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VOLUME T.vV. THE CHAUTAUQUA COMES JAY 2-5 The dates for the Chautauqua have been arranged for May 2nd. 3rd and 5th. The program is far jnore at tractive than last year. It includes, among other features, a company of all-star players who will present two plays, “The Duel,” and “Rip Van Winkle.” The Chamber of Commerce is ar ranging for a special merchants’ week at that time and Mrs. Ira E. Farmer, State Chairman, Home Dem onstration Work, G. F. W. C., with Mr. G. C. Daniel, Farm Agefit, through the cooperation of the Ag ricultural College, are arranging a series of helpful demonsti-ations and a market sale. Full particulars will be given in The Progress next week. Twenty men have guaranteed the course and the surplus funds will probably be put into a permanent Chautauqua fund. JURORS DRAWN FOR CITY COURT Following is a list of the jurors drawn for the City Court of Thom son, which convenes the second Mon day, the 14th of April, at ten o’clock A. M., Judge P. B. Johnson presiding. 1. H. L. Turner, Jr. 2. Grover C. Hunt. 3. E. H. Burnside, Jr. 4. 0. P. Hunt. 5. L. G. Reese. 6. E. W. Reese. 7. Paul H. Geer. 8. J. S. Megahee. 9. J. E. Guy. 10. J. Bert Stovall. 11. Thos. W. McGahee. 12. H. A. Price. 13. P. S. Knox. 14. Geo. B. Guttling. 15. G. A. Sammon. 16. B. F. Johnson. 17. Oliver Baston. 18. H. L. Boatwright. 19. S. F. Dunaway. 20. W. A. Sturgis. 21. Sam F. Neal. 22. Harvey W. Hall. 23. J. C. Dollar. 24. M. L. Mathews. Cataloguing Library Of Senator Watson. Mr. W. B.Collins is busy catalogu ing the late Senator Thomas E. Wat son’s library. There is a vast num ber of books in this library, which contains many valuable volumes. It contains some 10,000 volumes, cover ing every subject under the sun, in dicating the source from which Mr. Watson gathered his vast store of knowledge. It is understood the library is be ing checked up for the purpose of advertising the books for sale. Some of them will doubtless bring good prices. This library was Mr. Wat son’s most cherished possession, and his friends will no doubt be glad to own some of them in his memory. ANTHONY X-ROADS Dorothy. Mrs. J. H Hunt visited her mother, Mrs. George Newsome, Saturday. Mrs. J. F. Easier, Jr., visited Mrs. C. D. McDonald Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Luke, of Mes- ena, were the spend the day guests of Mrs. J. V. Johnson Sunday. Mr and Mr3. Joe Geter, of Au gusta, are spending the week with their son, Mr. Wilton Geter. Mrs. J. F. Easier spent Monday evening with Mrs. Addie Adams. Mr. J. R. Proctor and Louise Geter are on the sick list this week We hope they will soon recover. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. McDonald spent Saturday night with Mrs. J. F. Easier. Quite a large crowd from around here attended the box supper at Pine Grove Saturday night. Mrs. Bessie Smith spent Monday with Mrs. Sam Dunaway. Mrs. W. H. Hendrix, of Augusta, is spending the week with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Geter. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY. Rev. J. O. Burnett celebrated his 45th birthday Sunday by visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Burnett, at Gratis. Waltoa county. COUNTY’S POULTRY INDUSTRYGROWS Just a few years ago the average farmer prided himself on being a cotton farmer and he considered poultry raising beneath the dignity of a real man. The job of poultry production was left to the wife, and a hundred chickens raised per season was considered something out of the ordinary. Cotton was king indeed. But today King Cotton sets on a tottering throne. Throughout the South the farmers are beginning to know what the meaning of true diversification means and every year finds new growth in that direction,. Already they have begun the practice of few er acres of cotton per plow, and soon er or later they will find and grow other money crops to take the place of cotton destroyed by the boll weevil, There are numerous ways by which this can be done. Some farmers in our county are planting peanuts, di viding their money crops equally be tween this crop and cotton, still oth ers are growing melons and we find others selling dairy products and keeping the fertilizer on the farm instead of selling so much in the form of crops. The purpose of this article is to discuss not what can, but what has and is being done in the poultry line in this county. Just recently we have been provided with a market for our poultry equal to that of Atlanta and we find that the talks about not hav ing a market has been corrected and that what we need is a supply. Poultry is profitable, and if we would adopt the slogan of other counties of 100 purebred hens on every farm and then give these hens a balanced ration, our county would be far more prosperous than it is now. The best way I know of to get an idea of the possibilities in the poul try business is to visit the farms of Messrs. Gunn, Geer, Printup and Lokey. Mr. Gunn and his wife have a business to be proud of and the man or woman in McDuffie who deprives themselves of a trip to this farm don’t know what they are missing. Go over in the afternoon and see a thousand red combed, white plumed hens all happy and singing, inspect the nests and note how industrious these little hens really are. Then go over the big farm and see the numer ous small colony houses with their flocks of White Leghorns and An- conas. After you have tired, come back by the big hatchery and take a peep at the hundreds of eggs through the glass door in the big incubator. If you will do this, I am sure you cannot resist the call to raise a few more chickens in a better and more scientific way. We should ship a carload of poultry monthly and not satisfy ourselves with 3000 pounds. Only 90 people patronized and were benefited by the last sale when there should have been 900. Lets wake up to the possibilities of the small flocks at home and grow more poultry this year. Paul Geer has over 500 Ancona chicks between the ages of 2 to 4 weeks and he is already swamped with orders for chicks which he can not supply. He supplied 500 last week at $12 per 100. Earl Printup has been doing cus tom hatching regularly for the past few months and will enlarge his flocks another year. His specialty will probably be Barred Rocks. John L. Lokey has recently erected a laying house which is nearest to government specifications of any in the county. Those interested in building new houses would do well to inspect Mr. Lokey’s plant. He plans to increase his flock to 400 hens of the S. C. Brown Leghorn variety by this fall. The poultry business is here to stay. These men are making money. You can. Lets make our slogan 100 happy hens on every farm ! for 1925. G. C. DANIEL. GETS CHEVROLET AGENCY. Mr. Jones Arnold has secured the agency for the Chevrolet automobile in this territory. His sales rooms are located on Journal street, where he will keep on hand cars for exhibi tion and demonstration. He is ex pecting a shipment of cars in a few days. Mr. Arnold is a wide-awake busi ness man and will take great pleasure in demonstrating his cars. — Let he progress • Wj u Job Pirnting. THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924. NUMBER 16. kMMru. r,wm» n*tc*nr:. DUST NUISANCE TO BE ABATED Washington, D. C., April 10. THE INVISIBIE TRADE. The Department of Commerce has with the cooperation of the various government agencies, banking and | other interests, completed its annual ; survey of “invisible trade for 1923.” i “Invisible exchange” is pictured as , of “increasing importance in any sound conclusion as to the movement of our foreign trade, as the situ ation of our credit structure, as to the ability of foreign countries to ; purchase our commodities or pay their debts, as to the probable trend cf exchange rates, as to the probable movement of gold and the ultimate trend of price levels—that they re quire comprehensive study of all whose interest lies in these sub jects.” FAVORS U. S. SALE OF WATER POWER. Chairman Norris of the Senate agricultural committee hopes to make Muscle Shoals a vehicle for the declaration of a general policy on the part of the federal govern ment in water power development. Both the Boulder canyon dam pro ject on the Colorado river and the Muscle Shoals problem, in the opin ion of Chairman Norris, require the adoption of a policy of federal own ership and operation. AMERICAN MONEY IS HELPING CUBA. American money invested in Cuba approximates $1,250,000,000, accord ing to figures made public by the Bu reau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce. In addition, the investors of the United States hold about $110,- 000,000 of Cuban Government bonds. Canadian investments in Cuba are also large. BUSINESS FAILURES ARE HEAVY. Business failures in the United States numbered 5,655 in the first quarter of 1924. This compares with 5,218 suspensions in the last quarter of 1923 and with 5,316 in the first quarter of last year. The outstand ing feature this year was the aggre gate of liabilities, which was $184,- 865,571, against $138,231,574 in the first quarter of last year. COLONEL BRYAN PROPOSES. William Jennings Bryan has re newed his proposal that the Govern ment pay the campaign expenses of candidates for public offices, in order to save parties and candidates from “obligating themselves to the preda tory interests.” He says former former President Roosevelt favored this reform. UNCLE SAM’S PROSPERITY. The wealth of the nation is fixed by the Census Bureau at $320,803,- 862,000; more than one-half of which is real property and improvements. The per capita wealth is $2,918. THE VICTORY OF EGGS. During the month ended March 15, 1924, 28 cities showed decreases in prices of foods, largely due to the drop in eggs. The reduction was two to four per cent. LIARS IN BUSINESS. The Federal Trade Commission is making a “drive” against wholesal ers and retailers who sell other man ufacturers’ products but advertise to the public that they are “direct from the factory to you” concerns. PUBLIC LANDS FOR SETTLERS. Approximately 92,500 acres of the public domeain in the States of Ari zona, California, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming have been ordered thrown open to homestead entry. Ex-service men will be given ninety-one days’ preference to file entries. AMERICAN RAILROADS AND FOREIGN SHIPPING. The Shipping Board has developed the fact that agreements between the Chicago and St. Paul Railroad and tlie Great Northqrn Railroad with Japanese shipping companies result ed in 75,188 tons of export commerce originating on the lines of these roads being shipped on Japanese boats. Only 4,954 tons went under the American flag. The Board is making an effort to stop this dis crimination, and says it must end May 20. LABOR BACKS NINE BILLS. The American Federation of Labor is backing nine specific legislative proposals now before Congress. The measures are: 1. Immigration, for the protection of American people. 2. Settlements of railroad labor dis putes. 3. Child labor amendment to the Constitution. 4. Workmen’s compensation for the District of Co lumbia. 5. Adjusted compensation for former service men. 6. Ade quate wages for school teachers in the District of Columbia. 7. Extension of the vocational rehabilitation law. 8. Re-classification of Federal em ployes. 9. Adequate wages for pos tal employes. SOLDIERS CONDITIONS ABROAD. Completion of all construction work on the eight American military cemeteries in Europe by May 30, Me morial day, was forecast in a report received by Major General W. H. Hart from quartermaster corps offi cers overseas in charge of the work. The reports show that 30,409 Amer ican world war dead now rest in the six cemeteries in France and the two in England and Belgium. The last of the dead to be removed to the United States has been returned. Identifications of unknown dead still average two a week. WOULD EXONERATE CONFED ERATE NAVY. The Confederate Veterans naval organization has renewed its fight to clear the records of 136 United .States naval officers who joined the Confederacy at the call of their home States. THE PROGRESS OF COPPER. Copper production by the mines of the United States totaled 128,260,000 pounds in February, as against 133,- 366.000 in January and 102,735,000 a year ago, while, copper exports amounting to 89,278,000 pounds in February may be compared with 68,- 888.000 in January and 49,761,000 a year ago. JOVE AND GEOLOGISTS. Tests made in the city of Chicago by the United States Bureau of Standards and the Commonwealth Edison Company showed that the electric resistance of the ground con nections was very much higher at some places than at others. When i these places of high resisetance were plotted on a map it was found that they were in tracts having sandy soil and sub-soil through which the rain ■ passed down to a low-ground-water level. The county agent hopes to see ev ery school house and church in the country painted this year. There is nothing bespeaks community pride and optimism more than well painted homes and public buildings. We are getting reduced prices on paint from big concerns who want to encourage such work. Lets join hands and paint our church and school buildings. It can be done and will if we just want to bad enough. Central school community has raised to date $51.08 and before the summer is gone, this building will hav'e been painted. If you are interested v/rite to your coun ty agent and we will see what can be done. The intentions to plant report shows that farmers plan the follow ing acreage increase over last year: Corn, 3 per cent; oats, 7 per cent; | sweet potatoes, 10 per cent; peanuts, 19 per cent; flax, 54 per cent; hay, 4 per cent. Decrease over last year: Spring wheat, 14 per cent; irish potatoes, 2 per cent; soybeans, 6 per cent; to bacco and rice same as last year, ex cept in South Georgia where tobacco will increase. Poultry and dairy business will slightly increase. Hogs are decreas ing rapidly, heavy production is over and many farmers are going out of the business, which will force a short age with attending high prices this fall. We have orders for 160,000 potato plants to date, at $1.00 per 1000. If you haven’t sent in your check for these do so at once. I have quota tions of 75c per 1000 on 25000 oi’der of cabbage plants. Order if you want them. Early Jersey Wakefield and Early Flat Dutch varieties. We need 17 more members before our corn club will become. a reality. Surely we won’t let this opportunity pass to benefit ourselves. Napier grass gives great promise in this state as a soiling crop for dairy cows. It yields abundantly from early summer until first frost and has given yields as high as 60 tons of green material per acre. It resembles Japanese cane and will grow 15 feet high if allowed to ma ture. It is cut, however, when young and tender and fed after the manner of green corn,sorghum. It grows well in this latitude and its fertility and cultural requirements are about the same as corn. For further in formation ask your county agent. Every dairy man should plant an acre adjoining his barn—as a supplement- | ary green crop. Baby chicks are hatching in abund ance now, and the farmer should not make the mistake of feeding too ear ly or allowing htem to be chilled, both of which result in diarrhoea. Don’t buy quack remedies for white diarr hoea. Numerous tests have proven that we do not have this disease in Georgia. A good baby chick ration is bread crumbs and boiled eggs well mixed and fed after chicks are 48 to 60 hours old, or equal parts of raj- meal and wheat bran finely ground. When a week old change gradually to this ration: Two parts each of wheat bran and short3, 1 part corn meal and 1-2 part oatmeal. At the end of 1 week’s feeding star.t them on fine scratch feed. Keep charcoal clean sand and buttermilk before them at all times. Citizens of Thomson living on th0 dusty streets have inaugurated a do- termined effort to eradicate the dvttt menace. Mayor McCommons is fully cooperating with them and it looks as though something will be done ill a very short while. There is no question about th# seriousness of the situation, and everybody interested is determined that steps must be taken at once to abate the nusiance, else sickness, suf* fering and unclenliness will be the result. Mr. McCommons is investigating the plan of oiling the streets. It is not known whether this is the proper thing to do, but advice of the State Highway Department is being sought to determine just what is the best plan. People along the dusty streets want to do their spring cleaning, but re alize this is useless as long as cloud* of dust immediately cover the floors and furniture. They can not open the doors and windows and enjoy the fresh spring breezes without en countering an avalanche of dust* Truly it appears that the best resi dential sections have become the worst as long as the clouds of dust fly. But citizens living in these sections have determined that it is not neces sary to live in this condition and are going to do something right away* Mr. J. A. Boatwright has kindly con sented to give all who want parking space the privilege of utilizing grounds on his country estate, so if it becomes necessary they can pro cure tents and spend the summer in the country. INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Messrs. C. E. Willis, B. A. WagnOn and Glenn Smith, while returning from a trip to Augusta in a Ford roadster early Sunday night, happen ed to an accident that came near proving serious. About eight miles this side of Au gusta a car was encountered in the road, the lights suddenly flashing Up and confusing Mr. Wagnon, who was driving the car in which the three gentlemen were riding. Thinking that his car was about to collide with the car in the road, Mr. Wagnon swerved his car sharply, causing it to leave the fill on which they were traveling at the time. The car plung ed down the embankment and turned over twice, and fortunately all were thrown out before it settled down As it was, Messrs. Willis and Smitli both suffered broken collar bones on the right side, together with other bruises, but Mr. Wagnon was only slightly scratched. They all consider themselves fortunate in not being badly hurt. Corn Club Members. Have You Joined? M. W. Farr, J. E. Gross, Mell Nor ris, Ed Farr, John S. Boyd, George Reeves, Jim Lewis, A. Gyp Adams, Hubert Hunt, Earl Printup, J. F. T ohnson, Luther Cook, Jim Usry, Jim Farr, N. J. Beasley, Jim Baggott, D. Harrison, W. T. Reeves, J. A. Jaston, Doc Norris, Mrs. L. P. Gunn, •>. S. Ruai'k, Artie McGahee, A. T, .uckcy, Clarence Blanchard, W. W. idwards, J. II. Ivey, J. L. Lokey-, J. C. Dunn, J. E. Hawes, P. S. Knox. Colored—Jule Lampkin, Columbus Johnson, Tommie Bradshaw, James Murray, Cato Calhoun, Church Wil liams. “White Magic” at The Palace Theatre. The farmers of McDuffie county are cordially urged to see the free picture presented at the Palace Thea tre on Saturday afternoon, April 19, at 2 o’clock ,and at Dearing school April 21 at 8:30 P. M. This picture is presented by the Chilean Nitrate Committee and com ing* as it does just at planting time should be a revelation and inspira tion to the prospective planter. The picture deals with the applica tion of Nitrate of Soda, contrasting vividly the results of treated and untreated areas. A number of scenes were taken on the farm of Mr. Fitz patrick in Warren county which brings the problem of proper fertili zation and weevil control right home to us. It will deal not only with , fertilization, but seeding, prepara tion, cultivation, and other phases of cotton production under weevil con ditions. There is a love story that runs throughout one of the pictures, which makes it interesting to young and old alike. Come and bring your neighbor. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE l’LANS MEETING. The Thomson Chamber of Com merce issued a call for a meeting of the members at the City Hall Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock to formulate plans for a conference with Georgia Railroad officials Monday, who are making an inspection tour along the road. The body will confer with them in regard to a new depot at Thomson. Dr. Sterling Gibson has been suf fering for the past several days with an abscess in one of his eyes, but is much improved ,to the delight of his scores of friends. CALCIUM ARSENATE DUSTER. It is hoped that many of the farm ers will provide themselves with dusting machines and give calcium arsenate a decent trial this season. We might have a wet year and ar senate will show its worth then if properly applied. Mr. DeLoach pro duced almost 1 bale per acre last year with 60 inches of rain, using calcium arsenate dust. His neighbor made 1 bale per 30 acres, county average. Don’t waste time and money unless you can provide yourself with a ma chine. Recently a perfection duster has been left in the office of the county agent for exhibition. If you should want such a machine it can be had through your agent at a 20 per cent reduction or agent’s com mission off to the purchaser. Th: county agent is not advocating thi. above any other machine. It is a good machine and there are others. Come in and look at this duster and if you want to buy let your agen save you this 20 per cent. Changes In Fire Alarm. April 11th, 1924. General Alarm, 3 blows of whistle. South of Railroad, 1 blow of whis tle. West of Main street, 2 blows of whistle. East of Main street, 3 blows of vhistle. West of Methodist Church, 4 blows of whistle. East of Methodist Church, 6 flows of whistle. REAL ESTATE DEAL. Mr. J. B. Ivey has purchased from dr. H, S. Norris a lot on East Hall street on which he will build a nice little bungalow, which he hopes to have finished by fall. Would Have Women Play Balk Ball playing for mlddle-nged women Is prescribed by one famous doctor as a means of preserving health and beauty.