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Clk Sup® Court She iftctJufftc VOLUME XXV. THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1924. NUMBER 26. THE COTTON BELT HIGHWAY WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR THOMSON The people of Thomson hardly realize what a great thing the Cotton Belt Highway will mean for our town and county. j Messrs. G. W. Jordan, H. A. Price, B. F. Johnson, and E. H. McCord attended a directors meeting of the association in Elbert on Tuesday; ^ where enthusiasm was at a high ten sion over the prospects of this new route from the North. It was ex pressed as the belief that within five, years time 90 per cent of the tourist' travel from North to South, to and ' fro, would be made over this route, j All the counties along the route are straightening out their roads* and improving them so that it will be an inducement to travel this way What concerns our people is that Thomson has been officially placed on this route. Of course McDuffie will have to make some improvements in her roads in places, but it will be 1 worth the price. And the cost is not J going to be great. It is planned to j straighten the road from Dill’s store to Main street, and improve the road j out Jackson street toward Hobb’s Mill. Both of these improvements j are necessary and will prove of great j benefit to the county, both north and south of the railroad. The fact that the Highway Depart ment will pay 50 per cent of the cost of paving the streets over which the highway passes, means a lot to the people of Thomson. Just now property owners along these streets are anxious for them to be paved, and with the depai’tment paying half the expense is almost too good to be true. It is up to our people to stand squarely back of this movement and put our roads in as good condition as any along the route. With the extra gasoline tax coming in the work can bo accomplished \vith very little cost to the county. We have been wanting good roads and now is the time to get some benefits through cooneration with the other counties. Besides the road improvements on the direct route, it is going to mean that other roads in our county will receive attention. It is desired that improved roads radiate in each direc tion, and this will be accomplished when the ball is set in motion, thus opening up and developing each sec tion of our county. If there is a good highway running out each direction from Thomson, intersecting roads can be built so that travel will be easy from any section of the county. It is hard to estimate the great value of this road improvement to the town and county. Mr. Gordon Wall Dies Suddenly. The people of Tin nson were very much surprised and s.locked to learn of the death of Mr. Uordon E. Wall Monday morning. 1. is death was rather sudden, although he had been complaining Sunday of not feeling well. For the past few years he had been in bad health and had to give up his railroad work on that account. The doctors attributed his illness to high blood pressure, which no doubt accounts for his sudden death. His condition grew worse Sunday and early in the night he was forced to take his bed, his death occuring about 1 o’clock Monday morning." For, the past year Mr. Wall had been engaged in the grocery business with Mrs. Wall on Railroad street. He fs survived by his wife and two sons, Edward and Reginald; two sis ters, Mrs. C. P. Prather, of Harlem, and Mrs. Homer Ivey, of Thomson; three brothers, Messrs. James, Raney and Cleve Wall, of Thomson. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Whiteoak street Tues day afternoon at 4 o’clock/ by Rev. C. C. Kiser and Rev. J. T. Robins. Interment was in the Thomson ceme tery. Out-of-town relatives and friends who were here to attend the funeral were Dr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr. Ralph Benton, of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Prather of Harlem; Mr. Bob Anglin and Mr. S. H. Drane, of Augusta. , Hottest Weather Of The Season This Week. More About The Sour Cream Market. The past week brought some of the hottest weather of the season. Farm ers in many instances had to cut, the days work short and work only dur ing the cooler hours Some knocked off altogether until the weather cools ofF a bit. Mr. George Lokey lost a fine mule, supposedly due to the in tense heat. The thermometer regis tered around 100 in some places in the shade. While the hot days are tough on the workers, it is fine for the grow ing crops and retards the ravages of the boll weevil. It is also a fine season for killing grass. 'Drops are coming out wonderfully, and with plenty of sunshine and moisture will make good in this sec tion. About Chicken Sales. Something said some time ago with reference to establishing a sour cream market here where the farmer can sell small or large quantities of sour cream at stated intervals. This is being done in other counties with a great deal of satisfaction to the farmer. Several have given their names to the county agent as being in favor of and promising to patron ize such a creamery. They are A. G. Adams, S. F. Dunnaway, T. E. Mc- Corkle, E. C. Young, J. E. Hawes, J. H. Kendrick, T. J. Kelly, S. F. McGahee and J. B. Dunevant. If you are interested in establishing this cream station join hands with these men and lets make it possible. G. C. DANIEL. THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOTOR CLUB Mr. E. W. Carroll, of Athens, sec retary of the Northeast Georgia Motor Club, was in Thomson Wednes day in the interest of that organiza tion. The Northeast Georgia Motor Club is an organization of selected owners of motor vehicles and good roads boosters formed to promote the de velopment of the highways of North east Georgia, travel over them and thereby develop the twenty-nine coun ties so associated. Mr. Carroll is a live-wire organizer and has promised Mr. G. W. Jordan, president of the Thomson Chamber of Commerce, to visit Thomson at some future date and assist in rehabi litating our organization and advanc ing ideas as to best means of enlarg ing its usefulness to the county and community at large. ATTEND MASONIC CONVENTION Attending the Tenth District Ma sonic Convention at Gordon, Ga., Wednesday were Messrs. Joe B. Ivey, J. B. Stovall. C. P. Watson, L. S. Lockett, J E. Wiley, C. H. Moore, Gus Agcos and his two bright young sons, Bernard and Elmo. The first named five gentlemen went as dele gates from A. J. Miller Lodge, with instructions to invite the convention to come to Thomson next year. The invitation was duly extended the con vention and was accepted. EXTENDING SEWERAGE. The city i3 extending the sewerage system out Hill street in South Thom son, thus giving the residents of that street the opportunity of connecting up with the sewerage. The original plan of the system provides for ex tensions to be made from time to time as the demand arises. SEEKING LOCATION. Mr. M. L. Echols, of Green county, was in Thomson Thursday looking for a location. He wishes either to rent a house or board his family. Car-lot chicken sales have been dis- contiuned until September and this is bound to havj* its effect on prices. To avoid sacrificing the farmers poultry at below market price and to take care of those who have a large number of chickens on hand the coun ty agent has arranged to ship by ex press. The sale will be conducted as before, except crates wdll be furnish ed by the buyers and the county agent must be notified within the next week how many chickens the farmer will supply. Prices will be governed by markets as usual, and no chickens will be taken unless listed with the county agent. We will name a date later. Prices f. o b. Thomson, Ga. FARMERS LEAD IN MERCER STUDENTS. Macon, Ga., June 19.—Are South ern colleges being filled by farmers’ sons and young men whose fathers never had the chance to get a college education? Such is true of statistics gathered concerning the fathers of Mercer University students apply to the par entage of a majority of Southern col legians. Out of the 1,000 students at Mercer during the past year, records show that the parents of 33.6 per cent were farmers. Coincident to this is the fact that of the fathers represented, 65 per cent never went to college. Next to the farmers, ministers lead in the number having sent sons to mercer, with physicians and lawyers following close behind. The leading classifications of the thousand fathers represented during the past year are: Farmers, 33.6 per cent; ministers, 8.4 per cent; physicians, 6.4 per cent; lawyers, 6 per cent; real estate deal ers, 1.6 per cent; and insurance men, 1.5 per cent. Washington, D C., June 19. THE RECORD THAT CONGRESS LEFT. There was some sharp denuncia tion of Congress at the Cleveland convention. The New York conven tion will add to the criticism. While this criticism was severe, it was no doubt moderate in comparison to what Congress escaped because at tention was distracted from it by the Cleveland meeting. The Con gress was in session a few days over six months but it made no headway with the World Court proposal. During the period two cabinet offi cers were forced out of office. The Mellon tax bill was born and shorn, and finally enierged so changed that its parents refused to claim parent-! age. The immigration law, supposed to be a good American measure, but handling Japanese exclusion most bunglingly, was an outstanding fea-' ture of the session. The soldiers! bonus that was enacted is so strange- ' ly different from the law originally j asked by ex-service men, that it b ars small resemblance -to its kins- bill. The Bureau pension bill for civil war veterans, and the postal salaries increase bill were “execut ed” by Presidential vetoes. Farm legislation and railroad legislation, embodied in many measures, failed of enactment. The settlement of any definite policy with reference to Mus cle Shoals most properly went over the session. Inquiries by Congress' included the Shipping Board, Buread of Engraving and Printing, prohibi tion, oil, and human character and reputations. THE SINS OF CONGRESS. That Congress sinned mostly ’ in omission, rather than commission, seems to be the verdict of those who criticise. There appeared to be a set determination to “get through” on June 7th. Congress made the date, but so far as finishing its job it left a wreckage the like of which has not been known since the sign ing of the armistice. EXTRA SESSION. The talk of an exFVa session of Congress is no idle dream. Doubt less, when the Democratic convention is over there will be a strong agita tion in favor of getting together again, to “make a record” for the coming test at the polls in Novem ber. ON THE OCEAN TO STAY. Commissioner Edward C. Plummer of the United States Shipping Board, in an official statement, says that although it costs more to operate American ships than foreign ones, “any loss incurred upon the ocean is more than overcome by the business development made possible through such directly controlled craft.” He promised that “the United States i3 on the ocean to stay.” The Shipping Board has made an appeal for more sympathetic treatment by American newspapers of events relating to American shipping. PROHIBITION BY PADLOCKS. Thirty-four Jiundred places, includ ing 172 breweries, and large numbers of hotels, cabarets and dance houses have been treated to padlock pro cedure by Prohibition Enforcement officers, and Commissioner Haynes | says the method is one of the most i successful employed by his Bureau, j Two hundred and twenty-five soft drink places have been closed in New York City, during the past four months under injunctions that pre vent the places reopening for a year. During the same period 23,010 con victions have been secured in criminal cases, resulting in the imposition of $5,648,605 in fines. NATIONAL WEALTH. The Federal Trade Commission is compiling data concerning the total amount of the chief kinds of wealth in the United States, including land, improvements, movables, and other tangible and intangible goods, and also the ownership thereof and the various liabilities incupibent thereon, including public and private debts! of various kinds, corporation stocks, | and other classes in action. The in quiry will include data concerning the amount of annual increase in nation al wealth in recent years in different lines of economic activity and of the income received by different classes of population, Work on this inquiry is under way, being divided into three sections: Wealth; Income; Taxation. A report on the subject of taxation is nearing completion. GRAIN TRADE. A general inquiry into the grain trade by the Federal Trade Commis sion has been in progress for some time, covering practically the entire field of grain marketing and distri bution, including the study of ele vators and warehouses, their market ing methods, costs, profits, and mar gins of grain. CHEAP MONEY AT RESERVE BANKS For the first time since 1917 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has just loaned money on rediscount ed paper at three and one-half per cent. The explanation is that the season’s decrease in trade activity has greatly increased the business re- ouirements for credit. The Federal Reserve Bank was organized to take care of any existing credit or money situation. If it was hot functioning as at present we might be hearing something about “the threatened panic.” But with the. Government standing ready to take up the slack in credit and in banking it simply amounts to moving a carload or two' of money from one banking center to another, where it. is mdfet needed to “tide things over.” RETAIL FOOD COSTS. The unusual monthly statements of the United States Department of Labor show increases of one and two per cent in ten American cities while there has been the same proportion of decreases in an equal number of cities. During the last full year there has been a slight decrease in these prices noted in the United States, the outstanding city being Scranton, Pennsylvania, with a five per cent decrease. However, in most cities the decrease was only from one to three per cent. As compared with 1914 the retail costs of food in American cities runs from forty to fifty per cent in most cases, although it does pull down into the thirties in a number of Western cities, the princi pal beneficiary being Denver, where the rate of increase was thirty per cent. MISBRANDING. The Federal Trade Commission is getting after misbranded goods of all kinds “with a sharp stick.” For in stance, coal sold under the trade name of “Mt. Olive coal,” must be none other than that which comes from the coal mine at Mt. Olive, Illinois. And “Falstaff Dublin style sereal bever age” can not be permitted by a Den ver, Colorado firm, because a St. Louis manufacturer has long had a similar trade name. Another bever age manufacturer has been called to task because he used the name “Good Grape," whereas there were no grapes in his medicine. WHITE OAK NEWS. WILL MOVE TO MAIN STREET. The Arnold Chevrolet Co. and Ad kins Service Station will move this week from the Knox building on Journal street to the Wilson building on Main street. 4 The front part of the building will be used by Mr. Arnold as display rooms for Chevrolet cars and offices, while the rear p^rt will be used by Mr. Jim Adkins for repair shop, where he is prepared to do all kinds of automobile repairing and vulcaniz ing. The shops will be fitted up with the best mechanical devices for facil- it- ting repair work, employing none but the best mechanics to Insure prompt and efficient service. PLAY AT WINFIELD. The ladies of the Community Club at Winfield will put on a play, “Aunt Dinahjs Quilting Party,” at the school auditorium this Saturday night, June 21st, beginning at 8:15 o’clock sun time. Admission 25c and 15c. If you want a night of splendid entertainment come out. Mr and Mrs. Robins, of Atlanta, are spending a few days with rela tives. Mrs. Robins is well known here as Miss Ruth Whitaker, her many friends were glad to welcome them home. ! Mrs. Fraizie Crawford and sons spent Saturday night with Mrs. Pern- on Morris. Miss Annie McNair was expected home Sunday to spend the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mc- i Nair. Miss Esther Reese spent a while j Monday night with Miss Margaret I Henslee of Cobbham. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eubanks and family,of Augusta, spent Sunday with relatives in the community. Mr. Frank Fullbright, Jr., spent last week with his sister, Mrs. Wat son Ansley. Mr and Mrs * John Fullbright and ; baby were out riding in this com munity Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Milford and ■ son, Lamar, Mr. and Mrs. West Miles : and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. j Milford spent Sunday wjth Mrs. j Gordon Reese. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Neal and fami- | ly attended preaching here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Eanos Ansley spent Friday afternoon in Thomson | Mr. C. ; G. Wallqr spent a while Sun day with his sister, Mrs. Paul Newby. Little Edna Morris has been very ill but she is better at this writing. Misses Jetta Morris and Florence | Lonergan spent Friday with Mrs. Sirley Morris. UNION NEWS. By Jazz. Mrs. R. H. Newby and daughters, Dorothy and Frances, made a busi ness trip to Thomson Friday and were the guests of Mrs. J. J. John son for dinner. Mrs. H. E. Ivey and children and Miss Ollie Reese spent the afternoon with Mrs. G. P. C. Colvin Friday. 4 Misses Dorothy and Frances Newby were the visitors of Misses Evie Ivey and Ollie Reese Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C C. Ivey and Mrs. B. M. Hankins were the dinner guests of Mrs. H. E. Ivey Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. C. Colvin and children were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Colvin Saturday. Misses Georgia and Lucille Colvin were the attractive visitors of Misses Ollie Reese and Evie Ivey Saturday night. We are sorry to report that Mrs. George Rucker has been quite sick We hope her a speedy recovery. Mr. Robert and John E. Colvin spent Saturday night with Josua Greene of near Wrightsboro. Mr. Frank Greene, of near Nor wood motored to see his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Greene, Tues day afternoon. Miss Ollie Reese returned Sunday after spending a week with Miss Evie Ivey. Misses Idelle Bailey, Minnie Colvin, Mrs. O. C. Colvin and Mrs. Bailey were the visitors of Mrs. G. P. C. Colvin Sunday. We are glad to report that little Minnie Ruth Colvin is better after her recent illness. SAVANNAH PARTY VISITS THOMSON The Savannah “Get Acquainted” party, mention of which was made in last week’s paper, visited Thomson Monday, arriving here at 12:30 o’clock. They did not stop long, just long enough to “get acquainted” with a few of our citizens and to tell about their mission in touring the state. Col. Stovall welcomed the visitors in his usual affable and eloquent style. When he was through there was no doubt about the appreciation of the visitors, for he was roundly applauded by both visitors and citi zens alike. Mr. Gordon Saussy, chairman of the touring committee, was spokes man for the visitors and told briefly of their object in touring the state. Savannah, as everybody knows, is working tooth and toenail for a state owned port at Savannah, and these wide-awake business and professional men are making this trip to tell the folks all about it. They mean busi ness, and it would not be surprising if they landed the port. They are going to make a strong pull in the next legislature. The enthusiasm shown by the members of the party while in Thomson bespeaks success in the final wind-up. To those not familiar with the proposition of a state-port, the following facts as promulgated by the Savannah committee are of interest: Why a State Port? Georgia, the Empire state of the South, must have public owned deep water terminal and warehouse facili ties if her agricultural resources are to be developed. A State Port will put Georgia in the front rank as an agricultural, livestock and industrial center. A State Port will help bring prosperityt to the farmers of Georgia and workers in all other walks of life. A State Port will help bring to Geor gia her fair share of the world’s com merce. A State Port will make it profitable for Georgia to produce more farm products than her people can consume. A State Port will be the connecting link with the world’s markets for all the surplus farm pro ducts Georgia wants to grow and sell. State owned port terminal facilities are chiefly for the benefit of agricul ture development. The farmer should and must have up-to-date storage and shipping facilities at deep water so that his products can easily and cheaply reach the world’s mar kets and successfully meet competi tion. The development of agriculture and industry through State Port termi nals is the duty of the people of the state. A State Port will encourage and make profitable diversified farming, will bring about the building of good roads everywhere, will make it pos sible to advertise Georgia to the world as a profitable place for the investor in agriculture and industry, will help to bring farmers from else where to develop our idle lands. A State Port will greatly help to relieve the farmer’s worry about over-pro duction and marketing at a loss. Therefore farmers would get better prices for their products. Proper bonded warehouse facilities at a State Port would tide the farmer over bad marketing periods and bring buyers for his products from all over the country to the one central storage place. What Is a State Port? A State Port is a suitable ddep- water port with established trade routes and State owned terminals. It has publicly owned modern ware houses, grain elevators, cold storage facilities, docks, wharves and all other rail and marine terminal re quirements. All these port facilities are design ed and built so as to attraet shipping, to be an economical connecting link in the chain of transportation at the port and to encourage general com merce in every way. The State Port terminal is the only complete solution of the farm market ing problem. It furnishes the cold storage for dairy and packing house products, poultry and eggs, fruits and many other farm products such as peanuts, apples and peaches, tobacco, pecans, potatoes, truck, sugar cane, etc. State Port warehouses will help to relieve the farmer of forced selling and will eliminate speculators and unnecessary handling. To the ware houses would come buyers from the big markets who seek a great variety of products that are to be had in large quantities, properly packed, crated, graded and standardized. . State Port grain elevators will en courage the growing of more grain, which is profitable when there are elevators and other facilities for handling and marketing. Georgia can become a great grain State when these State Port requirements are provided. State Port storage and marketing- facilities will make the farmers’ vari ous crops ready money crops, just as cotton is. Bonded warehouse re ceipts issued at the port for farm products will be collateral accepted for immediate cash loans, thus mak ing it more simple for the agricul turalist to finance himself for the next year. How Can We Get a State Port? The Legislature and the voters of i Georgia can bring about the estab- j lishment of State Port terminals. I First the Legislature must act and j then the people of the State must | adopt an amendment to the constitu- j tiw. oi Georgia providing the autnor- ity and the money for the project. A WORD ABOUT CHICKEN SALES Just received a letter from Luk# Watson, County Agent of Morgan county, in regard to our chicken sales, Mr. Watson is the man who receive# and accepts bids and he names price# we receive on chicken sale day. lit a part of his letter he goes on to 8#y “I found myself in a bad way when the Eastern buyers would not bid Oft our car. There was a slump on th# big markets and none of the big bay* ers were interested. I received it bid from Tennessee Egg Co. of 200 leghorn friars and 31c heavy breeds, They lost money on our May frier# and stated that the light friers caused the loss. We may expect to sell friers in the future on grade and there will be a differential of 5c per pound between leghorns, anconas and the heavier breeds. There will most likely be a difference of lc in light hens and heavy hens. This will hurt some of our farmers but it will sav# our poultry sales. We cannot expect good prices for light poultry suen a# leghorns. “We have had a fair market thi# spring and as a rule our farmers ar# satisfied although, they did not Ilk# the last price on friers. But we ar# learning as we go and next season we should pull off some big sale#. There will be no more trouble about tonnage. We have that condition satisfied.” G. C. DANIEL, County Agent, It will require a State bond issue t# provide the money. By a special act of the Legislate# the matter of establishing a State Port can be put squarely up to th# voters of the State. The law r#- quires that an amendment to the Con* stitution must be submitted to th# voters by the General Assembly, The amendment required for ratiflCfl* tion of the State Port project, there- fore must first be adopted by thd Legislature. Article Seven, Section twelve, first paragraph, of the Constitution of Georgia provides that the bonded debt of the State shall never be increased except to repel invasion, suppress In* surrection or to defend the State 1ft time of, war. State built, owned and operated port terminals will require more money for construction than the State can pay for except by bond issue. » Therefore the paragraph of th# Constitution cited above will have to be amended to read in this way; “or to provide for the construction of State owned terminal facilities eon* sisting of warehouses, grain elevfl* tors, cold storage warehouses, dock#, wharves, tracks and other terminal facilities on deep water at such Goor- gia Port as shall be designated by the greatest number of votes of th# electors qualified to vote for member# of the General Assembly, voting: thereon at the general election 1ft which this amendment shall be sub* mitted to the people for ratification/ the limit of expenditure being $16,- 000,000.” What Will a State Port Cost? The State Port terminals as plan* ned will cost not more than $16,000,- 000, will not take a dollar out of th# State Treasury nor would a dollar b# added to the taxes of anybody in th* State. Such is the experience in oth er States and in foreign countrl## where port terminals have been con structed and successful y operated. The State Port will unquestionably meet all its operating expenses, in terest on bonds and sinking fund fat retirement of bonds. The State ha# only to lend its credit for establish ment of the project. New Orleans and Montreal, on this continent, have successfully operated publicly-owned terminals, while th# experience of such port3 as Galvestoft/ San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Liverpool, London, Antwerp, Ham burg and Bremen has been that such terminal facilities are financially sound and successfully and necessary, The Louisiana Port Terminal at New Orleans has not cost the taxpayer# * dollar and 'the terminals have bene fited Louisiana farming interests be yond all calculation. In Montreal the publicly*! owned terminals have always paid interest and sinking fund obligations on th# bonds issued for construction of th# project. Farmers, -merchants and manufacturers of the Dominion hav# been directly benefited by the Mon treal Terminal. Many of the older European terminals have paid for themselves over and over. Georgia’s Port Terminal will pay for itself. It will not cost the State or the neople a dollar. On the con trary, the Terminal will produce < a revenue which will in time provide enough money to pay off the $15,000,- 000 in bonds and thus give to th# State, free of cost and debt, a pro ject that will be priceless. Faith, State credit, brains and work will thus give Georgia her place in th# sun. , OFFERS FOR LEGISLATURE. The card of Mr. S. M. Haywood, of Dearing. announcing his candidacy for the Legislature as representative of McDuffie county, will be found in this Issue of The Progress. A# hi# friends well know, he has represented his county in this capacity in the hall# of the General Assembly of our state before, and it is understood gave a good account of his stewardship. At tention of the voters is called to Mr, Haywood’s card elsewhere. Let The Progress Do Your Job Pirnting.