About The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1924)
m Cl It Superior Courl,. VOLUME AXV. WOODROW WILSON, GREAT AMERICA STATESMAN, DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Ex-president Woodrow Wilson died at his home in Washington Sunday morning at 11:15 o’clock, after an illness extending over a period of several years. Everyone will recall the time he was stricken while mak ing his notable campaign tour in be- j half of the League of Nations, since which time he had been almost wholly confined to his home. President Coolidge, in a proclama tion to the American people on the death of Mr. Wilson, sums up very briefly some of the outstanding attri butes of the great statesman, as fol low's: “The death of Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1921, which occurred at 11:16 o’clock Sun day at his home at Washington, Dis trict of Columbia, deprives the coun try of a most distinguished citizen, and is an event that causes universal and genuine sorrow. To 'many of us it brings the sense of a profound per sonal bereavement. “His early profession as a lawyer was abandoned to enter academic life. In this chosen field he attained t he highest rank as an educator, and has left his impress upon the intel- ectual thought of the country. From -he presidency of Princeton Univer sity he was called by his fellow citi zens to be the Chief Executive of the State of New Jersey. The duties of this high office he so conducted as to win the confidence of the people •of the United States, who twice elect ed him to the chief magistracy of the republic. As President of the United States he was moved by an earnest desire to promote the best interests of the country as he con ceived them. His acts were prompt ed by high ^motives and his sincerity of purpose cannot be questioned. He led the nation through the terrific struggle of the World War with a lofty idealism, which never failed him. He gave utterance to the as piration of humanity with an elo quence which held the attention of all the earth and made America a new and enlarged influence in the des-' tiny of mankind.” 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. Warning No. 4. In the previous communications we have spoken of cancers as occurring in those of mature life and old age, but there is a form that attacks even young children and babies; in fact, it may be present in a baby at birth. This form of cancer is known as “sarcoma.” It arises in certain organs of the j body more often than in others. Sometimes it is found in or between the muscles and in the bones and joints. The lymph glands may be primarily involved. There are many varieties of sarcoma: some are much more malignant than others; some grow very rapidly and yield to no treatment; others grow slowly and do not recur when removed. Sarcoma spreads from the primary tumor to distant parts of the body by means of the blood stream. The cells grow into the vessels which pass through the tumor, are broken off, and then carried to the lungs, the liver, brains, and, in fact, any part of the body. As soon as a tumor is dis covered, consult your dotor. Let him take the responsibility! Sarcoma occurs in the jaws, around the joints, and in the long bones. A very careful study is necessary to make a diagnosis, but once it is made, extensive and radical means should be used in the treatment. In closing this series, we wish to urge those who have any supicious symptoms to consult a physician. If he is not sure, have a consultation. Do not put off seeing a doctor. It may cost you your life! NOTES FROM THE COUNTY AGENT The County Agent has his office in the same building as last year and will be pleased to meet all farmers and those in any way interested in agriculture of thi3 section. Mr. Upshaw, agricultural agent for the Georgia Railroad, came into the office Tuesday with a proposition from the Continental Hatchery at Wash ington which sounds good for those farmers who are seeking a good mar ket for purebred eggs. He quotes prices as follows: White Leghorns, 10c; Anconas, 12 l-2c, and heavier breeds, such as Rocks, Reds and Wy- andotts , at 15c above the Atlanta market. Now is a good time to re alize some cash on your poultry. Mate upa few pens and begin feeding a balanced ration; you'll get the eggs. Your County Agent is anxious to give or get any information you may need. See him at once. Now is a good time to plant the remainder of that home orchard and spray for San Jo3e scale while there is not so much else to do on the farm. The farmers of Columbia, Morgan and Green counties are getting anx ious to sell another carload of poultry and of course we can be expected to do our bit. Sit down and list with your agent any poultry you have for sale. How about those old birds you have been feeding all winter; are they lay ing for you ? If not, whose fault is it? Give them a mash of equal parts corn and meal, ground oats, shorts, bran and beef scrap, (and the great est of these is beef scrap). Keep this before them at all times in self feeders or feed it wet. In addition to mash give them a good corn, oats to mash give them a good commer cial grain mixture or a home mixed one of cracked corn, oats and wheat. If you are feeding such a ration al ready then you. must have a bunch of non-pz-oducers and a general cull ing would be in order. Your County Agent would be glad to help you separate out the slackers. Mr. Geer reports that his Anconas, about 200 in all, layed in the neigh borhood of 2200 eggs during the month of February. He feeds. He feeds a commercial mixture. The County Agent discussed a county development program with the Board of Education Tuesday. Mr. Artie McGahee and Mr. C. E. Lokey were nominated as members of a county advisory board to assist the County Agent in formulation of such a program for the county for the en suing year. AGRICULTURAL WEEK IN COUN TY SCHOOLS. March 24-20 will be' school w'eek for the College of Agriculture. Dur ing this week an effort will be made to visit every accredited high school in the State and carry a message on Agriculture and Home Economics to all boys and girls. The college activities will be displayed by charts and one of the instructors of the college, will be present. Dr. Soule is writing to the prin cipal of your community asking per mission for some one to speak to the upper classes. Watch this paper for more definite information and if you are given the opportunity be sure to come out and hear these talks. A complete itinerary will be sent out soon and a definite date set for the speaker’s appearance in the county. AGRICULTURAL MEETING HERE FEBRUARY 12TH. The attention of the farmers of this county is especially called to the meeting at the court house on Tuesday, February 12th, at 2 P. M. There will be a discussion by agri cultural experts sent out by the Col lege of Agriculture along lines in which we are particularly interested, this is a good time to get an inspira tion and to meet your new county agent. The program will be as fol lows : Farm Program for 1924, J. K. Giles. Boll Weevil Control^F. C. Ward. Marketing Farm Products, Elmo Ragsdale. Crops or Livestock, D. H. Upshaw i ric Progress does aii Kinds ot i- and prices are way belov "then. THOMSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, F RUARY NUMBER 1. The DIGEST " ■ Washington, D. C., !■ eb. 6. PETROLEUM PRODUCTION IS HEAVY. In 1923 all records were broken in the pi-oduction of petroleum in the United States, 725,702,000 barrels having been transported from pro ducing properties. The increase is estimated at 30 per cent over the production of 1922, which is more than double the production of the United States in 1918, and is almost 40 million barrels more than the entire world production in 1920. In addition to this tremendous domestic output, imports of crude petroleum, although considerably less than in 1922, amounted to 82 million barrels, and in spite of exports of 17 million barrels of crude oil and of unprece dented consumption (indicated deliv eries to consumers were 710 milloin barrels), stocks of crude oil increased more than 79 million barrels. At the end of the year pipeline and tank- farm stocks amounted to more than 333 million barrels, a quantity suffi cient at the December rate of con sumption for 1(53 days. Besides these stocks, some 10 mil lion barrels of crude oil was held on producing properties, and on the last day of November 33 million bar rels of crude oil was held at refin eries. The increased output was due to flush yield from a number of highly productive new fields in Cali fornia, Arkansas, Texas and Okla homa, markng the culmination of the discovery during the last six years of more than a score of extra ordinarily large pools. THE EXPORTS OF PEACE TIMES. An increase of 95 per cent in the exports of agricultural implements in 1923 over those for 1922 is ex tremely gratifying after watching exports of implements dwindle year by year for several years, says a bulletin from the Department of Commerce. American implement manufacturers start the new year with a feeling of distinct optimism as regards the possibilities of export business during the current year. The total value of implements exported during the twelve months of 1923 was $50,308,809, almost double the total of $25,703,882 reached in 1922, and $5,000,000 in excess of 1921 ex ports, despite the fact that the ex ports for the first quarter of 1921 amounted to approximately one-half of those for the year 1923. Going back to pre-war years, 1913 has been exceeded by $8,000,000 and 1914 by more than 100 per cent. Thus, despite increased price levels which now prevail, the situation compared very favorably with the pre-war sit uation. The volume of exports in 1923 was perhaps somewhat less than in 1913, but it was indisputably greater than in 1914, in the last quarter of which exports were very adversely affected by the European EARS FOR STEAMERS. Modern ocean steamers are being equipped with sensitive electrical “ears” by means of which sounds beneath the surface of the ocean are easily audible. In fogs or storms these “ears” hear submarine signals when buoys and other signals are invisible. WORKING DAY IN COAL MINE. In 1903 the Geological Survey be gan the collection of statistics of the established working day at coal mines. In that year 26.5 per cent of the bituminous mine workers were employed at mines where the stand ard day was 10 hours; 17.1 per cent were employed at 9-hour mines, and the number of 8-hour day workers was 56.4 per cent of the total. The average working day in that year was 8.7 j^ours. No great changes in the working day occurred in bituminous mines up to 1917. In that year a general shift to the 8-hour day took place in the non-union fields. The shift continued in 1918 and by the end of the war 90.6 per cent of the mine workers were employed in 8- liour mines and the weighted average working day for the country as a whole had fallen to 8.12 hours. Other mines continued to change over to 8 hours during 1919 and 1920 until the proportion employed in 8-hour mines reached 97.1 per cent of the total. With the depression of i921 a reaction began in some of I he non- ..nion fields, and in 1922 f he numb r f men employed in 9-hour and 10- hour mines increased to 4.6 per cent of the total. The anthracite mines now work an 8-hour day. Prior to March 31, 1916, the standard anthra cite day was 9 hours. 70.000 CASES WAIT AT PATENT OFFICE. It will be five years before the technical work at the patent office can be current, even,with the steps which are now being taken to relieve congestion, according to the annual report on the business of the office submitted by Secretary of the Inte rior Work to the Senate and House. There are now on hand in the office 67.000 patent cases, 900 design cases, and 2,100 trade-mark cases awaiting action. Under improved methods, which have recently been instituted, the office is gaining at the rate of more than 1,00 eases per month, and, according to the report, it is expect ed that this gain will increase in stead of decrease. Economies, through coordination of work and elimination of duplications, have resulted in a saving of thousands of dollars, ac cording to the report; One of the largest economies is in the publica tion of the Official Gazette, where a reduction in the cost of printing amounted to $21,000. OSAGE OIL LANDS FOR SALE. Secretary Work has authorized an auction sale of oil leases covering lands belonging to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma. About 10,000 acres are being offered in tructs of 160 acres each, and the sale will be held March 18 and 19, respectively. Un der the terms of the advertisement each tract will be sold to the person or firm making the best bonus offer in addition to the stipulated royalty on oil of 16 2-3 per cent, or 20 per cent where the production / during any calendar month of all producing wells on a quarter section averages 100 or more barrels per day. Very large amounts are received as bonus from the sale of Osage oil leases, the last sale held April 5, 1923, of 33,790 acres bringing in more than $8,000,000. NEWSPAPERS TO MOVE AS FIRST-CLASS MAIL. Newspapers must be accorded the same treatment in the mails as let ters and other first-class matter, says Postmaster General New. The new order, says Mr. New, “means much to the American public. It is one >f the most important and far-reach- ng steps in postoffice history. It is for the benefit of those who desire to have their newspapers placed be fore them at as early a moment as possible. This should keep both the city and rural population in closer and quicker touch with their several fields of activities.” Postmasters are required by the order to notify mblishers in each instance when de- iveries do not catch the di s P a tch vhich they are advertised to catch; also to notify publishers when they are sending their publications to wrong addresses and to addresses of leceased persdns. Publishers will be lotified by postmasters when they are •utting up their mail incorrectly. The irder applies alike to daily and week- y newspapers. IOG SLAUGHTERING RECORD. More than 10,000,000 more hogs vere slaughtered under Federal meat inspection during the calendar year 1923 than during any previous year, according to figures made public by he United States Bureau of Animal Industry. The number slaughtered luring the year was 53,333,708. The best previous record for a calendar year was made in 1922. During that year 43,113,629 hogs were slaughter ed. PHILIPPINE HEMP. During the quarter of a century that the United States has owned the Philippine Islands the share of this country in the total trade of the aVchipelago has grown from 11 per cent in 1900 to 6k per cent for the first ten months of 1923. Holding as it does the bulk of Philippine trade the United States finds increasing uses for native raw products, the two most important of which, sugar and abaca (Manila hemp) dominate the economic life of the islands. NOTICE. There will be a Valentine party, an oyster supper and other refresh ments at Callaway school Thursday night, February 14th, 1924. Bring NEW REAL ESTATE AGENCYFORMED Messrs. J. Q. West and H. S. Nor ris have organzed a real estate agency under the firm name of The McDuffie County Real Estate Agency. The main object these gentlemen have in forming this agency is the pressing need at this time of settling up the farm lands of the county, and believing they are in a position to get in touch with and interest those who would like to buy small farms, they have determined to place them selves at the servie of those who want to sell farm lands and other property. Among other things the agency has in mind, is an extensive advertising campaign, and those who place th£ir property with them will get the bene fits of this advertising. Several large land owners have expressed themselves as being ready to place their property for disposition, and it is believed great good to the county can be accomplished in settling up the idle farm lands with small farm ers. Those interested in this matter may see either Mr. Quinn West, at office of John T. West, over Thomson Drug Co., or H. S. Norris, at The Progrses office. WRIGHTSBORO By Juanita. Well, the farmers are having some pretty sunshiny weather to dig the ground for farming. Hope it will stay fair for awhile now. Mr. Sam Dunnaway made a busi ness trip to town one day this week. Mrs. Mitt Scott spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holzendorf ast week. The League had its regular meet ing last Saturday night. Everybody reported a good meeting. I We are sorry that we didn’t get ! to have quarterly meeting on account of bad weather. Hurry up, Mary, this is leap year. If you don’t mind you will be left on the old maid’s list. Mrs. Bobbie Adams has returned home after a long visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. Mr. John E. Hawes made a busi ness trip to town this week. Mrs. Clara McCorkle spent the afternoon with Mrs. Mattie 'Hunt Tuesday. Mrs. Mitt Scott spent the week end with Mrs. Mattie Hunt. Mrs. F. E. Holzendorf and children spent the afternoon with Mrs. W. H. Green one day this week. .We are sorry that Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dunnaway’s children have the measles at this writing. Mrs. W. D. Holzendorf and little Marjorie passed through here one day last week on their way to Mr. and Mrs. T. E Holzendorf’s. Mr. and Mrs. Luke visited Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Johnson Sunday. Misses Edna and Susie K a t e Mc Gee spent the afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Holzendorf Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alzie Jones spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Holzendorf. Mr. S. W. McCorkle and family spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Simons. Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Ivey and chil dren spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Maggie Adams. I wonder what has gone with the little cut down Ford that carried the blue eyed girl and hinted rather strongly that -you can’t pay your way? Mr. Crawford, Of. the Columbia Mines, had a party last Friday night. Everybody from around here reported a fine time, hoping some one else will give one soon. .Mr. and Mrs. Guy Adams spent the week-end with home folks. Mrs. Maggie Adams spent a few days last week with her son, Mr. Guy Adams. COLUMBIA SENTINEL CLOSED TEMPORARILY. The Columbia Sentinel, published >y Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle, has sus pended publciation temporarily. Nothing has been learned as to future plans of Mrs. Lytle, but her riends are hoping that matters w:l ,e satisfactorily adjusted in the near future. MR. GAYLORD A. REESEJS DEAD Mr. Gaylord A. Reese, Confederate veteran and life-long citizen of thif county, died at his home near Thom son Wednesday afternoon at 6 o’clock after an illness of six weeks. Mr. Reese was 78 years of age In May. His span of life of almost four score years was practically all spent in this community, where ha enjoyed the love and esteem of ft host of friends. Two memorable years—1863 to 1865—he answered the call of the Confederacy and joined his comrades in war service. Ha joined the Baptist church when ft young man and found his pleasure in the duties of church service. Hav ing faithfully walked the path of duty as he saw it and reached th* peaceful sunset of life, he expressed himself as ready and waiting to cross the bar. Mr. Reese i3 survived by one daughter, Miss Leilah Reese, and four sons, Messrs. G. A. and E. W. Reese, of near Thomson; Mr. E. R. Reese, of Grovetown, and Mr. C. E. Reese, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at the grave at 3:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon by Rev. C. C. Kiser, inter ment being in the family lot in the Thomson cemetery. WINFIELD NEWS By Pet. Mrs. Will Crowell and children and Miss Eva Tankersley spent Wednes day in Appling as the guests of Mrs. Henry Crowell. Miss Marion Griffin spent Wednes day night with Miss Margaret Smith. Mrs. Jim Farr and children spent hursday with Mrs. Edgar Griffin. Mrs. Jack Beasley and son, Quinn, pent Tuesday at the home of Mra# I. L. Steed . Mr. Edward Tankersley spent ’hursday night at the home of hii rother, Mr. T. R. Tankersley. We are glad to report that Mra. )tis O’Tyson is improving after an lness of several days. Mr. E. A. Tankersley and Miss va Tankersley spent Thursday at- rrnoon with Mrs. G. C. Bullard. Mrs. J. L. Steed and children spent /ednesday with Mrs. Henry Story. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cliatt spent aturday afternoon with Mrs. C. C. Hiatt. Mrs. M. T. Tankersley and chil* ren, Mrs. George Story and chil* ran spent Friday afternoon at thfl ome of Mrs. H D. Story. Mrs. Harvey Steed and son Fulton pent Thursday with Mrs. Jack Beas- ey. Mrs. J. L. Steed and chibren and Miss Eva Ta rkersley spent Friday vith Mrs. L. E. Averett. Misses Ruby Pearson and Hattie Ruth Swann spent Friday night with Miss Margaret Smith. Miss Ida Mae Averett spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs Jir*> Steed. Professor Shell spent the week-end in Leah. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Tankersley and daughter Edna spent Sunday at the home of Mr. E. A. Tankersley. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Rivers and daughter Mary Ware, Mrs. F. N. Ware, Misses Annie and Martha Ware and Mr. Murray Gibson spent Sunday at the home of Mr. C. W. Sims. The Y. P. M. S. held its regular meeting Sunday night at Mrs. Ed ward Smith’s with a large attendance and one new member enrolled. Those attending quarterly meeting at Whiteoak were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dunn, Mrs. Geo. Paschal, Miss Kate Marshall, Mrs. Frank Ilenslee, Mr, E. A. Tankersley, Mr. J. L. Steed, Misses Ida Mae and Ruby Averett, Mr. and Mrs. O. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dozier. We are sorry to report that Mrs, O. Smith, Mr. Ernest Steed, Ruby Maude and Milton Steed, Dan and' Dorothy Story are on the sick list this week. Mr. James Guillebeau was the din ner guest of Mr. Newton Averett Monday. Mrs. Mack Blanchard spent Tues day with Mrs. L. E. Averett. Living, for Example. The thing that cun only be doM jure should be well done.
