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THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923
NO. 21
MRS. THOS. E. WATSON FOLLOWS
LAMENTED HUSBAND TO GRAVE
Passed Away Peacefully
Monday Night At Her
Home, “Hickory Hill”
After Lingering Illness.
Thomson and the surrounding com
munity is saddened by the death of
Mrs. Georgia Durham Watson, widow
of Senator Thos. E. Watson, who died
at her home “Hickory Hill” at eleven
o’clock Monday night ufter an attack
of acute diabetes.
Mrs. Watson’s death came unexpect
edly, although she had been in failing
health for several months. She became
severely ill Sunduy, however, and death
followed Monday night. When she pas
sed away Mrs. Julia Cliatt, her sister-
in-law; Mr. W. A Watson, her brother-
in-law; Mr. O. S. Lea, her son-in-law;
Mrs. J. F. Watson, sister-in-law, and
Mrs. J. D. Watson, her daughter-in-
law were at her bedside.
Mrs. Watson was one of those gentle,
beautiful characters whose generous
and loving nature has made her innum
erable adoring friends wherever she has
been. When suffering, want and heart
ache have been felt, “Miss Georgia”
has been a ministersng angel. Perhaps
there is no one that can estimate the
number that will miss her thoughtful,
helpful deeds. The town enjoyed her
support in every forward movement
and her influence assured the success
of many civic enterprises.
Mrs. Watson was the daughter of
Dr. George Durham, and was born near
Maxeys, Georgia, 66 years ago. She
was married to Mr. Watson in 1878
The three children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Watson, Louise, J. Durham Watson,
and Mrs. Agnes Lee preceeded them to
their graves. Two grand-children,
Miss Georgia Lee, daughter of Mr. 0.
S. Lee, and Miss Georgia Watson,
daughter of Mrs. J. D. Watson survive.
The funeral services were conducted
from the home Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. C. C. Kiser, assisted by Rev. J.
T. Robins being in charge. Interment
followed at the Thomson cemetery
where the remains were placed by the
grave of Senator Watson.
A large number of close friends and
relatives from out of-town attended the
funeral. Mr. O. S. Lee, of Atlanta,
Misses Georgia Watson and Georgia
Lee, came from school in Washington,
Mrs. Jennie Finley, of Decatur, Mr.
Fred L. Bridges, Mr. Pat Mell, Mr.
Walter Brown, of Atlanta, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Lokey, of Atlanta, Miss
Edna Cliatt, of Atlanta, Miss Eleanor
Cliatt, of Augusta, Major C. E. Mc
Gregor and Miss Tote and Gene Mc
Gregor, Dr. Ricketson, of Warrenton,
Mr. Massengale, of Norwood, Mrs.
Walter Lane, of Athens.
The surviving relatives are Mrs. J.
F. Watson and family, Mr. W. A.
Watson and family. Mrs. Julia Cliatt
and family, Mr. 0. S. Lee, Mrs. J. D.
Watson and Mrs. Jennie Finley, of
Decatur.
“Light House Nan”
Pleases.
“Light House Nan,” the play given
Thursday evening by members of the
high school pupils was a decided success
and members of the cast deserve full
praise on their initial appearance.
A large and enthusiastic audience
greeted the youthful actors. Each
member of the cast deserves personal
mention for it would be hard to discrim
inate as to “who was who” in picking
the superlative.
A. B. Houston, as “John Enlow,”
was a most genteel old gentleman and
so distinguished looking. Marion Anch
ors and Mattie Sue Perry as “Mr. and
Miz Buzzer” were splendid in the char
acter parts, and Marion really can’t
have too much said about him. Erbie
Hunt, as a British Aristocrat, made a
character part of “Sir Arthur Choke.”
Really if the English highbrow is like
Erbie portrayed him Ambassacor Har
vey no doubt finds them congenial com
pany. Lucille Farmer as “Hon. Sura
Choke,” made a lovely English lady.
Ben Neal is a good looking boy, but as
“Injun Jim,” he was a bad looking
hard-boiled man. Mary Smalley, as
“Hortnese Enlow” was fine.
We have never seen Mury Pickford
and Rudolph Valentino play opposite
euch other, but Rebecca Guye us “Nan”
and Allen Anchors as “Ned Blake”
give us an idea of the combination.
Mary and Ruddie had best look to their
laurels if Rebecca and Allen take them
selves seriously.
The double quartette rendered sever
al beautiful selections, and Miss Nolan,
of McDonough, and Mrs. Ward delight
ed with two enjoyable numbers.
The folk dance was admirably ex
ecuted und Eleanor Binns and Lamar
Palmer too cute for words.
In fact, the evening was a decided
success.
YOUNG NEGRO MAN IS
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Claude Bloomfield, a young negro
about 18 years of age, was accidentally
killed Tuesday afternoon about five o’
clock by Eli Bullard, a young white
man about the same age.
Both the participants in the tragedy
were employed on the farm of Dr. G.
1. Neal south of Thomson, which is op
erated by Mr. M. H. Perry. During
the heavy rain Tuesday afternoon late,
they had gone to the house and were
frolicking in one of the rooms where
there were two shot guns. It seems
the young fellows were snapping the
guns alternately at each other, being
unaware that one of them contained a
shell. At first the boys played with the
empty gun, but later the one with the
shell in it inadvertently fell into the
hands of Bullard, and instead of snap
ping, the gun fired, the load striking
Bloomfield just below the heart, killing
him instantly.
There being eye witnesses to the kill
ing, no inquest was held. At the pre
liminary trial Friday morning Bullard
was bound over under $100 bond.
Rising Value
Of Timber
Short Items Of
Local Interest
Club Meeting.
Farm Boys And Girls
Earn Money.
Several seed houses have offered to
buy Dallas Grass seed through County
Agents at 25cts a pound. This seed is
usually imported and any boys or girls
on farms in McDuffie who want to earn
some money can do so gathering these
seed through the summer.
Burr clover is another seed that sells
well and would pay farm children for
the trouble of gathering during their
vacation. They usually sell at Sets a
pound.
Persons desiring further information
see E. P. Drexel, County Agent.
The last meeting of the Woman’s
club for the fiscal year was held Thurs
day afternoon. As yet but few of the
department chairmen have rendered
complete reports of the things accom
plished during the year thus making it
impossible to have a complete summary
of club work of the year.
Report from the Biennial Convention
in Atlanta were made by Mrs. Farmer
and inspiration from the big women
workers was felt in the report.
Plans for sewing classes taught by
Miss Maude Green were discussed and
Mrs. Morris offered to teach small chil
dren sewing during the summer, assis
ted by Mrs. Farmer.
A full report on club work will be
made next week.
Shippers of Thomson are feeling the
press of high freight rates again. Just
about the time things look a little en
couraging for the farmers and others
who patronize the roads, something
has to bob up
Mrs. Julia Cliatt is having her home
place, corner Jackson and Millen streets
remodeled, the improvement of which
will add much to the appearance of that
resident section.
Other hard rains during the week
further retards the work on farms
around Ihomson. Those who keep u;
with the showers have to work fust,
but there is no doubt about plenty of
moisture and sunshine making things
grow.
Recent heavy rains have again torn
up the sidewalks that were so neatly
fixed in some places. Too large a vol
ume of water in certain drains makes
it almost impossible to keep the street
intersections in repair. So muen water
collects on Green way street, for in
stance, during a bard rain that the
whole street is flooded, therefore would
require an immense reservoir to carry
it off. It is suggested that a smail
canal through the center of town would
be the only means of taking care of the
water at certain periods.
Farm News.
Sterling Gibson, Jr., recently bought
a young Guernsey bull to improve his
herd
Good blood with a production record
book of it will make dairy profit rise.
Free Motion Pictures.
An afternoon matinee for farmers
will be given at the Palace Theater on
Thursday, May 24th showing pictures
on poultry and forestry. Begins at 3
P. M. Only one showing.
Relief Not to Be Shaken.
I am positive I have a soul; nor can
all the books with which materialist*
have pestered the world ever convince
ate to the contrary.—Sterne.
Beautiful Services At
Baptist Church.
Sunday services at the Baptist
church were given over to observance
of Mother’s Duy at the morning hour,
when the Baraca class gave a program
appropriate to mother.
Songs and readings constituted the
features of the program, with a closing
song by the Baraca class, “Home,
Sweet Home.”
Rev. Mr. Kiser preached an able
sermon appropriate to Mother’s Day,
one of the best ever heard in the pul
pit of that church. Both the Sunday
school and preaching attendance was
good.
Poultry Sale Light.
The poultry sale held at Thomson
May 16th, brought in a light tonnage,
2309 pounds for a total of $506.78. Fry
ers borught 38c pound; hens 21c pound
and roosters 9c pound.
Harlem loaded 2669 pounds and Madi
son 5894 pounds into the same car.
The poultry was sold to Risser &
Rabinowitz, of Philadelphia. Messrs.
T. L. Asbury, District Agent, and D.
H. Upshaw. Agricultural Agent of the
Georgia Railroad, and J. M. Turner,
County Agent of Columbia county, as
sisted at the sale.
Madison made an outstanding show
ing because of her purebred chickens
and incubators hatching chicks when
prices are high and the good stock
growing fast when fed.
June 15th will be the last sale until
fall.
Memorial Plans
Will Be Delayed
It is quite likely that plans outlined
for the Thomas E. Watson memorial
will be deluyed on account of the death
of Mrs. Watson. While she had given
verbal assent to the use of the library,
her death leaves it in other hunds, the
status of which will have to be ascer
tained before any other steps can be
taken.
Mr. W. C. McCommons, chairman of
the committee having the memorial in
charge, was making preparations to get
the members of his committee tegether
and proceed at once to the organization
state-wide memorial committee, but
efforts will be suspended for the pres
ent, it is understood.
1 he value of timber and particularly
pine timber, say the State College of
Agriculture und the U. S. Forest Ser
vice, is going up notch by notch so that
standing timber has come to be a good
investment. Unlike ordinary farm
crops, standing timber does not depre-
ciate rapidly in quality or spoil, provid
ed fires are kept out. The demand for
lumber varies in an up-and-down fash
ion, but unlike any other of Georgia’s
products of the soil the value of stand
ing timber gradually goes up and up.
The North imports most of its timber
and the South has been supplying most
ot it. Now the old forest growth pine
is nearly exhausted and the second-
growth und old field pine is going out
rapidly.
Owners of standing timber may sell
if they wish, but the public is warned
by the State and Federal authorities
not to be misled about the alleged fall
ing-off in prices when the present
bought timber is cut. Such a thing as
a falling in value in the face of the in
creasing demand and continued deple
tion of supply is illogical and extreme
ly unlikely.
Where will our own farms and towns
get the lumber they are going to need
for new houses and barns five to ten
years hence? New buildings will sure
ly be needed and the lumber with which
to build them should all come off our
farms and not be shipped in from some
where most likely the Pacific Coast.
No citizen who wishes well for this
or any other county of Georgia would
like to see it stripped cleun of its tim
ber. There will always be sawmills
here that will want your timber, and in
a year or more will be bidding against
each other to get it Fertile sake of
your pocket-books and for the wellfare
of the county, owners of standing tim
ber can well afford to hold some of their
timber. The conservative cutting of
mature timber is legitimate and should
be a source of profit to both buyer and
seller.
Urge the sawmill man cutting your
timber to preserve all young timber
and in addition two busby-topped moth
er seed trees on each acre, so as to get
a complete and quick re-setting of
pines. Next, keep out fires at all times
and just sit by and watch the little
pines grow and do their best to bring
you wealth from land that otherwise
would be idle and a source of expense
rather than of farm income. Keep
every acre working—no idle land on the
farm.
WHITEOAK NEWS
Violet.
Mr. and Mrs. John Streetman dined
with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neal Sun
day.
Miss Love Morris returned home Sat
urday from Atlanta where she has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Creech.
Miss Mildred Reese spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Sirley Morris.
Mr. and Mrs. Willingham spent Sun
day with Mrs. Rice Erwin.
By the way, the 16th of May was
Miss Lillian Pearson’s birthday. Who
can guess her age.
Mrs. W. A. Wilson was called to the
bedside of her son Wilbur, who bus
been quite sick with measles. We are
glad to report him much better and she
has returned home.
Mrs A. M. Bailey spent a short while
Monday afternoon with Mrs. J, E.
Pearson.
Little Dudley Fulbright spent Satur
day night and Sunday with his grand
mother, Mrs. E. E. Dudley.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morris and
Miss Muy Morris spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Morris of near
Thomson.
Mr. John Allen Cason spent Sunday
with Harris Cason and Horace Pearson.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Ansley and family
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jones
McNair near Blythe, Ga.
Mr. und Mrs. Walter Fulbright dined
with Mrs. E. E. Dudley and family
Sunday.
We always welcome the visitors to
our Sunduy School and hope to see
them often. Come out next Sunday,
we want to plan a picnic for the Sunday
School, know the young people will like
that.
Our League is improving, have about
thirty-five members who are doing good
charitable work wherever it is needed.
We are always glad to see Middleton
news, write often.
HIGHWAYS AID TO PROGRESS
Conditions of Living improved In City
and Country by Better
Transportation.
WINFIELD NEWS
Do You Know That:
When It I* Too Late.
How much more happiness there’d be
In this world if a girl developed cold
feet before marriage. Instead of after
wards.—From London Opinion.
Speech Without Backing.
A gentleman that loves to hear him
self talk, and will speak more in a
minute than he will stand to in a
month.—Shakespeare.
The Lame Ducks.
The hardest part of running for of
fice Is the limping home.—Boston Her-
•m
Dies Suddenly.
Mrs. Bertie Boggs, living in East
Ihomson died at 11:30 Saturday night.
Mrs. Boggs had seemed to be in very
good health and had retired for the
night. She was seized with a spell of
coughing and called her mother, she
grew worse and her husband and friends
called Dr. Sterling Gibson, when the
doctor arrived Mrs. Boggs was huving
convulsons and in a few minutes passed
away. She was only sick about twenty-
five minutes. She was 31 years of age.
She leaves a husband, A. M. Boggs;
two children, Flora aged 12 and Helen
aged 2; a mother, Mrs. N. F. Hudlow,
of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Mollie
Ray, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Doshie
Leach, of Scottdale, Ga.
Funeral services were held Monday
from the home and interment was at
Sweetwater cemetery, Rev. R. P. Gill
officiating. R. P. G.
An acre well set with pines in Mc
Duffie county is growing from 300 to
400 board feet of timber every year.
Timber makes no noise about growing
but it grows rapidly in Middle Georgiu.
An acre of well set pine is making
the owner a profit of $1.00 to $3.00
yearly, or more than an investment in
U. S. Bonds. Timber brings good
money.
By requiring your timber to be cut
rightly, leaving the young timber, and
protecting your lands from fire, Mc
Duffie county can grow and cut a crop
of 50 million to 76 million board feet of
timber yearly, and bring into the coun
ty more than a million dallars a year
in perpetuity.
Death Of Mrs. J. B.
Lamkin.
Bathing Pool.
Mr. J. M. Hayes has opened his bath
ing pool at his home near Thomson,
and invites those desiring a swim to
avail themselves of the privilege.
Mrs. J. B. Lamkin, of Evans, Colum
bia County, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Davenport in
North Augusta Sunday night about
nine o’clock, after a long illness.
The deceased was well known und
loved in Thomson where she has a large
number of relatives and close friends.
The funeral services were conducted
at the Baptist church in North Au
gusta and interment followed in the
Sunset Hill cemetery Monday afternoon
at 5 o’clock.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
J. B. Davenport, of North Augusta,
Mrs. Walter Lamkin, of North Augus
ta, Mrs. Parker Smith, of Elberton;
and one son, Mr. Hugh Lamkin, of
Evans.
Relatives from Thomson attending
the funeral Monday were, Mrs. Eva
Hardaway, Miss Cora O’Neal, Mrs. Ira
Brinkley, Mrs. F. N. Ware, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. W'ilson, Jr., Printup and
Boykin Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Downing
and family, Mrs. Cora Harrison, Mrs.
J. B. Samuels.
Those attending quarterly meeting
at Dunn’s Chapel from Winfield were,
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sims, Mrs. A. D.
Dozier, Mr. L. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Smith, Mr. O. Smith, Misses An
nie Laurie Griffin, Marion Griffin, Mar
garet Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. Bohler,
of Leah.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Dozier spent
Sunduy with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. L,une.
Mr. Albert Dozier visited Mr. Rad
Story Sunduy.
Misses Ruby Avrett, Annie Laurie
Griffin, Marion Griffin and Margaret
Smith will be visitors in Thomson dur
ing commencement.
Misses Annie Laurie Griffin and
Marion Griffin were guests of Miss
Juliu Farr Sunday.
Miss Margaret Smith will leave
Thomson Suturday to visit friends in
Union Point, Atlanta and LaGrange.
Mr. Hunter Dozier has returned
from the hospital in Augusta where he
had slight operations. His friend*
wish him a speedy recovery.
The members of the community club
are requested to have a full attendance
at next club meeting. The officers for
the following year will be elected. Miss
Huslett will give a demonstration on
Home Dyeing, and a social hour will
follow. Mrs. G. W. Paschal's commit
tee will serve and have charge of en
tertainment.
Intermediate League•
Hymn, “Saviour More Than Life To
Me.
Barbecue Postponed.
On account of the funeral of Mrs.
...Thomas E. Watson occurring Wednes-
v, On- day, the barbecue planned by the East-
ly a small fee is charged and a very de-, ern Stars for Wednesday was postpon-
lightful afternoon muy be spent in this ed to next Tuesday, May 22nd. All
I way. * reservations will be good for that date.
Announcement of Subject.
Scripture Lesson, James 2:14-16.
Song, “Jesus Included Me.”
The Fruits of Faith, Lula Lassiter.
How Moses Showedjhis Faith, Helc-n
Broome.
Quartette.
A Missionary Teaching this Lessor,
Rebecca Guye.
Song, “One by One. ”
The Faith and Works of Recent Con
verts.
Piano Solo, Mildred Turner.
Sentence Prayers.
League Benediction.
Qualified for Any Sphor*.
No girl is a wall flower who know*
how to make a man believe she be
lieves what he t-ells her about himself.
—Harrisburg Telegraph.
A few yenrs ago the sight of a man
In overalls and a straw lmt hard at
work with the hoe was convincing evi
dence that he was a fanner. Store
clothes bespoke the city dweller.
Times and the road have changed.
Highway transport is sending the city
man out to the country ut the close of
his day’s work and bringing the farmer
and his family Into town. The old dis
tinctions are passing and the cartoon
ist of the future will have to look to
a new type for his characters.
Public recognition of the social In
fluence of highway transport has been
perhaps the outstanding development
of the last year. The second national
conference held by the highway edu
cation board served to crystallize opin
ion which has been growing steadily,
and many are studying the Influence of
the motor vehicle on the sociological
as well as the economic problems of
the day.
It Is no longer necessary to talk in
general terms. We are beginning to
obtuln specific evidence of the Influ
ence of highway transport upon life
in this country, writes Roy D. Ohapin,
vice president of the National Automo
bile Chamber of Commerce In the Mil
waukee Sentinel. Definite traffic
studies now under way under the di
rection of the bureau of public roads
indicate clearly the flow of commodi
ties from farm to market and from
market to market.
Economic studios by the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
disclose a growing use of the vehicle
by the laboring class and a consequent
decrease In their overhead costs of
living through homes taken farther out
In the country.
Intimations of unprecedented sub
urban developments are seen In the in
clination of the man who lives In the
city to get out far enough to have a
home of his own and a plot of grass for
his children.
The task which remains Is one of de
veloping the vast network of highways
necessary to complete communication.
Broad financial policies must be laid
down to Insure an expedited but effi
cient program of expenditure. Cen
tralized control is essential in order
that there may he a proper relation
between the possible enrnlng power of
the road and the cost of the construc
tion and maintenance.
The construction of highways Is of
benefit not alone to those of us who
are paying the taxes today, but to
those who will follow. If we are to
have the roads in our lifetime we must
predicate our initial outlay In many In
stances upon serial bond Issues which
will give us and our children the road
at a reasonable rental for its use.
Property values, whether In the city'
or country, are definitely affected by
highway Improvement and If we ure to
proceed soundly from a financial stand
point the full property power of the
state should be thrown behind state
bond Issues.
The road user should be willing to
pay all of the costs of maintaining the
highway, not so much as a matter of
principle as because his operating
costs will be directly Influenced by the
quality of the highway on which he is
driving, and when all Is said and done
the motor vehicle fee offers the most
direct protection to the state’s invest
ment In the highway, because It Is an
annual revenue and can, be directed
against an annual charge.
Any use of motor fees which deflects
funds from this fundamental use is
vicious and should not be counte
nanced.
It Is also Important that county
systems bear some relation to state
Improvement, ns otherwise the less im
portant highway might be improved at
the expense of the more Important—as
stated In terms of traffic, the only fair
measure.
GOOD ROADS ARE ESSENTIAL
Without Improved Highway* Govern-
ment Could Not Carry Out Duties
Imposed Upon it.
Scotch Capital Behind the Time*.
Edinburgh has 7,879 one-roomed
bouses, some of which are occupied
by two families numbering five or more
persons In all.
Garland W. Powell, assistant na
tional director of the American Le
gion, points out that without good
roads, and the proper use of the motor
vehicle, the federal government could
not successfully carry out some of the
duties Imposed upon it by statute. Mr.
Powell suggests that, as a result of
Improved highways, the people are
brought In closer touch with business,
social, educational and governmental
affairs, that the rural free delivery
service is made possible and those on
farms and in far-away places are n<*
longer compelled to live a life of
isolation.
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