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VOLUME XXV. Thomson, McDuffie county, Georgia, Friday, may so, 1924. NUMBER 23. rnnwin CONGRESS ADOPTS FOUR ARE HELD ON DEMOCRATIC RLAN SERIOUS CHARGE Washington, D. C—The 1924 tax Four young men are languishing reduction bill finally got through Con- in the McDuffie county jail with the gress Monday. charge of murdo” '-.dieted against The conference report on the com- them growing out r the killing of promise bill, ignoring the original a young man, Mr. Fred Washington, Mellon plan and carrying the Sim- near Boneville, last Sunday night. mons-Longworth income tax rates, Mr. Washington wr run over and around which the tax rate has center- killed instantly by an automobile ed, was adopted by the House Monday that, according, to witnesses, was be- afternoon and now goes to the White ing driven at a high rate of speed. He House for President Coolidge’s signa- was killed about 10 o’clock Sunday ture or veto. night while returning to some friends The vote was 376 to 9. after seeing a young lady home. The Only six votes were cast against car that struck him did not stop, and the bill in the Senate, the result in it was with a great deal of difficulty the houses indicating that there are and an all-night hunt that Sheriff more than, enough votes to make the Adkins was able to get any clue as tax reduction effective despite a pres- to who the parties were that drove idential veto. the car. It was finally traced to its Adoption of the report was pre- stopping place, and as a result four ceded by nearly two hours of debate, young men were arrested and placed but there was little bitterness or in the McDuffie county jail. They are antagonism, as the result of the vote Clarence Privett, Guy Maddox, Clar- was not in doubt. ence McGahee and George McCorkle. The House was in an exceedingly It was McCorkle’s car that was being jubliant mood as it listened to speech driven at the time of the tragedy, ac- after speech in favor of the com- cording to Sheriff Adkins, who traced promise bill. Administration leaders it from the scene by the fact that were applauded and cheered by Dem- it carried an odd make of tire and ocrats as they swung away from the one of the tires made a wobbly track, tax plan approved by President Cool- Solicitor Gains will come to Thorn- idge and Secretary Mellon, and an- son this (Friday) morning, and the nounced their support of the income young men will be given a prelimin- tax rates carrying a Democratic ary hearing at 11 o’clock, label. I Wright W. Smith Dies Suddenly Tuesday. Few sessions of the House have been so largely attended this year. There were few vacant seats on the floor and the galleries were crowded. At the opening of the debate, Rep resentative William R. Green, of Iowa, Republican chairman of the The community was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Mr. ways' and ''means' committee, told the Wright W. Smith, which occurred House that the compromise bill was eai ^ Tuesday morning, about 4 o’clock. Mr, Smith had not been sick, capable of bringing $22,000,000 more . , . , , . , revenue into the Treasury every an , d was xn lxls U3 “ a ’ ]hea i th when he year than the original Mellon plan, retired M . ond fy Early Tues- which both the Senate and the House da . y . ™ ollxmg ie c . a . ed to ^ts wife and rejected i “ er " e was Slc *> and a little later Representative John Garner, of ' ? tat ; ed he believed he was dying She Texas, ranking Democratic member |\ astd . y summoned a doctor, but before of the ways and means committee, the doctor arrived Mr. Smith was said that in the present tax bill the dead ' The , doctor , a \ ated his death views of the House had been respect-I "' ab _..^ au ® ed J^y a leak on the bnun, ed for the first time in history. Provisions Of Bill The bill provides reductions in in come taxes framed by a combina tion of Democrats and Progressives in both House and Senate, repeal of so-called nuisance taxes, a reduction of 25 per cent from the income taxes of 1923, payable this year, re vised estate taxes, a gift tax, a grad- otherwise known as appoplexy. Mr. Smith was 52 yeafs of age, and had been a healthy, robust man up to the time of his death. He was widely known and had many friends who will be sorry to learn of his un timely death. He is survived by his wife and six children. They are, Mr. Donald Smith, of the U. S. navy; Mrs. Ruth uated tax on corporation surplus and Hajr, of Augusta, and four smaller important recommendations by Sec-i tdl > 811 at home. retary Mellon tightening up existing .funeral services were held Tuesday * I afternoon at 5 o’clock, conducted by Rev. C. C. Kiser, assisted by Rev. J. taxpayers. The Mellon income tax reduction plan was rejected definitely by each the House and Senate. The revi sion accepted carries lower tax rates on smaller incomes and higher sur tax on rates on the longer incomes. Secretary Mellon has advised the President to veto the bill in the form in which it is sent to him by the two houses. The normal income tax rates pro vided in the bill are 2, 4 and 6 per cent, beginning on incomes in ex cess of $2,500 and graduated surtax rates are from 1 per cent on $10,000 to 40 per cent on $500,000 ond over. Among deductions allowed on smaller incomes is that of 25 per cent on taxes on earned incomes up to $10,000. The taxes on estates and gifts be gin at 1 per cent on $50,000 and graduate upward to 40 per cent at $10,000,000 or more. According to the wishes of Presi dent Coolidge and Secretary Mellon, the provision for full publicity of income tax returns was eliminated. This amendment was fostered by the Insurgents. Striking out the Senate amend ment for a graduated corporation tax, a flat tax of 12 1-2 per cent was adopted.—The Atlanta Georgian. President Signs Jap Exclusion Act. Washington, D. C.—President Cool idge Monday signed the new immi gration restriction bill, providing for exclusion of Japanese and other Orientals after July 1, and announced at the same time that ths act was not intended as an affront to Japan, which has vigorously protested the exclusion provision. The President took occassion, how ever, to critize sharply Congress for enacting the exclusion law and abrogating the “gentlemen’s agree ment” between the United States and Japan. He said that it would have been better to invite Japanese co-opera tion on controlling immigration to this country and declared that the action of Congress in passing the bill over the protest of Secretary of State Hughes and himself was “de plorable and unnecessary.” If the exclusion provision had stood alone, the President said, he would have not hesitated to veto the bill. STORAGE AND WASHING. The Thomson Mercantile Motor Co. has completed their storage house in the rear of the S. G. Story lot, and is now open to the storage of cars. Also they are prepared for washing cars. . This is a new enterprise for Thom son and will be a great convenience for those wishing to have their cars cleaned and for safe and reasonably priced storage. Let The Progress Do Your Job Pirnting. T. Robins Interment was Thomson cemetery. in the CHANGE OF LOCATION. The Arnold Chevrolet Co., now located in the Knox building on Journal street, will move to the Wil son building on Main street about the 15th of June. The ground floor is being renovated and arranged for use as an automobile show room and offices. Since taking over the Chevrolet agency, Mr. Arnold has sold a number of cars of various models. In his new quarters he expects to keep sev eral on hand for demonstration pur poses. DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL. Little Hazel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rogers, died Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock, after an illness of two weeks. She was 18 months old. Besides her mother and father, she is survived by her sister, Margaret. Funeral and interment were held Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock, at Greenwood church cemetery, near Amity. BARBECUE AT BASTON GROVE. A very delightful affair was the barbecue at Easton’s grove west of Thomson, where the young men of the town invited about seventy-five guests to the feast they had prepared, the time chosen being Friday after noon between six and eight o’clock. The weather, the place, the time were all ideal and the crowd, a happy assemblage of friends, enjoyed the very gracious hospitality of their mose excellent hosts. COTTON MILL CLOSES FOR REPAIRS. DOWN The Lullwater Cotton Mill closed down last Saturday and will be clos ed for a month or two for repairs. It is hoped to make of this property one of the most up to date cotton manufacturing plants in this section of the state. A. H. CURTIS & SON INSTALL OIL TANK. A. H. Curtis & Son, agents for the Texas Oil Co., are installing i-eceiving tanks near the railroad tracks in the eastern section of Thomson, and hope to have them ready for storing oils and gasoline in the near future. NEW BARBER SHOP. Mr. W. C. McKinney, formerly of Thomson, recently of Bath, S. C., will open up a barber shop on Main street, in the building formerly occu pied by The Progress. He expects to open up next week. See his notice in this issue. BEALL SPRINGS OPENING. The formal opening of Beall Springs will occur June 1st with a big barbecue dinner; Mrs. P. S. Tinsley is expecting many of the old patrons, and a cordial welcome is ex tended i:o all. Washington, D. C., May 29. THE PRINTED PROTEST. The Washington Post says the poli ticians of Congress who passed the bonus bill over the President’s pro test “are cocksure of their political skill.” It adds these pungent punch es in the editorial: “If there should be a deficit, why worry . . . It’s a rich country, and there will be some way out.” Reverting them to the McNary-IIaughen bill; the Post says “it will cost the people a lot of money . . . It will fall heavily upon the people of all classes, but particularly the poor.” The Barkley bill, which seeks to do away with the Railroad Labor Board follows in the editorial castigation. The Post says: “The politicians in Congress are seeking the railroad labor vote and are will ing to sacrifice the taxpayers to se cure this advantage for themselves, as they are doing in the case of the soldiers bonus.” The wail continues: “It’s a sorry spectacle. Congress is no longer to be relied upon to protect the people’s money and to expend it wisely.” The Post is owned by Ed ward B. McLean, prominent in Ad ministration tircles, particularly as a friend of Fall in the famous hundred thousand dollar loan. THE PRESIDENT DESERTED. The Washington Star is the great newspaper of the National Capital. Editorially it is “old sure foot.”. It has no axes to grind except in the common interests of the people. But the Star, which is always fair, and semi-Republican says that in respect to the bonus and the tax bill “legis lative jockeying inspired by political motives” passed the bonus bill in both houses in advance of the tax measure. “Political history is mak ing here in Washington these days,” add ■ the Star. “The President has, it would seem, been deserted by his party on a vital question. In a few months it will be shown whether that desertion will cost him the presidency and will deprive the country of the service of an able, courageous and consistent Executive.” MASSACHUSETTS IS MAD. Newspaper correspondents report ing the sentiment of Massachusetts declare that Senator Lodge is in great disfavor on account of his failure to support President Coolidge, who is also from that State. Lodge has dis appointed the Coolidge people regard ing the World Court, the soldiers bonus, and in his failure to help the President over bad bumps with Daugherty. According to these writ ers President Coolidge is being urged to dump Lodge overboard. CURRENT BUSINESS. The Department of Commerce an nounces figures covering basic indus trial and commercial movements in April. Production of pig iron by merchant furnaces in April totaled 453,879 tons as compared with 532,- 956 tons in April, 1923. April cop per production amounting to 131,- 600,000 pounds represents an increase of about 1 per cent over March and 11 per cent over April of last year. Dollar sales of tubular plumbing were on about the same level as in April of last year. Zinc production in April amounted to 89,898,000 pounds, equivalent to a decline of 6 per cent from March. Zinc reports in opera tion at the end of April numbered 82,650, as compared with 89,203 last year. Zinc stocks were about four times the holdings of a year ago. Production of bituminous coal in April toatled 29,517,000 tons as against 45,564,000 in April, 1923. Anthracite production toatled 6,811,- 000 tons as against 8,114,000 in March. STATES AND THE WORLD’S MARKETS. Texas, on account of agricultural exports, is running New York a close second in the World series of States to capture the Foreign Trade Pen nant, according to Klein of the United States Bureau of Foreign and Do mestic Commerce. Pennsylvania, ex porting iron and steel products, tex tiles, machinery, and a multitude of miscellaneous manufactures is third, followed by Illinois whose export attack depends largely upon sales of pork and meat products, wheat and flour as well as miscellaneous manu factures. New Jersey, with manu factured goods, stands fifth. The far west comes next with California, through which so much Pacific trade flows. Then the far south, Louisiana, is seventh because of its Latin- American trade activities. Michigan is eighth. Virginia, whose tobacco has been smoked in every country of the world since Powhatan taught John Smith to use the pipe is ninth. The products of Washington’s woods and waters—lumber and fish—help to put that State in tenth position.. Eleventh position in the list goes to Ohio, widely known as a manufac turing State. Massachusetts, manu facturing textiles, boots and shoes, machinery, etc., is followed by Oregon. North Carolina is four teenth and Georgia is fifteenth. Wis consin and Indiana come sixteenth and seventeeth. Then the curve shifts back cast to Maryland, then '.vest again to Missouri. Arkansas is twentieth. The next two places be long to Dixie, the Stages being Mis- •issippi and Tennessee. Iowa, where the corn is said to grow the tallest, follows, with West Virginia twenty- fourth and Minnesota, twenty-fifth. The value of the exports from the different Spates for the first three months of 1924 is $1,084,739,781. THE cotton trade. Federal statistics report that cot ton prices have witnessed wide flunc- tuations this Spring. The demand reported for spot cotton in the south has been fair to good, particularly from exporters, with actual trans actions, however of small volume. The Bureau of the Census gave the American mill consumption for the month of April at 480,010 bales. This figure compares with 576,514 bales for the same month in 1923. The world’s visible supply of cotton is normal, as compared with last year. ORE AND OIL PRODUCTION. George Otis Smith, Director of the United States Geological Survey, says that in the last fourteen years we have mined more coal and more iron ore than in the whole of the pre ceding century; but even more thought-provoking is the fact that the oil wells of the United States have produced more petroleum since May 1916, than in all the years before— more in eight years than in half a century. This is one phase of the raw material issue that is too often overlooked. Mr. Smith adds the fol lowing: “Last week I returned from a transcontinental trip on which it was again my privilege to see the ever new west. For thirty years my official duties have kept me in touch with the exploration and discovery and development of our country’s natural resources, with opportunity to watch its growth—to study geogra phy in the making. The public domain, once an empire in extent, has now largely passed into private ownership; the western plains have become the world’s granary; and areas that were unmapped only a few decades ago now furnish a large pro portion of the world’s output of metals and mineral fuels. The west ern half of our country has changed from a sparsely settled frontier to a chain of established communities.” INVESTIGATIONS LOSE THEIR WAY. The Senatorial investigations have about run their race. They did a lot of' good in unearthing big frauds and bold rascals. But like many other worthy efforts they became sidetrack ed • in the interests of politics, and their whole purpose seems to have become misunderstood. RAIL CONSOLIDATION. Consolidation of rail properties is proposed in a bill by Senator Cum mins. It is endorsed by Herbert Hoover and others. The principle involves great private property rights, and prosperous roads decline to be merged with those that are losing. An argument for consolida tion is that it would bring about re organization of freight terminals. Terminal changes are often greater than freight rates. By reducing the “overhead,” freight rates would be reduced, according to the advocates of consolidation. It is a fine eco nomic theory, that was tried to a large extent when the Government administered the railroads. Con solidation may be a vision of the f future—in any event the process will be long drawn out, even if it is ever accomplished. MUSCLE SHOALS. A Government Commission to ad minister Muscle Shoals is one of the proposals made to the Senate. The Senate Committee, in executive ses sion, is reported to have had but two votes favoring the Ford Offer. A! number of power companies are eager to take over the big project. A de termined effort is being made to get action ftpon the Muscle Shoals matter at this session of Congress. This will not be possible unless the matter is rushed through the Senate in a hurry, as there is not time between the close of the hearings and the tentative date of adjournment to ex pect a vote. SUPERPOWER. A big effort is being made in the electrical industry to bring about the interconnection of power plants, which is the superpower idea. Sec retary Hoover did a little boosting along this line when he made a speech the other night. The speech was de livered in an empty room, before a microphone in Washington for the benefit of a convention assembled in Atlantic City. It is estimated that the broadcast was heard by five mil lion people. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BONUS. Insurance policies will go to 3,038,- 283 veterans, and cash payments to 389,583 under the bonus law. All veterans up to and including the rank of captain in the army and marine corps and lieutenant in the navy are eligible for the bonus. FLIVERS. Ford retail sales in the United States the first ten days of may aver aged 8,385 daily. BANKS. National banks reporting to the Government showed total resources on March 31, of $22,062,888,000. This is a gain of $450,175,000 over a year ago. Loans and discounts increased and Federal securities wore reduced. Two Useful Purposes Successful business men judge yon and use you for one of two purnoses' ither to boost i Mness < > for com ..any. NEXT WEDNESDAY McDuffie county’s biggest and most elaborate chicken sale is planned for next Wednesday, June 4th. Several thousand circulars have gone out to this and surrounding counties. More money is being spent this time than at any previous sale in order to mhke it the biggest sale day ever held in Thomson. Eggs are cheap and the average farm hen will stop laying in June. Now is the time to sell off unprofit able hens before they molt. Farmers, come to town and visit the car, meet friends and go to the baseball game. We are expecting many visiting farmers from other counties. By all means don’t leave the chick ens at home. If this sale goes over good we are planning a big barbecue for the entertainment of the farmers in July. G. C. DANIEL. Legionaries To Meet In Savannah. Atlanta, Ga., May 29.—Plans have been completed for the sixth annual convention of the Georgia Depart ment of the American Legion to be held in Savannah, Ga., on June 5 and 6, according to announcement made here today by Edgar B. Dun lap, department commander, and James A. Bankston, treasurer, who have just returned from Savannah where they held a conference with Legion officials. Among the speakers will be Gen eral James A. Drain, of Washington, D. C., one of the leading candidates for national commander at the nation al convention in San Francisco last October; Hon. Lamar Jefferson, cong ressman from Alabama, a member of the Eighty-Second Division \during the World War, and Rear Admiral George W. Williams, of Charleston. S. C. The subject of Rear Admiral Williams’s address will be “The Re lation of the American Legion to the National Naval Defense.” Addresses of welcome will be de livered by Hon. Paul Seabook, mayor of Savannah; by Alex It. Fawcett, of Savannah, commander of Chatham Post No. 36, and by Mrs. Kingman White, of Savannah, president of the American Legion Auxiliary, Chatham Post No. 36. The response will be by Mrs. J. L. Newvern, of Valdosta, president of the American Legion Auxiliary, state department. Other speakers during the session include J. G. C. Bloodworth, Jr., of Atlanta, state service officer, who will speak on “The Legion and Service to Bud dies in Georgia.” The program of entertainment will include many enjoyable features, officials state. There will be lunch eons, banquets, dances, golf tourna ment and a shore dinner on Tybee Beach. Other entertainments at Ty bee will be a shore demonstration by the Eighth Infantry, a navy demon stration by the scouting fleet and an outdoor exhibition by the Coast Ar tillery Corps. Argonee Post No. 1 of Atlanta is the largest post in the state, and is entitled to a representation at the convention of forty-nine delegates. Forty-nine alternates, to which the post is also entitled, v/ill be selected from the members of the post in the order in which they register at the convention. Besides the regular dele gation. several hundred Legionaires from Atlanta will attend. Election of annual officers will take place at the concluding business ses sion, Friday morning, June 6. War Machinery For Road Building. NOTES FROM THE COUNTY AGENT COWPEAS. The cowpea is an old friend and has done a lot more for our land than we realize. It has a place on the farm which can be taken by no other plant. Soybeans is a better paying crop on good lands but cannot compete with cowpeas on poor land. They both have a place in our farm ing system. Our hopes are built on cotton tills year and we all are aware that a total crop failure would set us back for years. McDuffie is in much bet ter financial shape than many of our northern counties. We have lese land laying out and more money in vested in this year’s crop. We should take advantage of our position and hold it by trying hard to make our farms sustaining. Let’s set our heart on making a good hay crop this year. If we have a bad cotton year, it will be the cow, hog and chickens that we will fall back on to rescue us from ruin. The farmer with a full barn is the wise farmer. Cowpeas and amber' cane can be planted now and after grain. Dr. Rawlins, of Sandersville, uses it as a gra grazing crop for cows and says it increases the yield of milk wonderfully. All Georgia farmers are acquainted with this mixture as a hay crop. Those who have not secured peas had better do so. 1 Many of us were unwise and sold our seed last fall. Prices today as quoted by L. B. Jackson in the Market Bulletin are as follows: 90 per cent pure Whippoorwills, $3.50 per bushel; mixed Whippoorwills, $3.25. Others run about the same. If the farmers are interested we can see what can be done toward buying in large quantities The price will be better, perhaps. Here are comparative yields of soybeans and cowpeas which will be of interest. These range over a peri od of 7 years and were conducted at Athens on soils of like composition. Seven year hay yield average per acre—Soybeans, O-too-tan, 3200 lbs.; Laredo, 3020; mammoth Yellow, 2800. Cowpeas—Brabham, 2140; Iron peas, 1880; Whippoorwills, 1720. Seven year seed yield average per acre. Soybeans—O-too-tan, 10.10 bu; Laredo, 18.96 bu; Mammoth Yellow, 16.97. Cowpeas—Brabham, 6.31 bu; Iron, 8.47 bu; Whippoorwills, 9.07 bu. Read directions for planting and cultivation of soybeans by Mr. E. S. Center. We are planting 50 acres or more in our county this year. POTATO SLIPS. Slips are selling for $2 to $2.25 per thousand f. o. b. Baxley. I am still holding money for several farm ers, hoping that the price will break. Slips planted as late as July 1st make good potatoes. If you can secure slips anywhere else I will be glad to refund your money. I have been able to deliver only 76,000 plants at $1.85 laid down here. Prices seem to be soaring instead of falling. The peak has been reached, however, 1 believe. G. C. DANIEL. Atlanta, Ga., May 29.—A good use is to be made of 1,500 army tractor: and 4000 trucks that are now lying idle, it was pointed out here today by highway officials. Under the pro visions of a bill reported favorably from the House Military Affairs committee, these tractors and trucks are to be allotted to the states that have inaugurated road-building pro grams, for use in highway construc tion. The action of the committee was taken, it was claimed, after the War Department had refused to allow the use of the machines by states. VALUABLE PRIZES OFFERED BY HADAWAY’S. As will be seen by the announce ment in this issue, Mr. R. L.- Hada- way is offering four cash prizes to his customers who trade with Hada- way’s Department Store, the Thom son Drug Co., and the Racket Store, during the month of June. The plan is very simple and con venient. Customers are given a cou pon with every dollar’s worth of merchandise purchased for cash, which they are to keep until the day of the drawing, July 1st. Duplicate numbers are placed in a box, and on drawing day the ones holding cor responding numbers to those first drawn out. the box will get the prizes. Be sure to read the announcement, elsewhere in this issue, which ex plains the plan in a few words. Bread Has Individuality It is only in the villages that hreai jns individuality; and it takes a finds of individuals to make a wort MILITARY DISPLAY AT RIVERSIDE. Atlanta, Ga., May 29 —Major Gen eral David C. Shanks, commander of the Fourth Corps Area, with head quarters in Atlanta, and other army officers, lent color to the military display which marked the commence ment exercises of Riverside Academy at Gainesville the first of the week. Hundreds of Atlantans and other vis itors, many from distant states, wit nessed the competctive drills at the noted prep school. Three hundred cadets from twenty-one different states attended the school during the past session. Fifty of them were given diplomas. During the past few years River side Academy has won more military and academic honors than perhaps any other Southern military school, according to army officers here. The most recent distinction came when the U. S. War Department designated it “An Honor School of the United States ’’ It was the first time any Georgia school has received this honor, and the distinction is more notable in that Riverside is now the only honor school in the South be tween Virginia and New Mexico. Recently, the War Department an nounced that Riverside' stood second among all the American Schools in the national rifle competition for the $10,000 Hearst Trophy— a record unequalled by any other preparatory school. B. Y. P. U. PICNIC. The B. Y. P. U. had as their quar terly social a picnic at Hobbs’ Mill, going out late Friday afternoon. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Christian, Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Kiser. Miss Jogeline Jewett and Miss Iris Hardin led the games and songs, that were so much enjoyed by the large number of members present. A love ly picnic dinner completed the pleas ures of the evening. MISSIONARY MEETING. Missionary Circle No. 1 will meet Tuesday afternoon, June 3rd, at 4:30 o’clock with Mrs. William Gibson. Symbol of Good Fortune The Swiistikn first appeared in the Bronze ‘age. Its original significance is unknown, Out It lms been used as a symbol of. good fortune from early times