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McDuffie progress.
Vol. VIII.
THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909,
No. 48.
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FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS
In The Dry Goods Department.
25c Ladies Hose Suporters at 16c
15c Mens Hose Suporters at
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50c Gents 'Lies at 33c
25c Gents 'Lies at .. 19c
25c Wash Ties at... 10c
50c IL V. D. Shirts and Drawers at each 43c
25c Nainsook Shirts and Drawers at each 2lc
30c 10-4 unbleached Sheeting at 23c
«-i C aa . • $13.50
69 $15.00 Suits at
$12 50 Suits at $11.25
$10.00 Suits at V $9.00
$2.25 Umbrellas for $1-98
$1 50 Umbrellas for $1.10
25c and 50c Ladies Belts at - - 10 and 15c
100 overalls at ... .85c
75c Table Linen at - 48c
50c Table Linen at --- - ■--- 37c
10c towels at - - ■ - ----- -7c
15c Towels "at - — - -1 lc
25c Towels at— - - — - --19c
In The Furniture Department.
$15.00 Felt Mattress for
$25.00 Art Squares
$2.00 Axminister Rugs
$4.00 Axminister Rugs-
$12-75
-$22.50
-$1.S0
-$3.60
We are sole Agents for the King duality shoes for men.
Enough Said
Refrigerators, Cream Freezers, Water Coolers and Oil
Stoves at Reduced Prices
MCCOMMONS-BUSH-BOSWELL COMPANY
Main Street,
Thomson, Ga.
'fpjr IS-^5-^35-^S T5 • «*-^5>'***** 0*'0*-** ft'**'jjji
I - New Store -
G. VV. 6c 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.
Jones, where they will constantly keep on hand a
complete stock of
Fancy and Family Groceries, u/
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They solicit a fair share of the patronage of the (|/
public, and guarantee fair prices, correct weights Vi/
and first-class goods. Vjj
G. W. & G. F. GRANADE. $
U;iiIroud Street, - THOMSON, GA. i
OUR PRICES ON
Building Materia
. . . Will Save You From .. .
10 TO 20 PER CENT
MEMORIAL DAY
Or what nous it kkminm i s?
first, it (tails to remembrance the
stormy period in which a stupendous
problem wa i to be solved, a problem,
the origin mn1 history tff which con
cern equally the North and the Booth,
and for the existence of which these i
two sections Were responsible, the
North more than the South. A prob
lem which could not be solved by tlie
arguments of Congressmen, nor by
newspaper discussions, nor by writing
novcis, nor yet by men of Holy Calling
preaching front the pulpits of ti.e
| North.
| 'file tactics of diplomacy had signal
ly faileu, prayers and tears no longer
| allayed agitation or southed the pas-
I Sions of me". NVe had Come to the
: ,l valley cf decision”, we had reached
| tiie acute point, and to ‘die up” tile
storm was as impossible as it is to hush
the thunders tlu.t quarrel in the heav
ens or to arrest the lightnings ns they
leap from the angry depths of the
storm cloud. “To arms ! To arms! I”
was the furious cry, and from Boston
calls to remembrance “heroic, deeds.” | which these Lordly men have stood ,
President Taft says that “If the War j the high ideals winch had then genes,,
decided nothing else, il certainly decid- j in IheSmhh land the sen,ments of
ed the question of the valor of lhe men ! honor, and purity for which you have
of the North and of the youth” His
lot possible lo recite 'lie deeds of coin - *
«ge and devotion displayed by the
soldiers ;>n both sides of tin; debate.
The sufferings limn hunger and
thirst, the hardships on the march and
in tlie bivouac, tlie midnight vigils on
the cold mountain, llie dreams of home
and mother, the pathetic letter from
wife and anxious children, the loneli
ness and uncertainty in the 1 inie of sink
ness j these Were a small part of the
| tests of the soldiers loyally and devo
tion to his beloved South land.
1 Then “every battle of tlie wariior is;
With confused noise, and garments;
rolled in blood.’' Men did not count 1
their lives dear Unto themselves. The ,
visage of death, tlie rush upon blazing ,
halt lc lines, tie clash of sabres, tu?]
rattle of musketry, the boom of cannon ’
and the scream of shells ; these proved 1
the temper amt Milor and undaunted
courage of the men whoso memory we
ever been distinguished svill not vanish
with the fnsl fading ranks ol tile South- i
ern heroes. These high and holy pi in- ■
cl pies have been traii.si vittecl to ou
descendants and they will not be allow
ed to die, but will live on and flouris!
as the palm tree and grow like a cedu
in Lebanon.
You will meet, sculler (lowers am
eloquent words will be spoken, patrio
tie songs will lie sung long alter tin
last Southern hero has passed into the
Hand of Leal lo rest under the sh d<
of celestial trees and be lefreshi d b\
the fragrance of Am n rnnthinc llowers.
THUS. 11, Tf MMONS.
Thomsen, (In;, April 1009.
Drinking llsbit.
We must, deprecate the summary
manner in which the man past forty is
dismissed as a factor in racial vol i
tion. Encli a man is probably already
a husband and a father. If lie has
i|
revere. Men go their length when
to Florida, from the Lakes to the Bea, they oiler their lives upon the Alter of ; )h , 011 n (0 ( a | abstainer for life il is tin rt
front the stormy Atlantic to the dime- their country, beyond this, t.iort* i.s no J likely tlitiL lie i.s idolized by br
ing waves of the 1‘ueilic, men of all demand. i family and a power in his community,
ages and of all callings were ready to I Acs, Memorial Day recalls deeds
Lime, Cement, Plaster,
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Screen Doors, Screen
Sash and etc. Mantels,
Grates, Tile, Paints, Var
nish, Glass. Building
material of all kinds .. *.
respond to the sad and bitter demand,
il is not easy lot you who live in these
times of peace to realize that beings
who call themselves 1 intelligent and
who have so much forethought would
lo<e sight of their obligation to love
and aid each other and would turn to
p itling an end to each otlicts existence
l as if tittle himself did not do so with
tlieient rapidity ! We have come to
| look at “ Wars with the pain of death
j which Society draws upon itself as
organized barbarisms, an inheritance j
j of the savage state, disguised uud orna-
i mented by an ingenious institution and ;
I false eloquence.” As one who has
been an active participant in a cruel!
and destructive campaign, 1 would ad- 1
I vi-e the younger generation lo eulti-|
transcendent courage and intrepid de
votion.
In the fourth place, we call to re
membrance the tragic day, when over
powered by superior numbers, with
ammunition and provisions well nigh
exhausted these heroic battalions were!
forced to accept terms of surrender, and j
return to a land and homes that had
been plowed and ravaged by both
armies.
There was desolation everywhere
and our beautiful South laud ban the
appearance of a magnitlcicnt temple
1 i ruins.
A \usl population of ignorant, thrift
less and helpless creatures with
changed relations were to be taken up
nnd cared for by those war broken and
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 Raihoad Street you can al
ways find a large stock of
Flour, Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar,
Molasses, Salt, Tobacco, Bag
ging and Ties.
\nd many other harm Supplies* The buantities in
| which we will purchase these goods will make us buy
and sell at tile 1.0 WEST, market prices. We solicit
the patronage of the trading public.
Our services are prompt.
vate sentiments of peace and good will ! tir(;d rncn , T[ie waU , of mir , nost
to all men and to forever oppose *-Le | Vj ,| lla iji e institutionn a r i<l business en-
savage policy of resorting to w ur u.s a ^ ter . )r j StH wcre broken clown or In ashes,
means of adjusting national debates. j Lartly| we nre reminded of the in-
Our material is the best.
rnoUTco;
657 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
Long Distance Phone 478.
Secondly, we call to re
membrance the sad separations when
fathers and husbands, and brothers
und sons, and lovers volunteered to
defend their country und left their
quiet homes for the Held »' danger and
death. No pen, however facile or
skillful, eu-i portray the a fleeting
scenes that transpired when our bosoms
were young, und when, with all the
hope and ardor of youth, sve turned from
pile and weeping companions nnd
loved ones, and with sword and rille
we marched away to meet a deadly foe.
We had to turn from the pleasant
fields so often traversed, where we had
“heard our own mountain goats bleat-
vincible spirit and undiminished
courage <>f the men who had passed
through the debilitating ordeal of this
period of defeat and desolation.
They did not m irmur or repine, but
gathering together the resources at
command they entered with zeal and
hope upon the work of rebuilding the
wrecked fortunes of their country.
The name spirit of self-reliance and
self-respect and heroism that had
marked their war career still lived and
burned within them. Men of this
mold deserve and eornand the admira
tion and reverence of their countrymen
eveiywhere. The men who displayed
such courage in war and w ho knew
been the leuders in agriculture, in the
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flolice
George M jDuSFU Camp No. 1*. (J
V., wiil meet' at the Court house, on
' Monday the 26 th inst, at lOo,clock a. in.
sharp.
Let evefy member be present and
prepared to pay dees Tot the new year.
By order of
It. H. Pearce, H. McCorkt.e,
Adjutant. Commander.
April loth, 1909.
"I’d Rather Die Doctor,
han have my feet cut off', 1 ’ said M. L.t
' Bingham, of Prlr.ceville, 111. hut you'll
! die from gangrene (which had eaten a-
I way eight toes) if you don’t,” said all
jdtetor*. Instead—he used Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve till whollycured. itscures
j of Eczema, Fever Sores, Boiles, Burns
land Tiles astound the world. 25c. at
j Gibson Drug <'o., Dr. A. J. Mathews
ing aloft;” we had lo turn from the j i 10 w to accept defeat, who knew how
“Sweet strain of the corn-reapers” and I tf) g at j ier „p n lc scattered fragments of
follow the discc rdnnt sound of the j fortunes wreck; the men who have
! drum : we had to turn from the per-
' suading thrill of the Babbath Hymn
1 and obey imperious military orders i ud
keep step to martial music.
Those were the days when heart
strings were broken ; those were the
days of anguish and self-sacrillee.
Many had premonitions that they
would never return to receive a mother's
kiss, or a fathers blessing, ox ever again
know tire fond embrace of wife and
children- Throughout ibis vast repub
lic these apprehensions were ful-
lllled and the tones in every household
voice have grown more sad and deep
and the mere mention of the name *f
If lie then begins t.i drink lie can do a
great deal more than “curtail by a few
years a life already entering upon the
reminiscent stage.” lie can break his
wife’s heart, modify bis children, < 1 is-j
tress his friends, lower the moral tone
of his community, develop the dor
mant evil instincts ami became a <le.j
b.t.iehcc. Most important danger of,
nil, be cun beget children who may be j
victims of nervous diseases, deformity
or mental deficiency, on account of the
habits of the lather. “Not a factor in
racial evolution!”—Why a man past
forty has just entered into hit hentag. 1
of power and inlluenee in the world.
Ills mental and moral qualities arejust
beginning to make their mark. His
position is established, he holds within !
his grasp immense possibilities. Bind I
all this be nullified and debased and
destroyed by the use of an insidious, j
deceptive drug that will steal from j
hint Ids honor, his happiness and his
soul's salvation? How shall such a
man answer to his God lor deliberately
giving way to a mote habit of seif in
dulgence because of a fancied security
to bis own life and nealth?
If tlie “curtailing of a lire” were the
only thing at stake the matter would
be comparatively simple. We could
comfort ourselves with the the try of
the survival of the fittest and let it go
at that. But it is the eternal fact that
no man liveth to himself or dieth to
himself only. Lite is a fabric woven
"f many t breads crossing and recross-
ing, always touching ; what soils and
defaces one spreads its contamination
to many; the fabric resists with all
its might being torn apart, and when
it is rent, the threads crack and break
in all directions; lire will not burn |
some of it without consuming all.
In thinking of the question of total j
i abstinence from intoxicants and nar-
, colic drugs ean a man conscientiously |
' ' ' con-1
that
bc-
notbing less than his !
or misey, but it also i
Thomson Mercantile'Co.
The Crow Of
The Game Cock
Is permissible because he has spurs to back
it up wiih; and for quantity ask the man;
We mean file Tax Collector. The records
show who carries the stock and pays the taxes.
It is alright to make a noise about quanti
ty, quality and durability provided your jobs
hack it up—clear to the end of the shafts—
Why not have style and etc, combining all
these with comfort and a durable finish.
Babcocks carry quality to the fullest require
ments.
I. H- COSKERY
749 Broad Street,
Augusta, da.
to venerate.
Tod*y there is but Asmall remnant of the
men who wore the “Gray ’. They are
rapidly passlngaway, and soon not one
of them will be left to tell the story
j of the period which is now distant
some loved oae wakes a wish to turn j and dim.
away aud "cep. ‘ Will Memorial Day be perpetuated ?
In the third place, Memorial Day 11 lielieve it will. The principles for
school room, in the halls of Congress gay that it i' something which
and yourBtate Legislatures; the men | cerns himself alone? It is true
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estaDlishment of your great publishing cwn i 1 , i pp iuess
and literary plants; the men who have
rebuilt Btate and Church deserve (he
kindly consideration and confidence of
those who have eyes to see and hearts j Unow.sTiothhig about—for his example
may reach even to them.
concerns vitally every one that loves
him, everyone dependent upon him,
everyone in business v-ith him and
even those lie may never have seen and
One has only pity for the thought
less, ignorant children and boys •' ho
blunder into the gulf ol the drink
habit, or are tempted into it by the
wicked for their own gain, but what
must one tiiink of the deliberate ehoiee
of an intelligent, well io formed man of
modern days who In mat urity becomes
an habitual drinker because he trusts
that be is safe from becoming a
drunkard?
i 1 908 BANNER YEAR. {
^ Not-withstanding the panic and other business
drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous
year. We are better prepared than ever to serve you
and can give you your money’s worth every time.
Agents ior Sucrene Food.
Arrington Bros. & Company.
j LEADING GROCERS,
J S63 BROAD, ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
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