About The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1924)
r, FEBRUARY 1, 1 the McDuffie progress, Thomson, ga. McDuffie Progress 11.50 Per Year In Advance. £Tb7 NORRIS, Editor and Propr. National Politics Entoitod at the Postoffice at Thorn- m as Second-class Mail Matter. Obituaries, In Memorium, Cards of Washington, D. C., Jan. 31. Publicity For Tax Returns. A few persons know the intricacies Thanks, Etc., are charged for at rate 0 f the Mellon tax plan, but most neo- m 8 cents per line, with a minimum 26 cents. A Generous Offer. pie are simply boosting because they think that it will lower their o» n tax bills. But the law-makers in Wash- January 29th, 1924. SURE CURE FOR CANCER. To all who are suffering from can- By Wallace Bassford. Washington, D. C., Jan. 3JD.—Some of the Democrats feel that it is al most unnecessary for them to flay the administration, for it is being YOUR FIRE INSURANCE By J. Q. West. In my last article I said that the tary Fall, and which has begun in the Senate, had become strained. Fall had resigned from the Senate to enter the Harding Cabinet, and at first he was a great power in the Administration. Fall retired from the Cabinet, and it was then that the 1 ington know that the world war was i “tongues began to wag.” Washing- the most expensive divertisement in | * on > w *th its intimate connections, _ all history, and not an optimist whispered that President Harding | wealthy and dignified Senator Couz- acts as t * le go-between of the policy among them has .been able to read bad “lost confidence in Fall. So Fall i ens 0 f Michigan. Here is some of bolder and the fire insurance com- any other process into the Govern- prepared to ‘fade out of the pic-! b j s language, delivered point-blank P an y- He * s the employee and rep- «sr: * nave on deposit in the First ment > 8 ba i ance Bhee t than that “theiture,” and left for New Mexico to1 on the floor 0 f the-Senate and with resentative of the company, and as " 4 H! . “ nk , om8on one thou ‘i fiddler must be paid.” The jig-saw bui,d U P bis private properties and full knowledge that it would be read 8Uch !t is bis duty to protect the in- •and dollars to help defray expenses of leffiKlation han(fS between methods ■ » ett Ie down on his big ranch. But by the Secretary of the Treasury and I terests of the c° m P an y. but at the S.-”? 1 !1-!. SI™.! rai,rt ‘ ad far ®» of “distributing the tax,” and plans ,be “built" s6 fast that there arose j some millions of others: same time be must protect the inter- jfor “soaking the rich.” The opposi- : an impertinent curiosity as to where j “More dishonest statements, mis- es ^ s tb e insured. The insured per- done almost every day by leaders of I most important factor of concern to the President’s own party. One of * be policy holder is the Agent. This the latest explosions comes from the ’ 8 tb e case because the local agent Neck muscles stiff and sore? hospital and physician charges to all who are not able to pay, or for those | tjon to "the^Mellon scheme are advo- 'be had obtained the money for such 'statements if not absolute falsehoods, 8on (usually referred to as “the as- Who can pay a part of expenses, I '^tine the latter idea, which they be- extensive improvements. Curious 'have been handed out at the Treasury sured ”) is ignorant of the terms and neighbors, political enemies, and puz- jf or the purpose of misleading the conditions of his policy, and expects zled Washington soon got together j pub ij c than ever were issued by a tbe agent to keep him posted as to on a common basis, and all wanted pub ij c department in my recollection, bis rights and liabilities under it. It to know the connection between the •noant lasts. CAncer of the eys, ear, nose, tongue, throat, or any part of the body. No operation nor pain. Sure care unless you have delayed treat- *nent too long. R. A. LAZENBY. Camak, Ga. The above should interest those suffering from cancer in its early stages. Mr. Lazenby is not doing this for pecuniary gain. He has helped several to get to doctors for treatment, and had the satisfaction of seeing them cured. The Progress is publishing a series of articles on the subject of cancer, and it will be noted the doctors do rot claim a cure where the disease has been allowed to become deep soated, but that most of them can be cured if treated in time. It is fo» this purpose that Mr. Lazenby makes his most generous offer of helping sufferers to get to a doctor for treatment, that they may get there in time. This is the most commendable proposition heard of in some time, and those who need treatment should not hesitate to get in communication with Mr. Lazenby at once, providing they are not able to pay for treat ment themselves. In either case, whether a person is able to pay or not, treatment should not be delayed a single day. We have heard of cases where Mr. Lazenby has taken it upon himself to go to cancer sufferers and plead with them to go to a doctor, and has In many cases carried them and paid expenses with th# satisfaction of see ing them cured. He sec—s very anx ious to help this particular clus:; of sufferers and no one will be turned down who appeals to him. He is not a doctor, but is the media-i through which one may get to a doctor and receive treatment. eating the latter idea, which they be lieve will be popular with their vot ing constituency. Secretary ‘Mellon and Senator Couzens have been asking one an other how the proposed tax-plan changes would affect them and then- great fortunes. This has led to a running debate in Congress in favor of publicity for all tax returns. It is argued that local tax returns are a matter of public record, and that if the income tax laws passed by the Federal government had provided publicity of tax returns that it would now be possible to determine where the loopholes were in the old laws. This information would be beneficial, it is pointed out, in enabling the pres ent Congress to provide against more “loop-holes.” Quite likely this phase of the legislation will be left for the Senate to determine, and it is about a 50-50 bet that income tax returns will be hereafter, a matter of public record instead of a secret list. new Fall riches* and the oil leases made by him as Secretary of the In terior. Fall’s powereful friends in the Senate tried to hush the attempt ed inquiries. Sinclair and Doheny told about their benefactions to the Government in consenting to take the leases and pump petroleum from the bowels of the earth. They showed to their own satisfaction, at least, that they had not secured any un usual benefits. Like other benefici aries of public favors the men no doubt figured out that they should have “got more.” Finally, the Senate Committee ask ed Mr. Fall to explain the ugly ru mors that were in circulation. In stead of appearing before the Senate It is the duty of the Senate to find is doubtful whether one person jn a out the motives back of the propa- , thousand reads the printed conditions ganda and misstatement*. In a of a fire insurance policy. In fact, statement issued by the Secretary of h would be safe to sa y that a major- the Treasury a few days ago he made ity of P e °P le who receive a P° lic > r the statement that all surtaxes are j never read other th an the memoran dum written on the back of the poli- The courts of Georgia have held passed on to the consumer, and there- | fore a reduction of surtaxes would cy create a reduction in the cost of liv ing. A schoolboy would know better than to make such a statement as that, and yet he is heralded through out the press of the country as the Hamilton of the Treasury. There never was a greater representative of the moneyed interests of the coun try in the Treasury Department than there is at this particular time, and yet he has the impudence to bring into public discussion the private af- Oorrimittee he wrote a letter, in which j fairs of a citizen whose record he that such writings on the back of the policy are not binding on any one, being merely an indication of the contents. A good agent knows this indiffer ence of the assured exists, and so tries to protect his customer from evil consequences of hisv own acts. That is, he sees to it that the assured does not violate the terms of the policy, and thus by his own acts makes his policy null and void. Do not forget this—that when yoii ac- Private Bryan. Considering that he is a private citizen, William J. Bryan attracts unusual attention. Down in Florida his political future is still to be de termined. It is suspected that he has aspirations to go to the Senate from Florida. Such aspirations are not welcomed by the party organiza tion in that State, which already has good men in the Senate whom it will not have turned out without a finish fight. Private Bryan has very clev erly proposed a Florida university president as his choice for the Dem ocratic nomination. 'Jhat may cut Getting Lined Up For Farm Settlers. Parties in Thomson are getting lined up with agencies in close touch with the matter of securing settlei-3 i some figure in Florida even though it does not carry much weight else where. Private Bryan has been in Wash ington some time this winter, playing Cupid in the flirtation between “pro gressive” Republicans and Demo crats. He has been in New York talking about tax reform and trying to build up a Democratic position to combat the tax plan brought out by Secretary Mellon. Private Bryan attended the recent meeting of the Democratic National Committee, and offered some of his fatherly advice. Private Bryan had his picture taken with his brother, Governor Bryan of Nebraska. They both wore skull caps he expressed his indignation that sus picion should have been attached to hisf official acts. But the letter did not Satisfy the Senate Committee or the public; and so Fall wrote another letter in which he told how he was sick and unable to appear. He went into matters in some detail, and told how he had borrowed a hundred thou sand dollars from a Washington pub lisher. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, who was conducting the in quiry for the Senate Committee, fol lowed Fall down to Florida, where he took fresh testimony concerning the former Secretary and his alleged financial backer. Senator Wulsh com pletely disaproved all the claims 'has, and he is the only man in the ce Pt a fire insurance policy you enter country who has that record.” In this Senator Cotizens’ was referring to Secretary Mellon’s charge that Senator Couzens had put part of his money into tax-exempt securities. disaproved nmde by Fall, and the latter hastened to make new explanations. But Fall was like the poet who complained two centuries ago that he “spoiled” A dispatch from Pittsburgh to a Washington newspaper exclaims at the wonderful self-abnegation of Mr. Mellon in accepting a job in the cab inet at twelve thousand per year when he could be making millions in Pittsburgh. It is to he wondered if any poor fish believes that Mr. Mellon is not making as many millions at Pittsburgh as before he came to Washington. In addition to this, he has witnessed, since he has been in the Treasury, the cutting of his cor poration taxes, largely at his own hands, and the cutting of hj3 personal into a contract with an insurance company, and you are bound by the terms of the contract, which is the policy itself. How very important, therefore, that the agent, at least, should be thoroughly familiar with all the printed conditions of the poli cy. How many fire insurance agents are familiar with the dozens of print ed conditions in the standard policy? Some have not even read these im portant conditions. —adv. everything wherj^he tried to explain.” taxes. Now he is seeking to put In Washington his old associates through his Relief for Needy Million- for farm lands, and it begins to look encouraging for those who wish to dispose of farm lands in McDuffie county. Those familiar with affairs along this line, say there are plenty of peo ple who would like to take advant age of the low prices at which good farm lands are offered if they could only gotten in touch with. This is what those who are inter esting themselves in the matter are trying to do. It goes without say- Jng that if people only knew what good lands McDuffie county has the rest would be easy. It is proposed to get in touch with those who want to change to a better locality and show them that it is to their interest to come to McDuffie county. The county agent is now on the job and ready to assist in giving ad vice to those who want it. His work will come in nicely in assisting new comers to locate and showing them of the arfeient vintage, giving them a picturesquely fundamentalist * ap pearance. As a fundamentalist lay man Private Bryan appears to be do ing his heaviest work, and it would seem *that his preaching ^is greater than his politics when it comes to keeping him before the American public. Animals That Hiss. „ United States Senators Copeland, of New York, and Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, have complained that they have been hissed as the result of statements made in recently de livered speeches. Despite their denials they both act peeved. They should have remembered the retort of a for mer statesman who greeted a volley of hisses with the shot that “only snakes and men ever hiss.” Senator Copeland is developing as a very good type of statesman, and he has hopes of becoming as proficient in that line as he is in his regular pro how to utilize to best advantage the j fession as a Doctor of Medicine. As soils of the county. for the Honorable Magnus Johnson, Foreign Conditions. it may be said that he behaves like hung their heads and refused to talk about the matter. Washington felt a humiliation uncommon in the his tory of the Capital, because the in stances are rare 'when a Cabinet of ficer is even suspected of dishonoring the great trust he has occupied. The newspapers have toldthe rest of the story in the past few days—how the son of former President Roosevel resigned from the Sinclair companie and gave his testimony to the Sena tors; how Sinclair departed for Eu rope. And then Fall had to face the facts. Mr. Bok and The Senators. “We’ll make Bok come out here and tell tis about his propaganda,” asserted a number of Senators angri ly. When Mr. Bok replied, that he would be pleased to appear before the Senate committee the Senators became more tractable, and said they “were going to find out about this peace propaganda.” When Mr. Bok told the Committee his great purpose in trying to help America by supply ing the money for the American Peace Award, they insisted on know ing, “how much did it % cost?” And when Bok said he didn’t know, and wouldn’t tell, the same Senators got mad all over again. IU order to placate them Mr. Bok said he would submit the whole collection of more than 22,000 plans to the Senate, and let that body decide on the best plan, and that he would also put up a : hundi-ed thousand dollars for a prize a “regular fellow” in the Senate. He has made his “maiden speech,” and although it was not very thrilling, still it answered very well as an ini tial bow. Fall Faces The Facts. and a national referendum. Even that didn’t seem to satisfy the Sena tors. European cables to the Department of Commerce report a slight revival of industry in Germany under the stimulus of stability of the renten- mark and resumption of production j When he was Secretary of the In in the Ruhr, but the financial situa- t terior. Albert Fall leased some of tion generally ia not encouraging and j the great Government oil properties unemployment in unoccupied Ger- > to private individuals. There was a many is severe, being estimated at i good deal of criticism of this course lJetween two and three millions. The j at the time, but Mr. Fall was sus- decline in the exchange value of the | tained by other Government officials franc has increased living costs in | in his claims that the Government France, hindered government finan- got more returns from the private ces, and interrupted imports of raw j leases than would be received materials, but has stimulated demand ( through any other method. The most for export products. British foreign serious charge against Mr. Fall at trade increased materially in Decern- ( the time was that he was playin Trend Of Foodstuffs. The 1923 export trade in pork pro ducts and lard .which make up about 98 per cent of meat exports from the United States, show, a gratifying in crease over the previous year. Grain exports decreased due to increasing European production. In the export grain trade* there has been a marked falling off during 1923 as compared with the previous year, in practically all grains and grain products with the exception of flour, which shows a slight increase. The export of corn aires; all of these things profit Mr. Mellon about as much as they benefit any other man in America. More, he has seen the Congress, in daily consultation with the experts employ ed in his Department, rdise the im port taxes on aluminum wares to such an extent as to benefit himself, the biggest aluminum manufacturer in the land, by millions. His pres ence here nt twelve thousand salary has, in this one matter alone, made him a fortune for each year that is to come until the day when the awak- the exploitation of the Pribiloff Is lands seal herd. It is stated that un der this contract the Government gets less than two dollars per skin for the seal skins. (A good muskrat skin will now bring about this amount in the market.) When these skins are dyed and made into a garment the rate per skin £oes up into the hundreds of dollars. This company presented Mrs. Harding with a coat (Senator Spencer being present) which was said at the time to be worth two thousand dollars. In the Senatorial discussions which led up to the ordering of a committee in vestigation of Senator Spencer, the fact was brought out that the fur company had mailed to Senator Spen cer checks totaling more than eighty- one thousand dollars, payable to Spencer and Donnell. While they were payable to the law firm, it is alleged they were mailed from the ened intelligence of the people cuts ] fur company’s offices in St. Louis to the life out of these tariff rates which'Senator Spencer in Washington, are, all unseen, eating at their vitals. In order to further enrich this multi millionaire, every housewife in the land has to pay tribute to the alumi num king—King Andy the First. He who likes to indulge in muck raking can easily get a stomach-full under the present administration. Aside from the Mellon ■ performances, there are sickening disclosures con necting Secretary Fall with presents ranging from cattle to cash, alleged to have been passed about in Harry Sinclair’s deal to get hold of Teapot Dome. Then there is the Forbes case —two thousand pages of the hOr- while Mr. Donnell was in St. Louis. WINFIELD NEWS Brown Eyes. : I — >•“ »,t»o dropped from 163,000,000 bushels to ber, mainly in imports of raw mate- iinto the hands of the “big oil men,” ' approximately 41,000,000, wheat from rials. Exports declined. Depression but no one questioned his hopesty. 164,000,000 to 98,000,000, while flour continues in Polahd and. Rumania, There followed rumors that the cor- exports were 15,000,000 barrels in but with some in>provement in econo- dial relations that had existed be- 1922, and about 16,000,000 barrels for mic conditions in the latter country, tween President Harding and Secre- 1923. rible details of the manipulations by Forbes and his associates of the funds which Congress and the people intended should go to the use of our sick and wounded soldiers. All of this evidence has been in the hands of Attorney General Daugherty for months, yet he has not turned a wheel in the direction of performing the duties which he is under oath to per form. There are three members of the cabinet, with Denby’s actions in the Teapot Dome lease still to be looked into. Now we are about to have an investigation which will re mind the public of the tragedy of the late Senator J. Ralph Burton of Kan sas, who was yanked from his seat in the Senate because of a violation of that Statute which makes it un lawful for a member of House or Senate to act as an attorney in any case before a department of the gov ernment. The investigation will be into the allegations relative to the propriety of the actions ( of Senator Spencer, Republican from Missouri, in connection with the Fouke Fur Company of St., Louis, which holds a seret compact with Secretary Hoov er’s Department (cabinet officer No. 5 to be mentioned in this article) for Mrs. Mamie Paschal spent Wednes day evening with Mrs. Mack Blanch ard. Mrs. Mack Blanchard spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. L. E. Avrett. Miss Margaret Henslee and Mr. Tom Henslee spent Sunday with Miss Mildred Paschal. Miss Ruth Fortson spent Sunday night with Miss Marion Griffin. Mr. E. A. TankersleyVspent Friday afternoon with Mr. L. E. Averett. Miss Mildred Paschal spent Mon day night with Miss Lucy Ruth Story. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tankersley and daughter, Miss Edna, and Mr. and Mrs. Omer Guy, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. E. A. Tankersley. Guess who “Speedy” called to see Sunday aftrnoofi. Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Blanchard, Mr. W. J. Baston, Charlie Steed and Es ther Jordan spent Sunday afternoon at the* home of Mr. L. E. Averett. Misses Lorine Conner and Ruby Averett spent last week in Thomson as the guests of Mrs. San Smith. The B. Y. P. U. held its regular meeting at the church Sunday after noon. A large crowd attended and two new members enrolled. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Jordan and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- McDon ald and daughter, Ophelia, and Mr. Aubrey Bullard spent Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Bullard. We are sorry to report that little Mary Hatcher and Lucy Steed are on the sick list this week. Apply Sloan’s gently without rub bing. Fresh, new blood begins to circulate swiftly through the strained tissues. Stiff muscles re lax, pain ceases. Soon stiffness and pain are gone. Get a bottle at your druggist today—35 cents. Sloan's Liniment—*///* pain! METHODISTS PUSH CENTENARY FUND With cash in hand of more than $18,000,000 of the $35,000,000 cen tenary fund subscribed four years ago to mission work, Methodists of the South are pushing forward to wards a successful completion of the centenary campaign, in the hope that the largest part of the centenary pledges still due will be paid during the “Pay Out Period,” January 20th to February 1st. That the centenary movement is making itself felt in every quarter of the globe is indicated by reports from Dr. W. G. Cram, directing sec retary, who is responsible for the following late statistics concerning the contributions to this movement in the way of missionaries and money sent to the mission fields of the Methodist Church, South: The total quota of the centenary campaign was $35,472,508.00. On November 30, 1923, there had been received in cash $18,751,830.42. Of this amount $16,809,710.43 had been paid on individual pledges to the con ference; $1,346,889.49 by the Sunday school; $311,095.76 by the Epworth LeAgue; $45,317.33 by various churches and individuals on Specials. The Centenary Treasury department had received from interest on bank balances a total of $165,033.14 while an additional sum of $22,001.71 had been received from interest on Lib erty bonds. The Centenary Commission has given out the following statistics, indicating just how the Centenary money has been expended to date: Twenty-eight missionaries and $105,- 100.76 have been sent to Africa; Brazil has had forty missionaries; and $1,457,144.42; sixty-eight mis sionaries and $875,892.70 have gone to China; fifteen missionaries and $483,654.34 to Cuba; thirty mission aries and $2,024,158.-51 to Europe; twenty-seven missionaries and $1,- 022,360.99 to Japan; thirty-two mis sionaries and $975,923.34 to Korea; twenty-one missionaries and $692,- 157.79 to Mexico, six missionaries and $154,241.12 to Siberia. Added interest is given to the local collection campaign for the centen ary cause, due to the fact that ten per cent of all the money collected will be returned to the conference in which it was collected to be applied to local missionary work. GRAIN CROP BADLY HURT. Farmers of McDuffie county say the grain crop was badly damaged by the two severe cold spells during January, especially oats sown in light soil. Some of them say they have a pretty good stand left and hope to get a very fair crop. Green vegetables of all kinds were practically wiped out by the cold. This is the first time in several years that young cabbage was killed. Even collards could not withstand the severe cold. When in Augusta, stop at the Melbourne Hotel, 604 Broad St.; 75c and $1.00 dor room. SAW MILLS Latest Belt Feeds Money Maker. All Kinds Mill Supplies. Teeth, Files, Belting, Pipe, Injectors, Fittings, Engine and Boiler Repairs. Bring with your auto and work done quick. Plenty room to park car. LOMBARD IRON WORKS Augusta, Ga,
