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VOL. XXIV.
THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1-925
NO. 15
BUSINESS SLUMP
! IS AT AN END
DAVIS COMPARES INDUSTRIAL
CONDITIONS WITH THOSE
ONE YEAR AGO
PLENTY OF COAL NEXT FALL
Idle Men Are Put To Work—Employer
And Employes Share In General
i Prosperity
SIS S IN WQSLB
HISTORY REACHED
LORD CECIL MAKES HIS FIRST AD.
DRESS BEFORE AN AMERI
CAN AUDIENCE
IS NOT ATTACKING FRANCE
Says Fear And Suspicion Are The
Forces That Are Standing Be
tween France And Germany
Washington.—In a comparison of
present industrial conditions with
those which existed April 1 a year
ago. Secretary Davis predicted that,
with the exercise of ordinary caution,
the country should have fr continued
period of substantial prosperity that
will put behind us the whole era of
depression which followed the war.
The labor secretary also predicted
that with the accumulating of coal
stocks next summ >r there would be
an abundant coal c'pply next fall and
winter and a more “normal” market
price as compared with the past win
ter.
Continuing, the statement said:
“Outside of the coal industry pess
imism rather than optimism prevailed
in the other basic industries one year
ago.
“Prior to that time the unemploy
ed had numbered approximately five
million; today that number is reduced
to normal.
“One year ago the steel industry
unfilled order tonnage was less than
four million tons; today it is nearly
eight million tons. The former is the
basis of dull business while the lat
ter means 'full steel ahead.’
“The same is largely true of the tex
tile and allied industries, April 1, 1922,
found overloaded shelves with which
finally involved, over 80,000 workers
before the summer was over. Today,
empty shelves, plenty of work, no
strikes and both employers and em
ployees sharing in the general pros
perity.
“Despite the threat of industrial de
pression there had been hut little re
duction of the general wage level
throughout industry, and today the
trend of wage scales i3 upward. Dur
ing the past four months wage In
creases have been reported in practic
ally all of the 4? industries covered
by the bureau of labor statistics.
These increases have been general, es
pecially in the iron and steel indus
try, foundries and machine shops, saw
mills, furniture, leather and paper and
pulp establishments.
"The iron ar.d steel plants inaugu
rated a 10 per cent increaso in Sep
tember. This was not met at the
time by all establishments, but since
then it has been met by practically
all of the . . . The American Woolen
company has just announced a 12 1/2
per cent in wages applying to 100 per
cent of the employees about 14,000
workers,
“The ou.look seems to justify op
timism so far as the immediate fu
ture is concerned. If we exercise or
dinary caution, and do not become
eo over enthusiastic with the turning
of the tide that we lost national con
trol, there seems to bo no reason
why we should not now enjoy a con
tinuing period of substantial prosperity
that will put behind us the whole
era of depression which followed the
war.
35,333 Automobiles Stolen In 28 Cities
St. Louis, Mo.—Statistics announced
by the National Automobile Dealers’
association show that 35,333 automo
biles were stolen in 28 principal cities
of the United States in 1922, as com
pared with 37,554 in the previous year.
New York.—Fear and suspicion,
twin demons which have possessed the
world, and which can be exorcised only
by somo form of an association of na
tions, are the forces that stand be
tween France and Germany in the set
tlement of the reparations question as
they stand in the way of settlement
of every other international question,
Lord Robert Cecil, noted British ex
ponent of the league of nations, de
clared in an address before the foreign
policy association.
Addressing his first American audi-
et ce, Lord Robert, who has come to
the United States for a scries of ad
dresses on behalf of the league, de
clared it was essential for world safe
ty to “turn the minds of nations from
force as the only remedy.”
“Take the question of reparations,”
he said.. "What is it that makes that
question so intractable? It is that
though the French are anxious for the
Germans to pay, they also are anxious
lo ;t if they are allowed to get on their
feet sufficiently to pay, they will lie-
c< me again a danger to the security of
France.
"Do not think I am attacking the
French on that accouunt. No one who
lias read the history of these countries
even cursorily will say the fears of
France are unreasonable—or, for the
matter of that, the fears of Germany
oilier.
"There is a long history behind the
reparations question of the present
d: y. And if we are to bring some
remedy to this state of things, the
first tiling we have to do is to allay
international tear and suspicion. We
have to get a now spirit among the
nations of the.world. We have got to
fetich them iliat persuasion, public
opinion, are far greater, potency than
mere physical compulsion,"
Warning that the next war, if one
came, would he far more terrible be
cause of the new scientific discoveries,
than the world war, and that it was
not inconceivable that American cities
might he laid waste and their popula
tions destroyed by airmen flying from
the sea, Lord Robert declared that a
crisis in world history has been reach
ed—that nations must “learn or per
ish.”
The recent Washington agreement
for the limitation of naval armament
was but a “first step” in the only di
rection that can sa''e the present civ
ilization from going the way of the
civilization of Egypt., Greece and Rome,
lie said, adding that the tlireo most
terrible arms of warfare—aircraft, sub
marine and land forces—had not been
at all affected by the Washington
treaties.
It was true, he conceded, that the
W ashington conference had laid down
certain rules for submarine use, but
there was little likelihood that these
would he respected, he declared, if! na
tions ever again found themselves fight
ing for their lives.
“Certainly the experience of the last
war is against any such hope," he said.
“Scarcely one rule for the humaniz
ing of warfare was observed, and
though we may think that our enemies
were the worst, yet in all candor and
frankness, I doubt if there is any sin-
Competitive Hog Sals April 13.
Thomson, Ga.
Wanted hogs from 100 pounds up.
Is a cooperative sale. You get all your hogs will
bring.
Trust your County Agent. You will get the market
price.
Sale held by County Agent and State Bureau of
Markets.
Competitive bids from all buyers will lie secured.
Sale open to everybody wanting to sell hogs.
List your hogs with K. P. Drexel, County Agent, be
fore the 13th.
Sale will be held rain or shine.
Bring hogs in early that morning.
Short Items Of
Local Interest
By E. P. DREXEL,
County Agent.
Calcium Arsenate.
The State Board of Entomology has
made a contract for a million pounds of
calcium arsenate for distribution to
farmers at cost, which will be 16 cents
a pound delivered in car lota or 18 cents
pound f. o. b. Savannah in less than
car lots.
The State Board rules that the poison
will be packed in 200 pound drums and
sold in these sizes only; also that n cer
tified check must accompany order; also
that the poison will not he sold to pie
ties intending to resell at a profit; also
that first come, first served. So if you
want poison let’s act now.
'those parties desiring a supply of
poison are urged to list their orders with
me at once, and when the car is made
up you will be notified to deposit money
at a designated bank.
Community cotton leaders through
whom calcium arsenate may be ordered
are J. C. Dunn, Cobbham; E. W. Mor
ris, Pine Grove; D. A. Howard, Deal
ing; It. II. Newby, Union; Alvin Wil
son, Marshall and Whiteoak; Chas. E.
Lokey, Thomson; Lawson Lavigno,
Boneville.
E. P. DREXEL,
County Agent.
The Tax Problem
(Communicated.)
The store building on Railroad street
occupied by C. H. Story is being divid
ed into two apartments. Mr. Story
will retain the eastern part with his
dry goods store, while Mr. E. E. Rob
erts will occupy the other witli a gro
cery store.
A concrete sidewalk is being laid in
the rear of the stores of C. F. Hunt,
Myer Sle.ne and R. A. Kunnes, on Cen
tral avenue, thus completing the side
walk for the entire length of the block
on that side.
A small fire on the roof of the home
of Mr. Milton Brown on Milledge street
brought out the fire department late
Sunday afternoon. The usual prompt
ness of the hoys prevented any dam
age to the property other than a few
shingles being burned or removed.
Clareuep A. Vane, manager, ascribed
this decrease to “low price levels for j na *-* on which has a clean sheet in
new automobiles,” which, he said, “are I l ^ je lnatler ’
rapidly eliminating the possible mar- I When you let loose upon the earLh
ket for stolen motor vehicles.” New
lor,: with 7,107 automobiles stolen,
Chicago with 3,636, and Detroit with
3,194 led the list .
great orgy of blood and slaughter,
it is not reasonable to expect that by
any rules and regulations you will be
, able to limit these atrocities.” * * *
Religious Bodies In U. S. Are Growing
Washington.—America apparently is
growing more religious. Figures made
public by Dr. E. O. Watson, statistic
ian of the federal council of churches,
show that the religious bodies in the
United States made their greatest
growth during last year. The increase
Is 1,220,428 members over the previous
year.
Lives As Plutocrat Without Spending
New York.—Hie only resources a
i suit case containing two telephone di-
; rectories and a bundle of old newspa-
1 pers, and a thorough knowledge of the
ways of hotels, William Liefer, ex-bell-
boy, lived the life of a millionaire for
a week at the Vanderbilt hotel, with
out even spending a nickel for tips,
j it was recently disclosed.
U. S. To Prosecute Sugar Gamblers
Washington.—Prosecution of alleged
sugar gamblers believed to be respon
sible for the recent jump in sugar
prices will be started shortly by the
federal government, according to au
thoritative information. A mysterious
silence has surrounded the activities of
the department of justice for the last
ten days but it is shown that a thor
ough investigation is being made of
the recent sugar market manipula
tions. R is not known yet whether
these prosecutions have been definite
ly determined upon.
Stray Bit of Wisdom.
It Is from hooks that wise men de
rive consolation in the troubles uf life
—Victor Hugo.
Pope Pius Orders Probe Of Killngs
Berlin, Germany.—His Holiness Pope
Pius XI, shocked at the increasing
bloodshed in the Ruhr, has dispatched
Monsignor Testa, his personal emis
sary ,to the industrial area to conduct
an investigation. Monsignor Testa ar
rived at Essen recently to probe the
death of ten Germans, who were slain
by French soldiers during the course
of a riot at the Krupp plant. Accord
ing to information received here, the
representative of the Vatican will con
sult the council of factory workers and
the wounded.
Politeness Springs From Kindness.
Real politeness begins in kindness.
Only those whose hea ts ure loving are
really courteous.
Sweet Potato Market.
Parties having hilled Hweet potatoes
to sell are asked to list them with me
at. their earliest. An opportunity to
sell them at about 90 cents a hundred
pounds after paying expenses is offered.
They will have to lie delivered to At
lanta in carloads in bulk and those par-
lies who have been asking me to sell
their potatoes for them can have their
wishes gratified, hut they must list
them and should less than a carload be
listed there can be no sale.
Bulletins on Home Radio sets have
been received and are free for distribu
tion to the public ut the Progress office.
The next hog sale will be some time
next week and a few more head are
needed to make a full car.
Next poultry sale will be about May
15th. List your stuff early with the
County Agent or poultry leader of your
community.
Sudan grass deserves a larger place
as a hay crop on McDuffie farms as it
yields three cuttings per season of 2
to 6 tons.
Spray your peaches immediately after
petals have fallen and again when rest
of bloom sheds off the small peach.
Use one pound arsenate of lead, three
pounds quick lime or five pounds hy
drated lime to 60 gallons water. Small
er amounts from fraction of the above
amounts.
Thomson Water
Atlanta, Ga., March 30, 1923.
Mr. S. F. Neal, City Clerk,
Thomson, Georgia.
Dear Sir:
I wish to make the following report
on samples of water collected March 20:
Samples Nos. 1000 to 1002 from taps
•on Lumpkin, Lee and White Oak
streets as listed, show at this time a
very excellent water.
I am enclosing results of analysis.
Yours very truly,
H. C. WOODFALL,
Director.
Too often lias the legislature and the
people been led by the hysteria of the
moment into hasty action without know
ing the result of their vote.
The money belongs to the tax payer
and lie can increase his burdens indefi
nitely, but he ought, to know what be is
doing. One principle is certain, that
he cannot vote money and then com
plain of his taxes.
Two constitutional amendments were
adopted in the last four yeurs on the
subject of pensions, not only allowing
pensions without regard to the wealth
of the pensioner, but also granting pen
sions to any veteran coming from any
state who resided in Georgia January
6, 1920. This last item ulone, if approp
riated, would require un increase of the
annual pension expenditure of nearly
5800,000.
And then the legislature passed an
act providing for an increase each year
of the pensions granted to the recipient.
Who will suggest that the payment
of these appropriations be made and at
the same time cut off the only source
of revenue that would satisfy the claims
of even the old class of most deserving
pensioners?
For various local improvements, the
counties of this state have issued bonds
which their citizens voted. The sales
were effected on the basis of their pres
ent returns of value. It was necessary
they should come within the constitu
tional limit and also that a levy be pro
vided to pav them. How will it affect
these securities to cut the returns now
in half? Is it pursuing good faith with
those who purchased the bonds on the
basis of represented conditions? in ad
dition, the government is inaugurating
various plans to aid the farmer in ob
taining loans on easy terms and at a
low rate of interest. Not exceeding
50 per cent of the value is lent, and the
tax return is influential in determining
this value Will not the damage from
the repeal of this law be greater thun
the benefit to our cilizens engaged in
agriculture?
The attack on the equalization law
necessarily means a complaint against
the state levy of five mills. This is in-
i significant as compared with the local
I burdens which the citizens place on
themselves. The newspaper of u town
in this state says the local tax levied on
a citizen there is 6.83 per cent. If the
entire five mills be subtracted there
would be left 6.78 per cent tax. In a
lesser degree this is the case all over
Georgia. The local taxes, self imposed,
rendered necessary by ambitious com
munities and by heavy bond issues
whose interest and sinking funds must
be provided for, occasions the heavy
burden on the tax payer. An enthusi
astic speaker excites the people into
making debts, but does not remind them
of the inevitable pay-day, followed by
the sheriff’s sales.
What we must do is to see that in no
way, and under no disguise, is the state
rate increased, nor more money extort
ed under any device.
(More next week.)
The painting of the Methodist church
under the skilled touch of Frank De-
Medicis is adding much lo the beauty
and attractiveness of that handsome
edifice. Thomson’s churches and schools
are the brag of the town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Morgan and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCarty
have moved into the home of Mr. O. S.
Lee on Lumpkin street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Adkins have pur
chased the home of Mrs. Rosa Reese
on Grady street and are having it im
proved for occupancy.
Mr F. T. McGahee, who resides in
the upper part of the county, brought
to The Progress office this week a curi
osity in the shape of a three-legged
biddy. Freaks among chickens are
rather common, but this one was un
usual from the fact that the third leg,
which extended from the body to the
rear, has a web foot, like a duck’s foot,
and was a different color from the rest
of the biddy.
Would Put A “P”
In Name Thomson
First Official Reformatory.
The first reformatory managed un
der legislative control was the one es
tablished In New York In 1824, known
as the New York House of Refuge.
Thomson High Wins.
In a spirited game of baseball Thurs
day afternoon at Winfield, the Thomson
High School team won from the Win
field team by a score of four to five.
Granite Hill will play the boys here
this Friday afternoon.
Carload Of Meat.
One of the best arguments for a
packing house at Thomson is the
amount of Western meat bought here.
J. M. Hayes this week received his
third carload of meat since January 1st.
Read his ad in this week’s paper; he
A great deal of trouble is caused by
confusing the name of Thomson with
other towns of similar names in Geor
gia.
Hardly a day passes but what some
one gets mail in Thomson that has been
either to Thomaston, Thomasville, or
some other town spelled similarly. Why
this is true is not quite clear, but such
is the cuse.
Some one has suggested that by put
ting a “P” in Thomson the similarity
would not be so pronounced. Others
have suggested changing the name al
together, but none of the citizens of
the town would want to get entirely
away from the old name.
It would probably be a good idea for
some club or the Chamber of Commerce
to take the matter up, for there is real
ly plenty of ground for making some
change.
Bee Stings Are
Fatal To Man
Mr. Tom Shelton, living in the north
ern part of the county, died Sunday
night of bee stings, which he received
during the day while robbing a bee
tree. It is said that a short while after
the bees sturig him, Mr. Shelton became
deathly sick, and died during the night.
He was stung in several places about
the head and neck and it is presumed
the poison penetrated to some vital
spot in the brain, causing his death.
He was about sixty years of age.
Entertainment At
Callaway.
There will be an entertainment given
at Callaway for the benefit of the
school, Friday night, April 13. Come
and bring all your friends.
Greets King Of Egypt Upon Birthday
Washington. — President Harding
has sent the following message of an
niversary greeting to Fouad I., king
of Egypt: “On this anniversary of
your majesty’s birth, I extend the
assurance of my high regard and good
wishes and the hope that your maj
esty’s country may continue to enjoy
peace and prosperity.” The message
was made public by the state depart
ment.
Judgmervt.
Matrimony seems, generally speak
ing, to bo a court proposition. He be-
has some good prices on staple articles gi „g by suing f or her hand, and she
of merchandise.
ends by suing him for alimony.
CHAUTAUQUA—
APRIL 18,19,20
The Chautauqua committee met
Wednesday afternoon, elected officers
and appointed the various committees
that will have charge of the depart
ments.
The Woman’s Club has agreed lo
sell the season tickets, which will go a
long way toward making the affair a
big success.
The Chautauqua program is a very
strong one and is well balanced, each
day being entirely different from the
other. Programs are being distributed
giving each attraction and can be had
by asking any of the Chautauqua com
mittee
The Woman’s Club will get any
money that accrues after the expenses
of the Chautauqua have been paid.
Following are the officers and com
mittees named:
W. W. Hardaway, General Chair
man.
Miss Ruth Scott, Secretary-Treas
urer.
Advertising Committee—H. S. Nor
ris, chairman; H. P. Schneider, Roy J.
Johnson.
Tent Committee —Roy W. Lovelace,
chairman; W. S. Mobley, W. W. Hard
away.
Ticket Committee—Mrs. Lulu Farm
er. chairman.
Prof. E. D. Gunby, chairman Young
Peoples Day.
Woman’s Day —Mrs. Lulu Farmer,
chairtn in; Mrs. T. S. Morris, Mrs. W.
S. Mobley.
Men’s Day—B. I. Lewis, chairman;
R. S. lladaivay.
Adult season tickets, $2.00; adult
single ticket, 75c; child's season ticket,
$1.00; child's single ticket, 25c.
Sixty-Nine Bales
Sixty-Nine Acres
Mr. F. P. Holder, a prominent farm
er of Jefferson, Jackson county, Geor
gia, submits to the Georgia State Board
of Entomology a tabulated statement of
the results of 69 measured acres of cot
ton on which he used calcium arsenate
in the powdered form from start to
finish. On this 69 acres Mr. Holder
made 69 bales, average weight 603
pounds of lint. In connection with this
report Mr Holder writes the following
letter:
Jefferson, Ga., Feb. 10, 1923.
“Inclosed you will find a tabular of
four plots of cotton in my wages crop
of which I have kept a strict record. I
have several croppers that I can give
you a record on. I will give you a gen
eral outline. The. croppers who used
calcium arsenate in the dust form, who
upplied it honestly, made from five to
seven bales to the plow. Those who
applied the poison in a slip shod fashion,
made from one to two and one-half
bales. The ones who were faithful to
superstition made from three hundred
to six hundred pounds of seed cotton to
the plow.
You will find the average farmer is
opposed to fighting the weevil in tho
right way. He wants to try some easy,
soft-snap game on the weevil. For the
last two years 1 have used calcium
arsenate in the dust form. I find it to
be as you advised. The sweetened
mixtures appealed to me and I was in
favor of it and put out thousands of
gallons of the sweetened mixture and
was expecting wonderful results, but
was sorely disappointed. Dusting is
the fastest, easiest, most economical
way to apply the poison that I have
tried to date, and gives me by far the
best results when applied properly.
I hope you will come around to see
me often this year. I get information
every time you come. My fourth year
for fighting the weevil.
“With best wishes,”
F. P. HOLDER.
Mr. A. J. Harper, of Crawfordville,
makes the following statement:
On the 7 acres of cottqnj worked
under your supervision, I madl hales,
average weight, 662 pounds of lint.
This cotton was grown under your sup
ervision, as the representative of the
State Board of Entomology. For sev
eral years I have worked under your
plan, and followed your suggestions,
and am satisfied that your board is cor
rect in the work it outlines. For two
or three years I have used calcium arse
nate on my cotton. This past year and
the year before, I used it in the pow
dered form from start to finish, and am
satisfied that this is the only practical
means of using the poison. I have tried
its application with liquid and syrup
mixtures, and have known others to do
so, but have not obtained satisfactory
results at all.
“Respectfully submitted,”
A. J. HARPER.
