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■t 1 . She I Btngt VOL. XXIV. 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 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.