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/ V L A REMEDY FOR ALLAYING DUST THOMSON SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS rail the City Clerk S F. Neal has received The Thomson Public School will a communication from a company close May 3C; .„ e regu i ar com - that manufactures a product for lay- mcncem ent program will appear in ing the dust on dirt roads, and after next week's paper. Following is the investigating recommends i ms from towns tlntt have used it. parties in terested in the matter of doing some thing to stop the dust nuisance in Thomson have come to the conclusion that it is about the best remedy to be found for dirt roads. The company claims that the ma terial, which contains calcium chlo ride, absorbs moisture from the air and thus keeps the dust down. One application, it is claimed, will last for three months, and subsequent appli cations neeu not be as heavy as the first. Mayor MeCommons suggests that parties desiring to do so give the material a try-out. and believes that city council will do its part toward putting the plan into operation. Aside from the cost of the material, a machine for distributing it will be necessary at a cost of about $75. After the material has been given a test, it is thought the business men and citizens interested will be willing program in part Friday morning, May 30, 9:30 to 12—General school exhibit and social meeting. Teachers, patrons and friends of the school throughout the county are cordially invited to see the exhibit and enjoy the social hour. Friday evening, 8:30—Class Play, “The Crimson and the Blue,” by Senior Class. Admission to class program, 50 cents. The commencement program will be very short and simple on account of a most unusual epidemic of mumps, measles and diphtheria dur ing the spring term. A great part of the commencement program has been sacrificed in order that teachers and pupils might have time to make up lost work. We have not yet secured a speaker, but we hope to have one for an ad dress at eleven o’clock on Friday morning. A Word Relative To Promotions. Parents will please note that pu- to contribute a share toward putting pils having one or two conditions the plan into operation. Doubtless there are many who would be glad to have the dust nuisance settled and will heartily cooperate in a movement working to that end. For Protection Of Geor gia Forests. may get them off by studying these subjects six weeks during the sum mer. Pupils having more than two conditions need not study expecting to be promoted. Among the many measures to be considered at the coming session of the Georgia Legislature, there is none more important than the “For estry Bill” presented last year, which due to the congested condition of the Calendar failed in reaching a stage of discussion on its merits. Thomson Again Beats Shamrock. One of the prettiest games of ball of the season was that of Tuesday, when Shamrock came over for a game with the Thomson High School team. The score was 4 to 3 in favor of Thomson, making the third straight won from that team. Shamrock is a real sport and takes Washington, D. C., May 15. PRODUCTION FROM NATURAL THE TREND OF BUSINESS. j RESOURCES. Political leaders in Congress ex- ' Production of crude petroleum in- pect to bring about an adjournment creased during March over both the early in June. They feel that the preceding month and March of last The Bill will come up again this • her defeat in a sportsmanlike man year in an amended form, drawn ner. The team was greatly strength- more especially to make reforestra- ened from the former games played, tion possible by natural means. Protection from forest fires and equitable or fair taxation are the principal things necessary at this time, along with which however must necessarily come a State Board or and it looked for a while as though they would be the winners, but they did not have the staying qualities of the home team. Thomson has the best school team she has ever had. Ben Neal and domestic policies of the Nation have been greatly improved, and that there is a better feeling prevailing than that existing a few weeks ago. The Dawes reparations plan has helped the international situation, and Eu rope has taken a good deal more com fort out of President Coolidge’s sug gestion for another Conference than has appeared in the United States. Market centers like New York issue fairly optomistic reports which in dicate that there is heavier invest ment: buying of bonds. Nevertheless the stock market is “wobbly,” and industrial gains are not to be looked for within the next few weeks. It is the habit of writers in the financial centers to reflect the best spirit of optimism that they can run across, while even in the official declarations the encouraging industrial and eco nomic conditions are featured. How ever, it is noticeable that there is a decidedly conservative air surround ing the utterances of all kinds of vocal and editorial prophets. It may bo assumed that if the country “holds its own” over the Summer months that it will be doing very well. HOOVER’S SPEECH. Secretary of Commerce Hoover further amplified his views regarding the relations between Government and business in his recent speech be fore the United States Chamber of Commerce. Ho defended Govern ment regulation of industry, and showed how his own e(Torts had been directed towards raising the stand- year, according to reports to the Bu reau of the Census. Production of gasoline amounted to 743,248,292 gallons, an increase over both Febru ary and a year ago, while stocks of refineries on March 31, reached a total of 1,571,000,000 gallons. Con sumption of wool by textile mills has declined recently. In 1923 the Unit ed States produced 39,029 short tons of crude potash salts, containing 20,215 short tons, according to infor mation furnished by the Geological Survey. Of this output 32,254 short tons of crude, potash, containing 17,- 982 short tons was produced from mineral sources—natural brines and dust from cement mills and blast furnaces—and G,775 short tons of crude potash, containing 2,233 short tons of K20, was produced from or ganic sources—molasses distillery waste and beet sugar refinery water. This output was made by 8 companies operating 17 plants in California, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. The production of natural sodium compounds in the United States in 1923 amounted to 59,440 short tons, valued at $1,775,- 940, according to the Geological Sur vey. The quantity of crude plati num produced in the United States in 1923 was 09 troy ounces, of whicn Alaska produced 7 ounces, California 578 ounces, and Oregan 24 ounces, according 4 ;o the Survey. This is a considerable decrease from the 4.008 ounces produced in . i22. The for eign trade in non-ferrous minerals and metals during the first quarter Federal Reserve Salva tion Credit System. Debating Teams Lose To Mercer. Atlanta, Ga., May 15.—The estab- Macon, Ga., May 15.—Debating lishment of the Federal Reserve Sys- teams from the University of AI»- of business. In looking into the \'} sa V s ^he Minerals Section of Commission, with sufficient funds to Leonard Lokey are a battery that is future he predicted “a new era in the organization of industry and com merce—an era which promises to see less government in business because of voluntary regulation and the elimi nation of abuses by business itself.” The Hoover theory was once more defined, and this theory is well under stood in Government circles. In es sence it calls for organizing business for the development of associations and the standardizing of methods, as the Department of Commerce, indi cates quite pointedly that, taken as a whole, our American industries are continually increasing their consump tion of crude or raw minerals and metals. Total imports for the first quarter of 1924, amounting to 803,- 191,070 pounds as compared, with the domestic exports for the same period amounting to 474,849,740 pounds, signify production of raw minerals and metals but are drawing to a enable it to function. The timber resources of Georgia are fast fading away. In many counties the saw mills are cutting short leaf old field pine, all that is left and at the present rate these counties will be practically devasted of lumber making trees within the next few years. In other counties the very young long leaf pines are [ at Johnson’s Grove, being worked for turpentine and it seems that if some measure is not taken promptly that five years hence shall find many of our counties totally dependent on others, possibly outside, sources for lumber and that there will be no small trees to work for turpentine. hard to down, and they have the back ing of Irby Hunt at first, who is right there with the goods; Jimmie Curtis at second; John Hill at third; Herman Palmer at short; and with Dunn, Goolsby and Agoos in the field, they make a strong team. After the game Tuesday the boys and their friends enjoyed a barbecue Gas For Weevils Passed In Senate. Washington, D. C., May 15.—The senate Monday afternoon adopted the This statement may be accepted ■ amendment of Senator Harris, of by some as farfetched, but we can j Georgia, providing $25,000 for use in refer to North Carolina and South | poison gas experiments in extermi- Carolina as examples, where a few | naling the cotton weevil. Last year years ago the Naval Stores Industry ! he secured $50,000 for this experi- was in its bloom, but which has ] mental work. now been forced to the lower extremi-1 Other provisions in the army ap- ty of Georgia and down into Florida,! propriation of interest to Georgia where it is on the race to its death agreed to by the senate Monday are or destruction unless we rise up as a j $37,250,000 for rivers and harbors state and grow new timber to meet and $385,000 for an infantry bar- our requirements and it is this which racks building at Fort Benning well as providing for more uniform greater extent upon foreign sources understandings concerning the proper i ! ,r "“PP^ for , such materials. The ethics in business. In effect Iloover ! rn Ports of crude copper fell off dur- suggests, to use his own phrase, (hat March to the extent of about “American business needs a lifting ^8,000 pounds as compared with purpose greater than the struggle of February. materialism. FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT. HOME LOAN BILL. I Gradually all industry is becoming o , J ,r , ■ convinced that the old-time method Senator Copeland of New Vorlc is of flghting the Government when it urgmg home ownership and he nas | at tcmpts to do a little healthful “reg- suggested legislation that provides for the establishment of Federal home loan banks to make. loans for the purpose of constructing homes. The measure creates a standard form of investment based on building ulating” is all wrong. Railroads have become convinced and as a re sult they try to cooperate with the Government instead of running it. In speaking* on this subject before industry represented by him, tern—one of the outstanding achieve ments of the Wilson administration— has come in the course of years to be the salvation of the credit system of the United States, it was pointed out here today by leading Atlanta bankers, in discussing the financial aid given the agricultural interests by the member banks. All national banks are members of the federal reserve system and as many state banks and trust compan ies as wish to join are also members. Under the system the gold reserve of the nation has accumulated until at present the percentage of reserve to circulation is above 78 per cent. This makes the highest guarantee of a currency of any country in the world, it was stated. The members of the system can borrow from each other and main tain their reserve intact, it war shown. If they lack gold it can be transferred from another bank. In fact, it is asserted, the financial con dition of the entire system can be kept thoroughly sound and at ill!' same time serve any needs or mee: any financial emergencies that may arise. A centralized banking system through which the currency of the country could be made more elastic was clearly the need at one time, bankers here show, and financier;- put their heads together with the federal reserve system as a product. The federal reserve board ar Wash ington was organized with eigh' members, six appointed by the Presi dent with the secretary ef the treas ury and the comptroller of the cur rency as ex-officio members. They have control of the twelve reserve banks— one of which is located in Atlanta—which are the basis of th,o system. The Federal Reserve Bark of At lanta, of which Hon. M. B. Wellborn is governor, covers the sixlh federal reserve district, probably one of the most important agricultural regions of the South, which embraces the slates of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi anti Louisiana. Mr. Murphy Accepts Important Position. • . r% ; , an iiiuiim i y luui UMMH/UU uy iiiiii sociation mortgages, Government de- Clinton Rob , a Washington attorney positors and financial agents. observed that in the case of these in Senator Harris is a member of the senate subcommittee that reported the army bill and will be the rank ing democrat on the conference com mittee. the Georgia Forestry Association is endeavoring to make possible. It would therefore appear as wis dom on the part of our Georgia Leg islators to give this subject the clos est kind of study and investigation and to adopt proper legislation as will enable the state of Georgia to J progress by being able to produce j WORK ON ANNEX PROGRESSING Every citizen in Thomson rejoices ply its requirements and as a first rate state in the production of lumber and naval stores which by right ha3 been one of its greatest natural re sources. APPLES FALLING OFF TREES. Mr. J. C. Cliatt is in receipt of a letter from his son, Mr. George Cliatt, of North Georgia, stating that he is experiencing the same trouble of last year with his apple orchard; that the entire crop of apples is fall ing from the trees. Whether this is a general condition with the apple orchards of North Georgia is not known by this writer, but it appears that Mr. Cliatt lost his last year’s crop in like manner. The cause for this is not-known, but is supposed to be a blight in the trees. Government experts are makrng ef forts to locate and destroy the germ responsible for the trouble. HOME FOR SUPERANNUATED PREACHERS. The foundation has been laid and work is progressing rapidly on the superannuated preacher’s home at the corner of Church and Hall streets. The building is being erected by the Methodists of Thomson, and will be a credit to that section of town in which it is located. It is to he a six room bungalow, with modern conveniences. It is not known yet who will be its first oc cupant. weeks ago by contractor Henry Ho gan, and the carpenters are already on the second floor. The building, when completed, will be two stories high, brick veneered, and will accom modate the Beginners, Primaries, Juniors, Intermediates, Baracas and Philatheas. This addition with the rooms already on hand will be suf ficient space to accommodate the Sunday School for years to come. The building will be so arranged that church socials can be held in it. A kitchen is being planned. The extra rooms will also furnish an ideal place for the W. M. S. and B. Y. P. U. to hold their meetings. SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY AT NEW GILEAD SUNDAY, MAY 25TH. Preparations are being made for the annual rally day at New Gilead the 4th Sunday, May 25th. Dr. Quil- lian, presiding elder of the Augusta district will preach at the morning services. FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF THE CITIES. The Department of Commerce an nounces that the total payments for dustries that “the Government is fighting their battles, so that those who advocate fighting the Govern ment are in exactly the same position as the man who sat on the limb of a Iowa, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1923, and for the independ ent school district of Davenport for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, amounted to $2,975,799, or $49.30 per capita. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and for the independent school district of Cedar Rapids the fiscal year cost $2,508,410, or $51,01 per capita. Providence, R. I., got by with its fiscal year for $12,507,776, or $51.08 per capita. RETAIL FOOD COSTS. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics states that during the month from March 15, 1924, to April 15, 1924, twenty-four cities showed decreases in retail food costs of from one to five per cent. ABOUT MUNICIPAL OWNER SHIP. Over 050 municipal public utility plants have been abandoned, the great majority during the past ten years. The average city tax rate in 1921 in cities over 30,000 having municipal plants doing commercial business was $19.31. The average city tax rate for the non-municipal plant cities nearest in population to the above was $15.50. The majority of municipal plants are in towns of 1,000 population or less, where funds cannot be raised except by pledging public credit. The average rate of all municipal plants is mare than twice as high as the average rate of all companies reported by the Census. THIRD PARTY TALK WANES. There has been very Mttle talk of Besides the program furnished by a third party among the political the school, Rev.. J. T. Robins and j loaders during the month. The suc- othc-r will speak in the afternoon and . cessful coalition that has frequently besides all this a long table is being 1 expenses, interest, and outlays for tree and sawed it ofF. There may be the city government of Davenport,. some cheap advertising in such talk made. Get your baskets ready, help fill it and lets make this a great Sun day School day. R. J. J. been arranged between the Democrat and the Republican progressives seems to have been so satisfactory to the latter group that they have ceased talking, at least for the pres ent, about an independent political party. AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY. In the absence of .the pastor next Sunday at 11:30 Brother T. M. Kelly, a lay-member of the Woodlawn Bap tist church, Augusta, will bring the message at the Baptist church. It is , fT ,, Tr „, TTT . T TfiMiruT a day when men in the pew ; per cent as compared with 1922. MUSIC RECITAL T-LMG.IT. can ft fj the puit)5t , and everybody, is Mrs. E. C. Hawes’ music class will j cordially invited to be present and give a recital at the school auditorium hear Mr. Kelly. The evening service tonight (Friday) at 8:20 o’clock, j w ill be in charge of the Senior B. Y. Attention if- r?lle-.i to the program in p. u. A very fine program has boon this issue of The Progress, which will, planned. A cordial welcome awaits be found on the fourth page. ' you. C. C. K. about the supposed advantages of fighting, but those who harbor those views are respectfully referred to that notorious former fighter now quite content to sojourn in the peace ful land of windmills.” ECHO OF AN OLD BOND ISSUE Away back in the “sixties” when the now united people of the United States were killing one another in order to settle an economic and in dustrial question, there were great bond issues. The winning side which held the Government eventually paid its bonds, but the Confederate bonds became just as valueless as German marks are today. A little joke on the British aristocracy in sympathy with the Confederacy was perpetrat ed by reason of their purchase of $120,000,000 of Confederate bonds. In the hope of collecting them a trust was formed in England, and an or ganized movement was carried on to enforce payment of the obligations of the Southern Confederacy. For more than twenty years the English men were hopeful that they would obtain payment of these bonds. Since 1884 they have kept the matter alive in the London law courts. Fin al disposition of the whole matter has just been made by the English courts, and as a result neither the heirs nor the original holders of the bonds will have anything coming. TRADE WITH HONDURAS. Honduras, our nearest Central American neighbor, is a considerable and growing factor in the foreign trade of the United States. With a population of less than one million, t took from us last year over eleven million dollars worth of our products, and has averaged about eleven mil lion dollars per annum during the past five years. About 84 per cent of its imports are drawn from the Unit ed States and it sends us 90 per cent of its exports. The total trade be tween Honduras and the United States in the past dozen years has approximated one hundred and fifty million dollars. LEAD AND ZINC FIGMENTS. The sale of white and sublimed lead in 1923 declined about fifteen The PUBLIC LANDS THROWN OPEN, decrease in quantity sold was coinci-j Various areas consisting of a total dent with an increase i\j price of of 253,000 acres located iri the States about 25 per cent. The sale of lead j of California, Colorado, Nevada, New oxides, on the contrary, increased j Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, are about 25 per cent in 1923 in spite of j made available for homesteading by an increase in price of nearly 25 per . an order of the Department of the cent. Interior. Mr. N. B. Murphy, the superintend ent of our local cotton mill, has just resigned his position to take effect June 1st. We are very sorry to see Mr. Murphy leave us as our town needs more people like he and his family have proven to he, but we are always glad to see a young man mak ing progress. Mr. Murnhy has ac cepted a position as superintendent of The Pelzcr Mfg. Co. Unit No. 4, which is a mill of 08,000 spindles located at Pelzer, S. C., and operated by Lockwood, Greene & Co., one of the largest cotton manufacturers of America. We understand Mr. Wagnon will assume charge of the mill beginning June 1st and have supervision of the work of overhauling the building and machinery, which will require about two months, it is said. Both these young men are ener getic and resourceful, and are to a large extent responsible for the con fidence Mr. Candler and the other officials have in their property here. We wish Mr. Murphy the best of success in his new position and hope that we will be favored with another in his place who is equally .efficient and desirable. bama, Georgia Tech and the Univer sity of Richmond, Va., have lost judges’ decisions to Mercer Universi ty teams thus far in the forensic sea son. Although the Emory Univer sity freshmen took art engagement from the Mercer yearlings, no varsity debate lias been dropped by the Bap tists. Thomas E. Wfatson, Will D. Up shaw, John T. Boifcuillet, John Roach Straton, Senator Walter F. George and William G. McRae, along with other prominent Mercer alumni, have debated from the same platforms from which the Mercerians of today are speaking. Numbered among the galaxy of debaters who represent Mercer this year are: Marvin Pharr, of Atlan ta; T. A. Caraker, Savannah; M, C. Townsend, Ray City; W. A. Bootle, Waltersboro, S. C.; Herbert Brad shaw, Fitzgerald; C. W. Pope, Talla poosa; J. Eugene Cook, Wrightsvillef Row W. Davis, Kenwood; C. M, Coalson, Rockmart; C. W. Howard, LaFayette; G. L. Spratlin, Washing ton; Willie Hirschensohn, Donalson- ville; W. O. Dorough, Vienna; S. V, Cofield, Monroe; C. W. Walker, Eatonton; H. S. Greene, Gray; J. A. McClain, Ringgold; W. A. Ingram, Aeworth; and J. P. Highsmith, Jr., Baxley. Parlor Market Installs Refrigerating Plant. The Parlor Market has installed an up to date refrigerating plant in their store on Central avenue. This is something new in Thomson, being the first to be installed here. By use of this plant it is said the temperature in the various refriger ators and ice chests can be kept at the desired stage, thus insuring the perfect preservation of such perish able articles as are kept in an up to date market. These are rather expensive ma chines, hut Mr. Wall desires to give his customers the best possiblfe ser vice and is not counting cost when it comes to their interest. There is a great responsibility resting upon those who handle fresh meats, and unless the meats are kept in best of condition, infection is liable to ensue and cause serious trouble to the us ers of same. Therefore, the Parlor Market is working to the end that they can molPe nearly meet the re quirements, and with less trouble, with their new machine. Look for their ad in another col umn of this issue. Tobacco Acreage Dou bled In Coffee. Atlanta, Ga., May 15.—Four thous and acres in tobacco—more than double last year’s crop—will be plant ed this year in Coffee county, accord ing to reports received here today by tobacco experts of the A. B. & A. railroad. It was stated that there was ample plants to supply all the demand as the growers began early and put out large tobacco beds. In addition, a great many people have planted pri vate tobacco beds to supply plants. Experienced growers and demon strators from the Carolinas and Vir ginia have been at work in the coun ty, it was stated. APPROVE ACTION OF SENATOR HARRIS. Atlanta, Ga., May 15.—Travelling men here, who havie commented on the matter, approve the action of U. S. Senator Wm. J. Harris of Georgia in opposing the delay of the Inter state Commerce Commission in hold ing hearings on the issuance of mil eage books which were authorized by Congress several years ago, hut which the railroads fought through the Supreme Court. Hearings were set for June 4th, but Senator Harris has been advised by the commission that the hearings have been post poned to a date to be fixed hereaf ter. Senator Harris insists that Con fess passed the necessary legisla tion authorizing the mileage hooks and that needless delay since the Supreme Court decision is being caused by the commission. DEATH OF MISS LUCILE BASTON The death of Miss Lucile Baston occurred at her home in Washington Monday morning after a long illness. She was 18 years of age and would have graduated from Blue Ridge school in June. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Baston, who formerly resided near Thomson and where they have large family con nections. Members of the bereaved family are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J N Baston and one brother, James Baston. She was the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs. John Baston. Relatives and friends from Thom son attending the funeral held in Washington Tuesday were, Mr. apd Mrs. John Baston, Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Perry and Helen Perry, Mrs. Clyde Crawford, James and Pierce Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Baston and Mrs. Leonard Lockett. DEPOT SHINED UP. The appearance of the Georgia de pot has been greatly enhanced by the nnplication of a coat of paint, and the citizens of Thomson appreciate the attention the officials are giving the road’s property here. MARSHALL NEWS. By Harold. The Euzelian class rendered a very interesting program at Marshall Sun day on Mother’s Day. Mrs. Lamar Stone spent Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. S. Anderson. Mrs. Jones spent a few days last week with Mrs. S. O. Ansley. Quite a large crowd attended the commencement at Callaway Thurs day night. Mrs. Harden Pearson and attrac tive little daughter have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cook. m Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher Hannah were guests of Mrs. Bessie Morris "Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Morris spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pinkston. Mrs. S. M. Anderson, of Mathews, Ga., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Anderson a few days last week. Jewell Burnett was the guest of Mr. Robert Cook Tue: I iy night. Miss Bertha Stone spent Thursday in Thomson. Mrs. C. W. II. Smith relumed home last week after spi id : . a while with Mrs. Andrew Smith, who lias been ill. Mrs. Harrison was the guest of Mrs. Tom Ivey a few days this week. Prof. H. T. Williamson has return ed home after teaching a most suc cessful term here. Mrs. C. G. Anderson was the spend the day guest of her mother, Mrs. C. A Warr, Friday. AGED LADY FALLS AND BREAKS HIP. Mrs. George Barton, great-aunt of Mrs. Otis Hill, had the misfortune to fall last week and break her hip. She is eighty odd years old and ap prehension is felt as to her recovery. Friends of the family sympathize with them in their hour of trial.