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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.
