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THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1924.
NUMBER 25.
TEST IS MADE OF
DUST PREVENTIVE
A test was made this week of a
dust preventive known as Dow Flake ed several ordinances that will prove
Mr. H. S. Norris ordered the material
COUNCIL ADOPTS
SOME GOOD LAWS
The DIGEST
City Council Tuesday night adopt- pni r Jft? hin *ton, D - C., June 12. I TEACHING FRENCH BY RADIO.
, POLITICS. V. Harrison-Berlitz, of the Berlitz
From now on until November the i School of Languages, was in Paris a
,.,'”..‘'1 " u " year or two ago, and he found that
the English language was being
taught by radio broadcast from the
Eiffel Tower. If English is taught
by radio in France, why ought not
French be taught by radio in the
United States, asked Mr. Harrison-
Berlitz. When he came back to New
York he began to broadcast French
lessons to the American public, and
now one night each week a vast, in
visible class takes its French lesson
by radio, with the best instruction
that can be given them by the world’s
greatest school of languages. Thus,
another of the triumphs of the air
is being recorded in not only the in
struction of French to American au
diences, but likewise in the larger
significance of more closely cement
ing these races which speak different
tongues.
and Mayor McCommons had the
of benefit to the citizens of Thom-
principal affairs of politicians will be
street department spread it on in son. | politics. Congress shuts up shop
front of his house on Jackson street.! One of the ordinances is for the earlier tha P is customary, and many
From all appearances this will have protection of the c izens against U First °The Adrnijvi«tr^Hnn' headed
the desired results in preventing mad dogs, and it is prescribed that n v President Coolidtre pqnn J n t r r>l
dust. It showed up fine on the street ! ownev „ of mint have their fWs 7? Fi esident Coolidge, cannot control
where it was used and it is claimed ° w a ?i \ a d s Congress. The lack of party unity
dust settled for theZ -11°^!“^“' » CT "? ->». » impossible for the Republi-
will keep the dust settled for the bal
ance of the season with another light
application in four to six weeks.
There are others in Thomson who
suffer from dust and no doubt will
want to use this material. Mayor
McCommons says he is ready to co
operate with citizens on the dusty
streets if they will get together and
make it possible. This no doubt
could be done in the form of a petition
signed by the citizens interested.
It appears that the best way to
order the material is in carload lots.
Mayor McCommons will be glad to
confer with any who want to use it.
The effects of the material can be seen
on Jackson street.
and produce certificate for same. A
A Treat For Progress
Readers.
Readers of The Progress have a
treat in store for them. This week
a coupon appears in The Progress
entitling every reader to a delicious
free drink of Chero-Cola, the popular
beverage.
This treat is made through special
arrangement with the Thomson
Chero-Cola Bottling Company, bot
tlers of Chero-Cola in this city. All
you have to do is clip one coupon and
take it to the nearest dealer. This
offer is a sure-enough treat in every
sense of the word. You do not even
have to sign your name to the coupon.
Just clip and use it and enjoy your
self. That’s all.
DEARING NEWS
(By Regular Correspondent.)
The Methodists held their regular
services at the church Sunday morn
ing and night.
Mr. Marcus Culpepper had the mis
fortune of losing a good mule last
week.
Miss Ervena Harrison was the
guest of Misses Ollie and Noami
Lavigno at Boneville during the week
end.
Mrs. R. B. Morgan entertained the
young people of Dearing with a prom
party last Friday night. Guests from
Harlem and Wrens were present.
Everyone reported an enjoyable even
ing.
Messrs. G. F. Rodgers, Artie and
Roscoe McGahee were in Augusta
Saturday.
Mrs. J. M., Misses Mary and Janie
and Mr. Rufus McGahee spent Sun
day at the home of Mr. W. M. Mc
Gahee.
Mrs. Fred Howard and little daugh
ter, Virginia Rivers, are in Spartan
burg this week the guests of Mrs.
Roy Cliatt.
Mr. James Howard has returned
from Athens where he had been a
student in the University of Georgia.
Mesdames R. R. and D. A. Harrison
and Miss Ervena Harrison were in
Thomson Tuesday.
e ceiuncaie ior same a cans to secure the kjnd of i egislation
fee oi one dollar will be charged by the country expec t s f rom them,
the city for badge after the dog has Thoy have taken the ition that
been inoculated. Dogs without a « it - 9 no u since the H opposition ig
badge will not be allowed within the ' powerful enough to prevent an “Ad-
^ynnuts. ministration policy” from succeeding.
The value of this law will be read- , Second. Even the “regular Repub-
dy appreciated when it is realized li canS ” do not ungrudgingly support
that dogs allowed within the city , White House policies, as is shown by
limits are to be mummed from the votes in defiance of President Cool-
rabies. Heretofore when a dog was idge’s appeals and vetoes. Even the
detected with rabies it almost always tax bill called forth a bitter protest
occurred that someone had been bit- f rom the President
ten before it was detected, or num- j Third . T he Congress as a whole
bers of other dogs had been bitten ! vvaa doubtless earnest in its general
and the infection had been scattered desire for farm-relief legislation, but
broadcast Thus the new law is in in view of t he failure of such law-
the line of a preventative from such
occurrences.
Another ordinance passed is that
making in past years, there was an
absence of faith in any of the sug-
,, ... . , gestions contained in the bill. There-
all persons selling milk within the i f ore Congress said: “What’s the
city limits must have their cows sub- l U se?” The McNary-IIaugen bill was
jected to the tubercular test. It is j deserted in consequence
ordained that those selling milk must | Fourth. The Democrats had their
have certificate showing that their! day of satisfaction out of investi-
cows have been tested. These tests, | gations that showed ‘‘scandalous
it is understood, will be made at in-1 doings” on the part of Cabinet offi-
tervals in order that ail cows coming ; c j a i s and other big Republicans. In-
mto milk from time to time will have j forest subsided in these “orgies”
been tested. Tests were made in Me- when the investigators failed to find
Durhe county recently and no cows
showed infection, but those who
offer milk for sale would do well^ to
preserve their certificates.
An ordinance regulating the speed
and parking of automobiles was also
a new head for the block every few
days. Senator Heflin and a few other
noisy Democrats created the unfortu
nate impiession that the whole theory
of their party in the investigations
, . , , . ,, was prompted by a desire to secure
dopted. This ordinance will be found : political advantages. The Republi-
in another place in this issue of The
Progress.
A Card Of Thanks To
Our Employers.
We appreciate the effort you have
made in securing the co-operation of
most of the business houses of all
kind of Thomson in giving us a half
holiday each Thursday afternoon dur
ing June, July and August.
We take this method of thanging
you for your loyalty to us, and sin
cerely hope the citizens of this town
and surrounding territory will do
their trading Thursday morning and
help us maintain this holiday.
J. H. Morgan, Anese Davey, E. G.
Wade, S. M. Turner, H. L. Turner,
Jr., Ruth Scott, J. S. Boyd, Jr., A.
L. McLean, R. L. Smith, J. B. Fuller,
A. B. Houston, J. A. Scott, H. C.
Perry, Roy Ashley, Hoyt Gunby, E.
A. Woodruff, H. T. Mobley, Rubie
Willingham, W. D. Hunt, Sr., Clay
ton Goolsby, Winton Gunby, C. L.
Bussey, II. F. Gunby, Alma Rabun,
Mattie Dorsey, O. M. Gerald, Bennie
Thompson, Sam Paim, Agnes Dorsey,
Mrs. J. T. Rogers, W. S. Shields,
Eleanor Johnson, J. T. Pate, L. S.
Lockett, Rubie McCorkle, Idelle
Bailey, M. W. Moseley, W. T. Ed
monds, R. S. Hadaway, Emmie
Young, Ruby Harrison, A. B. Morris.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY T. R. ROSE
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
District of Georgia.
All individual taxpayers will be
i given the benefit of the 25 per cent
. . i reduction of Income Taxes payable
Mrs. J. P. Harris visited friends in during 1924 determining the amount
Macon last week.
Miss Louise Bradshaw .is visiting
friends in Albany.
Little Joe Clarke has been sick
several days this week.
Mr. James Parker is at work in
Mayfield.
We regret to report that Mr. C. C.
Culpepper, who has been in bad
health for some time is not improving
at this writing.
Marion, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. James, is reported on the
sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Haywood had
as their guest Wednesday Rev. Odum
Clarke.
Mrs. J. M. McGahee has had as her
guest this week her mother, Mrs.
Jane Smith, of Dodge county.
The Methodist ladies held their
monthly Missionary i meeting Wed
nesday afternoon.
Dr. H. S. Murray, a famous lecturer
of New York City, will arrive here
Friday morning and will give a lec
ture at Iron Hill church Friday night
to be paid as the Juno 15th install
ment.
If one-fourth of the total tax re
ported was paid at the time the re
turn was filed, the June 15th install
ment will be only one-half of the
amount paid when the return was
filed. As an example, if the total
liability was S100 and $25 being paid
at the time the return was filed, the
amount of the June installment will
be $12.50. The correct tax liability
being reduied from $100 to $75 and
$25 having been paid, it is only neces
sary that the amount of the June in
stallment be sufficient to cover one-
half of the total amount due for the
year.
If three-fourths of the total amount
of tax reported to be due was paid
at the time of filing the return, no
further payment will be due.
If one-half of the total teix report
ed to be due was paid when the re
turn was filed, no payment will be
due until September.
can spell-binders hit back vigorously,
and the public tired of it all, and im
patiently accepted the newspaper
claim that Congress was wasting its
time, and that the Courts should wash
the rest of the linen.
Fifth. Thu Democrats have .not
been able to secure any legislation on
their own account. Of course they
scored slightly on the bonus and tax
bill, but that gave them small com
fort. They were ready to go home
when the adjournment vote came.
Sixth. The progressive Republi
cans and Farm-Laborites reached the
point where they felt that the country
might accept their claim that both
old parties were impotent, and not
to be trusted. Legislation of the kind
they wanted, such as farm-relief and
railroad revision, was out of the
question, any how. So they conclud
ed, too: “What’s the use staying in
Washington.”
Seventh. TRe political end of the
Federal government is in a deadlock,
and unable to function in the interests
of the people. The credit for what
has been accomplished in Congress
will be claimed by Republicans, Dem
ocrats, and Progressives. But above
this will sound the recriminations of
them all—each blaming the other
for “a do-nothing Congress.”
That’s the brass tacks of it all.
As a result many politicians will
hardly have a Chinaman’s chance
when they attempt to explain their
failures.
THE FAILURE OF PARTY
CONTROL.
Excuses are endless to explain the
failure of party control in Washing
ton. This party control wavered
under Taft; restored itself and then
rode almost to a fall under Wilson;
reappeared as a positive force to aid.
Harding, and finally smashed com
pletely under Coolidge. Why?
First. Was it the weakness of
President Coolidge? No. The only
serious charge in that direction is
that he has failed to make the World
Court a major issue. Nevertheless,
he is stronger, to every appearance,
than his party; more popular than
Congress, or any faction of it, in
either Senate or House.
Second. Is steong leadership lack
ing in Congress? No. The average
is as high as at any time during re
cent years.
The answer seems to lie in the fact
that direct primaries have destroyed
party organization. The old national
“machine” that made men vote its
will in Congress has lost its punch.
The “cracker” has been lost off the
party whip. Senators and Repre-
senatives have reached the conclusion
that their political fortunes are in
In the event the entire amount of tHeir own custody, and nowadays they
tax reported to be due was paid at
the time the return was filed, the
on “The Church at War—Nations overpayment of 25 per cent will be
Divided.” refunded as soon as it is physically
— possible to do so. In the meantime
CAN SELL POTATO SLIPS. it will not be necessary that any claim
There are a few farmers who could for refund be filed or any other action
easily sell a few potato slips at this taken by the taxpayer,
time. Wednesday a farmer wrote a '
card to the county agent saying that
he could spare a few plants. In an
hour after the card was received a
purchaser had been found and bought
3500 plants from the farmer at $1.90
per M. Farmers who have a surplus
can often sell them in the county at
a good price by notifying the agent.
MISS HATTIE RUTH SWANN
HONOR GUEST.
Mrs. O. P. Hunt entertained today
at a spend-the-day party in honor of
Miss Hattie Ruth Swann, a charming
bride-elecT of Tuesday.
MOONLIGHT PICNIC.
A moonlight picnic at Smith’s pond
RECEIVES PH. D. DEGREE.
The many friends and admirers
here of Miss Florence Brinkley,
daughter of Mrs, L. D. Brinkley, of
Jewell, are speaking in very com
plimentary terms of her recent ac
complishment, that of having con
ferred upon her the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy at Yale where she has
been studying the past year. Many
teachers are delighted that she will
be among the distinguished educators
that have been enlisted by the Geor
gia State College at Milledgeville to
give lecture courses during the sum
mer school term.
Mr. Loflin Smalley, of Young Har-
will be an enjoyable event of this ; ris College, is at home, for the sum
evening, at which about twelve mer vacation. He has as his guest,
couples will be present. Mr. John Sewell, of Atlanta.
play ball with the votes in their own
States. This condition will doubtless
continue until such time as some
political party again returns an over
whelming majority of its members to
control of the National Government.
Even then it will need enough of a
surplus to take up the slack of dis
affection.
LUMBER PRICES.
The Department of Commerce
issues detailed lumber prices data at
frequent intervals. Average mill
prices per thousand board feet for
first and second hardwood lumber at
mills located principally in Wisconsin
and Washington were $105.50 in 1922;
$112.07 in 1923 and for the month of
April, 1924, $108. Unselected birch
first and seconds averaged $08.20 in
1919; $141.04 in 1920; $125.08 in 1923,
and for April, 1924, $123.60. Hard
maple averaged $69.15 in 1919; $115.-
80 in 1920; $78.59 in 1922, and for
April of this year, $98.25. Secretary
of Commerce Hoover recently com
plimented the lumber industry as
being clean-handed in its relation
with the public.
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT.
The proposed child labor amend
ment to the Constitution of the Unit
ed States will empower the Federal
government, to limit, regulate or
prohibit the labor of children under
eighteen years of age.
THE AMERICAN CHILD.
According to the National Child
Labor Committee there were in 1904,
forty-seven States that allowed chil
dren of fourteen to work nine, ten,
eleven or twelve hours a day, and in
many States night work was common.
Extensive lists of occupations in
which children were employed were
entirely outside the scope of State
laws or local ordinances, and the
numbers of child laborers had become
so great as to cause national alarm.
The Committee says that in North
Carolina children of fourteen may
now be legally employed eleven hours
a day and in Georgia boys of twelve
and girls of fourteen may be employ
ed without violation of law. A num
ber of States still practice the dis-
ingenous policy of passing very gohd
child labor laws and then starving
the official department by inadequate
appropriations so that enforcement
of the law becomes impossible.
SHORT TERM BORROWING.
Short term borrowing is always
a dangerous expident when availed
of for capital expenditures, says
Mortimer L. Schiff, the prominent
New York banker. According to Mr
Schiff “bank loans and other forms
of short-time credit should be utiliz
ed for the financing of operations and
transactions, which are self-liquidat
ing in character before the maturity
of such loans. That is the basic
theory of the Federal Reserve Act,
but notwithstanding the strictness of
their regulations, it is almost impos
sible for the Reserve Banks to en
force the observance of the spirit, as
well as of the letter of the law. As
a matter of fact, it is often very
difficult, to say the least, for the
banker himself to determine what
use his customer is going to make
of the credit extended to him.”
MUSCLE SHOALS.
Ford has lost Muscle Shoals. His
“offer” has been considered on its
merits, and only a small minority of
men in Congress have a favorable
word for it. Consideration of Mus
cle Shoals has been postponed until
December. In the meantime the
Government is going right ahead with
the contention that the construction
work on the Tennessee River is up
to Uncle Sam. Only the question of
operation of the giant power units
is left for determination in the future.
SOME GAINS OF THE TAX
PAYERS.
The following are changes ordered
in the income taxes: A 25 per cent
reduction on taxes payable this year.
General revision of both the normal
and surtax rates, amounting to a 50
per cent cut on taxes levied against
incomes of $8,000 and under. An
additional reduction of 25 per cent
which may be made on’ earned in
comes. For purposes of this reduc
tion all incomes of $5,000 and under
are defined as earned. The cut may
be made only on incomes up to $10,-
000. Exemption for heads of fami
lies with incomes of $5,000 and over
is increased from $2,000 to $2,500,
the same as now allowed heads of
families with incomes of $5,000 and
under. No change is made in the
present law allowing an exemption
of $1,000 for single persons.
jSAVANNAH PARTY
WILL STOP HERE
A party consisting of 100 represen
tative Savannah citizens will stop
over in Thomson long enough to say
“Howdy” and get acquainted with our
officials and Chamber of Commerce.
The party will arrive next Monday
afternoon at 12:20, departing at 12:45
P. M. Mayor McCommons and the
Chamber of Commerce are arranging
a little entertainment for the tourists.
Mr. Gordon Saussy is chairman of the
committee of arrangements for the
tourists, and will doubtless be the
spokesman on this occasion.
The party will be accompanied by
the United States Marine Band and
will discourse music on their stop
in Thomson.
This tour is being made in the in
terest of a project the Savannahians
have on foot—of which they will
make mention while here.
This trip is to take exactly six days
beginning Monday, after midnight,
June 16th, and ending Saturday, June
THOMSON TO HOLD
NEXT CHICKEN
SALEjNSEPT.
Thomson will hold its fifth chicken
sale in September. The date will be
announced through the columns of
this paper.
It might be well, due to the atti-
tude a few took toward the last cur f
to remind the farmers of the good
wrought by these chicken sales.
The chicken car is brought to*
Thomson monthly in order to afford
the farmers a good market for all
of their poultry. Our local market
will buy a few chickens at high
prices on chicken sale day, but they
cannot buy all the farmer has to sell
at car prices, else the car would not
prove necessary and they would sure*
ly get the bid.
Bidding above market price for A
few chickens tends to dissatisfy the
farmer with market price, and if
continued will wreck the farmer'*
?v^l t ’arr t iv 7 e :3 hUe. M - ^e for all hi*
In those six days exactly twenty- ahe ad and realizethT whence f£l£
nahians, beginning with Augusta and , drop to \ Qc eac hfor hens^fr'yeVto
winding up around the circle with 36 P roogters no sale a s before the
Jesup. There will be something! advent of the car He must rJalizJ
There will
W" W»r p*-
visited will be, Augusta, Thomson,
Madison, Athens, Gainesville, Atlan
ta, Rome, Cedartown, Carrolton, New-
nan, Griffin, Barnesville, Forsyth,
Macon, Columbus, Americus, Albany,
Cordele, Fitzgerald, Moultrie, Bain-
bridge, Cairo, Quitman Valdosta,
Waycross, Brunswick and Jesup.
An all-Pullman train with obsei’va-
tion car, will be occupied for the tour,
together with baggage car.
It is the plan of the committee that
the tour will be conducted on a gen
erally high plane and that members
of the touring will advise in advance
of their coming such friends and ac
quaintances as they have in the places
to be visited. This is expected to be
a considerable feature in making the
trip a thorough success.
This committee is headed by Gor
don Saussy, Alderman, director of the
Board of Trade, and long known as
an indefatigable worker for a State
Tort for Georgia and the one man in
the entire state who has given more
of his energy and time for his com
munity and state in this particular
than any other person. Gordon
Groover, vice-president of the Citi
zens & Southern Bank, is vice-chair
man of the committee, actively on the
job in the effort to organize the per
sonnel of the tour, and has devoted
the better part of his time for the
past week to see that this tour is
“put over.” Mr. Groover has also
been a leading worker for a State
Port and has always been ready to
make sacrifices in this cause.
MR. O. S. SMITH DIES, AGED 83.
Mr. O. S. Smith died at his home on
Neal street Sunday afternoon, at the
age of 83 years. He had been suffer
ing for the past two years, and up to
that time was active and vigorous
for a man of his years. Mr. Smith
is survived by his wife and six chil
dren, as follows:
Mr. M. P. Smith, of Thomson; Mr.
P. D. Smith, of Atlanta; Mrs. J. R.
Edwards, of Augusta; Mrs. J. C.
Waller, Mrs. F. F. Reese, of McDuf
fie county; Miss Dora Smith, of
Thomson.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, conducted by
Rev. J. T. Robins, assisted by Rev.
C. C. Kiser. Interment was in West
View cemetery.
just as does cotton and every other'
commodity. It is no more possible
to raise the price of a carload of
chickens above market than it is to
raise the price of cotton. All the
car has been able to do is give mar*
Icet price. Before the advent of the
car the farmer got below the market
price for his chickens. The only way
we can get 40c per pound for broil
ers and fryers is to use incubator*,
and brooders so as to produce fryer*
for sale in February, IvTarch and
April.
We have sold 12,500 pounds of
pounltry during the past four
months at an average of, fryers 34c,
hens, 20c, and roosters 10c per lb,
bringing to our farmers approxi
mately $2,500.
Some who said they would take
their broilers home before they
would jjell for 30c per pound, forget
that last year and years previous
they sold them for less. A 5-pound
hen last year sold for about 50 cent*.
At 18c per pound she would have
bi’ought 90c at our last sale
This may be the last car ever to
come here unless the farmer who
appreciates the sale gets his neigh
bor who doesn’t to patronize the car.
We have a few stickers that Mc
Duffie should be proud of and we've
got to have more if this county is
ever run by the farmers. We hav*
got to learn what cooperation mean*.
It doesn’t mean that we are to pat
ronize the car as long as nobobdy
can touch the price and then when
the market drops a little,Jto forget
all past benefits in a selfish grab at
a few extra pennies. The future of
the farmer is in his own hand3. Hi*
worst enemy is oftentimes himself.
The future price of his chickens i*
dependent on him. Patronize the car
regardless of other bids and save
the price or stop the car through
lack of patronage and kill the future
of McDuffie county’s poultry indus
try. The county agent has done all
he can, so has the Chamber of Com
merce and non member merchant*.
The case is in the hands of the farm
er and it is squarely up to him to
sanction or kill it.
G. C. DANIEL,
County Agent.
TO LECTURE HERE.
DEATH OF BRIGHT YOUNG BOY.
Death is always sad, but unusually
so when one of the community'*
~ tt o „ r xt vi brighest and most promising young
Dr. II. fe. Murray of New York | pe0 ple passes away and has his am-
City, will speak at the court house, bitions cut short.
3:30 P. M. June 15th. He is a noted In the death of Otis M. Reynold*
lecturer, having lectured in England, Thomson and McDuffie county log*
Canada and the United States. His onc 0 f their brightest young boys. Hi*
subject will be “The Shurch at War,
Nations Divided.” Everybody is in
vited to hear him. No collection.
J. F SHIELDS. '
GOOD OLD TIME PENTECOST
REVIVAL.
Starts at the Congregational Holi
ness church in Thomson, Ga., June
18th, 1924.
Good singing and full gospel
preaching.
Everybody is invited to come and
take part in the meeting and get a
good blessing from our God.
A. T. SILLS.
LA FOLLETTE’S RESOLUTION.
Senator La Follette’s resolution
that sought to bring about a recess
of the Senate for one month, quoted
the Secretary of Agriculture with
reporting 108,000 farmers having
lost their farms silice 1920, through
bankruptcy or foreclosures. In ad
dition 122,000 lost their farms with
out legal procedure and 373,000
others retain their farms only by
sufferance of creditors; making 603,-
000 farmers, or 26 per cent of all,
who are literally bankrupt in fifteen
States.
GOOD ROADS FOR LATIN
AMERIC A.
South America and Central Amer
ica have sent their best engineers
to the United States to investigate
our roads, in order that I>atin-Amer-
ica may likewise engage in improved
road building.
Let The Progress Do Your
Pirnting.
Job
AUTOMOBILE BURNS.
Mr. E. B. Story had the misfortune
to lose his car by being burned last
Saturday night. A can of kerosene
in the car spilled out on the floor,
and in striking a match to clean it
out, the oil ignited and soon the car
was a mass of flame, destroying it
completely. The accident took place
at his home in the country.
COLUMBIA COUNTY MAN DIES.
The remains of Mr. John Marshall,
of Columbia county, who died at the
State Sanitarium in Milledgeville
last Friday, were brought to Thom
son 1 ' Saturday and conveyed to his
home near Appling for burial.
Mr. II. C. McCorkle returned Mon
day from a visit to specialists in
Augusta, where he went for examina
tion for eye trouble. He feels hope
ful of averting the loss of his left
eye, which has been troubling him for
quite a while.
Let The
Printing.
Progress Do Your Job
death occurred Tuesday morning at
3:20 o’clock, after an illness of about
three weeks. The young fellow wa*
suffering from typhoid fever and wa*
recovering nicely, when he contracted
mumps, the complication proving too
much for his weakened condition, and
he died as stated above.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon, conducted by Rev. C,
C. Kiser, and interment was in West
View cemetery.
Otis is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Reynolds, and two
little brothers, Paul and Lawrence.
WANT TO STAGE 4TH OF JULY
CELEBRATION.
Several have spoken of staging a
4th of July celebration in Thomson.
The boys want to put on a boxing
match and baseball game. They want
the cooperation of the merchants and
business men.
It is believed other features can be
worked up that would make a big
day for Thomson. Let’s get together
and pull off a big one for that day.
BASE BALL.
The Washington base ball teant
came to Thomson Thursday afternoon
for a game with the Thomson team.
The game was rather slow, fraught
with errors on the part of both teams.
The score was 5 to 4 in favor of
Washington. Washington also won
the game in Washington Monday.
DEATH OF MRS. MILTON
HOWELL.
Mrs. Milton Howell, of Dearing,
died Sunday afternoon after a short
illness. She is survived by her hus
band and one child. Funeral and in
terment were held at Hunt cemetery
Monday afternoon.