About The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1923)
Ote JRrllttffte VOL. XXIV. THOMSON, GEORGIA. Friday, OF THE GA. PRESS ASSN. By Mrs. Hugh Norris. Practically every newspaper in Georgia has carried, or will print, a writeup of the Press Association which met in Lavonia July 16th to 19th. Already the daily papers have chronicled every detail of affairs con nected with the Association. With all this publicity the convention was so replete with topics to write about, so full of things of interest to peo ple, not merely those who had some share in it, but people everywhere who are lovers of Georgia’s progress and possibilities, that there is sure to be in every article published some thing to be learned and worth remem bering. The one thought that is first to be expressed by all the writers in all the papers, is an appreciation of the hospitality accorded them—hospital ity such as abounds only among the good and the blessed. The outing arranged for the party gave them an opportunity to learn that section of Georgia and much that was brought to mind is of im portance to all the readers of all the papers represented. It is well for the people of each section of the state to be familiarized with other sections, for it is in this way that opposition to big enterprises may be removed and impetus given to great projects that are of far more than community assets. A day spent at Toccoa by two hun dred and fifty press representatives advertised Toccoa’s hospitality, Toc coa enterprises and many saw for the first time Toccoa Falls, a cur rent rushing over a precipice 186 feet, eight feet higher than Niagara Falls. Lavonia, a little city nestling among the hills of an exceedingly beautiful and prosperous section of the state, brought more to herself than the honors won as a gracious and hospitable city. Strangers that were, are now friends. The writer wiil not soon forget or cease to cher ish memories of the pleasures enjoy ed in the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Mor gan Williams, and similar expressions were generally made of other hosts. The beautiful farm country and large apple and peach orchards will long be the admiration of those who traversed that section. The foundation upon which the town and community is being laid may be discerned from the beautiful churches. A place of peculiar in terest visited was Sardis church, about five miles from Lavonia. A new white brick building, both hand some and modern, having a concrete basement in which there ahe complete Sunday school apartments, the finest country church in the state. Hartwell, the home of The Hart well Sun, edited by Leon and Louie Morris, entertained the convention at one of the most beautiful luncheons tendered the body. Royston, of Ty Cobb fame, Can non and Carnesville were other towns that hung out the welcome sign and extended a cordial greeting to the editors in the long line of cars that toured the country. State Institutions. Among the appeals for press sup port presented at the business ses sions was that made by Mrs. Manson, superintendent of the Boys’ Training School at Milledgeville. Every year Mrs. Manson, a very pretty and girl ish looking young woman, tells the press peopL how she is doing away with every semblance of prison life in the school and setting up an honor system of government by the stud ent body, and of the vocational train ing that is . ting the wayward boys for citizens) ip of the noblest type. With the use of the printing press given the school by the Association, the boys now print a newspaper that is a prized exchange in the papers of the state. The greatest good, however, that comes from a better understanding of these state institutions is not from any gift, but it is the sentiment car ried by r the papers that secures for them the better support from the state appropriation and a more sym pathetic friendship of the people. Stone Mountain Memorial. Perhaps no one speaker impressed his hearers more profoundly than Gutzon Borglum, noted sculptorist of the Stone Mountain Memorial. Though a foreigner, ’ e speaks per fect English and his address is ’st pleasing and cultured. He expressed so much in so few words that we give his remarks: “The story of the Confederacy," said Mr. Borglum, “is an integral part of the history of the United States. It can not be ignored, or elfaced. It must be preserved, and will be. The South must see that it is preserved in such a way as to preserve the honor and sacred in tegrity of the motives which actuat ed the South. The greatest reason for the great monument which we propose to erect on Stone Mountain is the fact that the Southern States [ought for principle. “The importance of the monument does not consist in its magnitude, merely, although in that respect it has no parallel in ancient or mod ern times. Its importance must con sist in its historic truth and its ar tistic merit. It will not be sufficient for us to erect on Stone Mountain the world’s largest monument. Un less it equals in artistic standards he best works of Greece and Italy, we had better not erect it. “To you I would bring this mes sage—that the entire nation is gen uinely interested in the great under taking, and is ready to help. What ever Georgia does, the other South ern States will do. Of that we have their whole-hearted pledges. And vhat the South does, other sections of the country will be glad to have the privilege of doing.” Mr. Borglum stressed the fact that the monument is not to be to an individual or group of individuals. “Though naturally such chieftains as Davis, Lee, Jackson and others will stand out prominently,” he said, "it is a monument to a cause, to a nation, to the women of the South as well as its gallant soldiers.” He said it should be a source of pride to every Georgian that God gave this state, in Stone Mountain, one of the great natural wonders of the world, which now is to be trans formed into the greatest monument of the world. Georgia Railway & Power Co. As guests of the Georgia Railway jft, Power Company there was provid ed a ride giving a close-up view of : scenes heretofore looked upon from ! a distance—a jaunt right into the thick of the forest—a view of the bills and ravines that but a few months ago were known chiefly to the wild things that find shelter therein. The ride along this moun tain road provides some of the most gorgeous scenic views in the South. It winds about the steep slopes with | many a treacherous curve, but al- ( ’/ays revealing surprises of magnifi- j cent scenic beauty. Riding on a large flat car over a stretgh of twen ty miles on the company’s new hgil- road, through Tugalo valley, that parallels Tugalo river, and following ! a brief stay at the Tallulah Falls | power plant, they saw the gigantic new dam and power plant under con- I struction. Twelve hundred men are ' employed in this construction work, i The plans now under way will re- ! quire five years for completion. The •scheme includes three and a half | miles of tunnel under mountains. It j j a trick of the company to play checkers with the river, moving it j rom the age-old brink into the great I -esorvoirs. One of these reservoirs, j Lakemont, is thirty miles around and covers 834 acres. Larger devel- ppments still are under construction. “A few years hence,” said Mr. Arkwright, president of the Power .Company, “one in passing this way will see only concrete dams and lakes of water, still and serene like the hills—just like God put them there. There will be left no trace of the twelve hundred men who lab ored with brain and brawn for years to harness the power of the water falls to serve the people. This power is sent out to light every town in Georgia first, and then into other states wherever the power of elec tricity is needed. Just to be allowed to serve the people in the biggest and best way is all that we ask—our pne and only purpose.” It is the materializing of weird and wonderful dreams like this of the Georgia Railway & Power Com pany, and of the great Stone Moun tain memorial that is to give Geor gia a foremost place, not in America only, but in all the world. This is but a few of the things that are of general interest that those writing of the Press Association may tell their readers. Big things not •mentioned here to which columns of spa might be devoted are the ad dress of Governor Walker giving bis for *0-' revision, Mrs. Corra Harris on “Editors and Eth- The Progress’s New Linotype Machine. With a great deal of satisfaction The accompanying illustration will the editor of the McDuffie Progress give our readers some idea of the announces the installation of a new marvelous mechanism of the Lino- Linotype. This mechanical marvel type, a composing machine on which qualifies us to serve efficiently the are assembled matrices (or little large number of persons who look to brass molds) and lines of type cast— our publication for enlightenment jines such as you are now reading. SENATOR HARRIS HERE MONDAY Senator William J. Harris spoke to the people of Thomson and Mc Duffie county Monday afternoon at the City Hall for a few minutes. The Senator had a speaking date at Lin- colnton for Monday morning, and Mayor McCommons conceived the idea of having him speak here in the afternoon. The Mayor, Messrs. Os- MEMORIAL TO SEN* THOS. ELWATSON Atlanta, Ga.—Thomas E. 7. atson, late United Stages senator from Geor gia, and for many years known ns “The Sage of McDuffie County,” was last Friday eulogized in memorial exercises at a joint session of the house and senate. " Governor Clifford Walker was the first speaker on the program arrang- car Montgomery,Sam Neal and Jim ed ky a special legislative committee. Adkins drove over to Lincolnton to i He was followed by United States accompany the speaker to Thomson, Senator Harris, Secretary of State and during the few minutes he had s - Gu y T - McLendon, and Mrs. Wil- before catching his train for Greens- l> am H. Felton, who was appointed boro, he told the people of a few of the things that Congress has done for their relief through efforts of himself and Senator Watson work ing together and in harmony. While Senator Harris is by no means a speaker, he seems to be in position to get results from his of- to succeed Senator Watson uuon the latter’s death in Washington; Sena tor George, who was elected as suc cessor to Senator Watsor; Sum L. Olive, of Augusta, former president of the senate, and others. “Senator Watson had more friends in Georgia who would at all times and entertainment, and who patronize our job-printing department. The rapidly increasing circulation Besides enabling the operator to set various faces and sizes of type, our new Linotype makes it )>ossible of the McDuffie Progress, together for him to produce the rules and with our desire to place at the com- ! dashes and borders which are used mand of our advertisers and others in various advertisements in each the highest grade of typography, in- j issue of our publication. When em- duced us to secure a fine composing 1 ployed in the composing of advertise- machine for the quick and accurate j ments, newspaper headings, booklets, forts in Congress. Many of the follow him than any public man things that have been accomplished within my time,” Senator Harris said, by him are due to his having the “With this following he made and ability to approach those congress- unmade governors, senators, con- men who had the power to do things, gressmen and other officials. He was and doubtless there are few men in always fighting for the masses 3fld Congress who are in better align- , opposing special interests, ment with the influential men there 1 ‘This made his public life seem one than Mr. Harris. It is worth more long fight, hut in striking contrast to than anything else to have their sup- this was the serenity and charm of port when a member wants to get his home life, where love reigned anything done for his people; with- supreme, for he was blessed with ..a out it he can do nothing. , wife who was gentle and admirable Georgia is fortunate in having a and wise in a remarkable degree; man in Congress who is in position and to her Senator Watson gave a news of the day, and the production j of printed matter, our new machine of superior job work. j enables one operator to set in the Our new Linotype enables us to j same time more type than ordinarily set by machine many forms of com- could be produced by five or six men position that previously necessitated or women donig the work by hand— tedious work by hand. Our plant is j and the composition is incomparably now capable of turning out composi- better. and pleasing presentation of the | catalogues, and various other kinds to help the state in the above way, devotion that was one of the most and it is a great deal of satisfaction 1 powerful influences of his life, and to note that both our congressmen i she should share in the memorial are working in harmony with each that we are this day making for him.” other. They are bound to accom- | Senator Watson “killed himself plish great things for the state if j working for the people,” the senator given the backing by. their constitu- i from Georgia continued, calling at- tion consisting of correct type faces in many different sizes, and the change from one size to another is made very quickly. At a high rate of speed the versatile operator— whose hand is made famous by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company as “the hand that keeps the world in formed”—produces line after line of the sort of composition desired. This installation is a testimonial to the prosperity of Thomson and vi cinity. And that the good people of the community are duly appreciative is manifested by the many compli ments received from individual pat rons since the arrival of our new machine. I While for a long time we have re ceived the patronage of a host of subscribers, advertisers, and printing buyers in general, we look forward to the handling of an even greater volume of business now that we are so well qualified to render the sort of service most to be desired. It has been our aim to present the news of the day without fear or favor, and to reflect faithfully the ideals and ambitions of our constitu ents; and we shall continue to devote our talents and resources to the ful filling of this aim. And of great help to us in the carrying our of our purpose will be our new Lino type. ies,” “Newspaper Business Methods,” by J. D. McCartney; Woman’s Hour under direction of Miss Emily Wood ward, and Dr. Soule, on the State Agricultural College, and the effi ciency as hosts of Rush Burton, of the Lavonia Times, and of L. K. Starr, of the Georgia Railway & j lin, in Superior Court here Wednes- BARRETT FIRMS RECEIVER NAMED Augusta, Ga.—Judge A. L. Frank- Power Company. FREE FOUR MEN IN RUM KILLING. Athens, Ga.—At the conclusion of its investigation into the slaying cf Jeff and J. B. Smith, alleged rum runners of Athens, by six prohibi tion officers in a rum raid last month, the Green county grand jury in ses sion at Greensboro, by a vote of 12 to 11 Tuesday reuirned a no bill, which frees them all. J. H. Gastley, federal prohibition enforcement officer; Sheriff J. D. Sturdivant, of Taliaferro county; Ed Howell, Taliaferro county puli eman, Iverson Lovejoy, Green county po liceman; E. N. Brooks, of Union Point, and J. T. L. Darby, of White Plains, were the six men originally held in connection with slaying. Brooks and Darby were released shortly after the slaying in a habeas corpus hearing before Federal Judge Samuel H. Sibley. The other four were remanded to the Green county grand jury for fur ther investigation. The gran 1 j.-ry wrestled with the case for nearly 24 hours before returning the no bill vcrcict. MASONIC NOTICE. All members of A. J. Miller Lodge No. 204, F. & A. M., and visiting brothers are fraternally invited to be present at regular communication of Lodge at 8:30 P. M. August 6th. Address will be made by a visiting brother whose name will be announc ed later. Refreshments will be serv ed. L. S. LOCKETT, W. Iff. JOHN A. REESE, Sec. day permanently enjoined all indi viduals and interests having cotton at the Atlantic States Warehouses here from moving the staple there from or in any way interfering with the cotton stored there. Louis G. Gercke was appointed receiver and was required to give bond of $10,000. Announcement was made last Fri day from New York that Frank H. Barrett, president of Barrett & Com pany,said to be the world’s largest spot cotton factors, had resigned from the Cotton Exchange there because fre was unable to meet his obligations Since that time his creditors gath ered here from New York, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Loidai- ana, have been in almost continuous conference. Nothing definite has yet been revealed as to the financial sta tus of the firm, the creditors meet ing behind closed doors and allowing but little information to reach the public. The creditors announced Saturday night that a committee of three would be appointed to handle the affairs of the company, and it was intimated that they would be able to so handle the firm’s affairs as to keep the com pany in business. No indication as to the purport of the statement ex pected here could be secured early Wednesday afternoon. ents. The people of Thomson and Mc Duffie county are hoping that they tention to the fight “the Sage of Mc Duffie” made on W. P. G. Harding, former head of the federal reserve SOUTH GEORGIA OPTIMISTIC OVER CROP CONDITIONS will have the opportunity of hearing board, and Henry Lincoln Johnson, Mr. Harris more fully in the near republican national committeema;! future. from Georgia. Senator Harris join ed Mr. Watson in these two contests. “No state will write history in the future unless it preserves its history of the past,” Governor Walker assert ed in expressing his approval of the suggestion that a statue be erected in the state capitol through popular subscription by the people. “No state will produce heroes Un less the memory of its heroes of the past is preserved.” Atlanta, Ga.—Farm crops are good in South Georgia and the people are optimistic, according to A. D. Daniel, passenger traffic manager of the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail way, who has returned to Atlanta from a trip over the system. “Conditions, agriculturally, along the line are far from being discour aging,” said Mr. Daniel. “While there will not bo any bumper crops made,thefarmers,’ many of them, will gather a two-hirds crop, while oth ers will not be so fortunate, get ting, perhaps, half a crop. “It must be remembered that a few months ago the prospects were gloomy in the extreme. The seasons were all out of joint and it began to look as if the crops would, in many MR. SAM WILKES LAMENTS DEATH OF MR. .1. E. WiLSON Atlanta, Ga., July 24. LJbd. Editor The Pi ogress: There is nothing that so strikes my heart with pain as does llie kni’.l of death, and when it comes to me through the death of a dear friend it is morel than sorrow. In the pass ing of Mr. J. C. Wilson I lose • one of my warmest personal friends. For instances, be a complete failure. But years he ; la s been close to me, and this is all over now and the planters the longer I l.new him the more are congratulating themselves that highly I esteemed him. Ho was one they have gotten by as well ns they • 0 f N ature > s lv mlainen in every sense, have.’ gentle and tender as a woman, brave Mr. Daniel said that in one of the > as an eag le, sympathetic as a child- counties on the A. B. and A. there he was a man among men, and his would be planted more than a hun dred acres in cucumbers, alone, while in other’counties large crops of one product were contemplated. lie said the farmers are diversifying and their success, in a large measure, is due “There is optimism everywhere ‘There eis optimism everywher RECRUITING STATION. The U. S. Navy is again open for men wishing education and travel with liberal pay and promotions. E. B. Vickery, the recruiting officer from Augusta, will be in Washing ton, Ga., on August 15th and 16th to enlist men between the ages of 18 and 35. For information wrile Navy Recruiting Station, Fostoffiec Building, Augusta, Ga. big heart pulsed a generosity and kindness that was one of his out standing characteristics. I was often his guest at his fireside, and there he was as one of the children, affection ate and jovial, entering into the spirit- of the conversation with zest and en- - --- - — | joyment. He loved his friends and along the A. B. and A. railway,”, nothing was too good for them. He said Mr. Daniel. "The people real- ( was chaste in thought, in feeling and ize that they will l-ive to work to ; j n words, and his habits were exem- accomplish anything an 1 they are | plary in all respects. (loin gthat with a sp.md.-d determin-j Thomson, McDuffie county, Georgia ation.” 1 and the world lost a real man when While the freight traffic of the- road he passed. Peace to his soul, is not as brisk as it has been (luring the last few months, the passenger business has shown a gratifying in crease, Mr. Daniel said. Mr. Daniel predicted that when the St. Simon highway at Brunswick is completed that there will be the greatest influx of people from every section that was ever known in the South. ‘The highway will afford easy ac cess to St. Simon’s Island and the growth of this resort will make it one of the playgrounds of America,” he said. Respectfully, SAM W. WILKES. COLLAR BONE BROKEN. Mr. W. J. Sills, Sr., had the mis fortune to have his collar bone bro ken Friday morning by falling from a wagon. He was resting easy at last accounts . Hard to Be Realliy Neutral. Neutrality is no favorite with Prov idence. for we are so formed that It Is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we THOMSON WATER O K. j may deem It prudent to appear so lit ” he State Board of Health in its actions.—Colton, monthly table of cities and towns having excellent water supplies, the Merry Little Sunshine, name of Thomson appears, and is Visitor (to ailing friend)—I Just cd.ed as one of the towns giving ex- I d r °PP e d in to cheer you up a bit and c lient cooperation in relation to ! very 1 dk \‘ f , or 1 ,net the doc ' , , . . I tor going out and he says you ar* having analysis of water supplies worse and may not .-ecovei-.-BostOO made by the Stave Board. I Evening .Transcript.
