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VOLUME XXV.
THOMSON, GEO Vi', 01 Friday, February 15, 1924.
WOMAl’S CLUB
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The February meeting of the Wo
man’s Club was held on Wednesday,
13th, at the home of Mrs. H. S.
Norris. Serving with her as host
esses were Mrs. W."M. Mosely, Mrs.
E. M. Miles, Mrs. Boyd Rivers, Mrs.
J. Glenn Stovall and Mrs. J A. Boat
wright.
The receiving rooms Were very at
tractively and lovely with the lavish
use of many bright spring flowers.
About twenty-five members were
present, and we were delighted to
welcome Mrs. Murphy as a new mem
ber.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. R. M. Stock-
ton. Various reports were, heard
from the committees and all showed
that the club is going forward in the
several departments. Mention was
made of the concert to be given a
the Bon-Air Vanderbilt in Augusta
on Saturday the 16th, by the cele
brated tenor Martinelli, and the Au
gusta club extended an invitation t<
the Thomson club to attend. The
tickets are $5.00 and advance reser
vations may be made from the Au
gusta club.
A sale of extracts and fruit color
ings will be put on soon by the club.
These extracts come very highly
recommended and as it will mean a
tidy little sum of profit for the club,
it is hoped each member will purch
ase one or more and assist the com.
mittee io dispose of them to their
neighbors.
The president distributed leaflets
on the winning peace plan, as has
been discussed in the daily papers
They are asked to read them careful
ly and then vote accordingly as they
see fit.
An important work for the Socia
Service Department was the inspec
tions of the schools as to the adequat
fire protection in having every schoo
building equipped with a fire escape
This matter was turned over to Mr:
Dunn, the Superintendent of this de
partment.
The president spoke in a very op
timistic way of the coming conven-
ti<^j} of the Tenth District, which will
be held in Thomson the 8th and 9th
of May. This is the “biggest” event
of our club year and it is hoped that
every member will prove her loyalty
to the club and her president, by
striving to do everything she can, and
helping in any way to make this
meeting a success and one that Thom
son will be proud of. Thomson has
a splendid club, it is known all over
the state as one of the very best,
one that is alive and awake to every
opportunity. The officers can not
make the club by themselves, no mat
ter how efficient they are. It takes
the cooperation of all the members,
it takes sacrifice of time and energy,
and a determination to put our shoul
ders to the wheel and make of our
club just the kind of club we want.
And it is hoped that this year we
are going to back up our corps of
officers by being more active, more
enterested in things concerning the
club and be willing to do as best we
can anything that our president re
quests of us.
The March meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. C. F.“Hunt and Mrs.
Lulu Farmer will conduct the busi
ness.
After adjournment, a program was
rendered in which Miss Mildred Far
mer gave as a piano solo “The Ros
ary” and Miss Mary Leah Chappelle,
of Jacksonville, sang sweetly, “Just
A Weary’ng for You”, and Mrs.
Anchors gave as a reading, “Absolu
tion.”
The hostesses served delicious hot
chocolate Vtoth an abundance of good
sandwiches of various kinds.
F. W. A
Mr. W. D. Street Died
Saturday.
Mr. W. D. Street, aged 73 years,
died at his home near Boneville Sat
urday morning of Bright’s disease.
He had been confined to his home
for a number of years, having lost
his sight about four years ago.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
R. A. Marshall, of Thomson, and two
sons, Messrs. David Street, of Au
gusta, and Hillman Street, of Bone
ville.
Interment was at Fort Creek
church Sunday, Rev. J. J. Penning
ton officiating.
Crop of Onions.
nr had a <rm of
ule<; fit
NOTES MOM THE
COUNTY AGENT
MEETING WELL ATTENDED.
Yn County Agent and speakers
were gratified to see such a repre
sentative group of farmers in at
tendance at our annual conference.
It is hoped that those present went
away with a feeling of optimism and
a determination to accomplish greater
things in an agricultural way for
the county another year.
BOYS’ AND GIRL’S CLUBS.
Out of five schools in the county,
68 bright boys ana girls have signi
fied that they wanted to do c’ub
work this year. There are other
schools to be visited and we can look
for at least 100 club members an
other year if the parents will join
hands with their children, the bank
ers and County Agent who are anx
ious to see this thing successfully
earried ott.
EGGS FOR POULTRY CLUBS
Mr. Gunn and Mr. Paul Geer have
come forward with an offer totalling
12-18 setting of eggs to be given to
ambitious boys and girls who wish
to join the poultry club. Other
breeders of purebred poultry could
do no better than encourage the
youngsters, in the production of bet
tor poultry on the farm. If you have
such an inclination drop your County
Agent a card and get your name on
the list, which will be published in
next issue of this paper.
FARMERS’ BULLETINS.
Have just received several hundred
Farmers’ Bulletins from our Con
gressman on a variety of subjects
adapted to this section. I will be
glad to send out any reading matter
you may desire.
POULTRY SALE.
We are to have a poultry sale the
first week in March. Haven’t decided
the exact date yet. Those having
fat hens and can hold them that long
may reap a better price than letting
them go now. A hen if confined will
fatten in two weeks, after which
she starts losing weight. Coop your
hens for at least a week before sale
day and feed them corn, cracked or
whole, and give a wet mash of two
parts corn meal and one part bran
made up with milk. This is a good
fattening ration.
Watch these columns for exact
date.
Mr. Montague, county agent for
Wilkes, announces a sale of poultry
at Washington Feb. 18th and 19th.
All persons in easy reach of this
market should take advantage of the
unusual prices offered. Mr. Montague
notifies me that he will guarantee the
following prices: Hens, 21 l-2c;
roosters, 10c; friers, 25c and turkeys
18c. The car will not come to Thom
son this trip, so don’t deliver here
but in Washington.
PRICES ON SEEDS.
The Agent can furnish prices on
seeds to those wanting to buy same.
I have inquiry for the following:
Laredo, O-too-tans and Mammoth
Soybeans, Sorghum, Compeas and
Wannamaker cotton seed.
CLUB WORK.
“I am deeply interested in the
agricultural club work among the
farmer boys of this state. The corn
club, the pig club, the potato club,
and the various other organizations
of this kind and character are capa
ble of accomplishing a great work
among the boys and girls in the rural
sections of Georgia, and in commu
nities where it has been well devel
oped. I have seen the most splendid
results from them.”—Hon. Thos. W.
Hardwick, ex-Governor of Georgia.
What do you think of club work?
Write a few lines for publication.
Next week we shall hear what other
prominent men have to say about
club work.
Brother Of Mr. W.
Rogers Dies.
M.
Mr. W. M. Rogers, of near Thom
son, was called to Amity Saturday
to attend the burial of his brother,
Mr. P. A. Rogers,who was justice of
the peace at Amity.
Burial took place at Greenwood
church, in Lincoln county, Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. Mr. Le-
rr.y .-'fficiaitng.
The deceased ■ survived by five
r.::j three
Washington, D. C., Feb. 14.
THE COUNTRY’S RAW MATE
RIAL.
The Secretary of Agriculture in a
recent address, gave interesting facts
concerning the Nation’s raw mate
rials. “The struggle for raw mate
rials is perhaps the most striking
economic fact of our generation,” he
said. “Coal and iron, rubber and oil,
food and wood—these and many oth
er basic commodities play an enor
mous part in shaping industries and
nations. As the rich reserves of nat
ural resources have been depleted,
the competition for the remaining
supplies has become ever keener.
“The world’s timber supply and
our own timber supply are no excep
tion. The vast industrial growth of
! he past 75 yfiars has drawn enor
mously on the accumulated forests
of centuries, and this quick drain
has caught the world wholly unpre
pared to intelligently handle, the
problem of forest renewal. In our
ountry we have been easily deceived
by the vast visible supplies of wood
and by the comfortable thought that
anyway we can make up any deficit
by imports. We have tolerated a
lost costly abuse of our forests.
"Perhaps the pulp and paper in
dustry is the first that has been
brought face to face with the un
compromising truth. It can no long
er leave to chance the supplying of
Ls raw material. It can not easily
follow, as the sawmill can follow, the
retreating fringe of virgin forest. It
an not extract pulp-wood from de
nuded and abandoned forests. It can
not rely on any known or probable
substitute - for the bulk of our paper,
t can not depend indefinitely on im
ports from foreign forests that are
likewise dwindling under neglect and
fierce competition. The supplying of
pulp-wood has become one of the out
standing problems of the industry.
“Now let us remember that the
paper industry is only one of the
many keen competitors for our di
minishing supply of wood. We have
less than one-third of our original
timber stand left. For timber below
saw timber size the drain on our
forests exceeds by about three times
renewal through growth. In saw
timber the drain exceeds the renewal
by five and one-half times. This
means not only heavily overdrawing
our supply, but it means an ever
sharper competition for the smaller
timber on which we must rely after
our old growth forests are gone.”
COFFEE DRINKING.
The consumption of coffee in
America is on the increase. Whether
because of or in spite of prohibition
has not been stated. Some mathe
maticians estimate that while the
average American citizen drank 465
cups in 1922, he consumed 514 cups
in 1923. At any rate 9,482,306 bags
were delivered from Ameinan ware
houses in 1922, as compared with
10,581,939 bags in 1923.
The estimated population of the
United States in 1919 was 110,000,-
000; in 1923 approximately 111,000,-
000. Coffee averages 135 pounds to
the bag and a pound of coffee makes
forty cups.
STANDARD TEA.
Standards by which the purity,
quality and fitness for consumption
of all teas entering the United States
are measured, will go into effect in
May.. The suitability of the stand
ards selected will depend largely on
the number of samples submitted by
the trade from which to select stand
ards.
ACCIDENTS IN MINES.
Reports made by the various State
inspectors to the Department of the
Interior ,through the Bureau of
Mines, show that 2,452 men were
killed by accidents at coal mines in
the United States in 1923. Of these
fatalities, 2,249 occurred as the result
of accidents underground. This is a
reduction of eight per cent in the
fatal-accident rate per million tons
ot coal produced in 1923.
the year but the press records the
death of one or more persons by
asphyxiation in their homes or in
their garages, the 'bureau’s jstate-
ment recites. It should never be
forgotten that in burning natural gas,
carbon monoxide may be given off;
while in the exhaust from an engine
this gas is practically always pres
ent in exceedingly dangerous
amounts. Many house heaters have
no flues for carrying off the waste
gases, which then simply pass off
into the rooms. If all windows and
doors are closed, as they generally
are in cold weathei, the effect of
these gases sooner or later becomes
apparent on the occupants, who be-
a.rao dull and sleepy, and sometimes
die.
WATER BORNE FOREIGN
COMMERCE.
Advance extracts from a survey of
tin water-borne f reign commerce
of the United States for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1923, now in
preparation by the Bureau of Re
search, United States Shipping
Board, afford the first opportunity
ever available for comparing, in com
plete yearly periods, the volumes of
trade, expressed in long tons, of
United Stales ports engaged in for
eign commerce.
In 1923 the total foreign com
merce moved by water was nearly
ninety-three million tons, approxi
mately one-sixth greater than in 1922,
the increase being nine million five
hundred thousand tons in imports and
three million five hundred thousand
tons in exports. This gain of twenty-
six per 1cent in imports is particu-
uarly impressive in view of the de
cline in receipts of Mexican crude oil
from more than one-half our total
import cargoes in 1923 to less than
one-third of the import tonnage in
1923.
DEARINGNEWS
Last Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Moore and
children, of Augusta, visited Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Printup Sunday.
Mr. Robert McGahee, of Augusta
visited relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. D. A. Harrison spent la3
week-end in Thomson with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Maddox.
Mrs. James Belle, of Augusta, re
turned to her home Monday after a
delightful visit here.
Mr. Rufus McGahee was in Har
lem Saturday .
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Langham
of Augusta, were visitors here Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs .D. A. Harrison mo
tored to Thomson Tuesday.
Mr. Ed Pearson and Mr. Forest
Cason were in Thomson Saturday.
Mrs. Dave Printup, of Augusta,
was the week-end guest of Mrs. J.
R. Printup last week.
Mr. ,T. P. Luckey was in Thomson
Saturday on business.
Mrs. A. P. Adams was a visitor in
Augusta Monday .
Rev. R. A .Young, of Mercer, filled
his regular appointment at the Dear-
ing Baptist church Sunday afternoon
and night. A large congregation at
tended both services.
Little Miss Helen Printup is visit
ing relatives in Sparta.
Mrs. R. R. Harrison is visiting
Mr. and Mrs.- W. A. Camp in Almon,
Ga.
The many friends of Mrs. R. E.
Frintup are grieved to know of her
illness in the University Hospital,
and hope for her a speedy recovery
Miss Lucille Rogers visited rela
tives in Augusta last week.
POSTAL RECEIPTS INCREASE.
Postal receipts at fifty selected
offices during January increased four
and a half per cent as compared with
January 1922, according to Postmas
ter General New.
DEADLY GASES.
Warning as to the deadly hazards
’ ga-. in unventilated rooms and
■ -arages is again sounded by the Un
ited States Bureau of Mines. Sel-
a day passes at this season ol ;
AGRICULTURAL LIME.
Although some producers reported
a considerable demand for agricul
tural lime in 1923, reports from the
chief producing States, including
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
and West Virginia, indicate decreas
ed total sales. The reason given for
the decrease in sales is inability of
the farmers £o pay the price charged
for agricultural lime. Many farmers
who burn lime for their own use re
ported increased output ,but the man
ufacturers of commercial agricultural
lime in the same district reported de
creased sales. However, the high
price of coal, the scarcity of farm
labor, and high wages, kept many
farmers from burning lime for them
selves or their neighbors.
EXPORT RUBBER MARKETS.
The total value of exports of rub
ber goods from the United States in
1923 was $36,972,170, a gain of $2,-
962,862 over the 1922 value. This
result is the more remarkable be
cause of the lower 1923 unit values
in practically every line of products,
says the Rubber Division of the De
partment of Commerce in an analy
sis of our foreign rubber markets.
Exports of tires and tire sundries
decreased in value from $20,702,982
in 1922 to $20,320,753 in 1923, in spite
of heavier unit shipments of each of
the seven classes of products report
ed in the group.
C. E. LOKEY ANI) W. E. HOBBS
PURCHASE HUNT DRY GOODS
STORE.
$4,913,000,000 IN FARM ANIMALS.
Investment in farm animals in the
United States totals $4,913,000,000,
the United States Department of Ag
riculture announces. This represents
a decline of approximately 5 per
cent in comparison with a year ago.
The heaviest investment is in
milch cows, of which there are 24,-
675,000 now on farms. The average
value per cow was reported as $52.16
compared with $85.86 in 1920.
Numbers of other stock were re
ported as follows: Horses, 18,203,-
000; mules, 5,436,000; cattle, other
than milch cows, 42,126,000; and
swine, 65,301,000.
The data dealing with milch cows
shows that there is approximately
one animal for each four residents of
the United States.
In the last four years the number
of cows has increased 9o3,000 head,
or less than 4 per cent. A much
larger percentage of increase has oc-
cuirred in the population.
The entire stock of dry goods car
ried by Mr. C. F. Hunt was today
-;old to Mr. Charlie Lokey and Mr.
W. E. Hobbs, Mr. Hunt, to retire
from business at once and the new
firm to take possession.
Mr. Hunt hus carried one of the
best selected an I mo-.t c implete lines
of dry-goods that has ever been of
fered to the public in Thomson, and
has since his first season in the busi
ness about seven years ago, enjoyed
a thriving trade.
Recently his health has become im
paired and he decided to make a
change. At present it is understood
lie will devote his time to the insur
ance business .
The new firm is enthusiastic over
the out-look for their new store which
is to be conducted along the most
progressive ideas. They will at an
( early date open their doors to the
public with their first big sale.
They are now busy taking stock
and arranging affairs for a busy sea
son.
Mr. Hobbs is an experienced dry-
goods merchant and his yeijrs of
servite with the Hadaway Dry-goods
Store has given him an extensive
acquaintance with the public whose
confidence he holds secure.
iMr. Lokey is one of McDuffie’s sub
stantial and prosperous planters who
has many happy faculties that will
help him in a business way.
The Progress joins with the many
friends of the new firm in wishing
them prosperity.
NUMBER 8.
LEAHiw”
The'cold winds have "been very dfo*
agreeable, yet we have all been Abl®
to enjoy the pleasant sunshine.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Miles, former*
ly of Leah, now citizens -of Augusta,
are receiving congratulations over
the arrival of a fine boy, named Rich'
ard Jackson.
Mrs. H. E Blanchard spent th#
past week in Augusta visiting rsla-
tive sand friends.
Mrs. D. T. Fuller was the guest
of Mrs. M. V. Crumpler Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Qunningham, of
Augusta, spent Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. W. B. Deloach.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fleming motor*
ed to Augusta Friday, and were ac«
companied home by Prof. Lonni®
Fleming of Augusta.
Miss Wilier Bond, of Macon, and
Miss Alma Fleming, of Gough, cam®
to spend the week-end with home*
folks.
Mrs. Tillman McDaniel, of Hazen,
was the guest of Mrs. Maude Martin
Monday.
Mr. Bonnie Tankersley, Mr. and
Mrs. Vergin Bohler, of Loco, dined
with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bohler Sun*
day.
j Miss Margaret Fuller spent Sun*
day with Miss Lillian Hardin.
Rev. Burnett and Mr. C. L. Fuller
and family dined with Mr. and Mrs*
Harvey Story- Sunday.
Prof. Henry Reed, Coach Carson,
Misses Daniel and Bradley, of Au
gusta, were the week-end guests of
Prof. Lonnie and Miss Alma Flem
ing.
Mrs. John Cliatt and lovely little
daughter, of North Carolina, Mr,
Nash Glaze and Miss Louise Glaze,
of Iiayle, Ga.,were the pleasant
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hardin
Sunday night and Monday. Mr. and
Mrs. J. L Cliatt also spent Monday
with them and the day was much en*
joyed.
Miss Alma Fleming entertained her
guests Saturday evening with a few
friends. Those present were Mr. R«
R. Marshall, Miss Stribling, Mr. Wil
lard Howell and Miss Hale, of Ap
pling; Mr. Broatus Motes and Miss
Doris Jenkins,Misses Edith and Nell
Hardin, Misses Ludie and Frocie
Martin, Prof. Reed, Coach Carson,
Miss Bond, of Macon; Misses Daniel
and Bradley, of Augusta. The even
ing was much enjoyed dv all.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Blanchard and
Misses Elizabeth and Martha Blanch
ard, Misses Lillian .Bardin, Blanche
Fleming and Margaret Fuller spent
Sunday afternoon vN'i Mr. and Mre,
H. M. Fleming.
Mrs. J. J. Blanchard was the guest
of Mrs. P. G. Blano.iard Sunday.
Relativity.
“Man wants hut little here below”
The earth, after all. is but a small
portion of the universe.—Boston Tran
script.
MR. J. T. NEAL, Sit., ON BOARD
DIRECTORS.
Mr. J. T. Neal, Sr., attended a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Realty Savings & Trust Company,
of Augusta, jdiis week, and was elec
ted on the new board of directors.
This is a new and growing concern,
which lends money on city real estate
and helps the small man to buy him
a home. These institutions are doing
great things in helping to build in;
the cities. It is a great pity
haven’t such institutions to help built'
up the farms in the same way. The
farm is the backbone of our nation,
and when that part of the anatomy
is weak, the balance of the body
naturally will not function as i:
should. But we are coming to this
in afew years . r
The Registration Book will close
at noon March 1st.
All voters are required to be quali
fied by the above date.
a. vVATSON, t. c
PINEVILLE NEWS
By Leo.
Messrs. Frank Sherrer, Hoyt Me-
Corkle, Harvey Goldman and She!*
ton Pippin spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. Forrest Arnett, who is in
doors with measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones, of
Thomson, spent a short while with
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Johnson Sun
day afternoon.
Say, Miriam, how is C. G. W. ?
We are sorry to report Mms Mary
Sherrer suffering an attack of flu at
this writing. We hope she will be
out again soon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sills, Jr, and
Mr. G. W. Power, of Crawfordville,
spent last Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Overton and family.
Miss Florine Johnson spent Mon
day with her Irother, Mr. John F.
Johnson.
Say, Wrightsboro, don’t be sc hard
on the dancers.
Miss Edna Goldman spent a short
while with Mrs. J. M. Overton Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Overton were
the supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Sills, Jr., last Thursday night.
Mr. G. W. Power spent Friday
night with Mr. and Mrs. J.'M. Over-
ton and family.
Mrs. S. S. Pippin and Miss Agnea
Goldman were in town Saturday.
Frank says he isn’t waltzing him
self, but my, how he makes that old N
red mule waltz.
Mr. Harvey Goldman spent a short
while with Mr. Frank Sherrer Mon-
day*night.
Say, Juanita, Mary says she is
sure she won’t be by herself on the
old maid’s list, you had better spur
up a bit.
Miss Mary Sherrer wa3 a visitor
in Mesenu Sunday.
