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THOMSON," GEORGIA, Friday, October 5, 192a
FLOCKING BACK
TO THE SOUTH
A1 Durham, a well known McDuffie
county negro, has just returned from
Cleveland, Ohio, where he went some
time ago when the exodus of negroes
was at its height.
Durham says there were sixteen
solid cars of negroes on the train on
which he came back to Georgia, and
that negroes are returning to the
South in as big a hurrJT as they left.
He says some of them are doing wMl
in the North, but that the majority
will have nothing to do during the
winter months, and that many of
them are going to suffer unless they
can manage to get back to a warmer
climate. As it is, it will be a hard
matter for some of them to get any
thing to do this winter in the South,
on account of having made no con
nection for jobs, but it is certain
they will not fare so badly as they
would in the colder climate.
M’DUFFIE SCHOOLS
Mrs. Ira E. Farmer.
“If you build a better mouse trap
than anyone else the world will beat
a path to your door.” It has never
been decided who said that, but it
has been exemplified in the Thomson
High School. A ten-year old dream
of the writer was realized Monday
when the truck from Marshall un
loaded thirty-one children at the
school house and the truck from An
thony Cross Roads will bring in an
other twenty or more next Monday.
Every child is entitled to a high
school education within the boundar
ies of his county and when the City
Board, the County Board and the
trustees of these schools made the
arrangements by which these chil
dren could be brought comfortably
into town for proper schooling, Mc
Duffie took the initial step towards
doing this for all her childi’en.
The Thomson school is on the A1
accredited list, which means that a
boy or girl bearing a diploma from
this school enters without examina
tion any college in this state. Those
who have applied for entrance in
other states have found the diploma
equally good. A college eudcatiori is
something much to be desired but
the high school is absolutely neces
sary if the child is not to be handi
capped through life. When the coun
ty is so organized that every child
will have within proper distance of
its home a junior high school with
the opportunity to come into the
Thomson school on the same footing
as the Thomson children, then this
will have been accomplished.
This year, on the recommendation
of the County Board of Education,
Thomson was made the Central High
School of McDuffie, thus entitling it
to the annual sum of $1,000 from the
state, to be expended for salaries for
teachers. This makes the school
open in the high school department
to every child in the county without
paying out-of-town fees.
Last year Dearing won the $500
offered by the state for the first
school in each county to consolidate
three' or more schools and employ
four or more teachers. This school
now has 179 pupil.; with more coming
shortly end six teachers. Two trucks
and a wagon under skilled drivers
are used to take the children to and
from school. The entire cost of the
school- with two small schools, includ
ing the trucks ar/. wagon, is ji.w
exactly ten dollars more for the
Dearing district than it was before
the consolidation when the children
had the short term, one-teacher
school. So the bugbear of cos$ that
has made so many oppose consolida
tion seems just an imaginary ill.
McDuffie has just cause to be proud
of these schools and of the County
Shool Superintendent, the county
Board and the local trustees of all
the schools who have made this im
provement possible. And too much
cannot be said of the faculty of
these two schools which have absorb
ed the others. Had they not made
institutions worthy of the name, the
growth would not have been what
it is. Already the Thomson trustees
are looking around for more space,
for another term will find the pres
ent building entirely inadequate.
A live school which is also a com
munity center,' is the greatest asset
a county or town or community can
have and the children going out from
THE BOLL WEEVIL
VS. CATERPILLAR
Some of those who have studied
the habits and ways of th« boll
weevil and the caterpillar believe
there is a great battle for supremacy
now being quietly waged between the
two pests.
It is believed that the invasion of
the caterpillar has already hurt the
boll weevil. According to the habits
of the weevil the caterpillar, although
short-lived, has advantage of the
weevil in point of numbers, and will
destroy the food that Mr. Weevil
must have before he goes into hyber
nation.
The caterpillar has destroyed most
of the green cotton leaves in this
section. If it is a fact that the weev>l
must have green leaves to live on
before going into winter quarters, it
is quite evident he will go hungry
this year. On this account it is be
lieved by many, that large numbers
of weevils will starve during tin-
winter.
Of course, this is all conjecture.
One farmer said--Tuesday that he
has been dealing with the boll weevil
for four years and that he knows
less about him now than when he
started; that his ways are past find
ing out.
WEEKLY DIGEST FROM
THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Washington, D. C., Oct. 4.
TESTING ALIENS.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Wadsworth has recommended
that the medical examination given
aliens upon entrance to the United
States be broadened in its scope. He
characterized the medical examina
tion as of vital importance to the
country and ritiised failities at Ellis
Island as being inadequate. To the
end that the work may be done thor
oughly he recommended that Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon join
with Secretary Davis of the Depart
ment of Labor in asking an appro
priation for the construction of ad
ditional housing space to accomm--
date an expanded measure of health
precaution. 1-Ie also suggested that
steamship companies be penalized
for transporting to this country per
sons clearly barred by statutes.
FOOT BALL TEAM
The Thomson High School is sure
of a good foot-ball team this year,
one of the main reasons being the ih-
terest taken in it by the local busi
ness men. The boys all wish to
thank them for their liberal contri
butions and active interest.
A strong team is being developed
under the able coaching of Mr. Ster
ling Gibson, Jr., and Mr. Truman
Watson. The weight of the team will
average one hundred and thirty-
eight pounds.
The probable line-up is as fol
lows: Center, Roy Jones; quarter
back, Ben Neal; halfback, Everette
McCommons and Randle Evans; full
back, Leonard Lokey; ends, Barney
Wells, Herman Palmer and Bednard
Agoos; tackles, Louis Story, Erbie
Hunt; guards, Alvah Sills, Boykin
Wilson, Marcus Rivers, Jamie Cook
and Reginald Story.
The first game will be October
18th or 19th.
FIXING THE COST.
The United States Bureau of La
bor Statistics gives figures showing
the trend in retail prices in 1922
for 51 of the principal cities in the
United States for all articles for
which retail prices are secured.-
For the United States prices are
shown by years as early as 1890. The
trend in the cost of all articles of
food, combined, shows a decrease of
8 per cent for the year 1922, as com
pared with the cost in 1921. The
retail cost of coal in December, 1922,
as compared with December, 1921,
shows an increase of 3 'per cent for
Pennsylvania anthracite and 9 per
cent for bituminous. The retail
prices of dry goods for 1922 show
that most of the ten articles for
which prices are secured were high
est in December. Prices of electrici
ty for household use are shown for
specified months from December,
1914, to December, 1922, for 19 cities
and from December, 1917, to Decem
ber, 1922, for 13 cities. The price
of gas for domestic purposes in De
cember, 1922, was 34 per cent .higher
than in April, 1923, and 4 per cent
lower than the peak price of May,
1921.
increase in British foreign trade;
slightly less commercial and indus
trial activity in Belgium; consider
able improvement in Norway; mod
erate activity in Denmai-k and Fin
land; dullness in Holland; and de
pression in Poland and Rumania.
Unemployment is serious in Holland
and Poland, but has decreased in Nor
way and Finland, and is negligible
in Belgium.
NEBRASKA’S FINANCES.
The Department of Commerce in
its announcement of the principal
financial statistics for the State of
Nebraska, places the revenues col
lected for State purposes at $60,-
858,461, or an average of $46.02 for
each person in the state.
GERMANY GIVES UP POSTAGE
STAMPS.
Germany has given up the use of
postage stamps, according to an an
nouncement received by the United
States Post Office Department. Let
ters coming from Germany will now
bear in the right hand corner, in
stead of a stamp, a cancellation
mark, “Taxe Pei-cus.” This mark
indicates that postage has been paid.
In adopting this device, Germany is
reverting to the practice in vogue
before governments began to use ad-
hesi\e stamps. In the United States
before 1847, the year of adoption of
adhesive postage stamps in this coun
try, American letters carried the label
“Postage paid,” just as Germany is
now using the label, “Taxe Percus.”
A letter from Germany to the Unit
ed States at the lowest unit of
weight, costs 200,000 marks, accord
ing to the last information available.
So rapidly has German currency de
preciated it has been necessary for
the German government to change
postage rates nearly every week.
THE PROGRESS
IS THANKFUL
The McDuffie Progress is gratified
with the hearty response to its sub
scription offer during the month of
September. Many took advantage of
it by paying up their subscriptions,
together with a goodly number of
new subscribers. The paper appre
ciates the kindly interest shown and
the many expressions of approval in
giving the subscribers the benefit of
the offer instead of giving it to con
testants, as is sometimes done.
Of course the price of subscription
will now go back to $1.50 per year,
and we trust those who want the
paper will give us a call.
PROSPECTIVE CITIZEN.
Mr. J. D. Pace, of Trenton, Ga.,
was a visitor in Thomson this week,
being here on a prospective trip.
Mr. Pace is an expert farmer and is
contemplating moving to Thomson on
account of the schools and the fine
land we have in McDuffie. It is hop
ed that he will make up his mind to
come, together with many others
like him.
CEMENT PRODUCTION.
All records for the production and
shpiment of Portland cement were
broken in August, according to the
United States Geological Survey.
Production during August was 12,-
067,000 barrels, an increase of 350,-
000 barrels oover July, the best pre
vious record, and 1,3000,OQO over Au
gust last year. Production for eight
months ending August 31, was near
ly 88,000,000 barrels, or more than
was produced in any one of the entire
years 1915, 1918 and 1919. Present
conditions, indicate a substantial fall
demand for cement, so returns for the
full year should be far beyond any
previous experience.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Building permits issued in August
show a substantial increase over last
year, according to Government re
ports. There is a very heavy volume
of building now under coonstruction
and prospects for winter construction
are considered good. Many highway
officials have expressed a determina
tion to complete this year’s road
building programs so the amount of
cement consumed in concrete pave
ments will undoubtedly be greater
than in any past year.
PIG IRON PRODUCTION.
Pig iron production is declining at
a rapid rate, according to market re
ports, which argue that the iron
trade went ahead a bit too fast in
the Spring. Production is now at a
lower point than has been the case
for the past five yeara.
WILL FIND ANOTHER WAY.
Chairman Edward P. Farley, of the
United States Shipping Board, says
that if the plan of forming corpor
ations to take over the operations of
such lines as the Board finds impos
sible to sell but which they feel man
dated to operate, illegal, as has been
held by the Attorney General, some
other method must be pursued. “My
aim will be to institute the / strictest
economy and obtain the most efficient
service,” said Mr. Farley, “and es
pecially do I desire to encourage
those who have by their ownership
of American ships expressed their
faith in the future of the American
merchant marine.”
FARM NOTES BY
COUNTY AGENT
CAMPAIGN TO KILL COtTON
STALKS INNAUGURATED.
Business men and leading farmers
of McDuffie are solid on the value o’:
eaidy cotton stalk destruction and are
planning 100 per cent destruction of
cotton stalks over the entire county.
The most important work in con
trolling the boll weevil is that of des
troying the weevil’s food so that he
will starve to death before frost or
go into winter quarters so lean that
he has no chance to last through to
damage cotton next spring. This
job pays better than poisoning or
fertilizers.
A number of farmers killed stalks
last fall with much success notice
able in the reduced number of weevils
in their fields this spring.
There is no doubt of the good to
the individual who does kill his
stalks, but the greatest good comes
from everybody in a community do
ing the same thing. No better move
ment can be undertaken by any com
munity than to make their section
100 per cent in this movement.
The Thomson Chamber of Com
merce is behind this move and ix ex
erting every effort to bring the mat
ter to the attention of every farmer
and land owner in the county. Cir
culars are being mailed and distrib
uted and every one called on to lend
their influence to put it over.
October 20th is the date set by
which time all stalks should be rip
ped up.
Sow rye or sweet clover in this
cotton land.
IMPROVE YOUR LAND.
Why not make your land improve
itself this winter while lying out
growing nothing? You can do it at
small cost.
Sweet clover, sometimes called
WHISTLE TO BLOW
FOR SUNDAY SCH’L
Sunday morning when you hear
the fire whistle blow, don’t become
alarmed, for at 9 o’clock the sound of
the whistle will mean a call to duty
—to attend Sunday school.
Many who would like to attend
Sunday school and church say they
are so tired on Sunday morning they
fail to wake up in time to get there;
or that they forget about it being
Sunday until it is too late to go.
The Baraca class of the Baptist
church took cognizance of all these
reasons Sunday morning and decided
to help out the delinquents by devis
ing a means of reminding them of
their duty on the Sabbath. To this
end a resolution was passed by the
members of the class asking that the
fire whistle be sounded at 9 o’clock
on Sunday mornings to remind all
those who should go and wanted to
go?to Sunday school and church that
the time was drawing near and to
be ready.
The scheme will not only answer
for the Baracas, but all others who
want to be reminded of their duty
can profit at the same time. And
this is a duty to which all should re
spond heartily. The Lord loves a
faithful servant, and it is a pity that
His people have to be reminded of
their duty. It is hoped there will be
a general response of “ready” when
the whistle blows Sunday morning.
When Gabriel blows his horn at the
judgement all will want to be ready
to answer “present.”
WILSON EXECUTORS’ SALE
HELD THURSDAY.
The executors’ sale of property of
the late Mr. J. E. Wilson was held
Thursday at the Watson stables on
Greenway street. A large lot of
farming implements was on exhibi
tion and sold to the highest bidder,
many bargains being obtained by the
bidders. Besides the above, some
valuable bank stock and other securi
ties were purchased at conservative
prices.
RETURNES FROM SAVANNAH.
Mr. Grover Edmondson has return
ed from Savannah, where he was con
fined to the hospital for several
its doors are a living monument to j wee )j S after undergoing an operation
those who are responsible for it. j for a p pen dicitis. He is at the Eu-
■ reka fj ote i recuperating and will soon
The Progress does all kinds of Job be ab j e to resume his place with The
printing, and prices are way below Columbia SentineL
others.
“SHEFFIELD PLATE.”
The Federal Trade Commission has
cited three firms charged with sell
ing and offering for sale large quan
tities of silver plated ware upon
which they had stamped or impres
sed the words “Sheffield,” “Sheffield
Plate,” and other similar designa
tions containing the name Sheffield.
The Commission alleges that the
plate ware so marked is not manu
factured in Sheffield, England, or of
material made in Sheffield, and is
therefore misleading to the general
public and unfair to competitors who
handle the genuine Sheffield silver
plated ware.
DOMESTIC BUSINESS.
Reports on August business re
ceived by the Bureau of Census,
Department of Commerce, continue
to show increases in productivity.
FOREIGN BUSINESS.
European cables to the Depart
ment of Commerce report a decided
JURORS DRAWN
FOR CITY COURT
Following is the fist of jurors
drawn for the October term of the
City Court of .Tho nson which con
venes on the second Monday in Oc
tober:
Frank E. Brass.
John F. Simons.
B. V. Watson.
S. J. Cowan.
C. F. Hunt.
David W. Hobbs.
Lawton Stone .
J. W. Blanchard.
J. Shep Culpepper.
George A. Reeves.
M. A. Culpepper.
H. Tom Langham.
G. White Jordan.
Ben N. McCorkle.
J. D. (Jack) Hobbs.
J. Edgar Wilson.
Willie C. Rodgers.
Chas. Whitaker.
F. M. James.
Sam W. Jones.
Calvin McGahee.
V/. C. Guy.
W. S. Mobley.
Ocran Howard.
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RETURN TO THOMSON.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Woodruff and little son, Arthur, Jr.,'
are delighted over their return to
Thomson to make their home after
residing in Macon for the past year.
They will occupy their cottage on
Lumpkin street and Mr. Woodruff
„ r „ . . will be manager of the Racket Store
Yellow Mellilotus, is a winter grow- on Railroad street .
ing as well as summer growing clo
ver that makes a very rank growth
of from four to seven feet high by
May in plenty of time to be turned
under and mature a crop of corn af
ter turning under this heavy coat of
green manure.
The expense of seeding is small
costing only 65 cents per acre if you
intend to use it for grazing, if not.
40 cents an acre will bring you this
wonderful plant.
No innoculation or liming is requir
ed. It grows on poor land as well as
rich, stands dry land and springy
land, in fact is one of the best and
most practical soil improvers known.
It reseeds itself just like burr clover
and if allowed to reseed a full crop
every three years it will give you a
cover crop every winter to turn under
for cotton the following year.
It requires no preparation of the
land, but grows best on.land on whicn
cotton, corn or hay was grown the
year it is sown. The seed are broad
casted on the land and a one-horse
harrow or other harrow run through
the middles once to cover them. No
other attention is necessary and when
sufficiently high, stock may be turn
ed in to graze and if not stocked too
heavily this clover may be grazed
all summer or cut three times for
hay which in quality is just below
alfalfa.
Yellow Mellilotus is easy to get
rid of. It is not a weed but a soil
improver of the highest order and
will grow well on all heavy soils
above the railroad as well as the
heavy pebbled soils below.
Time for sowing is now. From
September to December are approp
riate months.
A ton and half of this kind of seed
have already been bought to be plant
ed by McDuffie farmers. Get in line.
See the County Agent,, about this.
dates while the longer maturing
kinds be planted around the early
dates. Also farmers above the rail
road should adhere to the earlier
dates while those below the railroad
will profit best from the later dates
stated above.
The cost of treating seed for smut
is so small no one should neglect to
do this little job. A pound bottle of
formaldehyde will treat 50 bushels
of grain at a cost of about 1 1-2
cents a bushel.
The formaldehyde can be applied-*,’
with a hand spray gun giving one
shot per shovel full of grain as it
is shoveled from one pile to another.
Cover the treated pile with sheets or
sacks for four hours. Then seed is
ready to use.
PROFIT AND LOSS IN GRAIN.
A few pointers in the matter of
successful oat and wheat crops for
another year is in line just at this
time when preparations for planting
are under way.
The season for oat planting when
highest yields are secured is from
Novemver 1st to November 15th, and
for wheat, just as soon after frost as
possible, states the South Georgia
Experiment Station and the State
College who have both found these
conclusions from the results of tests
on their fields. Experiments have
been conducted with these grains that
showed an increase of 100 per cent
in yield in favor of October 15th
planting for oats as compared with
ITEMS.
—Mrs. B. M. Hawkins, of Union
community, recently moved he/ flock
of 100 white leghorns into a new
modern, up-to-date poultry house,
built on the most aporaved lines of
commercial laying hoim*. Several
new poultry houses ha/e bee i built
in the county recently, but none so
complete in close attention lo the
points deemed necessary in commer
cial houses. Those contemplating
erection of a modern house vill do
well to see this one first.
—P. H. Geer recently equipped his
laying house with electric lights,
which increases egg yield by making
the hens’ work day longer. The
practice has been in use for years
among commercial egg farms where
highest production during the short
winter days when egg3 are high ia
aimed at.
—Preparations for alfalfa plant
ing is going on rapidly, the third car
of lime having been ordered this
week.
—The sweet clover soil improving
campaign is bearing fruit in the pur
chase of a total of a ton and a half
of seed which will sow approximately
three to four hundred acres.
—Some expressions have been
heard in favor of a mammoth hatch
ery for the use of the farmers of
this section to help them raise broil
ers for the big prices in winter and
spring.
WOMAN’S CLUB.
The Woman’s Club will meet at the [ November 15th.
Rest Room Wednesday afternoon at! The quicker maturing varieties of
4 o’clock. oats should be planted at the later
ROAD TAX NOTICE.
Road Tax for McDuffie county iar
now due and can be paid if paid be
fore the 10th of October for $1.60,
after that date it will be $2.00 to
everybody. Please see the collector
or call at the court house and pay
this and save money.
This the 26th day of Sept., 19?3.
G. W. LOKEY, Ordinary.
