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THE McDUFPIE PROGRESS, THOMSON, GA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1924.
CENT A WORD ADS
Advertisements under this head are
charged for at the rate of one cent
word, though no adv. will be in
erted one time for less than 25c.
>pecial rates by the month or more
han one week.
PULP WOOD WANTED—Highest
cash prices paid. Full settlement
first of each month. Write me at
once for contract. Liberal cash ad
vance. R. E. Printup, Dearing, Ga.
6-6 tf.
FOR SALE—Full Jersey cow with
-.third calf ten days old. Easy to
milk and can milk without calf.
Price $40. C. C Ivey, Thomson, Ga.,
Route 4. 5-30-2t
FOR SALE—One good second-hand
Ford for sale cheap; also, two
rooms for rent. Apply to Mrs.
Wright Smith, Thomson, Ga.
CORN FOR SALE—Home raised,
good and sound. O. C. Colvin,
Thomson, Ga. 6-6 4t.
BUTTER FOR SALE—Can furnish
as much as 8 lbs nice fresh butter
each week, delivered, 40c lb. R. T.
Callaway, Thomson, Ga.
5-30-2t.
IRON HILL NEWS
By Rose and Buttercup.
FOR SALE—One good used tent,
used by Baptist Baraca class. Can
be bought cheap. See Mr. Jordan at
First National Bank. 6-6 tf
WANTED CITY PROPERTY—We
have two applicants for desirable
town property, 4 to 6 rooms. Let us
know if you wish to trade. McDuffie
Real Estate Agency.
LARD AND HAMS FOR SALE—
Home raised, nice and sweet. 0.
C. Colvin, Thomson, Ga. 6-6 4t
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN—I
install and repair gins, grist and
saw mills and machinery in general,
and operate same. References furn
ished if asked for. J. S. Hinton,
Thomson, Ga. 6-6 eow 2t
FOR BOARD OR APARTMENTS,
see Mrs. Z. M. Story. 5-30 2t
HEMSTITCHING AND PICOTING.
Best work and prompt attention.
Crawfordville Hemstitching Works,
Crawfordville, Ga. 5-9-6t
WANTED—We have applications for
reasonably priced small farms near
Thomson; no high prices wanted, but
applicants are willing to pay reason
able prices. Those wishing to sell
will do well to see us. McDuffie Real
Estate Agency.
Miss Ola Lee Kelly spent Friday
night with Misses Loretta and Ruby
Greene.
Miss Ruby Hardaway, of near
Sweetwater, was the guest of Miss
Beulah Reynolds Friday and Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Greene spent
the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Harrison.
Miss Emma Ansley was the guest
of Misses Mary and Clyde Spear Sun
day.
Misses Ruth and Allene McGahee,
Willie Mae Greene, Messrs. Sam
Kelly and Jerry Reeves attended Sun
day school at Fort Creek Sunday af
ternoon.
Miss Mary Will Saggus, of Wash
ington, is spending the week with
Miss Ola Lee Kelly.
Miss Beula Mae Harrison, of Thom
son, is spending the week with Miss
Beulah Reynolds.
Misses Ola Lee Kelly, Sadie Mc
Gahee, Messrs. Bob McGahee and A.
T. Luckey spent Sunday near Wash
ington.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Radford spent
the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Will Lott.
Mr. Willie Earl Greene spent Sun-
I day with his uncle, Mr. Ed Greene.
Miss Maude Greene spent Saturday
j afternoon with Miss Beulah Reynolds.
Of all the cut-down’s, “Red” said
she liked the yellow one best.
Miss Eula Mae Williams spent
Wednesday afternoon with Miss Ruth
McGahee.
Mrs. Bob Radford and Mrs. Mollie
Culbreth spent Wednesday in Thom
son. i
Miss Beula Mae Harrison was the
guest of Miss Ruby Huff Wednesday
night.
Saturday and Sunday is regular
preaching days at Iron Hill and on
Monday, 19th, C. P, Thornton, evan
gelist from St. Petersburg, Fla., will
begin a revival meeting. Preaching
every night. Everybody invited to
come. He will probably pr.each for
two weeks. ,
Mr. Melvin Fitzgerald spent the
week-end with Albert Reynolds.
SALEM NEWS.
By Cutie.
MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES
FOR SALE—If you are ready to
order that monument or tombstone
I will be glad to have it shipped to
you. C. G. Anderson, Star Route,
Thomson, Ga. 5-16 4t
WANTED TO BUY—Poplar and oak
lumber, any dimensions. J. T.
Bryan, Thomson, Ga.
FOR SALE—Ford Automobile, and
a Western Electric Lighting sys
tem. Sterling Gibson, Jr. 5-9 tf
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
To the voters of McDuffie County:
I will be a candidate for Repre
sentative, pending the action of the
white primary and subject to your
and its action. Faithfully yours tc
command.
JOE DeMEDICTS.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE—On
sale in Thomson at J. W. Fletcher’s
Jewelry Store, Central Ave. Deliv
ered by carrier to your home every
morning at 18c per week. tf
LOGS.
We are in the market
for good clear logs plac
ed on skids for loading
trucks at any point
along public roads un
der 15 miles of Thom
son. In lots of 3000 ft.
or more.
KNOX LUMBER CO.
First Meerschaum Pipe
The first meerschaum pipe was
Klc 200 years ago by a Hungarian
oeinakei who was a clever wood
Mrs. G. W. May has returned home
after a pleasant visit to her daughter,
Mrs. A. L. Ivey, of Tignall.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ivey had as
guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
May and children and Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. McCorkle and children.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ivey and two
attractive children, Vivian and Lamar,
of Tignall, spent the week-end with
her mother.
Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle spent Sun
day afternoon with Mrs. Will Smith'.
Mrs. Joe Farr and Miss Mildred
Farr spent a while with Mrs. J. J.
Mathews Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mathews spent
Wednesday night with Mr. Forest
Johnson of Marshall.
Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle, Truman
and Nina McCorkle spent Monday
with Mrs. Belle Reeves and Berta
Reeves of Thomson.
Master Floyd McCorkle killed an
owl while hunting last Friday, meas
ured four feet five inches and a half.
Miss Evelyn Jones spent Saturday
with Misses Roena and Jessie Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Dozier Rogers attend
ed services in Thomson Sunday morn
ing.
Mrs. G. W. May and Mrs. J. O.
May spent Monday afternoon with
Mrs. R. T. May.
Mi.ss Virginia May spent Wednes
day morning with Miss Nina Mc
Corkle.
Mr. Dozier Rogers and Floyd Mc
Corkle have killed two rattle snakes
during the week, one with eight rat
tles and one with four.
Mrs. G. W. May and Mrs. J. O.
May spent Wednesday morning in
town.
Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle and Nina
McCorkle and Mrs. Dozier Rogers
spent Wednesday afternoon in town.
Miss Nina McCorkle spent Satur
day afternoon with Mrs. R. T. May.
Say, Miriam, how about the Ford
that passed by while we were making
pictures ?
Now is a good time to
have that hydrant put
in. Also, electrical re
pair work done. Reu
ben F. Ivey, Phone 158.
DEARING NEWS-
(By Regular Correspondent.)
Mrs. B. R. Printup, who has been
under treatment at an Augusta hos
pital, returned home Friday of last
week.
Rev. Q. L. Morgan, who spent sev
eral days here last wpek, returned to
Sparta Friday morning.
Commencement excercises of the
Dearing High School were held Fri
day afternoon, May 30th, in the school
auditorium. The faculty and pupils
are to be congratulated for presenting
the best program given here in years.
We were glad to have Rev. R. C.
Young, pastor of the Baptist church,
fill his pulpit Sunday afternoon, af
ter a month’s absence. He brought
a most helpful message. There was
no service at night on account of rain.
The revival meeting at' the Baptist
church will begin fourth Sunday in
July. We hope everybody will co
operate together to make it the
greatest meeting in the history of
our town.
Miss Annie Whitaker, who has
been teaching in the school here, re
turned to her home in Avondale the
latter part of last week.
Mrs. O. L. Williams and daughter,
Mrs. Alma Scattergood, and son,
Lester, of Augusta, were visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Ocran Howard Sunday.
Miss Eva Thompson, of Wrens,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr. Jack Harris, of Macon, is visi
ting relatives here this week.
In a class of thirty-one to be
awarded diplomas from the Medical
Department of the University of
Georgia, last Monday night in Au
gusta, was Robert Cary McGahee, of
Dearing, who graduated with a most
enviable record; not having received
a demerit or mark of any kind against
him while pursuing his studies. He
will practice in Richmond, Va. Here’s
our hand, doctor, we wish you mighty
well in your chosen profession.
Among those who attended the G.
S. C. W. commencement at Milledge-
ville were Miss Mary McGahee, Mrs.
S. C. McGahee and Mr. James Par
ker.
Miss Janie McGahee has returned
home from Millcdgeville where she
graduated at the Girls’ Normal and
Industrial college.
Mr. Roy Howard, who has been
visiting home folks, returned Wednes
day o Charlotte, N. C., where he has
a position with Adam’s Express Co.
Miss Marguerite Rivers has return
ed after a pleasant visit of several
days in Wrens.
Mr. Cecil Howard, who has been at
tending Mercer University, is at home
for the vacation.
Mrs. Mamie Rodgers is spending
the week in Augusta with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Milo McGahee.
Miss Dollie Turner, who has been
teaching in Dearing left Thursday to
spend several days in Augusta before
returning to her home near Blythe
The following have been elected
teachers of the Dearing school for
the ensuing school year: Misses
Janie McGahee, Annicf Whitaker,
Dollie Turner and Mrs. D. A. How
ard. A principal and a primary
teacher is to be elected yet.
Little Sweetwater And
Rig- Briar Creek.
Mrs. Clark and daughter, Miss
Zelle, of Mesena, visited Mrs. Wm.
Hall Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Watson, of
Macon, spent Saturday afternoon
with Mrs. Watson’s aunt, Mrs. Jas.
F. Bradshaw, also a while Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M.
Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hobbs and
children visited Miss Mamie Mont
gomery Sunday morning.
Mr. Jas. M. Harrison has been on
the sick list a few days this week,
but his friends are glad he is able to
be out again.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fowler, of
Mesena, visited Mrs. Wm. Hall Mon
day.
Miss Agnes Silas spent the week
end with Miss Bayo Montgomery.
Misses Lois and Georgia Story
visited Misses Mamie and Bayo Mont
gomery Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Alvah D. Watson who has
been with her mother, Mrs. Virginia
Usry, for about two weeks left for
her home Sunday.
Mrs Singleton Branham, of Wash
ington, D. C., visited Mrs. Watson
Usry Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oma Guy spent Wed
nesday with Mrs. Guy’s father, Mr.
Tankersley, at Winfield.
Mrs. Polly Palmer spent a short
while with Mrs. J. M. Harrison on
Monday afternoon.
Mr. Jim ” Montgomery’s many
friends are sorry that he has been
real sick since last Thursday. How
ever, he is better now and will soon
be about again.
Little Miss Margaret Hobbs has
been real sick, but is better we are
glad to say.
Mrs. Jno. B. Montgomery and
daughters visited Mrs. Belle Brad
shaw and Mrs. Jas. Harrison on Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Story and daugh
ters, Lois and Georgia, and Mrs.
Hunter Clary visited Gibson Sunday.
Mr. Tankersley and daughter, of j
Winfield spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oma Guy. ;
Miss Agnes and Mamie Hinton vis
ited the home of Mrs. J. B. Montgom
ery Monday morning.
Miss Gladys Montgomery, of Au
gusta, spent the week-end with her
father, Mr. Tom Montgomery.
We are getting lots of rain in our
vicinity now. Gen. Grass will catch
you if you don’t look out.
Mr. Ralph Hughes is at home for
a while from Granite Hill.
Fishing is a popular pastime on
Briar Creek now. There seems to
be a good many fish this season.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Guy visited in i
Thomson Wednesday. (
JUST RECEIVED CARLOAD
Boll Weevil
Molasses
THOMSON MERCANTILE CO.
TELEPHONE HEROES
CITED FOR BRAVERY
Vail Medal Awards and Honor
\ able Mention For 1923 Are
Announced
That deeds of heroism and acts ol
loyally and devotion to duty have nol
become obsolete in the activity o!
modern American life is indicated by
the recent award of the Theodore N
Vail medal for noteworthy public ser-
vico to employes of the Southern
Group of Bell Telephone Companies
for noteworthy conduct and services
during the year 1923.
Four members of the Cumberland
Telephone Company’s organization so
distinguished themselves as to be
awarded the Vail medal. These men
and the courageous acts for which
they wore honored were:
Robert Harvey Crews, combination
man, Copperhill, Tenn., for persever
ance and devotion to duty in the res
toration of an important public serv
ice under trying and dangerous con
ditions. Following a severe storm and
continuous rain, a total Interruption to
the toll service occurred on the line
between Copperhill and Cleveland,
Tennessee, on the morning of March
Ri. 1923. This section is very moun
tainous and sparsely populated, and
the greater part of the route can be
covered only on-foot over rugged and
difficult trails. Completely isolated
Robert Harvey Crews.
from communication with his wire
chief, he, on his own initiative, start
ed out to clear the trouble. After a
few miles he left his car, and, al
though weighted down with tools and
material, proceeded on foot through
the rain and cold. As there are no
bridges, it was necessary for him to
wade a number of streams, which had
| ecome very deep and swift and, in one
instance, ho lost his footing and had
to swim to the bank. Notwithstand
ing these difficulties, he persevered
until the trouble was finally located
and cleared, by which time darkness
had fallen. He could not then re
turn in safety and had to walk three
mile3 further to the nearest dwelling,
for shelter.
Grover Cleveland Crider, combina
tion man, Paintsviile, Kentucky, for
conspicuous initiative and courage,
under hazardous conditions, thereby
fi-
-;V .
of property. Between three and fom
o’clock in the morning of June 4
1923, firo was discovered in a store
room immediately below the exchange
quarters at Paintsviile, Kentucky
Upon being notified by the operator
he hurried to the burning building. Ie
spite of the dense smoke, which made
entrance difficult and dangerous, anb
against the protest of others, he made
his way into the telephone office and
secured l’ire extinguishers. Returning
to the street, ho forced entrance to
the store and applied chemicals to the
blaze until the fire was under con
trol.
Saved Companion’s Life.
Louis Leon Gauthier, cable splicer’s
helper, Shreveport, Louisiana, for
courageous action in rescuing a fellow
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Louis Leon Gauthier.
omployo at the risk of serious injury
to himself. On the evening of April
2, 1923, lie was assisting a cable spli
cer, who was work'ig in a manhole at
Shreveport, Louisiana. It had been
raining and, as he lifted the tarpaulin
which had been placed over the man
hole, a flash of lightning Ignited the
natural gas which had accumulated in
the manhole, causing an explosion,
The gas continued to burn, the flames
reaching about three feet above the
ground. Regardless of the danger to
himself, he reached down through the
flames, and, although painfully burned
about the face and arms, rescued the
splicer.
William Vogt Schinipff, clerk, plant
department., Louisville, Kentucky, for
conspicuous coolness and proficiency
in rendering First Aid, which proba
bly resulted in the saving of a human
life. On December 17, 1923, during
Grover Cleveland Crider.
preventing interruption to an import
ant public service and the destruction
William Vogt Schimpff.
a heavy fog, he was standing on the
rear platform of an interurban car
v/hich, while crossing a bridge sixty
eight feet high, between Jeffersonville
Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, ran
into another car. Immediately there
after a heavy steel car crashed int<
the rear of the car on which he wu:
standing. The force of the collision
threw him against the door and liandh
of a seat, fractured his ribs and caused
painful bruises. Seeing that tbc
foot of another passenger had been
crushed, and di-regarding his own in
juries, he placed the Injured man
across two seats, and, using his gar
ter as a tourniquet, stopped the flow
of blood. He continued to care for
him, loosening the torniquet at in
tervals for about thirty minutes, until
the Injured man was removed to a
hospital, where his foot was ampu
tated. He also assi ted in preventing
a panic among the women passengers
some of whom had to he restrained
from leaping from the car.
Honorable Mention for These.
Five employes of the Southern BeK
Company and sixteen employes of the
Cumberland Company received honor
able mention for courage, resourceful
ness and devotion to duty in saving-
lives or in protecting and restoring
an essential public service. They were
as follows:
J. C. McManus, division supervisor
of safety methods, Charlotte, N. C»
for coolness and resourcefulness li
relieving several men who had been
pinned beneath an automobile truci
and in rendering Fir3t Aid to thos*.
injured.
Clarence Sykes (colored), labor*?*,
Louisville, Kentucky, for prompt aca
tion in catching the foot of an em
ploye who was falling head first ouK.
of a second story window and holding
him until ho succeeded in reversing
his position.
Fred Metcalf, station installer, Lou
isville, Kentucky, for prompt and effi
cient rendering of First Aid to a strerft
car motorman who had been injured
in an accident.
T. F. Conley, line foreman, New Or
leans, Louisiana, and J. J. Grillo, mo
tor truck driver, New Orleans, Lou
isiana, for capable and efficient em
ployment of First Aid methods to a
man who had been severely injured in
an automobile accident.
M. C. Gilmore, motor truck driver,
Shreveport, Louisiana, for prompt and.
resourceful rendering of First Aid t»
a woman who had been seriously iu-i
jured in an automobile accident.
Julius Schmeider, cable splicer,.-
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for coolness- 1
and courage in catching a fellow ea
ploye as he was falling from a pole,
I. H. Herrin and gang, plant depart;
merit, Tennessee division, for devotion:
to duty in connection with the clearing
of damage following a severe storm.
A. B. Cook and gang, plant depart
ment, Tennessee division, for devee-
I tion to duty in connection wifh the
I clearing of damage following a sever©
storm.
R. H. Marr, combination man,!
Grand Junction, Tennessee, for faith- 1
ful and devoted service rendered in;
clearing trouble following a seven#
storm. !
O. W. Lyle, combination man, Cleve-|
land, Tennessee, for persevering anfii
loyal service rendered in clearing j
trouble following a severe storm.
W. R. Cathey (deceased), groundi
man, Nashville, Tennessee, for prompt!
end courageous action in catching *,
fellow employe as he fell from a cable.,!
F. O. Parish, cable splicer’s helper, j
Dyersburg, Tennessee, for promptness!
and intelligence in attempting
break the fall of a fellow employe a»!
he fell from a broken cable.
A. B. Cline, district First Aid ii»-
stmetor, Hazlehurst, Georgia, for
prompt and efficient rendering dE
First Aid to a woman who had been, 1
taken ill in a store.
Operators Are Honored.
Mrs. Clarence Torrence, night ope*-!
ator, Covington, Louisiana, for prompt- 1
ness and intelligence displayed In bb-I
curing assistance in connection with!
fire in a hotel.
Emma Simmons, operator, Court-;
land, Alabama, for prompt and cour-- 1
ageous action in Extinguishing fire am-
the clothing of a child who was badly
burned.
Vera Small, operator, Ocean Springs,
Mississippi, for coolness and intelli
gence displayed during a fire which.
ocutTod in the building where the e*-j
change quarters are located.
Florence Nelson, operator, Carters-'
vllle, Georgia, for prompt and intelli
gent action in obtaining fire-fighting
apparatus which resulted in the sav
ing of much valuable property.
Pansy Lane, operator, Morgantoa,
North Carolina, for coolness and de
votion to duty during a fire which de
stroyed a portion of the building in
which the exchange quarters are lo
cated.
Cenia Sillavan and Carrie Sillavan,,
operators, Alexandria, Louisiana, for
devotion to duty following a cyclone.
The Theodore N. Vail memorial
fund was established to perpetuate the
memory of the late Theodore N. VaR,
for many years president of the Butt
System and an outstanding figure he
the telephone world.
He was deeply interested in the
human sido of the business, and his
career was marked by efforts to rec
ognize loyalty and devotion to duty
and to instill into the organization a
pride in telephone work as an essen
tial public service.
Each year the list of awards hu
coutalaad the names of Southerner*
who have proved themselves worthy
of t.ha honors bestowed by the Theoe
lore N, Vail memorial fund. 1