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V.' o'- Oo'' v.t VOLUME XXV. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM SUNDAY Mr. B. H. Bolton, of Elberton, was in Thomson Monday, and reports passing through the section on Broad River, in Elbert county, that was vis ited by the destructive hail storm of Sunday afternoon. He says the area covers six miles wide, and within that range all crops were literally destroyed by the tremendous volume of hail deseeding from the clouds.. Pine fields of corn were stripped of all fruit and foliage, cotton literally beat to pieces and watermelons with holes plugged in them by the heavy lumps of hail. In fact, the destruc tion in this territory was complete, according to Mr. Bolton. From across the line in South Carolina comes a report f)f unusually heavy rainfall Sunday afternoon. It is said that within six hours five and one-half inches of rain fell in one section along the river and that crops were badly washed, to say nothing of damage to roads and bridges. It will be remembered that the weather was unusually warm Sunday afternoon and that heavy rains fell in and around Thomson Sunday after noon late and Sunday night. Other sections also report unusual weather conditions during the past week. SOUR CREAM SALES NOW ASSURED The farmers of McDuffie county have pledged delivery of 100 pounds sour cream per week to a concern who will send a representative to Thomson on Tuesday’s and Fridays to collect the same, test it and pay the farmer on the ground. The county agent called on Mr. Sankens Tuesday and they have set Friday, August 1st as the day of first deliv ery. We hope that every farmer in the county who can will avail himself of the opportunity to sell sour cream to this station. It will mean better cows, better feed, some cash for the farmer, and most important, more manure with which to build up the soils. Skim your milk and keep in a cool place. Take pains to see that every precaution is taken to produce clean milk so that it will not become so sour as to become a loss. G. C. DANIEL. BOTTOM FALLS OUT PEACH MARKET. Parties coming from the peach belt of South Georgia bring rather dis couraging reports from* the peach shippers. It is said the growers had abandafied packing last week, the prices quoted being so poor that it was not profitable to pack the peaches. Thousands of crates, it was stated, were being dumped into gul lies in order to get rid of them. One cause for the poor prices, it was said, is the smallness and in feriority of the fruit, there being no demand for peaches of that variety. Another cause is overproduction, the market being glutted. On account of these conditions, it is said some of the big orchards owners are all but bankrupt from their heavy losses. An article in The Macon Telegraph Wednesday summing up the situation in the peach market, declares that with the curtailment of shipments to what the market will stand, or lower, the growers are still hopeful of recouping some of their losses on the Belles. There have been no white peaches picked for several days for market ing purposes. Many of the Elbertas are still too green to be picked, but there was a good movement Tuesday of fine fruit which should bring much better prices. The market bulletin indicated that the peak of the Elberta movement would be reached Wednesday. Middle Westerners were paying more than the Eastern markets for the Elbertas Tuesday, Chicago and Cleveland prices being $2.25 to $2.50 a crate. AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. kn unusually interesting mission- f program has been arranged for nday night by the Woman’s Mis- nary Society. Miss Bertha Tucker, who is at home furlough from Korea, will tell of • work there. Miss Tucker went ,m Crawfordville and is supported Park Street Church of Atlanta, Appropriate music will be rendered the choir. rhe Missionary Society of the ptist church has been invited to n with the Methodist women on s occasion, and it is hoped others the community will avail them- ves of the opportunity to hear ss Tucker. Or MrHuffte Progress THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1924. NUMBER 31. LIST CHAUTAUQUA GUARANTORS The following names were affixed to the contract to bring the Redpath Chautauqua to T^mson next year. The number is suiiic '-nt to guarantee the success of the entertainment, but it is thought others ill sign before : t is finally closed: R. L. Hadaway, G. White Jordan, H. A. Price, J. D. Curtis, C. A. Far mer, R. A. Kunnes, E. C. Hawes, .1. E. Harrison, H. S. Norris, G. A. Sum mon, J. E. Gross, H. C. McCorkle, Roy J. Johnson, Knox Hotel, per Mrs. McMannon, J. R. Bowden, J. Edgar Wilson,’ Gus Agoos, C. L. Christian, Jones R. Arnlod, Mrs. Lulu M. Far mer, Mrs. Estelle Martin, J. Glein St.olall, Milton F. Brown, M. E Burke, Ray Milkins, J. 0. Shields, H. S. Palmer, W. S. Shields, S. F. Neal, Paul A. Bowden, G. W. Lokey, G. C. Daniel, J. T. West. BILL TO PROMOTE FORESTRY BASEBALL THIS WEEK. fhomson and Washington played a me of baseball at Thomson Tues- the result being in favor of ishington by the score of 13 to 0. omson’s team was rather demoral- d on account of some of the regular yers being out. fhursday Norwood came and play- the home boys a doubleheader, e first installment was won by omson 13 to 5; the second by Nor od 5 to 4. several games are expected next ek, probably Sparta and Norwood. Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—The General Assembly of Georgia has before it at this time a bill which, if enacted into law, will bring more wealth into the State than the public can possibly imagine at this time perhaps, for the “Forest Act” will not only rebuild the lumbering and naval stores in dustries but it will bring to Georgia a new industry of pulp and paper from her 20,000,000 acres of forest lands. This proposed “Forest Act” has been introduced by Representatives Rountree and Haddock, of Emanuel and Early counties respectively, and these two forward looking naval stores operators realize that the time has come for their State to take defi nite action for forest renewal and protection, in order that industry, commerce, and agriculture may be properly developed. The Rountree- Haddock bill—H. B.C52—deserves the thoughtful considei atioh of every true Georgian, and the earnest sup port of every patriotic man and wo man who fully realizes how sadly neglected are Georgia forest areas and how rich is the reward that awaits State Aid and co-operation to land owners who will practice timber culture under scientific leadership as is provided for by this constructive measure The bill simply provides for administrative work by the State Board of Forestry which was created in 1921, and a method of financing this work; *hus safe-guarding young forest growth, and safe-guarding the revenue derived from forest indus tries at the same time, so that for estry can pay its own way in Georgia while saving the State millions of dol lars each year. A few trained for esters could render invaluable ser vice to the State as the agepts of this Commission which is headed by the Governor, and all law abiding citizens would co-operate in this defi nite step to check the “wild fires” that run rampant over the lands of our citizens, killing off the young tree growth before it can produce any thing at all to the land owners, and retarding the growth of mature tim ber while impoverishing the soil and robbing the commonwealth of this great natural resource. Everybody seems to agree that something should be done about for estry in Georgia. This State can share in the newly provided Federal Aid of $2,700,000 if the proper steps arc taken lor forest protection and renewal. The Rountree-Haddock for estry bill will meet every condition for a safe State Policy along this line, and Georgia can receive her full share of this Federal co-operation without having strings tied to it other than having this essential State leader ship and encouragement to her citi zens. With 27 other States in the Union making progress along this line, and all other Southern States in the forward march of forest develop ment, with the exception of South Carolina and Florida, Georgia still holds to her, policy of neglect along this line, while the “fire bug”, the in cendiary, the careless and the lawless, are given to understand that the forest fires may continue without any attention being paid to them by the State which has been so largely de veloped through its former forest wealth. Will this present Legislature “pass up” forestry again? Or will the Rountree-Haddock forestry measure be written into the Code of Georgia Law as a relief measure of far-reach ing importance? Are the patriotic citizens of Georgia taking a proper interest in this matter? Another forestry bill has been in troduced in the Senate by Mr. Monday —S. B. 216—which proposes a “For estry Contract Act,” whereby the taxes on forest lands would be adjust ed in keeping with the time required to mature a new timber crop on cut over lands. A standardized tax as sessment, and a yield tax on the tim ber at the time of harvesting, would enable a land owner to figure his for est investments in advance without running the risk of having taxes rais ed when new timber values aie pro duced through wise methods of for est protection. This permissive meas ure would also have a far-reaching value for Georgia, but without the Rountree-Haddock measure being en acted into Law ac this time, Georgia will lose valuable time and millions of dollars. The DIGEST LITTLETON’S THEORY EX PLODES. Former Congressman and high- priced attorney Martin W. Littleton, advised Harry F. Sinclair that the United States Senate Committee in vestigating oil frauds had no right to question him. Sinclair was held to be in contempt, and the Courts have decided against him. Foolish Notions Get Abroad.—Sin clair will lixely get out of his pre dicament somehow. We will safely entrust that to him. The real dam age comes from the wav in which the public swallows, hook, line and sinker dangerous theories that are argued to the point where they seem plausible, by men like Elttleton. A little sober reflection would convince the most pestiferous dissenter of the Senate investigations, that without public hearings, and inquiries into all kinds of facts, that representative public government would not function as well as at present. And results shouldn’t pe any worse! SUPERPOWER REPORT. Growth in the use of electrical machinery for industrial and other purposes is shown by the Northeast ern Superpower Committee in its re port to Secretary of Commerce Hoov er. There are nearly 200 different utility companies engaged in power production and distribution in the United States from Maine to West Virginia and Maryland, and while 40 pir cent are technically inter-connect ed only about 8 per cent of the in terconnections have capacity large enough for effective interchange of power. The economic generation ami distribution of power is discuss- i ed in the report. The interconnec- ' tion of power plants seems to con- j template much the same plan as the proposed consolidation of railroads, inasmuch as the big and profitable I fellows are satisfied with their be- i longings and refuse to respond to invitations to annex weaker mem bers of their industry. SOIL IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY AND PRACTICAL, SAYS DEPARTMENT By Agricultural Department, A. & W. P. R. R., W. Ry. of Ala., Ga. R. R. THE CANDIDATES. The radio and moving pictures will destroy most of the' effectiveness of the old-fashioned “swing around the circle.” President Coolidge is not an imprehsive vstump speaker, but he is a “whale on the radio.” People are apt to pay a good deal of respect ful attention to whatever the Presi dent may write. So he will likely broadcast and write a good deal. Davis is something of an Apollo, and he talks as well as he looks. So his managers will take him far from where Wall Street’s ignoble strife affects his candidacy. La Follette started in early life to be an actor, but gave it up for politics. He still puts all his old-time dramatics into political speeches, and if he peels his coat and his collar the way he used to in Wisconsin campaigns, he will raise an awful disturbance, particu larly in the West. The Vice Presi dential candidates will help in their own way, but the three star actors may be depended on to get their messages straight to the American people. All of them promise that this is to be a much needed “cam paign of education.” THE RAILROADS. Cdass freight rates within official territory, covering all of the East and central sections of the country, are to be investigated by the Inter state Commerce Commission. The order names 638 interstate rail and water carriers. Under the investi gation it is proposed to make possi ble the adjustment in all rates in older that they may be properly link ed to what ever class rates are pre scribed as t ie result of the investiga tion in other parts of the official ter ritory. The Interstate Commerce Commission will seek the advice and help of the State commissions in harmonizing intrastate rates with in terstate rates. THE CONDITION OF LABOR. The United States Department of Labor has issued an official report stating that the wrokman now finds more opportunities for steady work at reasonable wages than during 1SI22. Of course conditions do not compare with the peak years of 1918, 1919 and 1920. The wages of the building trades, in the railroad in dustry, and in mining, show generally high levels ,and employment is good. Nevertheless there are several sore spots in industry, and among these is the automobile field, where manu facturing has dropped off, and where unemployment is increasing and wages are dropping. The analysis of the labor situation shows a de crease of 4.2 per cent in employment in manufactured industries in M»-iy, while payroll totals dropped 5.1 per cent. Per capita earning fell off one per cent. The American workman is getting today more than double his wages of fourteen years ago. THE NEXT CONGRESS. The “low-down” that one gathers in Washington is that the next Con gress is apt to be controlled by the Democrats, largely because the pres ent Congress has few friends, even in Administration circles. What the next Congress will do no one can foretell, but that it will be filled with members who are after big business interests, seems certain. Of course the present Congress 4 s constituted that way, but indications are that the next Congress will go still farther along that pathway. WATCH STATISTICS. Heads of government departments in Washington always write cheery leads to their reviews of industrial situations. But their statistical ta bles usually tell the actual facts. Watch statistics atid make your own careful deductions. Trend Of Industry Is Southward. Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—The trend of industry from the larger cities of the north and east toward the South has been especially marked, according to F. H. McDonald, man aging director of the Georgia Indus trial Bureau, and the result, as he points out, is that many cotton mills, wood-working mills, and iron-working plants have been and are being lo cated in Southern towns close to the cotton fields, the forests and the iron mines. It is a. movement—now being stimulated by his bureau and other organizations—that will mean much to the South in an industrial way, Atlanta business men state. Manufacturers, it is shown, have found it advantageous to have their factories and mills located where the timber, the cotton or the iron are easily accessible and where there is native labor not contaminated with the unrest so marked among the alien workers in large centers. Scores of towns in Georgia and throughout the South are now at work trying to get factories of vari ous kinds and are ^providing locations, reports received here state. Manufacturers in eastern states, Mr. McDonald says, are finding it to their interest to move southward where the climate is favorable for all the year round operations of mills. Optimistic Over Timber Prospects In State. DEATH OF LITTLE DORIS AVERY Doris, little seven months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Avery, died at the home of its grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith, Friday afternoon, after an illness of only a few days. The little one eon- ti - acted influenza a few days before, her death which rapidly developed into meningitis, after which she rapidly passed out. Funeral and interment occurred Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock, in terment being in Sweetwater cem etery. Mr. and Mrs. Avery have the sin cere sympathy of their host of friends and acquaintances in theTr sad loss. SHIPPING ELBERTAS. Mobley & Johnson and John T. West & Son are this week shipping Elberta peaches. There will be ship ped from this point several cars it is thought. The fruit is very nice this season, and the trees are loaded. Some of the peaches are being disposed of locally. Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—Georgia and the South need not become alarm ed over the reports that timber is rapidly exhausting, if the program of reforestration is carried out in the various states which are giving the problem more serious thought today than ever before. This was the statement today of Crawford Maddox, well known Atlanta lumber manufacturer, who is buying large tracts of timber in various sections of Georgia and neighboring states. Mr. Maddox is optimistic over bus iness conditions throughout the South this summer. He is elated over the work being done for reforestration everywhere and particularly in Geor gia. He has recently purchased large tracts of timber in several of the states and is now negotiating for other large timber interests. He be lieves the South will provide suffi cient timber for construction for many years. DEATH OF YOUNG MAN. Mr. Clarence Ansley, aged 27 years, died at the homo of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ansley, in the mill village, Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock after an illness of two weeks of typhoid fever. He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ansley, and one brother, Thurston Ansley. Funeral and interment occurred Wednesday afternoon, interment be ing in the Iron Hill cemetery. The pallbearers selected were young men friends of the deceased of about his age. Rev. C. C. Kiser, assisted by Rev. R. P. Gill, conducted the funeral ser vices in the presence of a large con course of sorrowing friends and rela tives that more than filled the church building. MR. W. L. EDWARDS SUFFERS BROKEN RIBS. Mr. W. L. Edwards, flagman for the Georgia Railroad, running be tween Augusta and Atlanta, had the misfortune to have a couple of ribs broken last Friday while on his run at Decatur. While his injuries are in no ways serious, they are rather painful, and Mr. Edwrads is off duty this week recuperating. To get more money from each acre of crops in McDuffie county is the aim of soil improvement. The results of the use of summer legumes are well known to be a money making propo sition. Now to increase the good from this step means to continue the process of adding more organic mat ter by growing winter legumes. The farmer will be repaid for all expenses of seeding a winter legume by an increased quantity of organic matter in his soil which all soil sur veys say is the first great need. Money returns will follow through an increased moisture holding pow er; a better structure of the soil which in turn secures greater returns from fertilizers, with the final result of increased yields, increased profits per acre, and lower cost per bushel of corn or pound of cotton. In ad dition to the above, a crop of winter legumes plowed under in the spring adds to the soil a considerable amount of nitrogen, the quantity depending upon the growth and stand of the legume used. In the case of hairy vetch, when a good stand has been secured and the vetch makes a good growth nitrogen eouivalent to from two hundred to four hundred pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, is added. The final end is satisfaction to those who have already proven the value of improving the soil. That the productive power of the soil can be increased by the adding of organic matter to the soil is not an idle theory, but a fact that has been proven by thousands of actual demonstrations. The three main factors that limit the productivity of any given soil are: available plant food, a suit able physical structure of soil, and an amide supply of soil moisture. Available plant food can be bought, hut you cannot buy a suitable physi cal structure of the soil or an ample supply of moisture, and these are needed before best results can be obtained. Soil moisture and the amount of organic matter in the soil will lai’gcly determine the amount of commercial fertilizer that can be used at a profit. Undoubtedly, much commercial fertilizer has been ap plied at a loss due to the fact that the physical condition of the soil made it impossible for the plants to utilize to best advantage the avail- aide plant food contained in the fer tilizer. Other factors such as rain fall, being equal, as the physical structure of the soil is improved with organic matter, the amount of fertilizer that can be profitably ap plied is also increased . By a suitable soil structure is meant good tilth, and tilth is in fluenced largely by tillage and by decaying organic matter. By grow ing winter legumes organTc matter can be supplied and at the same time nitrogen that will readily become available will be needed. A soil of suitable physical struc ture combines mellowness and firm ness, permitting plantroots to freely extend their growth; a soil that wifi receive water easily, distribute it uniformly and be able to hold it with sufficient tenacity to give it up only as needed by the plants. A soil of suitable physical structure must per mit circulation of air to supply needed amounts of oxygen, and to enable it to absorb heat to a proper degree suitable to the requirements of the growing plants. A soil may contain an abundance of available plant food and yet fail to produce satisfactory crops, if the physical structure i£ seriously defective. The physical structure of almost any soil can be greatly benefited by the addition of organic matter, and the most eco nomical way of doing this is by grow ing winter and summer legumes, turning the entire growth from the winter legumes back into the soil. Moisture is a limited factor in the production of any field crop, toe much water sometimes causing aft much damage as the lack of moisture. While rainfall is beyond the control of humans, yet by putting soils 111 the best of physical conditions, the crops growing thereon can be greatly' benefited. The damage done by toe much water can be avoided to a large extent by proper drainage, and by adding organic matter to the soil, needed moisture can be stored up ana made available to the crops. In re taining moisture proper tillage ift extremely important; keep the crust broken ana the moisture will not escape rapidly. Soil surveys show that the great est deficiencies are organic matter and nitrogen; both of these can be 1 incorporated in the soil by growing winter legumes and turning them under as green manure crops in the spring. We do not need to stress soil improvement from the standpoint of maintaining our present yields, but soil improvement is needed t<> increase yields per acre. In fact, standards of living have so changed that it is hard to maintain them un less average yields per acre are higher. The farmers who make ft practice of soil improvement will get larger yields per acre economically, and will make a profit, while the fanners satisfied with average yields per acre may operate at a loss. In creased yields per acre means a de crease in the cost per pound or per bushel of the product raised. The value of summer legumes has been appreciated for a number of years. However, it is generally necessary to utilize them for hay, and it is not always practical to turn them under as green manure. More attention should be given to winter legumes, because they grow at a time when the land, at least a part of it, is idle. These legumes can be turn ed under without causing any notice able loss in the feed supply of the farm. The four outstanding winter le gumes are burr clover, crimson clo ver, annual yellow melilotus (sweet clover) and hairy vetch. All of these are good, but hairy vetch will stand colder weather than any of the others, and is adapted to a larger range of territory. Due to this fact, and to the fact that it is probably the easiest to get started, it deserves prominent mention. A good crop of vetch turn ed under adds the equivalent of from two to six hundred pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, and in addition sup plies the soil with the equivalent of from one to two tons of vegetable matter. This vegetable matter de composes very rapidly • and a very noticeable change in the physical structure of the soil can be noted the first year. Now is the ):ime to begin thinking about growing winter legumes next Reason. It is comparatively easy to get profitable yields from fertile soils, but it is extremely difficult to get economical yields from poor land. Write or ask for additional informa tion. .... ... . . ~—r Important Notice Sweet Potato Plant Growers. If you expect to sell sweet potato plants next year it will be necessary for you to have your field inspected before you dig the potatoes. You should place your application for inspection with the Georgia State Board of Entomology, Atlanta, Ga., immediately. All inspections will be made free of charge if applications are mailed in before inspection work s commienced. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY. Jeff Chaffin, Chef Inspector. COBBHAM NEWS Mrs. F. B. Knight is visiting at the home of Mr. E. H. Burnside. Miss Julia Farr spent the week end at Granite Hill. DEATH OF INFANT. Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds, the two months old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Reynolds, died at the homo of its grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Arnett, on Gordon street, Sunday morning at 6:30 o’clock, after an illness of ten days from whooping cough. Its remains were interred in Sweetwater cemetery two miles south of Thomson Monday morning at ten o’clock. Rev. J. T. Robins con ducted the funeral and burial ser vices. The deepest sympathy goes out to the bereaved parents of this little one, who idolized it during its short stay on this earth. Oatmeal to Clean Lace Fine oatmeal will clean lace that Is ■a loo badly «nlled STOLEN CAR FOUND. The Ford coupe of Miss Lucy Wil son, stolen from the Baptist church yard Thursday a week ago, was locat ed in Columbia, S. C. and returned to its owner, not much worse for wear. A description of the car' was sent to police officials in many towns in y rgia and Carolina, with the result at ft was located as stated above. Mr. E. H. Burnside, Jr., is spend ing a few days with his sister, MfS. J. M. Price, of Double Branches, Miss Ruth Fortson has returned home after a pleasant visit with Misses Alma and Helen Paschal. Mrs. J. C. Dunn made a short visit to Augusta last week. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Gibson spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dunn. Miss Louise Baston and brother, O’Neal, spent the week-end with their sister, Mrs. B. A. Reid, of Anthony Cross Roads. Miss Lucy Ruth Story spent Sun day afternoon with Misses Alma and Helen Paschal. Mr. Howard Farr spent Saturday night with Mr. Rad Story of Win field. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Dozier and family and Mr. Gilmer Dozier spent Sunday at the home of Mr. R. W. Lane. Misses Alma and Helen Paschal and Miss Ruth Fortson spent Wed nesday afternoon with Mis3 Lou Delle Hunt. We are sorry to report Mr. B. C. Hatcher is on the sick list. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Mr. Earnest Baston spent the week end wit hhis parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Baston. A large crowd from Cobbham at tended preaching at Shiloh Sunday. Mr. J. E. Gross spent a short while Saturday with Mr. B. F. Henslee. Cheer up Winfield, Cobbham has the dates with the trucks. - ! £