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THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, [UNE 29, 1923
Boost
It Pays To Trade At Home
Our Merchants Here Leading In Lew
Prices. Survey Shows This Town
Better Equipped Than Ever To
Look After Your Wants.
By Geo. Adair Eckford.
Thomson again takes the lead over her neighboring towns
as the one big trading center in this section of Georgia. The
advent of good roads, bargain days, brighter stores and better
service have been felt by the business houses here. And more
and more are efforts being made by our business men to keep
this on the increase. They are making prices more attractive,
are putting in larger and even more up to date stocks, and are
offering the buyer service unequalled before.
The latest move on the part of the business firms here is to
meet or even beat the prices of outsiders wherever possible.
And in most every case the careful buyer has found that by
purchasing the goods at home he is not only getting things
for the same money or less but is getting the personal service
of the business men in such a manner that shopping is really
made a pleasure. It is our sincere belief that Thomson pos
sesses every requirement to fill the wants of all the people in
this section and we trust the following presentation of a just
portion of the business places here will merit the careful atten
tion of those who live within this trading area.
Make Thomson your trading center. Meet the business
men. Ask them to give you prices and compare them with
outsiders. You’ll find it pays to trade here.
McDuffie county is no longer dependent upon old “King
Cotton” for an income, but diversification has played a most
important part in the improved agricultural returns to farm
ers. With more than a score saw mills in operation, money is
flowing more freely than in years. Good times are here again.
Join the movement, spend your money at home and keep the
money in local circulation.
Chero-Cola Bottling
Works, Mr .Down
ing Manager.
Every one likea to do business with a
firm they cun depend upon. Every one
likes to be treated squarely and fairly.
In fuct, every one likes good treatment
of any kind. This is perhaps one of the
reasons why the Chero-Cola Bottling
Works of Thomson has had such splend
id success.
Mr. Downing treats every one with
whom he does business squarely and
fairly. In all his dealings with his many
customers he has yet to hear his first
complaint.
Chero-Cola bottled at this splendid
plant needs no introduction to any one
in this territory. It is Middle Geor
gia’s greatest drink, and you can de
pend upon the same quality always
from the bottling plant in Thomson.
Mr. Downing has created a business
here that the community can well be
proud of. A number of men are em
ployed, and motor trucks are operated
to take care of the outlying territory.
It is purely a local institution, employ
ing local men, paying taxes and helping |
in every civic improvement.
Insist on Chero-Cola the next time.
Boost a firm ihut is boosting Thomson, j
You will find it pays.
Premium Crowns on every bottle of j
Chero-Cola. Cal! by the Chero-Cola
plant and get catalogue of premiums.
The Chero-Cola bottling plant also
manufactures a delicious Peach drink
with the real peach flavor. Also Nu-
Grape—the drink that has the true tang
of grapes fresh from the vineyard.
These splendid new drinks are meeting
with the same wonderful success as
Chero-Colb.
We congratulate Mr. Downing on the
splendid work he is doing for the up
lift of Thomson.
NO PAPER NEXT WEEK.
On account of moving the Progress equipment to its new
quarters in the Hadaway building next to Mack’s grocery store
and Fletcher’s jewelry shop, The Progress will not be published
next week. Tearing down and moving presses and machinery
is quite an undertaking and requires time, necessitating a sus
pension of the paper while the equipment is being installed.
The Progress’s type setting machine has arrived and is
now being installed in the new home. It is hoped to have it
running in time to get out the July 13th edition of the paper.
J. Quinn West
For Insur
ance.
The City Bank Of
Thomson Has
Strength.
The City Bank of Thomson has gain
ed prestige at. such a rapid rate since it
was established here that it has taken
its place as one of the strongest and
most reliable banking institutions in
Thomson and this part of Georgia.
This splendid bank was organized by
a group of men who have been active
ly engaged in the conduct of banks for
many years. The fact that the men
behind this bank have never had a fail
ure tells of the splendid records of the
efforts of these men. The bank was
organized to meet a pressing need and
it has been very successful in taking
care of this need. It has given to this
community a bank with stability, safety
and economy in operation.
It is the endeavor of this bank to
render friendly service to the general
public. It is the earnest effort of ev
eryone connected with the bank to give
personal service and no matter how
large or how small your account may
be you get the same careful attention
and courteous treatment accorded to
the largest depositor.
The officers of this bank are J. T.
Neal, president; P. B. Johnson and H.
C. McCorkle. vice presidents; J. T.
Neal, Jr., cashier. Credit is due to
these men for the substantial growth
that their bank has had in this section.
Credit is also due to the position it has
attained in the development of Thom
son and surrounding territory.
The writer takes pride in highly re
commending the City Bank of Thomson
to the people of this section.
Chevrolet Agency
For Thomson
Mrs. Estelle Martin,
Hats and Ready
to Wear.
A. FI. Curtis & Son,
Agents Buick Cars
in McDuffie Co.
That same law of returns which
makes it ultimately cheaper for a gov
ernment to provide the most efficient
equipment for its soldiers holds true in
the equipment a citizen may provide 1
for himself.
If this equipment happens to be a
motor car the purpose for which it wus
chosen may very well be thwarted by
undue fragility exercised in the purch
ase. Many Buick cars sold in this sec
tion by Mr. J. D. Curtis, head of the
Buick Company for McDuffie county,
are going to farsighted men today who
view their investment in the light of
its possible returns to them over a long
period of time. They prefer a Buick
to a cheaper car of less merits, simply
because they know that in the final ac
counting it will have served them bet
ter at a lower cost.
The Buick is a handsome car that is
also internally good. In every line and
curve the Buick is “A ’ La Mode”
while the quality is the best the world
affords. Buicks are built just as well
as Buick experience, Buick engineering
skill, actuated by Buick good intent
can make them. Then the price is set,
based on cost, plus a reasonable profit.
In a word, the Buick you buy is made
just as you would have it were you to
write the specifications yourself, test
every part, and then watch every opei-
ation.
Let your next car be a Buick. You
will be happy ever after. The Buick
company are the only dealers that have
not deviated their line of cars in the
last four years.
When Better Automo
biles Are Built, Buick
Will Build Them.
Mr. J. W. Whiteley, of Warrenton,
has leased for five years the room in
the Knox building at present occupied
by the Palace Theatre, where he will
install a line of Chevrolet cars and
parts.
Mr. Whiteley has the agency for
several counties in this territory for
sale of the Chevrolet and will establish
a sales headquarters for McDuffie coun
ty as above stated. His coming to
Thomson will be a welcomed addition
to the business activity of the town.
British Coal Production.
The British isles produce a fourth
of all the coal used In the world.
Mr. Ramsey Harrison
Injured.
Mr. Ramsey R. Harrison, of Dearing,
flagman on the local freight, suffered a
broken arm when he fell from a box
car here last Friday while switching
near the depot.
Fata Morgana Mirage.
The mirage which is often seen at
the straits of Messina is known as the
Fata Morgana, because It was thought
to have been the work of a fairy of
that name. In Arthurian legend, Mor
gan la Fay was the sister of Arthur.
Thomson Hdw. Co.
An Asset to Town
and County.
In the development of uny communi
ty, large or small, no other industry
plays as important part as does that of
the hardware store. A good hardware
store is an asset to any community and
in this respect Thomson need not suffer.
The Thomson Hardware Company is
one of the finest and most complete in
this section of Georgia. It is the build
ers and mechanics headquarters, for
here can be found the finest line of the
best tools on the market.
The Thomson Hardware Company
sells only the nationally advertised lines
in stoves, implements, tools, saws and
other hardware. It is headquarters for
farmers in this section who look for the
tools and implements such as mowers,
binders, and all other farm implements.
They are agents for International
Harvester Co.
It is the sporting goods headquarters
as well. The Thomson Hardware Com
pany carrying everything in this line.
Let the Thomson Hardware Company
help you ‘‘Clean Up and Paint Up.”
This firm is especially prepared to offer
any assistance you may desire in this
]ine. Their stock of garden tools and
paints Is one of the largest in this sec
tion and you can save money on every
thing in this line.
The Thomson Hardware Company al
so sells and recommends the famous
DeLeval cream separator and Buckeye
incubator.
It will pay you to stick to the Thom
son Hardware Company. You not only
know that you are getting the best,
but you are saving money on all your
purchases.
‘‘You’ll never miss the water 'till the
well runs dry,” runs the old saying.
The regrettable opportunities are those
which are lost and not tuken advant
age of. No man appreciates insurance
nearly half so much as the man who is
burned out of house and home, or who
has lost a motor car by theft or fire.
How well he realizes the value of hav
ing his property protected after it is
too late. The advisability of carrying
insurance is brought home to him with
crushing force after the fire.
Then too, there is the satisfaction of
knowing that you are completely cover
ed by insurance. Mr. West has been
in the insurance business many years,
and in case of every fire, the firms
which he represents have given satis
factory adjustments. He is known for
the reliable companies that he repre
sents, for the care that those companies
have given expirations, guarding at ull
times the best interests of their client.
Look at your policy today, and when
the need for new insurance arises, get
in touch with Mr. J. Quinn West. He
will show you how to obtain the best
possible insurance at the lowest possi
ble rates. Mr. West has various other
interests in the city and has always
been known for his upright and square
dealing in the case of every fire, the
firms which he represents have given
satisfactory adjustments. He is known
for the reliable companies he repre
sents, The Home Insurance Company,
of New York, The Royal Insurance
Company, of Liverpool, The Hartford
Fire Insurance Company, The Ameri
can Eagle Fire Insurance Company and
others, are some of the companies Mr.
West represents.
See Mr. West before it is too late.
Mrs Estelle Martin has on display the
newest creation in millinery and ladies
ready to wear, and at prices astonish
ingly low. She has reduced the prices
on all goods carried in her shop for this
season.
There is no need to go to the larger
cities for your summer millinery and
dresses. Mrs. Martin brings the larg
er cities to your very door in these
lines. It will pay the discriminating
buyer well to inspect the beautiful line
of summer hats and dresses at this
shop. There is just the touch of sum
mer in every model that makes this
season’s styles so much admired.
Mrs. Martin is one of our best milli
ners and deserves the support of every
one in the community.
Read Adv. Of
J. M. Hayes
Mr. Hayes asked The Progress to call
especial attention to his ad in this issue.
He has some reason for doing so. and
it is with pleasure that we comply with
his wishes. Mr. Hayes always has
something worth while, but now and
then makes an extra spurt in his value
giving.
The McDuffie Bank
Renders Real
Service.
For seventeen years the McDuffie
Bank has served the people of this sec
tion of the state. With a capital of
$25,000.00 and pay 5 per cent on time
deposits
Its strength is not founded alone on
figures, its affairs are in the hands of
competent and modern business men
who have wide experience in financial
matters, and who in the conduct of
the bank’s affairs have always been
guided by the fundamental principles
of banking.
A bank is an absolute necessity to
any city and holds a great responsibili
ty. In dealing with the bank we must
be able not only to count on that bank
for durability and safety, but we must
Count on it for help in other ways par
ticularly for advice concerning general
financial matters.
Social Agonies.
Hostess (to Blank who has been In
vited at the last moment to make a
fourteenth)—“So good of you to come.
We should never have asked you If
we hadn’t been obliged.”—Boston
Evening Transcript.
Live Stock Expert Work
ing Here.
Mr. T. A. Cross, of St. Louis, arriv
ed here recently and will be in Thomson
for some time making a study of the
feeding methods and cost of production.
He has had practical experience in
feeding horses, cows, calves and hogs.
The opportunity to observe the most
successful methods in different parts
of the country will enable him to ren
der a valuable service to local teeders.
Those wishing to get in touch with
Mr. Cross can do so by ’phoning Roy J.
Johnson, phone 193.
Superstition Helps Cat.
In France It Is a custom to give
the cat all It can eat on Christmas
eve, for If, by any chance, It mews,
bad luck for the household Is sure
to follow.
Schneider’s Restau
rant Has the Best
Of Everything.
Thomson is fortunate in many re
spects, in some more than others. But
it can pat itself on the hack with justifi
cation when it considers the Schneider’s
Restaurant conducted by its proprietor,
H. P. Schneider.
No city of its size can boast of a
more completely equipped restaurant
than this one. Every feature that an
up-to-date restaurunt should have it
has. And the wants of its patrons are
filled in a way that soothes and satis
fies the weary truveler and makes glad
the stomach of every guest. Schneid
er’s Restaurant makes an especial
effort at serving a noon and evening
meal that cannot be equalled anywhere
in Middle Georgia. Thev also serve
special steak dinners and warm lunches
at all hours.
The proprietor, H. P. Schneider, is
held in the high estimation of everyone
whom he meets.
His best advertisement is the very
increasing weights of his customers.
Schneider’s Restaurant is now open
day and night until 10 o’clock and to
the traveler within our gates we can
offer no better advice than to dine
there.
Mathews Drug Co.
Thomson’s Wide-
Awake Druggist.
Located in the heart of the shopping
district is the Mathews Drug Store. It
might be said to be the hub around
which the city circulates. In this splen
did store you will find not only excellent
drugs, etc., but also that treatment
which has endeared this establishment
to the people of this city.
Drugs save more lives annually than
any other one thing. Without pure
drugs, the kind that Mathews Drug
Store fill all prescriptions with, the
world would be in a pretty fix.
Mr. Emmett Mathews, the manager,
has recently secured one of the most
capable druggists that could be obtain
ed. He is thoroughly capable of accu
rately filling your prescriptions prompt
ly, and using only the purest drugs
money can buy, never for a moment
substituting anything not shown on a
prescription being filled.
The handsome sanitary soda fountain
dispenses fancy concoctions from ex
perienced mixers that are a delight to
the thirsty.
Candies, the fastest selling south of
the Mason-Dixon line, are sold in Thom
son exclusively by Mathews, for they
are considered the best. Among these
are Whitman’s famous chocolates and
Norris’ exquisite candies.
If you are in need of drugs, Mathewa
is the firm to deal with. If you appre
ciate courteous treatment and clerks
that are always on the alert to look
after your every want then the writer
can advise you to go to no better place
than Mathews.
Service and satisfaction can be de
pended upon at Mathews Drug Store.
Hancock Operates
Best Barber
Shop.
Some cities can boast of larger Ton-
sorial establishments, but none can
boast of one that serves the public any
better, luis Mr. Hancock’s pride that
he and all his employees are continually
being complimented on the courteous
treatment that they give their large
patronage.
You are made to feel at home at this
shop whether you are a local resident
or a traveling man. In fact, due to the
excellent work they do, many traveling
men waic until they reach Thomson to
get their barber work done.
They make a specialty of work on
children and ladies hair. The most
respectful attention is accorded to all
who come within these doors.
The secret of this shop’s success is
due to their motto, “Treat others as
you would be treated,” and “Service
all the time.”
Married At Pastorium.
Miss Myrtice Smith, of Warren coun
ty, and Mr. H. G. Hinton, of Baltimore,
formerly of McDuffie county, were
married at the pastorium Saturday
morning, Rev. C. C. Kiser officiating.
The Progress does all Kinds of Jot
jailing, ami prices are way belo
ithert.
J. M. Hayes, Mo
Duffe County’s
Show Place.
It is a real pleasure to write a busi
ness survey of such a splendid establish
ment as thfit of J. M. Hayes. This
business has been established here for
25 years and numbers among his custo
mers the best people of the county.
He is prepared to take care of your
wants in most any line. To make a
complete survey of the lines carried by
this large establishment would be im
possible in this limited space. The fea
ture of the firm is the grocery line and
Star Brand Shoes, you will find him
especially able to please you here. By
buying in tremendous quantity this firm
is able to sell you^at astonishingly low
prices. In fact, you will have to travel
far to be able to secure goods at any
lower price. J. M. Hayes also supplies
the smaller merchants of the surround
ing counties at wholesale rates thus
not only taking care of the local trade,
but also that of this entire section.
Do right by a firm that is doing right
by you. It will pay you to trade there.
Short Items Of
Local Interest
V
Mr. John T. West shipped some very
choice Kennesaw peaches this week.
The peaches are shipped to special cus
tomers and not put on the regular mar
ket, owing to the superior quality, and
bring fancy prices.
Mr. W. T. Corbin takes especial pride
in gardening, which, by the way, i3 one
of the finest hobbies one can acquire.
That he is successful in his efforts is
proved by “samples” he has brought
to The Progress office, both in quality
and season. Mr. Corbin says the es
sential thing about gardening is work,
and work at the right time.
Mr. Reuben Ivey, of Augusta, visited
his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Ivey, Thursday. He was operated
on Monday by Dr. Batty, when a large
tumor was removed from his left breast;
left the hospital Tuesday; came to
Thomson Thursday, and the doctor ex
pected to remove the stitches from the
incision Friday. Pretty quick work,
Doc.
Gibson Drug Co. received and install
ed this week new and up to date soda
water fixtures at their popular drug
store on lower Main street
Well, Wouldn't It?
What a splendid thing It w
If people who lose their tempe
unable to find them again.
