About The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1923)
(Dte itcluffte progress VOL. XX 1 ' e.wV' 0 —- G^ v ' c« v THOMSON, GA„ FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923 NO. 17 FARM NOTES. By E. P. DREXEL. County Agent. To Get Bids On Sidewalk Paving City Couneil at its regular meeting Monday night took another forward step that will be of interest to the people of Thomson. It was decided to proceed at once to ward the securing of bids for the pav ing of the sidewalks on Main street to the Methodist church, and Jackson street to Milieu street; also the paving of Railroad street to its intersection with Greenway. The matter of securing these bids was placed in the hands of Councilman H. A. Price, who will get such informa- J. E. Harrison and Ed gar Wilson Buy Herd Duroc Hogs. Messrs. J. E. Harrison and J. E. Wilson, Jr., in company with Mr. L. F. Cook and County Agent, E. P. Drex- el, made a trip to Waynesboro buying the entire herd of Duroc hogs of Hill- house & Son consisting of 15 sows and boar. This purchase adds a collection of brood sows to McDuffie county unequal- j tio T ‘‘ and data as ia » cce9sar > - ; led in this part of the state. Mr. Hill- house spent considerable time and prac tically $5,000.00 in getting these hogs together from breeders all over the United States. One of these sows cost him over $400 00 and the boar $250.00 as a small pig. Fortunate indeed are McDuffie farm ers to have this blood in the county from which to get breeding stock, and the opportunity should not be neglected for so doing. The herd will probably come in Sat urday this week and remain on display at the stock pens for the day. Cholera Control Plan. Owing to the serious proportions, this disease is assuming in McDuffie, a determined effort will be made by the County Agent to control it. This will require the cooperation of every owner of hogs. The services of a goverment veteri narian have been secured free of chnrge, to administer the double treat ment which gives immunity for life to the hog so vaccinated. Notices with return cards as appli cation for treatment will be mailed every farmer in the county. The reci pient is offered this opportunity in order to systematize that kind of work to avoid a monopoly of the County Agent’s time by parties having sick hogs and wanting hogs treated. Regular visits and every three months will be made by this veterinarian to keep our hogs immuned by treating pigs as weaned. It is only in this way that confidence can be established in hog raising us a profitable business for Mc Duffie farmers. Get behind this, protect yourself and others. It will be gratifying news to the citi zens of the town to know that the pav ing project is lo again be taken up. When the “slump” canie the city fath ers had on a paving program, but it was dropped entirely. With the pav ing of the above mentioned sidewalks it is bound to become, contagious and spread lo other streets. There is noth ing that adds to the appearance of a town like paved sidewalks and neatly kept streets. Council has deferred work on the sidewalks mentioned with the view of paving them in the near future. Of course the property owners will have to bear their share of the burden, but the improvements will be worth it in enhancement of value to their property. GREAT ROSSIS M’DUFFI OF TY SOIL Farm News. A large order for Burr clover seed has been secured by E. P. Drexel, County Agent. Names of people hav ing Barr clover are wanted to assist in filling the order at 5 cents a pound. The livestock pens were much im proved by the Ruilroad for the last hog sale. Plans are on foot to locate per manent grading pens and buy a scale for weighing. Talk of forming a McDuffie county poultry association is becoming general. An organization to handle the market ing of poultry and eggs is fast becom ing necessary. A car hilled sweet potatoes will be shipped cooperatively by the County Agent Tuesday, April 24th. A few more bushels are needed to fill the car. Dr. Harry Trumbo of the Govern ment Hog Cholera Control Bureau in Atlanta was here Thursday and Friday vaccinating over 250 head of hogs against cholera with the double treat ment. Those having hogs treated were J. E. Harrison. J. E. Wilson, Jr., M. W. Farr, Tom Ivey. B. F. Johnsoq, Curry Colvin, J. E. Wilson, Sr., R. H. New by and J. W. Callaway. Cotton fertilizer demonstrations have been put on with J. R. Farr, Ed Farr, C. P. Watson, S. F. McGahee and their purpose is to show the value of nitrate of soda for quick maturity and increased yield. Tops Bring $7.35 Per Cwt. Hog sale Friday, 13th, brought $.0735 per pound for number ones of 165 pounds up to 250. Ninety-one head were contributed equally divided among the various grudes which made it a good butchers car but a poor packers car, consequent ly a hard seller. Those contributing were A. D. Doz ier, Geo. Story, J. W. Blanchard, B. M. C. Bell, W. S. Shields, L. F. Cook, G. A. Reese, J. E. Wilson, Jr., Printup Wilson, Grady Pounds and Artie Mc Gahee. Sale managed by County Agent, E. P. Drexel; grading by Fred Welchel, Bureau of Markets; weighing by Dan Upshaw, Georgia Railroad Agricultural Agent. Mule With Bad Reputation “Old Sam,” a mule owned by a gen tleman of the Columbia Mines section wus being shod by Mr. John Benning Saturday morning, and from the nature of things it looked as though Sam was a pretty bad mule. Large ropes were strapped about his legs to prevent him from injurying anyone during the oper ation of shoeing. Sam is so bad. in fact, that not every horse-shoer is willing to undertake the job of shoeing him, and then an extra fee is required for the services. How ever, Mr. Benning performed the job with little trouble ufter the trappings were adjusted. The mule, it is said, was bought at a sale of army mules, and is now being used in a team of four-span to haul logs to the mill. While in the camps the mule is said to have killed seven men by pawing them to death. He is easily irritated, and whenever a person under takes to ride him he considers it an in sult and is going to make things lively if he has an opportunity. He is as cun ning as an old fox; goes along very nicely until the rider alights, then he turns with a vengeance and lays him out if he is not very careful. Whether the reputation given the mule is correct cannot be verified, but from his looks one would be justified in using caution in dealing with him. Some of the first land settled on by white man in the State of Georgia was that near Wrightsboro, in this county. Whether these early settlers just hap pened to pitch their tents there is not known, but that they hit upon a good spot of ground for growing crops is borne out to this day. As fine limber as giew in the South was at that time standing in this sec tion of Georgia. Now this timber is all gone, but the land is still there and is as valuable today for farming purposes as il ever was. The writer had the plensure a few days ago of going over the farm of Mr. Peter Knox, located in the Wrights boro district. This farm contains 1,- 500 acres in a body and is a fair repre sentation of the soil throughout that section of the county. The average citizen of the county possibly does not know that such lands are to be found here We believe that no better soil can be found anywhere than there; in fact, the writer was surprised to find such a body of land in McDuffie county. It has the uppearance of a liver bottom spread out over the beautifully rolling hills; land with the same fertility as river bottoms, yet far separated from the hazards of overflows and wet lands found in the bottoms. There is a reason however, for the productivity of the lands on this farm, for Mr. Knox has used scientific meth ods in conserving them, and the meth od iie used was easy and inexpensive By having a winter cover crop growing on the land it was not only built up but prevented from washing. From his experience in the past few years, Mr, Knox has become a great advocate of legumes to build up and hold the soil. He now has clover, vetch, lespedesia and alfalfa growing on his farm and attributes the present state of the soil to the use of these crops. Besides building up and holding the soil, the above mentioned crops can be grazed by slock in winter, which offers a three-fold advantage in growing them. Mr. Knox has struck upon the plan of leaving a narrow ridge between cotton and corn rows, so thut the vetch or whatever winter crop is growing on thut particular land will huve a chance to go to seed and thus seed the land for the following winter when it is turned under. While all of this land is hilly, or roll ing, it has been remarkably well pre served from washing. The roots of More About Taxes (Communicated.) Street Tax Notice All male persons in the City of Thom son between the ages of 16 and 50 years of age are subject to pay Street Tax. This Tax is due and payable May 1st tn 10th inclusive. After the 10th those numerous games were played, such bb who have not paid will be required to confidences, Irish boot-ball game and Epworth League. The Epworth League held its regular monthly social Friday evening at the lovely home of Miss Lucille Farmer. We had only twenty present owing to the bad weather but we all spent a most enjoyable evening. Very litt’e business was transacted after which pay 50 cents additional. So pay your Street Tax between the 1st and 10th an I save 50 cents. April 17th, 1923. S. F. NEAL, City Clerk. Icc Carried in Wooden Vessels. The ships employed in carrying ice from Norway to England are fast wooden boats, for a cargo of ice would not survive voyage in an iron vessel, owing to the ease with which metal conducts heat. others. Delicious sandwiches and tea were served by the entertaining committee which included Miss Lucille Farmer, Miss Lucille Lokey, Miss Smalley and Mrs. Lou Morris. Memorial Day. Memorial Day exercises will be ob served in Thomson next Thursday, the 26th, as outlined by the U. D. C. in lb announcement last week. these cover crops hold the soil together and prevent washing and at the same time gather the nitrates from the air and deposit them in the soil While man sleeps Nature does her work, free of charge. She is always ready to do this if man will only do his little part, and right here is first-hand evidence of what can he done. There are thousands of acres of land right around that sec tion as good as the Knox land if it were treated in a like manner; the possibil ities are there. The above method of building up land has been brought out time and time again, but it is a deplorable fact that only a few of our farmers are cashing in on it. It can only be explained by laying the blame to the tenant method of farming, yet even a tenant can be directed to carry out the idea, ns is evi denced by what has been done on the Knox farm, which is worked by ten ants. If all the farmers of the county would use the same methods adopted by Mr. Knox, in a couple of years Mc Duffie would be the garden spot of the state. There is no guess work or may be about it; the evidence is here to prove it. Mr. Knox is making an experiment with sheep on his plantation, and now has about two hundred head of old sheep and 125 head of lambs. From the old sheep he expects to cut seven or eight hundred pounds of wool next month, and will sell the lambs in June. From this lot of sheep he expects to net around $1,000, which is not a bad experiment so far. These sheep have a range of 250 acres, which is fenced, and the pasture consists of Bermuda and clover mixed in with the natural growth. The pas tures are well watered, and about the only attention given the sheep is a little feed during the winter. The hazard of the sheep-killing dog has been practic ally overcome in a rather unique man ner. On the public road a sign is placed which reads, “This land is poisoned for dogs.” So far Mr. Knox has not lost any sheep from dogs. The object in giving the details about this farm is to emphasize the fact that McDuffie county has great possibilities in her lands. It would pay anyone to, visit this farm arid get the facts direct for himself, provided his land is not producing what it should, and it would be worth the price of admission anyhow just to look on some real good farming land Poultry Experts In Thomson Mrs. L. Deffinbaugh and Mrs. Ida II. Rowe will be in Thomson for some time, making a survey of the poultry raised in this vicinity. These ladies have made a special study of poultry culture and are [ire- pared to help poultry raisers in and around Thomson on such problems as culling, feeding of moulting hens and other such poultry problems. While in Thomson they will call on all poultry raisers to take up these im portant. problems. The enterprise of Roy J. Johnson hns made it possible for the poultry keepers to get the benefit of the experience of these experts. Baracas Have Over Hundred Phone Rates Are Reduced A reduction is announced in local telephone rates, subject to a recent decision of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, under whose jurisdiction the telephone systems are governed. Residence phones are reduced from $2.40 per month to $2.00. Business phones from $3.90 to $3.75 per month. It is believed that the reduction will enable many to continue their phones who had then taken out on account of the higher rate. The new rate goes into effect. May 1st. Marriage Of Interest. Thomson people will be interested in the marriage announcement of Mr. Thos. A. Brinkley, of Atlanta, to Miss Katherine Sherman Orman, of Denver, Col. Mr. Brinkley was born in Thom son and lived here until thirteen years of age. He is now in the automobile business in Atlanta and is prominent in Epworth League circles. His bride is a native Mississippian, but wus reared in Denver. They are at home at 258 East Fifth street, Atlanta. In a little over one month the Baraca class at the Baptist church have in creased in attendance from an average of about twenty five to over one hun dred, the attendance last Sunday being 105. The Gold are ahead of the Blues by 80 points. Each one present counts 10 points. The totul enrollment Sunday was 119. Each side is working hard to get new members. The thing that counts is for each member to be in his place when the class meets at 10 o’clock Sunday morning. Members who do not attend are a drawback to their side, so in the long-run the side that wins is going to be counted the most faithful. Navy Recruiting Officer To Visit Here Weekly. Chief Myers of the United States Navy recruiting service will make weekly visits here to examine and en list men for the Navy. Chief Myers is stationed at Augusta in the post office building where a per manent office is maintained and appli cants calling there can be examined and enlisted at any time. All branches of the Navy is now open for enlistment for men between the ages of 18 and 35 years of age. Men under 21 years of age must produce evidence of birth or furnish an age cer tificate signed by parent or guardian. Age certificates will be furnished upon request to the office or can be obtained by applying to the Post Master. Old Fashioned Singing. There will be old fashioned singing at Appling Baptist church the first Sunday in May, the 6th, and the public is cordially invited to attend. A little 26c ad In the ‘•Want' 1 o(umu will sell that article you wam • Ket ou> of youi way. The purpose of the equalization law is to equalize, not to raise tuxes. All over this state, where the small owner has over valued his land, in dispropor tion with his wealthier neighbor, the one return has been lessened and the other increased. During this period of depression the digests of some counties have shown a decrease of 40 per cent and these re turns have been approved by the State Commissioner. Incidently, the effect of the law has been to produce larger returns. Property left off the tax books has been restoed. When men of property huve died and their inheritance tax returns have shown securities un returned, payment has been exacted and interest. When this law went into effect the United States census showed that tax [layers in various counties retured their property from 16 per cent of their val ue to 100 per cent of their value accord ing to where they live, to permit such a condition to exist is unthinkable. An effect of the law, more useful, more beneficial and more essential to the welfare of the people of Georgia than any other virtue it possesses, is to teach economy and make them pay more heed to their own business. It is delightful to appropriate money, but hard to pay it. The popular speaker arouses enthusi asm when he tells the crowd of listen ers the splendid results of some new scheme which appeals, wisely or not, to their emotions, but woe unto him who urges the tax levy to raise the money. The same orator will urge unlimited ap propriations for schools and pensions, picturing in glowing phrase the bare footed boy whose wealth is in his brain, or the old veteran to whom aid is due in return for his services, but he will condemn the only system that will raise the money to pay the teacher or the soldier. And we must find some remedy against the appeals of professional re formers who would rectify the human ills through some fanciful and imprac tical theories and find a ready audience to exact more money for the experi ment than Rockefeller could afford. Under the equalization law the people are taught that they must puy for every privilege they enjoy. No longer will they teach the schools are “free”, or school books are free, for they are not, and every day’s education of every boy and girl means work and sacrifice for the tax payer. And the education is as wholesome or more so for the children than “booklearning” that everything worth while costs something and must be paid for. And even as to education, the state can spend no more than the sum total of the people in their pros perity, or adversity can afford. And as we pay the pensioners, we must make a fair distribution between the living and the dead, and like the good Husbandman, live within our means, and limit our expenditures in telligently to our resources. And the lesson of economy will be reflected in the management of our counties and municipalities, where the heaviest tax burdens lie, and the people will begin to count up the various devices of put ting heavier loads upon them under the lure of the attractive name of progress. When enterprise arid business find themselves safe in Georgia from the ruthless hand of the tax gatherer, pro tected by laws which place equal bur dens upon all enjoying equal benefits, unemployment will cease to punish the homes of the poor, and the ready mark ets for our products will make the pres ent depression a nightmare of the past. The youth with energy and industry, and a mind filled with plans whose realization will enrich his state and bless his people, will go forward to splendid achievement under the old principles which constitute the only permanent foundation of lasting de velopment. Of course, as long a§ the people are disregardful of public affairs and do not furnish unfaithful officers who think their unquestioned prerogative is to spend when they cannot pay, they can have no better government than they deserve. But this equalization law warns every citizen that none can escape his share of the taxes, either by omission or by insufficient returns, will prove the salvation of the state in plac ing the laural on those officers who car ry the banner of the over burdened tax payer and receive applause not hitherto granted to the advocate of economy in public expenditure. Leave the law alone except to strengthen it by proper amendments. It’s principle is the genius of the con stitution-equality to all and favorit ism to none. But if it’s principle will not win, let it be understood that the hand which strikes it down gives a stab to the THE CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES TONIGHT The last two numbers of the Radcliffe Chautauqua will be given this after noon and tonight. The numbers given by the Radcliffe people here have been very interesting and entertaining. Chuutauqua is al ways an enjoyable event of spring and the ludiesof the club that have worked so faithful to make it a success feel fully repaid for their efforts and time. The people of every town needs an annual Chautauqua just as they need a spiritual revival, for the Chautauqua in spires all the fine sentiment that is es sential to the artistic, aesthetic and mental progress of a community. They are refreshing and delightful und always have an upward trend in the thought of those who attend the entertainments. The Radcliffe Chautauqua entertainers have not failed to inspire all the fine sentiment that leaves a community better and happier. Woman's Club News. Reports of departmental chairmen and a convention report were main features of Saturday’s meeting of the Woman’s Club. A summing up of the year's work made a most satisfactory hearing. Cooperation has marked the proceedure and made it easy to accom plish the things undertaken. A fine showing was made by Library Committee, one thousand volumes hav ing been added to the school library this year. The club kindergarten taught by Mrs. Obie Dozier was a work that received notice at the dis trict convention as being the only kin dergarten in the district being fostered by a club. The Art and Craft pro grams that have been arranged by Mrs. Hugh Gheesling were requested to be copied for the use of other clubs. The clubs benevolences during the year made a commendable report, Mrs. J. G. Stovall being chairman. The Chautauqua committees were all assigned posts of duty to help make it a success from every stand point. Forty-five dollars had been collected for Journal subscriptions of which the building fund will get a per cent. A committee from the U. D. C. Chapter asked that they be allowed to share in the building of a home for the two organizations. The club reelected all of the present officers for another year. They are as follows: Mrs. T. S. Morris, president, Mrs. W. S. Mobley, Mrs. H. T. Clary and Mrs. C. Gibson as first, second and third vice presidents, Mrs. G. E. Ham ilton, secretary und Miss Nannie Kate Shields, treasurer. Pannellville News. Rev. Odum Clark filled his regular appointment at Fountain lust Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. El. Tankersley visit ed Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Geiger last Sun day afternoon. Miss Maud Geiger has peen on the sick list for the last few days. Mr. N. B. Pannell was in our midst a short while Saturday on business. We are glad to say that Mr. R. L. Geiger, who has been sick for about three months, is much improved. Mrs. N. B. Pannell and' Mrs. Boat wright, of Thomson, called on Mrs. J. L. Geiger a short while one day last week. *x Mr. J. L. Geiger was in Wrightsboro on business one day recently. Mr. Olin Geiger called on Mr. Jim Geiger a while last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Clifford Tankersley has been quite sick for the last few days. Mr. John Turner and children attend ed services at E’ountain last Sunday, Mr. B. M. C. Bell passed through here one day recently. schools, the pensions and the financial integrity of the state. In a large proportion of states all property, rurul and city, is assessed as in cities. If this equalization law is repealed, in the financial desperation which follows, necessity muy make us adopt the latter plan. With proper amendments there is not a better law written on our statute books than this equalization tux law, especially for the honest poor man. If our law makers are willing that every class of property shall bear its equal share of taxes they will amend this law so that what is known as hidden property, money, notes, accounts, etc., can in a reason able and economic way be exposed and assessed for taxes, would enable us to cut our present tax rate in half, so let’s quit fighting the tax equalization law and pull for the amendment.
