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VOLUME XXV.
THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924
NUMBER 12.
POULTRY SALES
REGULAR EVENTS
The county agents have agreed on
dates for a series of poultry sales in
McDuffie and adjoining counties.
Our first sale date is April 2nd,
and will be held on siding at the
Union Warehouse. There will be
similar sales thereafter on the 2nd
of each month. Our quota is 3000
pounds live poultry and we should
show our appreciation of this splen
did market by patronizing and en
couraging same.
This is a great step forward, since
it enables - the farmer and his wife
to produce in quantity, knowing that
the price will be good and there can
be no such thing as over-production.
This county is particularly lucky
in having two commercial poultry
plants within its bounds. Mr. Earl
Printup and Mrs. Louis P. Gunn are
doing custom hatching and would
appreciate our patronage. The ad
vantages of custom hatching of baby
chicks and brooding them artificially
are manifold and may be given in
brief:
1. It eliminates the worry and
trouble of handling irritable hens
that may qnit nests or drag the baby
chicks to death in the dew.
2. It eliminates the worry and
trouble connected with attending an
incubator for three weeks.
3. There are no mites or lice to
take a death toll. Chicks are not
born with lice on them as some be
lieve.
4. All chicks are of the same age
and pullets come into lay at the same
time of year.
» 5. The cockerels can be sold when
they reach 1 1-2 pounds, and will pay
for the expense of hatching and feed
ing the flock to date, provided they
are present in equal number with
pullets in the flock.
These are a few of the reasons
why we should use day old chicks.
We all need more poultry on are
farms. We have the market and
facilities for hatching. Let’s increase
our flocks to a hundred hens and our
incomes to hundreds on every farm
via the baby chick route.
March and April are the best
months to hatch in if we are to pro
duce pullets which produce high-
priced winter eggs. Don't forget the
sales dates and be on hand with yout
hens, roosters and early fryers.
G. B. DANIEL, County Agt.
Death Of Mr. Y. E.
Montgomery.
Mr. Y. E. Montgomery, life-long
citizen- of McDuffie county and es
teemed citizen of Thomson, died at
his home on Jackson street at three
o’clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Montgomery had been sick for
the past year and had been confined
to his bed about four months. He
was sixty-six years of age.
Members of his family by whom
he is survived are nis widow, Mrs.
Sallie Montgomery, four sons, Messrs.
O. F. Montgomery, Grady Montgom
ery, Floyd A. Montgomery, all of
Thomson, and Clinton Montgomery,
who is with the U. S. navy now in
Panama; two daughters, Miss Lilia
Montgomery and Mrs. Jones Arnold;
one brother, Mr. L. O. Montgomery,
of Atlanta, and one sister, Mrs. Brad
shaw, of Brier Creek.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home at three o’clock this (Fri
day) afternoon, Rev. C. C. Kiser
officiating, interment being in West
View cemetery.
Saturday Last Day Of
$1.00 Offer.
Remember, tomorrow (Saturday)
March 15th, is the last day of the
$1.00 offer for a year’s subscription
to The McDuffie Progress. Pay your
subscription now and save 50 cents
on a year’s subscription. After the
15th the price will be the regular rate
of $1.00.
We are glad to state that there
has been a hearty response to our
offer, and trust there are others who
will take advantage of it before it
is too late. If any fail to get in on
it we will be sorry, but they will
still have the opportunity to sub
scribe at the old price of $1.50, and if
the paper is worth' anything it is
worth the regular price.
NEXT WEDNESDAY
ELECTION DAY
Next Wednesday, March 19th, the
primary election will be held in Mc
Duffie county. This primary is for
the purpose of nominating a candi
date for President of the United
States and to nominate county offi
cials.
All the candidates have been very
busy during the past several weeks
canvassing the county and soliciting
Vthe votes of their friends and fellow
citizens. Doubtless to say all the
votefc have “been seen” and the only
thing that now remains is the casting
of votes at the polls next week.
The Australian ballot system will
be used at this time. This is some
thing new in McDuffie county and it
is said will take longer time in voting
than in the old way. Two or three
booths will be necessary for the
Thomson voting place, and at least
one will have to be erected at each
of the voting places in the county.
Heavy Registration.
The largest registration in the his
tory of McDuffie county is shown
from the registration books. A good
ly number of women are included in
the list of registered voters, which
accounts for the increase.
Following is the number of regis
tered voters in the county by dis
tricts:
Thomson District 941
Dearing District 405
Mt. Auburn District 102
Republican District 5(5
Wrightsboro District 87
Total 1591
Following is the official ballot as
prepared by the county executive
committee:
For President of the United States.
, (Vote for One).
Wm. G. McAdoo.
Oscar W. Underwood.
For Ordinary.
(Vote for One).
E. W. Hawes.
J. S. Jones.
For Sheriff.
(Vote for One).
A. D. Adkins.
J. L. Lewis.
L. J. Norris.
For Clerk Superior Court.
W. W. Hardaway.
For Tax Collector.
.(Vote for One).
A. S. Anderson.
L. F. Cook.
W. A. Watson.
For T)ax Receiver.
(Vote for One)..
M. E. Burke.
R. W. Crawford.
•J. R. Farr.
J. A. Jones.
For Surveyor.
A. G. Porter.
For Coroner.
R. K. Brooks.
For Democratic Executive Com.
(Vote for Five).
E. H. Burnside.
S. M. Haywood.
T. II. Hunt.
R. L. Moore.
J. Q. West.
For County School Superintendent.
(Residents of City of Thomson
not allowed to vote for
—School Supt.)
(Vote for One).
M. W. Dunn.
B. F. Fuller.
E. B. Lazenby.
One Great Joy.
(fany persons cut themselves oft
mi one of the highest and greatest
s in life—the joy of magnanimous-
forgiving an enemy.
ATTEND BANKERS’ MEETING.
Those attending the bankers’ meet
ing in Wax-renton Tuesday from
Thomson were, Messrs. G. T. Neal,
Sr., and P. B. Johnson, representing
the Thomson City Bank; G. W. Jor
dan and R. L. Hadaway the First
National Bank; E. C. Hawes the
Bank of Thomson. Mr. Hawes was
elected vice-president of this, Group
2, of the Georgia Bankers Associa
tion.
Those attending speak in highest
praise of the reception given them
by the people of Warrenton and the
boutiful hospitality shown by the
ladies in the preparation of luncheon.
Mr. W. T. Corbin spent several ■
days this week visiting relatives in !
Washington, Ga.
Washington, ^D. C., March 12.
TONNAGE FOR EXPORT TRADE.
Cargoes destined for foreign ports,
moving at export rates on through
bills of lading issued by the rail
roads at the shipping point, must be
conveyed in American vessels, 'ac
cording to a statement by Fx-ederick
I. Thompson, member of the Ship
ping Board. The Shipping Board
has certified to the Interstate Com
merce Commission that there is now
ample tonnage operating under the
American flag, and the regulatory
body is expected to suspend its order
of some time ago which rescinded
section 28 of the merchant marine
act. This section provides for the
issuance of through bills of lading
and through rates on shipments from
this country to foreign ports, pi'o-
vided the water transportation is in
American bottoms. Mr. Thompson’s
statement points out that the stipu
lation that the American bottoms,
mus the used for the shipper to en
joy the reduced rates is mandatory,
but has been in abeyance because
there was a shortage of facilities
under the American flag.
Commerce moving in foreign ves
sels will take the regular domestic
rate to the seabord, Mr. Thompson’s
statement says, and then the ocean
rate to the foreign destination. With
section 28 again working, he believes
the movement in America registei’ed
vessels will be increased.
FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF
STATE GOVERNMENTS.
The assessed valuation of property
subject to general property taxes
for purposes of State governments
in 1922, amounted to $106,878,258,-
410, or a per capita of $980,99. The
total levy for the government of the
States amounted to $353,431,134, or
$3.20 per capita.
The total revenue receipts in 1922
of the governments of the States
were $1,159,445, or a per capita of
$10.71.
The gross debt outstanding at. the
close of the year amounted to $1,-
260,144,827, or 11.69 per capita, con
sisting of $1,004,008,037, funded or
fixed; $42,067,970, floating; $26,718,-
939, revenue loans; $29,852,773, out
standing wari’ants; and $103,497,108,
obligations on private trust accounts.
WORLD’S PRODUCTION OF WOOL
The grand total of 2,604,911,000
pounds of wool l’aised in 1923 is about
06,000,000 pounds smaller than 1922
and appears to be principally attri
butable to the reduction in the
Australian clip which although only
trade estimates are available in that
country as yet, is placed at 130,000,-
000 pounds less than that of 1922.
TOO MUCH “IVORY” AFLOAT.
The Federal Trade Commission has
ruled that the use of the words
“Ivory” or “White Ivory” must be
discontinued in advertising and sell
ing articles made in whole or in part
of nitrated cellulose or pyroxyline
plastics known commercially as “Cel
luloid” “Pyralin” and by other names.
THE GOVERNMENT DEBT.
The gross debt of the United
States Government was $21,843,000,-
000 on January 31, as compared with
$22,732,000,000 a year ago.
THE SILK INDUSTRY.
Census, records for the silk in
dustry show a continuous and fairly
rapid growth during the 70-yeur
period from 1849 to 1919, followed
by a decline in 1921 from the abnor
mal activity of 1919. The value of
products in 1921 was more than twice
as large as in 1914. -No census of
the silk industry was taken for 1922,
but data supplied by the Silk Associ
ation of America show an increase
of 13.7 per cent in the monthly aver-
age consumption of raw silk (with
drawals from warehouses) in 1922
as compared with 1921, followed by
an increase of 16.4 per cent in the
average for the first four months of
1923 as compared with the average
for 1922. The monthly averages
were as follows: For 1921, 26,941
bales; for 1922, 30,635 bales; for the
first four months /6f 1923, 35,655
bale3.
MORE MANUFACTURED GAS.
Since 1849, the first census year
for which data relating to the gas
industry were secured, the increase
in value of products hap been fairly
3teady, from $1,922,000 in that year
to $411,196,000 in 1921. The pro
duction of ^as for sale increased by
35 per cent between 1909 and 1914
and more than 50 per cent between
1914 and 1919.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Basic factors in the economic life
i of the Philippine Islands in 1923 were
j sound, according to all official re-
| ports. World prices of export pro
ducts ranged well above costs of de
livery and in some cases, notably
sugar, extraordinary profits were
made. The relation of exports to
imports was equally gratifying.
SAD FACTS.
Over one million and quarter men
rejected as unfit for military service
during the late war.
There is $1,800,000,000 yearly
economic loss from preventable dis-
iease and death.
I The United States has 5,000,000
confessed illiterates, and there is
j $825,000,000 yearly economic loss due
j to illiteracy.
| There are 1,060,858 child wrokers
between the ages of 10 and 15 years
• in our country.
Three out of every five teachers in
the United States with less training
than is generally required for teach
ing by advanced nations.
There are 1,437,000 children be
tween the ages of 7 and 13 not 'at
tending any kind of educational in
stitutions, according to the last cen
sus.
MISBRANDED PAINTS AND
SOCKS.
The Federal Trade Commission has
issued complaints against misbrand
ing paints under the name of “U. S.
Marine Paint.” Neither respondent
cited was in any way connected with
the United States Government or Un
ited States Navy, and the paint so
libeled was not made for or accord
ing to any Government formula or
specification.
House to house, and office to office
salesmen selling “pure silk hosiery”
are to be restrained by the Commis
sion, which has cited manufacturers
supplying these salesmen, claiming
that they are evading the law,
COTTON CONSUMPTION.
Cotton consumption in January
totaled 576,644 bale's, as against
610,306 bales a year ago.
DRY ARRESTS AND SEIZURES.
Increase in number of arrests and
the amount of property seized and
destroyed by prohibition agents in
1923 showed a considerable increase
over the previous year. Officiu) fig
ures made public by the prohibition
unit show there were 64,523 arrests
in 1923, as compared with 60,019 in
1922. Property seized and destroyed
in 1923 was valued at $3,243,795; in
1922 it was $2,969,866.
THAIN-CONTROL ORDER
FOUGHT BY 89 ROADS.
Eighty-nine first class railroads
have asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission to modify its order for
installation of automatic train con
trol devices. The joint petition de
clared that automatic train control
devices intended to stop a train when
it enters a danger zone are as yet
imperfectly developed, and that the
experimental operation of them does
not justify extensive utilization. It
was declared, also, that installation
of such devices would require the
railroads to spend “many millions”
without assurance of return, and
without effectively increasing safety.
FROM THE
COUNTY AGENT
POTATOES BRING FULL PRICE.
The following is a telegram receiv
ed March 11th:
“Unloading today on account of
good market; will pay full price for
all. C. M. McMahen & Sons, Birm
ingham, Ala.”
From the above telegram the care
ful reader can judge that the pries
received was because of good market,
ket and not because of good quality.
The majority were good potatoes,
however, and after all quality did
have a lot to do with the price. Let’s
produce disease-free potatoes another
year and handle them curefully so
that when marketing time comes we
will know that they will carry.
There have been several who want
ed to market a second carload of
Porto Rico potatoes, and I have list
ed a few hundred bushels already. If
these are good number one’s they
would sell today at $1.56 per 60 lb.
bushel f. o. b. tracks.
I will be glad to handle another
carload, but there must be some sys
tem to this second loqd. Potatoes
must be listed with me by Wednes
day so we can have the farmers
notified to haul immediately. Those
contributing must bring only number
one, sound potatoes or run the risk
of having them refused at the car.
List your potatoes as soon as you
read this article and if we have
enough to fill the car you will then
be notified to haul. If you don’t get
a card from me you may know that
we were unable to make the ship
ment.
If you want to get a record price
for your potatoes, let me know at
once, and select only potatoes that
are acceptable.
HOG CHOLERA.
There have been several outbreaks
of cholera in the county. Last week
Dr. Trurnbo, from the State Veterin
ary department, inoculated over 100
head of hogs in McDuffie. He will
be back in thirty days if we want
him. Insure your stock by giving
them double treatment. List your
name and number of hogs to be
treated with the county agent.
SELECTION AND CARE OF EGGS
FOR HATCHING.
Successful incubation with a hen
or with an incubator begins with the
selection and cure of the eggs for
hatching.
Provide plenty of clean, roomy
nests allowing one nest to every four
hens. Gather the eggs at least once
a day. In bad weather if there is a
tendency for the eggs to become soil
ed, gather them several times a day.
Pick eggs of uniform size and
shape, of good shell texture, fi’ee
from ridges, and medium to large in
size. All small eggs should bo dis
carded, and extremely large eggs are
to be avoided. Any eggs that are
badly soiled tnay be washed, but
never wash an egg unless necessary,
as experiments have shown that
washed eggs do not hatch as well.
While the color of the shell has noth
SAYS M’ADOO THE
NEXT PRESIDENT
For the first time since the Cfrit
War, the people of this country are
going to have a chance to vote for *
Southerner and a Georgian for Prerf-
dent of the United States. Wljliam
G. McAdoo was born in Cobb (fountjT,
Georgia, the son of a Confederate
soldier. As a young man he lived In
Milledgeville, Ga., and grew up with
Southern views and ideals. He pra»?-
ticed law in the South, until he wa*
30 years of age. McAdoo is one of
us, and if elected president, we would
be proud of him, just as we have
been proud of his past accomplish
ments
Here are some of the things that
he stands for:
1. He is a friend of the farmer*,
and has shown it. He was one of
the men who instituted the Federal
Farm Loan Banks.
2. He is in favor of letting Henry
Ford develop Muscle Shoals and man
ufacture cheaper fertilizers.
3. He is opposed to the further
issuance of tax exempt securities, by
which the rich avoid payment of the
income tax.
4. He helped put into effect the
constitutional amendment giving wo
men the right to vote.
5. He is a progressive as opposed
to the standpatters. He wants the
country to grow and improvp, and
not stand still and rot.
Oscar W. Underwood has directly
opposite views on nearly all of these
luestions. He opposed Henry Ford
getting Muscle Shoals, but wanted It
to go to powerful private interests.
Born and x’aised in the North, that
is, the State of Minnesota, Mr. Un
derwood is not naturally a born and
bred Southerner, and his interest®
have been largely devoted to protec
tion of the wealthier class of people.
He is known to be a Conservative
and Standpat Democrat. He opposed
the prohibition amendment and wo
man suffrage amendment. Mr. Un
derwood may be a capable and hon
est man, but he is certainly not a pro-
gi^essive, but on the contrary has al
ways been known as a conservative;
that is, a person who is satisfied with
the status quo" and not in favor of
reforms. Such a man cannot win,
even if the whole South should go
for him, for he cannot carry the pro
gressive West.
On the other hand, McAdoo cant
and will carry the solid South and
West also. If nominated, he will
sweep the country.
Vote for William G. McAdoo next
Wednesday.
McADOO CAMPAIGN COM.
ing to do with hatchability, it is well
SNOW, SNOW, THE BEAUTIFUL
SNOW.
At last the snow that has been
predicted all winter has come.
Thomson people were surprised
Friday morning when they awoke to
see a beautiful mantel of snow cever-
ing the ground, the trees and house
tops. None of us thought of it snow
ing at this time, as it had missed so
many other better opportunities, WO
DEATH OF MR. HUGH CRAW-
n FORD.
Mr. Hugh Crawford, aged 34, died
at his home in the Whiteoak commu
nity Sunday morning at 2:15 o’clock,
after an illness of two weeks of pneu
monia.
Mr. Crawford is survived by his
wife and two children, also his moth
er and eight brothers and sisters.
Funeral services were held at the
home Sunday morning, conducted by
Rev. C. C. Kiser. Interment was in
Whiteoak cemetery at 12 o’clock.
DEATH OF MRS. DAVID
HAMILTON.
Mrs. David Hamilton, living in the
Brier Creek neighborhood, died Sun
day afternoon, of influenza. She was
40 years of age, and is survived by
her husband and five childi’en. Burial
was at Sweetwater church cemetery
Monday afternoon, services being
conducted by Rev. C. C. Kiser.
to select for uniformity of color, as
the color is an inherited characteris
tic and uniformity is desirable from
a market standpoint.
Eggs keep best for hatching pur
poses at a temperature between 50
and 60 degrees. The embryo may
begin to develop at 70 degrees or
above, and then die, thus ruining the
egg for hatching purposes. It is
therefore very important that hatch
ing eggs be kept in a cool place.
Set eggs as soon as possible after
they are laid. The fresher the better.
Good hatches cannot be expected
from eggs that are kept any length
of time. It is a good rule not to
save eggs for hatching longer than
seven clays, especially in warm wea
ther. They may be held for three
weeks, but eggs of that age will
hatch very poorly.
It is not necessary to turn eggs
unless they are kept longer than a
week. After seven days they should
be rolled or turned regularly once or
twice a day.
he snow remained only a short
time, and was practically all gone by
noon, it being too warm and damp to
remain long. However, the children
a ' By good time snowballing
while it lasted.
DIES AT APPLING.
News was received in Thomson of
the death of Mr. Reese Marshall, of
Appling, which occui’red Monday
morning at 11 o’clock, after an illness
of ten days of pneumonia.
Interment was at the family bury
ing ground at Kiokee church Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30, Rev. C. C. Kiser
conducting the sendees.
Mr. Marshall is survived by hi®
mother and several brothers and sis
ters.
VISITS THOMSON.
Mr. Walter Candler, ox Atlanta,
president of the Lullwater .Cotton
Mill, was a visitor in Thomson Fri
day, coming here in the interest of
his property. Mr. Candler is very
Bear in mind that to get large optimistic as to the future of the
per cent hatches, good eggs are one mill hei’e, and it is hoped he will
of the essentials. Gather the eggs visit Thomson often,
frequenlty, select carefully, keep in
a cool place an dset them while they
are still fresh.—A. F. Gannon, In
structor, Poultry Husbandry.
Improper Management of the Neck
He that, being often reproved, bard-
enoth, his neck shall suddenly be de
stroyed. and that without remedy.—
Solomon.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
It has been brought to my notice
that a good many people are under
the impression that I had ceased to
do any practice when I moved my
office into the rear of the Mathews
Drug Store, so I take this opportu
nity of correcting their mistake.
RICHARD Y. PRYCE, M. D.
