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CHICKEN SALE FOR
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The next chicken sale for Thomson
will be pulled off next Wednesday,
May 7th.
Attention is called to the announce
ment of the sale in this issue of The
Progress, which will be found on the
fifth page.
These sales are attracting a great
deal of attention throughout this sec
tion. Those who have patronized the
previous ones declare they get better
prices for their chickens, and that
they have the advantage of selling
all kinds of fowls, thus giving them
the opportunity of culling out their
flocks.
Be sure to read the announcement
and patronize the merchants who
are making the advertising of the
sale possible.
The McDuffie County Democratic
Executive Committee met at the
court house last Saturday to recount
the votes for County Superintendent
of Schools which were polled in the
primary election of March 19th. The
recount gave the following results,
after the Thomson vote was thrown
out;
M. W. Dunn 194
B. F. Fuller 315
E. B. Lazenby 265
After the results were determined,
the committee declared Mr. Fuller
the nominee.
Revival Services At M.
E. Church Close
Friday.
Today (Friday) brings to a close
the great gatherings at the Meth
odist church, which have been in
progress for the last two weeks—
but the revival still lingers.
It«was a beautiful sight to see the
offices, shops and business houses
close at 10 o’clock and the great
throng of men and women hurrying
to the church to join in the services.
Dr. Fraser goes home today, but
his memory, the influences of his
wonderful messages, will remain.
Thirty-one had united with the
church up to Thursday evening, who
will be received Sunday morning.
Several others are expected to be
added to this list.
There has been that beautiful
spirit of cooperation that God could
smile on, and we trust that this is
only the beginning of God’s glorious
work in Thomson. J- T. P.
THOMSON EASILY DEFEATS
SHAMROCK.
Shamrock went down before the
Thomson High team last Friday to
the tune of 13 to 2.
Thomson expected a tough pull
with the Augusta boys, and at the
opening of the game it looked like
it would be a one-sided affair, for
Shamrock made her two runs in the
first of the game. But after that
Thomson tore their hopes into shreds
by piling up six runs in one inning
and then adding on to the score run
after run till the lucky number 13
was reached.
Thomson has a good team and it
is doubtful if any of the semi’s in
this section are going to be able to
hold them a light.
The boys go down to Augusta to
day to give Shamrock another try
out.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH.
Next Sunday will be “Roll Call”
day at the Baptist church. Regular
services will be held in the morning
at which hour the pastor will preach
on “Why I Am a Baptist.” Dinner
will be served at the church at 2:30
P. M. A church conference will be
held and a roll of the members, old
and young, will be called. Every
member is expected to come and
bring dinner and answer to their
name at the afternoon meeting. At
night the pastor will preach on
“What It Means To Believe.” Let
us make this a great day in the his
tory of our church.
Device Calms Waves
To calm rough waters around ships
caught in storms, a southern man has
invented a spreader that sprays all
over a large area around the vessel
Pumped front a tank on deck, the '’'t'•
passes far out from the boat to tin
brella-like devii-es of canvas that ar '
set ffo.it n ike sea.
PEOPLE TO BE ENTERTAINED
WITH LECTURES, MUSIC
AND PLAYS.
Young folks, old folks, everybody
ome!
Where? Why, to the Chautauqua,
of course It's to be held in Thomson
May 2nd, 3rd and 5th, every after
noon and night, in the big khaki tent
tn the Government lot next to
thrasher & Wilkerson’s.
Reports from along* the line where
he Chautauqua has been held this
year announce it the best ever. A
raried program, guaranteed to please
each number of the famliy is prom
ised.
Friday comes the Plymouth Male
quartet, a fine group of singers who
have been with the Radcliffe organi
zation four seasons. They are sing-
. rs and instrumentalists, and give
two top-notch programs.
Dr. Harry Hibschman, Friday’s
speaker, is a writer and lawyer as
well as lecturer. His afternoon talk
.n “That Something Within,” and his
evening talk on “Broken Barriers”
u - e said to be real intellectual treats.
Rip Van Winkle, a four act classic,
is to be given Saturday night by the
Sprague players. The lovable vaga
bond, Rif), is played by Herbert
Sprague, who has played the part
more than 3000 times, and is conceded
the best Rip on the American stage
today. He wears the crown of Jos
eph Jefferson very gracefully.
In the afternoon the Spragues,
who are ably supported by Miss
Eunice Diller and Mr. John Steine,
perform a one-act comedy, “The
Duel.”
Saturday’s speaker is Dr. Daniel
H. Martin. His afternoon • talk is
“The End of the Rainbow,” and his
evening subject “The Dawn of Civi
lization.” He is a forceful speaker
of pleasing personality.
Monday is Fathers’ and Sons’ day.
Then Dr. Albert M. Hyde, Chautau-
’qua director, will speak in the after
noon on “That Old Gang of Mine,”
and in the Evening on “The Better
Tomorrow.” His talks are gripping.
The musical feature Monday is a
series of two concerts by the Clarke
Novelty Company. Mrs. Edith M.
Clarke is a former Keith vaudeville
star and can play almost any instru
ment under the sun. Her assistant,
Miss Irene Soule, has a beautiful
j soprano voice of lyric quality.
The Chautauqua is a community
project. It was brought here by a
group of public-spirited men and
women, anxious for Thomson to have
the very best there is in entertain
ment.
Season tickets are now being sold
at $2.00 for adults, and $1.00 for
children. Single admissions are 75
cents for grownups and 25 cents for
children afternoons and 35 cents for
evenings.
Get your tickets now and be a
booster!
PARENT-TEACHERS TO MEET
TUESDAY, MAY 6TH.
The last Parent-Teachers meeting
for the present school term will be
held at the school auditorium Tues
day afternoon, May 6th, at three
o’clock.
The following program has been
arranged:
Subject: Education’s Responsibil
ity for Parenthood.
Community Singing.
Child Training—Mrs. Ira E. Farm
er and Rev. C. C. Kiser.
Reading—Mrs. W. C. McCom-
mons.
Parents and the School—Mrs. Kate
Houston.
Piano Solo—Martha Harrison.
BOXING MATCH AT ATHLETIC
CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT.
There will be another boxing
match at the Athletic Club Friday
light, this one to be contested by
Baxter Roper and Hubert Baker.
Young Roper defeated Jones last
Friday night in a boxing bout. The
boys enjoy these bouts and expect
to have something of the kind on the
program during the summer months.
Road Tax Notice,
Road tax is now due and can be
paid for $1.50 if paid on or before
May 10th. After that date $2.00 to
erybody. See the collector or call
at my office and pay before the 10th
,nd save money.
G. W. LOKEY,
Ordinary McDuffi: ^eurty.
DR. ALBERT MARION
HYDE
A great lecturer who ha*'
awoken before hundreds of
Chautauqua audiences in
practically every slate.
THE SPRAGUE PLAYERS WITH HERBERT SPRACUE •
s An All-Star Cast of professional actors, presenting "The Duel" and an artistic ro*
• -' a masterpiece—RIP VAN WINKLE.
CLARKE NOVELTY COMPANY
DR. DANIEL H.
MARTIN
Unusual programs of readings, soprano
and ct Ho solos, xylophotio selections and
the fascinating Musical Lyre.
An eloquent snonkor nlin Tim Chautauqua's Icailinq artist on tlu<
bandies his subjects with beautiful silver-toned Swiss Hand Bells,
more than the usual bril
liance and clarity of t houglit
THE PLYMOUTH MALE QUARTETTE
Standard and popular male quartette music by well blended voices. Impersonations,
soIoh, instrumental eusemblen and special musical features.
For many years one of the
most popular lectures on the
\mrneun platform l*oeau.*»e
of his masterful presenta
tion of reul messages.
CHAUTAUQUA SUPERINTENDENTS
SIDELIGHTS ON CHAUTAUQUA.
By Lucile Dvorak.
A genial smile, fine tenor v'oice,
and enviable swimming record. All
are possessed by Bill Payne, good-
natured first tenor with the Plymouth
Male Quartet, which gives two pro
grams Friday at the Radcliffe Chav.-
tauqua. The tent is pitched on the
site of the new postofficc.
This is Bill’s first year on the
Chautauqua platform, but ever since
he v.as knee-high to a duck’s instep
he’s been singing.
It’s all due to his friend, Led Sulli
van, he says. Leo is the basso-pianist
in the quartet.
“Leo and I have known each other
since pre-school days,” says Payne.
“He’s played the piano all his life,
and used to lispingly ask me to sing
with him, which I did.”
Both boys made their premiere in
Boston while in knee-pants.
Does Bill play musical instru
ments? Just the uke and the drum.
His ambition is to sing in musical
comedy.
He’s a very easy-going chap, and
disclaims any trend toward the art
istic temperament.
“I have no patience with it,” he
exclaims. “Artistic temperament—
bah; it’s just another name for bad
temper.”
Ballads and sentimental songs ap
peal to Bill more than jazz. And he
declares there are no songs like the
old ballads.
Bill’s eyes are blue, his hair a curl
ing black. And—secret—he never
wore a bow tie before this season.
With Dr. Harry Hibschman and
the other members of the Plymouth
Male Quartet, Payne leaves Saturday
for Edgefield, S. C.
A CONTEST FOR YOU, BOYS AND
GIRLS.
By Lucile Dvorak.
Get out your pencils and papers,
and put on your thinking caps.
Chautauqua will be held in Thom
son Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Chautauqua is just another word
for “good time.”
You’ll all want to be present, for
there is much there to interest you
all.
Here are four lines of a five-line
limerick. Add a last line to rhyme
with the first two. The three judged
best by the Chautauqua superintend
ent, Miss Lucile Dvorak, will be read
at Chautauqua Saturday night. Leave
them at the door of the tent when
you come to Chautauqua Friday and
Saturday.
Chautauqua is held in a tent.
Last season we children all went
We’re going this year
And never you fear
Add the last line, make it snappy
*and leave at the tent door.
Let's see n - ho can write the best
last line to the limerick!
Fast Traveling.
Friend (to road-hog, as a picturesque
hamlet in the distance'* —
•iff’"'*'—wasn’t ii?”
THE PLYMOUTH MALE
QUARTETTE.
The very first entertainment com-
ipaiiy to greet us at the Radcliffe
Chautauqua this year will be one of
the finest male quartettes to be found
in the American concert field today.
| During four seasons? the Plymouth
Male Quartette has toured the Rad-
eliffe Chautauqua circuits to the sat
isfaction of every town, and we are
fortunate in having it assigned to
our circuit this year.
The Plymouth Male Quartette
hails originally from Boston, the
great music center, and has an un
usually excellent combination of solo
voices which are made to blend with
effective ensemble effects. It is man
aged by Robert Davison, who wants
you to call him “Bob” as long as he
is in town, and with him arc three
splendid singers whose greatest joy
is to entertain on the Chautauqua
platform. Plenty of standard and
popular music will be on both after
noon and night programs, and several
of the old-time ballads so dear to the
heart of everybody. The Plymouth
Male Quartette turns itself into an
orchestra occasionally, and plays en
semble numbers on the trumpet,
banjo, saxophone and piano, and one
of the boys will show you how to turn
an ordinary hand-saw into a musical
instrument of wonderful tone. Im
personations and comedy sketches
are also on the programs, making
them highly interesting from begin
ning to end.
“RIP VAN WINKLE.”
“Rip Van Winkle,” by Washington
Irving, is one of America’s greatest
classics. Two men have been respon
sible for its unusual success as a
drama now known over the world for
its great lessons of truth and sobri
ety. These two men are Joseph Jef
ferson, the great actor who is long
since dead, and Herbert Sprague,
upon whose shoulders the mantle of
Jefferson has fallen. We are espec
ially fortunate, therefore, in having
Mr. Sprague and his company of
players on the second afternoon and
night of our Radcliffe Chautauqua
this year, and to have an opportunity
of seeing this famous American clas
sic given under the direction of Mr.
Sprague himself.
In the afternoon, the Sprague Play
ers will present a fascinating one-act
comedy called “The Duel,” and which
is full of intense dramatic situations.
At night they will give the great
comedy-drama, “Rip Van Winkle,”
in which Mr. Sprague will take the
part of “Rip” and Floy Mahan
Sprague the part of his second wife,
“Gretchen.” They will be supported
by Miss Eunice Diller and Mr. John
Stine, both of whom are splendid ac
tors, and the entire play of four acts
will be given from Joseph Jefferson’s
original manuscript.
The Chautauqua Committee is glad
to welcome this innovation on the
Radcliffe Chautauqua programs, and
hopes that everybody will avail him-
. eh o r this opportunity to hear an:!
see an eminent artist and actor.
Washington, D. C., April 30.
CONGRESS.
Senator Lodge and Representative
Longworth, Republican leaders of the
two branches of Congress, hnve call
ed at the White House to give the
President the information that Con
gress would adjourn before June 1.
Longworth said the House calendar
would be cleaned out by the report
ing out of the agricultural export
bill, the child labor bill, the general
deficiency bill, and the District of
Columbia bill. Mr. Longworth felt
confident of the position in the
House, because that branch of Con
gress grinds a coarse grist, leaving
in plenty of straw and brush to be
cleaned out when its legislative mess
got over to the Senate. Senator
Lodge has been too long on the job
to go into particulars in prophesying
. une adjournment. But in the upper
body there arc a number of approp
riation bills, the revenue bill, and
ihe measures en route from the
House. Of course Congress could ad
journ by June 1, as under high-pres
sure the Senate is capable of speeding
.tp legislation to the point where the
‘impossibilities” become accomplish
ments within a few days. Mr. Cool-
idge is continuing to “saw wood,”
and he has said that he will remain
in Washington this summer. At the
White House it. is believed that Con
gress will also continue in session
until Fall. Observers in Washington
.re accustomed to prophesies of early
adjournment at cherry-blossom-time
-but they are unconvinced this year,
is usual.
RADIO SPEECHES.
The “secret” is out that some of
he most prominent political leaders
of the country make their most con
vincing speeches by the use of the
radio. President Coolidge is one who
is helped by this modern device,
(which moves his mild steady voice up
to a splendid volume," thereby giving
to it a better expression on the air
than is received by his immediate
audience. This fact added to the
possibility of reaching great crowds
will make the coming national politi
cal campaign one to be fought out
largely on the air. The campaign
committees are making their plans
along this line.
CROPS.
Late corn planting is taking place
in the South; winter wheat is green
ing, and good but slow progress is
reported. Fall sown oats were badly
hurt by cold weather in the South,
and barley and rye suffered. Crop
reports to the Agricultural Depart
ment are favorable concerning spring
grains, potatoes, cotton planting, to
bacco, livestock and fruit trees.
There is expectancy that the labor
shortage will be increasingly felt on
the farms as the planting season ap
proaches.
PUBLIC UTILITY MONEY.
Financial estimates of “where the
money will come from” for the light
and power industry this year, inti
mate that $600,000,000 will be needed,
of which $50,000,000 will be supplied
from surplus earnings, and probably
$200,000,000 will come from “cus
tomer ownership.” $"400,000,000 will
be raised through the sale of bonds
and notes.
ledented volume, the per capita con
sumption of pork increased one pound
ler month, in 1923. The success of
he packers in meeting this situation
nd in preventing a disastrous fall
n the price received by the farmer*
onstituted a real public service.
LUMBERMEN RECEIVE OKEH.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
says that the lumber industry “now
eads all the industries in the United
Statesin its effort to establish rules
or fair dealing in the trade.” The
standardization program agreed up
on between the Commerce Depart
ment and the lumber trade commits
the entire lumber industry of the
country as well as all wood-working,
wood-using and consuming and dis
tributing industries to the adoption
of standard grades, sizes and nomen
clature and guaranteed inspection.
Under this program it is stated the
purchasing public will be able to buy
lumber intelligently and with the
guarantee that it will get what it
.vants.
IRON PRODUCTION.
The pig iron production of the
United States achieved a new high
record in 1923. It formed 62 per
ent of the world output last year as
against 40 per cent in 1913. The
National City Bank, in commenting
upon these figures, adds that the
Jnited States has about 20 per cent
of the “available” iron ore of the
■vorld. The statement concludes “the
fact that our supply of coal, neces
sary for transforming the ore into
ig iron, is far greater than that of
any other iron producing country
gives additional assurance that WO
are to continue at the head of the
ist of world producers of pig iron.”'
WELDING TOGETHER FOREIGN
OFFICIALS.
The regulation of interdepartmen
tal relations is sought to be obtain
ed through a proclamation by Presi
dent Coolidge. Officials of the State
and Commerce Departments are
sought to be brought in harmony
with the effort now proceeding
through the Bureau of the Budget
and the joint congressional commit
tee on reorganization. The Presi
dent’s order seeks particularly to
bring about cooperation of all United
States officials abroad.
WOULD BAN HELIUM EXPORTS,
Helium advocates among the chem
ists are urging that its export be
orbidden by Congress. America ha*
a monopoly of this gas, they hold,
declaring that this advantage will
bring about great supremacy in avia
tion for the United States. Out
standing features of the supremacy
of helium have been demonstrated
through the experiments and use of
it in the dirigible Shenandoah.
PRODUCTION OF STONE.
About 107,200,000 tons of stone,
valued at $161,600,000 was produced
in the United States in 1923, accord
ing to figures compiled by the Geo
logical Survey. These figures show
an increase of about 34 per cent in
quantity over the output made in
1922 and an increase of nearly 17
per cent over the largest recorded
output—that made in 1916.
V
UNFAIR MARKETING OF COAL.
Eighteen hundred subscribers to a
traffic and service bureau operated
at Minneapolis, arc charged by the
Federal Trade Commission with using
the information disseminated among
them in order to carry on unfair
methods of competition in the mark
eting of coal. The Government is
emphasizing with an iron fist that
the purpose of “associations” is mis
directed when price-fixing and unfair
competitive methods are engaged in
by the members.
PACKERS AND PORK,
j A statement by Armour & Com
pany says that they bought' 9,900,
000 hogs in 1923. The total numbe.
purchased by national packer
amounted to 81,523,600. The pack
ers bought all the offerings of hog
last year even though the increas
1 over the previous record year wa
more than 14,000,000 hogs. Th'
1 statement says that the nationa
! packers “marketed the products s
effectively that more pork was con
sumed last year than in any previou
1 year. . . Due to the efforts of th
ackers to find a market for th
armors products arriving in unpr*.
IRON HILL NEWS
By Rose and Buttercup.
Miss Edna Johnson, of Boneville,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Misses Mary and Clyde Spear.
Miss Ruth McGahee spent Tues
day afternoon with Miss Beulah
Reynolds.
Mrs. Classic Radford and Mrs. Mol-
lie Culbreth spent a while Wednesday
with Mrs. Rosa Green.
Miss Nellie Pearl Wheeler was the
guest of Misses Sadie and Alane Mc
Gahee Sunday.
Look out Boneville girls, the new
buggy went some route Sunday. .
Miss Ruth McGahee spent one af
ternoon last week with Miss Alane
McGahee.
Mrs. Rosa Reynolds had as her
guests Tuesday Mrs. Rosa Green,
Mrs. Lizzie McGahee, Mrs. Sadie
Johnson, of Boneville, and Mrs. Kate
Brookins and children, of Milledge-
ville.
Messrs. Cap and Bob McGahee
went fishing Wednesday. Say, boys,
did you have any luck?
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