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VOLUME XXV. “NO-MONKEY ’ BILL IS APPROVED I Atlanta, 6a., July 30.—By a vote of 13 to 0 the House committee on education Thursday favorably report ed the bill by Representative Pope, of Walker county, known as the “evo lution” bill. This measure would withdraw all state funds from any school or other institution at. which the Darwin theory, or any other thought involving the idea that man is descended from an ape is taught. The bill is a copy of the Kentucky law, which it is said, was drawn by William Jennings Bryan. Representative Pope, speaking in behalf of the bill, styled the theory of evolution as “this rotten, damn able stuff.” He told how he had been startled to hear his own daugh ters come home from a public high school in Georgia and tell of hearing the evolution theory explained there. “I’m not excited about this ques tion,” asserted the representative. "“I’m not a preacher nor the son of a preacher, but I think it is an outrag eous shame that good Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, etc., in our State should be taxed to support in stitutions where this rotten theory is taught.” Representative McCrory of Schley, supporting the bill said if he was descended from a monkey he was ashamed of it, but did not think that he was descended from a monkey. He said he believed God created men and monkeys entirely separate and he didn’t believe they had ever mixed, and hoped they never would.” Representative Stanford, of Lowndes, said he favored the bill for the sake of “coming generations.” Representative Cdvington said, "“the only thing wrong with these two Chicago youths, Loeb and Leopold, is that they went to schools and col leges where they were taught pagan philosophy. If these ailenists told the truth, they’ll tell that too.” Representative Covington then said that he did not believe that a wagon load of mud could be “left in the road and by its own inherent evolu tionary powers” become something “all dressed up and running for the legislature.” Representative Hayman, of Wash ington, opposed the bill on the ground that it violated the spirit of the Con stitution which said that religious teaching should not be given the pub lic schools, but said he approved its purpose. A number of other committeemen expressed similar sentiments —The Macon Telegraph. Plan Large Gathering Of Farmers On August 7th. The advent of the boll weevil has provtin conclusively to every prac tical farmer that cotton can be grown successfully year in and year out only where the farmer reduces his acreage to where he can handle it and so be able to strike when the time is ripe for striking. The prob lem that presents itself immediately is how to produce the same crops on five acres as we formerly made on ten or more acres. The answer, of course, is rich soil. How to get our soils in a high state of cultiva tion within a comparatively short time will be discussed by experts from the College of Agriculture and other agencies when the Georgia Rail road holds its pasture demonstration on August 7th. The meeting will be gin promptly at 10 o’clock and will be staged on the farm of Mrs. I. E. Farmer. Every farmer in McDuffie and surrounding counties is invited to attend. Several hundred invita tions w'ill be sent out and we are ex pecting at least 1000 people. Come and help make this one great day. G. C. DANIEL. LAST BASEBALL GAME OF SEASON. Thomson and Warrenton played a game of baseball in Warrenton Tues day, the score being 14 to 4 in favor of Thomson. This was the last game of the season for Thomson, most of the boys being engaged in other ac tivities. The baseball fans of Thomson have enjoyed the games during the sea son. Thomson in nearly instance showed up in fine form and the games were interesting to a degree not usually manifested in amateur games. We hope Thomson will have as good a team next year. THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924. -ir^m-imminn i in >■ i—rum 1 imr ' —" mm n—i win ■miw—mm—■——■■ini JAMP MEETING AT WHITE0AK Camp Meeting started at Whiteoak camp ground Tuesday, and is being well attended. Most of the tents are occupied by owners those renting hem. Those attending ha- e the pleasure of hearing such ir.o.i as Dr. Pierce, Dr. Frazer, Dr. Quillian, of Augusta; Dr. Reese, of the South Georgia Con ference, and Dr. Harmon, of the South Caiolina Conference, all of whom are on the list of preachers to be hoard during the meeting. Sunday will be the big day of the meeting, when people from all the surrounding country will flock to the camp ground. Special services will be held and special music and singing are a part of the program. As usual special preparations will be made for entertaining the large number of visitors Sunday. The Thomson Methodist church will have no services Sunday, as an nounced last Sunday night. Legislators Find No Way Around Tax Equalization. Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—That Geor gia lawmakers have found it difficult, if not impossible, to run the state without a tax equalization law, is again evidenced by the recent action of the state senate in turning down a measure to repeal it. It was the usual annual result— efforts to repeal the law being made practically at every session of the legislature. Senator Stovall, though advocat ing the lepcal, said: “The Tax Equalization Law was sponsored by that able and excellent Georgian, Former Governor Slaton, whose purpose, while governor was to equalize the tax burdens.” Lawmakers who opposed the re peal took the position, long advocated by Governor Slaton, that any and all taxes must be equalized whether they be on land or incomes. “Every man in the same situation must bear the same burden and pro vision must be made for equal imposi tion of the taxes,” was a remark of Governor Slaton that has been fre quently quoted by advocates of the tax equalization law. In a large portion of the states of the Union, including North Carolina, to wffiich reference is frequently made by lawmakers here, the property of the farmer is assessed. The equalization law as advocated by Governor Slaton provided for local self-government, and if the law is not properly administered in each county, as he pointed out, it is because the tax equalizers cf that county, chosen by the citizens St that county, are not performing their duties. The great complaint is that the equaliz ers are not severe enough, and it is the desire of many to make the law more stringent, it was pointed out here. “If all the citizens were taught that they had to pay more taxes every time more appropriations were grant ed, they would check up more strictly on their representatives against ex travagant appropriations,” said Gov ernor Slaton today in commenting on the action of the senate in upholding the tax equalization law. SHIPPING FINE ELBERTAS. The past week has been a busy one with the peach growers of McDuffie county. The principal shippers are John T. West & Son and Mobley & Johnson. Shipments now are of the Elberta variety, and some of the finest fruit grown in the county was included in the lot. Half dozen or more ca^s were loaded by the above gi\.«ve,... FIRST BOLL OPEN COTTON. The first boll of open cotton re ported to The Progress comes from the field of Mr. Wyman Lowe, of the Marshall section. The boys of McDuffie are doing some fine work this year apd are going to show their forbearers a thing or two at gathering time. SHIPPING MELONS. Many cars of the famous Tom Watson melon were loaded on cars in this county during the past week. Several hundred acres of this vari ety were raised for shipment and the melons are very fine. The Progress regrets to learn of the serious illness of Mr. T. J. Con nell. - The DIGEST F NDS FARMERS IN GOOD SHAPE. Governor Robert A. Cooper, of the Federal Farm Loan Bureau, has made an analysis of the operations of the Board since it was created in 1917. It will be remembered that there was a period of fifteen months during which no loans were made by the Board, pending a court decision as to the constitutionality of the act of Congress establishing this method of Government financing. Governor Cooper has “gone over the books,” aiid he finds a condition that indi cates that the farmers of the country are in good shape. Farm Loans.—The number of loans made through the Federal Farm Loan Act total 373,721, amounting to $1,- 415,000,000. Interest Delinquincies.—Less than two per cent of the interest on all farm loans was found to be delinquent at the Farm Loan Board. Governor Cooper says there have been com paratively no delinquincies outside of a restricted area, in which there has been not one, but many, crop fail ures. These delinquincies, he says, have been decreasing during the, past few weeks. The Farm Slump.—The Farm Loan Board locates the greatest distress among the farmers as having been in North Dakota, Minnesota, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Grass hoppers, droughts, and genei’al un favorable conditions, gave the farm ers of these regions a “run for their money,” and the “run" was so hard that they had difficulty in meeting their interest payments with their bankers. But in practically every region that has suffered there has been a remarkable improvement due to the fact that there are “good crops” this year. And in the farm ing country “good crops” and “good times” are synonymous. THE WHEAT CROP. The United States Department of Agriculture/has issued an estimate that there is a reduction of 13 per cent in the World wheat crop. Can ada, which is always being pointed to as likely to put a crimp into the situation in the United States, will drop off about 33 per cent this year. There is a big falling off in the prairie provinces . East of the Rockies.—Latest esti mates received in Washington indi cate that there will be about 10,000,- 000 bushels more spring wheat in the four large producing States east of the Rocky Mountains than there was last year. “Stock on Hand.”—In the United States, while exports were 75,000,000 bushels less than the previous year the stocks on the farms at the close of the crop year July 1, were only .30,696,000 bushels, compared with 35,894,000 bushels on July 1, 1923. Capper Predicts High Grain Prices. —Senator Capper states that the Government report makes the wheat crop forty-seven million bushels greater than earlier estimates, but even at that, he says, the crop is still short forty-six million bushels with a world shortage estimated as high as five hundred million bushels. Grain prices all along the line will be high for the next year, comments Mr. Capper. SOAKING THE FARMER WITH TAXES. A statement issued by Dr. L. C. Gray, Director of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics, indicates that the man who invented the phrase, “have a heart” didn’t see , the tax collector when he was making his rounds. By the processes of fix ing income taxes, real estate taxes, and other kinds of taxes, the element of horse sense frequently fails to register. Dr. Gray proves this con clusively in an Analysis that covei-s sections of twenty-six states.' Dur ing the period of agricultural depres sion he found that the taxes were not lightened to help the farmer bear his load. High Tax Rates.—The Agricultural Department Survey shows that dur ing the farm depression, that in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the farmer paid more than 65 per cent of his net income to the tax collector. In Deleware County, New York, the tax collector took more than 30 per cent. Dane County, Wisconsin, in which the State Capitol is located, paid more thann 39 per cent. In Lenawee County, Michigan, the rate was 38 per cent. These were the high spots but the study reveals 22 per cent in Ohio; 15 per cent in In diana; 18 per cent in Illinois; 11 per cent in Nebraska; 23 per cent in Kan sas; 24 per cent in Colorado. Ac- , cording to Dr. Gray the indications are that farm real estate “bore heavier taxes than most urban real estate in the counties covered by the study.” The theory of the Depart ment Director is that “farm lands apparently paid taxes on an element of anticipated future income, while the urban land did not.” Evidently the “anticipated future income” fail ed to materialize. But they didn’t help. TAX INVESTIGATION BY SEN ATE COMMITTEE. The Senate committee appointed under the Couzens resolution to in vestigate the Bureau of Internal Rev- I enue has compiled all its arrange ments for a thorough investigation that will lead into the whole matter of tax evasions. The probe of the committee is to be preceded by a searching inquiry and detailed study by special investigators employed by the committee. The committee will be called into session a little later to examine and pass upon the work of the investigators, and in certain instances where the circumstances warrant, to call witnesses and take testimony. According to best ad vices it is not the purpose of the com mittee to conduct a sensational in vestigation, despite newspaper re ports tb the contrary, but instead to do truly constructive work along lines which will disclose the absolute facts and the real truth as to what classes of individuals and corporations are evading the federal income tax, what methods are pursued in these evas ions, and what legislation is needed to correct the evils. Superficial.—There is a feeling on the part of the Senate Committee that the statistics supplied to the Senate Committee on Finance by the Treasury Department last winter and spring are superficial, and that they were prepared in altogether too much haste, and perhaps with somewhat too much prejudice, to be quite help ful to the Senate in framing legisla tion. The Committee feels that this criticism applies particularly to the Treasury statistics and relates, among other things, to tax-exempt securities and the corporation income tax. Would Change Plan Of Electing Judges. Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—The Geor gia legislature has before it a meas ure to amend the state constitution so as to abolish the plan of electing judges by direct vote of the people, and to have them appointed by the* governor upon recommendation of the supreme court, subject to con firmation by the state senate. This, it is asserted, is a wise change, although there are not a few active Americans, among them Rob ert M. LaFollette, candidate for pres ident, who would like to see the judi ciary made more responsive to the popular vote. Mr. LaFollette, indeed, would go so far as to give congress power to v^to supreme court docis-: ions, thus making the judicial branch , of the government subservient to the legislative. In South Carolina, Judges are elected indirectly through the legis lature, and this system, it is claimed, seems to serve quite well, though, it is claimed* it might possibly be bet ter to pj-ovide some appointment sys tem that would insure careful selec tive judgment on the part of several sets of elective officers. There is good reason, it is claimed here, for removing the selection of the judiciary from the immediate and hasty decision of the popular ballot. A judge, it is pointed out, should be chosen only after a very deliberate and thorough examination into his ability, character and legal knowl edge. The judiciary, it is asserted, is set up as the chief means of pre serving for the people the funda mental rights embodies in the con stitutions. And just as it is provided that the constitution shall not be changed ex cept through a process that makes necessary very deliberate thought and consideration, so it is proper, lany Georgia lawmakers c'n’ni. thai he judiciar - ' be chosen with great care. GA. FREIGHT PROBE IS ASKED The Georgia House and Senate asked the State’s representatives L Congress, through joint resolution adopted Thursday, to lay before the Interstate Commerce Commission the “frightful condition” of freight ratet which, according to the resolutions, are so high as regards commodities produced in Georgia as to stifle pro duction. The resolutions asserted that freight rates upon food products par ticularly are so high in Georgia that the producer receives practically nothing after transportation is paid. Diversified farming, the resolutions asserted, is being greatly injured by the alleged condition. The Senate adopted the resolu tions, which originated in the House with the provision that they be for warded immediately to Georgia sen ators and congressmen.—The Atlan ta Georgian. Gathering And Curing Watermelon Seed. It is a great sight to visit the watermelon fields where the seed are being taken from the melon and cured for market. Thousands of melons piled high along the edge of the fields await the crews with the outfits for gathering seed. Mr. W. A. Watson is the principal seed man in McDuffie county. For years he has promoted the sale of seed from the famous Tom Watson melon and has built up and improved the melon until now it is the favorite for shipping. It has the combined qualities of being an excellent ship ping melon and is also delicious in flavor. The old “Kolb Gem” once held superiority as a shipping melon on account of its tough rind, but was lacking in flavor and has been sup plemented by the Tom Watson. The sale of seed in McDuffie county has been increasing from year to year on account of the growing pop ularity of the Tom Watson melon. Last year Mr. Watson gathered 15,- 000 pounds of seed and was unable to fill all the oi’ders coming to him. This year Mr. Watson has 375 acres in melons from which he will gather seed alone, not attempting to ship any of the melons. He expects to get 20,000 pounds of seed or mor§ from this acreage. The work of gathering seed start ed Tuesday morning, and for the next six or eight weeks crews of workmen will be busy at the various fields ripping open large, luscious melons and raking out the meat con taining the seed into barrels, where it will remain for several hours. The meat will shortly disintegrate, become a liquid formation and rise to the top, when it is removed and the seed strained out. Then the seed are placed on tables to dry out. They must be thoroughly dried in orde. to get good, hard, firm seed, after which they are placed in sacks and ready for market. The pure variety of Tom Watson melon, such as Mr. Watson procures, retails for $1.00 per pound, and each season heretofore orders have poured in that far exceeded the supply. Every year Mr. Watson increases the supply, which has grown from a few hundred pounds to 20,000 pounds, the amount of his crop this year. The seed are shipped to all parts of the melon producing territory, ant are found to be the most successfu’ wherever grown. Sour Cream Sales Be gun Friday. Quite a number of farmers brough' in sour cream Friday and started the ball to rolling for a future market ir Thomson. Indications during the morning were that forty to fifty gal lons would be sold in this the firs: sale, with prospects of increasing from week to week. As has been stated before, 100 gal lons per week will insure the success of the market here, and with the in terest shown in the first sale it seems quite probable that 100 or more gal lons can be counted on. The sale - are to be held on Tuesdays and Fri days of each week. NOTICE. Campmeeting at Fountain will em brace the third Sunday in August, the 17th inst. The public tent will hi ihe:c in the same way it has hereto- 'f.vo been. 2t J. H. KENDRICK. NUMBER 32. NOTE? FROM THE COUNTY AGENT CROP CONDITIONS. Todays government report and local opinion are represented In the. following article: Corn.—“The outlook for corn crop this season, is very poor, in fact, un precedented since 1903. The low con dition is due to an unusually cold May followed by a wet June, causing the crop to be late over the whole at the corn belt. It is estimated that with average weather conditions th* average yield per acre will be abottt 23.8 bushels per acre and that the total yield of corn in the U. S. A. will be 5-6 of last years crop.” It is the consensus of opinion in McDuffie county that we have the best corn crop in several yea r*, Young corn however, needs more rain before it can be depended on. A large part of old corn is in the medi um hard grain stage and probably made. We can expect corn and^itt fact all grains to be light this winter and spring. It is expected that much of our corn will be held for a good market which is sure to come. Hogs.—The corn belt unloaded hogs last winter and this spring.Th* number of brood sows have been greatly reduced, which means that with a poor yield of corn the West will continue to dump hogs on the market with the results that both corn and hogs will mount the scale in late' winter. Dr. Trumbo, Assist ant State Veternarian, was in Thom son Wednesday and reports that he finds a good demand all over the State for feeder hogs. The faimer who has lot3 of corn and a good lot of feeders should find little trouble in disposing of them at a good price this fall. Cotton.—Georgia’s prospect iot cotton is the best in several previous years. Few weevils are present in North Georgia and fewer present in South Georgia than at same period last year. Twice as much poison i* being used in the state and MOV0 thoroughly than last season. Geor gia seems to have a better crop at present than any other Southern State. Texas is suffering from hot winds, lice, worms, fleas, grasshop pers, high wages, high feed price* and a retarded crop. Reports from farmers over McDuffie county vary, some farmers claim the weevil i* eating them up while others seem to suffer more from dry weather which is parching up large weedy, watery, cotton. Little cotton is suffering least. The weevil* is more abundant now than 10 day3 ago and increasing, Practically no poison is being used in the county, however, a couple of applications now four days apart would save a lot of cotton and money for this county. In closing Mri Reader, we want you present at the pasture demonstration on August 7th at 10 o’clock on the farm of Mr*, l. E. Farmer. Atlanta Federal Re serve Bank Will Ac cept Warehouse 1 Receipts. Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—Action ot the St. Louis Federal Reserve bank in declining to accept any cotton warehouse receipts for collateral other than receipts of United State* licensed warehouses will not change the policy of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, according to an nouncements just ::made here by of ficials of the bank. The Federal Reserve Bank of At* lanta covering the sixth fedoral re serve .district composed of the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Ten nessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, will continue to accept all cotton warehouse receipts as collateral “which appear safe.” The bank of ficials stated that this is a matter in which each Federal Reserve Bank acts as it deems wise and that for the present, at least, .there was no intention of a change of policy of the sixth reserve bank here with respect to cotton warehouse receipts. Much progress has been made, ac cording to cotton men, in the licens ing of public warehouses under the warehouse act because of the atti tude of growers’ cooperative associ ations and bankers toward receipts issued under the law. The Federal Reserve Bank here, while continuing to accept all safe warehouse receipts, has been working in cooperation with officials here in charge of the admin* istration of the act.