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& POPULAR YOUNG LADY RILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT The people of Thomson were shocked Thursday morning to learn of the death of Miss Carwee Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hayes, which occurred in an automo bile accident between Thomson and Warrenton about 11 o’clock. Miss Hayes, Miss Gladys Farr and Miss Baxter were out riding in a new car, had been to Warrenton and were returning and had reached the Har daway place about four miles from Thomson when the accident occurred. It is understood the brakes on the car became stuck and Miss Farr, who was driving, was unable to steer it, causing it to veer from the road and overturn in a ditch by the side of the road, pinning Miss Hayes under neath, where she remained until as sistance came along to right the car. Mr. Milton Hatcher appeared upon the scene pretty soon and with the assistance of others succeeded in removing the car from off Miss Hayes. She was promptly rushed to Thomson and taken to the office of Dr. Will Gibson, but her injuries were so serious that she died about the time she reached the office. The other two young ladies were not seriously hurt, Miss Farr having received minor injuries. Miss Hayes was a very popular young lady and her sudden taking away is a great shock to her many friends. She was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hayes. Funeral arrangements had not been made at the time this paper went to press. LINCOLN WANTS ROADjMPROVED Mr. Truman Neal was in Lincoln- ton last week, and reports that the people of that cit^, are very anxious for the road to Thomson to be put in good shape, and that the people of Lincoln county are ready and willing to put their part of the road in good condition. It is well known that <his road has for a long time been in very poor condition, especially in certain places. During bad weather it was all but impassable. McDuffie county’s part of the road it is understood, is in very fair con dition most of the way, and that with very little cost could be linked up with the Lincoln section and make a good road all the way to Lincolnton. It is said many autoists prefer to go by way of Washington from Thomson to Lincolnton, which is about ten miles out of the way. Most of the mail going to Lincolnton comes by way of Thomson, and when these facts are taken into consider ation it goes without saying that im provements on the Thomson-Lincoln- ton road would be most acceptable. Here, it would seem, is another op portunity for McDuffie county to get linked up iv/ith a very acceptable artery of travel and communication. BAPTISTREVIVAL BEGINS SUNDAY The Baptist revival begins Sunday. Rev. Luke Rader, who will do the preaching, will not arrive until Mon day, but Mr. P. S. Rowland, the sing er, will be here Sunday. Mr. Kiser will preach Sunday morning and night. Preparations for the meeting have been going forward during the week. Prayer meetings were held at various homes several nights during the past week, and the pastor and congrega tion are hoping for a groat meeting. They ask all Christian workers to join in with them for a spiritual feast during the revival. Notice To Odd Fellows, All members of Thomson Lodge 296 I. 0. O. F. are urged to be pres ent at regular meeting to be held Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock, July 9th. Business of importance to be transacted and officers elected. Fraternally, J. B. STOVALL, Secty. Messrs. Raney Wail and Boyd Baston returned Sunday from a busi ness and pleasure trip to Baltimore, Washington and other Eastern cities. M’ADOO GAINS ON 42ND BALLOT With the National Democratic Con vention in New York still deadlocked, the convention adjoufned Wednesday night still in douLu a3 to who would be nominated. McAdoo had gain i some during ihe day, his vote going up to 503 3-4, with Smith at 318, about where he has stood for the past three days. At this time it appears that neither will reach the two-thirds vote re quired, and the convention is getting in a desperate mood as to what to do. There is some talk of trying to ring in the majority rule. The convention approached nearer to the knockdown and dragout riot stage Wednesday when William Jen nings Bryan spoke than at any time since they convened. Heretofoie most of the disorder, the jeering, hissing, yelling and fist fighting has been in the galleries. But when Bryan announced Wed nesday that he considered William Gibbs McAdoo the most logical man to lead the Democrats through a progressive campaign, pandemonium broke out among the supporters of Governor Alfred Smith. The McAdoo delegates, of course, went wild with joy and cheered un til the steel rafters overhead vibrat ed. This was drowned, however, by the boos, hisses and cursing from that part of the arena occupied by the Smith advocates. Men stood on their chaiis and shook their fists at each other. They cursed aloud and cried to Bryan to sit down. The galleries took up the disorder, screaming and yelling, both for and against Bryan. Police reserves were rushed down every aisle to restore order, but they had no effect. The riotous scenes actually spread to the speakers’ stand. One man wearing a Smith button, dashed toward the front of the stage as though he would at tack Bryan in his tracks. He was restrained and pushed back by his friends. The din continued for several min utes, during which one could occasion ally hear these yells from the speak ers stand: “Bowery hospitality.” Chairman Walsh pounded for or der. Unable to obtain it, he stood on his chair and yelled: “The seargeant-at-arms will clear the galleries!” But the sergeant-at-arms could not hear the order because of the noise on the floor and throughout the big hall. During all this, Bryan, the storm center of many a fierce battle, stood his ground and waited, sometimes smiling, sometimes stern of coun tenance. Delegates from New Jer sey, New York and other Smith strongholds made repeated efforts to have Bryan leave the platform by parliamentary methods. They raised a. point of order, and called for a re sumption of the roll call, which had been suspended to permit Bryan to speak. Some moved to adjourn, but Chairman Walsh overruled all these moves. Order was not restored until the delegates became convinced that Chairman Walsh was firm in his stand that. Bryan be allowed to speak during the 30-minute period that was given him. Leaders of the Smith camp also helped bring back calm|ness when they realized that the action of their followers would probably have a bad reaction on their cause. BASE BALL FRIDAY. Thomson and Warrenton will play a double-header game on Friday, the Fourth. The first game will be play ed in Warrenton at 10:30 o’clock and then the teams will come to Thomson at 4:30 o’clock for the second game. Be sure to come out and root for the home boys. LULLWATER SHIRT MAN. Mr. J. T. Smith, of Stephens, Ga., salesman far the Lullwatcr shirt, was in Thomson Thursday calling cn the merchants. The Lullwatcr shirt, by the way, is very popular in Thomson because its a good shirt and partly a home product. It is gratifying to know that its popularity is spreading. PIIILEATHEA’S ENJOY SOCIAL MEETING. Members of the Baptist Philathea class enjoyed a pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs. J. Q. West, Friday afternoon. There were about twen ty-five present. Washington, D. C., July 2. ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT President Coolidge knows a nice place to live when he sees it, and he prefers the comforts of the White House at Washington to the jazz live of a “president’s summer home,” far removed from the seat of Admin istrative Government. With Con gress out of Washington the many Departments are going forward un molested by interference. LONGWORTH SUMS UP LEGIS LATION. Representative Nicholas Longworth has issued a statement showing the business transacted by the House'of Representatives. Of 10,481 bills and resolutions introduced in the House at the last session 290 became laws. That this is an unusually fine record is shown by the fact that only 108 House bills were finally enacted into law in the first session of the last Congress. Why Is It?—One might inquire the principal reason why there were so many bills introduced and so few passed. It is a pertinent question. The same old public building bills go in session after session. The same old bills giving away Government property to private parties are al ways being ‘"introduced. Congress men get the headlines in the papers of their districts for their perifidy in these matters, and the headlines are all they are looking for. Many other bil!~ are introduced to reform meth ods of commerce, of trade, of thans- portation, and to “regulate every thing,” from road tuxes to the clouds chasing across the face of the man in the moon. It constitutes part of the political bunk revealed by Mi*. Long- worth’s figures on what has been done in Congress. THE LUNGS OF RECLAMATION. The lung power that has been put back of Government reclamation pro jects is immeasureable. It is said in Washington that reclamation pro jects and reclamation legislation were killed in the last Congress by a fil’i- buster in the closing period of the Senate, and while too-much lung power brought the matter to death, optomistic prophets at the seat of Government are now working their lungs to tell what nice things the next Congress will do for the families of the west who are spending their lives on reclamation projects. A New Survey.—The Bureau of Reclamation of the United States Department of the Interior, will make a survey this summer of the recla mation projects for the purpose of classifying the soils, determining UK.. financial conditions of the water users, and fixing the irrigable areas against which charges may be as sessed. In addition there will be in vestigations of five new projects located in Oregon. Utah, Nevada, and Washington. “DIRECT FROM FACTORY.” A half dozen furniture dealers in New York and Philadelphia, who do a regular retail business, have been called before the Federal Trade Com mission to show cause why they should not be prosecuted for unfair methods of competition and for acting against the public interest inasmuch as they advertise to sell “direct from factory,” while they are not repre sentatives of manufacturers at all. The Commission has found a good many cases of late in different kinds of business where the impression has been given out that the middleman has been eliminated, and that there are no profits distributed between the factory arid the purchaser. The Fed eral Trade has oiled up its machinery and proposes to roll heavily upon concerns that are baboozling the pub lic in this fashion. EXPORTS TO THE FAR EAST. Twenty-four per cent of the manu factured goods exported by the Unit ed States went to the Far East in 1922, as against 14 per cent in 1923. Automobiles, trucks, tires and acces sories were shipped in great quanti ties to Australia, New Zealand, India and Japan. The Orient absorbed 67 per cent of our wire nails, 61 per cent of rails, and great quantities of 3teel products of all kinds. Poor John Chinaman took 99 per cent of he cigarettes. We keep the China man out of our country despite the fact that he is our principal purchas er of “coffin nails.” | EUROPE’S PLOW SHARES. This “poor, starving, destitute world,” beyond the Atlantic, gives every evidence of having experienced rapid recovery from the fallen estate to which it had been reduced so mis erably during the war. Commerce Reports show that better trade and economic conditions now exist throughout Europe, and that the credit and currency problems are be coming somewhat simplified. The mc^cy shortage continues in Germ any, as well as in other parts of Europe; but considered as a whole Europe is making progress with its plow-shares. IMMIGRANTS SEEK SOUTHERN REPUBLICS. Tightening up of the immigration policy, and new immigration laws by the United States, is turning part of the tide to Latin American i*cpublics. Over 102,000 persons entered the Brazilian ports in 1923, of which 86,767 were immigrants. This was against 34,821 in 1922, being an in crease of 149.2 per cent. The immi grants to Brazil were mainly Portu gese, Italians, Spaniards, and Geh- mans, in the order named. DICTIONARY TRANSLATIONS. American exporters have been warned against the improper use- of Spanish in advertising in the Latin American countries. “Dictionary translations” do not always lead to the right results as is proved by illustrations cited by the Commerce Department, in which it appears that American advertising men have spent huge sums of money in which through lack of knowledge of Spanish, they have been mis-stating their proposals. Their alleged Spanish was so absurd in construction and in meaning, as to make many firms the “laughing stock” of Latin America. ALLEGED OIL COMBINE. The Government has sued fifty oil companies, including the Standard groups, charging “combination, con spiracy and monopoly” within the industry, and extortion and price fixing. The investigation that led up to the starting of the prosecutions was intended to determine whether the dissolution decree of 1911 by which the Standard Oil Company had been “dissolved,” has been vio lated. But the matter has been greatly enlarged, and now the Gov ernment will seek a sort of show down to discover whether oil is in a combine that has been fostered by the pooling of alleged patents. A case in equity has been filed by At torney General Stone in the District Court at Chicago. GRAPEFRUIT FOR BRITAINS. Of course it may seem strange that John Bull has just discovered that grapefruit is good to eat. But twenty-five years ago most of this fruit was left unpicked by Floridian.s, and among the pertinent things to “ask dad” is the recollection he has of his first grapefruit. Grapefruit was almost unknown in England be fore the war, but now the fruit is finding its way onto the British breakfast table. Over half of the grapefruit on the British market is supplied from Florida, Texas and California. FARM CHILDREN IN HIGH SCHOOLS. The United States Bureau of Edu cation announces that complete re turns from the States of Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Montana, and Oregon show that 3.15 per cent of the tatal farm population are en rolled in high schools as compared with 3.55 per cent for the non-farm population. In three of the five States—Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon— however, higher percent ages of the farm population are en rolled in high school than of the non-farm population. In these States it is significant that through central ization of high schools more than 80 per cent of all high schools serving farm children arc comprehensive four-year high schools while in the two States where lower percentages of the farm population are enrolled more than 50 per cent of all high schools serving farm children are small one, two, or three-year high schools. On an average the percent ages of girls enrolled on both farm ; and non-farm groups are more than one-third higher than for boys. t* 7 n NUMBER 28 SMALL TOWNS ARE FROM THE COUNTY AGENT Our people hardly realize the ter rible drain on the community from money orders that go out to the mail order houses in every part of the country. They would be surprised to know the amount of money going through the Thomson postoffice every month. Is it a fair question to ask, Who docs this money benefit? Nine times out of ten the purchaser does not get value received from the mail order house, after paying express and wait ing an indefinite period for the stuff. And, too, a person usually accepts what the mail order house sends, be lieving that he is getting a bargain i because it may be a little cheaper than the home merchant sells it. When a person buys an article from the home merchant, he has the opportunity of inspecting it before paying his money, and usually he gets value received, because the home merchant realizes.that he must carry good stuff and sell it at a small profit. The money we send away from home helps to enrich the big mail order houses and the railroads. It does not add one cent to the upkeep of community institutions, which everybody uses and expects in the community. We want good streets and sidewalks and other conveniences at home, but we are sending our money away helping to build good roads, streets and sidewalks and oth er conveniences for other people. No doubt we haven’t stopped to think about these things as we should. We jump on the train, or ride through’j the country to some other city and | spend large sums of money to mer- I chants there, helping to enrich their i city in preference to our own town. It is remarkable how towns like | Thomson can stand the drain that is continually going on. It is not con fined to any special class of people, but too many have fallen into this habit, claiming that they cannot get what they want at home. This may be true to an extent, but if we could get the habit of trading more at home, the merchants would carry such things as people are in the habit of buying away. The Progress hopes that some movement will be inaugurated where by the town will be benefited by all of its citizens doing all of their trad ing at home that they possibly can. The merchants and business men are willing and anxious to join a move ment of this kind, and it may not only prove of untold benefit to both purchaser and seller alike, but to the town and community as a whole. We hope to see this movement started and will join heartily into it. The county agent spent a few hour* in Coweta county and counties ad* joining the other day looking over crops in company with their county agent and E. S. Center, Jr., Agricul- tural Agent of the Georgia Railroad* The most impressive sight noticed was the system of diversified agricul* . ture in actual practice in Coweta* The cotton, corn, peanuts and soy* beans were growing beautifully and a sight that forces one to stop and think. This county has suffered front poor crops since 1919, but thanks to the leadership and cooperative spirit of the progressive element their coun ty cannot fail completely again. The cotton and peanut acreage are equal in area, corn is planted in abundance and there are 1500 acres of Laredo soybeans in luxuriant growth Enough calcium arsenate has been bought to allow 20 lb3 to every aero of cotton planted in Coweta county, Coweta county farmers have al ready purchased a car load of vetch seed, enough to plant over 1000 acres of land. This crop will be used in conjunction with rye, first as a cover crop later to be turned under as » green manure crop. It has been demonstrated over and over that the crying need of our southern soil is more organic matter. Now is a good , time for the farmers of McDuffie county to look to the possibilities of our county and to the necessity of replacing that which ho has borrow ed from the soil. The obligation is long past due on much of our soils* and the man who follows consistent ly a plan of economical soil improve ment is the one who will always find a ready sale for his property and a good income from his toil. The county agent is trying hard to get 1000 acres or more seeded to vetch this fall. It can be done and should. lie can’t see every man who might be interested and therefore If ' you will join hands with this move ment write to your agent or see him personally and place your order. Vetch seed, good new growth, 98 per cent germination will cost around 12 l-2c per pound or $3 per acre and it will be the cheapest $3 worth of fertilizer ever put on an acre in this county. The time is ripe to place an order if we want choice seed at good prices. Let’s put this movement across.—We can.—We will. G. C. DANIEL. Just sold a second lot of hens to a party in Augusta at 25c per pound. Can handle another good sized lot next week. Drop me a card as to whut you have for sale in the chicken line. Big friers 1 3-4 to 2 pounds are in demand now. THOMSON BOYS LEAVE FOR TRAINING CAMPS. The following Thomson boys left Wednesday for Citizens Military Training Camps: Camp Barancas, at Pensacola, Fla. —Louis Story. Camp McClelland, at Anniston, Ala.—Bernard Agoos, Barney Wells, Wyman Lowe, Reginald Story. The boys will be in camp about thirty days. The cream station project will be decided within the next few days and the result printed in The Progress. Look for it and in case we are suc cessful in establishing a market here show your appreciation by patroniz ing same. .ALLY DAY SERVICES AT MILL CHAPEL NEXT SUNDAY. There will be a Rally Day Service t the Mill Chapel Sunday, July 6th, t 7 P. M. Services will consist of ongs, recitations, etc., by the chll- ren and duets and songs by adults. Iverybody invited. BOXERS GETTING IN SHAPE FOB FOURTH OF JULY BOUT. BIG CROWD AT IIADAWAY’S DRAWING. It looked like circus day in front of Hadaway’s store Tuesday morning, July 1st, at eleven o’clock, the time announced for the big drawing to take place. Several hundred people were there on time waiting expect antly. At the appointed time Mr. Pate, one of the genial employes of Hadaway’s took the stand and an nounced the numbers as they were taken from the box. Prizes were awarded to the lucky numbers as follows: Mr. J. B. Evans, of Thomson, first prize. Mias Lorine Connor, of Thomson, second prize. Laura Burgundy, (colored), of Thomson, third prize. Mrs. O. B. Moonc, of Camak, third prize. Mosers. Charley Curtis and Raney MU left Thursday for Atlanta where y -.yin spend the Fourth. Young Baxter Roper and “Kid" Kent have been putting in some hard practice the past week getting ready for the bout to take place at Eulond Clary’s farm one mile from town on July Fourth. Kent has been in Augusta during the week sparring with some of the Y. M. C. A. boys, and doubtless has gotten in some good practice. Roper too has been busy with local practice and expects to be ,in fine shape for the big event. It is understood that neither of these boys have been knocked out as yet, and that this is their first coming together. The promoters are expecting a big crowd at the barbecue and boxing match Friday, the 4th. NICE CANTALOUPES. Mr. Oscar Johnson, of Boneville, presented The Pregrays with a couple of delicious cantaloupes Monday. Mr. Johnson says he will have plenty of them in a few days. Those left at this office were of very fine flavor* of nice shape and size. PROM PARTY. Miss Lucille Dollar entertained about forty young boys and girls Friday night with a prom party. After the proms a delicious ice course was served. Mr. Charley Allen, of Barnett, was in Thomson Tuesday. IL :•/ ■ MM;