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the McDuffie progress, Thomson, ga.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1924.
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called upon to continue buying that
stock, or, "hold the bag.”
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Q. Is there such a material as
“vegetable” ivory?
A. In Columbia, Peru, Ecuador
and Brazil, "ivory” grows on trees.
It is gathered in the form of hard,
white, fine-grained, oval nuts, about
the size of a small potato, which drop
from the wild tagua or ivory-nut
palm. When dried, this vegetable
■i’mry looks like the real ivory obtain
ed from elephant tusks.
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1 Q. What material besides wood is
|used for railroad ties?
I No satisfactory substitute has been
found for wooden cross-ties for rail
roads. Many .thousands of dollars
have been spent in experimenting
with steel, concrete and other sub
stances, blit with little success The
importance of wood to railroads is
one of the reasons why the forest is
so important a national resource.
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Q. How did Memorial Day origi-
■ate?
A. General John A. Logan, as
Commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic, issued a proclamation
in 1808 declaring May 30th as a day
for the decoration of the graves of
aoldiers, sailors, and marines who had
•erved in the Union Army. His
patriotic appeal stirred the Nation
and resulted not only in "Decoration
Day” being observed in 1868, but in
making it a sacred custom of the
American people.
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Q. What non-Catholic Church has
the largest membership and what
•ther Protestant Churches are strong
est in the United States? Do the
JProtestent Churches show a growth?
A. According to the estimate of
the Federal Council of Churches, in
J923, the Methodist Church stood at
the head of the list with 8,304,948.
The Baptists were a close second with
more than 8,000,000 members. Next
In line* came the Presbyterians and
the Episcopalians, the former with
more than 2,400,000 members, and
the latter with more than 1,118,000
members. Church membership sta
tistics of practically all Protestant
Churches show a slow but steady
growth.
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O. What is the Fourth dimension,
and is there any credence in the
theory? What are the three pre
ceding dimensions?
A. The Algebraic definition of
dimension is that it is a literal factor
«f a product or term; also called a
degree. Upon this basis throe di
mensions are calculated. The Geom
etrical understanding concerns the
extension of a single line or direction.
A line is extended in one direction,
®r has one dimension, that is length;
a surface is extended in two direc
tions. or has two dimensions, length
and breadth; a solid is extended in
three directions, or has three dimen
sions, length, breadth, and height or
thickness. In 1905 there appeared in
the world of science a new theory,
dealing with physics in general and
with light and gravitation in particu
lar. Albert Einstein is the author
•f the theory, and he brought the
fourth dimension into physics as a
vital fact. In addition to length,
treadth, and height of the old order,
•ne now takes account of the time-
dimension as the new fourth co-ordi- I
mate. Time and space are no longer
treated as independent. The relativ
ist claims that we can know nothing
«f absolute space in the “Euclidean
sense” of a line that goes on and on
straight on into eternity and infinity.
The material universe moves in per
fect cycles; the system of which \\e|
mre a part moves through a cycle of i
sixteen million light-years; at the
end of that period it recommences
its long journey and, like the recur
ving decimal, repeats it over and over.
Students of this difficult theory of the
fourth dimension agree upon one
thing, and that it is most interesting
and bewildering, and that nature
itself confirms it over and over again.
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Q. Was Samuel Gompers at one
time, since he has been at the head
•f organized labor, sentenced to jail?
A. The District of Columbia Su
preme court sentenced Samuel Gom
pers and other labor leaders to prison
for contempt of court in the Bucks
Stove case, in December 1908. How
ever, the sentence was afterwards set
aside, and it never was considered as
mitigating against the standing of
Mr. Gompers, or as a reflection upon
lus citizenship. Mr. Gompers bad
aid aloud what he thought of this
eourt. Many other pdople express
themselves more silently at times.
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Q. About what proportion of our
farm products is sold abroad?
A. According to Senator Capper’s
Weekly, one-half the cotton, one-
fourth the wheat, one-sixth the pork
produced in the United States is sold
abroad, mostly in Europe.
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Q. What does the word family, as
■sod in (he United States Census
Cable mean?
A. The word family, means a
jrnuip of persons, whether related by
Wood or not, who live together as one
household, usually sharing the same
Cable. Thus one person living alone
is counted as a family.
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Q. What is meant by the lock
step?
A. It is a mode of marching by a
body of men in very close file in
which the leg of each moves with the
corresponding leg of the person
ahead.
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Q. Where can a history be obtain
ed of the Free Will Baptists? Are
these people regular Baptists or are
they an entirely separate division by
themselves?
A. Free Will Baptists were found
ed by Benjamin Randall in New Dur
ham, N. H., in 1870. They extended
to most parts of the country except
the South, where antagonism was ex
pressed against them because of their
strong anti-slavery opinions. They
have somewhat distinctive methods
apart from what might be termed,
for the sake of convenience, "regular
Baptists.” Undoubtedly the Baptist
Historical Society, 1701 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa., or the Baptist Pub
lication Society at the same address
would be best able to recommend an
authorative history.
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Q. What is the meaning of “Trade
Winds?”
A. The trade winds which prevail
in equatorial regions blow in the same
direction the year through. North
of the equator they blow from north
east to northwest, and south of the
equator from southeast to northeast.
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Q. I would like to know what ma
terial is most used for containers for
export shipping.
A. Nailed wooden boxes, reinforc
ed with cleats and metal straps, are
the containers most commonly used
for this purpose. The bulk of the
world’s foreign commerce is carried
in nailed wooden containers.
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Q. What material is used for radio
panels?
A. Bakclite, a condensation pro
duct of phenol and formaldehyde, is
extensively used for radio panels.
v *
Q. Is there any special prepara
tion to use on windshields of automo
biles to prevent water globules on the
glass?
A. One of the easiest mixtures for
this purpose consists of equal parts
of kerosene and glycerine, which may
be applied with a soft cloth to the
windshield. Alcohol and glycerine
mixed together, also in equal parts,
is found to be effective. A slice of
plug tobacco, the fresh leaf exposed,
rubbed up and down on the glass,
repeated until the entire surface has
been gone over, allows the water to
run off.
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Q. What is the size of the Sahara
Desert?
A. The Sahara has an area of
3,500,000 square miles.
Citizen’s Military
Training Camps.
The War Department announces
the following results of a recruiting
campaign conducted in the 4th Corps
Area which comprises the 8 south
ern states, to obtain candidates for
the Citizen’s Military Training Camps
to be held at this Area July 3rd to
August 1st at Fort Barrancas, Flor
ida, Camp McClellan, Alabama, and
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
On May 19 Louisiana led all states
of the southeast with a total of 1,020,
with Georgia a close second with 971;
next comes in order Florida 807, Ten
nessee 709, South Carolina 548, Miss
issippi 530, Alabama 356. North
Carolina 328. These figures repre
sent the number of young men who
have applied to attend the training
camps, but before any of them can be
ordered to camp, the regulations re
quire that they be inoculated against
typhoid fever and vaccinated against
smallpox. Each applicant must turn
into the C. M. T. C. Officer, Red Rock
Building, Atlanta, Ga., a certificate
from his doctor that he has been
inoculated and vaccinated. The order
of arrival of these certificates from
doctors determines the order in which
they will be sent to camp.
The numbers attending camps by
cities show Atlanta far in the lead
with Birmingham, Alabama, second
and the little town of Prentiss, Miss
issippi, third.
One remarkable feature of the ap-
O. Can you tell mo what manufac
turing industries employ the largest
■umber of children under sixteen
years of age? Also the largest pro
portion of women?
A. Such manufacturing industries
are. boxes, cotton, knit silk and worst
ed goods. Women are employed to a
great extent in the industries manu
facturing corsets, men’s furnishing
goods, knit goods, women’s clothing,
Millinery, lace goods, tobucco, cigars
and cigarettes, confectionary, book
binding, canning and preserving.
plications of this year’s camp is the
fact that practically 90 per cent of j
the boys are High School boys, or
are entering college.
The athletic authorities are ar-
.tnging very elaborate schedules not
only among local contestants in camp,
but an effort will be made to have
such celebrities as Stribling of At
lanta, Carpentier, and other famous
boxers perform at the camps. An
effort is also being made to have at
least one of the Southern League
base ball games staged at Camp Mc
Clellan, Alabama, during the encamp-
Q. What is meant by the expres
sion “holding the bag?”
A. When a group of brokers call
ed a pool, agree to purchase a large
■mount of certain stock in order to
advance its price they sometimes find
that the stock has not advanced up
bo their expectations. They are then
ment.
Cotton From Australia
It has been predicted that within a
few years Australia will s^-nd a mil
lion bales of cotton each year to lo
used in the Lancashire cotton mills.
ROAD *
BUILDING
TRUCKS AND ROADS
HELP CREAMERIES
Some fifteen or more years ugo we
predicted larger co-operative cream
eries would be established und that
the amuller ones would pass out of ex
istence on account of the coming of
the truck and better roads. The small
local creamery has served its purpose
well, but we have come to a period in
the development of the creamery in
dustry when larger local creameries
are essential. The advent of the truck
aud good roads makes this possible
and practicable.
It Is well known to every manufac
turer that he must have a certain vol
ume of business In order that his prod
ucts he manufactured at the least ex
pense. There Is such a thing, however,
as an Institution being too large to be
economical, as well as too small. There
Is a happy medium for the size of our
local ca-opeVative creameries. An In
stitution manufacturing 1,000,000
pounds of butter In a year will have a
minimum manufacturing cost provided
the management Is efficient.
We think well of having a creamery
In every community and of sufficient
size that It can carry on Its business
upon the proper busls. It Is something
every community can be proud of; it
gives Increased value to the land, for
when a creamery Is situated close to
the farm there is always a sure mar
ket for the cream or inllk produced on
the farm. When milk or cream was
delivered by team It was essential that
the creameries be closer to the farm
for In most cases it was not economi
cal to haul milk more tlinn three or
four miles. A local creamery now can
be ten miles from the farm and the
product can he delivered to that
creamery cheaper by truck than when
the patron lived but three miles away
from the creamery when horses were
used for hauling the raw products of
the farm to the creamery.
Good roads and auto trucks nre
changing our creamery system. They
are changing It for the better, for they
Increase the capacity of creameries,
making It possible for them to render
a better service to their patrons, pro
duce a more uniform quality of prod
uct, and engage In other activities like
the handling of poultry and eggs.—
Hoard’s Dairyman.
Compound Interest Paid
on Highway Investment
The gradually accepted figure of 10
cents a mile us the cost of operating
the average automobile was adopted
recently by the Wisconsin railroad
commission ns its official standard.
The rate Is held Interesting for Its
many applications.
In Minnesota, for exnmple, the re
cent traffic census showed that the
average section of the state trunk
highway system Is traveled by 834 ve
hicles a day. If a new location or
other change shortens the distance on
a route carrying average travel It fol
lows that It would mean a suving to
834 ear owners—auto taxpayers who
are bearing the big share of trunk
highway costs.
At 10 cents a mile, that saving 1
would be $83.40 a day—more than $30,-
000 a year, und $300,000 In ten years,
all exclusive of the cost of Improving
and always maintaining the extra but
unnecessary mile.
Highway Billboard Nil
in State of Minnesota
Minnesota's new law passed by the
lust legislature, prohibiting all ad
vertising signs on trunk highways, has
gone Into effect. Thousands of signs
ranging from smnll tin tags to bill
boards of various sizes on state rights
of way, were removed. Only signs
expressly excepted by the law are to
be left. Rulletlu hoards for legal no
tices and marking of trails are the
main exceptions.
According to highway department
officials, the removal of the signs will
not only take away unsightly objects
but eliminate billboards which ob
struct the view and distract atten
tion at dangerous cross roads.
Reclaimed Rubber Made
Into Bricks for Paving
New tires roll over old in an ex
perimental pavement laid by the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road at
the Main street grade crossing at Ra
cine, Wts. The paving material Is a
“brick” made from scrap tires by a
new process recently developed. The
design of the pavement was made by
C. W. Brainbrldge, chief engineer of
design of the railroad, and the rub
ber bricks rest on a base of wood.
If the experiment is a success, the
railway company Intends to install
similar crossings throughout its sys
tem.
Continuous Paved Roads
Return to Washington
A motorist can start from the zero
milestone in Washington and travel a
circle tour of 2,350 miles back to
Washington again over a continuous
dustless paved highway. This contin
uous section takes the traveler from
Washington to St. Louis, thence
through Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, Montreal, Albany, Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Balti
more.
You tell'em
thihk wV\&V
Ynlq'k'h happen
I'h&'V T\ever <loes
Remember the good old
days when the wedding
ceremony was a life
sentence?
You will enjoy life
better if you have a
PERFECTION OIL
STOVE
to cook on this summer.
Don’t sentence your
self to the unpleasant
ness of cooking on a hot
range during the sum-
Imer months when you
can get one of these su
perior oil stoves from us
at such reasonable
prices—
$21.00 to $35.00.
THOMSON 7 HARD
WARE CO.
Thomson, Ga.
georciaraIlroad
(THE OLD RELIABLE).
Vacation time is here once again
and with it comes the annual summer
tourist fares.
These reduced rates, to almost
every section of the country, go into
effect May 15th, and are good return
ing up through October 31st, 1924, j
stop-overs being permitted at all I
points on either going or return trip I
upon application to conductor.
If you are contemplating an enjoy- i
able vacation trip this summer, we j
will be only too glad to make all
necessary arrangements for you; just
apply to our ticket agent in your
town and if there is any information
desired which he is not in position to I
furnish, it will be supplied through I
this office. Or you may write direct
to the undersigned at address shown, j
You can rest assured your requests '•
for rates, schedules or any other in- j
formation relating to a journey by
train, will receive prompt and effi- i
cient attention.
Your inquiries are solicited and it 1
will be a pleasure to help you in any
and every way possible.
J. P. BILLUPS,
General Passenger Agent, 120 East
Hunter St., Atlanta, Ga. 5-16 tf
ATLANTA AND WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY, GEOR
GIA RAILROAD.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
New York City.
Cheap variable route summer ex
cursion fares to above convention are
available from principal points in
Georgia, going by rail and returning
from New York via Clyde Line to
Charleston or vice-versa.
Stop-over privileges are permitted
at any point going or returning.
Fares include meals and term on
steamer, which must he used in one
direction.
Tickets can be routed via C incin-
nati, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo or
Niagara Falls without additional
cost.
For rates, sailing dates and general
information, communicate with the
undersigned,
J. P. BILLUPS,
General Passenger Agent.
120 East Hunter Street. Atlanta, Ga.
Thought for the Day.
It is vastly better to get a man to
work with you than merely to work
for you.
Growth of “Life Tree.”
The “life tree” of Jamaica grows
and thrives for months after being up
rooted and exposed to the sun.
0£i0
is a prescription for Ma
laria, Chills and Fever
or Bilious Fever. It kills
the germs.
Pee Qee AUTO ENAMELS
self and Save Money
Other Pee Qee
Products
Pee Gee Barn Paint
Pee Gee Shingle Stain
Pee Gee Invincible
Spar Varnish
Pee Gee Silo Paint
Pee Gee Screen
Enamel
Pee Gee Mastic House
Paint
Pee Gee Porch Paint
Peaslee-Gaulbert Co.
Incorporated
Atlanta Louisville Dallas
Varnishes — Stains— Enamels
You want your auto to dis
card that “used car” appe ar
ance. You can do it yourself
with Pee Gee Auto Enamels
that “turn the trick” in a
twinkling—restore the orig
inal luster of the car, and
reinstate the old pride of
ownership.
There are ten colors to choose
from — an attractive tone to
suit your taste. And they do
the work well, economically,
quickly. Give that auto a
birthday present of a new
dress.
Thomson Drug Co.
Tohmson, Ga.
1
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The secret of success is hard work and
clear thinking. The industrious person
earns more than his necessary expenses,
and the thinking person saves this surplus
and deposits it in a GOOD STRONG BANK.
It is never too soon to beffin saving. Get the
habit of saving. The sooner you start the
greater will be your success.
Financial success is simply a matter of
sticking- to your saving- habit—making- your
character stronger than any temptation to
spend. Nobody saves much at a time. Ev
erybody can save a little at a time.
Try the saving habit and see how fast
| the small change will grow into dollars, and
the dollars into tens and hundreds.
We invite you to start an account with
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small. We will g-ive you Safety and Service.
BANK OF THOMSON
The Old Bank.
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Georgia and Florida Ity. Passenger Schedule
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 11th, 1923.
THROUGH DAILY PULLMAN SERVICE BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND
JACKSONVILLE ON TIIE BON-AIR SPECIAL.
DIRECT CONNECTION MADE AT JACKSONVILLE WITH SEABOARD
AIR LINE, ATLANTIC COAST LINE AND FLORIDA EAST
COAST, FOR ALL FLORIDA POINTS.
DIRECT CONNECTION MADE AT AUGUSTA FOR RICHMOND,
WASHINGTON ANI) NEW YORK.
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
8:20 AM
8:00
PM
Lv
Augusta
Ar
8:40 AM
6:10 PM
10:01 AM
9:25
I>M
Lv
St. Clair
Lv
7:10 AM
4:26 PM
10:50 AM
10:07
PM
Lv
Midville
Lv
6:29 AM
3:34 PM
11:27 AM
10:40
PM
Lv
Swainsboro _
Lv
5:55 AM
2:52 PM
11:42 AM
10:53
PM
Lv
Wesley
Lv
5:42 AM
2:37 PM
12:40 PM
11:35
PM
Lv
Vidalia
Lv
5:00 AM
1:55 PM
1:42 PM
12:30
AM
Lv
Hazlehurst
Lv
4:00 AM
12:37 PM
2:45 PM
1:30
AM
Lv
Douglas
Lv
3:05 AM
11:30 AM
3:25 PM
2:07
AM
Lv
Willicooehee
Lv
2:27 AM
10:47 AM
4:02 PM
2:46
AM
Lv
Nashville
Lv
1:51 AM
10:10 AM
4:55 PM
3:40
AM
Ar
Valdosta
Lv
1:00 AM
9:05 AM
8:50 PM
8:00
AM
Ar
Jacksonville
Lv
9:05 PM
Daily
Daily
(Ex. Sun.)
Daily.
Daily.
(Ex. Sun.)
5:05 PM
10:45
AM
Lv
Valdoosta
Ar
3:30 PM
8:50 AM
6:30 PM
12:30
PM
Ar
Madison ^
Lv
1:30 PM
3:30 PM
Daily
Daily
6:55 AM
Lv _.
Vidalia
Ar
12:35 PM
7:4£ AM
Lv
Lv
11:42 AM
9:10 AM
Ar
Millen
10:20. AM
Connections made at Millen with the Centdal of Georgia.
Daily
3:30 PM
Lv
Augusta
Ar
Daily
10:20 AM
5:22 PM
Lv
_ __ Wrens
Lv
8:30 AM
6:03 PM
Lv
Gibson
Lv
7:52 AM
7:16 PM
Lv
Sandersville _
Lv
6:40 AM
7:30 PM
. Lv
Tennille
Lv
6:30 AM
- — . — * v u.ou n.m
Direct connections made at Tennille with Central of Georgia for Mid-
ville, at which point connection is made with Bon-Air Special for Florida
points.
Daily Ex. Sun. Sun. Only Sun. only Ex. Sun. Daily
4:45 PM 10:15 AM 10:15 AM Lv Nashville Ar 3:55 PM 4:30PM 9:30 AM
5:17PM 10:50 AM 10:49 AM Lv Sparks Lv 3:18 PM 3:30 PM 8:55 AM
5:30 PM 11:10 AM 10:59 AM Lv Adel Lv 3:05 PM 3:15 PM 8-45 AM
11:20 AM 11:06 AH Lv Sparks Lv 3:00 PM 2:50 PM
12:35PM 12:15 PM Ar Moultrie Lv 1:45 PM 1:15 PM
J. E. KENWORTHY, General Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga.