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DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922.
Frances
On last Thursday morning at
1<>:15, Mrs. Mamie Umphrey, wife
of Mr. Lon Umphrey, of near
Brownville, Ga., with one of the
deadliest of weapons, when used
in the manner in which this wo
man did; slashed her juglar vein
with a razor.
Her husband had left home that
morning and his wife seemed in
the best of spirits, although she
had been in a highly nervous con
dition for several months, he Imd , ree s P et 't al songs, two by the
WiiiUiu
Program Enjoyed
The Frances Willard Memorial
Program given by the local W. C.
T. U. at the Baptist Churdh on last
Sunday evening was from every
stand point a success.
From the opening number, a
song by the congregation, "The
World is Going Dry” to the closing
of the program, the rapt attention
of the large congregation assembl
ed gave evidence that each memb
er was cordinlv received and en
thusiastically enjoyed.
Especially enjoyable were the
never suspected such a rash
act. It seems that while jjll her
children were at school, that all
plans for suicide were formulated
because of the most minute de-
taile and ease of which the act
was accomplished.
A quilt was placed upon the
floor, by the side of this was pla
ced an alarm clock,which had not
been in use, with the hands set
at 10:00 Oclock; at which time, the
supposition is. was for her family
to determine the time she com
mitted the deed. By her side
were many bandages, etc., to be
used for the purpose of cleansing
her when discovered.
Three slashes were made, either
one of which would, we are in
formed by a physician, have pro
duced death.
Mrs. Umphrey leaves a husband
and several children, father and
mother, a brother and sister, and
a host of relatives and friends to
mourn her untimely departure,
Just before she committed this
rash act a letter was written to h
children, we coppy the original
.JjltAe'' below:
“Dear Children:
“1 hate to leave you all. but
somehow my nerves have just ru*i
down, so 1 don’t feel like I can
stand it any longer.
"1 have prayed to God to forgive
me, and He has, and I want to ask
you all to he pood boys, never dri.ik
or carry a pistol and you will no*
be apt to set in any trouble.
1 aul. you go right or. I. ck to school
Monday and do your best. Uncle
Wes and them will be good to you
“Ke.ep out of bad company A11J
and you be good to them. And
Lon, I want you to see that he fret.i
what he needs, and you all be good
to papa and he will help you
through. And 1 want to meet you
all some day where there won't be
no heart-aches and trouble and
care. And I want you all to divide
the quilts, and there is a feather
bed and mattress for you all and
papa. Get somebody to take care
of them for you all until you need
them, and don’t forget to always
be good.
*How I hate to leave my baby
and dear father and mother, broth
er and sister.
“Don’t grieve after me and I will
be with the angels in heavtn.
“So please don’t worry. You all
have been good to me, and Lon,
take good care of the children, tal*
to them and advise therm for the
best, and you be good and 1 want
you and them to take an interest
m {he church and live for God. and
1 want Paul to joii the church. • •
“So bye, bye.
“MAMA."
“Give Tommie some of my things
and tell her to use them.’’
Six Hundred Millions
Spent On Roads
During Past Year
The Bureau of Public Roads of
the United States Department of
High School girls, sung with the
exuberant sf-irit which always
characterize our youth, and a duct
Prohibition^ Dram, Beautifully re
ndered by Miss Ruth Redwineand'
Mrs.S. S. Perkins.
Instructive and Inspirational
were the quotations from Frances
Willard, in the given of which
many of the congregation parti
cipated.
Mrs. W. m. Hayes in a very log
ical, forceful and easy manner,
portrayed the life of Frances E.
Willard, the leader, teacher and
organizer. The hearers were
made to feel they had been brought
into vital touch with her the great
est woman who has ever lived.
Humorous but convincing in its
argument was the dialogue, Mo’s
Rebellion, by Miss Gertie Briltian
and Mr. Ralph Smith, two very
talented young people, and able
in the art of impersonation.
The memorial fund quiz by Mrs.
F. M. Stewart " as clear in its ex
planation of the celebration the
THE 1922 BOLL
WEEVIL PLIGHT
By \V. S. BURNS, County Agent.
VILLA RICA
Misses Hayzel and Mildred
Roberds spent the week end in
Carrollton.
The Delta Laboratory, which is
located near Tallulah Louisiana, is
now sending out to county,agents
information that it has gathered
about the present condition of the
mature boll weevils a s they are
coming out of their winter quart
ers. This information makes the-
cotton-grmvers proposition this
year look very serious indeed but
periods of dry weather during late
spring and early summer will be
an important factor in controlling
because it has been found that | Mrs. Will Huff of Atlanta spent
many dead weevils fall out of thelthe’week with her father. Mr. W.
moss during the winter and are
thus lost. The most striking fea
ture however, is the fact that the
records for this year shows more
than five times as many weevils
ill hib ernutiou as in Ibe highest
preceediug year since 1 !) 1 5.
These records are checked in
other ways, among the different
methods being a series of cages
located near Tallulah, Louisiana
the infectntion of the weevil, if j which are installed with a known
farmers will take into eonsidera-! number of live weevils each fall,
lion the'methods of direct and in-Alifferent types of sheter provided
direct fighting this insect in their
farm operations this year. The
boll weevil information is as fol
low; Cotton farmers.
Cotton farmers are busy argu
ing pro mid con the advisiblity of
mincing or increasing the cotton
acieage for 1022, but in the nume
rous argument quoted we seldom
see any mention made of one of
the most important factors which
should have a very positive in
fluence on the cotton program for
the coming season. This is the
prospect of boll weevil abundance
For quite a number of years the
Delta Laboratory of the Board of
Entomology, U. S. Department of
Agriculture has been making n
series of studies each season to
serve as a basis for predictiosur re
garding the severity of spring in
festation of boll weevils. The re
cord for 1922 have just been com
pleted and for comparison with
heavenly birthday of Miss Willard | these we have similliar records for
Rev. W. H. Clark and Prof, the past eight years,
Ramsey proved themselve adepts,
as usual wjtlnth'eir persuasive or
atory, giving vivib pibtureS of the
results of prohibition.
Nine new members honorary
and active, were received into the
Union and a liberal collection tak
on for the furtherance of this
great and worthy course.
Then followed a song by the
congregation, “Work to Win A
Million”, and the benediction by
Rev. W. H. Clark.
CENTRAL
Mr. andMrs. Jesse Lewis have
been visiting the lutters parents
Mr. ane Mrs. Wall Smith.
Mrs. Martin spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mrs. B. F.
Camp-
Misses Buvena and Grace Chap
man visited Miss Lula Gilland Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr. Harry Smith has been visit
ing his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Smith.
Rev. J.M. Hudlow filled his reg
ular appointment at Central Sat
urday and Sunday, not having
very large crowd because of bad
weather.
Mr. Ray Dickinson spent Satur
day night w ith Mr. '"'alter Dickin
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Dickinson and
family were Saturday night guests
of Mr. Crook Harper and family.
Yeager school is progressing
line under tte management of Mr.
Jay Camp and Mrs. MontrieShur-
burt.
Mrs. Maude Wilson and family
spent one day last week with Mrs.
Estelle Sibley.
Misses Buvena and Grace Chap
The number of boll weevils
emerging from hibernation each
spring depends on two things; the
number entering hibernation in
the fall and the percentage of
these surving, Last fall the majo-
rity of the cotton belt saw con
ditions which permitted an un
usually large number of weevils
to enter hibernation. The winter
weather has generally been ab
normally mild to date and the us
ual period of severe winter lias
passed although there is of course
still a bare change of temperatures
low enough to influence weevils
survival. Because of recent re
cord have more than verified this
expectation. These records are
made in a number of different
ways but the most comparitable
criterion is the figure based on
the number of live weevils found
hibernating in Spanish moss in
certain selected localities in Louis
iana each year. During the past'
few days we have examined over
3600 pound of Spanish moss from
15 different selected points repre
senting the different types of
and thesurvial of weevils in these
cages deturmined in the spring.
We have just completed an exam
ination of this series of cages and
find that these figures verify
those quoted in the moss exam
inations and show percentage of
survival to date to be much high
er than in past year.
In considering the significance
of these findings, it should be re
membered that while they mean
a very abnormally heavy emer
gence of overwintered weevils in
the coming syring they do not ne
cessarily mean that the weevil
damage this season will be great,
since it is possible that summer
weather conditions may be suffi-
cienly unfavorable to the weevils
to offset this heavy, early infes
tation, but tlie facts remains that
the farmers will start the cotton
crop under a tremendous handi
cap, and it is going to require ;
normal weather to produce a nor
null weevil damage. No 'man i
justified in gambling in such luck,
and the only sane course to pursue
is to anticipate a year of great
abundance of boll weevils and to
make all plans accordingly.
Everyone who has raised a few
eotton crops wi*h the weevil
realizes how the weevil outs down
the acreage he can handle per
plow and still make a crop Futli-
ermore, the more abundant the
weevils are, the less acreage he
can handle sucessfully and cert
ainly with the present prospects
the acreage per plow for 1922
should!) e reduced to an absolute
minnimum if the farmer is to ex-
perince any safty whatever
H. Black.
Mrs. Ertie Griffis spent the week
end with, friends in Carrollton.
Mrs. E. R. Clegboni was an At
lanta visitor Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Black, of
Douglusville spent n few days here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Black.
Mr. R.
Mr. Duard Austin spent Tues
day in Atlanta. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Folsom of
Carrollton spent Sunday flrith Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Griffis.
The many friends of Mrs. T. W.
Tolbert are grived to know of her
unexpected death, which occured
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Glen Wilson of Atlanta
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Janos Wilson.
We are glad to report Mr, Sam
Black doing nicley after under
going a serious operation for ap-
pedicite.
Mr Lee Pope was transacting
business in Carrollton Saturday.
Miss Ruby Smith of Atlanta
spent the week end with parfents
Mr, and Mrs. Morgan Smith,
Mr. E. R. Cleghorn was an At
lanta visitor Monday,
Mr. Ralph Chappell of Atlanta
spent the week end with his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Chapped
Misses Mamie Marchman and
orlune, of Lnw-
renceville Ga., a Gwinnett County
Farmer lias arrived in Douglas-
' ill, and will spend the next thirtv
days in organizing and signing up
members in the Georgia Cotton
Growers Co-operative Association
Number of the leading business
men. Bankers and Farmers of*
•Douglasville and immediate vicini
ty, having already signed the pool
ing contract.
Mr. Fortune will very likely
spen the next day and address the
farmers of Winston on next Fri
day, Maxell 3rd. Will be at Lit**
hia Springs on Saturday. Marche
4th. It is very important that
every farmer and business man
interested in the orderly and syts-
matic marketing of their cotton
attend these meeting and sign the
contract.
This movement depends after
all on the farmers themselves.
The work must be put over Ly
April 1st. The last call is being
extended to you. What has been
accomplished in Texas and Okla
homa. can be accomplished in
Georgia. More money for cotton.
W. C. T. U. Notes
HOBSON
Miss Ethel Kelsey spent the
week-end with Miss Ellen Morris,
Mrs. J. N. Morris spenttthe week
end with her daughter Mrs. Paul
ine Smith and her son Carl Mor
ris of near Chappell Hill.
.... , - , . i Mrs. Clyde Morris spent the
hibernation cond'tious found m week . end with her father Mr. A.
that district. Moss is carefully
examined anb the number of wee
vils both alive and dead are noted.
D. Smith.
Mr. Lige Bryant’s last Saturdry
m,; * ,, .. night was enjoyed by all that at
From this we compute the ratio tln ,i pH
I 1- 1 I1UCU.
of both dead and live weevils per
ton of moss, and past experience
has shown that this affords a very
fair index to the emergence which
may be expected. The following
table shows the figures for tha
Past eight year
_Live weevils Dead weevils
Agriculture estimate the total ex- man and Lula Gilland were Satur-
penditure for construction of roads day afternoon guests of Mr. aud
in the country in 1921 to be $900, Mrs A. D. Wilson.
0<>0,000. The sources of this fund
are approximately as follows: Mo
tor-vehicle revenue, 19 per cent;
State road bonds, 7 per cent; local
road bonds, 33 per cent; State
taxes aud appropriations, 12 per
cent; Federal aid, ■ 14 per cent;
conntv. ♦r"vn<:b'->, rinH district
taxes and assessments, 14 percent;
and miscellaneous 1 percent.
Little Miss Bula Gilland spent
Saturday night with herauntMrs.
H. O. white.
Mrs. John Thornton visited Mrs.
J. H. Tidwell Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Hugh Dorsett was a bed
time guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Wilson Satuaday night.
Miss Velma Brown -pent the
I week end with home folks.
year per ton of moss.
1915 10.0
414.0
1916
24.0
1H6.0
1917
8.0
144.0
1918
1.7
48-9
1919
4.0
53.0
1920
9.5
15.8
1921
22.0
26.0
1922
127.0
2.2
From theje figures it is seen
that we have far morj live wee-
Mr. Ether Reynold was in Doug
lasville Monday.
We are glad to report Mrs. H.
F. Hplland as being able to be up
after a very bad sPell of sickness.
The school ot this place is prog
ressing nicely under the manage-
mentofMrs. M. 1). Cappes, the
pupils of this school rendered a
very interesting program on Fri
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jennings
are on an extended visit * to rela
tives at East Point and Atlanta.
We noticed that the convicts of
Paulding County have been sent
to another county. I am satisfied
that a good majority of the tax
vils per ton of moss in sight now
than any time since these records
were started and only a very few
dead oues, Of course the records
on the pr-'sence of u~a'! we"vi ,t!
cannot be accepted as too accura'e
p ayers of Douglas would be glad
to hear that the convicts of this
county were sent to other parts.
Mr. Will Dorris, the chairman < f
the county commishioners, says i
is cootinor the county over three
dollars per day lo work i'-cr:.
the week end with her parents
Mr, and Mrs. Z. It. Boyd.
Miss Hellcu Biggers spent the
week end with her parents in
Bremen.
Messrs, Lawrance Cook and
Connally CaUier spent Sunday in
Atlanta.
MIDWAY
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Mr. and Mrs. Joiinie Belle gave
the young folks a party Saturday
night.
Rev. Gordon Rainwater of Bill
Arp visited Monroe Rainwater
last week.
Mr. Jeff Harden of Atlauta vis
ited home folks Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cunningham
of Atlanta visited relatives near
Midway Sunday.
Misses Nell Thomas and Louella
Holand visited their auut Mrs. C.
T. Hallman last week.
On account of his Baby girl be
ing sick Rev. Sparks failed to fill
bis appointment at Midway Suu.
Mr. Fincher has moved his saw
mill over to Mr. C. T. Hallmans
place near Midway.
The community at large, are
building a foot crossway on the
Byrnt Hickory road between Mon
roe Rainwaters and Ed James, so
the folks that walks will have a
better way.
following ladies constituted the
program.
L Tne New Challenge—Mrs.
Frank Winn. ,
2. Social and Personal Purity
—Mrs. J. A. Enterkin.
3. Unturished Womanhood—
Mrs. F. M. Stewart.
4. Stewardship of Parenthood
—Mrs. Ralph Morris.
After a short business session in
which nine members wore enrolled"
the hostess assited by Missis Lucile
and Nannie Kirby served clelicous
refreshments.
R. F. D. 4
(Last weeks letter)
Now we all knowthat there are lots
of men in trie county who would
be glad to work atone dollar per
day, which in a course of a year
would be a great saving to the
county. I am sure these men
would do just as much work in a
day as the convicts would do,
besides they would not cost tfie
countynuthing during rainey days,
I tell you there must be a change
made some how, some where.
Miss Pearl Campbell spent Tues
day with her sister Mrs. Carry.
The guest of Mrs. Daisy Hollis
Wednsday was Mrs. Anna Terry,
Mrs. Ruby Terry and Miss Jimmie
Lou Hollis and Miss Unice Pope.
The rook party given by Miss
Jimmie Lou Hollis Tuesday night
was injoyed by all present.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbut Wilson
spent Saturday night with their
mother Mrs. Harper.
Mrs. Anna and Mrs. Ruby Terry
.visited Mrs. W. J. Hollis Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Elma Baker and Miss Ruhy
Kilgore was in Douglasville Wed.
Mrs. Annie Mav Bomar has
moved to College Park.
Mrs. Ura Hollis spent Sunday
with her sister Mrs. Ruby Terry,
JUDGE McLARTY FOR SOLICITOR
GENERAL
We are authorized to say that at
the repue't of friends, Judge J. H.
McLarty will be a candidate for So
licitor General of the Tallapoosa Cir
cuit, in the primary to be held next
September- A formal announcement
will be made later., ..
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Mrs.J. J. Kirby was hostess to
the W. C. T. U- Monday afternoon
in spite of inclement weather con
ditions, a splended number were
presentand an enthusiastic meet
ing hm.
Mrs. W. H. Clark, Supentendant
Mary Paine spent the week end in j of the Department of Social mov-
Oxford with the Inters parents Mr, Ulity conducted the program,
and Mrs R. L, Paiita bringing out of 'his broad subject
Mr. B. W. Williams and son, ! great staggering truths to be faced'
Albert spent Wednesday in At-! Ewing food for thoughts suggest- '
l anta i ing possible remidies Jfor prevo-
! dent conditions in Social and mor-
Miss Ora Boyd of Atlanta spent a , ; ife The devotiona i by Mrs . G .
T. McLarty and papers read by the