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CD JLUME XXV.
DEMOCRATS END OFFICERS CHOSEN
STATE MEETING FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Atlanta, Ga., April 23.—Georgia
will be represented at the national
Democratic convention at New York
in June by fifty-six delegates, with
one-half vote each, chosen by the
state convention here today. One-
fourth of the delegation elected are
women.
Immediately following adjourn
ment of the convention, the national
delegates unanimously elected Maj.
John S. Cohen, of the Atlanta Journ
al, national Democratic committee
man from Georgia succeeding Clark
Mr. Roy J. Johnson was elected
General Chairman of the Thomson
Chautauqua Association at a meeting
held at the Ci.y ....til on April 18th,
at which the advan e representative
of the Radcliffe Chautauqua, Mr.
Harold D. McCoy, v.., present. Other
officers elected were:
J. T. Neal, Secretary and Treas
urer.
Mrs. Estelle Martin, Ticket Chair
man.
C. F. Hunt, Publicity.
Chas. E. Lokey, Tent Arrange-
Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution, ments Chairman.
and Mrs. Edgar Alexander, of Atlan- i J. S. Boyd, in charge of lights.
ta, national committeewoman from
Georgia, succeeding Mrs. Frank Mc-
Intire, of Savannah.
The election of Mr. Cohen and Mrs.
Alexander followed framing of a
resolution by the convention commit-
J. T. Bryan, Roy W. Lovelace, Paul
A. Bowden, in charge of seats and
stage.
J. B. Boyd, in charge of piano.
The Chantauqua Director for this
year will be Miss Lucile Dvorak, of
tee, which was confirmed on the floor Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Dvorak is a
of the meeting, recommending the harming young lady and an experi-
selections. j enced Chautauqua worker. She will
Preliminary organization was ac- arrive in Thomson three days before
complished with dispatch shortly af- the opening of the program and will
ter Chairman G. E. Maddox, of Rome, remain during the entire program,
called the gathering to order. The She is a trained play-ground worker
convention then adjourned for dis- and will hold a Junior Chautauqua for
trict caucusing, the delegates report- j the children, free,
ing back shortly after noon. j The Chautauqua guarantors for
Judge Newt A. Morris, of Mariet- ! this year are:
ta, was unanimously selected as j Roy W. Lovelace, Mrs. Estelle Mar-
chairman and delivered the keynote ; tin, John T. West, B. I. Lewis, H. P.
address, eulogizing the late President j Schneider, Roy J. Johnson, J. T.
Woodrow Wilson and lauding William i Bryan, Paul A. Bowden, Knox Hotel,
G. McAdoo. C. E. Brown, of Cor- j Mrs. Lulu Farmer, M. W. Dunn, J.
dele, was made convention secretary, ; T. Neal, J. F. Smalley, J. B. Boyd,
with two assistants. i Chas. E. Lokey, C. F. Hunt, J. E.
Judge W. A. Covington, of Colquitt j Gross, J. S. Boyd, W. W. Hardaway.
County, served as chairman of the j The Chautaqua will be here May
committee on resolutions, and John 2nd, 3rd and 5th. Arrangements
T. West, of McDuffie County, was
chairman of the credentials commit
tee.
The convention adopted resolutions
instructing the national delegation to
vote as a unit for McAdoo until elect
ed; recommending the repeal of the
Fordney-McCumber tariff bill and the
present federal tax system and the
enactment of laws providing for aid
to agriculture, even-handed justice to
all and relentless prosecution of
wrongdoing in official circles; tender
ing sympathy of the conv ntion to
the family of George F. Milton, of
Chattanooga, manager of the McAdoo
campaign in Tennessee, who died
suddenly a few hours before the con
vention.
Delegates to the national conven
tion include eight delegates from the
State at large, named by the conven
tion and four delegates from each of
the twelve congressional districts.
One woman delegate was selected
from each district. Nominations
were prepared in caucuses and sub
mitted on the floor of the convention,
where they ..•ere ratified.
are being made for using the Chau
tauqua tent on Sunday, May 4th, for
some kind of Union church service.
Hours for the entertainments will
be 4 o’clock in the afternoon and
8:30 at night.
Admission: Adult Season Ticket,
$2.00; Child’s Season Ticket, $1.00;
Single Admission, 75 cents.
Radcliffe Chantauqua Lectures.
In accordance with the well estab
lished and approved custom inaugur
ated several yeras ago by the Rad
cliffe Chautauqua System, the entire
lecture personnel of the system is
uniting its efforts to contribute some
thing definite to the life of our com
mon ty. The Radcliffe lectures are
not selected because of some bit of
notoriety, political or otherwise, but
because of their ability to discuss
the selected topics of the year in a
forceful and eloquent manner, and
leave behind them thoughts which are
worth while.
The first day lecturer will be Dr.
Harry Hibschman. Dr. Hibschman
is known from coast to coast as one
of the most eloquent lecturers to be
Delegates named from the Tenth ( found on the Chautauqua platform,
district are: Mrs. Annie Wright, 1 In the afternoon he will speak on
Richmond county; John T. West, Mc
Duffie; D. B. Lovett, Washington;
W. B. Pierce, Richmond.—Macon
Telegraph.
the subject, “That Something With
in,” and at night on “Broken Bar
riers.” He will be followed on the
second day by Dr. Daniel H. Martin,
well known Washington Minister and
popular lecturer, who will discuss,
“The End of the Rainbow” and “The
Dawn of Civilization.” The series
of lectures will be closed by Dr. Al
bert Marion Hyde on the third day,
, 4 oi • , -i who will speak about “That Old Gang
Since last Sunday special revival i „ \ .. , ,
, , . . ., of Mine” in the afternoon, and at
services have been m progress at the . , , ^
/• | night on “Better Tomorrow.” Dr.
Methodist church. Dr. Fraser, of I B . „ , . ,. ,
rp 0 | Hyde is well known from his home
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT M.E. CHURCH
Augusta, is doing the preaching,
hear him one knows that God is in
the message. They are soul stirring
and meeting with hearty response.
Bro. Robins is lending every effort,
praying and working for a great
revival.
The hearty cooperation of Bro.
Kiser and members of the Baptist
church, and Bro. Burnett of the
Thomson circuit is very much appre
ciated.
There will b'e a special service for
men Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
Subject, “Tragedies of Sin.” Let
every man who possibly can be pres
ent, not only the men of Thomson,
but of McDuffie county and surround
ing community. This is not a meet
ing just for Thomson or the Meth-
in Boston to the Pacific Coast, and it
will be a great pleasure to have him
on our program.
The Chautauqua Committee urges
every one in the community to get
behind it in this effort to bring some
thing worth-while to our town. The
best way to do this is to buy a sea
son ticket, which will admit the
bearer to every lecture and enter
tainment session of the entire Chau
tauqua at a rate very much reduced
from the single admission charges.
GOES TO ATLANTA FOR TREAT
MENT.
Dr. Sterling Gibson left the early
part of the week for Atlanta, where
he goes for eye treatment. His many
odist' church; it is God’s meeting. | fiends hope that he will get^early
Let everybody cooperate and make j and permanent relief from the trou-
it a glorious revival. | ble with his e y e -. Three weeks ag0
There will be special services an uncer formed :n his light eye and
Tuesday afternoon and Thursday af
ternoon for young people. Be pres
ent at these services and let’s look
forward to a great ingathering of
souls.
souls. J- T. P,
Mr. Claude Birchmore has been in
Lincolnton for the past two weeks
assisting in the publication of the
Lincoln Journal.
has caused him much suffering.
FARMERS BUSY.
With the opening up of spring and
the bright sunny days of the past
week, farmers have been given an
opportunity to do a lot toward plant
ing their crops.
Farming activity- in the county ap
pears to be a little above that of the
past few years.
The DIGEST
Washington, D. C., April 24.
Muscle Siioals.
The Hooker-Whit? -Atterbury pro
posal for the purchase of Muscle
Shoals has put new life in the devel
opment proposition, and has served
to drive another nail in the coffin of
Henry Ford’s expectations. As has
been readily poinetd out in the serv
ice, there is but slight likelihood of
any further advancement of the so-
called “Ford offer,” the outstanding
reason for its failure to gain in leg
islative favor being due to the fact
that Mr. Ford wants a very big
“something for nothing.” The hear
ings have been very informative to
many Senators, who are finally get
ting through their heads what this
servee told a year ago, that one fea
ture of the Detroiter’s ocer was to get
about a hundred million dollars
worth of Government improvements
on the Tennessee River for five mil
lion dollars. And that’s only a part
of the contribution that the senti
mental Ford boosters would make to
the automobile magic-man.
A Permanent Oil Policy.
Administrative heads of the Gov
ernment acting under the leadership
of George Otis Smith of the Geolog-
ial Survey, are again trying to create
a permanent oil policy. Looking
after the needs of the navy is again
put forth as a matter of necessary
prenaredness and an emergency.
Only a measly million and a half
barrels of oil are required yearly for
peace-time operations, and forty mil
lion barrels for war period. When
Roosevelt was President he saw the
same need for a permanene oil
policy that now exists and he in
itiated the naval oil reserves, which
exploded under Fall’s “friendly pol
icy,” leaving the people of today
dripping in the seepage of “investi
gations.”
The official facts show that there
is a great over-production of oil, and
that an American shortage of oil is
among the certainties of the future.
It is as plain as a. b. c. to the initiat
ed that there must be either “conser
vation” of oil through a permanent
policy of Government control, or that
trouble lies ahead.
It is the old story of a few “get
ting while getting is good,” and
the depleting of oil properties is
merely a repetition of the willful
waste that has occurred with refer
ence to natural resources like timber
and coal.
The hope of the situation does not
rest alone in official agitation by weli-
rneaning agencies like the Geological
Survey, but to this well meaning
protector of American rights there
is added the plea of business interests
like Standard Oil. Continued com
mercial success in the oil business is
threatened unless a sensible perma
nent oil policy is adopted.
Hearings On The World Court.
A sub-committee of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Senate
is to engage in extensive hearings
on the World Court proposition. No
one need to entertain any delusions
regarding this matter. It is very
successfully enmeshed in the politi
cal entanglements at Washington,
and it is a one-sided bet that there
will be no action by the senate with
reference to American participation
in the World Court until the next
general election. We may, however,
get “too much” political discussion
out of the new hearings.
Fluorspar And Magnesite.
The shipments of fluorspar in the
United States in 1923, according to a
statement of the Geological Survey,
showed a decrease of 10 per cent in
quantity and 3 per cent in total
value as compared with 1922. The
reported average selling price f. o.
b. mine shipping point increased from
$17.88 in 1922 to $20.09 in 1923.
Colorado and New Mexico were the
only States that showed an increase
in 1923. The decrease in shipments
in Illinois amounted to 23 per cent.
The magnesite material marketed
in the United States in 1923 from
domestic mines was equivalent to
147,250 short tons of crude mag
nesite, valued at ^1,103,700, an in
crease of 104 per cent in quantity
and 93 per cent in value as compared
with the quantity marketed in 1922.
Bread-Weight Law Declared Invalid.
Nebrask’s law prescribing the max
imum as well as the minimum weight
of loaves of bread was declared in
valid by the United States Supreme
Court. The opinion of the court is
hat it would be unreasonable “to
prevent unwrapped bread being furn
ished to those who want it in order
technically to comply, with a weight
regulation and to keep within the
limits of tolerance so narrow as to
require that ordinary evaporation be
retarded by wrapping or other arti
ficial means. Imposition through
short weights readily could have been
dealt with in a direct and effective
way.”
Report Of Experts On Reclamation.
Enactment of legislation for the
relief of settlers on government
reclamation projects is expected to
result from the report of the Interior
Department’s special advisory com
mittee of experts, which has been
disbanded after (presenting its re
port, on a six-month study of the
problem, to Secretary Work of the
Interior Department. Complete over
hauling of the government’s recla
mation program, involving charging
off as a total loss of $27,391,146 of
the approximately $150,000,000 in
vested, and providing relief measures
for farmers and protection of furth
er federal expenditures, is urged in
tbo report of the special advisory
committee on reclamation submitted
lo Secretary of the Interior Work.
What The World Wants.
Specific inquiries for American
goods are received by the United
States Department of Commerce. 'T
obtain the confidential information i.
s necessary only for American ex
porters to apply to the nearest office
of the Bureau of Domestic and For
■ign Commerce, giving the number
or numbers of the inquiry or inquir
ies in which they are interested.
Highway Officials Answer Criticism
Lack of understanding of the sig
nificance of highway cost figures is
often the cause of unjust criticism o
highway officials, says the Bureau o
Public Roads, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Differences in
cost are often due to differences in
hickness of pavement, width of road
way, drainage structures, grading,
length of haul of materials and the
care with which the material is pre
pared and placed in the roadway.
The United States Bureau of Public
Roads gives figures of road work in
which the quantities per mile are as
follows. Grading 8,000 cubic yards
high type surfacing, 10,5GO square
yards and 75 cubic yards of concrete
for drainage structures. Taking av
erage prevailing prices it is estimat
ed the mileage of road which could
be built with $100,000 varies in dif
ferent parts of the United States
from 1.9 miles to three miles. The
taxpayers will naturally wish to in
form themselves about such matters,
but comparisons should be thorough
rather than superficial.
To Sell Big War Plants.
Three huge Government owned
plants, which cost more than $10,-
000,000 when constructed for war
time uses, are to be sold under orders
of Secretary of War Weeks These
are the Morgan General Ordinance
Depot at South Amboy, New Jersey,
costing over $2,000,000, to be sold
April 29; Camp Knox Kentucxy,
costing $2,250,000,to be. sold May 6,
and the Amatol Ordinance Reserve
Depot at Ilammonton, New Jersey,
costing $6,350,000, to be sold May 12.
In none of these plants is the land to
be included in the sale.
Packers Would Void “Consent
Decree.”
The Swift and Armour interests
have filed in court a brief declaring
void the famous “consent by decrees”
by which in 1920 the “Big Five”
packers agreed to divest themselves
of various commercial activities not
directly connected with the packing
industry.
The Immigration Bill.
The sensational feature of Japan
ese exclusion overshadowed the pass
age of the immigration bill of 1924
by the Senate, which acted practic
ally unanimous. A strange feature
of the bill was the Simmons amend
ment, authorizing immigration au
thorities to give preference to farm
labor when any State certifies a
shortage exists in that necessity.
Other industries like steel and coal,
looked for similar help, but only the
farmers got the “bunk.” “Farm
labor” in Europe usually becomes a
part of New York’s East Side when
it arrives on this side of the big
waters.
AUGUSTA DIRECTORY.
Attention is called to the Augusta
Director published elsewhere in this
issue. Our people who have to order
anything from the city will find this
directory of a great deal of conven-
snee.
NOTES FROM THE
COUNTY AGENT
CORN CLUB.
The corn club now numbers 50 (
members. The contest is on and all
eyes are eagerly watching to see who
will capture the three prizes of $100,
$50 and $25 offered by the business
men for the most corn per acre on
5 acres. There may be additional
prizes offered, and we are hoping
hat more farmers will join and help
themselves and the county there-by.
Mr. George Reeves has caught the
spirit of the contest and offers a bar
becue to all club members if we will
raise the quota to 100 members.
There is yet time; send in your name
and lets make this the biggest, most
interesting and instructive contest
ever held in the State. Every mem
her bring in a member and lets have
>00 acres in contest corn this year
Lets eat barbecue with Mr. Reeves
this summer.
SOY BEANS, A GOOD MONEY
CROP THIS YEAR.
Much has been said in favor of
he soy bean as a crop, and it is mos
ertainly sure to displace the cowpe
•vhon the farmer has given it a triai
uul learns its merits. Out of som.
housand varieties brought over from
hina the two beans giving the bes
iold of hay are the Laredo and O
oo-tan. In tests conducted at th
'allege of Agriculture over a perio
f six years, the Laredo gave an aver
ge of 1!) bushels per acre, wher
>wn 1 1-2 tons of hay. The O-too
m yielded 10 bushels per acre an
here sown for hay 1.6 tons. Th
-too-tan gives slightly more hay bu
not as good a yielder of seed a
oe Laredo.
Mr. Worley Graham, of Washing
on, Ga., planted one gallon on one
ere and produced 24 bushels, which
old for $10 per bushel, netting him
lear above all expenses over $200.
Ir. Barnett, of Barnett-Paschal Seen
lo., told the county agent Tuesday
hat Wilkes county produced 1,000
jushels last year that sold for be-
ween $10 and $12 per bushel.
One bushel of Laredos or O-too-
ans will plant 8 to 10 acres and will
ow two acres They can be planted
my time between May 1st and Au
gust and are grown similar to cow-
'Oas. They have the advantage over
owpeas in yield and quality of seed
md hay. Seed prices are consider-
.bly above cowpeas. They require
bout the same amount of labor and
ttention. They require better land
han peas but make a better hay that
; easier harvested.
The soy bean’s place on the farm
o that of a hay crop. The velvet
iean is unexcelled as a forage where
tpek are allowed to harvest it.
I have an offer from a reliable con
cern of $4 per bushel for every bushel
>f Laredo or O-too-tans grown in this
county this year. Some 50 acres
have been planned. Seed will sell for
above $5 per bushel this fall. Why
not plant soybeans on your better
land and cow peas on the poorer
place? Double yield and double
prices attend the growth of these
varieties. Why not plant a few acres
this spring? Let your county agent
help you buy the seed.
Though one of the smallest coun
ties in the State, McDuffie ranks 10th
as to number of club boys and girls
enrolled so far. We have a total of
94 to date. Come on kids, lets make
it an hundred.
Beef scrap is an essential food
constituant in poultry feeds. There
are many food mixtures to be made
at not more than 3c per pound, if
we had beef scrop. We have been
offered attractive prices and will
order soon. Two men have ordered
one ton. Now is your opportunity
to get beef scrap at $65 per ton, too.
How much do you want?
The county agent can get you good
discounts on sprayers, dusters, baby
chicks and other things. Make your
needs known.
Perfume and Powder Used
A Baris statistician has figured out
that the women of that city use an
average of three-fourths of an ounce
of perfume and about the same quan
tity of face powder every week.
Leaaville titgnest City
Leadville, Col., is the highest city
in the United States, being i.014 f^et
above seu level. There are other sei
tlements that have greater altitudes
but they are not classed us cities
WILL RECOUNT
VQTESSATURDAY
At the hearing last Saturday *f
mntentinos brought forth by Mr. 0#
F. Fuller in the vote for County
School Superintendent In the pri"
nary election of March 19th it wa*
decided that a recount of the VOt*g
was necessary, and that those vote*
cast for Mr. Dunn by the voter* to
I'homson bo thrown out.
Mr. Fuller was one of three aepif*
ants for the office of County School
Superintendent, Messrs. M. W. Duttfl
and E. B. Lazenby being the other*/
Mr. Dunn won the nomination accord"
ing to the count. Mr. Fuller claimed
Mr. Dunn’s vote would be materially
changed by throwing out the Thonl"
son vote, which he alleged to be ill*"
gal. His contentions were sustained
as to illegality of Thomson people
bein gallowed to vote, and the r*"
count will be made tomorrow, Satuf"
ay, April 26th.
THE THOMSON HI
BASEBALL TEAM
By BEN NEAL.
Thomson Will endeavor to priz*
open her baseball season Friday/
April 25th, playing the Augusta
Shamrocks. Rain has interfeared
with the last three games attempted#
hamrock beat Thomson Hi twice to
ootball and broke even in basket
ball. Thomson has four games schO"
iuled with them in baseball and at*
determined to avenge their defeat*
in football.
The prospects this year are th*
brightest that the school has evetf
had. They boast of having th*
best infield of any high school tedttt
n this vicinity, and there is not muefr
room for improvemnet in the out*3f
garden. At the receiving end of th*
ine is Leonard Lokey. He can mak*
many college catchers sit up and
ake notice. Besides being an OX•
cellent player he is a terrific hitter#
On first base we have Erbie Hunt#
He is one of the quickest and best
i'rst basemen that Thomson ha? cv*
had.
On second base is our brightost
prospect, Jimmie Curtis. Although
this is his first year in base ball, h*
handles himself at second and at th*
bat like a major leaguer.
At short is Herman Palmer,, who**
perfect batting and fielding needs 110
explanation.
The last corner is held down by
John Hill, who seems to delight to
making the grandstand rise to It*
feet with his thrilling and daring
plays.
In the outfield we have Linsoy
Harding, Eugene Dunn and Clayton
Goolsby.
The people of Thomson are urgdd
to patronize these games and give
the team your support.
Thomson has six games already
scheduled and more will soon b*
added. The schedule up to this ttol*
is as follows:
April 25th—Shamrock in Thomson#
May 2nd—Shamrock in Augusta#
May 6th—Stapleton in Thomson#
May 9th—Stapleton in Stapleton#
May 13th—Shamrock in Thomson.
May 16th—Shamrock in August*#
DEATH OF MR. W. B. REYNOLDS#
Mr. William B. Reynolds, living
about four miles northeast of ThoMI"
son, died Friday morning at b'.ltr
o’clock after an illness of several
months. He had long been a r**i"
dent of this county and reared *
large family of boys and girls.
He is survived by his wife find
eight children, most of whom ar#
living in different parts of the court"
try. Misses Louise and Julia and
Mr. Walter Reynolds live in Wash*
ington, D. C.; Mr. Homer Reynold*
lives in Florida; Miss Agnes i* to
school at Milledgeville. Kittie, Boy"
kin and Steve, younger children# af*
at home.
Interment will be in the Harleift
cemetery Saturday afternoon.
Street Tax Due.
Street tax will be due Thursday#
May 1st, and if not paid on or bd"
fore May the 10th, an additional Stlltt
of 50 cents will be charged andcas**
made against all defaulters. All
male persons between the ago* of
16 and 50 are subject to this tax.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
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