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' ‘ 1 ■ " Ihe iBriuffte SO?" 11 " COM?- 6 ' A Tenth District Newspaper VOL. XIII. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1913. NO. 24 ANOTHER OF CU PIDS PRANKS Just as we go to press, news readies us of tlie rather sudden and unexpected marriage of Miss Carolyn Lois Dozier to Mr. George Young, both of Thom son, and married at Mosena Thursday evening, by a minister whose name we have not learned. Invitations had been sent out to the marriage of Miss Dozier to Mr. Walter Gardner on October the 9th; but Air. and Mrs. Young will likely see to it that such an event is indefinitely post poned. “There is many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip ” The Prog teas extends its best wishes: STATE INSTITU- T KILLED ACCI- DENTALLlY c Milleugeville, Ga. September 28,— (Special.)—The state farm will make this year between 5,000 and 0,001} bush els more corn than last year. The state reformatory will make 1,000 bushels more, and the woman’s department of the penitentiary will make an increase of 2,000 bushels, while the male de partment will go considerably over this figure, insuring a total increase of over 5,000 bushels. While making a largely increased corn crop this year, it is stated that a sufficient quanity was made last year to supply all the‘needs of the farmers. The harvesting ot the new crop is now in progress, and there is plenty of old com still on hand. Mr' J. Russell, living on the John E. Smith farm, shot and accidently killed Hob Davenport, a negro man about 115 years old, who was in the yearly tm- ploy of Mr. Russellf, last Friday A. M. in a cotton (lel.i on his plantation. Mr. Russell statement of the unfor tunate affair, made to The Progresses as follows;—that he went to the field where about a dozen of his hands were picking cotton, among which were two negroes who had not been giving him faithful work, and he began giving th se two negroes a verbal excoriation for their neglect of duty, and in order to empathize his remarks, he lired his pistoi two or more times in quick sue- cession, ill a different direction, strik ing another negro in Ihe heart, wno was about 200 yards nwn>, picking cotton alone, and who Mr. Russell says he did not see or kno.vt was in the direction of where he shot. He was leaving the Held, not knowing that this negro had been shot, which was aCCi'rtained by some of the ••ther ne groes later, and reported to Mr. Rus set). Cotton Seed Market QUOTATIONS: Madison- Last week 36cts. Tuesdays market not quoted. YVarrenton: Last week 33cts. Tuesday 30cts. Elberton: 33cts. last week 34 1-2 Tues. Meal $27. Hulls $8. Washington: No report- Thomson: 32cts. last week, 33 Tuesday Meal $27 Hulls $8. Waynesboro: No report Dearing; 30 to 3lcts. last week, 32 1-2 cts. Tuesday. Harlem Last week 30 to 32cts Tuesday 33. Evans Last week 33, Tuesday. 33cts. COTTON: Cotton sold for 14 cts- in Thomson Friday- Cotton Seed bringing 36cts. in Thomson Friday* Why not fill-out the postal cards? They are self-ad dressed and postage paid. Please make report next week. Please make reports more regularly, and always give Tuesday market. Editor. Ik' come to town and immediately j reported tho matter to sheriff Chuy i who in company with several while men, went to the scene to learn the ; particulars, and having been convinced that the shooting was plainly acciden-! till, no arrest was made. Mr. Russel I states that he wanted an inquest held, but was advised that one' was not required, and that the county would not pa.v for one, under the cir cumstances, whereupon he stated that he was willing to pay for it, and tried to see the corroner, but he was at home sick. The oat crop at th.’ farm will he another feature this fall, particular attention being given to winter farm ing there. Mr. Russell snys that, lie had never had any trouble with the negro killed, that he was an inollensiva negro, and that he regrets the killing more than any act of his life- (Evening Wisconsin) On January 15, 171)7, when John Ilethorington emerged from his .Lon don haberdashery shop in the Strand wearing a silk hat, he was surrounded by a mob of such proportions that he was arrested and charged before the Lord Mayor with inciting a riot. The constable who arrested him testified that “Hetherlngton appeared upon the public wiglnvay wearing a tall struc ture, which he called asilk hat, having a shiny luster, and calculated to frighten timid people. Several women fainted, children screamed, dogsyelped and a" young son of Cordwainer Thomas was thrown down by tha crowd and broke his right am..” The defendant pleaded that as an Englishman, he was free to wear any hat he chose, but nevertheless was hound over in $2,500 to keep the peace, YOU SOU TO THE FAIR? in ,1 Backward, turn backward, oh tune in your light, give us a girl with skirts not so tight; give us a girl, whose charms, many or few or not exposed by too much peek-a-boo; give us a girl, no matter what age, who won’t use the street for a vaudeville stage; give us a girl not so sharply in view; dress her in skirts the sun cannot shine thru. And give us the dances of days gone by, with plenty of clothes and steps not high; put turkey trot caper and buttermilk slides, hurdy.gurdy twists and wiggletail glides, and other such bunny hugs all on a level as products of hell inspired by the devil, and let us feast our optics once more on the pure sweet woman of the days of yore. Yes, time" turn backward, and grant our request for God’s richest blessing hut not undressed,—The Yellow Jacket. ’S Go to your local and State Fairs was the advice we gave in Tile Progressive Farmer for a week or so ago in prose. Now the Kansas Farmer preaches the same good doctrine in verse. Here’s the way it puts it: “Ale you going to the fair? All the live ones will be there. Does us good to take a clay from tlje steady grind away; seeing what the neighbors raise, learning new and batter ways. Edu cate—that’s half the charm of this life upon the farm. “We’re not going just for fun, or to see the horses run. We’ll not stund around and knock; but we’ll take our finest stock, and our products we will show. What the use of being slow? Life is great. At every turn there is ggThe Woman’s Club will hold the first meeting of the wintei on Wednesday, October 8th, at S l\ M. at the olub rooms. As this is one the most impor tant meetings of the year, ali members are urged to be present. Each chairman section orcommittee must bring report of work her section will undertake for the year. This re port must be in duplicate, one for the secretary and one for the chairman. Should there be any members who have not paid their dues, please bear in mind that They must be paid by November 1st. (Signed) Lulu M. Farmer, Pres. A SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT On Wednesday, near Winfield, on her way to Thomson in a buggy, ac companied by her three children, Mrs. J. W. Blackwell, of Bussey, Lincoln county, was killed in n very tragic and unusual manner. She struck the mule that she was driving with the whip, and before she could recover her norma! position, it kicked her over the heart, creaking several bones and causing almost instant death. She was taken to her home, and we have not learned the time and place of burial. Mrs. Blackwell is the sister of Mr. Henry Prioe of this town, but engaged in the saw mill business near Way- cross. He arrived in Thomson Thurs day and left for the home of his sister immediately. TO CUT PRICE OF BEEF MORE THAN ONE-HALF something new to learn. “Help to make that fair a go. Tell the folks just how you grow, pumpkins big as all gee out, stuff that makes the natives shout, how to farm the modern way, making crop rotation pay. Gome across and do your share. Are you going to the fair? Washington, 8ept. 27.—A message of hope for a reduction of the price of beer to less than one-half of what it costs today, which would be a big help in solving the cost of living problem, lias been brought to the American peo ple by Auguslo JG Leguia, former president of Peru, who is now in this city. He made the declaration that with the opening of the Panama canal and a reduction of four thousands miles in commercial distance between the United States and Pom, beef could be delivered in Now York for ten cents a pound from his country . Figures made public by the depart ment of commerce show that during the first leiv months of the present tts. cal year there were, increase of several million pounds of beef caning prin cipally from Argentina and Australia, which averaged in price from seven to t en cents a pound, • rnwniwi«nr*iHKw fr-a,.-M-r.anoawth.«aw: wtac HADAWAY’S Strikingly handsome HIGH ART clothes made by STOUSE & BROTHERS, Baltimore. 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