The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current, March 30, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextXXIV. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1923 sas NO. 14 OF DIVINE THE LAST OF WORLD-RENOWNED EMOTIONAL ACTRESSES CROSSES OVER GEORGIAN THROWS OUT HINT ANENT UNTESTED WEEVIL CONDITIONS ;SENSS MESSAGE TO AMERICA Whispers Lines Of Great Roles Ai Death Nears — Died Reciting 1 Lines From “Camille” ^t****** -3- + + + + + + + Paris.—"I am deeply touched with the sympathetic interest of my beloved American friends.” This was Sarah Bernhardt’s message to her friends overseas, given the Associated Press by her secretary, Madame Nor- mand. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED Says The Only Methods Which Have Proven Effective Should Be Employed + + + + +-*-4 > 't + + + + * + + Y Paris.—“The golden voice,” which, for more than sixty years has charmed the audiences of the civilized world, is at last stilled. For Bernhardt, the in comparable, greatest and bravest ‘‘young woman” of lier century, has at length passed on, radiant and beau tiful and unafraid in spite ol’ her 78 years. In siageland and among stage- lovers the world over, the most fam ous actress of two generations is mourned. And with her goes’(.he laBt link binding ilio present to the mighty playwrights of Franco’s past, lb Victor Hugo, to Coppee, to the whimsical llos- tand. The Divine Sarah was unconscious when the revered dead, the famous writers whom she had interpreted for the world and whose busts and portraits adorned her home, beckoned the trage dienne to join them after tenderly awaiting to claim her. Bhe passed at 8 p. m., Monday. The aertoss died within the church. Extreme Unction, the last sacrament, was administered shortly before her death by Rev. Risser of St. Francis do Sales church. “Toward the end of the service, the priest said, “she only half recognized me, hardly un derstood and was unable to talk.” A cry for air five hours before Bern hardt died and a sinking spell brought to her physicians and friends the real ization that she could not live through the night. Her last hours were fitful an she fougiii, with her indomitable will, the Inevitable. Bernhardt would whisper faintly the lines of “Camille” and words of other of her famous roles. She imagined per- hans that ebe was dying as she wished “-on ilie stage. Again she would struggle to arise. She. would insist on going downstairs to finish the motion picture which she had started to play for an American com puny. The groat actress was a grandmother when she last appeared in America, and had suffered amputation of her right lag. Upon her arrival in New York, October, 1916, it was evident to the group of friends and admirers who had gathered to welcome her that ehe walk ed with extreme difficulty. While playing in New England she contracted a severe cold which prompt ed her to take a trip South for her health. A few weeks later she under went an operation for infection of the kidney, and, although more than 70 years of age, she enjoyed complete re covery and remained in America for several months. Unusual Operation In New York City New York.—An operation for brain tumor, during which th epatient, Henry A. Brown, 49, of Newark, N. J., under local anesthesia only, discussed his feelingsw ith doctors and nurses, has been described by the staff of Beth Is rael hospital. By E. P. DREXEL, County Agent. Hog Sale Brings 71-4 Cents Pound Wilson, N. C.—“As the responsible agencies for scientific research in the slates, the agricultural colleges, can recommend to the people only such methods as have been fully establish- j ed by adequate and dependable scien- I tific data. Until proof shall be avail- j able, new or untried methods and tie- | vices should be used with caution anil with a view' of testing their efficiency rather than depending upon them for control.” This was the advice of Dr. Andrew M Soule, president of the Georgia Stale College of Agriculture, gave in an ad dress at the Eastern Carolina Expo sition, to farmers fighting the coiton boll weevil. The speaker’s addresB was devoted to a technical discussion of the methods of combatting the wee- vil and was heard by a large number of planters. “A resume of the situation shows that the boll weevil has spread over practically all the cotlon producing territory; that lie lias come to stay; that his complete eradication by any method now known is impossible and that wherever he invades a locality for the first time, his advent is at tended with great loss and discom- fori and with a complete unsettling of j whlch W1 " CHUae them to have to lho farm practically in vogue,” ho as- Lllem to Au K llHla - Now the reason this serted. I w,i8 not made a cooperative sale is be- "ln this connection, it is of the ut- i Cauje the majority of the hog raisers Tlie car of hogs sold here Tuesduy March 27th, brought 7'4 cents a pound smooth hogs 125 to 250 pounds. The cur of 10(3 head brought a total ol $1272 95 on u total tonnage of 17,720 pounds, liar sold to L. O. Price’s mar ket in Athens, Ga. Tlie next nearest bid being 6,4 cents by u South Carolina buyer. The sale was somewhat handicapped by lack of bids, because of the nearness of Easter lor which all buyers and markets had stocked up the week previous und con sequently were out of the market. On (he same day the sale was made hogs broke to 7' 4 in Atlanta. However these fluctuations are only temporary and after thin week the market is like ly to be stronger than ever. The over subscription of hogs to this car will run around a half cur which could not be included and farmers hav ing hogs to sell now are urged to list them ut once with the County Agent or Messrs. J. E. Harrison and J. E. Wilson, Jr., and if a full car is sub scribed will be sold next week. The Small Farmers Left Out. A good many farmers were unable to get their hogs into this shipment be cause the car bad boon subscribed, Mrs. Anna Buzz! Indicted By Jury New York.—Mrs. Anna Buzzl was in dicted for first degree murder In con nection with the slaying, February 26, of Frederic Schneider, wealthy Bronx contractor, with whom ehe had lived. Schneider was shot to death the even ing of February 26 as he drove his automobile along a lonely road in the Bronx. Witnesses told of seeing a woman leave the car after shots had been fired, and Mrs. Buzzi was held for a time as a material witness. did not want a public cooperative sale, and until they become convinced of the value of tins method of selling hogs the little fellow with a few head of hogs is cutoff from a market here. It is the big fellows who make possible car shipments and only a very few little fellows can get. in on these sales. Of course this soit of selling usually nets about a half cent under a coopera tive sale, which is the price our people are paying for knowing what they are going to get before hauling oil' the farm. T he cooperative sale last fall brought $.076(3 per pound which at that time was .0016 over the market in At lanta. Last month a shipment brought $ 0715 or .0085 under the Atlanta mark et, and the shipment this week brought $.0725 or .0050 under the market in At lanta. in all my experience in selling hogs they usually sold above the market price in a cooperative sale, and in a cooperative shipment where they were sold before hauling from the farm they have always sold for less than the market price. The reason for such is this, a buyer cannot make a close price several days ahead of shipment, but if the shipment is made immediately after buying he can make a much closer price with less chance of loosing. The buyer must protect himself from market changes between time of making his bid and time he cun resell the meat. The cooperative sale is used almost altogether in Georgia because they get competition there. There is no compe tition at our stock yards in Georgia cities. It grieves me to turn down the little . , _ , fellow with only a few hogs but until Liquor Bought 12 Years Ago Restored our hoK rili8er3 become convinced of most Importance that tlie farmer real ize that only those methods of control which have been proven effective hould be employed and that he should 'ot be inveigled into llie use of nos- rums or machinery for catching wee vils which are without merit. “The procedure to follow is to se lect well-drained land which will yield one-half bale and upward per acre under normal conditions, break it up in the full very thoroughly, sow it in Hie spring as early as practicable, fer tilize it liberally with high-grade for mulas rontaining quickly available Plant food elements, cultivate it rapid ly so as to hasten maturity and pick or poison the weevils wisely and effic iently. “If this in done, people of vision and courage can still grow cotton with a considerable degree of success. “The cotton farmer of the South ts entitled to a fair price for his cot ton. I believe he should have cost plus just like the balance of society. “If he co-operates successfully, this end may be attained. I am inclined to think the world realizes tlint it must- pay a better price for cotton in the future than it has done in tlie past.” Believe Blackmail Gang Murdered Girl New York.—Police spread their net over Broadway in search for ihe per son or persons who are believed to have attempted to blackmail John Kearsley Mitchell, the mysterious "Mr. Mar shall” in the Dorothy Kenan case, and who are thought to have murdered tlie model because she refused to partici pate in the plot against him. Although Assistant District Attorney Ferdinand Pecora has said that he has a “very definite idea” as to who the black mailer is, no arrests have been made so far. The preliminary report of cotton gin ned from tlie crops of 1921 and 1922, made by the Bureau of Census of the United Stutes Department of Com merce. gives the figures for the two years. For the year 1921 McDuffie county ginned 3,517 bales, compared wish 2,794 bales for the year 1922, or 723 liules less last year than 1921. For the state the number of bales ginned in 1921 was 822,621, and for 1922, 735,874, a difference of 86,147 bales in favor of 1921. Jurors Drawn For City Court Following is a list of jurors drawn for the City Court of Thomson, which convenes the second Monday in April, Judge P. B. Johnson presiding: 1. VV. S. Fitzgerald. 2. J. Foster Young. Jesse S. Smith. J. S. Radford. O. F. Montgomery. D. B. Hadley. E. Gordon Ivey. L. B. Whitaker. J. II. Stockton. Joe B. Ivey. John T. Adams. J. Willis Howard. M. A. Harrison. John II. Gunby. W. E. Green. John E. Gross. Leonard F. Lockett. Phocian S. Johnson. John A. Jones. C. M. Bussey. J. Hoyt Gunby. 22. Ed E. McCorkle. 23. N. B. Panned. 24. J. G. Hinton. The Tax Problem (Communicated.) 3. 4. ^ 5. " 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Norfolk, Va.—-John J. Kelly, a for mer saloon keeper, was acquitted in corporation court on changes of violat ing (he state prohibition law after he had offered evidence that his stock valued at $35,000 — and seized last month — had been purchased nearly twelve years ago and stored in his home. The liquor — nearly one thou sand gallons of it — was ordered re stored. Two Die For Killing Deputy Sheriffs Franklinton, La.—John Murphy and Gideon Rester, moonshiners, who kill ed Deputy Sheriff’s Wiley Pierce and Wesley Crain near here, March 3. were convicted of murder in district court here and sentenced to hang. Atlantic Coast Line Improving Line Wilmington, N. C.—The Atlantic Coast Line railroad company, Wilming ton, N. C., which announced the inaug uration last fall of a program for ex penditures of approximately $13,000,- 000, has doubled its plans and a total of approximately $26,000,000 will be expended In providing improvements and facilities to overcome retrench ments made during the period of the war and to care for the increased busi ness induced by the growth of the ter ritory which it serves. Rail and grade reductions are Important features. tlie value of the cooperative sale and will guarantee to bring their hogs to them, I can do only what they want done. E. P. Drexel, County Agent. Every Day Facts. Mr. Sam McGahee reports an income of over $200.00 the pa3t year from one sow. He is planning to wire his farm this year. Mr. J. L. Lewis sold 23 hens at the sale for $25.49. Mr. R. S. Neal recently installed a new DeLaval separator on his farm. He will ship sour creum. Mrs. J. A. Jones totaled $150.00 from a strawberry patch last year of less than a tenth of an acre. She lias two acres this year. The next poultry sale contemplated will be held about tlie last of May. Friers from 1 to 2 pounds and stags Women Are Biggest Euyers. Women buy 76 per cent of all the erchandise sold in the stores. Anniston Man Is Killed By Train Anniston, Ala.—Kilby's crossing, near the center of Anniston's business dis trict, claimed its third victim in recent months when Edward Ware, 50, was struck by a Southern passenger train on tho crossing, died at St. Luke’s | which weigh over 2 pounds are desired hospital here. Timothy Goad, 27, was | f or f h at 8u | e killed at the same crossing. A third j _ , . man was killed several months ago. ihe overflow of hogs subscribed for Ware, an electrical worker, according ^is sale are of Buch a number that to reports, stepped in front of the ap- should about fifty more be added would proaehlng train and was thrown vio- fill a car and allow another shipment, lently against an iron switch. Death was JParties having hogs ready to sell are instantatneous j urged to list them at once. Really Permanent Things. The permanent things are tlie stars , A little 26c ad In the “Want” I and the sun. not tlie clouds and the • :oluniu will sell that article you wan- I dust.—Senator Hoar. j aei out of youi way, | Visits Thomson State School Superintendent M. M. 1 Parks was a visitor in Thomson Mon day, calling on Superintendent M. W. Dunn. Mr Parks is endeavoring to visit every county in the slute and con fer with the county superintendents with a view of getting first-hand infor mation as to the needs of the schools. Mr. Parks is very enthusiastic on the subject of education and is making the state a good official during his short term of “enlistment.” In July ho will return to Georgia Normal at Milledge- ville. During his short stay in Thom son lie was a welcome visitor at The Progress office. Baseball Season Has Opened Up The High School baseball teams are now making dates with each other for games in this section. The Thomson High School team hud an engagement to play Washington today providing the weather permitted. Next Friday the home boys are ex pecting the Granite Hill team for a game here. From now on the boys hope to have a game with some neigh boring team as often as permissible. Next week we will give u line-up of the home team. Baraca Contest Brings Results The second week of the contest be tween the Blue and Gold of the Baraca class of the Baptist church brought ad ditional results. The attendance last Sunday was 75, the Blues having a slight lead over the Golds. Both sides are working hard and it is expected the attendance will go over 100 soon. Another Carload Miss Dixie Flour J. M. Hayes is this week receiving another carload of the celebruted Miss Dixie Flour. This makes six cars re ceived since January 1st, which is prob ably the best record of any merchant operating between Augusta and Atlan ta. It will pay you to read J. M. Hayes’ ad in another place in this issue. Chautauqua Coming. The Radcliffe Chautauqua will be here for three days, April 18-19-20. Full announcements next week. Those who are urging repeal of the equalization law are unaware of the dynamite they are handling without knowing it. They are assaulting the interest most dear to the people of Georgia. A young lawyer was arguing his first case before an old Justice of thej Peace who finally interrupted him by saying “Colonel, uin’t you agin the side you are for?” This is the position ot many wiio are joining in the unthink ing cry against this measure. During tlie year of 1921 the report of the State Treasurer shows there was paid the schools $3,918,780,04 and for pensions $2,502,930.00, making a some total $6,421,710.04, while tlie sum total received by the State from all advu- lorum taxes amounted to $0,256,534.07. thus these two items, for schools and pensions exceeded all the tax paid on property. It is admitled that if the equalization law is repealed, the adva- lorum taxes will be cut in half, there fore, where will the money come from to pay for schools and pensions? Wiil not the schools be closed and the pen sioners cut off? The law provides that 50 per cent of the revenue of the state shall go to common schools. If the returns of property be cut in half, what will be come of the schools? The shrewdest and most desperate enemy of the com mon schools could devise no better plan to weaken them than to loudly preach the advantages of education and then cut off the money to provide it. But this is not the worst of it. It paralizes county and local aid to schools. The constitutional amendment of 1918 allow ed counties and school districts to levy a local tax for school purposes, not to exceed five mills, upon a vote as pre scribed. It will readily be seen that if liie tax returns be lessened, the reve nue from this levy will he correspond ingly lessened, and constitute a direct attack on the school system. The gen eral expenses will not be affected and the people will pay as much as before, except for schools, since the county authorities simply increase tho rate in proportion as tlie returns diminish. 1 herefore, it will he seen by any citizen who will give the subject a min ute's thought that the effect of the re peal of the equalization law will be di rectly a tremendous reduction of the school fund, both state and local, and a necessary attack on the pension fund, since these two funds constitute the en tire advalorum revenue of the state. (More next week). By Nemo After an absence of two weeks ye scribe decided to send in some news. I wonder if any one missed Eust .Thorn- son. Mr. A. W. Roper made a business trip down South Geoigia last week. Mr. Roper says Georgia is a fine state. He is a native of North Carolina. Mrs. T. J. Conneli jvisitedj,relatives in Augusta last week. Messrs. A. W. Roper and Dean Sut cliffe motored to Augusta Saturday. Mr. Erwin Proctor and j../laughter, Miss Theo, visited relatives in Trentor, S. C., Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Mary Proctor and Master Vin cent Proctor visited relatives at Bath, S. C., Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Frank Piieggi was busy last week trying to get the boys to fcjoin the Baracas. Frank is a Blue, true blue. The motto of the Baraca seems to be “get 'em from the cradle to the grave”. Well, may the best side win say we. Some of our boys are watching ye correspondent to see just what he will put in about them. Messrs. McGlown and A. W. Roper are not anxious to appear in print they say. Watch your step boys, I am only a cub reporter but I am out for any news I can cover, ex citing or tame. There were a large congregation at the Mill Chapel Sundaymight. Rev. R. P. Gill preached u strong sermon on cursing, using the third Commandment as his text. Rev. Gill is preaching a series on the Ten Commandments. Come out next Sunday night and hear him preach on the fourth Command ment. Union School Closes Friday The closing exercises of Union school will take place next Friday night, April 6th, at 8 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to at tend the exercises. Former Secret Service Man And SI* Others Are Charged With ; Conspiracy New York.—A million dollar conspir acy to bootleg liquor withdrawn from bond upon permits bearing forgeries of the name of E. C. Yellowley, acting} federal prohibition director for New York state, has been reported by author ities to havo been frustrated in the seiz ure of tho Pershing warehouse corpo ration’s bonded storage. Ralph and Charles Sabattino, broth er owners of the warehouse, were ar rested by Acting Prohibition Director; John A. Murphy, turned over to the po lice and held without bail. Bonded liquor valued at $10,000,000 had been stored In tho warehouse by the department of internal revenue and the withdrawals — fifty barerls in two trucks •— were to be the first In a scheme to remove one million dollars’ worth, Yellowley, said. The conspirators were thwarted and the plot uncovered, prohibition author ities explained, through the pretended connivance of John A. Murphy and Les ter A. Reeovs, assistant prohibition di rectors, each of whom accepted ten thousand dollars in the office of Di rector Yellowley for liquor permits on which tho forgeries were made. Tho money was accepted with Yellowley’si approval while he was out of the city, in an endeavor to trap the men “higher up," it was stated. On the forgod permits were written the name of a prominent wholesale drug company, officials of which were unaware of the use of the firm’s name, prohibition authorities sold. Additional permits were said to have been delivered to the conspirators for. twenty thousand dollars, for which they, were to have been privileged to with draw one hundred barrels in the name, of another drug company. Prohibition officials declared the conspirators of ten talked of withdrawing; the entire, ten million dollars’ worth if the first attempt proved successful. The'barrels contained wh-lslty six and. 1 seven years old, valued at two thou sand dollars a barrel, it was said. Tlie bonded liquor was owned part*, ly by the Sabbatino brothers and the ! balance was the property of various companies and individuals. The Sabbatino brothers, who were, charged with conspiracy and bribery,’ were alleged by Director Yellowley to be the chief movers in the plot. United 3tates Coal Markets Expand Washington.—French occupation of the Ruhr by cutting down coal pro duction there, has occasioned an ex pansion in American bituminous coal; exports. The commerce department re ports that fifty-two ships were char-, tored for the trade between February. 20 and March 12. British coal produc tion is now ranging about flvo and a half million tons a week, the state ment continued, which is equivalent to the highest mark of pre-war years. The Ruhr ragion normally produced more than ninety-three metric tons ofi coal annually, chiefly for German and Belgian consumption. Say Merger Will Not Violate Trade Washington.—A blanket denial of the complaint of the federal trade commis sion against the proposed merger of the Bethlehem, Midvale and Lackawanna Steel companies was filed with the commission by the Bethlehem and Mid vale companies. Tho proposed combi nation would in no way violate the trade act, Ihe answer of the two com panies said. It was declared further, (hat the commission had acted beyond its authority in Issuing its complaint. Big Bunco Trial On In Denver, Colo. Denver, Colo.—Both the prosecution and the defense rested their case In (he trial of twenty alleged confidence! men charged with extracting several thousands of dollars from tourists in Denver during the last five years. The. defense’s attorneys completed tlielr cas^ without introducing a witness. Judge George Dunkloe dismissed the jury. He will deliver his instructions later. Chicago Branch Of Fascist! Organized Chicago.—A branch of the Italian Fascist!, numbering 65 persons, has been formed in Chicago, functioning as, a social club, U. Oppedisano, secretary, announced. He said the organization at present has no political significance, and was formed to further the social: interests of the Italians in the United States. Fire Endangers Lives OT Prisoners Pittsburg, Pa.—Fire, which broke out; in the brush factory at the Allegheny, county workhouse at Hoboken, ten miles from here, destroyed the building;; and spread to other parts of the Insti tution. More than ono thousand prlo-, oners are confined in the building. Thet wildest confusion prevailed for a tlmej but the arrival of a number of deputy; sheriffs from Pittsburg and volunteer firo companies from surrounding bor oughs restored order and prevented further serious damage. The loss was. placed at $150,000. Many Known Medicinal Remedies^ There are nearly 20,000 known m diclnal remedies.