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McDuffie progress. Vol. VIII. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909, No. 48. H % % SlalueS A Blaze 0! Unparailed FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS In The Dry Goods Department. 25c Ladies Hose Suporters at 16c 15c Mens Hose Suporters at 0 0 0 O 49 4? 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/ 0/ 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 !# 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 * — >" y ' 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. vA v»A v»A <