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VOLUME XXV. THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1924. MWWW w tmtUOUHt.in .•JMaM.antfMUwMMMHOHMMnMW NUMBER 22. HIGHWAY MEANS MUCH TO M’DUFFIE SOLDIERS’ BONUS BECOMES A LAW An important, meeting of the Cot- The United States Senate on Mon ton Belt Highway Association was day passed the soldiers’ bonus bill held at Swninsboro Tuesday. Those over the veto of President Coolidge, ,. . m, which action make'’ bonus a law attending from Thomson were of the country. ’1 ho ouse of Rep- Messrs. H. A. Price, B. F. Johnson, resentatives had alrea y passed the C. E. Lokey, J. E. Wilkerson. hill over the President’’, veto. The meeting dealt with the subject ^ or P. ast ^ ve y 3 bonus of building a bridge over the Alta- maha river. question had been ag La ted in Con gress and many promises were made and broken as the political pendulum Business men of Thomson are very swung back and forth, much concerned about the Cotton ^he bonus will not be in cash, as t, T t- v .. , was provided by the bonus bill which Belt Highway, in that it runs through Pres ident Harding vetoed in 1921, Thomson and is considered one of and wb j cb Congress failed to pass the most important highways of the over b j s ve t 0j bu t it will be in the State. There is nothing whatever to f orm 0 f paid-up insurance policies, prevent it from being a fixed propo- w ^i c h will have a cash loan value at sition, anc. civic pride impels us to t be end t vvo y earS) an d which may do what we can to provide as at- be exchanged for cash at the end of tractive a road in the link as any 2 o years. 1 other county on the route. j The va i ues 0 f the policies will be As has been pointed out, there is determined by the extent of service some work for McDuffie to do to make 0 f eac h individual at the rate of $1 her link as. good as any. There is a d a y for domestic service and $1.25 some very important changes to be a day f 01 , serv j C e overseas. The aver- made, and it is hoped this will be age p 0 ]j C y will range between $900 done without delay. and $i ( Q0'0. One change suggested is the Application for the bonus may be ™ in ^, ou ,,°? ^*7 Ioa ^ Trorn ma de-at any time before January 1, Dill s store to Main stieet, which 1928, the cash payments will not be would cut out, some very awkward distributed until after next March 1. curves and shorten the route. , J j0 ans may be made on the policies Another change that is considered up 99 p er cent of their current face of even more importance is to con- va i„ e any time after two years from tinue the route out Jackson street ( (hoylate of issuance toward Hobbs’ mill, thus eliminating Thus on a 51,000' policy at the end some of the most hazardous curves of two ycars a i oan 0 f $87.93 could be on the route besides shortening the made , 0n this same policy at the route awl making a more direct lyie en( j 0 £ nineteen years a loan of south. This would be a great thing $ 831<2 3 would be possible. The loans for our county, in that it would give may be made at any national or state us better yoads in a section that b ., ld< needs them more than any other sec-j "service between April 5,. 1917, and tae county. . I July 1, 1919, may be counted in com- There is another important matter puting the adjusted service credit, for the people of Thomson to con- although enlistment must have been sider. It is understood that the made bcfore November 11, 1918. Highway Department will pay one-j Application blanks soon will be half the expense of paving streets distributed throughout the country along the highway, the city or citi- t brougb service organizations and zens paying the other half. This the postoffic e. Although administra- woulcl give us the advantage of get- tion of the biU will ce nter in the vet ting 1 our main streets paved at a low erana biiveau , the veteran will have cost, and at the same time it would senc [ hj s application to the War be done in first class manner by ex-. De p artment if his service was with penoiiced road builders. | army, and to the Navy Depart- We believe our citizens should urge ment if 8er vice was with the navy upon our officials to do all in their or niar j ne corps. If the veteran power toward meeting all require- acrvod in both the army an d navy ments of the Highway Association. the application should be sent to the It is bound to develop our roads and department under which he last make them better in all parts of the serve( j. county. If we get the Cotton Belt I Women who served as yeomen in Highway developed in good shape, | j_ be naV y and marine corps also were there is a strong likelihood of one or. j nc i u ded in the bill as eligible to re- more other important highways con- ue i V e its benefits, necting up .with it. It means much Tho bm st i pu iates that no one to this county and we cannot afford sba n be entitled to its benefits for service as a civilian ..officer or for membership in the reserve officers training corps or the students army training corps. to haggle over it. Stockholders Of The Jeffersonian Pub. Co. Meet. Four States Have R. R. Crossing Laws. ' Atlanta, Ga., May 22.—Four States in the South now have law3 requiring the drivers of motor vehicles to stop ten feet from a railway crossing, and making it a misdemeanor for failure to observe the law, it was pointed out here today by railway officials. A meeting of the stockholders of Mississippi is the iatest of the States ■ The Jeffersonian Publishing Company to adopt the “stop at crossings’’1 was held last Thursday in Thomson, law, its statute going into effect, on j A majority ot the stockholders were the first of the present month. The ■ present. other States having such a law are Mr. J. J. Brown explained the ob- Tennessee, Virginia and North Caro- ject of the meeting, and expressed l[ na I regret on the death of the former The “stop at crossings’’ law should president of the company, the late reduce the number of grade crossing ' Senator Thos. E. Watson, and it was disasters, and it would do so if motor j suggested that suitable resolutions of vehicle drivers would all observe the respect be adopted at the meeting. law, according to "Atlanta railway men. It was stated that 47 States are planning or already have passed laws making crossings more safe by re- The following officers were elected: President, J. J. Brown, Atlanta, Ga. Vice President, C. H. Kittrell, Dub lin, Ga. Secretary and Treasurer, B. J. quiring greater caution on the part i Steven3, Thomson, Ga of motor vehicle drivers in crossing tVio < railway tracks. Last year, accord ing to figures received here, three thousand people were killed in gi’ade crossing disasters in this country, and several times that number were injured. Dearing School Closes May 30th. The Dearing Junior High School, with two hundred and sixty pupils, will close the school year May 30th. The exercises will begin at 2:30 P. M., consisting of songs and drills supplementing the graduating exer cises. The following pupils have fin ished the Junior High School course and will be given diplomas: John C. Adams, Mary Alice Cul pepper, Ruby Allene Huff, Louise Harrison, Jessie Nevada Jones, Ros- coe A. McGahee, Thelma Louise Mc- Gahce, Milton Phillips, Mary Ruth ns, Mallene McGahee, Eula Mae Williams. The County Board will be present and deliver the diplomas. This is the only Junior High School in the county. That they are doing good work is borne out by the fact that two pupils from this school en tering high school in another town took first and second honors last year. GRANITE HILL TRUSTEES MEET. Washington, D. C., May 22. GROWTH IN EXPORTS. THE LULL. ' ""Exports of domestic manufactures The numerous investigations'* in the ^ rom the United States in the fiscal Senate have “cooled down,” and the y" ar 1!)a 4 which ends with next results that will be obtained from the "l 011 ™ will materially exceed those exposures that have taken place are 9* *-he fiscal years 1923 or 1922. to be determined by the future. 'The While they will not of course equal political stage is set for the “Ideas those during or immediately follow- of June.” Thus the present shows a ,n & the war they will apparently lull in events at the National Capi- 1 exceed those of the fiscal year 1923 tol; and doubtless this is the lull be- ; a bout $200,000,000, and those of fore the storm. The storm may ’ the fiscal year 1922 by more than break before the National conven- $400,000,000, and will also be much tions of the two great political par -1 greater than in any year preceeding ties, but there are no present evi- the war. The latest figures on the dences that such will be the case. It exports of manufactures, says the is certain that the coming campaign £ ra( * e Record of the National City will be a bitter one. Talk of a third Bank - of Ne w York, shows that the party is heard less and less as the exportation of the two groups “man dates approach for the conventions, ufactures ready for consumption” and “manufactures for further use in manufacturing” aggregated $1,- 564,000.000 in the nine months end ing with March, 1924, against but $1,344,000,000 in the same months of the preceding year, and if they continue at the same rate during the remaining three months of the current fiscal year they will agggre- gate about $2,086,000,000 for the fiscal year 1924 as against $1,883,- 000,000 in the fiscal year 1923, and $1,623,000,000 in 1922. a rt-Fr ii Directors of the company were elected as follows: O. S. Lee, Atlanta, Ga. • A. S. Anderson, Millen, Ga. J. H. Cartledge, Thomson, Ga. C. H. Kittrell, Dublin, Ga. J. E. Bonenhamer, Decatur, Ga. John I. Kelley, Lawrenceville, Ga. Geo. W. Seals, Atlanta, Ga. The following honorary directors were appointed: W. A. Watson, Thomson, Ga. Mrs. Julia Watson Cliatt, Thomson, Ga. The action of the former vice presi dent in taking legal steps to protect the interests of the company was approved by the meeting. A committee was appointed as fol lows to look into the physical condi tion of the property of the company, and to locate and preserve documents and books: B. J. Stevens, J. H. Cartledge, Charles Atkinson. Col. B. J. Stevens was retained as legal advisor of the company. It is unedrstood the company in tends to put the printing plant into operation as early as possible and issue such books and publications as contemplated. The plant consists of some very valuable printmg machinery running into thousands of dollars. \ WORD RELATIVE TO PROMO TIONS. Parents will please note that pupils having one or two conditions may get them off by studying these sub jects six weeks during the summer Mr. John T. West, in company with , jccls «—;*» • Judge Henry C. Hammond, of Augus- j months. Pupils having more thai ta both of whom are trustees of . two conditions need not study expec - Granite Hill A. & M. school, attended , ing to be promoted. TNRY a meeting of the Board of Trustees! L. D. oujnjjx. of the school this week. The same j “ faculty as formerly was re-elected THE BONUS VETO. President Coolidge did exactly what he said he would do with the bonus bill. Ilis viewpoint is based upon the economic situation, while .Cong ress handled the legislation from the political standpoint. The two posi tions failed to harmonize—hence the inevitable disagreement. FORD IS BEATEN. The question of what the Senate will do with the Muscle Shoals mat ter remains undecided. It may be put down as a foregone conclusion that the Ford Offer will not be able to get the necessary vote to carry it across. Numerous other proposals that have been received will likewise fail in securing favorable action from the present Congress. Meanwhile the United States is going ahead with the immense improvements on the Tennessee River, and no one can fore tell when the “pie” will he cut. Pow er interests are preparing for a seige of what a former President described as “watchful waiting.” STICKING BY THE JAPS. Secretary Hughes is sticking by the Japanese with tenacious consis tency. Mr. Hughes is noted for both tenacity and consistency, and holds a full hand of these just now. Inas much as the Japanese are making less of a howl than is usual with them when exclusion is the issue in Wash ington, the chances are that tho mat ter will remain along “Administra tion matters pending,” regardless of what Congress may do about it. The White House is apparently as anxious as the State Department to keep the Japanese feeling comfortable about their relations with the United States. CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. A problem that has been disturb-™ ourpur in » j.u™ ing the “observing mind” for several ! May 3 is estimated at 6,882,000 net years seems to have been settled by j {" s P lte ° f thl ! re f ? ent .^prove- events happening in and out of Con-! however, production . at an gress during the recent weeks. The | extremely low level, even for this fear that the Government has become i season °* ^ho ycai. “radical,” and that Congress stands, ivnmnv behind radical measures has proved j GASOLINE imiUlKY. to be an ill-dressed scarecrow. Even I Ia response to a request fiom the the most cautious of citizens are finally willing to admit that the Gov ernment is “conservative enough.” PHILIPPINES SUITABLE FOR RUBBER PLANTATIONS. Vast tracts of land in which the soil is suitable for the establishment of rubber plantations has been locat ed on territory within the possessions of the United States Government by a party of investigators sent to the Orient by the Department of Com merce. Nearly 80 per cent of the rubber produced in the world is con sumed in the United States and, so far as is known, practically all is grown within 15 degrees latitude of the equator. The Agricultural De partment says that possession of this territory within the climatic range of possible rubber production offers an opportunity for United ‘ States capital to engage in one of the most important industries in territory within the restrictions of our own Government. INDIGNATION. Thomas R. Marshall, former Vice President, says: “The indignation of the American people bears resenv blance to a bottle of soda water— uncorked, it fizzes for a while and then subsides.” SOFT COAL. The production of soft coal appears to have . found a temporary level The total output in the week ended FORFARMERS Last week more than a hundred pounds of butter came to Thomson and most of it went back home or was sacrificed at low prices because there was no demand for so. much butter. The local market was glut ted. Ordinarily butter is rather scarce but the new growth of grass has given an increase in output. Something should be done to take care of this surplus and something can be done if the farmer will shoul der his part of the job and pull with the county agent. There are two plans to be followed, one is the establishment of a milk depot here at Thomson and at. Dear ing where the farmer could deliver his sour cream twice per week, where it would be tested, weighed and bought by a representative of some arge creamery, and the other is the establishment of a cheese factory at points remote from the railroad. Winfield and Wrightsboro would be ideal locations for a factory. The requirements are buildings and equip ment costing about $2000, at least a hundred cows, good elevation, good cool water, a reliable cheesemaker and 100 per cent cooperation by the farmers. The government will furnish a man to teach some farmer how to handle the factory’s business and to make cheese. This will be done free of cost to the farmer. There are sev eral factories operating in Georgia and Georgia cheese is selling for 2c per pound over New York and Wis consin cheese. We could easily sup ply Thomson and sell our surplus in Augusta. This is the solution to our butter problem. Sell it as sour cream or cheese. Keep the skim milk and whey at home to fatten pigs and .chickens; With our constantly .in creasing poultry industry and money from our .calves and pigs we could relieve our minds of that awful boll weevil dread which is the curse of this one crop system. If you are in terested talk it over with your county agent. He is ready to act. Are you? G. C. DANIEL. Diversification Sound Business Policy. BAD FOR BABIES. President of February 7, 1924, to in vestigate certain charges that the crude oil of the country had been “cornered” and that there was profi teering in the^ sale of^ gasoline, etc., — ‘ is The Department of Commerce an- «ie Federal Trade Commission netmee, that birth rate, for $m “S were lower than for 1922 in 21 ot the 47 States. The highest 1923 birth rate is 34.8 per 1,000 popula tion and is shown for cities of Wyo ming. The lowest rate is in the rural districts of Montana, 15.6. In fant mortality rates for 1923 arc generally higher than those for 1922. For cities, the highest 1923 rate is 110 for Richmond and the lowest, 48, is for Spokane. HOOVER CONDEMS PUBLICITY. Secretary of Commerce Hoover says publicity of taxes would result in a serious jeopardy to a man’s per sonal business which may be revealed to his competitors. Such publication would be likely to become the basis for credit rating in smaller business and the vital factors of character and reputation would be undermined by the tax returns of any bad year, the Secretary says: “This would work grave injustice on firms undergoing momentary losses or those that are unavoidable in times of depression. It will enable strong competitors to take advantage of temporary weak conditions of smaller concerns and on the other hand, fradulent concerns would gladly pay a few thousand dol lars a year falsely disguised as profits in order to mislead the public. Peo ple who wish to can disguise their wealth to further evade. It can add nothing to revenue returns.” FEWER DRUG USERS. Prohibition Director Haynes says that the importation, sale anil use of narcotic drugs in the United States is on the decrease. Importation of opium has decreased from 471,000 pounds annually for _ the ten-year situation, both as to its legal and economic aspects. REAL ESTATE COMBINE. The Department of Justice, acting upon the sensational charge made in the Senate District committee’s in vestigation into Washington’s alleg ed real estate combine, has begun an investigation into the financial op erations of real estate boomers, profiteers and speculators in Wash ington, D. C. NATIONAL PARKS. . There are now thirty National Monuments, established by presiden tial proclamation, administered as part of the National Park System by the National Park Service. PEACHES. Official reports indicate prospects for a uniformly good peach crop in a number of southern peach growing States. SPEED. , „ . . . Freight cars were handled faster in March 1924 than during any March on record. CEMENT. The imports of hydraulic cement in March, 1924, amounted to $254,745. THE VICES. General Pershing is about the only person who has been “prominently mentioned” for Vice President, but he says he won’t take it. POTOMAC FLOODS. The floods in the Potomac River have not affected business and resi- edntial districts of Washington, I). Mr. Ralph N. Smith, of Thomson, has been a member of the faculty for the past two years. He spent a cou ple of days at home this week. Get Along Somehow Folks have to get along with human kind, somehow; and they do—-some how. £ K fey severely. There is Consumption from 36 groins onnoLlly some talk that it may not be repo,red. Atlanta, Ga., May 22.—Real Di versification in agriculture and indus try is not merely a sort of fire escape ■from an unfavorable situation, but is a sound economic policy that should Be/ adopted and carried out. perman ently as a means^of maintaining what might be called a constant level of prosperity. This is the opinion of the expei’ts of the Georgia Department of Agri culture as expressed today in dis cussing the farm outlook. “The old saying, ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ is accepted as pretty sound advice, and although some wiseacre is said to have re- nlied that he did not put. all his eggs in one basket, but watched that bas ket, it is a good rule nevertheless that several varieties of resources contribute to more constant pros perity,” said .T. J. Brown, commission er of agriculture. Commissioner Brown pointed to the fact that if the people produce principally only one crop, or operate principally only one industry, lean years that are bound to come in these particularly lines will hit hard. “But if we have several varieties of industries or several principal ag ricultural crops,” said the commis sioner, “It is hardly likely that all of them will suffer at the same time.” Atlanta business men, manufac turers and civic leaders here take the position that the entire state should look and work to a really construc tive program of greater diversifica tion in agriculture and industry alike. The opinion was expressed that the state should strive systematically to develop major resources along a num ber of lines. « It v/as pointed out that there has been much talk of diversification, as applied to the individual farmer, who has been urged to grow a lot of things besides cotton, and to make his farm a sort of potpourri. In many cases where the plan is reasonably follow ed, it was claimed, this helps the in dividual farmer to avoid disaster from a lean year in his principal crop. The matter of community diversi fication, however, it was asserted, has been given a little more .than hap hazard effort. “We can assure ourselves'of main taining prosperity and good times at a constant level by carrying out an intelligent, systematic and conser vative program of real community diversification ,” declared C. W. Mc Clure, Atlanta merchant and finan cier, who has for many years taken a prominent part in civic movements of a state nature. "" NOTES FROM THE COUNTY AGENT AGRICULTURAL SITUATION. Agriculture promises to go into the current season with the best bal anced program since 1920, the de partment ox agriculture declared in its monthly report on the general agricultural situation. The planting season for the whole of U. S. is about a week late, labor is scarce, and wages high, but this will not appre ciably reduce spring planting, the de partment says. POTATO SLIPS. The year 1923-4 has been a most unusual potato year. A statement from the Department of Agriculture quoted potato prices as being higher than at any time in the past 10 years. The increase in price was due to A sho/t crop, and enormous losses dur ing our bad winter which closed last week. The plant sellers bedded the most expensive seed they have ever bedded, and about one-third rotted in the beds. The late season delayed the first crop and now the wholesale price is $2.00, or twice what it was a year ago. This accounts for the delay and breaking of contracts on the part of the grower. To date there has been 103 thousand delivered at Thomson for $1.85 per thousand. Prices are on the upward move and now stand at $2.00. The principal plant growing towns, Baxley, Tifton and Ty Ty are flooded with buyers from all-over the South who came to buy at any price. We have a few beds in McDuffie pretty well up. H those who have a surplus will send me their names I will try to distri bute these plants among your neigh bors who need them. It has been estimated that the south will produce 19 per cent more potatoes this season than last season. Probably too many to insure good prices. CHICKEN SALE. Our fourth chicken sale will be celebrated June 4th, and steps are being 1 taken to mak? this the biggest sale and the biggest day Thomson has had this season. Double pa^e circulars arc being printed and will be distributed over this and adjoin ing counties. The majority of the banks and merchants are joining hands in an effort to help the plan of diversified agriculture by encourag ing the farmers to produce other crops in connection with their cot ton. The cost of advertising this sale will amount to nearly $100 all ex penses counted. The merchants who pay this bill for notifying the farmer are helping you double your profit* on poultry. They deserve your pat ronage. Help those who help you to help yourselves. We reached our quota easily the last sale and should do all in our power to keep up this record. Put up your chickens one week before sale date and fatten them for June 4th. to approximately 7 grains. GRIM REAPER GETS THERE. Death rates for 1923 were slightly higher than for 1922 in 25 of the 36 States. Three States, Connecticut, New York, and North Carolina, have fhe same rates for 1923 as for 1922 and eight States, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington, have 'ower rates in 1923. The highest Important Mexican City Monterey Is the most Important cltj of northern Mexico. It was at one time much frequented hv In' ali'ls from the United Slates Itecaiisp o| Its dry mild climate Death Of Mrs. E. W. Rhoden. Very Quick Murder Trial In a recent murder trial In Mon 1923* death “rate' was”20.3"per 1,000 | treat the jury was sworn in, the cas. nopulation in cities of Mississippi, presented, and a verdict of not gnilry and the lowest was 6.5 for the rural , returned,- all within a peril <d n districts of Idaho. minutes. Mrs. E. W. Rhoedn died at her home near Sweetwater Sunday night at 12:30 o’clock, after only a short illness. She was stricken about 11 o’clock Sunday morning while cook ing dinner and never regained con sciousness. She was 67 years of age. She is survived by her husband and four children, as follows: Mr. Chas. Phodcn, of Augusta; Mr. Watson Rhoden, Mrs. Mollie Hartley, Mrs. Lula Smith, of Thomson. Interment was at Sweetwater cem etery Monday afternoon. PEANUTS. Peanuts brought good prices last year and there will be a slight in crease in the state this season. If the farmer could realize the chances he takes with so much cotton, the busy knock of the cotton planter would cease and the remainder of our acres would go into sweet potatoes, soybeans and peanuts. This county has been exceedingly lucky for the past few years but that rainy year is bound to come and. with it goes all profit of the previous y ars. It may be this season, here. It came to Southwest Georgia last season. The wise farmer will not put all his eggs in one basket or his hopes on any one crop, be it cotton, or any other. LAREDO SOYBEANS. There has been something like 50 acres of Laredo soybeans planned for McDuffie this year. Seed are selling; now for $17.50 per bushel, and indica tions are that they will continue to climb the scale. This county has been lucky in securing a couple of bushels from the Georgia Railroad free which have been placed with re liable farmers who have promised to return seed to the railroad at 2 bush els for one furnished. These will be used over by the Toad for demonstra tion purposes another year. For a good article on the Laredo read the May 15th issue of the Southern Rur- alist, where Mr. B. W. Bleckley made $1200 from 1 bushel of Laredo bean seed. The Larado’s value at present lies in its importance as a seed crop, later it will replace cowpeas as a hay crop on better grades of land. Cow- peas will be grown on poorer soils. Thomson Boys Lose First One. The semi-professional Railroad Shop team of Augusta came Tuesday and played the Thomson H’gh School team. The score of 10 to 5 in favor of the visitors wasn’t anything at all for them to brag about, for every man on their team v/as a star in semi prof circles. The home team did some fine work, despite the face that some of the boys were a little timid. If every player had been working as usual they would have held the vis itors to a closer score and might have won. Lokey, for Thomson, was the only player knocking a home run. It is regrettable that the boys didn’t show up better on this occasion, but it is quite certain they will do better next time. Be it said to their credit that this was the first game the boys have lost this season. Let The Progress Do Your Job Pirnting.