Newspaper Page Text
Friday, April is, 1924.
THE McDUFFlft PROGRESS, THOMSON, GA.
Ml-
mmam
e McDuffie Progress |
11.50 Per Year In Advance.
fiT B. NORRIS, Editor and Propr.
.Entered at the Postoffice at Thom*
§OH aa Second-class Mail Matter.
Obituaries, In Memorium, Cards of :
Thanks, Etc., are charged for at rate i
it S cents per line, with a minimum 1
it 26 cents.
» aiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiniiHiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiu
Wtje ffltessigt of lEaotn
By Hfichel oAnn NeiswenJtr
IFE la a gift eternal,
41 How do I know 'tla aoT
Tv Eecauae I have planted a tiny seed,
Then watched a flower grow.
I have aeen the leavea come tumbling
down.
Than aprina, and a budding tree,
0h. Ood'a outdoors ao big and wide.
Has told Ita aecreta to me.
Haw at this gladsome Banter
When the world Is bursting with
song,
%jgt ua face life with high endeavor,
Let ua bury the old year's wrong.
Let us take from It only the lennona,
The good, that oomes (lifting through,
Lot us cherish the hope that In given
And cling to the paths that are true.
THOSE FOREIGNERS.
Czechoslovakia has “acute tight
ness in hte money market,” and the
Government is seeking to tide over
with heavy short-time loans.
Six thousand dozen Panama hats
were shipped out of Ecudar last
month.
Italy has decreased its income a
billion tires and decreased its ex
penses an additional billion during
the past year. Its banks are loaning
money to Poland.
South Africa diamond mines are
withholding sales of big stones to
countries whose money is unstable,
and is sending them cheaper stones.
Half of the textile exports of the
United States are being sent to Latin
America and the West Indies,
amounting to $98,000,000 a year.
South American shipments of rub
ber to the United States increase.
Japan is suffering from a tremen
dous adverse trade balance, the
Cumulative excess of imports since
January being Yen 475,477,000.
DIGESTED HAPPENINGS.
Shipbuilding in the United Stater
increased 28,000 gross tons during
the past three months.
Oil development on the Navaji
Indian Reservation is attracting at
tention, and Secretary of the Interior
Work and Indian Commissionei
Burke are en route to investigate.
They are on a tour of inspection.
The fifty largest cities of the coun
try reported a slight decrease in post
a! receipts for March, hut an increase
of 5.90 per cent was reported by the
fifty industrial cities, according t<
figures received by the United Stater
Poatoffice Department.
New incorporations in March in
Creased over the proceeding montl
and a year ago. New capital issue
increased over February hut wen
below March of last year.
Reports received by the Bureau o J
the Census on primary businos
movements in March show productio:
and sales higher than in Februar.
but below March of last year.
The daily average production o
gasoline reported to the Bureau o
Mines in February was 23,370,35."
gallons, an increase of 15.1 per cen
over the daily production figures ii
February of last year. The averag
daily demand for gasoline in Febru
ary, 1924, shows an increase of 3.0
per cent over the average daily de
mand for February, 1923.
Industrial improvements in the
United Kingdom, with unemployment
the lowest since 1920, is indicated in
cables to the United States Commerce
Department.
More than 4,000 farm folks have
in recent months seen films, written,
directed or distributed by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Production of clay fire brick totaled
£9,611,000 in February, against 56,-
347,000 in January and 56,094,000 a
year ago, while new orders for clay
fire brick totaled 67,616,000 in Feb
ruary, against 66,080,000 in January
and 67,155,000 a year ago.
(Elfriattnn
Jfarttnal af
Eaatrr
ENTERS LEGAL PRACTICE.
It will be of interest to friends of
Mr. Percy Megahee to know he has
gone into the legal department of
the American Telephone & Tele
graph Co., and is assistant attorney
of the Southeastern Division with
offices in the Hurt building in At
lanta.
Mr. Megahee was attracted to the
automobile business after three yea-s
aa secretary and attorney for the
Georgia Auto Dealers Association,
but has given it up to resume legal
work.
iiiTnniinniniiniinimiimntiitiiniiii?
HE Christian festival of Eas
ter was grafted onto the pa
gan feast which ushered In
the spring, and so some of
our customs belong to one
era and some to another.
Haven’t you often wondered what eggs
had to do with the Crucifixion of
Christ? As u matter of fact, there Is
no connection except an Incidental one
between the two. In pre-Christian
lays folks celebrated the renewal of
spring and sunshine Ht the time of year
when Easter now comes, and the egg,
with Its suggestion of new life, was
Hie most natural symbol In the world.
Christianity eonsecrated the Idea, as It
were, by coloring the eggs red as a
reminder of the blood spilt on the
'•ross—a custom which survives In
France to this day.
The hot cross bun Is nnother curious
blend of heathen superstition and
Christian symbolism. Many centuries
before Christ little round loaves were
baked and marked with a cross; some
were even discovered In the ruins of
Herculaneum, onq of the ancient Ital
ian cities which was hurled by nn erup
tion of Mount Vesuvius and afterwards
uncovered and explored. Some say
that these cakes were sacrificed and
offered ns an act of worship to the
heathen gods of the day, particularly
to the moon, called the queen of
heaven. t
Others assert thnt the cooks of that
day were as practical as the tofl’ee-
maker of ours, who mark the toffee
Into small squares, so that It will break
up more easily when cold.
Then came the Christians, who saw
In this bread marked with their own
sacred symbol a fit association with
Easter. They mude their Good Friday
cakes from dough first used for the
Most, and the buns were blessed by
i lie priest and given out at the end of
service In church. Worshipers rever
ently kissed the cross before eating
I he symbols, and believed thnt the eat
ing of one would keep them from harm
until next Easter.
For the same reason It used to be
customary to hang a bun up in a house
to bring good luck, Just as the horse
shoe is set over a doorway. In par
tlcular It was supposed to guard the
house from fire—a real menace In the
days when houses were of wood and
thatched with straw and lire engines
almost unknown.
Were you horn on Good Friday?
Legend bus It thnt anyone so blessed
possesses the gift: of second sight. And
If you have sufficient fortitude to turn
vegetarian just for Easter Sunday, an
old superstition promises you good
health for a twelvemonth. It seems a
small price for so long a benefit,
doesn’t It?
Another way of Insuring good henllh,
which Is much more drastic, but was
often practiced In olden days by spar
tan maidens, was to leave a linen
cloth out In a field all night, so that It
became soaked with the cold spring
dew. Then they washed themselves
all over with the clear, chilly moisture.
Another quaint superstition Is the
rather ridiculous custom of lifting or
heaving, which is still practiced In
some parts of the country. On Easter
Monday the rnen lift the women, and
on Easter Tuesday the women lift or
heave the men. The process Is per
formed by two lusty men or women
joining their hands across each other’s
wrists; then, making the person to
be heaved sit down on their arms, they
lift him up aloft two or three times
rnd often carry him several yards
along a street. In other parts the men
claim the privilege of taking off the
women’s shoes on Eastern Monday,
and the next day the women retaliate.
■Rpr Uanfcet of
iEaafcpr IEqijb
Largest Patriotic Society
The distinction of being the largest
patriotic society In the world Is
claimed for the Women's Belief corps
rtixilinry to the Grand Army of the
Republic, which has more than 200;000
members enrolled In Its national or
ganization.
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sunday School
' Lesson *
Washington Letter.
By J. E. Jones.
Washington, D. C., April 16.
As June Draws Near.
In Washington this week, Senators
are asking one another across their
committee tables, what can be done
(By REV. P. 13. F1TZWATBR, D.D., Pfcanh6i j.rviqkp iir) to thfi COUT\tl*V "fftT tViP
of English Bible in the Moody irbi* Instl- | t0 maKe U P ™ tne country 10T Ule
absence of legislation from this ses
sion of Congress. Representatives in
the lower House are expressing the
same concern. The evidence is un-
tute of Chicago.)
(©, 1924. Wufltcrn Newnpaper Unlc
Lesson t >r April 20
ELISHA: TEACHER AND STATES- ' mistakabIe t ^ at Congress is tighten-
ing up its belt and that there will be
many new laws passed to whiten up
LESSON TEXT—ii Tings 6:15-23. the record before the national politi-
of 0 e°vn D but ov E erc^me B :vn 0 wit 0 haaod.” I^ 1 conventions occur in the nervous
—Rom. 12:21.
MAN
month of June.
Washington has been having a de
luge of investigations. At the pres
ent moment the investigating com
mittees are resting a little, content
that they have caught a few big ras
cals, and exposed some rotten cor
ruption in public affairs. Of course
public leaders will continue to be tar
red. Some of them deserve to be—
others do not.
So Washington has turned^ aside
from the oil-scented primrose path,
prophet. While Ellslm was plowing and the injustices bom and bred in
with oxen Elijah pussed by and cast the Department of Justice, to ex-
his mantle upon hinj. ., , ,
_ amine its frontiers, its borders, its
2. His Training (II Kings 2:2-8). . , , a, . , , ,
, . . A , ,,, , . . internal affairs, and to examine casul-
EUsha came Into the life of Elijah In .
the field, where he called him forth & into the international relations that
from the plow, and there wns thence- ■ remain in the usual “critical stage.”
PRIMARY TOPIC—God Caring for
Elisha.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Elisha's Goodness
to His Enemies.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—How to Turn Enemies Into Friends.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ApULT TOP
IC—What Elisha Meant to His Nation.
I. Elisha, Elijah's Successor (I Kings
10:15-21; II Kings 2:2-15.)
1. His Anointing (I Kings 19:15-21).
In obedience to the Lord’s command,
Elijah went forth from his hiding
place In Horeb to anoint Elisha as
forth real friendship between them,
such that Elisha clung to his master to
the very last, In spite of three urgent
requests for him to remain behind.
3. Elisha’s Double Portion (II Kings
2:12-15).
(1) Elisha’s cry (v. 12). "The chariot
of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.’
Germany Caught With The Goods.
The reports made by the Dawes
committee is lengthy and of great
importance in its many aspects, but
the outstanding feature of it is that
a group of experts, including Owen
D. Young, has fixed the facts.
This Implied that Elijah was the true Dawes, who made the American
national defense. j phrase, “hell and Maria” famous in
(2) Elisha tnkes his place (v. 13). France during the world war and
The taking of Elijah’s mantle Indicates followed his successes by putting
bis assumption of tils place as a over the ‘ Budget System” in our own
pr ° p, “ ! , t ’, „„ , • I Government, has headed a committee
(3) Elijah s spirit upon Elisha (w. , . , ...... , .... .
14, 15). This Is proven by the use of ,hat has exarn, , nacl lnto th « ablllt y J®
Ills power to divide the Jordan. Also P a y war anc * aas
It Is proven by the testimony of the , that nation with the goods necessary
sons of the prophets. j to pay its obligations. Sympathizers
II. Elisha’s Ministry (H Kings 3:10). and apologists for Germany will
1. The Trenches Filled With Wnter please take notice! What the next
(Chnp. 3:16-20). Jehoram, In alliance chapter will be no one can say, but if
with the king of Judah, went against Germany remains true to her record,
the Moabites. His army was In great she will continue to evade her pay-
straits for luck of water. When they
ments, and only forceful measures
are likely to bring her to time.
The World Conference Idea.
The House of Representatives has
adopted the suggestion of Senator
appealed to Elisha, he bade them show
their faith by digging trenches In des
ert soil. The Lord sent water to fill the
trenches.
2. Increase of the Widow’s Oil
(Chnp. 4:1-7). This woman’s husband . , , , ,, TT
bad died, leaving a debt, and the cred- Borah the * resident of the .nu
ltor wns about to make bondmen of ed States call an international econo-
her two sons. Elisha caused the scant mic and disarmament conference,
supply of the widow’s oil to be so In- And Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania,
creased thnt she sold enough to pay ift thc al] ,h 0 r of a resolution asking
the debt tlie president to call a World Con-
Th A® h r n n ,te ’ S S0 J\ ference at Brussels concerning the
(Chap. 4:8-37). Because of hospitality .
shown Elisha, he sought to help his reductlon of armaments, clarification
hostess by promising that the Lord of international law, and the estab-
would give her a child. The Joy lishment of a brand-new world court,
brought by the fulfillment of the Of course these measures have some
prophet’s announcement wns short- | supp ort, but there is no likelihood of
lived, for while yet but n lad he was | thpir earl approva l bv the Washing-
taken away by death. In her sorrow ' , „ , .. » „
. . . J ,,,, . . . . ... ton government. Reduction of arma
she went to Elisha and he restored the i K . , . ,,
child’s life. I ment is a constant issue, and so is the
4. Heals Deadly Pottage (Chap. 4; (world court, but Borah and Pepper
88-41). In time of famine they made have been reminded by the Democrats
u vegetable soup from whatever grow- , that 54 nations representing most of
Ing plants they could find. By mistake t he population and most of the civil-
a poisonous plant had been gathered. ized governments of the World are
By putting meal into the pot, the soup business t Geneva , Switzer-
wa8 made healthful. i * , , _ . XT ..
5. Fed One Hundred Men (Chap 4: I land ’ under the Lea,?ue ° f Natl ° ns ’
42-44). To the astonishment of ids at
tendant, he fed one hundred men with
twenty barley cakes and a sack of un
cooked grain.
6. He Healed Nnaninn, the Leper
(Chap. 5:1-19). At the Instance of a
captive Jewish maid, Naannui, the
great Syrian general, was brought
Colored Easter eggs continue to play
in important part in the celebration of
he day. The colored eggs, packed in
v dainty colored basket, appeal to the
middles.
and that with our Government and
people divided concerning this going-
institution, any “world conference”
proposals that some concrete idea
may be evolved that will bring polit
ical support to the Republicans who
are standing for the Harding pro-
fnto touch witl^ElIsha! Without even P osal of American participation in
coining to see Naatnan Elisha, through the World Court, but against this
bis servant, bade him dip seven times suggestion the friends of the League
In the Jordan. He obeyed and was In- re tort: “We saw it first.” All that
stantly healed. | certain is that these international
„ Ke *°.yT Ij0St , ^ xe (Cbap - questions are looming high''in the
6:1-0. \Vhlle the sons of the prophets and th ey are cer-
were cutting timber to enlarge their p , . , .
quarters, the head of n borrowed axe ta ' n ^ ave a material icaiing on
election results in November. So
naturally there is haste in Washing
ton, right now, to sweeten up these
political nutriments before the na
tional political conventions occur in
June.
Our Successors.
It is beautiful Springtime in Wash
ington, and the Capital City is at
its best. Incoming railroad trains
are unloading large excursion parties
of high school boys and girls, who
are coming in groups to enjoy their
Easter vacation days. They are a
satisfying lot, because strength of
character is registered on the counte
nances of these young people.
A good deal of loose criticism ex
ists concerning the girls growing up
today, and the flapper and the cigar
ette-smoker gets about all the right
eous condemnation that she deserves.
Dare-devil boys with bootleg flasks
on their hips have just as hard a
time in explaining their methods of
conduct. One would suppose to hear
some people talk that the entire youth
of the land was semi-demoralized.
But that is because bad boys and
girls are talked about most, while
good boys and girls are simply taken
for granted.
So it is interesting to watch these
throngs of excursionists who always
come by the thousands at this time of
flew from the handle and wns lost In
the muddy waters. When shown the
place Elisha cast a stick into the wa
ter nnd the axe floated to the sur
face.
III. Elisha’s Heavenly Defenderc
(II Kings 6:8-23).
This shows the secret of Elisha’s
power.
1. The Syrian King Sorely Troubled
(vv. 8-12). The king directing war
fare against Israel. He located camps
so as to Intercept Israel’s army.
Through Elisha God made known the
enemy’s movements (v. 9).
2. The Syrian King Tries to Trap
Ellslm, but. though surrounded by the
Syrian army, u mightier host of heav
enly defenders were round about him.
3. The Syrian Army Trapped. Elisha
led the Syrian army into Samaria. He
ordered that they should be fed and
sent back to their land.
He Came to Save Sinners
When a prominent man dies, we are
anxious to get bis last words and acts.
The last act of the Son of God was to
save a sinner. That was a part of the
glory of His death. He commenced
His ministry by saving siuners, and
ended It by saving this poor thief.—
D. L. Moody.
Inexcusable
Most people will excuse anything
quicker than an apology.—Christian
Herald.
the year to see the Capitol of their
country. Really they aren’t much
difference from their mothers and
fathers who came here twenty or
twenty-five years ago as members of
their own school parties. The new
crop has a broader outlook and they
wouldn’t be keeping up with civiliz
ation if they hadn’t speeded up a lit
tle. Their parents came here with a
return trip ticket, a few sandwiches
and hard-boiled eggs, and about five
dollars apiece to “spend on having a
good time.” But of course this meth
od has gone.
The boys and girls who came from
their schools to Washington on these
Spring days show a keener interest
in the affairs of the Nation than their
parents did. They are interested in
seeing the Government buildings, and
you could hardly drag one of them
back home unless there had been a
side-trip to Mount Vernon, the home
of George Washington; and to the
National Cemetery, where thousands
of the nation’s soldier heroes are
buried. They go to the White House,
where their Presidents have lived;
they visit the botanic gardens and
loiter through the Capitol grounds,
and get fine thrills out of the fact
that here they discover nearly all
varieties qf trees and flowers. No
one ever heard of one of these young
sters being accused of misconduct, or
landing in the police station. And
maybe their parents did not have
quite so enviable a record.
So why worry about the few wild
eccentricities that attract attention
to part of the younger population of
today. The vast majority of boy3
and girls are as highminded and
worthy as the generations that pre
ceded them. As a matter of fact
there was a lamentable lack of per
fection among the youths “of our
days.” A lot of adults unblushingly
admit that they were not always so
perfect as they seem now to be.
Rubber Tires and Troubles.
One of the big rubber companies
in its annual report shows an in
crease of over ten per cent in its
business for 1923 as compared with
1922. It speaks hopefully of the
future for the reason that it has been
working out of tire production into
other kinds of rubber goods.
The rubber industry has been spec
tacular in many respects. For a few
years the rubber companies made a
great deal of money out of tires, and
they built their hopes for the future
on owning the foreign sources of the
raw products, and they shipped these
raw products to the United States
for manufacturing purposes. Well
organized sales companies completed
the chain of the industry; and the
whole business was made possible
through huge issues of stocks and
bonds. It looked like easy money for
a long time, but the rose-hued re
ports to stockholders do not stack
up with the tales of woe that are
told by people who bought and held
the stock, and saw it tumble to the
lower depths. In the sugar game
the refining and sales business is kept
apart from the plantation end of the
game. Coffee exporters also play
safe from “foreign entanglements.”
This is equally true with most indus
tries. But rubber stretched out to
hold the weight of all kinds of foreign
relations. And if the rubber hand
does not “bust” some people will be
lucky.
CENT A WORD ADS
Advertisements under this head are
charged for at the rate of one cent
a word, though no adv. will be in*
erted one time for less than 25c.
special rates by the month or more
han one week.
FOR RENT—Two rooms suitable for
light housekeeping. Call Mr. Ev
ans at Phone 23.
C. & L. BOLL
WEEVIL POISON
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Barnwell, S. C.
Nov. 26, 1923.
Crawford & Luke,
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sirs:
I began using your poison immedi
ately after cotton had been “chopped
out.” I used it three times at ten
days’ intervals. From ten acres
poisoned, 12,097 pounds of seed cot
ton was gathei'ed. I consider this
result was due to the POISON used.
Adjoining farms on which no poison
was used did not yield as much cot
ton, the average yield being one-half
bale to the acre.
Yours very truly,
Adv. L. A. CAVE.
CHICKENS WANTED—Best market
price paid for friers and hens. Ap
ply Knox Hotel, Thomson, Ga.
FOR SALE—Cabbage Plants, Onion
Plants, Tomatoes. Apply at old
Progress office, near Thrasher &
Wilkerson. W. T. McGahee.
HAND DECORATED GIFTS FOR
Easter, graduation or other occa
sions; also party favors made to
order. Phone 112. Mrs. Hugh Ghess-
ling.
LADIES WORK AT HOME, pleas
ant, easy sewing on your machine.
Whole or part time. Highest pos
sible prices paid. For full informa
tion address L. Jones, Box 2, Olney,
111.
FOR SALE—One DeLaval Cream
Separator, used very little, at a
bagain. J. C. Hinton, Route 2, Thom
son, Ga. 4-4 3t
COLLEDGF. NO. 1 COTTON SEED,
about 35 bushels for sale. Apply
Watson Usry, Dearing, Ga., Route 2.
FOR SALE—Seed Velvet Beans, 90
day speckle. M. W. Farr.
4-11 2t
FOR SALE—50 bushels of College
No. 1 cotton seed at $1.50 per
bushel. Pure seed, privately ginned,
one year from State Agricultural Col
lege. J. Q. West. 4-ll-2t
Fresh shipment of
Whitman’s Candy for
Easter just received at
Mathews Drug Co.
NOTICE.
After several months rest to re
gain my health I have decided to
open an office over the Thomson!
Hardware Co. for the purpose of
practicing medicine. For years I
have given special attention to the
treatment of the diseases of children.
All office practice given special ser
vice. Visits out of the city by special
arrangement At night I can be
found at the residence of Mrs. P. P.
Maddox, 731 Black street.
W. W. TERRELL, M. D.
FOR SALE—I have several chain
feed Guano Distributors and Gant
’lanters to sell cheap; also spring
tooth and spike Cultivators. P. S.
Cnox. 3-28-4t
JERSEY MALE FOR SERVICE—
Fee $1.00, fee to be paid when
served. J. C. Dollar, Route 2, one
mile from town. 3-28 4t
"OR RENT—Apartments at 712
Jackson street. Mrs. II. S. Norris.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
To the voters of McDuffie County:
I will be a candidate for Repre
sentative, pending the action of the
white primary and subject to your
and its action. Faithfully yours to
command.
JOE DeMEDICIS.
$1.00 Saved, Bank It!
Now look what a dime will get at
our place. For 10c you can buy a
belt, a pocketbook, a pair of ear
screws, a bead necklace, a pocket
knife, a harp, a pipe, a cigarette hold
er, a set of collar buttons, a pair of
cuff buttons, a pair of cuff links, a
collar pin, a scarf pin, a clutch pen
cil, 100 phonograph needles, a watch
fob, a shaving brush, a hair brush, a
clothes brush, a tooth brush, tooth
paste, face powder, rouge, men’s
socks, ladies’ hose, baby stockings,
powder puff, shoe polish, chair bot
toms,, arm bands, sock supporters,
watch fobs, tablespoons, 3 spools
thread, hair pins, ink, rubber heels,
rubber sponges, rings, pencil sharp
ener, glass cutters, bracelets, per
fume, talcum powder, pacifier, hair
nets, dolls, barrettes, tweezers.
Have added a line of dry goods;
nothing over 10c a yard.
Baby kid shoes 50c a pair; ladies’
silk hose from $1 to S2.50 a pair;
ladies silkene umbrellas $2.50 each.
Nice line of percolators, enamelled
ware, dishes. See our complete line
of pocket knives, razors, watches,
watch chains, clocks and high grade
jewelry. Repairing a specialty.
J. W. FLETCHER
Central Ave. Thomson, Ga.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE—On
sale in Thomson at J. W. Fletcher’s
Jewelry Store, Central Ave. Deliv
ered by carrier to your home every
morning at 18c per week. tf
SHOW STOCK DIVIDENDS.
Stock dividends totaling $2,328,-
702,915 were issued by the 109,311
corporations making income tax re
turns in 1922, according to a report
sent to the Senate by the Treasury
in response to a resolution by Sen
ator Jones of New Mexico, demo
crat, of the finance committee. The
29,628 corporations making fragmen
tary returns reported net income of
$1,197,500,436, cash dividends of
$249,459,248 and stock dividends of
$382,758,784.
Flour! Flour! Flour!
95c 24 lbs., every sack
guaranteed. City Mar
ket Co.
Let The Progress Do Your Job
Pirnting.