Georgia again spend sixteen mill
ion dollars for fertilizers? And if
if they do will they be able to pay
for them? It is well known tlmt.
the more fertilizers used the larg
er will he the crop, and the larger
the crop the lower will he the
price. May the good Lord help uh
nil.
WON’T RIDE THE GOAT.
Tlio announcement that the
Grand Master of Ohio Masons will
make Hon. \V. II. Taft a Mason
“at sight” has caused the uninitia
ted to nsk questions. Some of
these questions cannot be answer
ed by the init iated, but let the un
initiated think tor ft while. Have
they not always heard that a Ma
son must “ride the gout.” Has it
not been said from time immemo
rial that a goat is kept in each
Masonic lodge?
Now look nt Judg i Taft, or if you
can’t see him look at his picture,
and say where on earth the Ohio
Grand Master would find a goat
that could carry him. Or, if the
gout is only used for butting pur
poses, do yotr know a goat that
could butt the Judge down? If so,
you might confer a favor on the
Masons of Ohio if you notify their
grand mns'er so that ho can make
Judge Taft a Mason “when he
lights,” instead of “at sight.”
THE OAT CROP IN MCDUFFIE.
There appears to bo a consider
able difference of opinion ns to
the resvH- of tlio recent freeze on
the oat crop in McDuffie. Some
farmers lake the position that it
has not b en damaged at all,
others that, the damage is slignt,
nnd still others that it is very
serious. Perlmps there are some
particular crops in each of these
classes, luit as a general rule we
believe the damage will bo slight.
Not that wo know very much
about it, but we base our opinion
upon the statements made by
nearly every one that not more
than half of the oats were killed,
and in many instances not mor?
than a third or fourth. If these es
timates are correct the real dam
age from the freeze will bo vorv
slight. Some of the best farmers
tell us that killing half the oats as
they are usually planted will not
decrease the yield, and this view
is a*so held by the agricultural
schools and experiment stations.
In any event we hope that this
view is correct, for with high
priced corn and low priced cotton
both staring us in the ftuv McDuf
fie could ill afford to lose tin? oat
crop or any considerable part of it.
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THE VALUE OF A HORSE.
The census department has re-
censly issued a bulletin which
shows that the average value of
horses in the United Statesf inclu
ding mules! is about $95.00 per
head as against about $10.00 ten
years ago.
Ten years ago it was freely pre
dicted that the day of the horse
was over, and that he would he
superceded by the various ma
chines, engines itc invented for
labor ami transportation. The re
cent bulletin bIiows that these pre
dictions were groundless, as the I
horse lias increased both in mnn-j
Lvr and value in face of t.hc.fierc-1
A Former Georgian On The Lincoln
Celebration at Springfield, Illinois.
Millersvillc, Illinois Feb. 14, 1909.
McDuffie Progress,
Thomson, Gu.
Mr. KdiUr:—
11 occurred tome that it might Is?
intciesllng to your rentiers if 1 were to
relate some of my observations of the
Lincoln celebration at Springfield,
Illinois—Ills home town nnd where his
body is burled. Living within little
more than an hours ride of that city, I
felt that 1 could not afford to miss
seeing this celebration and hearing the
distinguished speakers who were to
eulogize .the “great emancipator” as
tlie people here love to call him. I was
asked to join tiro Lincoln eluit and pay
$26.00 meinbeishlp fee, which would
have entitl'd me to a sent at the great
banquet held at the slate armory in the
evening, but. I declined this invitation,
feeling that had 1 twenty-live dollars
to spare, that 1 would contribute it to
a fund for some suitable memorial of
Jefferson Davis. It is not difficult,
however, for any intelligent southern
man to enter heartily into tire spirit o'
any celebration which pays tribute to
this great man whose tragic deatli
robbed the South of one of her best and
needed friends.
Springfield was profusely decorated
with Hags, banners and pictures of the
martyred president. The railroads
brought great crowds from every section
of the state, every train hauling a
Pullman car—containing some distin
guished party. There were exercises
at the monument, at the Llnco'n home,
in the churches, at the tabernacle and
the state arsenal. The midday mass
meeting at the tabernacle was attended
by ten thousand people, here all the
wur songs were played, but not until
Dixie was readied—was there a single
hand clap, when the entire audience
broke out with applause. I was ss
tunished at this, but think it was in
pait caused by some talk of suppressing
the playing of “Dixie”, and the au
dience wanted to show their dlssaprov-
al of it. Hv the way, tius grand old
battle hymn of the south never sound-
el half so good to me as it did then,
and the kindly greeting given it on
this particular occftftio" —impressed me,
that after all we hear about sectional
ism, surely the hitteruess has about
passed from I he Uvea vt the great mass
of tae jieople. In this connection, I
st i at ion given to Mr, Ilryan—t lie demo
crat, I was impressed by the total
absence of the negroes. I only saw
t hree In the auditorium, while at the
bunquet there was notone present. One
from Chicago, a lawyer, taught a tick
et to the banquet, tint he failed to put
In liis appearance. Keeling that they
had been redely discriminated against
on the ocoaslon of the centennial of Mr.
Lincoln, they had all to themselves, a
counter demonstration at one of their
own churches. One of their speakers
made the following reference to the
banquet of the whites from which they
were excluded, “I would rather be one
of the number of the black dovotees of
Lincoln, than toastmaster ht a so-called
Lincoln banquet at twenty-live dollars
per plate. Oh, consistency thou art a
Jewell.” I certainly endorse the latter
part of his exclamation, for where In
all of the world could we find anything
mere inconsistent than the norths pro
fessions of love for the negro, and
their itKAi. ATTITUDE toward him.
The nearest thing to n negro that got
Into that banquet was a letter from
Hooker Washington—urging negroes to
he law-abiding. Perhaps they read ills
advice in the papers next morning. It
will not ta always before even the re-
pubiican party can no longer deceive
this hitherto deluded race, before they
will learn to prefer the substantial
friendship of the people of the south,to
the professions of love at election times
—from the people of the north.
Yes, no true southerner could have
left Springfield, having seen what l
saw and hearing all J heard, without
bringing away with him the three dis
tinct impressions I have enumerated—
1st—ttie marvelous token of love nnd
esteem for Mr. Bryan—the democrat
2nd, the good fellowship manifested
when “Dixie” was played, ilrd, the
utter disregard of n race whose eman
cipator was being memorialised.
It was a lug celebration of the annl-
versajy of a great man, and every one
apparently participated in it in serious
earnestness, but modern republicanism
can only find meager comfort m the re
cital of those deeds of Abraham Lin
coln which made lus name a house
hold word throut this republic. There
is slavery today—as unjust nnd far
more oppressive than that with which
his name will ever ta connected, Ere
long, we must find another “emanci
pator” of the whites ns well as the
blacks. With the experience of the
past to guide us aright, we should ta
able to accomplish our industrial free
dom without bayonets or battlefields.
So mote it ta.
Yours truly,
Gordon W. Neal.
Millersvillc, III., Feb. 14, 1909.
branches. Petitioners desire the right to
do a general saw mill and lumber business,
operating saw mills, buying, sidling and
leasing limber, buying, selling and leasing
lands operating farms on
said bind, manufacturing timber Into lum
ber, ami running in connection with their
liiisine s miy manufacturing plant for the
mure prnliTsble handling of their lumber
iiri'dltcts IVtitioncrs also desire the right
tn upi-mii- turpentine stills and generally
to it. nt in turpentine and to buy, lease or
null fii'petiiiue privileges, and gemiratlj to
do such other things as may he necessary
for the best handling of timber, lumber or
other assets of like character owned or lens
ed by them.
((>) Tlie capital stock of said corporation
is to ta Fifteen Thousand Dollars, and pe
titioners desire the privilege of increasing
same to a sum not exceeding Fifty Ttions-
un 1 Dollars by u majority vote of the stock
holders, said stock to be divided <nto
shares of One Hundred Dollars each.
(7) Petitioners further show that ten per
cent of the cnpitul to he employed by them
has been actually paid ;n.
<H) Petitioners desire tlio right to hare
tlie milisciiptions to said capital stock to be
paid in money, or properly, to bo taken at
a fair valuation.
(9) Petitioners desire tlio right to sue
and bo sued, to plead nml I e impleaded, to
have and use a common seal, to make all
necessary by-laws nnd regulations, and to
do all other things that may ta accessary
for tlie successful carrying on of said bus
iness, including tlie right to buy, hold, and
sell real estate and personal property, and
to execute notes and bonds as evidence of
Indebtedness in tlie affairs of the corpora
tion, and to securusatue by mortgage, secu
rity deed or oilier form of lien under exist
ing laws.
(10) Petitioners desire for said corpora
tion the power and authority to apply for
and accept otnendmenfs for its charter
cither in form or subsluuco by a vote of tho
majority of tlie stock outstanding at the
time.They ulsoask authority for said corpo
ration to wind up Its alfuirs, liquidate and
discontinue its business at any time it may
be de'ermined to do so by a majority of its
stock.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be incorpo
rated tinder tlie name and style aforesaid
ith the powers, privileges, and iinmuni •
ties herein set forth, anil as are now, or
may hereafter lie allowed a corporation of
simitar character under the luws of Geor
gia,
I it a E. Farm ait,
Attorney lor Petitioners.
STATE OF GKO KG I A—McDuffie County.
I. W, W. Hardaway, Clerk of the Stipe
rior Court- of said county, dm hereby certify
that tlio foregoing is a true uml correct copy
t tlie application lor charter of tho Bow-
den-Cliatt Lumber .Company as tlie same
appears oil tile in tills office.
Witness my officiul signature this the 3rd
day of Fcliy 190.1.
W. \V. Hardaway
Clerk Superior Court McDuffie Co.
No. 9302.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE
OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURREN
CY.
Washington. 1). C., Dee. 31, 1908.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence pre
sented to the undersigned, it lias been
made to appear tliat:-
“Tlio First National Bank of Thomson,”
in the town cf Thomson, in the county of
McDuffie and state of Gc« rgiu, has coin-
pled with all the provisions of the Statutes
of tlie United States, required to be com
plied with before an association shall tie
authorized to commence the business of
Banking:
Now tlierelore I, Thomas P. Kane, Deputy
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Hakes Kldnaya.and Bladder Rif lit
mid Acting Comptroller of tlie Currency
do hereby certify that,
“Tlie First National Bank of Thomson,”
in ilie town of Thomson, in tlie county of
McDuffie, und the state of Georgia, is uu.
ihorized to tommence tl:o business of Bunk
ing as provided in Section Fifty one hun
dred and sixty nine of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States.
Conversion of the Fanners & Merchants
Bank of Tlianis'fi.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal of office, (his Thirty first day
of December 1908. .
T. P. Rank.
Deputy & Acting, Comptroller of the"
Currency. 8 t.
GEORGIA—McDuffie County.
To whom il may concern:
Mrs. Nannie J. Hardaway, as
Guardian of tlie estate of Richard A.
Jackson, u lunate nnd recently de
ceased, having appiied for leave to sell
the land talonging to said estate for
distribution among tlie heirs, notice is
hereby given that said application will
be heard on the first Monday in March,
1909.
This 1st. day February, 1909.
W. F. Giieesmno, Ordinajy.
you ask for. They n re the best pills made
for backache, weak buck, urinary disorders
infiummatiouof the Madder,etc They are
antiseptic and net promptly. Wo sell and
recommend them. Gibson Drug Co.
We have something to sell. Drop in and let us
spill a little chatter about a good thing, and you ca^l
take it or leave it according as it hits you and no ex
pense bill either way.
I am the Carriage Dealer, took it up long ago. I
have sold enough nice work each succeeding year to
qualify as the Leader in my line.
Now you can hear about me One-Hundred and
Fifty M iles from my buggy shack in any direction
you go, and when it comes to what is what in any
thing you hitch a horse to ;—pardon me for starting
the applause,—but I’m the greatest noise in the
country.
REMEMBER THE QUARTETTE
Frazier arid
Babcock, Chase,
Coskery At
749 Broad St.
Augusta Ga.
BANK OF THOMSON.!
THOMSON, GEORGIA.
CAPITAL,
JOHN E. SMITH,
$25,000.00
President.
We solicit the
SURPLUS,
business of all
$25,000.00
B. P. O’NEAL,
classes of our
UNDIVIDED
people, and of-
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V ice-President.
ter them every
favor consistent
$25,000.00
with safe bank-
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ERS LIABILITY,
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$25,000.00
resources and
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management.
$125,000.00
As’st. Cashier.
TOTAL,
$225,000.00
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