About The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1909)
"yWjf.r.SiA:-' ; ■■ ' " ' ' ■ ' • ' — 'y ' — nm «r 1 IMP« ■ WL m =*= ■” aljii te ■* ml w ■as .st.'/fA IRA E. FARMER, Edttor. C. E. Faumkr, ) . L M. Faumkr V PubllHhcr "' Entered at the Postoffice in Thom- iou as second class matter. IVvOmcjAi, Oroax ok MoDcfkik County.. Ailver line west* from responsible parties will li* pnbllshed until ordered out when the time la sot sped lied on the copy and payment c*aet*d accordingly. Comnir.nlestloni for individual bet. oft, or of a personal character, charged for os advertisements. Obituaries, tl.e first hundred words free id e.lmrg'J. Kafli extra word, one cent per word, cash with copy. THOMSON.GA.. NOV.. B, 1900 BETTER THAN 14 CENTS COTTON. Fourteen cents cotton is good. fito, says everyone’except some of thu fellows who sold at from ten to twelve cents, and some of the Spinners. But there is some thing better. It is corn that is grown at eight cents per bushel. In other words the profit in grow ing corn is still far greater than . &ro^ , ing*o<>tton evoli at fourteen GBits- Mr. R. A AlnlAnd who res'der, in Wilkes County has a state wide reputation for growing corn >vt eight, cunts pul’ bushel, and this year will be no exception. His conclusion is that “eight cents corn beats fourteen cents cotton.” The Washington Reporter says: “Mr. II. A. Almand, whose tame as a producer of corn at a cost of eight conts per bushel, spreua abroad in Georgia last year, is this week harvesting a yield of some fifteen hundred bushels from his Barksdale plan tation.' Mr. Almand says the yield this year was seventy-live bushels pur acre and the cost again did not exceed eight centa per bushel, “and eight cents corn beats four teen cents cotton,” concluded Mr. Almand.” Mr. Almand’s conclusion is correct. Such a crop will beat fourtee n, and oven seventeen cents cotton. The price of corn is high now and will be again next year. T!i.-re is very little prospect of a dc. lino in the price of any - food atntV, but every one Knows that the prospect for a decline in the price of cotton is exceedingly bright. Better stick to the corn crop. McDuffie may not make any eight cents corn, but she can make corn a*, some price. The prosperity of fourteen cents cotton comes and goes, but he who lias corn in the c iti always has “sugar in the gourd”. WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN. Monday was a great day in Thomson, for John Robinson’s show was here, and so was one of the largest crowds Thomson has soon for a long time. Despite the attacks that have been made on the circus and similar show’s, they are still greut drawing cards, and appeal to the young and the old alike, as was evidenced by the crowd in Thomson Monday. I o o o o o I The general impression is that the circus draws its largest patron age from the liegro. This isnot true. When the elephant comes to town and the baud plays the negro loses his sense, but he regains it iC, the entrance to the circus. Of the vast erowd in the streets Mon day, two to one were negroes; cf the vast crowd around the circus tents ten to one were negroes, but of the vast audience under the tents two to one wore whites. o o o o o And the white part of the audience was 'argely made up of Baptists ami Methodists. When the circuses comes to town the Methodist and the Baptists here get busy, and so do the brethren from the country. The general impression is that they look at the parade, and that’s ull, but we are now prepared to say that the ge leral impression is not correct. Of course, ai l the Baptists and Methodists were not there, neither were all of the sinners, but it cunnot lie denied that the churches were well represented; members young and old were there, members of hi 6 h and low estate were there, officers were there they who play on stringed instruments were there, and they, also, who sing in tho choir were there. o o o o o Still it cannot be denied* that a circus has a demoralizing effect upon a community to a certain extent. I has been so in all the ages. The great shows and races of the ancients were followed by revelry and carrousals and perhaps they are handed down to us as a heritage. But who is it, in whom the recollections of childhood are not deud, that, can in his heart condemn circuses? We may condemn the evil, and the evil consequences that flow from it, but deep dowi. in the henrt., few only condemn the circus itself. VA- .L-V Sj§ jf: .tgxai&tfwf- • • ■ i • IT l ! ■ ■— ——— — — •*-— —-—?.— Dont Let Them “Soak You” BURNING BARNS AND LIVE STOCK. The annual Fall burnings of barns have begun m Georgia, and with each report comes the sickening news of the burning of the poor CLOTHING. Before making your purchases for the Winter you had better look around a little. It will pay you. A man bought a suit of clothing paying $30 00 for it. It was a goon suit, but we sell the identical suit made by Strouse & Brothers for $24.00. There are none better and our friend as he expressed it was “soaked” for six dollars helpless live stock with them. On Sunday night a fire at Pelham, Ga. dvstroyed thirty-six head of live stock, anil on the same night at Tignal in Wilkes County the barn of E. H. Samuels was destroyed bv fire and with it four head ef mules and a fine herse. In both of these cases the value of the animals destroyed would have paid for separate stables two or three times over, and such will be the case in almost every instance.• But even if the savings m the loss did not justify separata buildings for stables and barn, we owe it to o.ir dumb slaves lo see that they are not thus exposed to u merci less and cruel slaughter by the flames. EXPLORER OR FAKER. UNDERWEAR. Another friend bought a half dozen undershirts, and took pleasure in displaying his bargain. He thought he had a bought them four cents each under the regular price, but investigation easily convinced him that he had bought “Seconds despite the warn ing we had given. Instead of gettinS a bargain he had gotten “Soaked.” With The State Editors Wo’il rather have ten acres of oats growing now than twenty acres of cot ton which will be growing next spring. Millodgeville News. The state of Georgia is now reaping the benefits of the state good roads movement started last spring. Hun dreds of miles of improved highway have been built and every farmer who hauls his crops along those highways is putting money in his pockets, while every citizen in plact‘3 to which those farmers carry their crops is also reap ing benefits. -Athens Banner. Some Baldwid county farmers are selling home roised hams at twenty cents per povnd. The man doing that is better off than the man selling fifteen cents cotton and buying corn and bacon. - Millodgeville News! Factory Stock tor Sale Mfg: A few shares of John E Smith Go . stock for sale. Apply to 4t. Ira E. Farmer. Mrs. C. W. Hi ms, Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Nod, Mrs. 11. 1). Ilamsey amt Mr. and Mrs. Olvln Smith of Winfield attended the Fuller—Neal wedding. If you have noticed symptoms of kidney trouble, do wot delay in tailing the most reliable and dependable re- nwnty possible, such as DeWiti’s Kid- itey and Bladder Bills. These wotider- rui rills are being used with great sst- isfaatum by thousands of people. Try DeWitt's Kidney mid Bladder I'dis today. Sold bj v<!i> n Drug t o. Dr. Cook is oitlior tne greatest explorer or the greatest faker of the age. Which, opinion differs as widely as tho poles themselves. But no one will deny that, be has put it up to his accusers good and strong and in a manner eutinly different from the bushwhacking methods of li is enemies. At Hamilton, Mont., when the audience passed'a resolution expres sing confidence in the guide, Barrill, who stated that Dr. Cook never reached the top of Mount McKinley, Cook made an affidavit in the presenco of the audienco that he ascended the mountain, that Barrill was with him at the time, and that the records of the trip v,»re left on the topmost peak of the mountain. Now here is something for the bushwhackers to chow on. Peary 1 and his crew should either accept this cli«llenge or shut up. It the! top of the mountain was reached once it can be reached again, and the presence or absence of these records there would condemn either Cook or Peary and his crowd to eternal infamy. Peary cannot ignore such a challenge and continue his vicious attacks. SHOES. The First National Bank % 01 Thomson, Ga, returns thanks to its large circle of friends and patrons for their commuted confidence and'business, enabling it to reach the proud position of being t.lio largest and strongest Country Bank In Our Section. With resoarsos of over $100,000.00 and CHECKABLE DEPOSITS of over lilOO,$00.00 we are prepared to take care Of ny Legitimate Demand. Our list of depositors is growing daily and we would be glad to add y.ur name, assuring you prompt and courteous service, coupled with absoluts safety. On the rainy day last week, we doubt if all stores in Thomson combined sold as many shoes as we did. The trade in shoes began when the store was opened in the morning and closed only when it was closed at night. The reason was that at no other store in Thomson could the Crossett shoe for men be obtain ed. nd you have no idea the number of men in McDuffie County who will wear nothing else. You Are A Hunter You will net start limiting without knowing that’your gun is in first-class shape. I have engaged experienced help and am in a posi tion to repair GUNS, PISTOLS, and BICYCLES on short notice. And will guarantee all work to be satisfactory. Don’t throw your Guns, Pistols or Bicycles aside to rust away, when we can put them m practical use no matter how bad a condition they are in. CONCLUSION Don’t be ‘‘Soaked”. Look around before you do vOur Fall trading- The T. A- Scott Co. buys in the cheapest markets, discounts their bills, have the minimum fo expenses, and sell at a close profit. These things will tell. Look around a little before you buy. We have nothing to fear, LADIES SHOES Info every part of the county they go. Qneen Quality shoes for ladies. And they have won out on merit. The greatest advertisement they have is what the ladies say who wear them A customer once for Queen Quality shoes is always a customer, a»d some times five or six more. GRAY F. JOHNSON. IN OLD PROGRESS OFFICE. G. T. NEAL, Dentist, Will be at Thomson the 1st to 20th •! each .'Aonih. When you have a cold the lirst thing ♦o do is have the bowels move. Do not take anything that may consti pate—and most old fashioned cough cures do constipate. Try Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup, it drives the cold from the system by a free yet gentle action of the bowels; it stops tile cough, it is pleasant to take. Child ren like it. Sold by Gibson Drug Co. The T. A Thomson, Scott Company, Georgia. i * \ r i < X
