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* fllie McDuffie Progress $1.50 Per Year In Advance. g. NORRIS, Editor and Propr. Entered at the Postoffice at Thom- B as Second-class Mail Matter. Washington Letter. By J. E. Jones. Washington, D. C., June 5. Congress Is “Running Itself.” The bonus act, the tax measure, _ and the Japanese exclusion provision Obituaries, In Memorium, Cards of of the immigration law, seems to have tanks, Etc., are charged for at rate settled all questions about Congress $ cents per line, with a minimum "running itself.” Every once in a at 25 cents. THE AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN. The Agricultural Department of tfie Georgia Railroad, under the man agement of Mr. E. S. Center, Jr., is issuing a publication called the Agri cultural Bulletin, the first issue of which has reached this office. The purposes of the publication are to make known those things of while, during the past twenty years. Congress has broken away from the guiding influence of the President to do things in its own way. But at no time has the Executive been so com pletely defied as in recent occur rences. Political students regard it as pecu liar that while Congress has evidently been priding itself on "doing the popular thing,” that this branch of the Government has all the time been Interest to farmers and business men lofli it8 own larit with the people. On the other hand the Re- £ T fts P ubIican members who have defied 5®.* , thfwailrnnrl It is wpll President Coolidge, are counting most 0«Sn tW tS rPor^a Railroad Zs on the Iatter ’ 8 Popularity with the P u ,!' th0 . party .through th« and it is these that the road wishes elections. "Consistency certainly the people to become more familiar c*™? 4 ^ c,aim to be,n S a J ewel ,n with. What a great prospect there tais lnsta nce. is for farmers and others along the . fattening The Soil, lines of the road if they know just _ A generation or more ago the what the officials are trying to do fi zark mountains were famous for for them. They want them to know tbe razor-backed hogs. The Arkan- it and The Bulletin will be the 3as Traveler spun yarns and fidd ed medium through which enlightenment tan ? s about them. Smithfield, Vir- wiil come gima, is still noted because it markets J hams secured from hogs that forage for a living in peanut fields and t.u e among the acorns. In the middle west they used to work the oxen down THE WATSON ELEMENT. Much has been said about "Watson element.” There was „ . . . , , ... , . time when the “Watson element” was ak,n and hones in the Winter log- very much in evidence, but now this ^ operations, and then sell the element is dead as a working factor, uoor animals for beef in the Spring. It died when the lamented Senator Thcst: Practices have changed and was laid away in his grave in the ev ? r y, stock-raiser now fattens his Thomson cemetegy. Of course his au’uials for market, and the proof is following remember him and are abu fi n . daat that no ofchcr method 13 ready to shed tears over his memory, profitable. ... but they have found none other to t But , while American stock-raisers take his place. have learned their lesson, as much There have been many who have cannot be said of the practices in tried to wear the Watson mantle since American agriculture. In a recent the Senator laid it aside. Some have 8ene8 experiments in the sugar tried to usurp his style of writing, baet fields of Michigan, where nitrate others have tried to coax attention of °* * S0( ' a was used in fertilization, the his following, but all to no avail, ground was prepared to the some-, When Mr. Watson died he cnrried his '” bat lavl3b extent of drilling in with personality with him and there is ,be , 8eaf l n g.. as b| g b as f 10 to $14 no chance of anyone stealing it. We worth of fertilizer, principally nitrate, feel that anyone appealing to the to the acre. I he increased yield of public for support through the “Wat- su £ ar beets was two to four times as eon element” is casting undue reflec- ™ ucb as the cost of the fertilizer, tion on the memory of our late " bas ; r, ght the bat, there was an Senator. , added pront running into hundreds of | percent gained from “fattening the PRESIDENT SIGNS TAX BILL. soi T 1 ;” . Monday president Coolidge signed B ; , IS sa,d that in some parts of the tax reduction bill, though reluct- Michigan, and indeed in some parts untly. It cuts federal taxes to the of ™ost States, commercial fertilizers lowest level since 1917. a,, c little known. If one might be- The people have gotten tired of beve aB t ba t I s aa 'd about fertilizer the tax burden. Something had to production to be made possible at be done. Business had gotten to the > Muscle Shoals, the problem might he point where it would rather curtail thought to be well on the way to- operations than pay the heavy taxes, wards solution. But Muscle Shoals is which would eventually prove ruin- on ‘ v expected to cheapen the cost of ous . fertilizers, and there is no absence of If it were possible, the placing of quality of it even now. The Chilean taxes on those follows who want the interests that arranged the Michigan country to prepare f ir war would experiments gave a practical detnon- prove a great ro'icf to the tax-bur- stratum of what can be done to re- dened people. War and preparation 1 cover the soil. If Europe did not for war is what costs so much, and l,se fertilizers on all its lands the there is an element clamoring for, whole population would starve to preparation for the nex* war. When death. The United States evidently Congress learns to ignore this non- has not digested the constant illustra- sense the country will be better off. Lion and warning made by the Be sted have improved in the past fo. .y years. The American Institute o f Steel Construction, made up of men who make steel and supply skeleton to modern buildings, knew that the 1885 standard was obsolete. They now claim that structural steel has a basic unit stress of 13,000 pounds ner square inch. Thus, the steel men lop off of their own sales a tremen dous amount of weight. The entire cost of a modern steel building in cludes from 15 to 20 per cenr of the steel frame. This is an age of “standardization.” The Government is enthusiastic abou 1 it. We even have a great institution at Washington known as the Bureau of Standards. It represents a pat* of the vast network of endeavor in our civilization looking for standards —standards that run all the way from short hair for both sexes to— well, to 18,000 pounds per square inch for steel in the new standard speci fications for structural steel. When we get further particulars from the cement men, the stone quar ries, and the lumber mills, even novices who write newspaper copy may understand these forward strides in the industries. Russian Manoeuvers. Russia has had some luck in its hectic attempts to secure loans and foreign trade. M6dern Russia at its worst will no doubt compare with the Russia that was ruled according to the best methods known to the Czars. Despite the shifty policy of the Unit ed States in fulfilling its international obligations, as evidenced by the delay with references to such measures as the World Court, our own Nation gives plenty of examples that it re tains its ideals, and its grudges, too. For while we need foreign commerce, our own Government refuses to com mercialize its honor in making trade treaties, and in entering into regula tions that will secure the commerce of our old enemies in the World War. We have been particularly stiff with Russia, and the bristles in the Ameri can State Department “bristle” furi ously whenever Soviet Russia is men tioned. However, our old allies have not been so particular, for while this country is raising relief for German babies and the like, our old European friends are getting the new trade with Russia and elsewhere. MONTHLY MEETING OF BOTTLERS. The monthly meeting of the em- nloyers of the Augusta Chero-Cola Bottling Co. was held Monday even ing. The entire force of the Thomson Chero-Cola Bottling Co. was present as guests. A special guest on this occasion was Dr. Edwin Scott, super- 'ntendont of manufacturing of the yrup for Chero-Cola bottlers, one of the foremost chemists in the Unit ed States, and a most interesting •md entertaning talker. After a delicious supper prepared by Mrs. Scott, interesting talks were made by Dr. Scott, Mr. W. W. Down ing, of the Thomson plant; J. C. May, C. F. Whatley and J. W. Sharpton. Mr. J. F. Scoggins presided as toast master. Those present were, Dr. Edwin Scott, W. W. Downing, J. C. May, C. F. Whatley, J. W. Sharpton, J. F. Scoggins, J. H. Lazenby, J. M.Tussey, D. S. Ludwig, M. K. Monk, J. W. Kelley, J. E. Jones, J. W. Jones, Sr., Malley Timmerman, Paul Allen. These meetings are thoroughly en joyed by every one of the employes and officers, and have proven bene- ficlial, as is evidenced by the increas ing business which the salesmen are getting. The next meeting will be held in Thomson July 1st. Preparation for war makes war. partment of Agriculture concerning the necessity of keeping our farm lnnds from sliding back into the “razor-back” period. Splitting lip Railroad Profits. The recent decision of the Supreme WHO’S BIRTHDAY. Many people were heal’d Tuesday to ask why the banks were closed. Of course they knew it was some-, body’s birthday, hut not many knew . Court in the Kansas City, Mexico and who’s. I Orient case, commonly called the We all forget very easily; some “Orient,” made clear the right of the have never known. It is really Interstate Commerce Commission to astonishing how many there are who increase tho> divisions of rates to he could not tell you offhand who and paid by more prosperous roads to what Jeff Davis was. Most of us equalize the losses of a poor little are willing to let bygones be bygones; brother railroad like the Orient, we live for today and do not try to Although there was an adverse de better our condition by shunning the cision against the Orient, the Su- evils of the past, but continually do pveme Court distinctly passed favor- qyer and over again things about ably upon the Commission’s assertion which we should know better. of power over the division of rates. Jefferson Davis and other great The adverse decision was affirmed men suffered for the principles which upon comparatively minor questions they considered right. It is not what of procedure. they won for which they are honored, The big fish in the railroad aquar- but a x'ighteous love and undying ium have always insisted that there faith in that principle for which the was no power to prevent them from *ons of the South fought and died, j eating up the railroad minnows. This I theory has always been set forth THE DEVIL’S WORKSHOP. (when there has been any talk about Two young students in Chicago the consolidation of American rail- wanted adventure, and thought up roads. “Why should we split-up our the idea of kidnapping a friend, kill- profits with struggling railroads that ing him and demand ransom of the nre our competitors,” the big rail- boy’s father. They carried out their roads have protested. Of course the plan as to killing the boy, but failed railroads have always objected to to get ransom. Instead, the police every phase of Federal regulation, got the two young students, and now but in the end they have been obliged somebody has got to pay and pay to bend their necks to the yoke, and dearly. It may be they will have they have been good sports enough to pay with their own lives. to say, in each instance, that the fit Too much money; nothing to do; was good, ambition finding outlet in the wrong The Supreme Court decision and way. The old story of the idle man the acts of the Interstate Commerce and the devil’s: workshop. People, Commission are merely new chapters give your children something to do, in the big story that has been chang- whether it is necessary for them to ing the entire process of railroad work or not. I management, and the relations be- | tween the public and the carriers. MASK OUTLAWED IN LOUISANA. The transformation has been so The Louisana House of Represents- gradual that one has hardly realized tives Monday passed a hill to abolish without becoming retrospective, that aecrecy and the mask in that State, the system of public relations has A similar measure has been introduc- undergone almost a complete revolu- ed in the Senate. j tion during the past fifteen or twenty There may be some good reasons years, sometimes for secret orders to use Steel Under Stress, the mask, but it lends license to the Novices, like newspaper men, have bad element, and it has been demon- never ceased to wonder how archi- strated that much harm can be done tects and builders have known just in that way. Let good men and true how much weight could be piled on, stand out in the open and uphold their or hung to, steel girders and trusses, colors. I The Congressional Library in Wash- ington is one of the heaviest buildings THE CHICKEN SALE. j for its size in the world; and yet it Wednesday the fourth chicken sale is built in a location where there was was held in Thomson. Over 3000 | quicksand and other deficiencies of pounds of chickens were sold, and Nature mitigating against a safe and while the price was not as high as j sound foundation. But that insecur- expected, the sale was largely pat- ! ity was overcome by deep excavations ronized. People came for quite a down to hardpan. The structure sits distance around and Thomson re- with perfect poise and security at its ceived quite a bit of advertising in vantage point in the National Capital, the outlying communities. I When Bessemer steel was first I marketed in about 1885, it was calcu- c n i • s* j lated that the unit stress of 10,000 sugar used in L-anay pounds to the square inch was about Th ree hundred and fifty thousand right, and cities everywhere through- tous of sugar are used each year in [out the country adopted this in their the ranking of curdy in the Uniteti | building codes. But these “codes” States. never took into account the fact that COMPLETE EX H AIJSTION OF YELLOW PINE IN 25 YEARS \ EXPECTED. But one fifth of the original stand of Georgia’s forests remains today and we arc making fast inroads on that. We are cutting down our tim ber and giving little thought to the future, other than if we can’t get our lumber from Georgia we can get it elsewhere. We are cutting what we have left four times as fast as it is growing back. We know though that we are pay ing several times more today for lumber and wood products than a few years ago and that the cost of build ing is keeping many a poor fellow from building a home, the sweetest desire of his ambition. We accept these conditions as fol lowing the war and are hoping for better times, which may never come if the law of supply and demand rules forever more. We must produce timber in Geor gia. We must raise the supply to meet our demands if there is to be any relief from present costs or if we are to hold it where it is. As individuals we know but little of oureforest conditions so we must take tm; information and advice of those who have made a study of it and of those whose business or duty it is to find out. The U. S. Forest Service and some of our own Georgia citizens have made extended investigations and af ter long research and study, tell us that we are fast nearing the point of danger and that within the next 20 to 25 years the matter of Yellow Pine will find us at the point of practical exhaustion, provided that we do not begin now to reforest our cut over and idle lands. They say that the Georgia climate and soil will produce timber as quick as any other section in the United States and that the South can produce sufficient to supply the balance of the country if it will but get to work. They also inform us that it is necessary for each state to set up some form of state manage ment, or leadership you might say, so that the matter of growing timber may be directed along the best and quickest line as it is too big and var ied a proposition to run along belter skelter, unguided, except by master and experienced hands. At this time the Georgia Forestry Association is at work on the matter and it behooves us as citizens to sup port them morally if not financially in its efforts to bring the matter to a proper and thorough discussion by the members of the coming Legisla ture. In its report to the U. S. Senate, the Special Committee on Forestry after making complete investigations, said in its report No. 28 to the G8th Congress: “The exhaustion of the Virgin for ests in the United States has already progressed so far as to seriously en hance the cost of lumber and to cur tail its use. This condition must be expected to become more acute for many years—after all has been said, however, the fundamental need of the situation is to increase the vol ume of timber growth in the United States as rapidly as that can he ac complished, all other remedies and expedients combined will fall far short of supplying our national re quirements.” The lumber and turpentine re sources of Georgia are fading away. We have it in our power to perpetuate them—shall we do it, or shall we do nothing ana face^the consequences?— From the Georgia Forestry Associa tion, Atlanta, Ga. Here’s Real Drug Store One ding store In Now York hns never carried anything hut drugs, yet ims remained in the same location t'oi more than fifty years. IS DEMOCRACY SLIPPING? Those men who have made a care ful study of the true principles of the Democratic Party and have con scientiously and intelligently attempt ed to apply them, have built up groups of enemies In their own party. In spite of the fact that the South gave four precious years of her life to fighting these principles, and laid many a mother’s son in the grave before his prime, the man today who stands for States rights is not in good standing with quite a number of folks in the South and in the party. There is a veritable mania for cen tralization of power, and efforts at decentralization are met with stern opposition. Vast governmental pow ers are being centered at Washing ton, just as vast financial powers are already centered at New York. Use less offices are being built up, and expenditures that could be foregone are becoming the governmental habit and custom. There are already some fifty thousand Federal officers residing in Washington now, and over a half million elsewhere in the country. Is Democracy slipping? Will the party disappear, except for its name, which is becoming somewhat of a misnomer? Will the craving and demand for direct action instead of the slower and safer processes bring into our American life something more akin to monarchy or bolshevism? It does seem there should he a party conference “for the good of the order.”—Macon Telegraph. RETURNS TO THOMSON FOR THE SUMMER. Fannie Lou Showers, one of the most widely known educators of the South among the colored people, has returned to her home in Thomson to spend the summer months after teaching in one of the leading colored institutions at Macon. She is recog nized by her race throughout the country as a leader in educational circles, and was for a number of years principle of the People’s Indus trial Institute of Thomson, through which she gained prominent recogni tion from loading institutions of the country. Nov/ is a good time to have that hydrant put in. Also, electrical re pair work done. Reu ben F. Ivey, Phone 158. GARDENSPOTNEWS (By Polly and Pet.) On last Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mds. J. E. Ansley Miss Annie Street entertained a few of her friends with an ice cream sup per. Among those who attended the cream supper were Misses Maude McGahee, Ruby Huff and Lovie Mc- Gahee, of Thomson, Maude Greene of Iron Hill, Messrs. Cook Wilson, of Boneville, Dewey Ansley and Claude Scoggins, of Thomson, Albert Rey nolds, of Iron Hill. A nice time was reported. Miss Ruby Hardaway, of near Sweetwater, was the week-end guest of Miss Beulah Reynolds. Miss Sadie McGahee spent Satur day and Sunday with Miss Ola Lee Kelly. Sweetwater, speaking about Iron Hill getting ahead of Polly, I think you and them both gets ashamed of your news sometimes. Don’t you think so Boneville. Miss Ola Lee Kelly spent Friday and Saturday . with Miss Loretta Greene. Mr. Melvin Fitzgerald visited Mr. Albert Reynolds Saturday and Sun day. Say, Ruth, did you have a grand time Saturday night? Miss Allene and Ruth McGahee, Willie Mae Green, Mr. Sam Kelly and Jerry Reeves were visitors at Fort Creek Sunday. Misses Sadie McGahee, Ola Lee Kelly, Mr. Bob McGahee spent the day at Washington, Ga., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Greene and children spent Monday in Augusta. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hessie Tudor \^!« brightened by the birth of a little daughter. Miss Beulah Mae Harrison, of East Thomson, is spending the Week-end with Miss Beulah Reynolds. Saturday and Sunday are the regu lar preaching days at Iron Hill. Ev erybody cordially invited to come. Miss Mary Will Saggus is spend ing a while with Miss Ola Lee Kelly. Wake up, Iron Hill, we miss you so much. EAT AT- Schneider’s Restaurant Regular Dinner 50c Plate Lunch 25c Short Orders served from 5 A. M. to 10 P. M. FARMS FOR SALE 50 ACRE FARM. 50 acres land, improved farm, located in Co lumbia county, near the line of McDuffie; good rolling land under fine state of cultivation* about 10 acre pasture under two strands barbed wire. Two good wells, curbed with 24 inch ter- I* cl COtt^cl This farm has one eight room dwelling, one four room dwelling and one tenant house; large barn 27x45 feet; store building, cotton house, blacksmith shop. At the junction of two roads, but most ot it on the public road leading from Leah to Thom son, and extends to the junction of that road which runs from Augusta to Washington. Daily mails passing on each road. Now here is a nice proposition for the man who wants to farm under present conditions. The deal can be swung very easily,, and you will be surprised at the price at which it can be bought. See us about this place. Half cash, balance as desired. 65 ACRE FARM. Here’s another nice proposition—65 acres, good level land under high state of cultivation, within easy distance of Thomson; gray sand soil with clay subsoil; 55 acres under hog wire and balance barbed wire; five or six acres of timber. There are three branches and a creek on this place Improvements are, a four room dwelling painted, ceiled throughout, one tenant house, barn and stable. Located two miles east of Thomson on the north side of Whiteoak road. See us about this place, you will be pleased. 180 ACRE FARM. You should investigate this farm by all means—180 acres located on east side of road from Wrightsboro to Cross Roads,_ one mile from National Highway to Washington, Ga. Clay soil with gray surface and clay subsoil; about 20 acres lying out; 60 acres under culti vation; 75 acres under wire; 25 acres under hog wire; 10 acres bottom land; plenty of timoer for all purposes. , Improvements on this place are; Light room dwelling, ceiled throughout, two tenant houses; eight mule stalls; fine well of water. If you want this farm we believe there is no reason why you can’t get it if you have a little money, and it is certainly a bargain See us at once. 22 1-2 ACRE FARM. This place of 22 1-2 acres is located just one mile from Thomson on public road to Cobbham; grav land with red clay subsoil, all good level land; 16 acres under cultivation, with 6 acre pasture; plenty of fire wood. .. , This place has five room dwelling, ceiled throughout, and two good banns. This is just the place for the man who wants to do intensive farming. Let us show you and you will be pleased with price and,terms. As to or ice and terms, most everything we have to offer can be arranged to suit your con venience. Call on or write THE McDUFFIE CO. REAL ESTATE AGENCY J. Q. West or H. S. Norris, Thomson, Ga.