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VOLUME XXV.
THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY ,GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1924.
NUMBER 37.
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Thomson High School
Opens With Record
Attendance.
The Thomson High School opened
Monday with the largest enrollment
in the history of the school. Trucks
from outlying rural districts are
caring for the children from several
of the former one-teacher schools j
which are rapidly becoming extinct ;
with the knowledge of the better ad- !
vantages for the child in the town
school.
A large number of parents were in
attendance, with the pastors of the
Thomson churches and five members
of the school board. With the inter
est manifested and with the splendid
corps of teachers in charge, this
promises to be a record breaking
session in every respect. Other rural
schools are seeking to come in and
it is a question of only a short time
when all the senior high pupils will
come to Thomson and as many for
the grades as are near enough to be
brought in by trucks.
The opening exercises were held
in the auditorium, where many were
standing. After the singing of
“America,” and a praygr by Mr.
Robins, talks were made by Mr. Kiser,
Mr. Jordan, representing the school
board, Cicero Gibson and Mrs. Ira E.
Farmer.
The following is the list of teach
ers and where they are at home for
the winter:
E. D. Gunby, Superintendent, with
Mrs. C. H. Ellington.
Mrs. Ham, Principal; Mrs. Spinner,
English and Literary; Miss Edna
Lynn, supply and Domestic Science;
Miss Mabel Davis, History; Mrs.
Fogg, 7th, and Miss Odessa Tanner,
6th, with Mrs. M. W. Dunn.
Miss Jongeline Jewett, 5th; and
Miss Louise Black, 2nd, with Mrs.
J. F. Smalley.
Miss Margaret Smith, 3rd, with
Mrs. Colvin.
Mr. Fred Boswell, Mathematics and
Athletics, Knox Hotel.
Miss Lura Jones, Primary and
Miss Mackie Stanford, 4th.
Disposition Of Cases In
Superior Court.
Following is a list of cases dispos
ed of in McDuffie Superior Court up
to Thursday noon:
Mrs. Ruth Duckworth vs L. L.
Duckworth, Libel for Divorce—First
verdict.
Mrs. Lizzie Lemons vs A. R. Lem
ons, Libel for Divorce—Second ver
dict and decree.
Mrs. Fannie E. Ruddock vs S. B.
Ruddock, Suit for Divorce—First
verdict. /
J. T. Neal vs J. F. Usry, Suit on
Note—Verdict and judgment for
plaintiff.
True Bills.
State vs Lee Zorn, Tom Durst and
Pace Randall—'Burglary. %
State vs T. J. Miller—Forgery.
State vs Mack Norris and Pearl
Few—Latceny from house.
State vs Bert Dunn—Beastiality.
State vs Jack Wright—Assault to
murder.
State vs Geo. McCorkle—Murder.
State vs Charlie Reid—Murder.
State vs Carlton Wilkerson—Se
duction.
State vs Jesse Farmer, Walter
Farmer and Shorty 1 Parker—Burg
lary.
Thomson City Bank vs Mrs. Mary
Jones; Suit on note—Verdict for de
fendant; motion for new trial.
Claude and H. H. Birchmore vs
Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle, Deft., Jeff
ersonian Pub. Co., claimant—Mort
gage Foreclosure—Verdict for plain
tiffs; motion for new trial filed by
claimant, Jeff. Pub. Co.
The State vs Foncey Brown; Per
jury—Noll prossed.
Mrs. Zelle R. Smith vs Dr. Z. M.
Story; Suit on note—Verdict and
judgment for plaintiff.
Mrs. Carrie L. McDaniel vs Syl
vester Gaines; Suit on Note-Ver
dict and judgment for plaintiff.
In the case of Geo. McCorkle the
jury found a verdict for misdemeanor,
and was given a fine of $150.
It was expected that court would
adjourn Friday evening.
Mr. Hardwick Speaks
In Thomson.
Hori. Thos. W. Hardwick spoke at
the noon hour Monday in the Court
room, which was filled with an inter
ested audience. Mr. Hardwick was
introduced by Mr. J. T. West, who
stated that, whether or not you
agreed with Mr. Hardwick, you al
ways knew just exactly where he
stood. Mr. Hardwick proceeded to
make good this introduction by his
plain and forcible statement of his
platform and his reason for making
the race. He expressed a strong be
lief in his victory at the polls next
week.
The particular features of Mr.
Hardwick’s address were his state
ment that he stood four-square on
Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic prin
ciples; his belief that we had too
much taxes, commissions and bu
reaus; he gave the taxes in Georgia
for county, city, state, and federal
as one hundred and twenty-three
million dollars annually. He reiter
ated his belief in Washington’s posi
tion that we should have friendly and
peaceful relations with all nations
but entangling alliances with none
and stated that he had voted for fifty-
one separate peace treaties while in
the senate, and advanced the opinion
that permanent peace should come by
religion and not a written contract.
Mr. Hardwick said he had too hard
a time trying to find the best way of
living to interfere with another man’s
religion and that he believed in free
dom of the press, of speech, of peace
ful assembly and of religious belief.
He took up the record of Senator
Harris and his claims for re-election
in his usual vigorous style and stated
that he had asked Senator Harris to
meet him in joint debate but had
been refused.
Augusta Robbers Were
Caught In Thomson.
The three men who broke into the
new store of the J. B. White Co. and
shot the night watchman Sunday
night, wore captured a little over an
hour later by Sheriff Adkins. Sher
iff Plunkett telephoned to Sheriff
Adkins and he and Messrs. 0. D. Hill,
Leon Matlock and Hillman Mathews
captured the men near the home of
Mrs. H. A. Story on Jackson street.
The men had pistols in their laps and
?&t first refused to surrender until
persuaded by the shot guns in the
hands of the officers. The car, which
bore a California tag, held a supply of
soup or nytroglycerine and every
imagiable kind of burgulars’ tools.
Officers from Richmond county came
up for the men and carried them
back to Augusta that night.
Sheriff Adkins and his deputies are
receiving congratulations not only
from his frends in Thomson, but from
people all over the 'country. The
men captured have traversed the en
tire country and are suspected of a
number of daring robberies in several
cities.
State Primary Election
Next Wednesday.
Next Wednesday, the 10th, is elec
tion day for the nomination of candi
dates for state house officials in
Georgia.
There will be no' contest in the
county save for the office of Repre
sentative, the county officers having
been nominated in March.
Three names will be on the ballot
for Representative, Messrs. J. P.
Wilson, * Joe DeMedicis and S. M.
Haywood.
The ticket is quite a lengthy one.
R. L. HADAWAY RETURNS.
Mr. R. L. Hadaway returned Satur-
ay from New York and other East-
rn points where he spent a busy
seek purchasing merchandise for his
wo stores, Hadaway’s Department
Store and the Racket Store.
Mr. Hadaway reports that he
(ought heavily of goods suitable for
lis trade, and states that he is well
>repared to take care of his custom
ers in all lines.
A Hollow Rolling Pin
A hollow glass rolling [tin on the
market can be filled with ice water
and so greatly facilitates the making
of pnsrrt
TO ALL GAME WARDENS AND
DEPUTIES.
We are receving numbers of com
plaints that hunters throughout Geor
gia already are shooting squirrels.
The squirrel season does not open
until October 1st and every person
who kills a squirrel before that date
violates the law.
You are urged to assist us in put
ting a stop to this unlawful practice
and I hereby direct you to prosecute
every person found in possession of a
squirrel before the opening of the
lawful season.
This department is determined
that the game law shall be enforced
this season more vigorously than
ever before and we will not tolerate
the shooting of squirrels or other
game out of season. You may feel
positively assured that the depart
ment will back you up in your efforts
to carry out these instructions.
Respectfully,
PETER S. TWITTY,
Commissioner.
WITH MERCANTILE MOTOR CO.
Mr. J. W. Myers, of Augusta, has
accepted a position as salsman with
the Thomson Mercantile Motor Co.
He is a salesman of unusual ability
and knows how to talk Ford cars.
Since beginning work Monday morn
ing he sold four Fords up to Thurs
day.
Mr. Myers will move his family
here the first of October, and they
will be welcomed as new citizens of
Thomson.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 4.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
How will the Electoral College
stand ? The answer is being set j
down at this early date in different |
national political headquarteis, arid
the figures are heartening to all who
“pursue with eagerness the phantoms
of hope.” The writer has seen some
of these confidential figures.
It’s Davis.—Davis is conceded the
“Solid South”, but o\Ving to the fact
that the Davis strength in the North
is not yet established, the Democratic
figures show many “doubtful” States.
The Davis figures give La Fallette
the benefit of most of the “doubt,”
to the end that the Democratic parti
sans land their candidate as President
Wilson won the three-cornered cam
paign of 1912.
Coolidge Re-elected. — Republican
headquarters confidently assume that
the Cooldge policies are understood
throughout the| country, and |thafl
they are already approved by the
majority of the voters of the United
States,., and that this majority has
voted Republican most of the time
during the past seventy-five years.
Republican leaders insist that the
party will hold the Republican vote,
and they assert that La Follette’s
strength will be largely composed of
“progressives” drawn out of the
Democratic voting masses.
La Follette Uncharted.—The sum
and substance of La Follette claims
are that “they will get a lot of elec
toral votes.”
Bal ancing the Books.—The books
are “balanced” every night at the
different headquarters in Washing
ton. If wishes might come true all
could be happy.
POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY.
The National Administration is
emphasizing the importance of fixed
political responsibility and the Repub
lican campaign managers want to
elect President Coolidge—as well as
a Congress that will stand behind
him.
The Next Best Thing.—The Demo
crats, being out and wanting to get
in, are emphasizing the idea that
“now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their party,” and
to bring with them all the lost, stray
ed or stolen votes that can be fofind.
The Protest.—The Progressive
campaign managers declare that the
old parties have not made good with
the people, and that political respon
sibility by party management s a
failure.
Mr. J. G. Stovall Elected
Judge Of The City
Court.
LOWER INTEREST RATES.
The Federal Farm Loan Board has
announced a reduction of re-discount
rates by the intermediate credit
banks to five per cent to financial
institutions and four and a half per
cent to cooperative marketing as
sociations. Federal Reserve .fates
have also, been reduced recently The
call loan rate in the New York finan
cial district has also tumbled.
Easier at the Banks.—During and
following the war immense profits
wer.e made by certain classes of in
stitutions in loaning money on which
bonuses were charged. This was
particularly true in building oper
ations, and the collapse of some of
the frenzied financiers has developed
the fact that as high as 25 to 30 per
cent was charged as a bonus in some
of the building operations in Eastern
cities, including Washington. Money
is reported to be “easier” at the
banks, “and as a result legitimate
credits are being mote firmly estab
lished.
SILVER DOLLARS.
Uncle Sam is spending millions of
dollars each year in printing paper
money that Certifies that silver to
guarantee its payment is on deposit.
Thrifty officials connected with the
great United States money factory
are arranging to send the cart wheel
silver dollars into circulation, to
speak for themselves instead of be
ing echoed by paper money. One
never sees a silver dollar in the East,
and fifty cent pieces are rare. By
a little propaganda and cooperation
through the banks and postoffices,
the Government hopes to bring silver
dollars and half dollars into favor
i in sections of the counutry where
they have been taboo.
The Age Limit of Paper Money.—
The records of the Treasury Depart
ment show that paper money “does
not go as far as it used to,” when
George Washington (did not) threw
dollars and quoits across the Potom
ac. It also does not last as long as
long as it used to. Treasury officials
think that automobile activity, gar
age greAse, and the speed with which
paper money passes from hand to
hand is the cause. A few years ago
money washing machines were in
stalled in the Treasury to clean soil
ed paper money. That’ helped a
little, but even with washing, the
paper money of the present day does
not last very long before becoming
unfit for use. The “fin icjty” public
refuses to carry greasy, microby
bills, and in consequence replace
ment comes too often. Hence the
attempt to shove more silver dollars
into actual cumulation.
TRADE WINDS.
Automobile production slumped a
few thousand cars in July. Bookings
of steel castings dropped off about
one-fourth last month. Production
of envelopes is increasing. The
manufacture of saws, files, castiron
pipe and plumbing fixtures, is around
normal. Portland cement is enjoy
ing prosperity through increased
sales. The cut of Northern pine
lumber has declined slightly, but
shipments have been increasing.
Production of bituminous coal is sev
eral millions of tons under last year’s
monthly production.
Mere Important Still.—Atlantic
City is complaining that business is
not up to the standard, and the gold-
lined hotels are dissatisfied with the
financial returns of the season Coney
Island has been almost “spoiled” be
cause a wonderful board walk at
tracts hundreds of thousands of peo
ple who speak the English language,
and who shunned contact with the
hoi polloi of the olden days. The
highways of the entire country are
congested with automobiles occupied
by tired-looking people in search of
rest.
LITTLE BUSINESS TRICKS.
The Federal Trade Commission is
continuing to check up on industrial
concerns that are not playing the
business game on the square.
Juggling Tobacco and Groceries.—
A wholesale grocers’ association in
West Virginia has gotten mixed up
with the tobacco trust, and unmind
ful of the story of Old Dog Tray,
who got into bad company, the whole
bunch has been summoned before
the Federal Trade Commission to
explain their “agreement, combina
tion and conspiracy to fix uniform
discounts or prices at which tobacco
products should thereafter be sold.”
Robbing the Butter Dish.—A Mis
souri creamery will- have to explain
to the Commission why all of its
butter packages are one or two
ounces short of their advertised
weight.
The Way the Wheels Go ’Round.—
A Michigan manufacturer of auto
mobile wheels bought up the com
mon capital stock of a competing
company, and the Commission
“smells a rat” as to the reason why
prices of these necessities of the
road were raised. ^
Using the Word “Manufacturing.—
A New England jobber and dealer
in ^tablecloths, bedspreads, and cot
ton products, advertised as a “manu-
factuuring’ ; concern. The Commis
sion thinks this is a snide way to do
business.
“Import” and “English.”—New Jer
sey and New York concerns have
been caught selling homemade bar-
leymalt, shirts, and “other garments”
under foreign labels. The Commis
sion says it will never do.
Gaining Public Favor.—The Fed
eral Trade Commission has had a
hard time with the public. In its
early days it adopted a “gum-shoe
policy” that was very muchmisun-
derstood. In later years it has been
aggressive and positive in its policy.
Mr. J. Glenn Stovall was elected
Monday Judge of the City Court of
Thomson.
NOTES FROM THE
COUNTY AGENT
WHY NOT GROW SHEEP?
By nature our county is adapted
„ _. . „ ... . . ... to sheep raising. We have good ptw-
Mr. Stovall ,s well qualified to fiHj tureS( especially north of the
this position, which came to him road and plenty land that can b#
sought. A long preparation in the p]anted out tQ alfalf and rap# ,
legislative body, where as representa
tive and senator he has served four-
turnips and swi
clover for winter
, , . . , . , grazing crops. One of Penn*y1-
een years; eminently fair and just prize flockg . g maintainfld ^
by temperament and framing, gives ' mogt altogether on sweet dover hy
him unusual fitness for an office of j the proper alternation of sheep {M
one field to another.
judicial nature. He is the author of
three of the constructive bills of the
just past session of the legislature.
The marriage law requiring the
posting of notice of intention to buy
license; the authorization of State
Banks to take ten per cent of capi
tal stock in Agricultural Corpora
tions for purpose of long time cred
it to farmers; and the act authoriz
ing the execution of mortgages on
crops of that year before planting.
Mr. B. J. Stevens was re-elected
city solicitor. He has held this po
sition without opposition since the
court was authorized.
Columbia Sentinel Wins
Parents Invited For
Friday Afternoon.
The social committee of the P.-T.
A. invites all the parents to m«et
Friday afternoon at the school house
from five-thirty to seven oclock.
N. B. This means fathers, too.
BOY SCOUTS.
The Boy Scouts are requested to
meet at the City Hall on Friday,
Sept. 5th, at eight o’clock for the
purpose of re-organizing. It is
hoped to have a large organization
in complete working order in a ehoi't
time.
Let The Progress Do Your Job
Pirnting.
Our climate is ideal for the pro
duction of early spring lambs whicH
should be produced_and sold in May,
weighing 50 to 60 pounds at 100 day*
old. Sheep growers here last yea?
sold wool at 40c per pound and ftf
the sheep is properly fed, and shear
ed early in April we can easily ex
pect the wool to pay expenses, whiler'
the spring lamb will give a profit,
Our problem of disposal of lambs at
a profit will be solved by creating ft
local appetite and by growing sheep'
in sufficient quantities to allow of
early spring carlot shipments. Thi*
can be and will be done in the neat
future. Mr. P. S. Knox is giving hi#
CclSG Against Brown, .attention to sheep more so than ever
and has voiced his intention to mar-
In Thomson superior court Wed- ket a carlot of spring lambs just at
nesday a verdict was rendered in soon as his flock can reach the dimen-
favor of The Columbia Sentinel Pub- ; sions that will afford shipment in such
lishing Company in the case of J. J. 1 numbers. Mr. Knox has a flock of
Brown, commissioner of agriculture, 200 ewes which he intends increasing
who claimed to represent the stock
holders of The Jeffersonian Publish
ing Company, against The Columbia
Sentinel Publishing Company. The
case has attracted wide attention in
the state.
It was stated that when the Jef
fersonian Publishing Company was
closed down by the government du
ring the World War none of the
stockholders took any interest in the
plant, and that soon back taxes on ut1 jf orrY1 if v
the material began to accumulate. 1 .. . „ ,
Tax fi fas were issued and the prop- , cooperation of all who will
to 500 just as quickly as they can M/
grown out. He has wisely choeeif
the Hampshire, a rugged black fac#
sheep and his herd is headed by 4
beautifu rams. If the farmers who
are adapted will follow his example
and make McDuffie a county of
Hampshires and Hampshire grade*
we will have solved our.problem of
Mr. Knox invites thO
bU5L
erty advertised for sale. i Hampshire sires and will be glad to
The late Thomas E. Watson, who j ship your lambs with his when ho
already owned the larger part of the
stock, bought in the machinery at
sheriff’s sale for The Columbia Sen
tinel, a paper he had obtained control
of after the suspension of the Jeffer
sonian. Mr. Watson then began to
use this plant for The Columbia Sen
tinel, he and Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle
owning the paper jointly.
After Mr. Watson’s death, J. J.
Brown made several attempts to get
hold of this property and the case
was finally brought to court. Sev
eral months ago the executors of Mr.
makes his spring shipment, probably
in 1925, and certainly by 1926. H*
could not be expected to allow mon
grel stuff to ruin the quality of hi*
car and the fair minded shepherd!
would not expect it.
The pasture is of much importance,
it should be well drained and supplied
with abundance of grass. It should
be so arranged that sheep could b*
alternated from one area to the othev
Watson’s estate gave the plant over so as to give the grass ,a chance t&
to Mrs. Lytle for the claims she held ; grow and to help prevent the stomach'
on it, and later Mrs. Lytle disposed ■ u • „„„
. , . , . ,, , J . worm which is probably our worst
of her interest in the plant to Claude
and Harold Birchmore. The verdict! enemy. The worm hatches on th*
rendered by the jury Wednesday ground and is swallowed by the sheep
gives the property to the Birchmores. j during grazing period. If sheep
Mr Brown was represented in the ]mve thege worms jn aufficient q „ait-
case by B. J. Stevens and J. Glenn i ... . , ,, ,, , 7. ,
Stovall, while the Birchmores were 1 ,ties to cause trouble they should be
represented by Judge J. B. Burnside given a drench of 8 ounces blue stone,
of the local bar and Col. Hamp Mc
Whorter, of Lexington, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ORGANIZE
ATHLETIC CLUB.
1 ounces snuff in 5 gallons of water
every 28 days if known, to be infest
ed. Directions on dosage, etc., should
le secured from the county agent or
ollege of Agriculture before trying
The High School boys met on Wed- , , , , ^ , . , ,
nesday afternoon in a very enthusi-! to drench shce P- drenching sheep is
astic meeting for tha purpose of or- n dangerous operation unless properly
ganizing an athletic club for Thom- done.
soa - „ ™ ,, ,, , I If you are interested in sheep comd
Prof. Boswell, the new athletic . , , „ ., ... ,, .
coach, presided. , in and talk lfc over wlth the C0UI, *V
Roy Jones was elected presdent; , agent or with Mr. Knox. This sheep
Barney Wells, vice president, and garne is an interesting and profitable
Allen Anchors secretary and tfeas- j one i 0 vers of live stock, and we
urcr.
The membership fee of $1.00 will
entitle the holder to every game of
foot ball played at home during the
eason. This is to raise funds with
which to purchase equipment for the
team.
The boys hope to make.the club a
success and will appreciate any sup
port given them.
are anxious that more McDuffie farm
ers take part.
MORE PROOF OF VETCH
EFFECTIVENESS.
The McDuffie farmer who does not
plant some winter legumes this win-
, ter is sleeping over his rights. Vetch
Preliminary practice for the 1921 j iag b een ca u e d the fool proof legume,
season foot ball wil. begin Thursday , . . , __ . ,, ’
afternocn. being the easiest to grow in this sec-
This is what Thomson has needed tion. You have read in these column*
for a long while and if everyone will how Mr. Hasty, of Chipley, a prac-
attend and give the boys encourage- tical farmer increased his yield of
ment, it is sure to be a success. We „ ,
hope to make a record this year that corn ^ rom an average ot ten bushel*
cannot be surpassed by any other per acre to 60 to 100 bushels on a 200
school for quite a number of years, acre scale. Now here comes Walter
ALLEN ANCHORS, Sec. Dozier, our Columbia county neighbor,-
JUDGE FRANKLIN’S CHARGE TO who has an ex P erience that 13 mter '
GRAND JURY. esting. This is a gist of his conver-
_ , ^ , . ,, sation with the county agent which
Ml d S r Sod t °wh£ * «>-«» —?
some argument. The Judge sees for the sake of those farmers who
things as they are and speaks out are anxious to improve their lands:
from his heart. His philosophy is, « Last year j set out to plant a
of the homely variety that breathes vetch, clover and rye
of the fireside and brings all nearer , , . T . ,
to him in sympathetic accord. Those mixture, but due to a rain I got only
who hear hm know that he has the half of the intended acreage planted,
best interests of the county and state T ^ e co i d ] { ni t >d out all except the
at heart. His argument was inter- ^ , j n t j ie 8 j )r j n g j found that I
spersed with good humor and amus- , T
ing recital. had such a Ki'owth that I was unable
When the Grand Jury brought in , to turn it under, so I grazed it off
their returns Tuesday , afternoon w jth my cattle then turned under the
Judge Franklin copgratulated them res j c [ ue> j followed vetch with cot-
and the county on dispatching the
work so rapidly.
ton, which due to bad stands, etc.,
v was replanted about June 1st. I want
Practice i to say that I will make a bale to the
Result ot practice ! acre y on my vet ch cotton field even
A sophisticated girl is one svho has j t i 10US -|; it was late and made its crop
iracticed for years to attain hei j 0n tj,. 0 i y without rain. The casual
'harming naturalness.—San Francisco j _ —
Jlirouide. • (Continued on Fourth Page.)