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\ o' — c\^ VOI.l) a XV. c« v ' v.t, She -■■ r Thomson, McDuffie county, ga„ Friday, September 12, 1924. VOTE WAS LIGHT IN M’DUFFIE CO. The vote polled in McDuffie county in Wednesday’s primary election was the lightest in some time. People were so busy in some instances that they did not take time to go to the polls. Others failed to register any interest and did not get to the polls. Senator Harris was re-nominated by an overwhelming majority'against his opponent, Thomas W. Hardwick. J. J. Brown was re-elected Commis sioner of Agriculture, and Land was elected against Ballard for State School Commissioner, according to news received Thursday. Following is the way McDuffie county cast her vote: For United States Senator: Thomas W. Hardwick 241 William J. Harris 337 For Governor: Clifford Walker 554 For Secretary of State: S. G. McLendon 574 For Attorney General: George M. Napier 581 For State Treasurer: W. J. Speer 585 For Comptroller General: William A. Wright 579 For Commissioner of Agriculture: J. J. Brown 13G Geo. F. Hunnicutt 442 For State School Supt. N. II. Ballard 200 Fort E. Land 354 For Com. of Com. and Labor: H. M. Stanley 579 For Commissioner of Pensions: John W. Clark 318 C. E. McGregor 256 For Prison Commission: T. E. Patterson 577 For Railroad Commissioner: O. R. Bennett 256 John T. Boifeuillet 288 For Railroad Commissioner: J. D. Price 238 Albert J. Woodruff 207 For Associate Justice Sup. Court: Samuel C. Atkinson 577 For Associate Justice Sup. Court: S. Price Gilbert 565 For Judge Court of Appeals: Nash R. Broyles 569 For Judge Court of Appeals: W. Frank Jenkins 568 For Rep. in Congress, 10th Dist. Carl Vinson 573 For Sol. Gen. Augusta Circuit: George Hains 584 For State Senator 29th Dist.: E. D. Clary 564 For Rep. McDuffie County: Joe DeMedicis 230 S. M. Haywood 275 J. P. Wilson 73 Where only one name is given in the above tabulation candidates had no opposition. A Progressive Step A.t Boneville. Boneville, Sept. 11.—The Thomson investment Co. has decided to trans form their property at this place and at this writing improvements are under way under the management and personal supervision of Mr. John S. Boyd. The old Smith re idence, which is a large, commodious building, is now undergoing repairs and painting pre paratory to being turned into a hotel or boarding house, which we under stand will be under the supervision of some member or members of the Knox family, who inherit and justly merit their fame as hotel proprietors. We also understand that an up-to- date bathing resort will be establish ed and a pavilion erected, all of which will be electric lighted and every detail so arranged as to appeal to those who are in need or seeking a place of rest, recreation or enjoy ment. If these plans are properly executed the next thing in order for consideration would be parking room for the large number of cars that at times will be assembled here. In addition to the foregoing, the Thomson Investment Co. has provided a ginnery at this place for the farm ers of this section, furnishing a con venience of which they are justly proud and greatly appreciate the consideration shown them. That their gin at this place will be well patronized is a foregone conclusion. NUMBER 38. Jurors Drawn March Term 1925, Superior Court. Washington, D. C., Sept. 11. AMERICA’S LEADERSHIP. NO WAY OF FIXIN’ IT. The trouble with the Railroad La- bor Board is that it does not work, Twenty years ago London was the and there is no way of fixin’ it. The financial center of the world. Today Board has met, held sessions, and is- New York has that place. Ten years j sued decisions. But 'it has had no ago the international trade of the , power to enforce i ts decrees. Is it world was shared in at the rate of j any wonder then, that it has been less than eleven per cent by the Unit- deserted by everyone except the offi- ed States. Today our share is ap- ■ cials who are on its payroll? Dr. Truett Coming To Louisville Sept. 25. Dr. George W. Truett, world re- i nowned preacher, will preach twice J daily, 11 o’clock A. M. and 8:00 P. M., in a cooperative meeting at Louis ville, Ga., September 26th to October 5th. Thousands will hear him each day. Adequate preparation is being made to care for a multitude of vis itors during the meeting. The homes of Louisville, together with those of neighboring towns, will be thrown open for the accommodation of all, and camping grounds will be provided and meals furnished at a reasonable cost. An extra large tent will be used for the public services. Hundreds of people from Thomson and McDuffie county are already mak ing preparations to attend these meetings. Historical Bible Found At Mercer. Chicago Boys Are Given Life Sentences. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Youth alone saved Nathan Leopold, Jr., nineteen, and Richard Loeb, eighteen, from death on the gallows for the kidnap ing and murder last May of 14-year- old Robert Franks. Instead, Judge John R. Caverly, re tiring chief justice, sentenced the two young intellectuals to life imprison ment on the murder charge and to terms of ninety-nine years imprison ment for the kidnaping. Under the latter, it was stated, they cannot be released on parole until they have served more than thirty-seven years in the Joilet penitentiary. The life terms alone would have permitted such release after about twenty years. But the court urged that this priv ilege never be extended to the self- confessed doers of what he called “an abhorrent crime.” He found no mitigating circum stance in the evil deed itself, its motive or lack of motive or in the personalities and antecedents of the boys; but he said he chose imprison ment instead of death because of the youth of the defendants.—The Macon Telegraph. Macon, Ga., Sept. 11.—Beneath the rubbish and trash in a library attic on the Mercer univertity campus has been found the 110 year old family Bible of Jesse Mercer, founder of the ollege bearing his name. The fam ily record, scriptural notations, and a sermon outline found in the book are in the handwriting of the noted divine. Of peculiar interest about Jesse Mercer’s second wife, Mrs. Nancy Simons Mercer, whose record is in the old Bible, is the fact that she was the widow of a Jew, Abram Simons, and with money she inherited from her Jewish husband, Mercer founded the Baptist college. The Mercer family lived in what is now Wilkes county, Georgia, Penfield being the first site of the university. Another rare book, “Two Grey Tourists,” a novel of Georgia life by Richard Malcolm Johnston, Mercer alumnus, was recently unearthed here. Johnston »vas one of the out standing American literary figures of the early 19th century and this copy of his book is thought to be the only one in print today. proximately seventeen per cent. Ten years ago the United States was alleged to be “isolated” from the rest of the world. Today the world bows humble before us. America snaps its fingers at the world whose nations and peoples are nearly all organized into the League of Nations. Secretary of State Hughes and Secretary of the Treas ury Mellon have been in Europe this summer, “unofficially.” The* great banking interests of the United States have also been “unofficially” represented in world conferences dur ing recent months. The “unofficials” have told the “officials” what to do, and the latter have obeyed orders. Secretary Mellon has just returned from his European visit, and he de clares that unofficial representation by the United States is the best way to go after the bacon. Seymour Bar ker Gilbert, Jr., who has been named agent-general for reparations under the Dawes plan, is a prime favorite with Mr. Mellon, and goes from his office - to the new job. Of course Mr. Mellon did not appoint this young man of thirty-one for the big job. But he “unofficially” recommended him. Latin America has decided that its best friend and protector is Uncle Sam, and gradually the trade of those countries is coming to the United States in larger volume. Cuba still has many fits and starts, but it has grown into the habit of coming to Washington to get straightened out. Porto Rico has stopped its bluster ing, and Governor Towner has got the Islanders tracking straight. The Philippines are still insistent upon having their independence, but never theless the Filipinos like to have an identy with the United States, and in the final determination of the matter there will doubtless be something stronger than a “gentleman’s agree ment.” And speaking of that kind of diplomacy reminds one that Japan is sulking towards us, hut not danger ously. Uncle Sam is drum major at the head of the grand march of the na tions of the world. CAMPAIGN WARMS. Political campaign managers in Washington were quite disturbed late in August because the campaign would not “warm up.” But there have been no complaints since Labor Day, which was to campaign head quarters more truly “political day. ’ The official “dope” 'is that every part of the country is warming up to the political situation, and the fray has started in earnest and will be on until the votes are counted in November. The claims made by the different political headquarters are as far apart as the candidates, and the “in telligent reader” must continue to draw his own conclusions. AGRICULTURE CANNOT FAIL. “A farmer may lose his farm, and become hopelessly bankrupt, but agri culture must go on,'” observes Gov ernor Robert A. Cooper of the Fed eral Farm Loan Board, in recounting the operations of farm loan methods which now distribute funds to farm ers in all parts of the country. “In passing upon these loans due consid- THE FEDERAL POWER ACT. Business interests of the country find the Federal Power Act quite sat isfactory, even though it does inter- fere with attempts to grab off big chunks of the universe like Muscle Shoals, which can only be pried loose by some special legislation from Con gress. Commission Likely.—Muscle Shoals did not break into the campaign in the way that was anticipated. An at tempt will be made to have Congress put the administration of the great project in the hands of a Federal Commission. It is understood that this plan meets with favor in the Senate Committee, where the fate of the big project will likely be deter mined. INDUSTRIAL INVESTIGATIONS. The Federal Trade Commission has been making a number of investiga tions in accordance with resolutions passed by Congress. The principal subjects are house furnishings, which covers the furniture industry as well as stove manufacturers and stove equipment. It appears that the methods of competition in these lines have been somewhat restricted in the interests of larger profits. Wheat and Bread.—The Federal inquiries into flour milling and the production, distribution, transporta tion, and sale of flour and bread are still in process. Wheat flour mills are an old subject, and the Min neapolis flour mills were on the front pages several years ago. These mills have been connected up in all of the grain investigations. But bread man ufacture presents new questions, and the inquiry now under way has led the Federal Trade Commission ito' put some of its best agents into the field to determine the facts. Wheth- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. GRAND JURORS. J. T." Neal, Jr. H. C. McCorklo. J. E. Pearson. H. T. Mobley. A. II. Thrasher. R. J. Newsome. G. White Jordan. E. Chas. Hawes. Chas. V. Curtis. P. A. Bowden. W. E. Hobbs. II. A. Price. S. M. Dyer. Sam F. Dunaway. Chas. Langham. Sam F. Neal. W. H. Fluker. B. R. Wall. M. L. Mathews. H. T. Clary. J. Boyd Baston. J. C. Cliatt. Ed E. McCorkle. John T. Adams Steve P. Reeves. H. S. Norris. B. F. Johnson. John B. Samuels. W. S. Mobley. Willie C. Rodgers. NOTES FROM THE COUNTY AGENT COMMUNITY FAIR. The present plan is to hold a com munity fair at Thomson on Nov. 12. We will have a good poultry exhibit and the cotton club boys should give a good account of themselves. There are about 60 poultry club members who will have exhibits which should be interesting and instructive. Mr. McCoy, of the College of Agriculture, will judge the poultry and give a lecture to poultrymen. In addition to the club department, we hope to have an exhibit from every community in the county. Thi» will be made up of every conceivable product of the farm and community in general. Such a fair should in clude the following exhibits: Farm crop exhibit, farm animal, poultry, household and school exhibits. De finite plans will be formulated later and there is no reason why this could not be made a great thing for the county. G. C. DANIEL. eration is given to every natural haz- ; er the inquiry will disclose sensation- ard based upon the history of agri- j al features remains to be seen. It culture in a particular community in 'will be remembered that claims were which the security is located,” says made before Congress a few weeks Governor Cooper, who adds that “it ago tending to prove that the manu- is our thought that with loans distri- , facture of bread is in the hands of a bfited in this manner and applicants I gigantic trust, or combination of carefully investigated there is no rea- trusts. There has even been talk of son to doubt that bonds issued against j asking Congress to place the manu- farm mortgages will continue to furn- j facture and distribution of bread ish to the conservative investor an at- | under the control of the Federal Gov- tractive investment.” ernment. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. TRAVERSE JURORS. J. J. Mathews. J. F. Hobbs. A. T. Sills. W. II. Culpepper. J. A. Davey W. T. Broome. O. C. Colvin. J. E. Wilson. Thos. E. Cliatt Claude M. Bussey. C. L. Bussey. P. S. Knox. John A. Jones. G. Dexter Johnson. W. J. Perry. W. S. Curtis. Roy J. Johnson. J. T. Pate. John M. Overton. John F. Johnson. Geo. W. Simons. F. O. Johnson. R. H. Johnson. L. S. Lockett. Ben J. Samuels. R. H. Newby. C. H. Moore. J. D. Mathews. J. O. May. Adrian B. Morris. E. H. McCord. Thos. B. Hamilton. Joe Goolsby. R. S. Pounds. Jesse S. Smith. L. F. Cook. W. H. Johnson. J. Claud McMath. Jep Rabun. B. Arthur Mathews. Floyd Montgomery. A. H. S. Reeves. N. C. Cason. John F. Simons. S. R. Jones. E. F. Adams. W. C. McCommons. Chas. T. Ansley. THE WORLD’S DYES. Statictics covering the manufac ture of dyes indicate that the United States and France are each making about ninety per cent of the dyes used in domestic consumption. Be fore the war each country produced only about ten per cent of their dyes and their balance came from Germ any. The German dye industry is making the same kind of a determined effort to regain the French market that they are making In this country to get back into the American trade. OIL PROSECUTORS. Senator Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, the special prosecutors in charge of the Federal oil scandals, have been moving in every direction to fasten onto ex-Secretary Fall, Harry F. Sinclair and Edward Do- heny, all the responsibility that be longs to them. A new grand jury in vestigation has been conducted by the attorneys at the District of Columbia Federal court house. Expect to Annul Leases.—Inde pendent of the outcome of the crim inal aspects of the oil affairs a de termined effort will be prosecuted to ! annul the oil leases which have given j such unusual advantages to a few j men who have acquired more than | human rights to natures hidden re sources. New Department Starts I Commissioners of the Department of r . Revenue wherever his assistance may To Function. I et The Progress Do Your Job Printing. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11—The De partment of Revpnue, created by the legislature in December, has gotten its machinery in good working form, and is beginning to show the value of that department, to say nothing of its activities in other directions, it was pointed out here today by statehouse officials. For the week ending August 23rd, 1924, Deputy Commissioner R. N. Holt, assisted by J. W. Beauchamp, motor vehicle inspector for Fulton county, operated in Rabun, Haber sham, Stephens, Hail and Banks counties, and collected from delin quent automobile owners $675.37, of which $565.60 was collected for auto tags, or paid- for auto tags which these delinquents were compelled to purchase, and $109.77 in penalties. In addition to the collections made, 11 warrants were sworn out for vio lators of the Motor Vehicle Law, that is, violators other than delinquents. The Motor Vehicle Department has Mr. Beauchamp assist the Deputy be valuable. His long connection with the Mptor Vehicle Department Grade Crossing Acci dents Increase. McDuffie may grow tobacco Several of our citizens have visit ed the tobacco region of South Geor gia this year and witnessed the cur ing of this product. We have seen numerous accounts of the success of this crop the past season and these- conditions along with the knowledge that this county has tobacco soils has fired some of our farmers with A desire to get into the tobacco busi- less. Before taking such a step, however, it would be wise to investi gate thoroughly just what the ex penses, etc., amount to. Here is a letter from a tobacco specialist at the College of Agriculture. If there are farmers who are anxious to groW tobacco they should notify the county agent who will be glad to get all available information, including the seivices of Mr. Westbrook who ljjiows all about tobacco. Athens, Ga., Sept. 4, 1924. Mr. G. C. Daniel, County Agent, Thomson, Ga. Dear Daniel: Your letter of August 18, has been received. I have been out of Athena- several days, hence the delay in reply. In regard to the advisability of growing tobacco in your county an other year, will say that there are some soils that will produce a fair grade of bright tobacco in your coun ty. The sandy soil with the yellow clay subsoil is the type which could be recommended. I think I will be rather slow about recommending to bacco in that county. I don’t know ju&t how much suitable soil you have. It would be necessary to look the ■situation over carefully. It requires a great deal of labor to produce to bacco and if your farmers go into it, it should be as a permanent proposi tion and not for just one year. My time is pretty well filled up for the next few days and I cannot say definitely when I will be able to get to your territory. When I get back to the office, which will be with in about a week, I expect to prepare some information to send out regard ing the development of tobacco in the various sections. I should like to know just about how many farm ers in your section you think are in terested in tobacco enough to pro duce it another year If they are Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11.—Am analysis going to produce it, I think they made by railway executives here of should have all available information, train service accidents for the whole Very truly, E. C. WESTBROOK. Farm Management Specialist. country shows that fatalities at grade crossings have grown from 1,794 in 1922 to 2,240" in 1923, an increase of more than 25 per cent, it was pointed CHICKEN SALE OCTOBER 21STv nVakes him thoroughly familiar" with out here today ’ Injur * es from S rade ' The first fall chicken sale will be crossing accidents in the same period held at Thomson on October 21st. have increased from 5,258 to 6,207, The car stops at Harlem in the morn- an increase of almost 18 per cent. } n g and Thomson in the afternoon. A substantial increase has also Those who will have chickens for sale taken place in fatalities and, injuries then should try to get them in good to persons struck or run over by cars condition by that time. Remember or locomotives, the fatalities from the date Tuesday afternoon, October this cause amounting to 2,618 last 21st, at Thomson, Georgia, year and the injured to 2,313. j G. C. DANIEL. These two classes of accidents com- I posed the bulk of all train accidents FARM ORGANIZATIONS ATTACK the Motor Vehicle Law, and in every way possible the Motor Vehicle De partment aids the Revenue Depart ment. It was announced today that John II. Jones will be assisted by Mr. Beauchamp in Rome, Dalton, Carrall- ton, and in that part of the state. It is predicted by those familiar with the work so far done by the Revenue Department that it is des- j -which resulted in 6,510 persons killed SUGAR REPORT, lined to make a fine showing. The ^ 54)30 6 in j ured . i President Coolidge has received a Secretary of State said today that the mere existence of such a depart ment has been helpful in the adminis tration of the Motor Vehicle Law, NEW BARBER SHOP request from a half dozen principal farm organizations of the country asking him to return to the Tariff Messrs. Lee Smith and W. C. Me- ■ Commission the report on sugar re am! that it. should be credited tor a j Kinney are opening up a new barber jcently submitted by that body with substantial part ot the increase in s hop next to A. H. Curtis & Son, J instructions to that Committee to motor vehicle revenue for the current ! Buick Dealers, the stand formerly j ascertain relative agricultural costs y ear - : occupied by The McDuffie Progress, 'in the United States and Abroad. j These men are well known to the , This action seems to indicate that the A Holy Island j P eo Pl ( ' of Thomson and McDuffie | statement made in this correspond- Mavajlnm. one of the holy Islands {county as gentlemen of integrity and ence at the time of the filing of the In the Japanese archipelago, Is deal j first-class tonsorial artists. They ex- I sugar- tariff report that the making ■•ated to three goddesses, and births oi ,.o be open for business the lat- j;of a new tariff sugar rate would go ter part of the week. over until after election, was correct. deaths are not permitted there. warn lyja tVHi, ml I •' ‘/jt, •■•ViafrwM*' r ■*' ■'■’ft*- vAtifcw rafrWtf r.—»• MUjv ■" >< '' pSlEwwl .