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VOLUME XXV. Thomson, McDuffie county, Georgia, Friday, may 9, 192. NUMBER 20. MEETING OF THE TENTH DISTRICT FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS Thomson has the pleasure of en tertaining the eleventh annual gath- ei*ing of the Women’s Federated Clubs of the Tenth District today. Some of the brainiest women of the State are our guests on this occasion. Guests begun to arrive Thursday at noon and by the time the progrum was to begin at 6 o’clock in the af ternoon there was a goodly repre sentation of women present from throughout the district.. The activi ties of the Federation while in Thom son will be found elsewhere in this paper. Following is the list of the host esses with the names of their dele gates: Mrs. M. W. Dunn—Miss Mary Bell McMillan, Mrs. Edith Miller Gibson. Mrs. J. 0. Shields—Mrs. Jack Beas ley, Mrs. Gunn. Mrs. Roy Johnson—MVs. Starnes Johnson, Mrs. Maude Malone. Mrs. J. S. Boyd—Mrs. Alonzo Rich ardson, Mrs. H. G. Hastings. Mrs. Eva Hardaway—Mrs. Jack Harris, Mrs. Fred Rawlings. Mrs. Ben Johnson—Mrs. A. A. Rawlings, Mrs. Hugh Cason. Mrs. Ira Brinkley—Mrs. Rozar, Mrs. Pottle. Mrs. J. A. Davey—Mrs. Colon Ses sions, Mrs. Louise Brown. Mrs. A. G. Porter—Mrs. Melton, Mrs. Beeson. Mrs. W. S. Mobley—Mrs. Longino. Miss Floride Allen, Mrs. Firman Pen- uel. Mrs. J. E. Wilkerson— Mrs. Lula Wright. Mrs. C. F. Hunt—Mrs. Wilhoit, Mrs. Shurley. Mrs. J. T. Robins—Mrs. Edmund Shurley, Mrs. Pierce Wood. Mrs. J. T. Neal—Miss Alice Smith. Mrs. E. M. Miles—Mrs. R. Lee Smith, Miss Emmie Johnson. Miss Bessie Usry—Miss Aleander Tarver, Miss Blanche Staley. Mrs. II. T. Clary—Mrs. J. M New man, Mrs. A. R. Wright. Mrs. M. W Moseley—Mrs. J. L. Champion, Mrs. Ben R. Tanner, Mrs. A. W. Evans. Miss Ruby Willingham—Mrs. Bass Brown, Mrs. E. II. Nelson. Mrs. 0. P. Hunt—Mrs. Macon Warthen, Miss Warthen. Mrs. G. W. Jordan—Mrs. Platt, Mrs. Burum. Mrs. Mary Martin—Miss Annie Sanchen. Mrs. Von Camp. Mrs. W. \V. Downing—Mrs. W. H. Donovan, Mrs. James Hubbard. Mrs. Mollie Bennett—Mrs. J. M. Caldwell. Knox Hotel—Mrs. E. R. Hines, Mrs. II. D. Russell, Mrs. Holt, Mrs. Brantley, Mrs. Lamar Rucker, Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Pierce Wood. Mrs. H C. McCorkle—Mrs. Shell- nut. Mrs. Paul Bowden—Mrs. Bowden. Quite a number of delegates ex pected to attend did not arrive, and several hostesses were disappointed by failure of their guests to get here. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COTTON MILL Messrs. Walter Candler and George Murphy, officials of the Lullwater Manufacturing Co., were in Thomson this week making arrangements for extensive improvements at the cotton mill here. It is understood the mill will be closed down the latter part of next week, and will remain closed until the work of renovating has been com pleted. Among the improvements to be made first will be a new flooring throughout the mill. Recently the work of putting on a new roofing was finished. After the flooring is put in, all the old machinery ihat does not meet present requirements will be taken out and replaced with more modern equipment, making the mil) up to date in every respect. Mothers’ Day At Meth odist Church. The Chautauqua Closed Friday Evening. Song, “America,” School. Recitation, “My Sweetheart,” Eliz- beth Hobbs. Chorus, “Trust Your Mother.” Scripture Reading—Clayton Gools- y, Frank Morris, Neal Dunn. Prayer. Male Quartet, “That Wonderful lother of Mine.” Reading—Mrs. Adrian Morris. Roll Call. Lesson Period. Song, “My Mother’s Bible,” School. Reports. Solo, “That Mother O’ Mine,” Mr. i. V. Curtis. Reading—Mrs. Cluese Watson. “Our Mother’s Songs.” Benediction. The Radclifl'e Ch;. itauqua, which gave a series of en' tainments and lectures in Thomso.; beginning Fri day, closed its engagement here Mon day evening. From the first concert on Friday afternoon by the Plymouth Male Quartet, to the final lecture on Mon day night by Dr. A. M. Hyde, the Chautauqua program was greatly en joyed. The series of evening lectures on the history of mankind was almost as good as a university course in his tory. The afternoon lectures were all inspirational. “If our civilization is to be saved materially, it must be saved spiritual ly.” That was the keynote of the even ing lectures. Home, school and church and their value in the scheme of hu man relations were stressed in every lecture. Dr. Harry Hibscliman, who spoke on Friday, on “That Something Within,” gave many examples of men who had been down and out, and re claimed themselves. He made a spe cial plea that the helping hand be ex tended to those folks whom misfor tune throws backward. His evening lecture on “Broken Barriers,” was a real intellectual treat. Starting back with early man who shivered and shook in his cave home, surrounded by barriers of ig norance, Dr. llibschman traced his history to the beginning of civiliza tion. Dr. ‘ Dan H. Martin, Saturday’s speaker, is a man of broad vision and boundless sympathy. He made one ponder the question “Are we really civilized ? ” “One state alone,” declared Dr. Martin, “spends more money raising hogs than it does educating its chil dren.” What is in the pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow ? Love, says Dr. Martin. His afternoon lecture on “The End of the Rainbow” empha sized it again and again. In his lecture on “That Old Gang of Mine,” Dr. A. M. Hyde on Monday made a plea for better schools, better entertainment, and better environ ment for young people. He scored the evil effects of gambling, and vici ous motion pictures. lie urged es pecially that all boys and girls strive for a college education. “When I started college,” said Dr. Hyde, “I had exactly nine dollars in my pockets.” In the evening in a pungent, spark ling lecture, Dr. Hyde, optomistically painted a glorious future ahead lor the race. His subject was, “The Better Tomorrow.” Three men of vision and intelli gence, forceful, lucid speakers all. As for the entertainment features of the Chautauqua, a varied program of music and dramatics was offered. The Plymouth Male Quartet gave a finished program of displaying much versatility. Each member posesses an unusually good voice, and the blending of the four voices was fine. As instrumentalists the boys made a big hit. Bob Davison, leader, Cyrl Harvey, Bill Payne, and Leo Sulli van are certainly to be commended for their part in making the Chautau qua a success. The Sprague Players’ performance of Rip Van Winkle would be hard to beat. Mr. Herbert Sprague is the rippingest Rip ever seen, and left no doubt but that he was a fitting suc cessor to the famous Joe Jefferson. Floy Mahan Sprague, as the scold ing Gretchen was true to life, and the acting of John Stine and Miss Eu nice Differ was well done. On Monday Edith M. Clarke and Miss Irene Soule were much enjoyed. Miss Clarke is said to be one of the few women playing a set of Swiss Handbells alone. Her performance on the musical lyre, and xylophone were A-l. Miss Soule is the posses sor of a lovely lyric soprano voice. All in all the Chautauqua was a success. Reducing Death Rate From Tuberculosis. Mother’s Day Program At Baptist Church. The Baptist Sunday School will iserve the following “Mother’s Day” ngram Sunday: Solo—Master Cleveland Kiser. Pageant—“Crowning Mother” — rs. Houston’s class. Prayer. Duet—Mrs. Hadaway and Mr. ser. Reading—Miss Ellington. Solo-Miss Jewett. Atlanta, Ga., May 8.—Georgia is the first southern state to reduce its death rate from tuberculosis to be low 90 per 100,000, according to J. P. Faulkner, managing director of the Georgia Tuberculosis association, who today announced that the United States census figures for 1922 show that the yearly death rate from tu berculosis in Georgia is 88 per 100,- 7)00. • The effective fight against the “great white plague” that is being made by health authorities in this state has served to increase interest in the twentieth annual meeting for the National Tuberculosis association to be held here May G to 10, Mr. Faulkner said. Georgia health authorities are planning to take fuff advantage of the opportunity offered by the tuber culosis meeting to get information and inspiration for a further reduc tion in the death rate. Mr. Kaulkner pointed out that sneaker;-, of prominence in every phase of tuberculosis work will ad dress the gathering and offer sug- I gestions which whi be valuable in the liaht against the plague. Washington, D. C., May 8. WANT CONGRESS TO QUIT. The politics regarding early Con gressional adjournment may be stated about this way: The Republicans claim they cannot make progress be cause the Democrats and their allies have blocked the legislative machin ery. The Democrats retort thas this is a “do-nothing Congress," and that the administration party must always shoulder the blame. The President finds Congress unmanageable under all conditions, and thinks that the members might just as well go home as to dwadle around Washington. The investigations have all ceased to be interesting, and aside from the political suds that can be squeezed out of them, the observers who know Washington and its ways arc quite convinced that the courts ought to finish the jobs started by the Sen ators. POLITICS AND CONGRESS. There are plenty of signs in Wash ington that big business interests of the country want Congress to finish its work and go home. The long de lay in handling the tax biff has been rather unnerving, but the determi nation of a fixed policy appears to be about settled. The suggested repeal of the so-called guarantee clause of the railroad law has caused some worry to investors in securities, and if Congress adjourns soon enough the transportation act. is apt to remain intact. Dissatisfaction exists regard ing the McNary-Hnugen biff to ex tend financial aid and credits to farm ers, besides helping their marketing methods. While the purpose of the hill is admittedly very good, it is regarded by many, including its friends anil supporters, as economi cally unsound. RIVERS AND HARBORS. It is understood at the National Capitol that the rivers and harbors biff is among the measures that will not be taken up at this session of Congress. The biff carries about $89,000,000 in appropriations, and it will have to wait till after election, as part of the “economy program.” EMBARGOES AND QUARAN TINES. State and Federal officers have been in conference in Washington seeking to determine principles governing the necessity for embargoes and quaran tines. The measures refer particu- lraly to plants and shrubbery. BETTER POSTAL PAY. Increases favored by the joint com mittee of Congress regarding postal pay, include $T3,114,000 for city let ter carriers; $15,000,000 for rural mail carriers, and $8,200,000 for rail way mail clerks. PEACE WILL PREVAIL. The United Medicine Manufactur ers of America recently held their annual convention in Washington, D. C. A number of public officials in charge of the administration of the Federal food and drugs act addressed the meetings, and praised the work being done by the organization in as sisting to bring about a clearer pub lic understanding of the laws, rules and regulations. The principal pat ent medicine manufacturers are using their best endeavors to induce all those engaged in their industry, to conform in every respect to the ex isting laws. Peace apparently pre vails between the Government and a large part of the patent medicine in dustry, largely as a result of the splendid work of such organizations as that mentioned above. SHIPS HAVE BORROWING VALUE. Shipping Commissioner Plummer recently related that financial inter ests had hampered the business of owners by refusals to make moderate loans on the ships. “My message Is that American ships have not become stabilized as actual property,” said Mr. Plummer. “Banks can afford to look upon them with friendly eyes and thus do much to benefit not mere ly the shipping business but the gen eral commerce of the United States.” GOVERNMENT LOGGING PRIVILEGE. , The Department of the Interior will receive IVds for logging rights on two units of tribal timber, mostly yellow pine in New Mexico. It is estimated that the timber contains 2,100,000 feet. No bid of less than $3 per thousand feet board measure for yellow pine and Douglas fir, and 50c per thousand board measure for all other species will be considered for the timber on either of the tracts. FRESH PORK FOR FRANCE. France is a new foreign outlet for fresh pork produced in the United States. Heretofore France among other foreign countries, has declined to accept our fresh port. Methods of exposing fresh pork to low tem peratures, developed by the Meat- Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, make the product entirely safe, even when eaten raw, as is customary to come extent in France and other European countries. NEW TRADE TREATIES. Sweden and Switzerland, Sweden and Russia, Denmark ajid Poland, and reland and Spain, have concluded lew commercial agreement; the .xisting commercial arrangement $ between Spam and the United States have been extended. PUBLIC UTILITY INVESTMENT. About seventeen billion dollars is invested in public utility business in the United Slates. Two billion is in telegraphs and telephones; four bil lion in the gas industry; and nearly eleven billion in the electric railways and electric power and light industry. DEVELOPED WATER POWER. The Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, has just brought up to date its record of developed water power in the United States, which shows that there are now about 3,200 water power plants of 100 horse pow er or more, having a total capacity of installed water \yheels of 9,080,958 horse power, an increase of about 1,100,000 horse power, or nearly 15 per cent over the total in 1921, which was 7,920,958 horse power. Of the present total 81 percent is in public- utility plants and 19 per cent in man ufacturing plants. New York, with 1,542,983 horse power, is stiff the leading State in developed water power; California, with 1,451,830 horse power, is a close second; Wash ington, with 480,350 horse power, is third; Maine, with 473,188 horsepow er, is fourth; and North Carolina,: with 431,500 horse power, is fifth, displacing Montana, which ranked fifth in 1921. Water power development in the New England, East North Central, West North Central, and Mountain States has not kept pace with that in the other parts of the United States. Washington stands first among the States in potential water power, for power available both 50 per cent of the time and 90 per cent of the time. She is closely pressed, however, by Oregon, California, and New York A large proportion of the potential power in New York is available con tinuously due to the equalization of the flow of Niagara and St. Lawrence rivers. The same is true of Arizona, i whose water power resources are mainly on Colorado river, where the flow can be controlled. ELECTRIFY THE BUCKSAW. “The bucksaw has driven more boys from the farm than any other means of tortue ever invented,” said Dr. John M. Thomas, president of the | Pennsylvania State College, in a re- | cent address on freeing the farm I from drudgery through the use of the j public utilities. “When a boy can let the ‘juice’ do the work and spend his , time in operations that require the use of a little brain power, the farm will be more attractice,” he asserted. “It is not hard work that drives boys from the farm, but work in which there is no mental interest.” ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION. The average daily production of electricity by public-utility power 1 plants in March was 100,700,000 kilo- | watt-hours, about 3 1-2 per cent less than the average for the month of February. This reduction was prob- I ably due in part to seasonal effect. SELLING TO THE ORIENT. Sales of United States merchandise to the Orient are showing remarkable gains especially when compared with those to other parts of the world. Exports from the United States to Asia and Oceania in the eight months ending with February 1924, the latest available record, chow an increase of about 44 per cent over the same period of last year, while those to the remainder of the world show a gain of but about 7 per cent in the like period. Thi3 big gain in our exports to the Orient, says the Trade Record of The National City Bank of New York, is the more interesting by rea son of the fact that manufactures form a very large percentage of our exports to that part of the world. THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. In accordance with its practice of centering attention upon the more important problems, national as well as international, confronting business and industry, the Chamber of Com merce of the United States has select ed three subjects for general discus sion at its forthcoming annual meet ing to be held at Cleveland. Two of these are domestic questions,—“Busi ness and Agriculture” and “The Re sponsibility and Integrity of Busi ness.” The third is “European Re adjustment” which stiff looms large upon the business horizon. Various aspects of these and other questions will be dealt with in a series of ad dresses. OUR COLONIAL TRADE. So much is said about our trade with Europe, South America and oth er countries that most> citizens do not realize that the commerce of the United States with Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands in 1923 reached a total of $536,000,- 000. SENATE SAYS IT IS “MAH-JONGG.” With solemn formality the Senate ! voted unanimously to change the i spelling of “mah jong” in the revenue j biff to “mah-jongg.” Senator Smoot, , Chairman of the Finance Committee, i explained “an expert informs me that I that is correct.” Under the biff, I manufacturers of mah-jongg sets are .axed 10 per cent of the selling price FGOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Recent reports from the foot-and mouth disease areas in California in '-' ate that the disease is being placeii ■ Jer control by the State and Fed- 1 eral forces. Freight Rates Are Com ing Down, Claim. Atlanta, Ga., May 8.—That freight rates are coming down appreciably, if slowly, and without drastic general reduction or legislation is shown by the traffic statistics made public here today by the freight departments of local railroad lines. There were no very general reduc tions in hates during last year, and yet the nation’s freight biff was some $248,000,000 less than it would have been if the average rate paid to the roads for transporting a ton one mile had been the same as the average for 1922, and over $607,000,000 less than would have been paid in freight charges at the average rate of 1921. The statistics show the average revenue per ton mile received by the Class 1 railroads for 1923 to have been 1.116 cents, as compared with 1.176 in 1922 and 1.263 cents in 1921. The latter year was the one in which the average was the highest it has been in recent years because the general advance made by the In terstate Commerce Commission in 1920 was in effect only during the last four months of that year. As compared with 1922, during which year some rather general re ductions were made both by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission and voluntary by the railroads, the average for 1923 represents a reduc tion of about 5 per cent. Some Good Values In McDuffie Farms. The McDuffie County Real Estate Agency has some good values in farms and farm lands in the county. Some of the farmers engaged in that business want to get out, while oth ers with a different vision or view point want to get in. In the opinion of this writer, now is the best time to buy farm lands in this county. Those who want to sell now might not want to sell later. The agency has a nice little farm near Thomson that can be bought at a most reasonable price. In fact, they have farms that will suit the re quirements of any farmer, cotton, truck, or otherwise. Anyone desiring to investigate farm lands and get a line on what can be had in McDuffie county, should see J. Q. West or II. S. Norris. Thomson High Beats All Comers. ss Last Friday the Thomson High School baseball team went down to Augusta and played Shamrock. The score was 4 to 0 in favor of Thomson. Tuesday Stapleton brought a good team to Thomson and would have made it interesting for the home boys had they not lost their head and went to pieces in the seventh inning. The team completely frazzled out and went home, leaving the score some thing like 0 to 2 in favor of Thomson. It appears the Stapleton team has some splendid material for a base ball team, but are woefully lacking in head work and morale. The home team is working nicely and can cope with any aggregation in these diggings. It matters not whether the opposing team is com posed wholly of school boys, they will give them a run for their money. The home fofks should patronize the games better than they do. The boys are giving good, clean exhibi tions that deserve hte support of all lovers of sport. Shamrock is expected to come next Tuesday for a game with the home boys. Building a Large To bacco Warehouse. Atlanta, Ga., May 8.—The tobacco growers of Hahira,* Ga., arc now building a tobacco warehouse, 100 by 300 feet, for handling the large growth of tobacco, which is predicted for tha tsection for this season, ac cording to reports received by the state agricultural department. This is the second large warehouse to be built by the tobacco growers of Hahira for the purpose of grading and marketing their tobacco. The capital involved was invested by the farmers in the Hahira section. THOMSON PEOPLE MAKE GOOD IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. W. D. Reynolds, who came to Thomson to be present at the funerfll of his father, Mr. W. B. Reynolds, two weeks ago, left Sunday for his home in Washington, D. C., where he has made good in the real estate arid building trade. He is foreman for a large real estate firm and is rapidly coming to the front in his profession Miss Louise Reynolds, who wa; also here at the burial of her father, has a position with the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce as field represen tative. She is - at present traveling Georgia gathering statistics for the Government, and fills this responsi ble position with much credit to her- elf. Miss Julia Reynolds, another sister, who is now at home, also has a re- ponsible position in Washington and ixpects to leave next week to resume her duties. The people of (heir home town ''jHi’ii with pleasure the success o- hese Thomson young people, and The Progress delights to make men tion of same. NOTES FROM THE COUNTY AGENT SWEET POTATO CONTRACTS. McDuffie county should have Httltf trouble disposing of her potato crop this year, and she should take ad vantage of her opportunities as of fered by the Yam Curing Company. This company has contracted already for 100 acres of potatoes, and their proposition is simple. They agree to buy all number ones on what acreage the farmer plants at 60c per bushel the day the farmer digs them and furnishes the crates free. The farmer agrees to plant 1, 2 or more acres and to deliver all number ones whether 1 oushel or 600. The farmer has a great advantage in that he takes no loss by shrinkage or rots, and knows when he plants that he is assured of a market. The quota of 100 acres has already been reach ed, but if there are other men who want to contract, and if we can get an additional 60 acres, I believe we could contract this acreage. While on this line it might be well to warn the growers that they can not expect such prices as they re ceived last year. The hard winter produced an abundance of rot, which caused a shortage of potatoes result ing in the high price. It is hoped that our curing house here will oper ate successfully this season and that those who do not contract for fall delivery will cure their potatoes. Banked potatoes will not sell if there are many cured potatoes for sale. Several county agents report that their local houses will be filled thie season, due to prices last year. The government reports a 19 per cent in crease in acreage this season. The' farmer who wants to make money had better not take a chance with banked potatoes except for homo use. If you should want to contract this year see your agent who will explain the details. DR. TRUMBO COMING. On Monday, May 12th, Dr. Harry Trumbo will be in Thomson to test cows for Tuberculosis. This test will require only one minute and is abso lutely free to the owner of the COW. Those in the town who want cows tested have them at Edgar Wilson's barn at 1 o’clock P. M. We have tested 66 cows already and found none to be infected. Many are the children who have lost their lives through drinking infected cows' milk. At a certain New York Tuber culosis hospital 75 out of 126 tuber culosis children had the cow form of tuberculosis. Don’t forget the date and be on hand with old Bossie. Farmers who want their cows test ed and can group as many as 10 or more should notify the county agent at once. Messrs. J. J. Pennington, G. F. Rogers, H. H. Cason, R. H. Newby, J. H. Hinton, Sterling Gibson, Jr., C. M. Bussey and J. R. Erwin will please have their cows up. We will reach you some time of the day. All neighbors to these gentlemen bring your cows over at these concentration points. POTATO CHECKS RETURNED. The County Agent received a letter yesterday from Mrs. H. C. McCrack en, Baxley, with personal checks to all who ordered potato plants at $1.00 per 1,000. She has done a great in justice to the county agent and farm ers who have ordered by delaying us for more than a month. She gives many excuses for her action, but the main reason seems to be the fact that she can sell these plants for $2.00 per 1,000 now and she seems satisfied to sacrifice business princi ples for the sake of the almighty dollar. Your checks await you at ihe office. I am making many inquiries now for plants, but $1.50 per 1,000 is the cheapest we can hope to get plants now, due to bad weather conditions which has retarded growth of slips over the whole south. CHICKEN SALE A SUCCESS. The third cooperative chicken sale proved a decided suedss. 3,512 pounds of poultry brought to the farmers $700.21. This shows what can be none by cooperation. Merchants re ported lively trade due to advertis ing at reduced prices. We need more advertising from more merch ants. Our next sale will be held June 4th and promises to be the biggest yet. We have guarantors for 3,000 pounds tonnage and the prices will be the best. The poultry car has its enemies, and the chief criticism seems to be that the car is causing a scarcity of poultry in the county. When you hear somebody knocking the cause of present high poultry prices, ask if they are interested in ffie farmers' welfare, or is it a selfish motive. I dare say such persons are not pro ducers of chickens for rale. Raise more chickens and patronize the car, the preserver of good prices for our produce. It mean-: more money to the farmer and more tiade for the merchant. Everybody should be boosters for a thing that brings good to the majority. •Don’t forget the next sale date, June 4th. The sale begins at 1 o’clock sharp and closes at 0 o’clock. Be sure to remember this change of schedule. The car stops at Harlem in the morning and Thomson in the afternoon. Sand In Hla Pipes. Frofh n story: "Charlie Doombrowu burled hi? head on his arms and gritted his palate.”