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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924.
the McDuffie progress, Thomson, ga.
4. Your crop cost will be low
If you get a big yield per acre and per man.
, The way to produce largest yields of best
I quality is to supply the crops with plenty
of available plant food
Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers do this.
They are made from carefully selected
materials. They are evenly mixed and
thoroughly cured.
The Red Steer on the bag is a guarantee
of highest quality.
TheA.S.A. {AuthorizedSwift
Agent) in this territory is:
C. A. FARMER.
citizens of McDuffie—
ATTENTION, PLEASE!
Lullwater Shirts
The Cotton Mills of Thomson, your home
town, are running 1 on full time weaving
cloth from Georgia grown cotton and this
cloth is being made up into a beautiful, high
quality, blue chambray shirt, by The Lull-
water Manufacturing Company, and sold to
your own merchants:
Hadaway Dry Goods Co.
J. H. Crawley,
H. C. Fitzgerald,
and others, who will supply you at a price of
$1.00 each.
The LULLWATER SHIRT is just what
you have been wanting—looks well, wears
well and will prove to be the most satisfac
tory shirt it has ever been your privilege to
buy.
Ask for the “LULLWATER SHIRT” made
at home.
Pee Qee FLATKOATT
Other PeeQee
Products
Pee Gee Re-Nu-Lac
Pee Gee Floor Enamel
Pee Gee Velkoatt
Pee Gee China Enamel
Pee Gee Varnishes
Pee Gee Wondertone
Dystain
Pee Gee Floor Wax
Peaslee - Gaulbert Co.
Incorporated
Atlanta JLouiav ;, le Dallas
Beautiful Walls and
Ceilings at Small Cost
The walls and ceilings of your
home may have lost their
charm, the alluring effect of
bright freshness. To restore
them is easy.
Flatkoatt is made in 24 rich,
velvety colors. It is durable
and does not fade—if soiled
can be easily cleaned.
We have just the color you
want, the one that will give
a crowning touch of beauty.
Let us show you and explain
its application.
Thomson Drug Co.
Thomson, Ga
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Washington, D. C., March 12.
Q. What is the statute on top of
the Capitol at Washington, D. C.?
A. It is a bronze statute of Armed
Liberty or Statute of Freedom—
designed by Crawford, and is 19 feet
6 inches high and weighs 14,985
pounds. It was set in place Decem
ber 2, 1863. There is a full size
model in the National Museum, where
the majestic expression of the count
enance may be noted, w'ith the details
of the crest of the eagle’s beak and
plumes, sheathed sword, shield and
supporting globe with its legend, E
Pluribus Unum.
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Q. Please give me the names of
hooks of the Bible, called Poetical
Books, and Historical Books.
A. Poetical: Job, Psalms, Prov
erbs, Ecclesiastes, The Song of Sol
omon. Historical: Joshua, Judges,
Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles,
Ezra,Nehemiah, and Esther.
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Q. What is the significance of the
names “Mason and Dixon” in defining
a geographical section?
A. Mason and Dixon lines, feo-
called because run by two Englis*h
surveyors, Charles Mason and Jere
miah Dixon, 1763-1767. It is about
39 degrees North latitude, the north
ern boundary of former Slave States,
dividing Pennsylvania from Maryland
and West Virginia.
* *
Q. Is the idea of a universal lang
uage backed up by any practical
necessity, either of business or
society?
A. General Carty, Vice-President
of the American Telephone and Tel
egraph Company, recently conducted
a great radio experiment in which
all points between Havana, Cuba, the
Atlantic and Pacific Coast, were con
nected. It was shown that wireless
communication will eventually spread
round the world, thus making it de
sirable for business and society to
have what General Carty described
as “one language, one understanding,
one voice” that will send around the
world a message of “Peace on Larth.
Good Will to Men.”
* *
Q. What American city has (he
greatest Negro population?
A. The 1920 census gave New
York 152,467 colored population
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago,
Baltimore, New Orleans and Birm
ingham came next in the above order.
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Q. Has a fish a heart?
A. All fish except the highly aber-
Lancelet have a heart.
* *
Q. What should constitute the
best height and weight for a man of
21 years.
A, According to West Point
measurements a cadet of 21 years of
age should be from 64 to 74 inches in
height, and weigh from 121 to 167
pounds. The chest measure should
be 31 1-4 to 33 3-4 inches; chest ex
pansion two to three and a half
inches.
* *
Q. Is the Chimney Swift related
to the swallow or the humming bird?
What are its habits?
A. The chimney swift is popular
ly confused with the swallow, and is
often miscalled chimney swallow.
Structurally the swift is related to
the humming bird, and not to the
swallow'. It feeds entirely on the
wing, and has never been seen perch
ing anywhere except on the inside of
a chimney or hollow tree. Except
when resting or roosting, therefore,
it is constantly on the wing, even
drinking and gathering dead twigs
for its nest while flying. They skim
over the surface of the water and dip
their bills into it while on the wing.
* *
Q. Is a whale considered a fish?
A. Any animal living in the water
is a fish; specifically, any completely
aquatic, water-breathing vertebrate
having the limbs (when present) de
veloped as fins, and typically, a scally.
somewhat spindle-shaped body.
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Q. What difference, if any, is
there in the principles and working*
of the Negro Mason’s lodges and the
White Mason’s lodges?
A. According to all ancient rites
of the order only white men may be
come masons, and in practically every
jurisdiction Negro Masons are classed
Clandestine.” .* Mason would
no answer the question if he coul :
d non-Mason couldn’t if he woul
* *
Q. What figures are pictured in
*he paintings called the Holy Family?
A. They represent the infant
J -sus, Joseph, the Virgin, John the
Baptist, Anna, and Elizabeth. The
most celebrated paintings of the Holy
Family are by Michael Angelo,
Ruben, Raphael and Leonardo da
Vinci.
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Q. Please tell me some of the
causes of failure in business.
A. The leading cause is an ambi
tion to be rich; grasping too much.
These causes lead to defeat. An
other cause is aversion to labor.
The third cause is an impatient de
sire to enjoy the luxuries of life be
fore the right to them has been ac
quired. Another cause arises from
the want of some deeper principles
for distinguishing between right and
wrong.
* *
Q. What accumulative evidence
have we that “love is blind,” and that
“love is not blind?”
A. “Love is blind and lovers can
not see
The pretty follies that themselves
commit.”—Shakespeare.
While James M. Barrie penned:
“Love is not blind; it has an extra
eye which shows us what is most
worthy of regard.”
We have Emerson as an authority
that “Love is blind because he does
not see what he does not like; but the
sharpest-sighted hunter in the uni
verse is Love for finding what he
seeks and only that.”
* *
Q. What is the size of the Great
Pyramid and when was it built?
A. It is 484 feet high and contains
577,600 square feet, and it was built
at Gheezeh, Egypt, about 3100 B. C.
* *
Q. When was the first oil well
opened?
A. The first petroleum well was
opened in Titusville, Pennsylvania, by
Edward L. Drake, in 1859. The in
dustry was inaugurated in 1859, when
acompany “struck oil,” by boring at
Oil Creek, Pa., and obtained a supply
of 400 gallons a day. This led to
numerous other borings and oil was
obtained in such quantities that towns
of considerable size soon sprung up
in the oil districts. Railways were
constructed, immense reservoirs were
made and long lines of oil pipe laid
down.
* *
Q. How can iron rust he removed
and could the cause of iron rust be
traced to blueing or soap used in
washing?
A. For white goods, lemon and
salt, rubbed in well, and hang cloth
in the sunshine. Or dilute hydroch
loric or oxalic acid, and rinse well
afterwards. For colored goods: Wet
the stain, cover with cream of tartar,
rubhing in well. Rinse in clear wat
er. A large percentage of iron rust
on goods is the result of some soap
being left in clothes and the use of
a blueing containing iron.
* *
Q. What war is referred to as
“the seven years’ war?”
A. The war of Frederick the
Great against Austria, France, and
Russia, 1756-1763.
♦
Q.6Wherc is Utopia?
A. No place. The imaginary is
land which Sir Thomas Moore makes
the scene of his romance of “Utopia;”
an ideal commonwealth. Hence the
adjective Utopian, i. e. visionary, im-
practiceable.
* *
Q. How did the expression, “on
the carpet” originate?
A. It is a French expression, on
the carpet, or tapis, so-called from
the tapis or cloth on the council table,
or speaker’s table, on which motions,
bills, etc., were laid.
* *
Q. When was the second Atlantic
cable laid?
A. In 1866. The first cable laid
in 1857-8 lasted only a short time.
♦ *
Q. What is meant by the Father
of Waters?
A. The Mississippi River, said to
be a translation of an Indian name. *
* *
Q. What is the weight o f a barrel
of flour?
A. A barrel of flour weighs 196
pounds.
* *
Q. Has there been an increase in
production of grapes, rai«ins, and
grr.pe juice in the past year?
A. The value of these products
was $140,000,000 in 1923 as compared
with $143,000,000 in 1922.
The Secret Of Success
The secret of success is hard work and
dear thinking. The industrious person
earns more than his necessary expenses,
and the thinking person saves this surplus
and deposits t in a GOOD STRONG BANK.
It is never too soon to begin saving. Get the
habit of saving. The sooner you start the
greater will be your success.
Financial success is simply a matter of
sticking to your saving habit—making your
character stronger than any temptation to
s^end. Nobody saves much at a time. Ev
erybody can save a little at a time.
Try the saving habit and see how fas 4
the small change will grow into dollars, and
the dollars into t£ns and hundreds.
We invite you to start an account with
us. It will be appreciated, whether large or
small. We will give you Safety and Service.
BANK OF THOMSON
The Old Bank.
We have 5 Buckeye
Riding Cultivators to
go at $25 each Buy
one and save labor.
Thomson Hardware Co.
'iCpnpj/ in f/ie fanicmeans
a good friend Tnirii ins
roriting distance - • *
A HEALTHY bank account always
responds to a written order for
assistance. If you pay your bills by
check on our bank your are giving
folks something more to think about
than the mere fact (hat their bill is
paid.. Open a checking account.
first National lank
THOMSON, GA.
V. & L. CAFE
We are fully equipped to serve 300 per
sons at one sitting and p*ive them the ho-'
prepared by cooks of ability, Sea Food,
Florida and California Vegetables and
Fruits.
Hotel, automobile and picnic parties serv
ed with luncheons. Phone or wire us. You
are cordially invited to dine with us, read
and rest.
V. & L. CAFE, Jackson St., Augusta, Ga.
High Grade Fruit and Shade Trees. Evergreens, Roses, Shrubs.
THE C. C. DORN CO., Horticulturists
Phone 418. Augusta, Ga.
Office: 109 Ninth St. Nurseries: New Savannah Road.
LANDSCAPE GARDENING A SPECIALTY.
Catalogue on Request.
KENTUCKY MULES.
The real kind, and the kind with qualities, the kind for service.
I have them, and am selling them at PRICES THAT ARE SUR
PRISING TO MOST PEOPLE when you see them and know what
they are.
I have guaranteed each and every one sold and haven’t had a
single mule returned for misrepresentation in three years.
I respectfully solicit your trade.
G. C. SMITH
1539 Marbury St. Augusta, Ga. Phone 2612.
Do Not Wait Until the Last Minute
To order your PLANTS and FRUIT TREES,
Set them out before sap begins to rise.
Write for illustrated Catalogue which
gives much valuable information.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES
Successors to P. J. Berckmans Co.
P. O. Drawer 910 T. Augusta, Ga.