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m For October—10 Per Cent Discount. On account of weather conditions and reduction in the price of cotton, we have decided to offer our entire stock of high grade merchandise to the public , WO ‘ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924. THE McDUFFIE PROGRESS, THOMSON, GA. JFhe McDuffie Progress fl.60 Per Year In Advance. H. S. NORRIS, Editor and Propr. Entered at the Postoffice at Thom- Ni as Second-class Mail Matter. Obituaries, In Memorium, Cards of Thanks, Etc., are charged for at rate of 8 qents per line, with a minimum of 25 cents. SEEING HIS OWN STATE FIRST. An Atlanta newspaper man has called attention to the fact that a fellow scribe in one of the middle states is arousing widespread inter est by starting out with a photogra pher, a flivver and a tent and making NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE (By Stranger.) Well, as I did not see any news from around here last week, decided I would write. Mrs. Tom Englett and children, Bulah Mae, Alex and Macey, dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hobbs Sun day last. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Luckey and children made a business trip to Thomson Monday. Rev. W. J. Howard spent last Fri day night with Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Fuller. Messrs. Bill Connell and Roy Reeves and Misses Elsie and Louise camping tour around his own I Paul were out ridin E Sunday after state His plan, it was pointed out, is to drive clear around the state, without crossing the borders, and to make side trips to interior points of interest and scenes of beauty. As the Atlanta man points out, any such trip, in any state, is sure to result in the revelation of many things never known or suspected by the inhabitants. “What citizen really knows his state?” said the Atlanta newspaper man. “Even the traveling salesman who covers the state in a motor car fails of full knowledge, because he visits only the cities and towns, and does not camp. The remote places are eften more interesting than the near ones; the places almost inacces sible may have charms and tourist values surpassing any along the beaten highways.” The Atlanta man says see America first, by all means. But before em barking on so big a venture as that, he says, “why not see your own state?” “And it makes a good beginning to become thoroughly acquainted with your own county,” he concluded. “Many a person has gone thousands of miles in quest of scenic beauty and missed beauty just as great within an hour’s drive of his own garage.” REGULATION INSTEAD OF TAXATION. The tax-paying public has done its part for the automobile driver in con structing and maintaining good pub lic highways. It is now up to careless automobile drivers to do their part by sparing the tax-paying public from the ad ditional expense of grade changes at railroad crossings. All that is nec essary for these drivers to do is stop, look and listen before crossing a rail road track. , Because a small per cent of the hundreds of thousands of automobilo drivers persist in carelessness in crossing railroad tracks there are those who demand that grade cross ings be eliminated, little realizing ap parently that the danger is in the driver rather than in the crossing, or that the public’s share of the ex pense of such grade changes would be large and burdensome at best. Carefully computed cost of chang ing a grade crossing shows it to be from $(30,000 to $80,000 and in some instances as much as $300,000 or $400,000, contingent upon the location and surroundings. In apportioning this cost it is customery for the rail road and the public to bear the ex pense jointly. There are 256,000 grade crossings in the United States which to change at $60,000 each would entail an ex pense of $15,360,000,000. Isn’t this a pretty heavy burden to impose on the public? For what the railroads pay directly must be repaid •to the railroads by the public. A law compelling vehicles to stop at railroad crossings would be no ex pense to taxpayers, and fines for dis obedience would enrich the public treasury.—The Manufacturer. noon Mrs. T. «T. Connell has returned home after taking a week’s treat ment at the University hospital. We are glad to report her better. Mis3 Jessie Phillips spent last Sat urday night with Mrs. Annie Hobbs. Messrs. Arthus Reeves and Willis Newsome made Misses Essie and Ruby McGahee a call Sunday after noon. Mrs. Annie Hobbs’ many friends are glad to see her out again after her recent illness. Mr .and Mrs. W. A. Whitaker din ed. with the latter’s, brother, Mr. D. J. Huff Sunday last. Messrs. Durham McCorkle and Hamilton Reeves made Misses Lucyle Fuller and Ruth Harrison a call Sun day afternoon. Mr. Louis Hobbs spent a short while Saturday afternoon with Mr. Claude Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McGahee visit ed Mr. and Mrs. John Hobbs Sunday morning. Mrs. Savannah Reeves spent last week in Augusta with her mother, Mrs. T. J. Connell. Styles are changing every day. Misses Emma Ansley and Clyde Spear took Mr. Ollie and Mylo Whit- J alter to ride Sunday. You tell ’em. Mr. Joe Wheeler and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Whitaker made a trip to Augusta Saturday last. We know some one who liked to have had company last Friday after noon. What about it Mr. A. M. It.? Miss Pearl Huff is spending this week with Mrs. John Hobbs. Ask some certain young girls how they enjoyed their ride last Monday. I am sure they will say fine. You tell ’em. Master James Whitaker spent a short while Sunday with Master Louis Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Whitaker, of near Wrens, were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Whitaker Sunday last. Well, if this escapes the waste basket will write again. Take alotabs for the liver Bewcure of imitations. Demand the genuine in 10c and 35c pack* ages bearing above trade mark. SALEM NEWS By Cutie. Mrs. Geo. Simons and Mrs. Tom Ivey spent Tuesday with Mrs. R. T. May. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. May and chil dren, William and Lewis, and Mr. and Mrs. Ward Norris and little son Harold, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mathews. Mr. Watson Rhoden spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith. Mrs. R. T. May and children and Mrs. Tom Ivey spent a while Tues day afternoon wth Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle and Mrs. Dozer Rogers. Msses Marie and Miviam Smitn visited Thomson Saturday afternoon. Mrs. G. W. May is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Ivey, of Tignall, for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. May and chil dren spent a short while Sunday af ternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. O. May. Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle and Miss Nina McCorkle visited Thomson Wednesday. SOUTHERN LINE. By Chums. ON CASH PURCHASES OF $5.00 AND UP. We have a complete stock in all lines, with prices right on same. OUR MERCHANDISE IS MARKED PLAIN, AND WHEN YOU HAVE MADE YOUR PURCHASE 10 PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR BILL. The public rarely ever has an opportunity to pur- chase their Winter’s supply of new merchandise at the first of the season at such a big discount. NEW GOODS ARE COMING IN EVERY DAY, AND SOME ARE BEING WORKED BY THE MANU FACTURERS AND WILL BE IN FOR THIS SALE ALL APPLING NEWS Our school opened Monday with an enrollment of fifty-three pupils. The teachers are Mr. Evans, principal from Mississippi; Mrs. P. A. Craw ford, intermediate grades, Miss Beau- lah Stribbling, primary grades. We know that our school is going to be one of the best in the county. Misses Minnie Freeman, Dorothy Hardy and Carrie Lou Walton, of Evans, are spending this week with Mrs. P. A. Crawford and Mrs. J. D. Howell. Columbia county court opened Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Howell and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Howell. Mr. Orien Marshall, from Clarks- hill, S. C., spent Friday night with his mother, Mrs. Elora Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tankersley spent Sunday with .relatives at Winfield. Quite a large crowd from Appling attended the barbecue and speaking at Harlem Saturday. Mrs. Mammie Gray spent Friday and Saturday in Augusta with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Pernon Morris were visitors in Appling this week. Mr. Willard Howell left for At lanta last Monday to attend school at Georgit Tech. Miss Helen Morris, who is attend ing school in Thomson visited her mother, Mrs. Lucy Morris, last Sat- udray and Sunday. Mrs. S. P. Reeves is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Merry, of Savan nah. Miss Lucy Merry, of Savannah, is visiting her cousin, Miss Nettie Reeves. Miss Ruth Harrison spent Sunday with Miss Lucille Fuller. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Fuller had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Oliphant, of Wrens, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fuller and Mrs. Emma Matth ews. Miss Ruby Luckey and Mr. Fred die Neal spent a short while with Miss Lucille Fuller Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Savannah Reeves spent last week in Augusta with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Luckey made a business trip to Thomson Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Anderson spent Sunday in Wrens with Mrs. Susie Luckey. Mrs. A. H. S. Reeves spent Tues day afternoon with Mrs. It. C. Reeves. A revival meeting is being carried on at Reeves Academy this week by Rev. J. B. Wells. Miss Ruth Harrison spent a short while with Miss Bessie Mae Luckey Sunday afternoon. DURING OCTOBER. Don’t Miss This Golden Opportunity. R. A. KUNNES, Thomson, Ga. IRON HILL NEWS By Rose and Buttercup. HEAD STALL NEWS By Playmates. OBSERVATIONS. A wife is a person who has just seen a good parking space back a little ways. The old fashioned farmer who used to exhibit his calves at the county fair now has a daughter who does the same tiling. Many who sing to kill time have a mighty good weapon. Before we run out of “weeks,” why not have an “honest week’s-work week” ? A man may be a millionaire as the bank teller counts, but a bankrupt as the Good Lord counts. FAIR VIEW NEWS (By Pals). CLASSIFIED. One of the college magazines which pokes fun at anything and everything gets off this one: “How would you classify a tele phone girl? Is her’s a business or a profession?” “Neither. It’s a calling.” HORSE POWER AND ELECTRIC POWER. It is interesting to consider what it would cost to hire a horse by the hour and have it on tap for instant use such as you do electricity. The protracted meeting closed at Adams Chapel Sunday night after running a week, being conducted by Rev. Odum Clarke, of Dearing. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Crosby are re ceiving congratulations over the ar rival of a baby son, who will be call ed James Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Will Clark and little Agnes spent Sunday with their moth er. Mrs. A. B. McGahee. _ Miss Ruby Huff and Bula Mae Har rison spent Saturday night with Mrs. Otis Radford. Mr. and Mrs. Will Quinn, of Har lem, spent a short while Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Will Clark. The quarterly meeting will be held at Adams Chapel on Friday, October 10th. All day di.mer on the grounds. Mr. Will Quinn and son. Frank, were up from Harlem Monday after noon. Little Floyd Johnson was sick a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Tilton, of Au gusta, spent Friday with Mrs. A. B. McGahee and family. ^ Miss Alma Gay, of Augusta, spent "unday with her parents, Mr. and Vfrs. John Gay. Miss Pearl Washington is spend- ig a while with her sister, Mrs. <ate Newsome. Miss Sarah McGahee spent Satur day night and Sunday with Miss Eula Mae Williams. Wake up, Dearing, we would like to see you in the lineup again. Several bales of cotton were car ried to Dearing last week. Mr. Willie Huff spent Saturday night with Mr. Boyd Russell. Mr. Louis Williams, of Augusta, spent. Saturday night and Sunday with his father, Mr. C. H. Williams. Say, Fair View, glad to see you in the lineup, come again we like to read your news. Mrs. W. F. Whitaker spent Tues day afternoon with Mrs. W. R. Me Gahee. Mr. W. F. Whitaker and Mr. Wil Ham Smith attended meeting at Fort Creek Saturday morning. Mr. Willie FfUff spent Sunday with Milton Whitaker. Mr. Milton and Lee Whitaker and Willie Huff attended meeting at Dearing Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McGahee spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thomas, of near Fort Creek. Mr. Addison Widner spent Satur day night with Mr. Lee Whitaker. Miss Mollie Whitaker spent Satur day night with Miss Ruby Huff. Mr. Matthew Phillips spent a few days last week with his aunt, Mrs. W. R. McGahee. Mr. Floyd McGahee spent Satur day night with Mr. Freddie Gay. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McGahee spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Radford. Mr. Lamar Phillips spent a snort while with Mr. Lee Huff Sunday morning. Mr. V. Hobbs spent the day Tues day with his .daughter, Mrs. Eula Huff. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Radford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McGahee. Miss Lucille Reeves and Mr. Seth Reeves made a business trip to Au gusta Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Harrison spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Greene. Misses Mary and Clyde Spear spent a while Saturday afternoon with Miss Beulah Reynolds. Mrs. Rosa Greene and daughter, Pearl, spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tyler McGahee. Miss Ola Lee Kelley spent a while Sunday with Miss Sadie McGahee. Look out boys, it is still leap year, Misses Emma Ansley and Mary and Clyde Spear made a call at the home of Mr. Claude Whitaker Sunday. Miss Ruth McGahee was the guest of Miss Lucille Reeves a while Sat urday. Miss Erline Calhoun, of Augusta, spent the week-end with Misses Lor etta and Maude Greene. Mrs. Classie Radford spent a while Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ed Reeves. Miss Beulah Reynolds was the guest of Miss Ola Lee Kelley Mon day afternoon. My, do wonder who the girl was that got so badly disappointed Sun day afternoon. What about it R. M.? Miss Allene McGahee left Sunday for Augusta. Look out “Red,” the new Ford sure did shine Sunday. Trade at Hadawa^’s. WINFIELD NEWS By “Bill” Call for tickets Hadaway’s. at Mrs. Charlie Tankersley and chil dren spent several days last week with her sister, Mrs. Milford Tank ersley. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Story and son, Roy, spent Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Story. Miss Ethel Steed, of Washington, is spending a while with friends and relatives in Winfield. Miss Ruby Averett was the dinner guest of her aunt, Mrs. John Steed, Sunday. Mrs. Newby, of Whiteoak, spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. T. N. Guillebeau. Mrs. Mamie Paschal and daughters, Mildred and Elsie, spent Saturday The South Is Coming Back Into Her Own From every section of the South comes most encouraging- reports of better business conditions and there is more real justification for optim ism than there has been in several years. With more prosperous times comes the need for better and more complete banking service. The THOMSON CITY BANK is equip ped to give the service you need, and we will thoroughly appreciate the opportunity of handling your business. Thomson City Bank. Thomson, Georgia. CAPLE ELECTRIC & SUPPLY CO. House Wiring and Fixtures a Specialty. PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER Telephone 1106. 223 Albion Ave. Augusta, Ga. nigght and Sunday at Callaway as the guests of Mrs. Fred Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tankersley and son Lester spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. P. A. Blanchard. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDonald spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Tankersley. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tankersley and family, of Tignall, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. W. E. Tankersley. Messrs. Jesse Brown, Charles Crawford and Lindsay Knox spent a short while with Mr. Louis Averett Sunday afternoon. Mr, Dozier Dougherty spent Sat urday night with Mr. Richard Ben ton at the home of Mr. C. W. Sims. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Bullard spent Saturday night and Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Carlton Jordan, of Leah. The Community Club held its reg ular meeting Monday, Sept. 22. A large crowd attended and all enjoyed delicious cake and tea served by Mrs. George Story’s committee. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE—On sale in Thomson at J. W. Fletcher’s Jewelry Store, Central Ave. Deliv-. ered by carrier to your home every morning at 18c per week. t£