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THOMSON, GEORGIA, Friday, January 25, 1924.
NUMBER 5,
LULLWATER MANUFACTURING CO.
OFFICIALS PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK
The DIGEST
Officials of the Lullwater Manufac- ; pose to make a specialty of this shirt
turning Company came to Thomson \ and are confident that it will in a
Wednesday to inspect the local cotton short while become a leader in men’s
mill, which was purchased by them I shirts. It is very reasonable to sup-
some time ago, and which is now be
ing started up again.
Those in the party were Mr. Wal
ter T. Candler, president; Mr.. Geo.
W. Murphy, vice president and gen
eral manager; Mr. Samuel E. Broad
nax, secretary and treasurer.
The gentlemen were very enthusi-
pose that it will, for where is the
man that would not accept a value
of this kind?
Among the plans contemplated for
improving the mill here is the tear
ing away of the warehouse at pres
ent located in front of the mill and
building a new and commodious ware-
astic over the prospects of their mill i house to the rear of the mill. The
here. They are hopeful of getting
everything in readiness for making
cloth early in February. A force of
hands started Monday morning to
overhauling the machinery and get
ting everything in ship-shape in as
short a time as possible.
Mr. Candler spoke of ambitions he
has for the Thomson property of his
company, and when the plans are
carried into effect Thomson will have
an enterprise that she will be even
more proud of than at present.
plot of ground in front of the main
building will then be converted into
recreation grounds for employes of
the mill, and later on as business pro
gresses, other features for the com
fort and convenience of those employ
ed at the mill will be added.
As said before, the owners are very
enthusiastic about this property, and
look upon it as a going concern, and
have already begun to look upon
Thomson as a mighty fine town and
feel more than a passing interest in
Washington, D. C., Jan. 23.
BRITAIN “RULES THE SEAS.”
An increase in the volume of ship
building in Great Britain and Ireland
compared with a decrease for the
United States and practically all
other maritime countries, is shown
by the returns of Lloyd’s Register
of Shipping 'for the quarter ended
December 31, 1923. In comparison
with the previous quarter, British
(shipyards have 123,000 gross tons
more of orders on their books, while
American yards have 7,000 tons less,
and other countries, combined, 50,000
less.
The material manufactured here it. There is no telling to what ex
will be sent to their shirt factory at
Atlanta. The company has already
begun the manufacture of a shirt
that is worth $1.50, but will be sold
for $1.00. In other words, the com
pany is putting a dollar and a half
value in a shirt that they will put on
the market at one dollar. They pro
tent they will decide to develop their
property here.
The Progress feels safe in saying
that the men of Thomson and Mc
Duffie county will become addicted to
the habit of wearing a Lullwater
shirt when they are placed on the
market.
LAND OWNERS OF M’DUFFIE COUNTY
WANT TO SETTLE UP FARM LANDS
i Several McDuffie county land own-
i-s are favorably impressed with the
idea of making an effort to settle
the idle farm lands of the county.
Those who have expressed them
selves on the subject are of the same
opinion. They realize that the most
important thing to do is to put the
idle lands to some use, and the best
way to do this is to settle them up
with small farmers.
There are many tracts of land in
the county of different sizes that can
be cut up into admirable little farms
of 50 to 100 acres, with plenty of
water on each farm. The tracts
could be laid off in a way that would
give the most of them a frontage
on a good public road.
As has been said before, McDuffie
county’s principal asset is her farm
lands. They must be put to use if
the county is to fully realize on her
resources. Farmers realize that the
old methods of trying to operate big
farms is out of the question, but that
small tracts .cultivated by responsi
ble farmers can be made to pay. It
is this idea that has caused an effort
SEASONAL BUILDING CON
STRUCTION.
The Bureau of Standards, acting
upon suggestions that originated
with the President’s Conference on
Unemploytnent, is conducting a sur
vey of seasonal construction. It is
expected that the final report soon
to be issued will cover weather con
ditions and their effect on the effi
ciency of labor, use, production, and
haulage of materials, and the ex
tent of seasonal variations in build
ing activity in cities throughout the
country. The effects of these varia
tions on building trades, labor, con
tractors, material producers, and the
general public will be treated. In
a recent bulletin^ the Bureau of
Standards says: “The importance of
this to everyone will be appreciated
when it is remembered that the pub
lic pays for the waste involved under
present conditions through higher
cost of buildings. The effect of cus
toms, such as uniform leasing dates,
and other factors not dependent on
climate will me given consideration
along with a discussion of methods
of economical winter building. It is
believed that savings, not only to the
POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS AT THOMSON
SHOW MARKED INCREASE OVER 1922
AUTOMOBILE FUEL.
Official figures show that the total
quantity of gasoline exported in 1913 Postmaster J. D. Baston has furn- ference of $9,199.79 in receipts iot
was a lo.tlc over 100,000,000 gallons > s ^ed The Progress with figures 1923 over 1922. This would seem tc>
and in 1923 is estimated at about showing the amount of business indicate a healthy condition of busi*
500,000,000 gallons; the value in 1913 transacted by the Thomson postoffice ness in Thomson and McDuffie county#
was $17,000,000 and in 1923 approxi- 1 for the y° ars 1922 and 1923. A com- It should be taken into consideration#
mately $74,000,000. That this de- P arison shows a decided increase for , too, that one of our principal indu**
year. The tries, the cotton mill, was not in op*
mand for our gasoline by the auto- 1923 over the previous
mobiles and flying machines of the figures are as follows:
k
eration a good portion of 1923 when
foreign world is a" permanent one is
evidenced by the fact that our ex
ports of gasoline are now much
greater than in the biggest year of
the war period when the requirements
of the military operations in Europe
greatly intensified the demand upon
us as the world’s chief producer of
gasoline.
Receipts from the sale of postage this gain was recorded.
, . . , ., ,, ... , . | building industry and its workers,
to be made to exploit the idle lands ' , , , .,,
, , , , , but to the general public, will re-
nnri nnt thorn tn work fit. iw p;ir v n
and put them to work at as early a
date as possible.
Some of those interested are of the
opinion that it would be a good idea
to have a meeting of the land owners
who wish to dispose of a portion or
all of their land, and form some con
clusion as to the best methods of go
ing at the matter. Several have
come to The Progress office and ex
pressed themselves as being favor
ably impressed with this idea.
Since The Progress has been asked
to put this matter before the public
and find out the sentiment in regard
to the movement, parties interested
are invited to come and express
themselves, in order that a more in
telligent line of procedure may be
arrived at.
VITAL STATISTICS REPORT FOR
McDuffie county for
1923
There were 226 births registered |
in McDuffie county during the year
1923. Of this number 116 were
whites and 110 were colored.
Total number of deaths registered
in the county during 1923 were 136,
the cause of these deaths are given
as follows:
Tuberculosis—whites, 6; colored 10.
Pneumonia—whites, 2; colored .7.
Influenza—whites, 4; colored 1.
Brights Disease—whites, 1; col. 5.
Paralysis—whites, 4; colored 4.
Dysentery—whites, 1; colored 3.
Cancer—whites, 1; colored 2.
Acute Indigestion—whites, 0; col
ored 2.
Premature Birth—whites, 2; col
ored 0.
Typhoid Fever—whites, 1; colored
2.
Apoplexy—whites, 2; colored 0.
Dropsy—whites, 1; colored 1.
Malarial Fever—whites, 1; colored
1.
Old Age—whites, 1; colored 4.
Accidental—whites, 2; colored 2.
Unknown—whites, 2; colored 14.
Stillborn—whites, 11; colored 9.
Other Causes—whites, 15, colored
12.
, S. F. NEAL,
Local Registrar of Vital Stastics
for McDuffie County.
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FLOOD, POWER AND IRRIGA
TION.
A committee composed of five en
gineers, four of whom are in the
service of the Government and the
fifth an outside engineer, is being
organized by Secretary of the In
terior Work for the purpose of ad
vising on a definite plan for the con
trol of floods on the Colorado river,
the development of its water power
and the storage of water for irriga
tion of arid lands in the lower Colo
rado river basin.
ALIEN FUNDS AND TRADE.
A new federal agency to handle
“alien enemy funds” now in the
Treasury, make them productive and
finally stimulate resumption of trade
between this country and former ene
my powers is proposed by Colonel
Thomas W. Miller ,alien custodian,
in his annual report just published.
Such utilization of the money, totla-
ing almost $180,000,000, would not
only stimulate international trade,
Colonel Miller believes, but would
also result in profits.
SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND.
Statistics of sixty-four schools for
the blind in 1922, with an enrollment
of 4,947 pupils, are reported by the
Bureau of Education of the Depart
ment of the Interior in the bulletin
just issued. Nine other schools are
listed in earlier reports, with 655
pupils, making in all 73 schools for
the blind in the United States with
a total enrollment of 5,602.
Forty-eight of these institutions
are State schools, and 13 of the
State schools arc for both blind and
deaf. One public institution is in
Porto Rico; 16 are parts of city
school systems, and eight are pri
vate institutions. These schools re
port libraries containing 140,905
books with raised type, and 61,785
printed books.
stamps and newspaper mailings for
year 1923 $9,351.92. Receipts from
money orders, issued for year 1923
$42,571.19. Total receipts for 1923
$51,923.11.
Receipts from the sale of postage
stamps and newspaper mailings for
year 1922 $8,892.66. Receipts from
money orders issued for year 1922
$32,830.32. Total receipts for 1922
$41,723.32.
Net gain over 1922 $9,199.79.
As will be seen, there was a dif-
Taking the above figures into COrt*
sideration, it would not be surprising
if the government were to come Uf
the conclusion that Thomson is en*
titled to a postoffice building. Many
towns have their government build*
ings that do not show any more re*
ceipts than Thomson, and with Holt,
Carl Vinson working on the job to
see that our town is allotted an ap*
propriation, the prespects for OUT'
building seems very good at thlO
time.
What the Public Should Know About Cancer
Prepared for Publication by the Cancer Commission of the Medical
Association of Georgia and the Georgia Division of the Amer
ican Society for the Control of Cancer.
of
Bank Of Thomson
| ier; J. S. Boyd, Jr., Teller; A. L.
McLean and Miss Ruth Scott, BoolA
Stockholders Meet keepers.
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WOMAN IS NAMED GUIDE AT
NATIONAL CAPITOL.
A woman has been named to the
Capitol guide force for the first
time in history. Although a woman
Senator, Congressmen, and feminine
secretaries have become matters of
record, positions on the guide force
were political plums ever since it was
organized fifty-two oyears ago. Miss
Blanch L. Seitz, formerly of Idaho,
is the lady ^ho smashed all prece
dents and obtained the appointment
as guide. ~
WHOLESALE PRICES IN DE
CEMBER.
While wholesale prices in Decem
ber exhibited a strengthening tend
ency, a further slight reduction in
the general level is shown by infor
mation gathered by the United States
Department of Labor through the
Bureau of Labor Statistics in repre
sentative markets of the country. Of
the 404 commodities or price series
for which comparable daat for No
vember and December were collected,
increases were shown in 117 instances
and decreases in 119 instances. In
168 instances no change in price was
reported.
TELEPHONE CALLS AND
HURRICANES. ‘
Rapidly increasing utilization
weather information by many busi
ness industries is resulting in re
quests for more special forecasts and
direct service, reports the Weather
Bureau of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Recently an an
nouncement was made by the Weath
er Bureau of a hurricane in the Gulf
of Mexico which was approaching the
Texas coast. The manager of the
telephone company in one of the coast
cities reported that during the 24
hours succeeding the warning slight
ly more than 200,000 telephone con
nections were made through his of
fice, of which number more than 100,-
000 were for weather information.
It was necessary to assign seven op
erators in addition to the regular
force to flandle the alls.
CHANGES IN REETAIL PRICES
The retal food index issued by the
United States Department of Labor
through the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics, shows that there was a decrease
of 1 per cent in the retail cost of
The Bank of Thomson held its TO THE WHITE VOTERS OF Mc-
stockholders meeting on Wednesday, j DUFFIE COUNTY.
January 16th, 1924. The Cashier re- , j respectfully announce myself for
ported that the Bank had a good re-election as Clerk of the Superior ! Qp food
year in 1923, and that the Bank Court of McDuffie County, subject to
closed the year in strong financial |fi e usua i white primary,
condition. A dividend of 8 per cent j if re - e lected I pledge the same
was paid the stockholders, and a faithful discharge of the duties of
bonus of 5 per cent of their 1923 j f) ie office and universal courtesy to
salary was paid the employes. j the public which has characterized j foodDecmeber( 1923, as compared
The deposits show an increase of my efforts in the past. with November, 1923.
$102,000.00 over ,the same date last | I deeply appreciate the confidence ’
year, which is an evidence that the and support which you have hereto- Philippine BUSINESS BETTER,
people appreciate the service the j fore so generously given me, and The somewhat delayed seasonal re-
Bank is giving its depositors and the ! shall in the future endeavor to merit ; vival in Philippine business condi-
community under its policy of “Safe- I a continuance of the same. | tions i naugU rated in November was
ty and service at all times.” j Very respectfully, | mainta j ne d throughout December in
W. W. HARDAWAY.
January 25th, 1924.
The Directors were re-elected as
follows: J. E. Wilkerson, J. E. Gross,
J. S. Boyd, B. * P. O’Neal, John T.
West, W. S. Mobley, E. C. Hawes.
Officers re-elected as follows: J. E.
Wilkerson, President; J. E. Gross,
Vice President; E. C. Hawes, Cash-
Have Plenty of Trunks.
nearly all lines, according to cables
! to the Department of Commerce.
) Stocks were well proportioned to de-
i mand and export commodities
If one lias trunks enough he can j brought good prices. Banks report-
alwa.vs he finding lost and forgotten I e( i continued improvement in eollec-
trensnres. ; tiona .
PORTO. RICO.
Twenty-five years of American ad
ministration in Porto Rico have made
it a safer place for children, says
the Children’s Bureau, following the
first governmental investigation of
child-welfare conditions in Porto
Rico. Among the accomplishments
under the American regime are listed
vastly increased > school enrollment,
decreased illiteracy, lowered death
rates, elimination of yellow fever and
small pox, and control of bubonic
plague and typhoid.
Warning No. 2.
In America and elsewhere cancer
appears to be increasing rapidly. In
1922, there were 20,000 more deaths
in America from cancer than there
were in 1900. There are several rea
sons why this is true;.one of the chief
being that medical science and the
nursing methods of the present day
have added many years to our life
cycle; consequently, more people than
ever before reach the “cancer age.”
Wo know for a certainty what can
cer is, but we do no tlcnow definitely
what causes it. We know that it
arises as the result of long continued
irritation and that it is reported from
year to year with almost unvaring
frequency in certain parts of the body.
Cancer of the Digestive Tract: Di
gestion begins in the mouth; there
fore, it is well to consider the fre
quency and character of cancers in
this location. Five per cent of all
cancers are on the lips or in the
mouth. The former are most fre
quently on the lower lip. About 90
per cent of them are in men who
smoke to excess and, therefore, they
are sometimes called the “pipe smok
er’s sore.” They are also caused by
irritation from an overhanging tooth,
but are rarely seen in people under
fifty years of age.
An early cancer of the lip looks like
a “cold sore” or “fever blister,” or
it may be only a scaly spot which
does not heal. It is dangerous be
cause it spreads quickly to the glands
of the neck, It may be healed by a
tooth may not be a cancer, but It
should be investigated. Any lump Irt
the mouth, especially a “sore,” is dan*
gerous. Do not procrastinate.
Cancers in the mouth develop front
the same layer of cells a3 those oil
the lips and spread rapidly to thd
glands under the jaw and the neck.
Excepting cancers in two other part*
of the body, those in the mouth ®r*
the hardest to cure; therefore, they
should receive early attention. Al*
though the mouth is very accessible
over 75 per cent of cancers in thi*
location are fatal, largely because of
neglect. Mild caustics applied by
people ignorant of the real nature of
the disease only make it worse.
Cancer in the throat is fortunately
rare. If recognized early and prop*
erly treated, IT MAY BE CURED#
but, unfortunately, the victim pro*
crastinates .
Cancer of the stomach and gall
bladder (we rarely have a primary
cancer of the liver) occurs with about
equal frequency in the two sexes. It
is rarely seen in an individual under
forty-five and is much more frequent
in still older people. More than 35
per cent of all cancers are in the
digestive tract below the mouth#
Four hundred and fifty of the 1,213
deaths from cancer reported to the
Georgia Bureau of Vital Statistics in
1921, were in the stomach, liver, gall
bladder, and intestines.
It is hard to recognize an incipient
cancer of the stomach, but nature^®*
provided certain signals which, if
number of remedies only to re-appear heeded will prevent many deaths#
just under the jaw a few months lat- Indigestion coming- on after forty*
er. If properly treated early, it can five and persisting in spite of treat-
be cured; but, if it reaches the neck ment, neglected ,gall stones, and old
glands a permanent cure is doubtful, ulcer of the stomach, pus swallowed
In the mouth a cancer may be loca- from a foul mouth, and many other
ted on the tongue, gums, or under the conditions may be mentioned as caus*
tongue. It may resemble a “gum- es of stomach and gall bladder can*
boil” or an ulcer when a gum-boil has cer. Strange as it may seem, a can*
opened. A persistent white spot, ul
cer, or lump, on the tongue will very
often develop into a cancer. Irrita
tion from a broken tooth or an ill-
cer rarely, if ever, develops from an
ulcer in the small intestine. They
frequently develop at certain point*
in the large intestine—so much OO
ACCEPTS POSITION AS
MANAGER.
Mx-. Frank Dorsey left Sunday for
Lineville, Ala., where he has accepted
a position as manager of the Coca-
Cola Bottling plant at that place.
For a number of years he has held a
position here with the Thomson Coca-
Cola Bottling Co., and his experience
in the business amply qualifies him
for his • new position. His friends
here wish him well.
fitting dental plate is a frequent! that surgeons know just where to
cause which can be avoided. Oral look for them.
sepsis and the excessive use of to- It is impossible to give a detailed
bacco are recognized causes; one of description of all cancer symptoms in
the foremost authorities on the sub- an article of this kind; so, whenever
ject says, “Ihave never seen a cancer there is doubt, the thing to do is to
of the mouth in an individual who did consult your physician. Have him
not use tobacco to excess.” This, make a thorough investigation and
however, does not always apply. eep a record of the condition in or*
A lump or ulcer on the tongue or ler that he may compare future sym*
a persistent white patch should cause ptoms with those present at the firBt
suspicion and receive attention. A examination. Be sure to follow hi*
lump growing from the side of a advice. «
CLASS MEETING.
The Methodist Intermediate Sun
day school class held its monthly
meeting at the home of Elizabeth
Wiley Friday at 3:30 o’clock. Those i
present were, Ruth Stevens, Pauline
Story bj> Mrs. Shields.
Recitations by month.
Benediction—Mrs. Shields.
Sarah Montgomery and Mrs. Lewis
were visitors.
After the meeting refreshments
Pannell, Alene O’Neal, Louise Dobbs, 1 werti . served an(1 & ames were ^yed,
Irene Sealey, Lillian Smith, Frances
Dyer, Martha Birchmore, Elizabeth
RETURNS TO THOMSON. ^oyd, , Eor “ MU Doming
Samuels, Myrtis Hancock, Elizabeth
Mr. E. H. Miller, who has been | Boyd) an(1 teacher) Mrs. J. O. Shields.
The program was as follows:
Song—“Labor On.”
Scripture Reading—John 3:10-21—
Elizabeth Boyd.
Song—“What a Friend We Have
In Jesus.”
Talk by Mrs. Shields.
Sentence Prayer, by all.
Recitation—Dora Delle Downing.
Election of officers.
away from Thomson for the past
several months, has returned to re
sume his law practice. He has offices
over the Thomson Hardware Co.
New Time Saver.
Electrical apparatus has been In
vented by a New York man to stand
watch over chemical processes In
laboratories aud suve the time of
chemists.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Martha Birchmore,
Vice President, Ruth Stevens;
Secretary, Elizabeth Wiley.
Assistant Secretary, Alene O’Neal,
Treasurer, Frances Dyer.
Assistant Treasurer, Louise Dobbs,
By IRENE SEALEY.
Longest Year on Record.
The year 47 B. O. was the longest
year qn record. By order of Julius
Caesar, it contained 445 days. The ad*
ditlounl duys were put in to make the
seasons conform, as nearly as posslbl*
with the solar year. #,
