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The Touring Car
F. O. B. Detroit
Demountable Rfma
and Starter *85 extra
be sure that your efficiency ana your comiort inis
summer have the help of that car you have always
intended to buy. You know its value—you know
what an essential aid it is to a fuller activity, an easier
life, more healthful hours out-of-doors.
Delay invites disappointment. Why wait? Buy now!
(VJ Detroit, Michigan
Runabout $265 CoupetS25 Tudor Sedan S590 Fordor Sedan $685
Ati prices /. o. b. Detroit
SEE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED
FORD DEALER
THE UNIV EH SAL CAR
You can buy any model by making a email dovm-payment and arranging easy
terms for the balance. Or you can buy on the > ord .VeeklyPu. chase Plan.
The Ford dealer in your neighborhood will gladly explain both plans in detail
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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924.
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Asked And
Answered
BY J. E. JONES.
This Is a valuable educational fea
ture In The McDuffie Progress. Send
fo your questions, and address them
to U. S. Press Association, Continen
tal Trust Building, Washington, D. C.
Mention this paper when you write.
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Washington, D. C., July 2.
(J, What is the center of the Unit
ed States?
A. The exact center of the United
States is marked in Kansas in the
HOW maps. Officially, the center of
the United States is 39 degrees, 13
minutes and 20,068 seconds west
longitude and 98 degrees, 32 minutes
and 30.506 seconds north latitude.
All these figures mean the center spot
if on the Mead ranch, about ten mile3
north of Lucas, in the northeast cor
ner of Russell county. The United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey is
now engaged in relocating monu
ments for state boundaries and de
termining the actual boundaries of
states, making them in conformity to
the new established point that is the
center of the United States.
r * *
Q, To what extent are Negroes
leaving the South?
A. During the year ended in Sep
tember 1923, the Negro emigration
from thirteen Southern States reach
ed a total of 478,720. The State of
Georgia lost 120,000, while Alabama
and Florida each accounted for 90,-
000. The number who left Georgia
was 10 per cent of the colored popu
lation.
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Q. You recently gave some facts
concerning Cordovan leather. Would
-you not be good enough to cover the
subject more fully?
A. The Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of Washington,
says that the word Cordovan is de
rived from the name of the Spanish
city, Cordova, which has an ancient
repute for the making of fine leather,
either from goat skin or horsehide,
the Spaniards having been for some
centuries the world’s best tanners.
Cordovan leather from the rear part
of horsehide is tanned with gambier
and other vegetable tannings. It is
colored in black, tan, etc., and finished
on the flesh side. It is a very close
water proof leather and i • sometimes
used in high grade men’s shoes. Due
to the fact that it is expensive it is
often imitated in calf and sides.
* *
Q. How shall we abolish war un
less we adhere to Matthew 5-39;
26-52; and 10-34, 35, 36?
A. Statesmen and diplomats are
not attempting to abolish wars ac
cording to Bible rules. If they did,
one rule would suffice—that is the
Golden Rule.
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Q. Please tell me how to make
briquettes with my fine coal dust
(bituminous) ?
•A. The making of fuel briquettes
Is so technical that the Bureau of
Mines has issued a number or imports,
and the United States Geological
Survey has treated the subject in its
latest annual x’eport. The Depart
ment of the Interior, Bureau of
Mines, will furnish these booklets.
* *
Q. Where did Nordica receive her
musical education?
A. She was taught singing by
John O’Neill of the New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston, and
ahe also studied under Sangiovanni,
in Milan.
* *
Q. What has become of the old
village pump?
A. Likely the gas station stands
in its place.
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Q. What was the origin of the
wearing of ear-rings?
A. According to' Genesis XXXV.4
car-rings were worn by Jacob’s fam
ily, 1732 B. C.
* *
Q. I would like to know if the
English sparrow or the robin is most
abundant in the United States?
A. The Bureau of Biological Sur
vey of the United States Department
of Agriculture says that the counts
so far show that the most abundant
bird on farms in the Northeastern
States is the robin; next to this is
the English sparrow.
* *
Q. Will you please tell me how
to use a watch as a compass? .
A. .Bring the watch in a position
so that the hour hand is directed to
ward the sun. The South then lies
exactly midway between whatever
hour it may happen to be and the
numeral XII on the dial. Suppose,
for instance, that it is four oclock,
and that the timepiece is held in the
position indicated. The direction of
the numeral II will then be the exact
South. If it is eight o’clock, the
numeral X will indicate South.
* *
Q. Who did Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow marry? Do any of his
poems refer to his wife?
A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
was married twice. Miss Mary Pot
ter, of Portland, Maine, was his first
wife, and she is pictured in his poem,
“The Footsteps of Angels.” She
died in Germany. His second wife
was a daughter of Nathan Appleton,
of Boston, whom he met abroad, and
who is supposed to be described in
his romance, “Hyperioh,” also in “Tha
Cross of Snow,” the latter written
many years after her death.
* *
Q. Who were the Hunkers in poli
tics?
A. Hunkers is a name applied to
various political faction* in the Unit
ed States, but in a particular sense
to the conservative Democrats of
New York State; first used as a
designation in 1844.
* *
Q. K[ow can I restore the color to
chamois gloves?
A. Soak orange peel in water
twenty-four hours, then boil the peel.
When cold use for rinsing gloves.
* *
Q. What year was Oliver Crom
well born, and when did he become
the Lord Protector?
A. Oliver Cromwell was born in
1599. He became Lord High Pro
jector of England in 1653.
* *
Q. Is there a different sign re
garding a morning rainbow from an
evening rainbow?
A. A rainbow in the morning is
regarded as a sign of rain. An even
ing rainbow of fair weather.
* *
Q. What was the first successful
steamboat navigation in the United
States?
A. James Rumsey built a steam
boat and navigated the waters of the
Potomac in the vicinity of Sharpe-
burg, Maryland, in 1787. A splendid
monument stands at a high point on
West Virginia shore, signalling the
event. This was built by the State
of West Virginia, and besides being
a recognition of Rumsey it is a re
buttal and a challenge to the claims
of Robert Fulton, whose period of
successful navigation was later than
that of Rumsey.
* *
Q. Is the burial place of the late
President Wilson open to visitors at
all times?
A. No. A great many visitors
are disappointed in being unable to
obtain access to the chapel ar.d crypt
of the St. Albans Cathedral, which
is accessible most of the time, but
not during hours when the place is
being used for religious services.
Officials of the Episcopal diocese are
doing their best however, to accom-
mode visitors.
* *
Q. How many automobiles are
there in Jamaica?
A. There are about 2000 motor
cars in the island of Jamaica—prac
tically all of American manufacture
and touring car style, not more than
ten or fifteen are closed cars, the
mild climate not encouraging closed
cars. In 1923 the United States sent
Jamaica 581 passenger cars and 219
trucks.
* *
<Q. Can you tell me if in the in
crease of population in the United
States the people go to farms or to
the cities?
A. According to the National Bu
reau of Economic Research the pop
ulation of the United States is nearly
113,fiOO,000 souls. There has been
an increase of more than 7,000,000
since the Government census of 1920.
The additional population practically
all went to the cities. There are
fewer people on farms than there
were in 1920. Of the 7,000,000 in
crease, more than a million went to
New York, and more than half a
million each to Detroit and Los
Angeles.
* *
Q. What was the name of the
port that the Pilgrim Fathers sailed
from in the Speedwell; also what was
the date?
A. Delfthaven, Holland, was the
port from which the Pilgrim Fathers
sailed in the Speedwell, July 22, 1620,
for Southampton. They embarked on
the Mayflower at Plymouth.
* *
Q. How long have shingles been
used in roofing houses?
A. The first shingle-roofed house
was a two-story double hewn log
house erected in Pittsburgh about
1764.
* *
Q. When was the practice of
dentistry established?
A. Treatment of the teeth by the
Egyptians is mentioned by Herod
otus; and some evidence that the
Egyptians and also the Etruscans
at least attempted to supply teeth
McDuffie progress, Thomson,
ga.
Summer Hints
For Young Mothers
Let The PROGRESS Do Your JOB PRINTING
Q. Where are the monuments
erected perpetuating achievements of
the Revolutionary war and the Civil
war?
A. The United States Govorpment
erected a great monument at a cost
of $250,000 at Yorktown, to com
memorate the surrender of Lord
Cornwallis to General George Wash
ington, at the end of the Revolution.
This is surmounted by a female
figure, with outstretched arms beck
oning to peace. At the West front
of the United States Capitol grounds
is found the peace monument show
ing two female figures in which the
victorious North is comforting her
grieving sister of the South. They
are locked together in enduring peace.
r)t *
Q. What tribe of Indians are the
Mingoes?
A. Mingo is the Algonquin name
for the Indians of the Five Nations,
or Iroquois, especially of the Mohawk
tribe.
Acute Indigestion
Is a Food Problem
It is hard on a child to suffer in
digestion in summer.
Usually there is fever and vomit
ing, apt to be very prostrating.
One way to prevent such attacks
is to see to it that the child does not
eat heavily when over-tired.
Often the trouble may bo traced
to improper food, which should be
stopped immediately.
As for treatment, do not forget
that in indigestion, the organs have
quit operating, and the bowel is full
of undigested food.
Don’t worry about the stomach—
it will empty itself. But give a good
clearing out treatment. Liv-o-lax
will do the work thoroughly.
Then put the child on a very light
diet for a few days.
You can get a good-sized bottle
of Liv-o-lax at the drug store for
30c. Adv.
by aritficial means is found in mum
mies and in skulls exhumed. How
ever, the science of the teeth may be
said to date from the researches of
Professor “Richard Owen, who in 1839
clearly demonstrated the organic con
nection between the vascular and the
vital soft part of the frame and the
hard substance of the teeth. The
first dental school chartered in the
United States was at Baltimore in
1839.
* *
Q. How did the city of Duluth,
Minnesota, get its name? It seems
to be unique.
A. Daniel Greysolon du Luth, a
native of Lyons, France, built a trad
ing-post at the entrance of the Pigeon
river on the north shore of Lake Su
perior in 1678, whence the name
Duluth.
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Q. When was the Campanile, or
Leaning Tower built, and of what
material?
A. The Campanile, or Leaning
Tower of Pisa, was built about 1154,
to contain bells, and is of white mar
ble. It inclines so far that a plummet
dropped from the top, which is 188
feet high, falls sixteen feet from the
base. From this tower Galileo made
his observation on gravitation about
1635.
LIST OF DEAD LETTERS.
Advertised at the post office at Thom
son, Ga., June 30th, 1924.
1. Mr. A. W. Holiman.
2. Miss Harie Lue Mury.
3. Mr. Beatrice Thomas.
If the above letters are not called
for in two weeks they will be sent to
the dead letter office.
When calling for these letters al
ways say, “Advertised,” giving the
number and date advertised.
In accordance with the postal laws
a fee of one cent will be charged
upon the delivery of each piece.
J. D. BASTON, P. M.
uAJter every meal
pleasant
and agreeable
and
sweet
well
Good for
teeth, breath
and digestion.
Makes the
next cigar
taste better.
The popularity of Chero-Cola is best
proved by the crowds that are seen
drinking it on every hand. Wherever
soft drinks are sold you find people en
joying Chero-Cola in the Twist Bottle.
Thomson Chero-Cola
Bottling Co.
Thomson, Ga.
In the twist bottle