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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.