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VOLUME XXV. Thomson, McDuffie county, Georgia, Friday, june 27, 1924. Try. • NUMBER 27. '-TV DEMOCRATS MEET JULY THE FOURTH WILL BE OBSERVED July 4th will be generally observed in Thomson. Instead of closing Thursday afternoon, as has been the custom for the past few weeks, busi ness houses will remain open Thurs day and close all day Friday, and of course the postoffice and banks will i started to warming up this week for observe the day as is customary on | an other talk fest. legal holidays. The Progress intends to print the paper on Thursday next week, in stead of Friday, so that the force may have the day off Friday. No wonder it is hot! With the Republican convention just closed and the Democrats now holding their scr. - 1 in *-New York City, what could be expected! Then, too, the Ge^-^ia Legislature Georgia Legislature Is Now In Session. The Georgia Legislature convened Wednesday* and after a few brief preliminaries, adjourned until Thurs day, when Governor Walker’s mes sage was to be read. The Georgian had the following on Thursday’s pro ceedings: Calling for a strict economy in state government and the establish ment of an equitable taxation system providing for a fair distribution of expenses, Governor Clifford Walker Thursday morning delivered his open ing address to a joint session of the 1924 Legislature. In the course of his address, Governor Walker laid down 13 points or recommendations for the consideration of the Assembly. He urged biennial sessions of the Legislature and asked that the Gov ernor and other state house officers be given four-year terms instead of two as at present. This latter change would not affect the present admin istration, the Governor pointed out, but was offered solely in the inter est of the state. The Governor also asked that the State Auditor’s report be favorably considered and urged immediate ac tion on the repeal of the tax equal ization law, which has been before the two houses through several ses sions, although he offered no plan of substitution. Turning to matters of appropria tions, the Chief Executive urged that there be no moYe “deficiency approp riations for institutions, no matter ! of the "historic 'old garden rattled with If this keeps up we will have to increase the carrying capacity of the thermometer. Looks like somebody would pass a law or something. It looks as though, at this writing, no one will be nominated at the con vention this week. Some of the cor respondents say McAdoo is effectively out of the running, while others say he is going strong. Nobody can name the winner, and you are at lib erty to take your pick of some dozen or more—some dark horses, others not quite so dark—in fact they have most any color horse you want to look at. We will be able to tell you more about it next week. The convention hadn’t nailed a single plank on the platform up to the time of going to press. Lots of planks were carried up there but few were found to fit after looking things over. Thus it will take time to shape them up. And it has been decided not to use some of the material brought in. News comes from New York City saying that amid scenes almost with out parallel in party history, the Democratic convention began its grapple with the two great issues before it—the nomination of a presi dential candidate and determination of the party’s attitude toward the Ku Klux Klan. The nominating speeches for presi dent had scarcely begun when the vast hall was thrown into chaos by a prolonged demonstration provoked by a reference to the positive stand against the klan taken by Senator Underwood, of Alabama. Mention of the name of the order fell into the convention like a fire brand. One after another state standards were lifted up and carried in parade anound the hall, together with American flags snatcched from the wall decorations, while the roof how worthy the cause might be,” and asking, too, that there be no more “lump sum” appropriations, which, he declared, were unbusiness like. There was one emergency appro priation, however, that he declared worthy of attention and that was the a roar of cheering and the singing of “America” and “The Star Span gled Banner.” In two or three of the states where sentiment is divided on the klan, there were# fist fights as delegates who wanted to take the state stand ard into the parade were opposed by appropriation for the University of; others w h 0 f 0U ght to ke6p them out. S orgia, the growth and progress of , A num ber of the delegations sat ich he said required further aid. si 2 enti apparently unanimously in their disapproval of the whole anti- Free schoolbooks, attention to the reforestration of Georgia, Cap itol repairs and stricter enforcement of the tax collection laws, especially klan demonstration No wonder it’s hot! The Progress will tell who is nom- the inheritance tax law, were urged , inated next week( it is hoped by the Governor for the Assembly's C °Turning° n from hi. recommends- ! Wage And Living Costs Sttfi,°]u. a t; Show Big Increase. ahead of Georgia. He declared that i there had been a time of trouble and j Atlanta, Ga., June 20.—The latest of suffering even as there had been : report of labor statistics, made pub- a time of trouble and suffering at lie here, shows that on the average the close of the Civil War, but that the cost of living in the United States was past and a new day was dawn- j in March of the present year, was 05 ing. j per cent higher than in' December, The state, he said, had no cause ‘ 1914. . for fear, so long as the sons of those | The average compensation paid by intrepid men of 1805 were left to the railways to employes in the fiscal handle and steer the ship of state | year ending June 30, 1915, was $830, in these days. while the latest wage statistics avail- He foresaw, he declared, a new day able indicates that the average com- of unparalleled industrial activity and pensation this year is running at the of agricultural development and rate of $1,620, an increase over the called on the state as a whole to year ended June 30, 1915, of 95 per turn its face to the East. I cent. By a substantial majority vote, the! The average hourly wage in the House Thursday decreed that the j year ended June 30, 1915, was 27 House and Senate bills, each pro- j cents, whilfe in February, 1924, it was viding that bus lines operating in | 64.62 cents, an increase of 139 per Georgia be placed under the juris- • cent, diction and regulatory control of the Public Service Commission, swap places on the calendar, as a result of which this measure is now first up for passage in this session. Washington, D. C., June 26. UNITED STATES IN THE FAR EAST. Japan, China and the Philippine^ are plainly indicating that they are out of patience with the United States. Whether we are to blame or not is another question, but the Far East shows an inclination to turn the cold shoulder upon us. Their expla nations indicate that we were vol ubly enthusiastic about them when the Washington Arms Conference was held, and they claim that we have failed to “play ball” since that time. Japan and China are gradually indi cating a growing coldness towards the United States. The Filipinos take the position that they are abus ed. Even so clever a diplomat as Mr. Hughes finds it impossible to spread the healing ointment. Mean while misunderstandings widen our differences with these people. Japan.—Secretary of State Hughes has offered his strongest arguments to mollify .Japan because of the ex clusion of its subjects from the Unit ed States, under our recent immigra tion act. He makes it clear that from our own viewpoint the United States had a right to shut out the Japanese. Nevertheless, he admits that the President “would have preferred to continue the existing agreement” with Japan with such modifications as seemed desirable. China.—China talks back in under standable language, with Dr. Welling ton Koo as its official mouthpiece, and tells Secretary of State Hughes that the United States has no rail way priority claims in China. It seems that China obtained the right of trustee in railway matters in the Arms Conference. The Chinese gov ernment has , linked its rail interests with Soviet Russia, and the United States is given to understand that its investments in China will be taken care of, but that the Chinese gov ernment wll not rely upon our own people or our own government to finance them. They do not want us to direct their railroad industries. The Philippines.—General Leonard Wood, Governor of the Philippines, indicates that Philippine progress has reached a halt, and he wants greater American domination of the Philip pine industry and commerce. At the very moment that Wood is telling what ails the Philippines, the chosen elective representatives of the , ten million people of the Islands, have been impressing upon the platform' makers of the great political parties the viewpoint of the Islanders. They checked a Wood endorsement at Cleveland, and they have made it palin that, they do not want Wood, or his policy, continued in the Philip pines. The Philippine unrest, they insist, is due to the “bossy” attitude of Governor Wood. They have con vinced even so hard a character to move as Secretary of War Weeks, that they should be permitted to elect their own Governor General. The Republican party seems to have been committed to a plan of practical independence with a protectorate for twenty or twenty-five years; while the Democratic party is coming to regard independence as a pledge to he fulfilled at an warly date. The “progressives” of Congress are ready to “do it now.” WARMING UP Application Blanks For Ex-Service Men. The difference between the increas es shown in the annual and hourly earnings of employees is, of course, due to the reductions that have occur red in the hours of work of em ployees. Racing And Fireworks, Atlanta, July 4th. Ex-Service men desiring to make application for compensation under j Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Atlanta is the new bonus law, are requested to , preparing to celebrate the Fourth of see Mrs. Ira E. Farmer, who has the July with an unusually interesting blanks and instructions in filling I program this year, the feature events them out. j being automobile and harness racing I and a big fireworks display. Already more than forty horses are reported on the track at Lake- wood Park training for the big day, “SETTING TIGHT.” Reports of all kinds upon the in dustrial and economic situation of the country show less buying and less spending. The American habit is apt to go to extremes, and that extreme right now seems to concern the Sum mer vacation. “Put in off till Fall, have a good time for a few weeks and ‘set tight,’ ” epitomizes the whole story of trade, manufacture, banking, etc. The economic adjustment that has been going on sijice the close of the war, is not witnessing any radical upheavels, according to the detailed information being received by the Departments at Washington. Wholesale Prices—The Department of Labor says the downward swing of wholesale prices continues. De creases in farm products and metals are chiefly responsible for the drop in the general price level. In the food group increases in fresh meats, flour, and certain fruits are noted. Out of 104 principal commodities for which prices were obtained, decreases were shown in 161 instances and in creases in 76 instances. Prices re mained unchanged in 167 instances. Retail Food Prices.—The last monthly retail price figures by the Bureau of Labor statistics shows in creases in food expenditures of one to two percent in twenty-five cities, and a similar decrease in twenty- three cities, indicating that the avei*- age for the United States was prac tically unchanged. Life Insurance Record.—The year 1923 broke all records in the amount of life insurance bought in the United States. New policies issued during the first five months of 1924 are greater by 9.3 per cent than those issued in the corresponding period of 1923. , The total new-paid for life insurance, sold by the forty compan ies from January 1 to May 31, amounted to $3,491,000,000, as against $3,195,000,000 sold in the corresponding period of 1923. There I was an increase of 22.4 per cent over the amount of the same five months of 1922. Mail Order Sales.—Sales of two large mail-order houses totaled $27,- 104.000 in the last monthly report to the Dpartment of Commerce, as com pared with $33,836,000 in the pre ceding month and $29,261,000 a year ago. Savings Deposits.—Savings depos its are about eight per cent higher than a year ago. Capital Stock.—Capital stock of May incorporations aggregated $519,- 897.000 as against $817,230,000 a year ago. __ew capital issues of corpor ations amounted to $625,919,000, as compared with $348,220,000 in May of last year. Crop Conditions.—The composite condition of all growing crops on June 1 was lower than on any cor responding date in more than twelve years, says the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. An optomistic note is sounded, however, in the statement that in some years when Spring has beeen late, yields have been unexpectedly good. ( Continued on Second Page). Two old political foes with long standing differences will meet on the hustings in Georgia in the race for the United States Senate this year when former^ Governor Thomas W. Hardwick and United States Senator William J. Harris clash in the fight _ for political preference. Old line political leaders familiar with the j records of the two men look for one I of the hottest political battles run in 1 years. Former Governor Hardwick and | H. <H. Elders, representative from Tattnall county, qualified as candi- dates>in opposition to Senator Harris and Governor Clifford Walker, respectively, just a few minutes be fore time for closing the entry lists expired Saturday. With the qualification of the two candidates for the high offices, the opposition to present state officers took on the form of a ticket. Com missioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown, two members of the Public Service Commission, the State Superintend ent of Education, the State Pension Commissioner, all will have oppon ents in the field, according to the announcements made by Mrs. Bessie Anderson, secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee. In presenting himself as a candi date former Governor Hardwick is sued a characteristic statement in which he said he would leave it to “the plain people of Georgia” to decide for themselves who is to be their United States Senator for the next six years. He said he would begin his active campaign July 4 and would carry it to all parts of the state. Six years ago the same candidates opposed each other for the Senate. At that time Mr. Hardwick was the United States Senator and Senator Harris was Director of the Census. In this race Senator Hardwick was opposed by President Woodrow Wilson, who indorsed the candidacy of Mr. Harris. After a hot race Harris defeated Hardwick. Two years later Hardwick staged a sen sational “comeback,” running for Governor against Cliffoixl Walker and winning after a spirited battle. In this same campaign the late United States Senator Thomas E. Watson defeated Senator Hoke Smith. The League of Nations question was the principal issue in this battle and all candidates opposing the Wilson plan for the League were defeated. Two years ago Hardwick ran for re-elec tion as Governor and was defeated, and then ran as a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed the late Senator Watson and was again defeated, United States Senator Wal ter I,. George winning this post. Representative Elders, who will run for Governor against Governor Walker has served many years in the State Legislature. He has rep resented his county in the House and his district in the State Senate. He was author of the Elders educational law and several other important laws. Recently he took the lead in the Legislature for the adoption of the North Carolina plan of taxation in Georgia.—Atlanta Georgian. BOXING MATCH SATURDAY NIGHT Young Roper Scores Another Knock Out With St. Louis Boxer. GRAND-DADY RATTLER. Mr. Henry Gay, who lives about a mile below Dearing, heard a com- _ motion among his young chickens ! among them being the best pacers Sunday, and on investigation, found a and trotters to be seen in the South, large rattlesnake disturbing them. , The track at Lakewood is in fine con- Mr. Gay killed the snake and found j dition and great sport is assured for that it had twenty-seven rattles, in- j the midsummer meet, dicating its age as 27 years. He also The auto racing will show a dozen found it had swallowed several small . of the fastest cars and most fearless chickens. I drivers on the track, fhe purses put Another large rattler was killed ’ up by the management have brought by some girls in the same neighbor- : entries that will make the competi- hood last week, w’hich had eleven rat- tion very keen in the speed events, ties. It is said a rattlesnake attains ! and the fans who sa\v the races of full size when about ten years old. j last July 4th still remembers the 1 thrills they got out of the afternoon. OFF TO LEGISLATURE. I The day will be closed with a won- Senator J. Glenn Stovall and Rep- : derful pyrotechnic display oyer the resentative J. Richard Bowden left j lake which is peculiarly suited to .he the early part of the week for At- 1 spectacular showing of _ fireworks, lanta, to be in attendance at the ses- Band concerts and.jiatriotic speaking sion of the Legislature which con-1 will also feature the day. Improve- vened Wednesday. i ments of the grounds make Lake- McDuffie county always feels sure wood Park an ideal picnic site and of her representation in the General basket parties are especially invited. Assembly. Both of these gentlemen . T retire after this term, and it is felt NOTICE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, safe in asserting that the voters will School children desiring books for continue to send wiy-thy men to rep- study during the summer, are re resent the county. The above gen- quested to meet me_ at the school tlemen have given a good account of house Monday morning at 10:30 their stewardship. o’clock. EDITH ELLINGTON. (By Boxing Fan). Another boxing match was staged by the athletic club Saturday night in the Knox Hall between Baxter (Young) Roper of this city and Kid Holland, of St. Louis, Mo. This was a pretty show of the science of the manly art of boxing, one of the best thftt has ever been witnessed in this city. Kid Holland is a boxer with quite a good reputation and weighed in at 180 pounds. Young Roper is a boy 17 years of age and weighs 138 pounds, and with a little more experience will be heard from in fast company. This battle went just four rounds, then Roper landed a blow over the heart that floored Holland. In at tempting to catch as he fell he strained his right ankle, which pre vented his rising, and gave Roper a technical knockout, which makes three straight fights he has won by knockouts. Mr. H. E. Clary is staging a bout between Roper and Frank Kent, an other local boy, who has several knockouts to his credit. The fight will take place the 4th of July at Mr. Clary’s farm one-half mile out of town on the Washington road. Also, he is giving a free barbecue, and quite a large crowd is expected to see this fight, as both boys have a large following in and around town. YOUNG MEN’S BIBLE CLASS GIVES BARBECUE. The Young Men’s Bible Class of the Methodist Sunday School were hosts at an enjoyable barbecue Thursday evening in the Johnson grove. The guests present included young lady friends of the members of the class. AT MTEHODIST CHURCH. Dr. J. W. Quillian, Presiding Elder of the Augusta District, will preach at the Methodist church Sunday even ing at 8:30 o’clock. You are invited to hear him. Honor Military School For Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga., has been selected as an Honor Mili tary School for 1924, it was announc ed here at headquarters of the Fourth Corps Area, which received the in formation by radiogram from the U. S. War Department at Washington. This announcement, though simple in itself, is most significant, accord ing to army officers. According to an act of Congress, the War Depart ment is required annually to inspect all of the essentially military schools in the United States, and to designate as honor schools the ten which are found to be doing the best work. In, 1923, Riverside Academy won this honor, and it was the first time that any Georgia school was desig nated as an Honor School; and to have won the honor two years in suc cession shatters all records for mili tary schools in this section of the country. No school in Georgia or in any of the states which bound Georgia has ever before won this honor two years in succession. Riverside Academy is now the only Honor School in the Southern States between Virginia and New Mexico, and Colonel Sandy Beaver, president of the school, and his associates are being warmly con gratulated by officials of the War Department ai^d by army officers gen erally upon this unusual distinction. Colonel Beaver announced that during the session which closed re cently there were in attendance at Riverside Academy exactly 277 boys from 21 different states. Of this number the fifty graduates hailed from ten different states. Georgia As a Fruit Growing State. Atlanta, Ga., ^June 26.—With creasing crops of fruits in many states, including Georgia, and many orchardists continually putting out now trees, the question is occurring! to some if there is not a possibility that the market for fruits of various kinds may not soon be so glutted a* to make the orchard a source oiJittl* or no profit, it was pointed out by horticulturists here today. On the other hand, however, it iff shown that the American people are consuming more and more fruit of all kinds each year, and improvement of methods of preserving them and In using them as ingredients of all-year round food articles is increasing the demand steadily. In addition to this* it may also be stated, that figure* show that America is now growing fruit for the whole world and that It is exporting fruits in enormous quan tities each year. As pointed out here today, the proper marketing and distribution of fruit is a specialized branch of trans portation that has attained great perfection in recent years. The refrigerater car, the cold storage warehouse, the refrigerated ship and other factors have enormously In creased the quality and marketing value of' the fruit of America, the biggest fruit-growhig country in the world. The peach crop in Georgia this year will* probably exceed the record crop of the state and about 12,000 cars will be shipped, according to the agri cultural department of the Atlanta* Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. This will not take into consideration the express shipments and it does not include the home consumption of this great crop. The Georgia peach, it was shown* is fast finding markets in every nook and corner of the country and mpd- orn shipping facilities make it possi ble to send them everywhere in fine condition, especially the famous var ieties ripening from now until the end of the season. It is only the early varieties, it was stated, that are hard to ship satisfactorily to distant mar kets. s During the next few years, growers say, the Georgia peach crop will be greatly increased arid it is predicted that within the next five yeais fully 20,000 carloads of peaches will be shipped from the state. The market ing and handling of this vast quanti ty of fruit could not be accomplished on a profitable basis without *the organization of the Georgia peach growers, it was stated today by of ficials of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Entries Closed Last Saturday. Last Saturday, June 21st, was the last day candidates could qualify for entry into the primary to be held September 10th. Three candidates qualified for entry for Representative from McDuffie county, as follows: Mr. J. P. Wilson, Boneville. Mr. Joe DeMedicis, Thomson. Mr. S. M. Haywood, Dearing. Congressman Carl Vinson qualified as candidate for re-election, and has no opposition. Mr. George Hains, of Augusta, has no opposition for the office of Solicitor General, which he now holds. Columbia county will send the next State Senator to the Capital from the 29th Senatorial District. Mr. Ed Clary, cf Harlem, was nominated for that place in the March primary. Eight Comets To Pass The Earth. Increased Demand For Thomson Ice. The present season is taxing the capacity of the Thomson Ice Plant to supply the demand for ice. The plant is kept running continuously. It is found necessary to increase the out put and the plant will be enlarged this fall to take care cf the demand. The Thomson ice plant supplies | many of the smaller towns in this i section at present, and the territory will doubtless expand when the plant is able to take care of more business. Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Twice lit 1924 and six times in 1925 a comet will flash past the earth—going only about 7,200 miles an hour—and if one of them strikes, nothing will be left but the charred remains of the earth. This is the theory of Atlanta scientists who have been studying various reports received from obser vatories of the country'. The comets are sure to come, they declare, but the possibility of one of them hitting the earth is remote. The eight comets will be visible in many parts of the United States, it is believed. They are due in Novem ber and December of this year, and in March, July, August and October of 1925. Should one of the comets bump against the earth, local astronomers declare, the seas would boil, tidal waves would dash against the moun tains, polar ices would melt and fires and deadly gases would wipe out the population of the earth. Climatic conditions would be changed, and even the shape of the globe might be altered. In the untold ages of the past, At lanta scientists of local universities believe, comets have struck the earth. Such an explanation has been advanc ed to account for that curious dash that forms the valley of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river and whose con tinuation has been traced across the Red sea and into Africa. Death Of Mr. Claude Fuller. FIRST COTTON BLOOM. The first cotton bloom to be re ported to The Progress this season | is by Mr. Watson Usry, who found some in his cotton Monday. Cotton along with other crops is a little late | this year, but with continued good 1 weather will come out all right. ATTENDING DISTRICT CON FERENCE. The District Conference of the Methodist church met at Norwood this week for two days, Thursday and Friday. Those attending as delegates are Messrs. J. B. Boyd, C. V. Curtis, P. B. Johnson, W. A. Watson, Roy J. Johnson, Mrs. J. O. Shields. Rev. J. T. Robins is attending as a mem ber of the conference. BIRTH AT BONEVILLE. Boneville. Ga., June 27.—Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Wilson announce the birth of a son, born June 22nd, to be called William Bartow. He was named after his father’s uncle and a close friend. MISSIONARY MEETING. Circle No. 1 of the Methodist church will meet with Miss Sara Bowden Tuesday afternoon, July 1, The death of Mr. Claude Fuller, of Columbia coqnty, occurred last Friday, resulting from an automobile accident sustained Thursday. He was a nephew of Mrs. R. J. Willingham, of Thomson, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fuller, of Warrenton. He was 39 years of age and is survived by his widow and six children. Interment wag at Damascus church, Columbia county. Saturday, Rev. J. O. Burnett conducting the funeral. DEATH OF MR. R. L RADFORD. Mr. Robert J. Radford, of near Dearing, died Sunday morning after an illness of a few day3. He was overcome with heat. Wednesday, and having been in feeble health, result ed in his death. He was 51 years of The deceased is survived by his wife and two daughters. Burial wasf at Iron Hill cemetery Monday morn ing. His Hose Broken In a fight with a schoolfellow, Thackeray, the famous novelist, had his nose broken and the disfigurement i lasted all his life.