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A c»fc supe i: \ o'' o v'b the ildluffte Progress VOLUME XXV. THOMSON, McDLFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924. i 1 in— NUMBER 30. CAR THIEVES ARE BUSY NOW CAR STOLEN FROM CHURCH YARD. While services were in progress at the Baptist church Thursday after noon after four o’clock, some un known party drove Miss Lucy Wil son’s car from the church yard and it has not been heard from since, other than a report that some one had seen a car passing through Har lem, the description of ^vhich indi cated that it might have been Miss Wilson’s car. The car is a Ford coupe and Miss Wilson would be very'glad to re ceive any information as to its where abouts. AX REPEAL BILL MR. HUBERT FINDS STOLEN CAR Mr. M. L. Hubert, who travels Carolina territory, was very much distressed Thursday by having his automobile stolen while at Greenville. He decided to come home and await results, after leaving a description of his car with the chief cf police at Greenville. Friday morning Mr. Hu bert received a telegram from the chief stating that his car had been found. The presumption is that some one had "borrowed” the car for a trip and when through with it kindly returned it to the place where Mr. Hubert had parked it. It is a very easy matter for a car to be driven off from a parking place by others than the owners and the habit of using other people’s cars has become quite common. It is a good idea for car owners to lock their machines when leaving them for any length of time. BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE. A barn on the plantation of Mr. Horace Clary* just outside of town, was destroyed by fire about 5 o’clock Thursday morning. A quantity of feed stuff was destroyed, but Mr. Clary was fortunate in liberating about a dozen mules confined in the stables at the barn. How the fire originated is not known. The bill to repeal the tax equaliza tion law, one of the bugabqos of Geor gia politics for n'-'-’y ten years, and an issue in every . .ce during that 'ime, was defeated a the Senate Tuesday after more ’tan two hours’ debate, by a vote o'" ’.8 to 18. This ends the fight on the tax equalize- 1 Hon law for this session so far as ! the Senate is concerned. In a strong appeal for the repeal I of the law, Senator Stephen 'Pace de- j dared the only way Georgia would get tax reforms was by repealing this | law and thou finding a substitute sys- . tern for it. Ho had once opposed the repeal, he said, until a substitute was found, but lately had changed his views. The bill contemplates the repeal of the law creating County Boards of Assessors, working under State Tax Commissi' ner Henry J. Fullbright, ar.d the elimination also of the office of State Tax Commissioner. A long and bitter fight to repeal the law was waged in the last session of the Legislature, those favoring the repeal winning out in the House, which voted its repeal. All through the administration of Governor Hardwick it was contested, Governor Hardwick opposing the re peal until a substitute measure had been provided.—Atlanta Georgian. Washington, D. C., July 17. THE CANDIDATES. BCOZE AND THE LAW. The Chief of Police of Washing- Calvin Coolidge was born July 4, ton - D - C., has reported that the ar- 1872; John W. Davis was born April rosta l’ 01 ' intoxication in the National 13, 1873; Robert M. LaFollette was Capital jumped from 649 in May born June 14, 1855. All were born 1923 > to 962 * n May, 1924. In June of poor but honest parents; all edu- last year there were 448 arrests cated in the public schools and in and in the same month of this year Universities; all bright boys and. arrests were 704. The first in strong men who have served ably in feronce might be that intoxication is public positions; all have admirable 1 increasing, but the Police Chief de wives; all are gentlemen of fine dig- n ’ os that this is the case. He said nity and bearing who make speeches the figures reflect the increasing ef- in excellent English, quite different! ficiency of the police force and the from that which comes from New! determination to "close rapidly in York’s “East Side.” While the can- i upon local bootleggers and others didates represent widely-varying views upon public matters, of each WHITEOAK CAMP MEETING it may be said that "he is presidential size.” 1 dealing in illict iiquor.” The situ ation in Washington is fairly repre- Bathing Resort At Boneville. ATTENDING ASSOCIATION. Mr. A. T. Luckey and Mr. Calvin McGahee are visiting in Columbus, Ohio, this week, attending the Inter national Bible Students Association, which is in session from July 20th to 27th. BASEBALL NEXT WEEK. The Thomson baseball team prom ises several games next week, though the schedule had not been arranged. The games scheduled with Sparta for this week were called off for some reason, but the boys promise to make up for them next week. SPECIAL SERVICES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Special services at the Baptist church at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon are announced, when Mr. Rader will speak to the young people under 25 years of age. An invitation is ex tended to all young people of the community of that age. 05 JUNIOR B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM JULY 20TIL Subject—The Fall of Babylon. 1. Song 107. 2. Song 122. 3. Prayer, Mr. Kiser. 4. Business and Records. 5. Song, 170. 6. Group No. 3 in charge: (a) Introduction, Mary Wells; (b) Belshazzar’s Feast—The Gold and Silver Vessels, Miriam Samuels; The Hardwriting on the Wall, Wilson Hawes; (c) Daniel comes to the Pal ace, Edgar Story; (d) Daniel Reads the King’s Doom, Cecil Story; (f) Daniel Refuses the King’s Gifts, Stanton Mobley; (g) The Death of Belshazzar, Frances DeMedicis; (h) Dare to be a Daniel, Allene O’Neal; (i) Scripture Reading, Psalm I, Mary Burke. 7. Leader’s Ten Minutes. 8. Memory Drill. 9. Closing Prayer, 2 Tim., 2:15. Real Estate For Sale. We have for sale 33 lots in the Anderson-Mendel sub-division on which we would like to get a bid. This property is on the street run ning from Mrs. Ellington’s toward the cotton mill. See us about these and make us a bid on the 33 lots. On Jackson street we have a nice home that can be bought at reason able price. Five rooms and large lot with garage. If you want to trade, see us at once. We have parties who want to buy, also some who want to rent property. If you have something to sell or rent, let us handle it for you. Rememoer, we advertise and do our best to make a trade on all property entrusted to us without any cost to owner unless we make a trade. You lose nothing if a, trade is njt made, and we charge only 5 per cent on a deal. McDUFFIE REAL ESTATE AGENCY. J. Q. West and. H. S. Norris. Clock Made of Glaa$ , Bohemian glass polisher at gue has constructed a clock which, h the exception of the springs, is id entirely of glass. The glass tes and pillars are bolted togetner h glass screws. Many of the parts I to be made over and over befi re •k that would keep lime was cd. clo Boneville, Ga., July 15. 1924. Editor Progress: It has been re ported that the Thomson Investment Company has called a meeting to consider the establishment of a bath ing resort at this place. It seems remarkable that such splendid possibilities supported by great natural advantages would not have long since been developed. The lake of water is large enough and deep enough to operate small motor boats and accomodate every class of bathers, furnishing all the thrills in cident to surf bathing except the waves. The dam that holds this largo lake of water, forms the Nat ional Highway at this point, which fact would serve to furnish all the free advertising necessary. It is to be regretted that the old Smith home located here should re main in a neglected state, when it could be transformed into a valuable asset by any enterprising party who would undertake a development of possibilities. Equipped as a summer boarding house, with convenient bath ing facilities, also the convenience of both the railway and National High way, it is safe to say that no reason able enlargement of the present structure would be able to accom modate the demand of people desir ing to get out of the city during the spring and summer season. J. P. W. of OIL. History relates that springs petroleum were struck in Ohio in 1820, and that they interferred with the soft-water wells so much that they were considered a nuisance. Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, was the birth place of the American oil industry in 1859. From 1861 to 1876 the aver age daily output of oil wells was 11,000 barrels. The growth of the industry is demonstrated by the fact that the Geological Survey has just reported monthly production by pe troleum refineries in the United States at 780,194,019 gallons. Stocks on hand at the refineries have mount ed to their peak and are now 1,674,- 359,835 gallons. Exports of gaso line amount to around 97,000,000 gallons a month, and imports are around 14,000,000. Kerosene—The Rockefeller family laid the foundations for their for tunes in kerosene. When they got to laying pipelines and carrying kerosene from one part of the coun try to another, the public began to get excited about such “going’s on.” When Judge Landis imposed a fine of twenty-nine million dollars against Standard Oil, the country was amaz ed. It was one of the original guns fired in the trust-busting campaign. Strangely enough, trust)s have in creased in number and size since that sentative of that shown by reports from cities throughout the country, and according to Prohibition and Police officials the officers of the law have recovered from whatever intim idation or timidity they may have felt a year ago, and with exceptions in certain regions of the country, there is an increasing desire among officials to "close in” upon the boot leggers and include social drinkers in the dragnet. LAW RESTATEMENT WORK PROGRESSES. William Draper Lewis, director of the American Law Institute, says definite progress is being made in relation to the “orderly expression of common law.” This proposal was underwritten last year, and it is to go on for ten years, at the end of which time a few lawyers hope to secure such a law restatement as will do them some good. REAL ESTATE RINGS. Washington, D. C., has almost doubled its number of buildings in the past seven years. There has been terrific real estate inflation, and the prophesied deflation has never been actually in sight. Some real estate rings have been quite as in decent as the oil speculators who made clean-ups in the Southwest. As a result United States District Attorney Gordon will submit to a special grand jury which has been eventful day. Kerosene production | called for July 23 the evidence col- is now around 200,000,000 gallons a ; lected by investigators for the Unit- month, and the stocks on hand are , ed States Senate in connection with about 300,000,000 gallons. This des- the alleged existence of a "real estate Turning: Back To Old Carriculum. Macon, Ga., July 17.—A law college graduate is seriously handicapped when he goes out to practice unless he also has some knowledge of Greek, Latin, mathematics and the classics, according to officials of the Mercer university law school who are requir ing that after next year two years of academic work precede the study of law. Old-regime professors who have ever held for classicism rather than the new college subjects point to this change as another indication that learning is turning back to the studies of ye olden days. A library of 30,- 000 volumes, of which only 5,000 deal with law, is maintained for their use while in school. This requirement is also in keep ing with the rules of the American association of law schools to which only Emory university, the university of Florida and the Mercer belong out mf the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. Two Auto Wrecks At Same Place. Within the past week two automo bile wrecks occurred at the curve on the Warrenton-Thomson road near the old Hardaway place about four miles from town. Both wrecks occurred, it is said from the same cause, that is, the drivers failing to observe the abrupt ness of the curve until it was too late, causing them to drive the cars in'-o the ditch after passing the curve. One of the wrecks occurred last Saturday, when an elderly lady was rather severely injured. Another lady and gentleman in this car were not injured beyond a few scratches and shaking up. The injured lady was carried to her home in Macon Monday. Their names were not learned. A car with a family of tourists aboard was wrecked at the same curve Tuesday morning. The injured were brought to the office of Dr. Sterling Gibson for treatment, but none were injured seriously and pro ceeded on their way after the auto mobile was repaired. Put Ban on Tennia Tennis was considered not to be of benefit in Improving the military Strength of England in 1305, and a re st riot ivo act against playing the game ;vus pa - ed. pite the fact that the old kerosene lamp has surrendered its position of honor to the incandescent lamp. Fuel Oils.-.In 1909 the railroads of the United States consumed 20,000,-(Mings. 000 barrels of oil. Oil had been used' for fuel in the building of the Pana ma Canal. Oil-burning was being in troduced into ships of the United States Navy and on commercial ships. A recent Government, report showed a monthly output of gas and fuel oils of 1,155,935,780 gallons. In addition the production of lubri cants amounted to 104,438,537 gal lons. ring" to boost rents and values of property in the District. It is alleged that there has been pyramiding of trusts on apartments and office build WEIGHT OF ICE CREAM. It is a fact well known among those concerned with the subject that it is possible for manufacturers of ice cream to vary the density of their product, and since ice cream is usual ly sold by volume, the tendency is to make the commodity light. The United States Bureau of Standards says some interest is being taken in the matter by weights and measures officials with a view to protecting the public against abuse in this di- j rection. THIS PUBLIC DEBT. The public debt has been reduced more than five billion dollars in less than five years. It reached its maxi mum on August 31, 1919, when it was $26,596,701,648.01.On June 20, 1924, the public debt was $21,301,501,- 055.86, a clear reduction in less than five years of $5,295,200,592.15. In the past year the debt has been re duced more than the usual SI ,000,- 000,000, or to be exact, $1,048,206,- 309.50. The people of Thomson and the community around, in fact, McDuffie and Columbia counties, are talking camp meeting. Several families have already moved to the camp ground and others will be moving in this week and next. The camp meeting starts this year on Tuesday night, July 29th, and will continue through the first Sunday in August. The people who attend the camp this year may rest assured that they will hear some good preaching. The following ministers are slated to do the preaching: Dr’s. Pierce, Frazer, and the Presiding Elder, Dr. Quil- lian, of Augusta; Dr. Reese, of the South Georgia Conference, and Dr. Harmon, of the South Carolina Con ference. Perhaps all these have been heard at the camp before, ex cept Dr. Harmon, of South Carolina, and to hear this servant of God once means that you will want to hear him again. He is considered one of the leading preachers of the South. Let all who pray, keep this camp before the Lord. Pray that we may have a real old fashion revival, where lost souls are saved, and that God will keep out any and everything that would hinder. If we make out of it just a social gathering God will be grieved and no body blessed. As pastor of the Thomson circuit, and one who will have to face the situation after the camp is over and many of the people gone back to their homes, I am praying that God will make this few days meeting a bless ing to this community and to the churches around. If the Holy Ghost is not allowed to have His way in this meeting, Whit.coak community will be a much harder field to work than if there had been no camp meet ing at all. Don’t come for a big time as the world think of a big time, but come praying for a mighty out pouring of the Spirit of God upon us. We want and need a real revival. If we will pay the price, we will have it. Let all who pray bring this camp before God at least twice each day from this date on that He will visit His people at this time and place and that at least one hundred souls will be saved during this meeting. The music will be under the direc tion of Mr. Charlie Curtis, of Thom son, which means that it will be well done. J. O. BURNETT, Pastor Thomson Circuit. NOTES FROM THE. COUNTY AGENT THOMSON DRINKS CLEAN MIL& The ordinance in favor of dean milk for Thomson residents has had its effect. The herds of Bunyoil Jones and Richard Neal have bean tested for tuberculosis. I mention these because Thomson to a large ex tent is dependent on these two gentle men for its milk supply. There are others who can guarantee milk from tuberculosis’ free animals. They ate, Messrs. Dunevant, Lem Matnewa, Hinton, O. Howard and several more not so close to Thomson. Make sure your milk supply has been tested. The Mayor and Council are to be congratulated for their efforts te protect life in Thomson. CREAM STATION. The sour cream idea is growing, have listed 12 farmers who want to avail themselves of a home market for sour cheam. These men have piomised 54 gallons of cream per week. Surely there are others who could bring 1 gallon each or more to town weekly. We like only 46 gal* thii Ions before we can establish market. Why not join hands and make your cow give you a profit, also make it possible to keep moro cows on the farm. Contributors aro: H. H. Cason, Sterling Gibson, R. T« Callaway, Gyp Adams, S. F. Duna way, Earl Norris, Louis Kent, Bob Newby, J. B. Dunevant, Dutch Har rison, Richai'd Neal. TREASURY PAYING REFUNDS. The Government is making returns to taxpayers of the 25 per cent re duction effective on income taxes pay able this year. The entire repayment processes, to give back about $16,- 000,000 to 1,058,000 persons, will be completed by the middle of Septem ber. (Continued on Fourth Page) Millions In Scraps Of Paper. Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—Scraps of paper, in a real, and not in a diplo matic sense, may be the means of staying the destruction of America’s forests, provided they are saved and used, and not destroyed, in the opin ion of Atlanta publishers. Hundreds of thousands of acres of forest lands are every year being denuded to provide the American people with all varieties of paper and paper products. The wastepaper industry of America, it is pointed out, is helping to save some of these rees by gathering the scraps and selling them back to paper manufac turers. They are selling $50,000,000 worth of waste a year to paper mak ers. This represents, it is pointed out here, about two million tons of paper, or the equivalent of the pulp from 300,000 acres of timber land. Waste paper is made over into new uaper or paper products. Probably all but a small part of the paper made is thrown away after it has served its temporary purpose as a printing, writing or wrapping ma terial. Most of it could be saved and used again, thereby reducing the drain upon the forests to a minimum. “As a patriotic service we should strive to have our waste paper turned back into the channels of paper pro duction,” said one Atlanta publisher. Senator Harris Is Home Again. DEATH OF MR. J. It. MOUNCE. Mr. .T. R. Mounce, for many years a citizen of Thomson, died at his home on Whiteoak street early Mon day morning from a general decline m health. He was 72 years of age. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. A. G. .Mounce, and one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Stockton, of Augusta. He .’•as twice married. His remains were interred in the Sweetwater cemetery Monday after noon at 5 o’clock, Rev. C. C. Kiser conducting the funeral ceremony. Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—Georgia’s senior senator, Wm. J. Harris, who is now in Georgia for his summer vacation, was a prominent figure at the recent national democratic con vention in New York City. Senator Harris presided over the big convention for more than an hour at the request of permanent chair man, Senator Walsh. The Georgian was the guest of the Democratic National Committee with a seat on the platform at the request of Chair man Cordell Hull, of the committee. Since his return to Georgia, Sen ator Harris has been given a home coming celebration by the people of Cedartown. He was also a promi nent figure at the Harris family re union held in Cave Spring. Senator Harris appears to be in the best of health and will spend the next few weeksvisiting various por tions qf the state. He will maintain an office during the summer at the postoffice building. His secretary, Capt. Cranston Williams, will remain in Washington. CITIZENS RUT DOWN DUST SETTLER. Residents of Jackson street have had the Dow Flake dust settler put down on the street abutting their property. It was intended to secure a more general use of the material on other streets, but it is a hard mat ter to get concerted action on a mat ter of this kind for various reasons. The material has been tried on a portion of Jackson street and was found to answer the purpose admir ably. Some plan may be arrived at whereby there will be a general use of some material of the kind another year, provided it is not possible to pave the streets by that time. The Bride Carried On English Paper—“The absence of tin groom was not noticed until the cere monv was over.”—Boston Transcript. WHAT THE GRASSHOPPERS ARE DOING TO THE COTTON CROP IN TEXAS. Mr. W. T. McGahee, of Thomson, received one day this week a letter from his brother-in-law, Mr. C. R. R. Wright, of Weatherford, Texas, as to what the grasshoppers are do ing in that section of that state to the cotton plant. The following is an extract from the letter: “The grasshoppers and the jdry weather have damaged the crops bad ly. The grasshoppers have eaten thousands of acres of cotton. I saw a man the other day that said the grasshoppers had eaten up forty acres of cotton in three days. They have eaten all the fruit and leaves on the trees and are now eating the bark. This man lives about fifteen miles from Weatherford, and he fur ther says that they have been poison ing the grasshoppers and many that ate the poison have jumped into the river and have been devoured by the fish, and many people that have been catching the fish have been poisoned from eating the fish and some have died.” MARSHALL NEWS. By Harold. Mr. Byrum McDonald, of Braden- town, Fla., after visiting relatives here has returned home. Miss Georgia Lowe spent last week in Thomson as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. John Jones. Mrs. Carrie L. McDaniel, of Har lem, is spending a while with her father, Mr. F. C. Stone. Mrs. A. S. Anderson was the dinner guest of Mrs. F. E. Hayes Tuesday. Mr. Jamie Cook has returned to Hampton Roads, Va., after visiting friends and relatives here. PASTURE DEMONSTRATION. On August 7th the representatives of the Georgia Railroad Agricultural Department, assisted, by experts from the College of Agriculture will give several talks on the benefits of green manuring and of improved' pasturage for our cattle. The meet ing will bn on the farm of Mrs. Ira Farmer only a short distance from town and it is hoped that hun-. dreds will be on hand for this meet*f hoty. ing. These men will tell you he others have prospered through the use of green manures, etc., and if you don’t come away with an in spiration it will be because you won't avail yourself of the opportunity. Come and bring your neighbor. The time is 10 o’clock sharp. Be there. Have Your Dog Vacci nated Against Rabies. \ An ordinance was recently passed by Council requiring the owner or owners of dogs, within the city lim its, to have their dogs vaccinated with an anti-rabies vaccine. The vaccine has been procured and is in the hands of Dr. H. P. Neal, who will have charge of the vaccination. Dr. Neal will devote the hour of from 5 to 6 o’clock P. M. on Monday ana Friday of each week beginning Fri day the 11th. The law requires that all dogs be vaccinated on or before August lst f 1924. After that date dogs without tags, showing that they have been vaccinated, will be killed by the Marshal. As each dog is vaccinated a certi ficate to that effect will be given the owner. This certificate when pre sented to the City Clerk at the City Hall, together with the payment of a registration fee of $2.00, entitles the owner to a tag, this tag to be attached to the dog by a band or collar and will serve the purpose of identification. July 10th, 1924. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UNION NEWS. By Jazz. Miss Myrtis Pearson was the guest of Miss Lillian Pearson a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cook spent a few days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cook. Mrs. L. E. Stone, Mrs. Carl Owens and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blanchard were guests at the home of Mr. F. C. Stone Sunday. Sorry to report Mr. J. C. Hinton has mumps at this writing. Little Miss Mattie Hannah and Cullen Hannah, of Stapleton, arc the attractive guests of Miss Bessie Ware Morris. Miss Ada Cason spent Sunday with Mrs. S. O. Ansley. Mr.Cand Mrs. C. G. Anderson and Misses Mary and Sallie Anderson spent Friday with friends at War- renton. Mrs. L. E. Stone spent Sunday with Miss Eva Stone. Miss Pauline Hannah is the guest ,f Mrs. Bessie Morris this week. Miss Stella Norris spent a few days this week with Miss Mabel Smith. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Newby and chil dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Gunby. Mrs. B. M. Hankins left Saturday for Atlanta where she will make her future home. Mrs. H. E. Ivey and children, Evie and Norma, spent Sunday with Mrs. W. W. Edwards. The third Quarterly Conference was held at Macedonia Saturday. Quite a large crowd atended. Masters Robert and John Colvin were the guests of Ned Waller Sun day. Misses Georgia Colvin and Dorothy Newby spent Saturday night with Miss Elizabeth Harrell, of Macedonia. Mr. WT H. Greene made a business trip to town Wednesday. Mrs. R. II. Newby and little James and Virginia Waller called on Mrs. Ellis Harrell Tuesday. ... Mr. H. E. Ivey and family visited town Wednesday. BONEVILLE EPWORTH LEAGUE NEWS. Rev. Odum Clark, of Hearing, at tended the Epworth League ' here Saturday evening. The Epworth League will be held at the M. E. church every Saturday evening at 8:30 o’clock. Everyone 19 cordially invited. The new officers elected are as fol lows : D. L. Wilson, president. J. M. Ansley, vice-president. Miss Ollie Lavigno, secretai-y. C. Harbin, treasurer. Sartorial Note Clothes do not make the man, aor “jacket 1 ' 'In- hook.— Boston Tran-