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VOLUME XXV.
THOMSON, McDUFPIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924
NUMBER 14.
WILL CONTEST
THOMSON VOTE
Mr. B. F. Fuller, of Dearing, one
of the candidates in the recent pri
mary election for county school sup
erintendent, will contest the vote, on
the ground that voters of the Thom
son District inside the city limits of
Thomson were not allowed by law
to vote for superintendent. The
ticket‘used in the primary specified
that the voters inside the city limits
were not to vote for superintendent,
but in as much as many city voters
did vote that part of the ticket, and
Mr. Dunn, candidate from the Thom
son District, was nominated, Mr.
Fuller feels he has just ground to
contest the vote. >
Should Mr. Fuller win out in his
contest, it is understood Mr. Lazenby,
the other candidat# in the race, will
contest his vote on the ground that
he failed to qualify as a candidate
under the law.
Mr. Fuller’s appeal will be heard
by the McDuffie County Democratic
Executive Committee Tuesday, April
1st.
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MESENA DOTS.
By Freckles.
Bro. Wood filled his regular ap
pointment here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Ogletree at
tended preaching at Union Sunday
morning.
The Mesena Epworth League busi
ness meeting was held at the home
of Mr. B. Langham Saturday night.
Quite a number attended.
Mrs. P. E. Ogletree spent a short
while in Thomson Tuesday afternoon
shopping.
Mrs. Tom Ivey, of Dearing, former
ly of this place, is quite ill in the
University hospital in Augusta. Her
many friends here wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Geiger were the
week-end guests of their daughter,
Mrs. J. V. Averette.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Averette and
family, of Camak, were the spend
the day guests of Mr. arid Mrs. J. V.
Averette Sunday.
Several of the relatives of Mrs.
Tom Ivey visited her at the Univer
sity Hospital Sunday.
Misses Maureen and Ruby Simons
and Nellie and Ozie Lee Reese spent
Saturday night with Miss Katrina
Langham.
Mrs. J. V. Avrette spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Georgia English of Thom
son.
Mrs. J. W. Luke was the spend the
day guest of Mrs. Q. S. Farr Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Ogletree made
a hurried trip to Camak Sunday af
ternoon.
A very enthusiastic meeting of
members and officials of the Cotton
Belt Highway Association was held
at Louisville, Ga., Tuesday. Those
attending from Thomson were
Messrs. R. L .Hadaway, G. W. Lokey,
E. W. Hawes, O. P. Hunt, M. E.
Burke, G. W. Jordan. About fifty
were present, representing towns
along the line from Anderson, S. C.,
to Lyons, Ga.
Plans were adopted for advertis
ing the highway, beginning immedi
ately. Several thousand tracts will
be distributed among the Northern
tourists now in Florida. Signs will
be posted along the route at inter
section points to direct travelers.
The sign is in the shape of an ar
row, the stock of which represents
a bale of cotton, and will inform the
traveler the distance between all
points where the signs are placed.
The Cotton Belt Highway is about
120 miles shorter than any other
route entering Florida from the East.
Mr. Goodson, of Jacksonville, wiljl
soon make a trip from Ashville, N.
C., to Jacksonville, a distance of 429
miles, to test the route, and it is
predicted that the time in which it is
made will be much shorter than any
yet made by other routes.
The counties through which the
highway passes are to keep the roads
in good shape as a condition of the
Association adopting the route. The
officials say they find them all in
| good condition, with only a few small
exceptions.
SUNNY SIDE NEWS
Mr. Mack Norris spent a short
while with Mr. James Anderson
Sunday morning.
Miss Blonde Hobbs is confined to
her bed with measles.
Mrs. J. P. Anderson and little
daughter spent Wednesday with Mrs.
C. S. Story.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Norris and’
son and Miss Kato Norris called on
Mrs. James Anderson Sunday even
ANTHONY X-ROADS
Dorothy.
Mrs. Grady Lazenby, Misses Pitsy,
Ruth and Cadille Lazenby spent Tues
day with Mrs. Almond Corbin.
Mrs. C. D. McDonald spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Easier.
Messrs. Leonard and James Luke
spent Saturday night with their sis
ter, Mrs. J. F. Easier, Jr.
Mrs. Dan Young, of Campania, is
spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs. Ruby Corbin.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dewitt Mc
Donald, Messrs. Obe, Grady Easier
and oesse Logan, of Augusta, were
the supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Easier.
Mrs. Almond Corbin spent Monday
with Mrs. J. F. Easier, Jr.
Miss Mattie Owens visited her sis
ter, Mrs. L. It. Rind, Tuesday.
Mrs. J. R. Proctor was the spend-
the-day guest of Mrs. J. F. Easier
Monday.
Mercantile Motor Co. Is
Building Warehouse.
The Thomson Mercantile Motor
Co. is ejecting a warehouse, 60x100
feet, on the rear part of the lot form
erly owned by the Scott estate. .The
i warehouse will be used for storing
Fords, Tractors and accessories.
Mr. H. A. Price, head of the com
pany, has plans for installing a fill
ing station on the Main street front
age of this property.
ing.
We are sorry to report Mrs. J. L.
Hobbs still on the sick list.
Mr. James Anderson made a busi
ness trip to Thomson Monday.
Let’s everybody come to Sunday
school next Sunday. We didn’t have
very many last Sunday, there being
so much sickness,
f SHERIFF TO ENFORCE TJ G
LAW.
COTTON REPORT.
The U. S. Department of Commerce
has issued a preliminary report on
cotton ginned in Georgia for the
years 1922 and 1923.
For the state, the totals are: For
1922, 735,874, for 1923, 612,531,. a
difference of 123,343 for the year
1922.
For McDuffie county: 1922, 2794;
for 1923, 4977, a difference of 2183
for the year 1923.
It is noted in the report that there
was a heavy decrease in production
in the southern part of the state,
while there was a decided increase in
the counties in the middle and-north
ern sections.
Sheriff A. D. Adkins asks The
Progress to state that after this
date the tag law will be strictly on-,
forced. Leniency was extended for
a time on account of inability to oro-
cure tags, but now that everybody
has had ample opportunity to get
them there is no further excuse arid
the rule will be strictly enforced.
Those who have not procured li
censes had best leave their cars in
the garage until they do so, for the
sheriff means business.
Formerly Wore Breeches.
Trousers were first issued to Hrlt-
A CARD OF THANKS.
To the lady and gentlemen voters
of McDuffie county who voted for me
the 19th. I wish to say that I thank
you for your votes from the bottom
of my heart and you will be long
remembered by me. I also wish to
say to the supporters of Mr. Hawes
that I hold nothing against them at
all for voting against me. Let the
past be the past, and lets look for
ward for a better time in the future.
Very respectfully,
JAS. S. JONES.
Judge P. B. Johnson and Mr. J. T.
Neal attended the bankers conven-
ish infantry just n century ago; l<e- tion in Macon this week, also the
fore thnr soldiers wore breeches. Peach Festival in Fort Valley.
The
Washington, D. C., March 27.
PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC
POWER.
“Each monthly report issued from
the Department of the Interior on
the production of electric power pre
sents unmistakable evidence of the
increasing prosperity of the coun
try,” declares Director George Otis
Smith, of the Geological Survey. He
adds: “The year 1924 has begun
with an average daily production of
electricity by public utility power
plants exceeding all previous rec
ords. The 167 million kilowat hours,
which was the average daily output
in January, represents the energy
equivalent of the work of 250 mil
lion men for an eight-hour day.
These power statistics, which have
been collected by the Geological Sur
vey since 1919, are the result of
monthly returns from some 3,500
stations, so that totals are available
for every State, and it is clear that
they offer one of the most sensitive
and valuable indicators of business.
“The use of electrical power fur
nished by the public utility plants,”
Dr. Smith stated, “is increasing by
l^aps and bounds, and apparently
will continue to increase at a rapid
rate. The rapid increase in the
use of electricity has been caused
in part by coal famines brought
about by strikes and blockades. In
dustry has learned that it is much
easier and also cheaper in practically
all cases to obtain power by pulling
a switch than it is to operate a
steam-power plant. The records for
New York and New England show
that the capacity of prime movers
in manufacturing plants has reached
a maximum and that power for man
ufacturing plants will more and more
be furnished by electric public util
ities.”
THE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK.
The general agricultural outlook
for 1924 based upon reports from
43,000 farmers, indicates that there
is a normal production program. It
is apparent, however, that agricul
tural production this year will still
be attended by the difficulties arising
from high wages and other costs,
loss of farm workers, and the gen
eral disparity between prices of farm
and urban products, comments the
Department of Agriculture.
A GREAT POWER COMBINE
EFFECTED.
Eleven electric power manufactur
ing companies representing $315,-
000,000 of invested capital and serv
ing five east-central Sthtes, have
linked themselves in a cooperative
distributing system to be known as
the Coal Field Superpower Group.
The group controls .approximately
forty stations developing 2,000,000
horse power which tap the principal
cities of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virgin
ia, West Virginia and Maryland,
serving a population of 7,500,000.
PUBLIC DEBTS.
The gross dejjt of the National
Government was $22,525,773,000 for
the fiscal year which ended June 30,
1923. The indebtedness of other
countries to the United States No-
. mber i 1923, was $11,800,010,245;
and of this total, $4,600,000,000 rep
resents the amount owed by Great
Britain. The gross debt of the Na
tional Government was $23,260,543,-
000 for the fiscal year which ended
June 30,1922, $734,770,000 greater
than for the year which ended June
30, 1923. The net debt, being the
gross debt less cash in the Treasury,
amounted to $22,996,416,000 June 30,
1922, as compared with $22,165,886,-
000 June 30, 1923.
COOPERATION GETS NOTES FROM THE
COUNTY AGENT
CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS.
Contracts awarded in February for
construction in 27 northeastern
States called for an expenditure of
$259,264,000 as against awards to
taling $261,320,000 in January and
$229,938,000 a year ago.
RETAIL FOOD PRICES.
The retail food index issued by the
IJ. S. Department of Labor shows
that there was a decrease of 1 per
cent in the retail cost of food in Feb
ruary, 1924, as compared with Jan
uary, 1924.
ENLARGED HOMESTEAD ACT.
More than 100,000 acres of land
in the State of Idaho, Washington,
and Wyoming were included in for
mal orders designating the land as
non-irrigable under’ the enlarged
homestead acts and to what extent
subject to entry as homesteads of 320
acres or less, according to a sum
mary of the classification of public
lands made during the month of Feb
ruary, 1924, by the Department of
the Interior through the Geological
Survey.
The county agent received a wire
Thursday evening saying the second
carload of potatoes were accepted at
$1.56 per bushel, f. o. b. Thomson.
Checks will be mailed out as soon as
the bank gets a hearing.
We have shipped a total of 61,622
pounds of sweets, bringing in
$1564.81. Of this quantity 2759 lbs.
of curing house stock brought $119,
leaving $1454.81 as revnue for banked
potatoes.
The average price in trade for po
tatoes when first car was shipped
was 60 cents, where a market could
be found, and most probably would
have remained so had not the removal
of the first car lot raised the. price
to SI.00 per bushel.
Figuring this amount at 60 cents
the farmer has through cooperation
with the county agent rceived $333 59
more for his potatoes than if he had
depended on the local market at the
average price when first potatoes
were shipped.
Some fifty-six farmers received
benefit directly to the tune of $13.22
average above the market price of
potatoes based on 60 cents. Many
others were benefited by the vise in
price to $1.00 per bushel.
Cooperation is the keynote of agri
cultural success. A county agent is
your tool and like any other tool is
of use only when you use him. Co
operate with your*county agent, it
will be a pleasure for him to serve
you. G. C. DANIEL.
MANUFACTURE OF FERTI
LIZES.
The Department of Commerce an
nounces that, according to the census
returns, the manufacturers of ferti-
Iizers producing sulphuric acid and
acid phosphates used 886,454 net tons
of sulphuric acid in the manufacture
of fertilizers during the six-months
period July 1 to December 1, 1923,
making for ihe year 1923 a total
consumption of 1,820,278 tons as
compared with 1,689,809 tons in 1922,
an increase of 14.5 per cent. Stocks
on hand December 31, 1923, were
114,109 tons, as compared with 109,-
803 tons on June 30, 1923.
POTATO SLIPS.
We have Remonstrated what could
be done by cooperative potato ship
ments. Now why not save money by
buying cooperatively? The county
agent has just received a list of
several hundred growers of govern
ment treated and inspected sweet
potato slips. We can buy them by
the 100,000 cheaper than by each
man purchasing singly. If you will
send me your name and about the
quantity you will want we can get
bids and buy from the lowest bidder.
These are 100 per cent pure Porto
Ricos.
By Rose and Buttercup.
RECORD CAR LOADING.
Record loading of revenue freight
continues for this season of the year,
according to reports filed by the car
riers with the Car Service Division
of the American Railway Association.
INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENT IN
GERMANY.
Throughout the industrial circles
and in the press, optimism continues
to prevail as to the genuineness and
permanence of the industrial im
provement in Germany, says Acting
Commercial Attache Doualo L. Breed
in a cable to the Department of Com
merce. An appearance of reality is
given to this improvement by the
setady though small decrease of un
employment. The volume of produc
tion and the turnover is undoubtedly
growing.
spent
Mae
Smiles & Curies.
Mrs. Lizzie Hamilton and little
sons, Aaron and Andrew, returned
home Saturday afternoon after a
pleasant visit to relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Hinton spent
Sunday with relatives near Mesena.
Mrs. Edward Lollis and little son
returned to their hopie in Savannah
Tuesday afternoon after spending
several days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Mathews.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Hamock and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Dosh Morris near White Oak.
Mr. Roy Jones made a business
trip to town Monday.
Mrs. Nannie Harville spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. P. S.
Johnson.
.We are glad to report that Mrs.
J. J. Mathews is much improved at
this writing.
Mr. Lester Johnson and Miss Marie
Johnson v/ere the guests of Miss
Mattie Lee Montgomery Sunday af
ternoon.
Messrs. George Story and Lou
Ellen Paul visited Mr. Charlie Lang
ham Sunday afternoon.
Say, Salem, wane up; we miss you
in the lineup.
SALEM NEWS,
By Cutie.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ivey and
children spent the week-end with
Mrs. G. W. May.
Mr. Dozier Rogers and Mrs. Ger
trude McCorkle spent a while with
Mrs. J. J. Mathews Saturday night.
Mrs. L. Rhoden and Mr. Watson
Rhoden spent Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. W. F. Smith.
Mrs. R. T. May had as guests Sun
day afternoon Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
May, Mrs. G. W. May, Mrs. E. Lol
lis, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ivey, Mrs.
Dozier Rogers and Mrs. Gertrude
McCorkle.
Mrs. Stanley Mathews has returned
home after a while spent with Mrs.
J. J. Mathews.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dunaway and
Mr. and Mrs. Cluter, of Lima, Ohio,
left Wednesday for home after a
pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Rogers.
Miss Nina McCorkle and Mrs. Do
zier Rogers spent Saturday morning
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farr spent Sun
day with Mrs. J. J. Mathews.
Don’t guess the Ford had any blow
outs Sunday afternoon. How about
it, Geech?_
We are sorry to report that Mr.
John C. Adams has a case of meas
les. Hope he will soon be in school
again.
Mrs. Lizzie McGahee and Miss
Ruth McGahee spent Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Bob Radford .
Miss Bessie Mae Luckey
Tuesday night with Willie
Green.
It seems as if a crowd of young
people from around Iron Hill are en
joying Ihc meeting at Boneviile.
Misses Mary and Clyde Spear spent
Tuesday with Miss Emma Ansley.
Mrs. Verma Harrison spent one
day last week with her mother, Mrs.
Rosa Green.
My! Wonder which one of the lit
tle girls liked the new buggy best
Sunday.
Mrs. Mamie Spear spent Stinday
afternoon with Mrs. Sallie Harrison.
Miss Alane McGahee spent a short
while Monday afternoon with Miss
Ruth McGahee.
Miss Beulah Reynolds spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Annie
Street.
Mr. O. S. Green made a business
trip to Augusta Wednesday.
Mrs. Carry Brannon spent a short
while Monday with Mrs. Rosa Rey
nolds.
CORN CLUB.
The corn club is going well amon£
the adults. The question has been
asked if the colored folks will be al
lowed to compete. The answer' is
yes. We feel that if we take more
interest in the betterment of the ne
gro along agricultural lines, he in re
turn will develop the love of home
and the South that becomes the de-
scendents of our old black mammy.
If we are to keep the good negro we
must help him. You couldn’t run the
sorry ones away from the South.
They will continue to be a nuisance
as long as they last. The enrollment
to date is 17, if you haven’t joined
do so; if you have joined and for any
reason your name isn’t on this list
drop me a card.
White—Ed Farr, John S. Boyd,
George Reeves, Jim Lewis, A. G.
Adams, Hubert Hunt, Earl Printup,
J. T. Johnson, Luther Cook, Jim Usry,
Jim Farr, N. J. Beasley, Jim Baggot,
D. A. Harrison, W. T. Reeves.
Colored—Jule Lampkin, Alex Bell.
G. C. DANIEL,
County Agent.
FIGHT THE BOLL WEEVIL.
New Orleans, La., March 24.
Mr. G. C. Daniel, County Agent,
Thomson, Ga.
Make this point quickly, with your
cotton farmers:
The Tallulah Experiment Station
reports the lightest emergence of
boll weevils from hibernation in
years!
This does not mean a light summer
infestation; it means only that the
spring opens with fewer weevils than
usual, but if the weather favors the
pest it will multiply sufficiently to
destroy the crop.
Watch the cotton! If weevils ap
pear in small numbers, get busy!
By applying poison just as the
squares begin to form the first brood
that feed upon the plants will be de
stroyed or reduced, and the cotton
.will have a better chance to set bolls.
Calcium arsenate dusted from a
bag, or a mixture of one pound of
calcium arsenate, one gallon of fresh
molasses, and one gallon of water
applied with a mop will do the work.
Repeat if necessary. It is cheap and
easy.
NATIONAL BOLL WEEVIL
CONTROL ASSN.
FARMERS’ MEETINGS.
The county agent has just complet
ed a series of meetings with the
farmers at Boneviile, Central School
and Dearing. The attendance was
good and a great deal of enthusiasm
manifested by those present. The
program was as follows:
A County Development Prpgram—
G. C. Daniel.
Rural Education and Leadership—>
W. C. McCoy.
Cooperative Cotton Marketing—R.
S. Hutchinson.
Producing and Marketing Melons—
D. II. Upshaw.
‘THE STORY OF THE CREATION”
Mr. D. L. Ernest, of the State Nor
mal School, at Athens, will speak at
he school auditorium Friday, April
4th, at 3 o’clock. He will give a
stereopticon lecture on ‘‘The Story
f the Creation.”
Mr. Ernest comes under the aus
pices of the Parent-Teacher Assoei-
tion. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to hear him.
CHILD BITTEN BY MAD DOG.
The little child of Mrs. Harvey
Sills, of the Cotton Mill Village, was
bitten by a mad dog the early part
of the week. Dr. Gibson was called
o examine the child. The dog was
killed.
PEANUT IN McDUFFIE.
The peanut is an $100,000 crop in
I he South. Thousands of farmers
yearly divide their money crop be
tween peanuts and cotton. Many
prefer to grow peanuts, saying that
bale to the acre land will bring more
money in peanuts than in cotton.
Yields range from 800 to 2000 lbs
per acre and the tariff recently plac
ed insures us of ■ continued gootj
prices. E. W. Morris relates his ex
perience with peanuts briely as fol
lows: “I planted 4 acres in peanuts
ast year and produced 2 ton3 of pea
nuts. I sold these for $127.50 per
ton, a total of $255 on 4 acres, or an
average of approximately $66 per
acre. The growing was easy and
as follows: I used 200 lbs acid per
acre, planted three foot rows 10-12
inches apart, cultivated 3 times, once
each with weeder, spike tooth har-
ow and scrape.” Compare this with
the amount of cotton the 4 acres will
nake, calculate the amount paid for
'ertilizer, labor requirement, etc., and
see if peanuts wil Inot give you a
profit. Let’s plant peanuts as well
as cotton, if one fails the other will
furnish a money crop. We have a
picker in reach of us and seed are
xvailable. Less work and more profit
n peanuts.
RETURNS TO THOMSON.
To Prevent Upsetting.
A wastebasket, fastened to the sidr
of the desk chair, keeps the baskal In
one place and prevents unset tint;.
Mr. Tom Morris, who has been in
Lexington, Va., for the winter, has
returned to Thomson to look after
his farming interests during the
summer.
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