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Vol. IX.
THOMSON, 6A„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1910.
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No. 38.
YOU KNOW OUR POLICY-
Never to carry Goods from one Season to Another.
We Always Like to Begin a
New Year With New Goods
McComiioas-Bisli-Eoswell Company,
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VACCINATION OR
QUARANTINE IS
THE ROLE EAR
PROSPERITY ON
THE FARM.
Mr. A. M. Railey of Columbia Coun
ty was in Thomson Tuesday and took
the occasion to call and renew his sub
scription to the McDuffie Progress. lie
was free to give praise to the Progress,
; and said that though he subscribed to
There was an important meeting of f° ur papers the editorial page of the
(he Board of Health held in the May- Progress was the only editorial page
or’s office Tuesday night, and a resolu- i r,:ad by him.
TEACHER’S MEETING GEORGIA
TO OPERATE RY
TELEPHONE
Mr. Bailey is now one of Columbia
County’s most prosperous farmers aud
he attributes his success to raising home
supplies on the farm. Me enters the
the year 1910 in better shape than in
ruary 8th., unless they have previously sny P revioUH y ear >'> thilt h « lias corn 1 the meeting was adjourned, to be
been successfully vaccinated, or unless , in the ™ b ’. ha - v and £odder in abundan ’ \ a K ain the first Saturday in March,
they remain upon their own premises
• tion was adopted putting into effect
the compulsory vaccination law. The
effect of the resolution is to require all
persons above five years of age to fie
vaccinated within six days from Feb-
The February teachers meeting was
held on Saturday, February 5th. at the !
higli school building. Mr. Dunn presi- j
ded and a large per cent of attendance :
was enrolled. The chief subject of the
day was “Agriculture in the public j
schools.” Various methods of teaching
this wore discussed and text books mid
collections wore taken under consider
ation. The main point of the talk was
flow to make the study a practical one
for the student in this section, and
how to bring the facts home in the
everyday matters around us.
The subject of state examinations
was also brought up, as were sundry
other matters of school interest before
hold
money
In other words you must be vaccinated
within six days from Feb. 8th., show
a good scar, or remain in your own
home. This resolution of the Board of
Health is based upon an ordinance of
the Mayor and Council of Thomson
authorizing them to compulsorily vac
cinate any and all persons if they think
the best interest of the town requires
it.
Thomson Mercantile Co. will sell
you a regular 15c plug of tobacco
for 10c, it is called MERRY WIDOW.
ce, cotton in the house, and
bank.
Mr. Bailey has the best record for a
one-horse farm last year when he made
nine bales oi cotton and 600 bushels of
corn from the one-horse farm. Mr.
Baiier will plant For still larger yields
of corn this year.
CENSUS ENUMERA
TOR’S EXAMINATION
The examiuation for Census Enum
erator's was held Saturday, the follow
ing taking the examination: Republi
can, Marvin L. Neal; Dearing, S. Wal
den; Mt. Auburn, W. T. Parrish;
Wrightsboro, S. C. Hawes; Thomson,
John Burt Stovall, W. O. Shields, E.
M. Hatcher, and W. B. Collins.
Colored, E. S. Landers, Sidney S.
Shank, Gad S. Shank, John J. Shank’
Octavius G. Shaw, all of Thomson Dis-
trick.
The papers have all been forwarded
to Washington City and they will be
passed on and the appointment, made
in a short time.
LOOSE COINS IN R.
F.D. BOXES MUST
STOP
WOO WORTH OF
COTTON SOLD
There "was a considerable boost in
the cotton market Monday and more
than 500 bales of cotton held by Thom
son people were turned loose that day
at 15 cents per pound. This included
alll grades from dog tail up and was
considered a good price as it was about
up to New York May quotations. The
amount of money realized from the
! sales of Monday was more than $40,000.
I The sales made Monday would indicate
that spot cotton will reach 16 cents in
the very near future.
In the near future the Georgia Rail
road Company will begin to operate
their trains by telephones instead of
telegraph as heretofore. This change
lias been decided upon by the manage
ment and will be put into operation
within the next month. It is said that
the method of handling trains by tele
phones is more rapid anti less expen
sive than by telegraph and that it is
only a question of time when the tele
phone will entirely take the place of
the telegraph.
It is also pointed out that in case of
a wreck or other accident the train
c.ew would only have to connect their
instrument to the wires and they could
give a full report to the officers in a
few moments.
Just one plug of MERRY WIDOW
will convince you that it is the best
10c plug of tobacco in Thomson, get
it from Thomson Mercantile Co•
Insurance.
We write all forms of Life,
Health and Accident Insurance.
Our rates are as cheap as any;
our companies are the best.
O’NEAL* WEST,
j Agents for, Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Co. and United States
j jalth & Accidence Insurance
bo. 4t.
The habit of dropping loose coins in
R. F. D. boxes for the carriers to col
lect up and pay for stamps must stop
on Feb. 14th., according to a letter of
the 4th. Assistant P. M. General which
appears below. If you get your mail
from a R. F. D. box you had best read
this, as the information mav be valua
ble to you:
Washington, D. C., Jan. 26th 1910.
The Postmaster:
In view of the extent to which the
practice of placing loose coins in boxes
by rural patrons lias grown, and the
delay in the delivery and collection of
mail and the hardship imposed on rural
carriers incident thereto, you are in
formed that, commencing February 15,
proximo, rural letter carriers will not
be required to collect loose coins from
rural mail boxes. •
Patrons should enclose coins in an
envelope, wrap them securely
piece of paper, or deposit them
coin-holding rececptacla, so they can
be easily and quickly taken from box
es, and carriers will be required to
lift such coins, and, where accompan
ied by mail for dispatch, attach the
requisite stamps.
This should be promptly announced
to the rural patrons through whatever
means you may employ, without ex
pense to the Department, and you are
at liberty to give the information em-1 ed 10 said decea » ed a™ earnestly
bodied herein to your local papers for ‘ quested t0 n,ake Immediate payment
LOT SALE
MARCH I5TH.
On March 16th. Anderson & Mendel
of Savannah will have another auction
lot sale in Thomson. They will sell
about 40 of the lots of the Anderson &
Mendel subdivision of the Ellington
tract located at the intersection of El
lington Ave and Cobbham Road. On
another page will be found a large ad
vertisement of this sale. If you want
1 a building lot in Thomson read the ad-
a I vertisement and some out to the sale
and buy you one.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Notice is hereby gi.\en to all the
creditors of the estate of Henry Bell
MERRY WIDOW is a rich man's
tobacco, but you get if at a poor
man’s price from Thomson Mercan
tile Co.
GEORG A BOV
MIES GOOD SHOW
ING.
The First National Bank, of Fort
Lee, N. J., is in the Witham system of
banks and under the direction of a for
mer Georgian, Jos. C. Howell, who is
the cashier. The First National opened
in temporary quarters two yearB and
two months ago. The deposits of the
first day amounted to $6,700. The de
posits are now in excesB of $300,000
witn resources $400,000. The first
year's operations resulted in a 6 per
cent, dividend and a like amount placed
to surplus fund. A profit account of
about $6,000 is shown now. The bank
is now occupying a handsome new home
erected at a cost of $30,000, which will
greatly increase their business, consid
ering the progress made in temporary
quarters. Cashier Howell wos former
ly from Thomson and later of Macon,
Ga. He is a banker of experience, a
man of wide acquaintance and broad
business knowledge, and the First Na
tional’s success will continue under able
management. Fort Lee is directly op
posite New York City and overlooks
the Hudson.—Sonthem Banker.
alias Henry Langston late
county, deceased to render an
of said 11
account,
Why do you spend yonr money
for inferior tobacco when you can
, buy MERRY WIDOW from Thomson
of their demands to me at once proper- u _ ... r ...
ly made out. And all persons indebt. < Mercantile Co., at the same price
that you have to pay for the common
kind elsewhere?
publication, if they so desire.
Respectfully,
P. G. McGraw,
Faurth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
to the undersigned. This Jan. 6, 1910.
(’• G. Ivey,Administrator, Hknky
Bei.p alias Hknky Langston Estate.
2-18-10.
Mortgage Fi. Fas.
Mortgage Fi. Fas for sale.
tf. Progress Job Office
SCOOL CHILDREN
MOST BE VACINATF.il
A meeting of the Board of Education
w is held last Tuesday night at the
o ice of the Mayor for the purpose of
c msidering the f-mall pox situation in
Thomson. Upon investigation it was
f ibnd that there was a city law that
r quired all children attending school in
T.iomson to be vacinnated, and the
Board of Education passed a resolution
instructing Prof. Ware to inforce this
ordinance of the town. He was in
structed to give notice Wednesday that
all children must bring a certificate of
vaccination Thursday, or the Board of
Health would would call at the school
room and vaccinate all pupils who had
i.o. previously been vaccinated. All
children vaccinated at the school room
would be at the town's expense, but
any pupil would have the right to be
vaccinated at home by the family phy
sician, but in such cases the expense
of vaccination would have to be borne
by the parents of the child, or their
guardians.
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Constipation causes headache, nau
sea, dizziness, languor, heart palpita-
rion. Drastic physics grip, sicken,
weaken the bowels and don't cure.
Doan’s Regulets act gently and cure
constipation. 25 cents. Ask your
druggists.
SMALL POX IN TOWN
Several cases of small pox have de
veloped in town in the past few days,
all of them traceable, to expospure to
the case already reported, the negro
George Watson.
Mr. Jas. E. Harrison, who had been
dl for several days with what was
thought to be grip, was pronounced
Monday to be suffering with a well de
veloped case of small pox. Neither
Mrs. Harrison nor their little daughter
have shown any symptoms so far and
it is hoped that they may escape. Mr.
Harrison has been very sick but as we
go to press we learn that he is improv
ing and his many friends trust he will
soon recover and that his wife and lit
tle girl will not contract the disease.
Mr. Harrison and his family are obser
ving a rigid quarantine and there will
be no danger from the spread of the
disease unless from exposure before
the nature of Mr. Harrison’s illness
was known.
Ihursday, Mr. Jack Usry developed
the disease and it is feared that others
may be affected.
Four new cases have developed
among the negroes, Watson’s wife,
Rack and Bose Reese and Alf Kendall.
1 hese have all been removed to the
pest house on the edge of town, and
every precaution has been taken to
prevent the spread of the disease.
Marshall Ivey, who has had small
pox and is immune, is making a house
to house canvass of the negro houses
in town and making every inmate show
himself so as to be able to locate the
disease in time to prevent further con
tagion.
It is hoped that the vigorous meas
ures taken, with the quarantine and
vaccination ordinances, will soon stamp,
out the disease.
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