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JPftlDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923.
Our Aim.
First—To give our depositors safety.
Second—To give not only our deposit
ors but the entire community ser
vice.
For nearly tliiity-two years the Bank of Thomson has
been a leading factor in the building up of Thomson and
this section of Georgia, and has helped many individuals
to make a success in business.
On our record of over 31 years as a successful bank,
we invite you to become one of our customers, and will
give you courteous and efficient service, regardless of the
size of your account
Of Thomson
(The Old Bank)
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the McDuffie progress, Thomson, ga.
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM THE
NATION’S CAPITAL.
AREY Asphalt Roll Roofings cost but a
fraction of the price of tile, slate, metal,
or wood shingles.
They can be laid in a small fraction of the
time it takes to lay other kinds of roofing.
In spite of their low cost Carey Roll Roof
ings serve from 10 to 20 years—depending on
the weight of the particular roofing. If coated
occasionally, they will last much longer. Thus
Carey Roll Roofings represent the LOWEST
POSSIBLE COST PER YEAR OF SERVICE.
Thomson Hardware Co
Thomson, Ga.
MILL SUPPLIES
Belting, Hose, Packing,
Pipe, Valves, Fittings,
Wire and Manilla Rope, Tools, Myers Power
and Hand Pumps, Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Gasoline Engines; also Blacksmith and Auto
Supplies.
Low Prices. We Ship Promptly.
H. C. TENNENT SUPPLY CO.
1251-1255 Broad St. Phone 632. Augusta.
EVE REPAIR COMPANY
PROMPT SERVICE FOR OUT OF TOWN WORK. ALL WORK
GUARANTEED. REPAIRS TO ANYTHING ELECTRIC.
26 Years Experience. 852 Chafee Avenue. Augusta, Ga.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 12.
Postoffice Still Cheats Itself.
The Postoffice Department has
made its annual confession that it
has millions oi dollars as a deficit
for the fiscal" year. As usual the
Postmaster General enters into ex
planations to show how this could
not be helped. We are told again
that the postoffice is run for the ben
efit of the public and no.t to make
profits. As Assistant Postmaster
General John H. Bartlett, says that
i he parcel post must be completely
divorced from the “mail of communi
cation” before we Will have a per f ect
postal system. What Mr. Bartlett
really means is that the parcel post
is the millstone about the neck of
the service, which he figures out
would otherwsie yield a profit. Of
course everyone knows that before
the department was given the parcel
post to manage that deficits were a
general thing. Under the added load
the department has found the neces
sity for boosting its revenues from
“mail of communication,” and the
onus now all rests on the parcel post.
Thd suggestion that a cent a parcel
be added to the parcel post is figured
out as a method for raising twenty
millions of dollars a year. But why
so arbitrary a raise, when it is ad
mitted this would still leave a deficit?
However, if parcel post rates were
raised with some degree of respect
to the expense involved in handling
packages there would have to be a
complete over-hauling of rates. The
methods and results in the private
express business prove this.
Despite all the arguments that one
hears from the Post Office it is ai -
paren • <J peopu.. why have given
any attention to simple draying, ex
pressing, or transportation of any
kind, that the parcel post rates are a
hodge-podge. The Department con
tinues to cheat itself in order to car
ry out a false method of service to
the public,with the result that the
tax-rolls are burdened with annual
deficits, and thousands of postoffice
employes are kept at work at inade
quate salaries.
Another Extinct Species.
Where is the man who said, “it
can’t be done.” He is needed right
now to dissent to a program the Unit
ed States Navy will carry out next
summer to visit the North Pole.
Possibly the great dirigible Shenan
doah will be pressed into service, but
the main flights will depend upon a
fleet of Navy airplanes. The navy is
absolutely confident of the success of
the plan. Its feasibility is assured
by the extend of preparation and the
use of large numbers of units in car
rying on the great adventure.
The army has another unique plan
that will be carried into effect in
March when four Army fliers will go
around the world in the air. They
will touch “Greenland’s icy mountains
and India’s coral strand.” So care
fully has the jilan been made that
the longest non-stop passage will be
only 700 miles. Starting from Wash
ington, the flight will lead to Seattle,
Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and
thence to Japan.
The air has already been conquer
ed to carry the human voice, and if
the Army and Navy successfully car
ry out their .plans, as seems almost
certain, the human being and his bag
gage will bridle the air. In Admiral
Perry’s account of his trip to the
North Pole he showed the feasibility
of flying to the goal. Ten years ago
men said, “it can’t be done.” Ap
parently the “can’t be done” people
belong to the extinct species.
The Stress Of Issues.
A few weeks ago the entire coun
try was up in arms over the coal sit
uation. The Harrisburg conferences
ironed out the labor difficulties, and
everyone lost interest in coal. The
public dosen’t seem even to care much
whether the mine operators and deal
ers profiteer. They have coal—dirty,
smoky coal, at that. And the stress
of the coal issue is in the discard.
Meanwhile the top blows off “Tea
pot Dome,” and people get excited
for a moment because the oil supply
of the Nation isn’t flowing normally.
For a day the over-supply, the lack
of supply, of the Rockefeller price-
ascension commands public interests,
and is forgotten unless someone’s
personal reputation is at stake. In
such an event there is sustained in
terest, which will remain unsatisfied
until men like ex-Secretary of the
Interior Fall explain why they paid
their delinquent taxes and "fixed up”
around the old homestead, or ranch.
Coal and oil are important, but no
more so than timber. The trees of
the forest l-etreat still farther away
from the main points of consumption,
and the Forest Service yells its head
off warning the Nation that the sup
ply is gradually being depleted and
,v !" f hafnvn »v.any years it will be al
most ni the point of exhaustion. It
is alw^.,an issue that is being stres
sed by a few discerning persons.
When will the United States awake
to the necessity for constructive pro
grams to deal with the conditions
surrounding our most valuable natu
ral resources?
Radio Called A Monopoly.
In answer to a request from Con
gress upon the radio industry the
Federal Trade Commission reports
that an over-seas radio monopoly ex
ists. How much more satisfying th : <
must prove to the American peop'e
than to be told that tnere was no in
dustry in radio inter-oceanic com-
muniation, which would have been
the case had not American capital
and brains been brave enough to pi
oneer in this amazing new field of
science. However, the Federal Trade
does not offer any serious objections
to the “monopoly,” evidently sharing
in the universal satisfaction that it
is a “home” affair instead of an alien
achievement.
Ford And The Camera Men.
A few days ago Henry Ford was
leaving the White House in Wash
ington when he was suddenly sur
rounded by a battery of camera men
who insisted on taking his picture.
“You fellows are a blamed nuisance,”
protested the Detroit multi-million
aire. “And so are your flivvers,” re
torted one of the photographers. As
proof that a soft answer still makes
a god salve is shown by the evidence
of a number of good pictures obtain
ed when Mr. Ford surrendered. It
is said that Mr. Ford went to see
President Coolidge to talk to him
about Muscle Shoals, which he still
wants despite the fact that a part of
the property known as the Gorgas
plant has been sold for more than
half as much as Mr. Ford offered for
entire works. It is likely that there
will be a good deal of attention di
rected towards the Muscle Shoals
matter in Congress this Winter. But
while the agitation proceeds, Govern
ment expenditures amounting to mil
lions of dollars are being poured in
to the completion of the enterprise
that is to mean so much to the new
industrial South. Under the Ford
offer that gentleman would like to
take over the property after the Gov
ernment has spent all the millions
in it necessary to complete the plant.
Autoist’s Responsibility.
Usually political demands start in
the interior of the country, and given
momentum enough they eventually
reach Washington. The reverse is
rue regarding the movement spread
ing throughout the country to fix re
sponsibility for automobile “acci
dents,” and to require some sort of
financial accounting in connection
vvith them for using of' automobiles.
A long time ago this question was
given an airing in the National Cap
ital and now there is a widespread
movement for compulsory automo
bile insurance for liability and prop
erty damage. Many irresponsible
drivers have maimed and killed their
victims, smashed up cars and proper
ty, and left no redress to the injured
people. National automobile associ
ations are getting behind the pro
posed reform with the object of se
curing legislation throughout the
States to carry it into effect.
RUSCO BELTING
Solid Woven-Waterproof
Does more work and saves money
R USCO being solid-woven is, of
„ course, without plies. Plied,
or built-up belting, either canvas or
leather, cemented or stitched to
gether, doesn’t last long. Loosened
plies cannot pull evenly.
Before Rusco goes to you it is
stretched, cured and tested. 'In it
is embodied “93 years of knowing
how”. It will return more service
for dollars invested than any other
type of belt made.
Rusco Factory Belting is made by
the oldest and largest solid-woven
belting manufacturers in America—
The Russell Manufacturing Co. of
Middletown, Conn.
Rusco will do more work for you.
It will save you money.
THOMSON HARDWARE CO.
Thomson, Ga.
666
Cures Malaria, Chills
and Fever, Bilious Fe
ver, Colds and Grippe.
STOPS CROUP
Mothers want it, for it quickly
clears away the choking phlegm,
stops the hoarse cough, gives rest
ful sleap. Safe and reliable.
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COUGH REMEDY
WALTON’S DAIRY
LUNCH IS STILL
OPEN
We thank the people
of Thomson, Ga., and
community for their
generous patronage.
We will continue to
give our usual
Quick and Up to Date
Service
With the same high
grade help.
Ladies are welcome.
Walton’s Dairy Lunch
Under Elks Club,.
no
Christmas Gifts
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS FOR
EVERYONE.
Be sure and visit our store when in the city.
JOWITT’S
756 Broad Street Augusta, Ga.
STOP! SEE US!
THE MODEL VULCANIZING CO.
Buy Gasoline, Oil and Grease, Tires, Tubes
and Accessories.
1294 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
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—FOR—
XMAS GIFTS
—Go To—
WM. SCHWEIGERT & CO..
For Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Clocks,
Cut Glass, Diamond Platinum Rings, Broo
ches and Pins, Gold and Silverware and
China. Hundreds of novelties, rich and
beautiful of imported and domestic dsigns
of rare creation. Pearls, Rist Watches and
emblems for secret orders.
See their wonderful stock, especially the
12 imported China Plates for $260.00.
900 Block, Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
SPORTING GOODS
Shot Guns, Shells, Durbaks Clothes, Russell Boots. Electric Irons $3.50.
Community Silverware, 26 piece chest, $12.75, guaranteed twenty years.
Bowen Bros. Hardware Co.
829 Broad St.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN
XMAS GIFTS
H. SHMERLING, Jeweler and Engraver -
A wonderful stock of Diamonds, Watches
and Jewelry, and small novelties in gold and
silver. 910 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
U. H. Tompkins F. C. Tompkins
TOMPKINS MOTOR COMPANY
NASH
Sales, Service and Parts
639 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
NEW YORK LUNCH ROOM
The newest and best, just open. Everything first class and np
to date. Oysters, Fish, Turkey and dainty dishes served at regular
meals, or at the Quick Lunch Counter.
230 Jackson Street Augusta, Ga. J/r
