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Coiner Local ISeics
my garden
fly Leonora D. John*on
T knoW the lovliest garden,
"where the fairest tiowers grow;
. Ro , €S ‘ that blush in the sunshine
An d lilies as 'white as snow.
Bed poppies, that steal the senses,
Pansies, thoughtful and wise,
o-ieht sunflowers, gazing upward,
And blue bells with starry eyes.
T’.ere are hollyhocks, tall and stately,
Sweet williams and daisies fair,
There are daffodils, nodding gaily
i ke ladies with golden hair!
Oh. I love the arrogant roses,
For they hold my heart in thrall,
g„t the little modest violet
Is the sweetest of them all.
When the days are dark and lonely
It smiles thro’ the mist and rain
if it would fain remind us
That the sun will shine again.
It brings a promise of Springtime,
To sad hearts in need of cheer;
Aud it tells in its own sweet language
That the Father’s love is near.
I am thanking God for the flowers,
That breathe of His tender care;
I am glad He thought of the roses
And made the lilies fair.
And perhaps in Heaven’s garden
When my day's work is complete
I will gather a bunch of violets,
And I’ll lay them at His feet.
* -.*. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sherrer of
Carlton were shopping here Tuesday.
Mrs. ¥7. A. Lenfci* has returned
from a pleasant visit to relatives in
Tennessee.
Mr. Harrison Lord of Jla visited
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Williams Sat
urday.
and Mrs. Parks Rice have re
time-: to Athens after a pleasant
vAt with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. B.
I :•■; and Mrs. Bally McCuruy.
L To '■■■ Hix has accepted, a po-
Kt-o-: ’ o Arnold an ! Abned at
Athens.
• k, ,W. Hendricks, and Miss
: ‘ ’ ” ricks of Bowman, with
Li's. J. l. Williams of Tignr.il, were
Am. G. W..
whitehead.
Mr. Milk- Nioell and Mias Sara
- oil entered the University of Geor
E’ ;; this week for the Fall Term. This
13 Mr. Ncell’s second year.
'lr. Hiram Whitehead enrolled at
t 1 1 diversity- of Georgia this week.
Miss Mae Evans left Monday for
•j' ledgeville where she will attend
Georgia Womans College.
r - Guy Whelchel of Athens spent
I'riday evening l with his
Dr - and Mrs. C. G. Whelchel.
r - 1 • V. Ridgway spent Sunday
and Monday in Atlanta. Mrs. Ridg
'■,l> who has been guest of relatives
,e 10r several weeks accompanied
home.
W. C. Bircnmore spent last
p eek ' e nd with Mr. and Mrs. John
“ irc hmore in Athens.
'• G. Thompson came over
,‘ 1 ' ’ fca tur Frida for a week end
VlSlt to his family.
Jr; T
ouise armichael returned to
v ' after a pleasant
j ' Mi.-s Frances Barnes, Miss,
k, , Latimer accompanied her
D,", , € Colquitt who teaches at
v„ s Pent last week-end at
'•vnig
P *
r • f? nd- here of Col. Hoyt Wbel-
Jej.j.jj ' toeitne will be pleased to
Lc.j,, '“ c (> been named for the
- JJ o i.'om Colquitt county.
Mifses Frances Barnes and Harlow
Thompson loft Monday for G. W.
C., Milledgevillc, where they will
study dur.ng this year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. David, accom
panied by Mr. TV M. Rogers, spent
Friday ami Saturday h Haber; h.vn
County, where Mrs. David has a
little apple orchard, between Haber
sham ami Clarksville. I rile v night
they spent at T;u!u..n Fall.-.
Friends of Mrs. M. T. Payne will
be grieved to learn that she is suffer
ing with a sprained ankle and has
been unable to teach the past week.
Miss Efn Chandler is supplying for
her.
Mrs. W. T. Cook was a visitor to
Athens yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Stove s • f
Carlton accompanied by Mrs C. B.
Ayers were in Athens yesterday
having gone as delagates to the Con
gressional Convention formerly nom
inating Hon. Chas H. Brand. Afte
the Convention Judge Brand enter
tained his guests at the Georgian
with a lovely luncheon.
Friends of Dr. C. C. Whelchel are
glad to see him up after suffering
with a cold the past week.
The many friends of little Joe
Cook are glad to know that he is
improving after being sick for sever
al days.
Miss Kathleen Carithcrs has en
rolled as a student at Agnes Scott.
Little Miss Doris Hopkins enter
tained a number of friends Saturday
a* tern con at a charmingly planned
party celebrating her fifth birthday.
Mr. Pope Hitchcock of Atlanta
spent last week-end with his family
here.
Mx-, Ada Armstrong and Mis?
Sara Myrt Armstrong have returned
home after visiting Mrs. T. C, Da
vison.
The delightful rain of Saturday
night came after long period of
drought which caused much loss in
oi’v cotton and corn'crops.
M ‘ ♦:£<? J . • - y- • • T' . '• /
Eurc'-.h-ilter. L ak-1 and Allie Evens
spent last ween-end in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy King and chil
dren of Jacksonville, Flo. arrived
Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. H,
Mathews.
IN MEMORY OF MR. J. E. WHITE
Shannon Lodge No. 404, F. & A. M.
Comer, Ga., July 19, 1924.
In the afternoon of March 6th the
spirit of Brother J. E. White took
it,: flight from this earthly habita
tion; the large heart of cur beloved
brother that once throbbed, beats no
more in response to friendship’s
call. And all that we l ave of him
now is memory. And when we re
member Brother White in his true
nature, we remember him as a good
Mason and a good citizen. He was
conscientious in all obligations of
life. Of course, there are errors in
all lives, but we must remember that
there are true and noble virtues also,
and these virtues are more pleasant
to remember of our fellowmen, and
all we should remember of anyone.
Our heart of sympathy goes out to
his estimable widow and children, as
much as. friends can mingle their
sorrow and grief with the sorrow
and sadness of those near and dear
to the departed one; we grieve with
his loved ones.
To his loving and devoted wife
and children, we would offer a word
of hope, in the thought that some
day, beyond the grave in the land
of the blessed you will meet him a
gain, purified by the divine plan of
the great Architect of the universe;
Where the faded flowers shall fro-li
en,
Freshen never more to fane;
Who ft the shady sky shall brighten—
Bri-htea neve? -now- to shade;
Where - ' s :i n ■ never carch'-s,
\V 1 >?'-■ the star beams cease to
chffl,
THh DANIEL^VIi i k MOSIIOK, O ANIfcLSVILLE. GA
Where no tempest stills the echoes
Of the wood or wave or hill.
Where the morn shall wake in glad
ness
And the noon the joy prolong;
Where the daylight dies in fragrance
Mid the burst of holy song.
Signed by the committee,
W. H. Strickland,
J. E. Cook,
H. W. David.
Tribute To
MRS. OLIVIA M. B. DAVID
Who died August 26. 1924
Poor little quiet Mother Olivia,
(for such 1 called her, through as
sociation with her daughter-in-law)
has crossed over. She has “wrapp
ed the drapery of her couch around
her, and lay down to pleasant
dreams.” Peacefully she passed out,
and peaceful she looked in death.
One more is added to the white
robed angel sleepers. A merciful
and loving God had sustained her
through the morning and noontide
of life, and she was well within the
shadows of evening when the sum
mons came. Her approach to the
valley of the shadow has been grad
uil but sure.
Now for a long time the world has
passed her bv, so there were only a
few whose lives were touched by her
They are the ones who miss lier, and
oh, how they miss her! As the moth
er misses the babe who was her con
stant charge! As the daughter who (
misses the frail m ther who was de
pendent on her for every comfort
From Mother Olivia, now for
many months one might have learned
ales on of patience and submission;
such a lesson as circumstances teach
u? all sooner or later, for few of us
ever go without finally coming to
the pass that we are submissive and
re igr.ee! to the inevitable. .So was
she when the great Commander
sounded the call, ready for the sum
mons with the .-dive leaf in her hand,
victory upon her brow, and peace
in her heart.
Mr . Olivia M. B. David would
have 1 cen £2 years old in Now nber.
She was born and reared in this
county, being the daughter of Pleas
ant and Susan Power Moon. In
1860 she was marri. 1 to-John Mur
ray David, who died some twenty
el ITit years ago. Six ehildr.n were,
born to them, hut now only three
survive their mother. They are:
. Its. .1. L. Tviercior, W. 11. David, and
Mrs. Mary Goss.
Those, who knew her in the old
days, say she was good and kind,
and thoughtful for the poor, and
gave many times where help was
needed, that she loved her church,
and was a faithful attendant, and
hospitably ogered her home to the
preacher and other visitors whenever
occasion demanded. She has been
in the shadowy twilight, a stranger
to the present as it were, living her
own little quiet life, and it is only
thus that 1 knew her.
She was a member of Paoli Pres
byterian church, and made her home
at Paoli until twelve years ago she
broke up and earn* to live with her
son, William H. David.
“So may it be, perchance, when
down the tide *
Our dear ones vanish. Peacefully
they glide
On level seas, r.or mark' the un
known bound.
We call it death—to them ‘tis life
beyond.
—Mrs. Emma Strickland
ED PURDY’S PHILOS
The candidate that can come
through with a plan which solves
the problem of how to keep the au
tomobile running another year can
feel reasonably certain of election.
Positively
Profe.sor: And by all mcf .s pick
out a girl with a sen ir of humor.
Merry only ihe girl who can take •
jcke.”
Innocent Student: “J imagme that
is the kind of a girl you marri ml, sir?
BLOND BESS OPINES
“I reefs it’s true that men are the
err’-i'ecis of their .owe . dertiny—
wdiieh acccunti for to many strange
u->r®r stories.”
CURRENT TOPICS ON AGRICULTURE
Ed-Jrd ly E. E. HALL, County Agi.
DESTROY STALKS AND BEAT
WEEVIL
This year we have ken. the boll
weevil in check and it is now con
ceded that, with the into ! gent use
of calcium arsenate we dsn crow
cotton successfully under weevil
conditions. It is always found r oc
ess ary to begin to wage w-r < i t’v
pest before infestation set in. “At.
ounce of prevention is worib : pound
of cure.” To raise a cotton even i;
1925 we should begin our fight or.
the weevil before a furrow is run o:
a seed is put into the grots h Th<
first step necesgary is the ea.l; ,;e
struction of cotton ‘talks as an ur.
<{' insuring a profitable cottor r >
as well as helping to combal th
weevil. Bear in mind that ev . ole
weevil you kill means a half mi l Lou
less next summer. The State Ento
jmologist points out the fact that,
if the stalks are destroyed early in
the fall it will stop the increase .
weevils in the squares. Also destroy
ing stalks will cut off the food ;;
ply of the weevil and will eitlv. :•
froce them to seek food elsewhere or
go into winter quarters in a famis.e.
condition. This step would save the
farmers of Georgia millions of del-
lars. The stalks should be destroys I
as early as possible after the cotter
has been picked and the earlier tLe
better. Here is what the State ento
mologist says:
“The few weevils that might re
main after the stalks have been de
stroyed will go to their winter sleep
in a starved condition, and few sur
vivors will be able to deposit a much
smaller number of eggs than those
that were well fed late in the fall.
“There is still another reason for
destroying stalks early, that is more
important than all others, and that is
to get rid of the w< evils in the young,
unopened bolls. We have made a
close study of this subject for years,
and after a severe winter have been
able to find a ku gt numl er of wee
vils in the hard bolls on standing
stalks and t v- n on the surface where
led! - tall: wove not plowed up until
such bolls had become thoroughly
seasoned and hardened.
■‘l hc-e. v .is and and not re-;,- h m
turity until fall and were either un
able to get out of the hard boll un
til spring, at which time they might
with ease emerge fr< vi the partly
decayed boll. Not having consumed
any energy before hibernation they
are possessed cf as much vitality as
the. young weevil hatched in the
mid-growing season aril do much
more damage than the weevil that
spent the winter in the open.
“A few years ago we left one acre
of stalks standing in the center of
a forty acre field. All other stalks
were destroyed early. This acre had
been clean cultivated and did not,
have enough litter to afford winter
protection for the weevil. The en r
tire field was planted to cotton the
following year, and as soon as the
plant; were well up, weevils could
be found in abundance on this acre
and the rows adjacent to it, but
could not be found elsewhere in the
field. The yield on this acre was much
less than the acres adjoining.
“Many methods are employed in
destroying stalks. Turning them un
der is the best method and can be
done quite easily after cutting them
with a disc harrow, except in cases
where a very rank stalk is prduced.
Turning stalks under while the young
bolls are gr % n causes the bolls to
sour ffnd decay and the weevils die.”
The Athens Banner.
IS THE BOLL WEEVIL PASSING?
The light infestation of boll wee
vils this summer has started rumors
among the farmers that the boll
weevl is “pas ing”, that j< ; that we
have experienced the worst from the
boll weevil and that in the future
they * will not he as numerous as in
the past. Unfortunately, there
appears to be no ba: is for this opti
i mism. Like other false hopes it may
i cause disaster by encouraging far
' mere to plant more cotton and to
1 rotdect proper .r:etk or!:; of boll wee
! vil control.
: At the Geer; fa Experiment £ta-
tier. last, fall four thousand weevils
were placed in cages in which was
placed enough stravf to give what
was considered average winter pro
tection. With a norma! winter there
would have emerged this spring from
one hundred to two hundred weevils.
However, only one weevil came out
of winte’- quarters. The cause of
this low emergence was undoubtedly
the unusual cold weather wh ; eh oc
curred on January 12th a,u! after.
It is also certain that the small num
ber of weevils appearing in fields
this spring was due to the same
cause' and not from any “passing”
of the boll weevil.
Several theories have been ad
vanced to account for this “passing”
: : e L-oli weevil. None of them arc
-.used cn fact or will “hold water”
when carefully examined. One of
the most common theories advanced
is t'uit an unknown parasite is the
a use of the de -reuse. But the ex
•e. 1.- c: ; '.iioi b.- .i proves the de
•rnjt; e took oT.ico l ist winter, and
ara ' tfs are not active during cold
At-athe: Another theory advanced
* that , v weather dees not agree
4-ith the hoi! weevil. Weather was
•do. 1 . cdly the cause of the de
! nj) w eevils this year, but
r.forti re tely, it was unusual wrath
on •• . us..i.l weather which
nr. .•.*} tie dec.ca n and therefore
lu re;,alts are not permanent. For
u o . * f n:r .ive ye; rs we have
ha. 7 pl.-r.ty of evidi nee that the boll
1 ! : adapted to our climate. We
ti o '..'.v, ■■•vc r i bitty years experi
!i>' • otl'.c r stater, to <how t hat, the
■ : ’■•• *‘ v i (iet s net “pass through”
> ••• ... to which it is adapted bub
l • K-rrr.ane: ‘ fixture.
... .!-• >m'.i , ust p'. rieace
t! • * •• t: a . r.t a’ i. , lo'-alr :>.•
ir '’ • ’ tn.ar a !■• .11 we. \ ils in
t!.' ■ i"o I: a dr.iige.ror: infes
tr.i ■ ’.■< ■( ig, provided Georgia
c>d ■ c ( ‘- • c of her usual mild
wi:d. If t;vc unusual .s'.ouid liap
pci . i. ;o-.d w ' hon'd hav(> anoth
er s< \ i\t r li, : the t, we may
agaii: c ..reel a low h >ll weevil emer
■ < ; a v.plan to
depend on the un mu:.!, farmers
shou; 1 ‘ ■ It.; jithey
have to * in the pn; fe • years
in rej ; 1 o and ifyin c >•, y> s and
method ,;i .■;; -ht
B. BLEDSOE, A,’ .-an- .mist,
<• id. kne.it Hint ion.
•A * 4 v. 4 * ■> Jk
* C—-OLLIFRE ACADEMY *
* A i* * Y * * 4- f- *■ *
Mir, < < vited Mrs.
Lonnie V mr a f • * 'oon last, week
Mr. and Mr- F. C Tiller spent
Thursday :\ v.ht. wth Mr and Mrs.
W B. Patiton.
Mr and Mrs. Hyatt Wheelers of
Sandy Cross spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs H. I*. Dickerson.
Mrs. F. 0 1 iller and children
spent Saturd y afternoon with Mrs.
Earl Anthony.
Mr Edd Anthony spent Saturday
night with Messer.; Mercer and Del
mer Dillard.
Miss Irene Dillard spent Saturday
night with Miss Jewel Turner.
The ringing given by Mr. and Mrs.
F. C . Tiller Saturday night was en
joyed by every one prevent.
Mrs. H. P. Dickerson visited Mrs
J P. Graham one afternoon lu.-t,
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Smith of En
terprise spent Monday afternoon
with Mr. Mark Johnson
Even Heavies Do No Good
Another football scas-n h at hand;
Modern stadiums d o' land.
They’re built of cor.f r> te, steel and
sand,
And get so cold—well, wo .st stand.
Real News
Reporter: “Give me a tin on i real
story. Something unusual- and hard
ly believable.”
Police Lieutenant: “V. : . . .w
bout that plumber that . • -lays
r ar per-. ’'rig?’’