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THE McDUFPIE PROGRESS, THOMSON, GA
Asked And
Answered
BY J. E. JONES.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.
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of the Northern latitude. This be
lief obtained up to about twenty
years ago.
Q. How mqny female servants
are employed in the United States?
A. There are no definite statis
tics upon this subject but unofficial
investigations indicate that thej > are
more than hne million fema.o ser
vants and domestics.
Q. I would like to know how the
following surnames came into the
English language, and their etymo
logical meaning: a. Cross; b. Bar-
low; C. Walden.
A. The name Cross was original
ly given to certain families who used
O cross as part of their sign either
for a shop, residence, or as an out
door cross or possibly in designating
foulness establishments where re
ligious articles were sold. The sur
name is traced back to the thirteenth
oontury. Similar early English names
whieh helped increase the Cross fam
ily were Gross, and Cors, meaning
large, probably some man of large
folild, Barlow was a name applied
to families from certain localties in
Derbyshire and Yorkshire, and means
literally “bare-hill.” A roster dated
1336 A. D. shows the name Roger
4e Barlowe. The principal group of
people bearing the name Walden
traces back to families from a wood
ed locality in Yorkshire, and may be
taken as meaning “one living near
the woods.” The names Waldo and
Waldron, which are sometimes con
fused with this name, have a quite
different origin, referring to one who
has risen in social status, to an out
standing member of some subjugat
ed race.
Q. Did the American Federation
of Labor support a presidential tick
et in 1920, as it is doing this year?
A. The New York Times Current
* History says that in the 1920 cam
paign the American Federation of
Labor adopted as a slogan “Support
your friends and elect them; oppose
your enemies and defeat them.” In
previous campaigns there has never
been a clear recommendation in favor
of a presidential candidate, though
as the campaign wore on it has been
the custom to emphasize the superi
ority of one candidate and one plat
form over the others in the matter
of meeting labor’s requirements. The
labor organization has, however, in
the past been very free in pointing
out the names of Congressmen whose
votes have been hostile to labor
measures.
Q. Kindly tell me how the Naval
education at the United States naval
Academy at Annapolis differs from
that at New London.
A. Annapolis is the only United
States Naval Academy and its stu
dents are styled midshipmen. The
Course for a midshipman is four
years During tho summer, mid
shipmen of the first, second and third
classes go to sea for about two
months. Midshipmen at graduation
gre commissioned as ensigns in the
Navy, and occasionally fill stations
in the marine corps and certain of
the staff corps of the Navy. The
training at New London consists in
handling submarines and firing tor
pedoes from them. It covers a three
months period each year.
Q. Are the concerts of the Marine
Band and the great Army and Navy
hands at Washington restricted to
official uses?
A. By no means. The Marine
Band is the principal one of a half
dozen. It plays at the White House
and gives public concerts at the Capi
tol Plaza during the summer, and at
the White Lot, and in the parks. It
also gives a concert open to the pub
lic at the Marine Barracks every
Monday afternoon. The Marine Band
also plays at many private functions,
and is likewise frequently heard on
the radio. It tours for two months
each season. The purpose of these
bands is to render the fullest pos
sible public service. They are sup
ported out of the public treasury
hut rio one has ever-accused any of
them of being stingy with the music.
Q. Do the laws of the United
, States make it compulsory for own
ers of sea-going ships to fumigate
them before coming into port?
A. Quarantine rules and regula
tions governing the fumigation of
vessels are under the jurisdiction of
the United States Public Health
Service, Treasury Department. All
• vessels engaged in trade with foreign
' ports must be fumigated not less
than twice a year, and special meas
ures are prescribed in cases of plague,
emallpox, and other causes. Fumi-
<• gation certificates are issued by the
United States Public Health Service
Under regulations approved by the
Treasury Department. The actual
work of fumigating is in charge of
the ship crew, except in emergency
matters where serious contagion ex
ists. •
Q. How may blood stains be re
moved from clothing?
A. Souk in cold water. If stub-
*'fcorn, a little ammonia or salt will
loosen the stain. Then wash with
warm water and soap. Never - put
blood stains into hot water first, ns
it sets the stain.
Q. What is the meaning of the
phrase Charybdis and Scylla?
A. This refers to a whirlpool,
sometimes ^dangerous, on the coast
ot Sicily, opposite the rock Scylla on
the Italian coast. It was personi
fied by the ancients as a female
monster.
Q. When was coffee introduced
into Europe? An editorial in the
Saturday Evening Post tells of ef
forts to keep it out of England, un
der the reign of Charles I, and out
of Germany under the reign of Fred
erick the Great.
A. Charles I became King of
England in 1025 and was executed
in 1G49. Frederick the Great began
his reign in Pi'ussia in 1740. There
fore it will be seen that the agitation
against coffee, referred to by the
questioner was much later in Prussia
than it was in England. Coffee was
first brought to England n 1641, and
Charles I waged such a war against
it that it was not until after his
death that a Jew, named Jacobs,
opened the first coffee house at
Oxford, England, in 1660. England
and Germany resisted the introduc
tion of both tea and coffee, and at
tempted to make the sale illegal, be
cause it interferred with the manu
facture and sale of beer. It is in
teresting to know that coffee was
first introduced into Holland in 1616,
and the Dutch first cultivated it at
Surinam in 1718. Within the next
fifteen years British and French in
terests encouraged the cultivation of
coffee in their colonies.
Q. Please give me the meaning of
the following phrases: “Doubting
Thomas;" “Patient Griselda."
A. Thomas was one of the twelve
apostles and doubted Christ’s resur
rection. See John xi. 16, xx. 24-29.
Griselda was a lady in old romance,
proverbial for virtue and patience.
ndustrial, and twenty-five railroad
ompanies improved their dividend
myments to stockholders during the
irst six months of 1924. This im
provement consisted of the payment
of extra dividends, increased divi
dends, initial dividends, back divi-
lends, stock dividends, etc.
Q. What portion of the globe is
:overed by the seas?
A. Many of us will remember our
old belief often expressed in school
chat “two-thirds of the land is water.”
But this is not correct. Five-sevenths
of the surface of the globe is covered
by the waters of the seas. Charts
used in ocean navigation are rough
approximations of actual conditions
of earth and sea, and whil^ fish of
various sorts comprise one of the
world’s most important foods, we
know little o{ the movements of the
inhabitants of the seas. Plans are
constantly being carried out for sur
veys of the ocean from top to bot
tom. Scientific research in this di
rection is still in its infancy.
Q. Do the stars shine with the
same brilliancy in all parts of the
United States? If not, why not?
A. There is a great differepce in
the appearance of the stars in differ
ent sections of the country. Where
the atmosphere is the most clear the
stars appear much more brilliant and
there also seems to be a great many
more than one sees in a hazy atmos
phere.
Q. Is the Congressional Library
in Washington maintained for the
especial use of Congress? How does
it compare in size with other great
libraries?
A. The Library of Congress is
open to all the leading officials at
Washington. In addition special per
mits are fieely issued by the Libra
rian to persons engaged in research.
This Library is also open to the gen
eral public but no one can withdraw
its books without especial permits.
The copyright office is a distinct di
vision of the l.brary of Congress.
The Library contains the largest col
lection of books in the Western Hem
isphere, about three million in all
and it is the third largest in the
world. It is one of the principal
show places in Washington and its
beautiful lighting effects draw thous
ands of visitors at night.
Q. Are women inventors?
A. The records of the United
States Patent Office show that most
of the patents are taken out by man
but more than fourteen hundred
devices have been patented by women.
These patents include, washing ma
chines, kitchen cabinets, carpet beat
ers, mattress turners, mousetraps,
churns, tractors, seed planters, office
devices, road building machines, and
many other kinds of devices.
Q. What are the three U’s of ed
ucation?
A. Reading, riting and rithmetic.
For particulars ask Dad.
Biggest Excursion Of
The Season.
Q. How high is the Washington
Monument? How is it protected
against lightning?
A. The Washington Monument is
555 feet high and has an aluminum
cap as a protection against lightning.
Q. When and under what circum
stances were playing cards invented?
A. About the year 1390, in order
to amuse Charles VI, then King of
France, who was subject to fits of
melancholy. Kings, Jacks and Queens
Undertook to represent classes of the
King’s subjects.
Q. What are the Northern
Lights?
A. The Aurora borealis, or north
ern lights, are the resultant rays
created when the cathode rays of the
gun are acted upon or deflected by
the magnetic attraction of the earth,
ft was formerly believed that the
northern lights were the direct re
sult of the sun shining upon ice fields
Q. What is the highest point in
the world?
A. The highest point in the world
is Mount Everest, in the Himalayas,
frontier of Nepal and Tibet, and it
still remains unconquered, although
it has been attacked time and again.
English explorers reached within a
thousand feet of its top this year
when two of the party met a tragic
death at that distance from their
goal. Scientists think that it is
barely possible that two of the Eng
lish explorers, Mallory and Irvine,
may have reached the peak of Mount
Everest, but if they did they perish
ed before being able to report the
accomplishment.
Q. How can a man legally change
his surname?
A. Legal requirements differ in
most of the States. If you contemp
late changing your name you had
better talk to the judge or clerk of
county court.
Q. Are the large industrial cor
porations of the country making good
on their dividends?
A. No fewer than three hundred,
Atlanta & West Point Railroad an
nounces largest excursion of the
season from Atlanta and principal
intermediate points to New Orleans.
Mobile, Pensacola and pulf Coast
Resorts.
“Just what you have been waiting
for."
Round trip fares to destination
shown are as follows:
To 4 Day Limit 8 Day Limit
Pensacola $ 8.00 $15.00
Mobile 8.00 15.00
Pascagoula 10.00 15.00
Ocean Springs _ 10.75 15.00
Biloxi 10.75 15.00
Gulfport 11.50 ' 15.00
Pass Christian _• 12.00 15.00
Bay St. Louis _ 12.25. 15.00
New Orleans __ 15.00
Special train with high class Pull-
mau sleeping cars and day coaches
leaves Atlanta Saturday night, Au
gust 30th, at 7:30 P. M. Tickets will
also be sold for regular morning and
afternoon trains Saturday, August
30th, except No. 37.
Points of interest too numerous to
mention at New Orleans, Mobile and
Pensacola to say nothing of the won
derful Gulf Coast Resorts catering
to boat excursion parties, fishing and
bathing affording first class hotels
and boarding houses.
Wr^te for Gulf Coast literature.
Make sleeping car reservations
now.
J. P. BILLUPS,
General Passenger Agent
If you need a new
Mower and Rake see us
for the best on the mar
ket.
Thomson Hardware Co.
Let The Progress Do Your Job
Pirnting.
UNCLE SAM HAS HIS HEROES
IN PEACE-TIME AS WELL
AS IN WAR,
Records of bravery and of heroism
equal to the deeds of daring perform
ed by those patriots who have faced
shot and shell of an enemy country
are not lacking among the army em
ployees of the United States govern
ment. While the hardships encount-,
ered and the loss of life are not so
great in numbers as those recorded
in actual warfare, nevertheless, they
,bear mute testimony to the valiant
service rendered by these faithful
servants of the people, bent on per
forming the onerous and di&cult
tasks assigned them.
And the praises of these heroes
are not sung in either prose or
poetry. They are not broadcasted
throughout the land. There is no
Congressional Medal of Honor be •
stowed on them; no decoration of pny
kind awaits them. There is not even
so much as a citation for bravery
and meritorious service performed in
the line of duty.
But these faithful employes of
Uncle Sam never complain. They are
not seeking notoriety. They are be
ing content to carry on their daily-
labors without thought of reward
other than that which goes with the
consciousness of duty fulfilled.
There is no class of employees of
the government that faces more ac
tual perils of life and limb and are
subject to more vicissitudes of the
elements in their daily routine than
some of the men who carry the mails
over some of the more difficult of
the star routes. These men are not
paid salaries but work under contract,
awarded under the law as a result
of competitive bidding. It might be
said that they differ from all other
government employes in that they
fix their own salaries.
When it is pointed out that during
the past two and a half years 55 car
riers have lost their lives while in the
performance of duty, it will be seen
that the tasks assigned them are
hazardous in the extreme.
There are star routes scattered
throughout the country where “seas
of mud” are considered of ^slight
moment and where the perils en
countered from ice packs and floes
many times result in death or seri
ous and permanent injury.
To the city dweller a reference to
the mail man brings a picture of the
gray-coated carrier who delivers his
letters and packages unhampered to
any great extent by wind or weather.
But the denizen of the rural district
thinks of him as the driver of a
hotse-drawn or motor vehicle, whose
arrival is regarded as an event in the
daily life of the occupant of the farm,
putting him, ns it does, in touch with
the outside world and with his fellow
man.
In January of this yenr Reinhold
Dreahn, carrier on the star route be
tween Buffalo and Murchison, South
Dakota, fell a victim to duty. For
several years Drehan had been mak
ing twice-a-week trips between the
two hamlets, encountering all sorts
of weather conditions but never fail
ing to carry out his part of the con
tract with the Post Office Depart
ment. He had started from Murch
ison as usual on a certain Saturday
and when he did not put in an ap
pearance the next day at Buffalo, a
search was made for him. He was
found just one mile outside of town
with both hands and feet frozen. He
was dead when discovered and it is
estimated that he had been exposed
to the intense cold for over sixteen
hours. The theory advanced for his
death was that, becoming exhausted
from a hard day’s work and while
attempting to crank his car, he fell
GO RIGHT AT IT
Friends and Neighbors In Thomson
Will Show You a Way.
Get at the root of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may re
lieve it,
But won’t cure it if the kidneys
are weak.
You must reach the root of it—
the kidneys.
Doan’s Pills go right at it;
Reach the cause; attack the pain.
Are recommended by many Thom
son people. Ask your druggist.
Mrs. O. Blanchard, 611 Jackson
St., says: “I had a tired feeling in
my back. I do a lot of work in ray
garden and I helieve the bending
over caused this condition. Morn
ings my back was stiff and drawn
and it was some time before I got
around to do my work. My kidneys
didn’t act right, either, and some
times I had headaches and weak
spells. A few boxes of Doan’s Pills
cured me of this attack.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mrs.
Blanchard had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
Adv.
4 kinds of surface
You may want five years or ten years of twenty years of
service. We have light weight roofing for short term buildings
and heavier weights for permanent buildings.
You can have your choice of red or green crushed slate sur
face, grapevine talc surface, smooth mica surface, or sand
finish surface.
Each kind is sold in three or four different weights and is
priced according to its weight.
Thus Carey Roll Roofings protect every type of building
for the term of service required and give you the biggest
value in each weight—and in the long run the lowest cost per
year of service.
Thomson Hardware Co,
Thomson, Ga.
^OU TELL'EM
he "VMost*
f kshicm^ble.
cloThmqj- cuT
announced ‘foe
Some time i s the
price cut.
Toil never tires some
people—they never do
any.
Save both time and
labor—by having the
Right Kind of
TOOLS
to work with.
We sell the “Blue
Grass” and “Diamond
Edge” tools—and we
guarantee them to give
the best of service and
satisfaction.
Come in when in need
of anything in this line
—we can meet your ev
ery requirement.
THOMSON HARD
WARE CO.
< Thomson, Ga.
and was not able to recover his
senses before he succumbed to the
cold of the night.
Records of the Post Office Depart
ment show that among the most dan
gerous and difficult routes served by
rural carriers and star route con
tractors are those extending from
Newport to Otter Rock‘, Oregon,
Ellison Bay to Detroit Harbor, Wis
consin; Rocky Bar to Atlanta, Idaho,
and from Sandusky to Kellys Island,
Middle Bass and Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend to our friends
and the good people of Thomson our
thanks and appreciation for their
kindness to us in our sad bereave
ment, and for the beautiful floral
offering. May God’s richest bless
ings rest upon them all.
MRS. J. T. ANSLEY AND
CHILDREN.
rraven or rrances rrmara
In lecturing for temperance Frauces
E. Willard traveled 30,000 miles one
year and averaged one meeting a day
for 12 years.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Northeastern Divis
ion of the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of Clinton Lane
Bussey In Bankruptcy.—Bankrupt.
To the creditors of said bankrupt,
a resident of Thomson in the county
of McDuffie and district aforesaid,
a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
18 day of August, 1924, the above
named was duly adjudged a bank
rupt and that the first meeting of his
creditors will be held in my office in
Augusta, Ga., on the 29 day of Au
gust, 1924, at 3 o’clock P. M. at which
time said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint a trustee, ex
amine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
This August 18, 1924.
JOSEPH GANAHL,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Augusta, Ga.
CARD OF THANKS.
We take this method to express
our sincere thanks to those who were
so kind and thoughtful in minister
ing to our loved one in her last sick
ness, and to those so kind to us since
her death.
II. COBB PASCHAL.
RUTH HAMMOCK.
We have some bar
gains in Crockery. See
us before you buy.
Thomson Hardware Co.
MONEY TO LEND
CHEAP RATES AND GOOD
TERMS.
If you want to borrow money on
your real estate, call on me and I
think I can make it to your interest.
Valuable Farms and Town Lots.
JOHN T. WEST.
G. T. NEAL
Dentist
Office Over First National Bank
THOMSON, GA.
H. P. NEAL
Dentist
Office Over City Bank. Phone 45
THOMSON, GA.
SPECTACLES,
EYEGLASSES
and ARTIFICIAL
EYES
Properly Fitted.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
956 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
J. T. WEST
Attorney at Law.
Office Over Thomson Drug Co.
THOMSON, GA.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Passenger Train
Schedule.
CORRECTED TO AUG. 20th, 1923.
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT
THOMSON, GA.
WEST BOUND LEAVE
No. 3 for Atlanta 3:34 A.M.
No. 1 for Atlanta 8:24 A.M.
No. 7 for Atlanta 4:20 P.M.
No. 5 for Atlanta 11:55 A.M.
No. 9 for Barnett 8:00 R.M.
EAST BOUND LEAVE
No. 2 for Augusta 11:55 A.M.
No. 8 for Augusta 8:43 P.M.
No. 4 for Augusta 1:05 A.M.
No. 6 for Augusta 5:19 P.M
No. 10, for Augusta 6:30 A.M.
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