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®h t 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. 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