Berrien-Wilcox County GaArchives News.....ABBEVILLE COLLEGE CLOSES May 30, 1902
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The Atlanta Constitution May 30, 1902
The Atlanta Constitution. May 30, 1902. Atlanta, Georgia. pg 4

ABBEVILLE COLLEGE CLOSES
Georgia Normal and Business School Ends Successful Year.
    Abbeville, Ga., May 29. -(Special.)-The fourth annual commencement of the 
Geor-gia Normal College and Business insti-tute closed here tonight. This was 
the most successful term in the history of the college and the number of 
graduates were greater than ever before.
    The halls of the college were crowded to its utmost capacity at every 
exercise to hear the speeches of the graduates. Those graduating in the 
commercial class are Addie Laura Collins, Webster, Fla,; R. F. Dowdy, Vance, 
Ga; Florence E. Huss, Franklin, Ohio; D. F. Burnett, Jr., Madison, Fla.; Ashley 
C. Snow, Abbeville, Ga.; Gertrude Blow, Ashburn, Ga.; James C. Story, 
Abbeville, Ga; A. M. Sykes, Wright, Ga.; Elijah R. Simmons, T. J. Townsend, 
Lake Butler, Fla.; R. D. How-ard, Patterson, Ga.; Lucius J. Clements, 
Millstown, Ga.; Alvin V. Sellers, Gra-ham, Ga.; Ralph F. Collins, Bushnell, Fla.
    Those graduating in the teachers' class are Mollie Lee Dorminey, Dormineys 
Mill, Ga.; S.S. Knight, Lake Butler, Fla.; Eunice Mc-Cullough, Melrose, Fla.; 
E. A. Rice, Du-pont, Ga.; Myrtle Baker, Abbeville, Ga.; Ida Irene Vause, Edgar, 
Fla.; W. O. Young, Leland, FLa.; Henry P. Smith, Simmons, Ga.; Lillie May 
Maynard, Ab-beville, Ga.; J. A. J. Pinholster, Brooks, Fla.; Bessie Clements, 
Milltown, Ga.; R. S. Johns, New River, Fla.; Theola Ruff, Fort White, Fla.; 
Lola Smith, Abbeville, Ga.; Murrel Futch, High Springs, Fla.; C. L. Cowart, 
Collins, Ga.; Joseph Coffin, Lake Butler, Fla.; H. D. Warnock, Le-land, Fla.
    Those graduating in the scientific classes are Carlotta L. Townsend, Lake 
Butler, Fla.; Sampie Smith, Shepperd, Ga.; M. L. Purcell, Glenville, Ga.; Maude 
Avant, Patterson, Ga.; E. F. Fender, Griggs, Ga; H. J. Dame, Homerville, Ga.; 
I. S. Smith, Simmons, Ga.; Louis Smith, Simmons, Ga.; Mary Lizzie Paxson, Ab-
beville, Ga.; W. E. Carter, Louis, Ga.; N. M.  Patten, Milltown, Ga.; W. B. Cor-
nelius, Homerville, Ga.; Mark L. Morril, Atlanta, Ga.
    The commercial graduates are Elijah R. Simmons, Citra, Fla.; John D. Dorm-
iney, Dormineys Mill, Ga.; Mark L. Mor-rill, Atlanta, Ga.; Helen S. Bomberg, 
Jasper, Fla.; S. F. Rogers, Abbeville, Ga.; L. M. Carter, Louis, Ga.; B. H. 
Dorminey, Dormineys Mill, Ga.; B. B. Maynard, Newton, Ga.; J. Louis McLeod, 
Abbeville, Ga.

Additional Comments:
1)Lucius J. Clements listed among the graduating class was a resident of Rays 
Mill (nka Ray City), Berrien county, Georgia 

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