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AUGUST 1, 1924.
McDUFFIE PROGRESS, THOMSON,
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Answered
BY J. E. JONES.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 1.
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tars in The McDuffie Progress. Send
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cle” gathered several hundred thou
sand members throughout the United
States.
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Q. Recently Asked and Answered
stated quite positively that no other
material aside from wood had been
successfully used for railroad ties.
Isn’t it a fact that concrete is being
used?
A. Mr. W. A. Cox, of the Ameri
can Concrete Tie Corporation of
Portsmouth, Va., says that his com
pany has had their concrete ties in
service for seven years, and that they
have been giving very satisfactory
service. The editor of Asked and
Answered having received Mr. Cox’s
hospitality at Norfolk several years
ago, is pleased to correct any false
impression that may have gone
abroad through this column—because
we will vouchsafe any statement
which Mr. Cox makes as correct.
M.
Q. What is meant, by the expres
sion, “solar system?”
A. The solar system merely as
DOW accepted, is said to have been
taught by Pathagorans about 529 B.
C. He placed the sun in the center . . , .
, .7 X . . ... ... | A. This was organized by Wil-
and all the planets moving in ellipiti- . ,
. ... ... , “ . i ham Booth, its leader and general,
cal orbits around it—a doctrine super- . . .
. 7 , i, »,. , . . T . 'in East London, in 1865. The society
ceded by the Ptolemaic system. Its ....’. 1Qr ,'
w v vnnnurnd ita nvncnnt n a rv» n in I H7F
truth was demonstrated by Sir Isaac
Kewton in 1687.
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Q. How many Naval Academies
in the United States, and how may an
Appointment to one be obtained? Is
naval education confined to Anna-
polia?
A. The students of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis are styled
midshipmen. Midshipmen, when ap
pointed, are given four years instruc
tion on general and technical subjects
gt the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Three midshipmen are allowed for
each Senator, Representative, and
Delegate in Congress, one for the
Resident Commissioner from Porto
Rico, two from the District of Co
lumbia, and fifteen are appointed
from the United States at large. In
addition, one Filipino is allowed for
•ach class. The appointments from
the District of Columbia and fifteen
each year at large are made by the
President. It is the custom of Pres
idents to give the appointments of
Midshipmen at large to sons of of
ficers of the Army and Navy, for the
reason that officers, owing to the
nature of their duties, are usually not
in a position to establish permanent
residences. The selection of candi
dates through Senators, Representa
tives, etc., is by competitive exam
inations, which are held twice a year.
The Naval education system outside
of Annapolis consists largely of post
graduate courses. Some of these are
held at Annapolis, v/hile the War
College at Newport, Rhode Island and
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
ttoligy are utilized. There is also
training at sea, and Now London,
Connecticut, is the principal tiaining
ground. In addition naval education
which includes construction, subma
rines, torpedoes, aviation, law, opti
cal instruments, and training enlisted
men, is carried on at different points.
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Q. How should a girl pupil write
to her teacher, he being a male?
What should the salutation and clos
ing phrase of such a letter be?
A. The ordinary relations between
a pupil and a teacher should be cor
dial enough to justify the usual salu
tation “Dear Mr. Blank." If for any
reason the pupil believes there should
be a stricter formality she could prop
erly use the term “My dear Mr.
Blank,” without being suspected of
expressing a zealous friendship. The
latter is more formal and is frequent
ly used in addressing people who are
entire strangers. “Very truly yours,"
and “Sincerely yours,” are proper
closing phrases, and an additional
evidence of friendship is indicated in
the phrase “Cordially yours."
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Q. Please give me the name of
"Wood” who signed the Declaration
of Independence.
A. There is no such person. The
Declaration of Independence does not
bear the signature of any person
named “Wood.”
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What is the meaning of the word
"Chautauqua”?
A. Chautauua is a village and
summer resort situated on a lake in
Chautauqua county, New York. . This
Is an Indian word and its origin has
been the subject of much contro
versy. ‘Webster says it is a corrup
tion of a word which means “foggy
place.” Another derivation is “bag
tied in the middle,” referring to the
shape of Chautauqua Lake. Other
supposed origins of the word are held
in dispute. The village and lake
known as Chautauqua have been
made famous through the Chautau
qua system of education, an enter
prise established in 1878, in connec
tion with the Chautauqua Assembly,
which had been organized in 1874,
t>y the joint efforts of Lewis Miller
and the Reverend John H. Vincent,
a Methodist Bishop, for the purpose
o holding annual courses of instru-
tion in languages, science, literature,
etc., at Chautauqua, in July and Au-
jgust annually. The “Chautauua Cir-
Q. What was the origin of the
received its present name in 1876,
when army phraseology was adopted.
Prayer was called “knee-drill;” the
leader was a general, and the evan
gelists were marked up as cadets,
lieutenants, captains, etc.
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Q. What are precious stones?
A. The diamond, ruby, sapphire,
and emerald are the only stones
which are, strictly speaking entitled
to be called precious, but the opal,
on account of its beauty, is often
classed with the precious stones, as
is also the pearl, which is really not
a stone, but a secretion of a shell fish.
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Q. What was “Beecher’s Bible?”
\A. During the “Kansas trouble,”
between 1854 and 1860, Henry Ward
Beecher declared that for the slave
holder of Kansas the rifle was a
greater moral agency than the Bible.
So the rifle became known as “Beech
er’s Bible.”
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Q. Does the United States have
to pay more for the cost of Govern
ment than other nations?
A. Every individual in the United
States is now paying $30 a year for
the so-called cost of Government.
The subjects of Great Britain pay
$92 each; France, $40; Argentina,
$27; Italy, $25; Belgium, $23; Japan,
$13.
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Q. Will the revolution in Brazil
force up the price of coffee, and will
it affect coffee raised outside of Bra
zil?
A. There has already been an in
crease in the price of coffee in most
retail maikets. This applies not
only to Brazilian coffee, but the price
of Java coffee has increased several
cents a pound to the retailer, who
has naturally passed it on to his
customers.
0 * *
Q. Should cantaloupe be eaten
with a fork or a spoon?
A. Cantaloupes, like soup, re
quire the spoon method. It is not
considered good form to eat canta
loupe with a fork.
* *
Q. Did King George the Third
issue patents to lands in the United
States?
A. Yes. Many of these original
patents are in our Government arch
ives.
* *
Q. What are the annual postal
receipts of the Government?
A. The amount for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1923, was $532,827,-
925. This compares with the total
gross receipts of $25,000, shown in
the first annual report made by Post
master General Samuel Osbgood to
President George Washington.
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Q. When did the Gipsy moth ap
pear in the United States?
A. The Gypsy moth (.Ocmeria Dis-
par) was accidentally introduced into
eastern Massachusetts in 1869, where
its caterpillars have done great dam
age’to the trees.
Q. How many patents have been
issued in the United States?
A. The United States Patent Of
fice announced patent number 1,500,-
000 several weeks ago. Patents were
not numbered until 1836 so that the
serial number represents a period
less than ninety years. The sugges
tion was put forward in 1850, and
seriously discussed, to close the pat
ent. office, because “everything had
been patented.”
Q. How long have looking glasses
or mirrows been in existance?
A. A German introduced the look
ing glass into Venice in the Six
teenth century. His glass was cre
ated by backing it with tin. About
a century later the Venetians began
to make transparent glass, and the
Venetian art was introduced intr
France and England in 1673. Mir
•ors of that time are still to be seei
set in the walls of the great palace at
Versailles. They were frequently
ommented on by news writers at the
time of the Paris Peace Conference.
* *
Q. What claim to distinction, aside
rom its nationality, has the Irish
city of Belfast?
A. Belfast claims to have the
biggest ship yard, the biggest linen
factory, the largest tobacco factory,
the longest rope walk, and the .big
gest storage room for whiskey in
the world.
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Q. To what extent were moving
picture films exported from the Unit
ed States during the past year?
A. Federal statistics for the year
1923 shows that the United States
exported to other countries 148,434,-
916 feet of films, equal to nearly
thirty thousand miles of pictures.
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Q. Who was the first Quaker?
A. George Fox, a native of Dray
ton, in Leicestershire, England, was
the first to teach th£ religious views
which distinguished the society. He
commenced his ministerial labors in
1647.
He He
Q. How did Cape Cod receive its
name?
A. It was named after the fish of
the same name, and it has been Cape
Cod since it was so designated by
Bartholemew Gosnold, on May 15,
1602. Codfish is an Indian name.
* *
Q. What Empire was at one time
called the Holy Roman Empire?
A. The German Empire received
this designation in 962 when Otho I
was crowned at Rome by Pope John
XII. It came to an end when Fran
cis II became heredity Emperor of
Austria in 1804.
* *
Q. Is it known who holds the
longest record of mayor of any
American city?
Mayor Wooding, in his eighty-first
year, is closing his thirty-first con
secutive term of mayor of Danville,
Virginia. He likely holds the world’s
record for point of service as a
mayor.
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Q. To what extent has the co
operative industry established itself
in the United States?
A. More than 8,300 cooperative
organizations report to the Govern
ment. Nine-tenths of them deal in
farm products, and they do millions
of dollars worth of business in a
year. Cooperative marketing has
reached its greatest development in
California.
"KaiTELL’EM
Come in and trade
with us; we appreciate
it. Thomson Drug Co.
Good Roads Enhance
Property Values.
Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—Building
really good roads and many miles of
them is a fine investment for a state
or a county even though the cost
may mount high and people who pay
the cost may feel that the burden is
a heavy one, in the opinion of C. W.
McClure, Atlanta merchant and a
leading member of the Kiwanis Club
which is backing the good roads
movement in Georgia.
“Prosperity follows a really good
road,” said Mr. McClure. “This is
invariably found to be the case. A
good system of highways impresses
home-seekers and investors. They
look upon the state that is improving
its highways as a progressive state in
which there will be found opportuni
ties that other states would not offer.
This has been found to be the case
in North Carolina, and it has been
also found that the paving of streets
even in the smaller cities pays good
dividends and that the good effect
is not long in being noticed. Paved
streets and hard-surfaced roadways
are closely linked and work together
for the upbuilding of towns and com
munities.”
Mr. McClure is an enthusiast on
the subject of good roads and well
paved streets and has made a study
of both. He told of a banker who
a few years ago bought a small build
ing for $25,000 and recently has re
fused a profit of $150,000 on the
same property. The increase in
value is attributed by the banker
solely to the road building done
around his section.
“Million dollar store buildings and
hotels are being built and towns are
literally booming in many sections of
he South as a result of the construc
tion of good roads to them and i:i
he district in which they are locat
ed,” said Mr. McClure
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Texaco Petroleurti Products
About the time you get
used to a straw hat it
is too dirty to wear.
SAVE TIME—
—and worry by invest
ing in a
“PERFECTION” OIL
STOVE
With this reliable, clean
and’ economical oil stove
in your kitchen, you can
cook and bake in com
fort—with less fuel, in
less time and with less
trouble.
Better buy it today!
THOMSON HARD
WARE CO.
Thomson, Ga.
LIST OF DEAD LETTERS
Advertised At the Postoffice at Thom
son, Ga., July 28th, 1924.
Mr. F. T. Darter.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bradshard.
Mr. James Daniel.
Mrs. Elleanor Howard.
Mr. P. Johnson.
Elsie Larkins.
7. Miss Gussie Ressell.
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 delivery of each piece.
J. D. BASTON, P. M.
23"New Buick Models
at prices that make them
the tfmtest motor-car values
o re j
ever oiiered
Open Models
Standard Sixes
2-pass. Roadster -
5-pass. Touring
Master Sixes
2- pa». Roadster
5-pass. Touring - •
7-pass. Touring - •
3- pass. Sport Roadster • .
4- pass. Sport Touring .
$1150
1175
$1365
1395
1625
1750
1800
Closed Models
Standard Sixes
5-pass. Double Service Sedan
5-pass. Sedan -
4- pass. Coupe -
2 -pass. Double Service Coupe
Master Sixes
5- pass. Sedan -
7-pass. Sedan -
5-pass. Brougham Sedan
2-par,s. Country Club Special
4-pass. Coupe -
7-pass. Limousine • •
Town Car - • • -
Enclosed Open Models
(With Heaters)
Standard Sixes
3-pass. Roadster - - .
5-pass. Touring
Master Sixes
. 2-pass. Roadster
Iyo 5-pass. Touring
1250 7-pass. Touring -
$1473
U.65
1565
1375
$2225
2425
2350
2075
2125
2525
2925
$1400
1475
1700
All Prices f. •- fc. Buicli Factories. Government Tax to be added.
A. H. CURTIS & SON
Thomson, Ga.
When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them
Summer Hints
For Young Mothers
Men’s Rubber Belts,
10 cents each, at J. W.
Letcher’s.
“The Centennial State."
Colorado is called “The Centennial
State” because It was admitted to tlif
Union In 1876, the hundredth annlver
sary of American Independence.
“Second Summer”
Teething.
There is a common old saying
among mothers that if the baby sur- j
vives its second summer, it will be
over the most dangerous period.
This is based on the fact that hot
weather is hard on a teething child.
One of the most famous children’s i
specialists says that a healthy child
in teething may be fretful and sleep !
poorly for a few nights, may show 1
loss of appetite, and slight fever,
and may droll, but such spells should
only last three or four’ days—and
most of the symptoms jcommonly
attributed to teething come from in
digestion due to wrong food.
For children’s indigestion, there’s
nothing more effective than Livo-
lax, and they like to take it. You
can get a good-sized bottle at the
drug store for 30c. Adv.
CARD OF THANKS.
We take this means of thanking
the good people of Thomson who
were so kind to us in our recent be
reavement. Especially \do we thank
those who sent cars, also the many
beautiful floral offerings. May God
bless you all.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ansley.
Thurston Ansley.
Special lot Silk Hose
at a special price at Had-
away’s.
One ot Life’s Ironies.
It Is sometimes more difficult to
prove that you are right than it is
to prove the other fellow is wrong.
REAL ESTATE
Bought and Sold.
We have a number of propositions that
are good values in both farm and city prop
erty, and would be glad to show to prospect
ive buyers. Values are lower now perhaps
than they will be later, as the readjustment
period ha snot yet passed.
Those wishing to buy, and those desir
ing to sell, would do well to see us. We
charge only a small commsision and if we
do not make a trade there is no charge. Also
we advertise and try our best to make a deal.
McDUFFIE REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
H. S. NORRIS, Mgr.
Rims and Tires
If the car owner, after being out in
)ad weather, will take the trouble to
.vipe the tires and rims clean with a
iponge and then Wine them dry. espe
cially along the beads, he wiP do much
:o prevent the formation of rust.
Two Classes ot Humans
The human race is divided into tw«
classes: those who go ahead and do
something, and those who sit and in
quire why it was not done the other
way.—Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Just received a nice
stock of Water Coolers.
Thomson Hdw. Co.
Will Get Along
A man who is born healthy to start
>vlth, and properly taught to breathe,
:o eat, to keep clean, and to look on
:he bright side of things, will seldom
mve very much use for a doctor.—Un-
:le Henrv’s Sayings.
Butter From Denmark
Buttermaking is given the moat
careful attention in Denmark. Butter
is one of that country’s chief exports.
Over 1,000 steam factories are devoted
to the salting and packing of butter
for foreign markets.
Our cold drinks and
ice cream can’t be beat.
Thomson Drug Co.