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The Ellaville Sun  Friday, July 1, 1938  Vol. 2, No. 1


MRS. MURRAY LOOKS FORWARD TO MEET Mrs. Munro Murray of
Ellaville, one of the oldest and most faithful members of
Philippi Primitive Baptist Church, looked forward hopefully
Thursday to being able to attend the Saturday session of the
three-day communion meeting.  Mrs. Murray, widow of Elder
Munro Murray who served for 29 years and was its pastor when
he died in 1929, says she has missed very few meetings since
she began attending 70 years ago.  She has either carried or
sent dinner to Sunday service of "July meeting" practically
every year for the past 65 years.


PHILIPPI BAPTISTS RETAIN OLD FAITH 102 Year-Old Church Host
to Annual Three-Day Meeting, Opening Today; Principles and
Customs of Historic Church Are Told in Interview with Its
Pastor

(Editor's Note:  Here is a story of abiding faith, and we
are presenting it with the reverence such a story demands.
Material was obtained by an interview with Elder S.H.
McCorkle of Ellaville who approved the article in its
published form as authentic and sincere.)

Men and women of great and small belief flock to historic
Philippi Primitive Baptist church near here today (Friday)
for the opening of the traditional three-day "July communion
meeting" of worshippers who hold fast to the deep faith and
sincere simplicity of their forefathers who established the
church 102 years ago.

The major event of the church program for the year, meeting
annually attracts hundreds of denomination members and
interested persons from a wide area.

Elder S.H. McCorkle of Ellaville, the pastor, has invited
Elder M.A. Hall of Arabi, Ga., and Elder W.H. Hancock of
Macon to assist in conducting the meeting.

Services will begin each morning at 10 o'clock and dinner
will be served on the grounds Sunday at noon.

Gasoline and highways and streamlining, destroyers of
countless rural churches, schools and general stores, have
neither altered the simple rituals of these staunch people
nor lessened their reverence for the deep convictions and
lasting faith of their ancestors.

Significant and striking is the Primitive Baptist minister's
complete reliance upon "the help of God" for his sermons.

"In my nine years as a pastor, I've preached about 1800
sermons," declared Elder Hassell McCorkle, "I never prepared
an outline, or made any notes.  I simply read a passage from
the Bible, and take a text.  To preach the gospel I rely
solely on the help of God and the reading of the Bible.

The light-haired, 40 year-old pastor said he did not know of
a Primitive Baptist preacher who did otherwise.

Constitution of the church and practice forbid use of
musical instruments but congregational singing of old-time
hymns is an important part of all services.

Custom dictates that the brethren sit on the right hand side
of the church and the sisters on the left, but this is not a
rule and sometimes is not carried out, explained Elder
McCorkle.

Climax in Sacredness The meeting reaches its climax in
sacredness on Sunday with the profoundly moving communion
supper and footwashing ceremonies.  "Close communion" is
strictly observed and members of other denominations are not
allowed to take part.

The pastor breaks the bread and pours the wine.  Prayer
pleading that the act may be blessed is offered.

"Then the brethren and sisters gird themselves with towels
and begin to wash each others feet," said Elder McCorkle.
"Common wash basins are used and both feet are bathed."

"We do this as an act of humility.  We do it because we feel
it right.  We get a happiness and joy from it that we can't
get anywhere else."

Prayer appealing for Divine guidance is said.  The people
burst into song, joining in such time-tested hymns as
Amazing Grace.  Sweeping emotion marks the service.  Many
cry, sometimes there is shouting.

Followers of other creeds, or no creed at all, witnessing
the service for the first time often are so stirred by its
sacredness that they cannot restrain tears.

"After the service," continued the Philippi pastor, "we
Strike hands as a token of love and appreciation.  This time
we extend an invitation to everybody who is present to take
part."

Acquaintanceships Renewed This service usually is held
during the forenoon, and ends the annual meeting.  Dinner
time comes late, no sooner than 1 o'clock.  Basket lunches
are spread and the fellowship of the gathering takes on a
note of added wholesomeness.  Scores of people annually
choose this day for "homecoming" in order to visit relatives
and renew old acquaintances.

Love of the Almighty and of a man for his neighbor does not
stand alone in these throngs---the love of a boy for a girl
shares interest.  Down through the decades, particularly
during the wagon and buggy eras, courtships have flamed.
And, members recall, many have gone the long way to the
altar.

The weather-beaten house of worship has a history almost as
old as the church itself.  It was erected many years before
the War between the States as a two-story compartment
structure, one side being for the use of slaves.  After the
war, the building was reduced to its present size and negro
affiliations ended.  

Philippi is one of the ten churches comprising the Upatoie
Primitive Baptist Association. (Transcriber's note:  The
church minutes reveal that the "negro affiliations" did not
end until the mid to late 1880's and the result was the
establishment of Rocky Hill Primitive Baptist church by &
for the blacks.)


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 Funeral services for Mrs.
Safronia Morrison, 76, were conducted from Ellaville
Methodist church on the morning of July 4.  Mrs. Morrison
died July 3 after a long period of declining health.  The
former Miss Safronia Hixon, she was married to Hugh Morrison
in 1857.  He was killed in the War Between the states in
1864 and she became the bride of John Morrison in 1871.  He
died several years ago.  Survivors include a son, E.H.
Morrison, and a daughter, Mrs. T.A. Tondee.


THREE SCHLEY BOYS ENLIST FOR CCC DUTY Three Schley county
youths will report at Columbus July 9 for enlistment in the
Civilian Conservation Corps.  They are J.W. Taylor, Kelly
and Henry Moulton, the latter being an alternate.


OLD PAPER RELATES HISTORIC JULY 4 TWIN BILL OF 1910 Out of
the yellowed files of the clerk's office in the county
courthouse comes the report of a highly organized and
efficient baseball team composed of local talent that was a
nemesis to competition throughout this section during the
early part of the century.

The outfit of 1910 was considered the ace of the strongest
of the lot by the baseball minded public of the day, the old
papers state.  According to the experts of the year the
local crew had no weak spots and was the most balanced unit
in this territory.

It was a hot fourth of July day in nearby Buena Vista 28
years ago and the climax to a day of celebration was to be a
baseball game between the towns of Ellaville and Buena
Vista.

The following news story of the event in the weekly issue of
July 5 relates rather vividly the activities of the
struggle:

"On Monday, July 4, the Ellaville ball team composed of
Tucker Rainey, Hudson Burt, Arthur Murray, Lon Tison, Clate
Wall, Cull Rainey, Clyde Hill, Charlie Stewart, Watson
Rainey and Haynes Collins went up to Buena Vista for a
double header.

The morning game was short and snappy, going seven innings
and resulting in a tie, the score of 1 and 1.  It was
reported that the game was called on account of the dinner--
-but nothing to it---B.V. saw their finish and said "lets
stop."  Burt was on the delivery wagon and handed B.V. a
continual line of hot shot throughout---they couldn't reach
him.

There was something doing all the time, both teams putting
an excellent article of ball.

The second game was called at 3:45.  There was a good crowd
of rooters for the B.V. boys but we had some too.

The game was full of pep and made us think of a good fight.

Tucker Rainey behind the plate caught a sweet game---Arthur
Murray played the best we have ever had the pleasure of
seeing in a long time.  Lon Tison on second played that base
as it has never been played by a farmer.  Clate Wall made us
think of sweet days of long ago when the big boys used to
make Buena Vista take to the woods.

Hudson Burt was the cat of the day, he played first base to
perfection.  The B.V. boys said he learned it up there---but
he didn't.

Cull Rainey in left was there when the lick was needed.
Watson Rainey in center played a swell game of ball.
Charley Stewart in right was the candy kid of the day.  He
got on first in some way every time he went to bat.  He
tried to get hoggish and steal every base that was up there.

Nobody scored until the 10th inning came about.  Ellaville
scored two in the first of the 11th and Buena Vista came
back and scored two herself.

Things went in one, two, three order until the 16th inning
when Buena Vista made the winning run by a hit and wild
throw.

We are sorry these Ellaville knockers didn't get these two
games.  But they will---we are going to get Buena Vista down
here next week and we will show them some ball.

There is class in that Ellaville team."


HOSPITAL NOTES Lucille Parks underwent a tonsillectomy at
Boyette's Clinic Monday.


ALERT, EFFICIENT CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS COVER COUNTY Eight
alert and efficient correspondents gather society and
personal items for The Sun each week.  They are Miss Evelyn
Souter, Ellaville; Miss Myrtice Strange, Andrew Chapel; Miss
Carolyn Lawhorn, Concord; Miss Eugenia Snipes, Hopewell;
Mrs. C.B. Barnes, Ebenezer; Mrs. M.C. Murray, Midway; Miss
Louise DeVane, Poplar Ridge, and Mrs. O.M. Athon, Lowe.  All
but the last three have been with the paper since it was
founded.


INTERESTING, VALUABLE METHODIST CHURCH HISTORY IS REVEALED
IN RARE BIBLE RECORDINGS OF 1866 Account of Lightning Bolt
Death of Pastor in '67 Told in Jottings A yellowed bible of
the late Mrs. Sallie Bivens Hixon, owned by her daughter,
Mrs. Emma Jett Walters of Ellaville, bares much valuable and
unrecorded history of the local Methodist church.

Most interesting of the church history told in handwriting
faded by 72 years of aging is of the death by a lightning
bolt of the Rev. John F. Berry.  The tragedy occurred Sept.
5, 1866 only a short time after he had returned from
preaching a sermon at the Ellaville church.  Mrs. Hixon
showed modern-day reportorial instinct in writing down his
last exit.

Her notes add four years to the only known record of
ministers who have served the local circuit.  This newspaper
published six months ago a list owned by R.S. Greene of
Andrew Chapel which began in 1860.  Mrs. Hixon named pastors
from 1856 to 1867.

The article found in the back of the bible follows:

"Sept. 10, 1866----This day I will set down the names and
the years of our preachers which rode our circuit.  So far
as I can remember.  1856---Mr. Cooper part of the year and
for bad behavior was superseded by Mr. Singleton.  1857---
Messrs. Wardlaw and J.W. Reynolds.  1858---Messrs. George
and John Bright.  God loving and consistent Christians.
1859---Mr. John Bright was alone.  He was the same when last
he came to us.  1860---Mr. O'Driscoll, an Irishman, but I
think one of the best men.  1861---We were blest with the
same God-fearing Christian.  1862-63---Benjamin F.
Breedlove.  Quite a revivalist and saved many souls.  1864-
65---and a part of '66.  We had Mr. John F. Berry, owing to
an invasion of the federal soldiers, our conference could
not meet, so we had him three years.

Sept. the 5th, 1866, soon after returning from the church
there came a peal of lightning and thunder and he was
instantaneously taken from his earthly toil to his glorious
Redeemer on high.  This last sermon was preached from the
book of Judges, fifth chapter and first clause of the
thirty-first verse.  And glorious it was to him, gloriously
he lived, victoriously he died.

The scripture reference was "So let all thine enemies
perish, O Lord."  Remainder of the verse was "but let them
that love Him be as the son when He goeth forth in His
might.  And the land had rest forty years."


SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan There is an old, old story
of the negro preacher who threatened from the pulpit to
disclose during the service the name of a man who had been
courting another's wife, unless the guilty one put $5 in the
collection plate.  And of course, there were a mass of five
spots and three ones to which there was a note pinned,
promising the remaining two right away.

Well, last Friday we carried an innocent little item
reporting that a correspondent wrote in to suggest
publication of a paragraph about a man of his community
becoming so interested in his community that he couldn't
stop long enough to go to church.  We acknowledged the note
with thanks, but explained too many of our subscribers might
be offended. end # 1



The Ellaville Sun  Friday, July 8, 1938  No. 2

ELSIE RAINEY REGAINS VOICE AFTER FOUR MONTHS' LOSS Elsie
Rainey regained her voice, subdued to a whisper for four
months, while asking a Washington, D.C. street car operator
a question last week.  Miss Rainey, who will be a high
school senior here next fall, lost her voice in March while
cheering at a high school basketball game.  She went to
Washington several weeks ago for medical attention.  Four
electrical treatments were attributed as the cause of her
voice being regained.  Several doctors in Georgia and
members of her family had been alarmed over the long lapse
of speech and some had expressed fear her voice might be
permanently impaired.


SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan WITH BEST WISHES Slices of
our weekly birthday cakes go to:  J.T. Phillips, July 3;
Miss Elizabeth Tondee, July 7; Harold Raley, July 10; Marie
Phillips, July 14; Mrs. C.B. Barnes, and Homer Jones, July
16; Juliette Strange, July 13; and Jimmie Hogg, July 8.

A VALUED FRIEND GOES The Sun lost one of its best friends
last Friday when Mrs. Simpson Jones, one of the county's
most beloved women, died after a lingering illness.

Entering her family's subscription to the paper several
hours after the first issue appeared, she not only supported
the publication, but spread much good will in its behalf.
We ever felt grateful for her unusual interest.

On May 20, Mrs. Jones received statewide publicity for her
remarkable record of patronage of the Ellaville public
school.  The opening paragraph of the story, first appearing
in this column, read, "The benediction at Monday evening's
graduation program will end 37 years of uninterrupted
patronage of the Ellaville school by Mrs. Simpson Jones.

"Then the aged woman will have seen seven children and two
grand children complete their school careers, having been a
patroness of the local school every year she has lived in
Schley County.

She and her late husband moved here from Harris County 37
years ago and immediately entered a child in school.  When
the last of seven children finished, grandson, Walter Jones,
Jr., enrolled.  And Monday night her grand daughter, Miss
Charlotte Jones will be graduated.

THERE IS A SUPERSTITION Riding along the highways and byways
these hot summer days one constantly sees butterbean and pea
hulls scattered in the middle of the roads.  Why?  Just the
most convenient method of disposal?  Oh, no.  There is a
superstition that this keeps the vines bearing.


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 Mrs. D. Kleckley of
Oglethorpe died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Williams
Wednesday, July 9.  She came here for a visit last week and
underwent an operation on Saturday.

Mrs. Ples DeVane died at her home in Columbus June 7.  The
former Miss Mary Myrick, she was born and reared in Hopewell
community.

Lightning struck a barn at the J.C. King farm July 4,
killing two mules.


SUNRISE PARAGRAPHS by Raymond Duncan A person is a blood
relative, or half of the marital partnership, when he thumbs
a stack of ten Sunday newspapers and tells you he only wants
to read the section you are reading.

An automobile is a contraption that gives 12 miles to the
gallon when a man is filling an expense account and 20 when
he is comparing mileage with the boys on the corner.

A wife is a person who will change her outspoken opinion
after finding it is shared by her husband.


CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere appreciation
for the many acts of kindness shown us and floral offerings
sent us by our many friends during the recent long illness
and death of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. Simpson N.
Jones.  We also wish to thank Dr. L.S. Boyette and Mrs.
Thomas Slappey, the nurse, for their services. The Jones
Family.


MURRAY'S POND IS SCENE OF DELIGHTFUL PICNIC JULY 4 Murray's
Pond was the scene for a delightful picnic Monday.  Among
those attending were:  Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Murray, Edwards
Murray, Miss Katherine Gilbert of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. C.C.
Williamson and daughter Mary Burnam, Mr. and Mrs. H.W, Hogg
and sons, Dixon and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Hill, Mrs. R.E.
Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Mauldin and daughter Joanna; Mr.
and Mrs. H.W. Mauldin and son H.W., Jr., of Atlanta, Dr. and
Mrs. T.W. Wilson and children, Tom and Susanne, Mr. and Mrs.
E.C. Rigsby, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Richardson, Ann Stevens,
Mrs. M.C. Hill, Mrs. Marcus Perry, Major and Mrs. Harold
Head, Betty Jean Head, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Harden, Miss Sarah
Harden and Mrs. Ruth Walters of Atlanta.


NINETY TOMORROW George W. Johnson of Schley County, who
served as a guard at Andersonville prison during the War
Between the States when he was a lad of 15, becomes 90 years
old Saturday, July 9.  Born in Sumter county in 1848, he
moved to Andrew Chapel community of Schley County when a
very young man.  He now makes his home with his three
children, a daughter, Mrs. W.T. Robinson, who lives in Macon
County about a mile from the Schley County line; and two
sons, Joe. E. Johnson of Lowe and P.H. (Plem) Johnson of
Andrew Chapel. end #2


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, July 15, 1938  No. 3

E.M. PALMER TO WRITE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Local Educator,
Minister and Sunday School Teacher, to Conduct Feature E.M.
Palmer, educator, minister and Sunday school teacher, today
replaced the Rev. R.C. Howard as author of The Sun's weekly
discussion of the international Sunday School lesson.  Rev.
Mr. Howard was forced to discontinue writing this feature
because of the press of other duties.

Mr. Palmer, superintendent of Ellaville consolidated schools
for the past four years is well equipped to offer
authoritative interpretations of the lesson.  A talented
writer, he has long employed wide research in preparing
lectures to his bible class at Ellaville Baptist Sunday
School.  He is pastor of the Sumner Baptist Church.

His first article appears on page four of today's issue.

Rev. Mr. Howard, pastor of Ellaville Baptist Church, has
supplied the feature each week since the paper was
established a little more than a year ago and has earned
wide praise for his work.


MRS. HARDEMAN, HEALTH NURSE TO RESIDE HERE Succeeds Mrs.
Alma Carlton Who Goes to North Georgia, Leaving a Fine
Record Mrs. Margaret Hardeman has established residence here
to succeed Mrs. Alma G. Carlton as consultant public health
nurse with the state department for seven counties.  Her
territory will embrace Peach, Talbot, Marion, Crawford,
Stewart and Schley counties.

Mrs. Hardeman has received a high ranking for her work with
the Irwinville resettlement, a rural rehabilitation project
near Ocilla, during the past year.

Mrs. Carlton, who resumed her work in North Georgia this
week, reporting first to Harleson (Haralson?) county,
accomplished much during her one-year stay here.  The most
outstanding achievement was her work with tubercular
patients, several being sent to Alto sanitarium.  Her
program called for X-rays at a public health free clinic.
The pictures were returned from the state department with
instructions for treatment.  Lack of funds and the necessity
of overcoming family prejudices and ending contacts with
patients required skillful planning in aiding needy
sufferers.

She is also credited with raising materially the standard of
midwife work in the county.

Mrs. Carlton served Stewart, Webster, Chattahoochee, Marion
and Schley counties.


MRS. SANDERS, 81, BURIED MONDAY Funeral services for Mrs.
Cattie Sanders, 81, were conducted from Andersonville
Methodist Church Monday afternoon.  Mrs. Sanders died Sunday
afternoon after an illness of only one day.  A native of
Macon county, Mrs. Sanders had lived practically all her
life in Sumter County.  Survivors include two sons, A.P.
Sanders of Schley county and A.M. Sanders of Milledgeville;
a daughter-in-law, Mrs. E.G. Sanders of Schley county and
eight nephews.


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago---1913 Many young people of the
county attended a picnic at Hart's Mill which was given by
Miss Annie Bell Harper Saturday.

Glenn Holly voters approved local school tax, 34-9, at an
election this week.  Lewis defeated the move, 12-9.


MR. AND MRS. HILL ENTERTAIN WITH BARBECUE SATURDAY Mr. and
Mrs. L.N. Hill of Charing entertained with an enjoyable
barbecue Saturday complimenting Mrs. Mary Bryant of
Shingler.  The guests included:  Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Harden
and son, Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Standridge and daughter,
Dixie (Dyxie) of Ellaville, Mr. and Mrs. Luther McClellan
and sons Wayne and Earl of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Parker and son Theo of Buena Vista, Mr. and Mrs. C(harlie)
O(tis) Hill and children, Charles, Jr. and Mignon, Mr. and
Mrs. Theran (Theron) Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hill of
Thomaston, Mr. and Mrs. Chaso Hill of Charing, Mrs. Mary
Bryant of Shingler, Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Hambrick of
Shingler, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Pittman of Dallas, Texas, Mrs.
Henry Jordan of Pavo, Mrs. Tom Garrett, Mr. Jim Woodall and
Mrs. Lala Garrett of Charing.


(Advertisement) TO THE PUBLIC----Our cream station is open
six days a week to accommodate the cream producers of this
section. Bring us your cream in any quantity and patronize a
firm that appreciates your business. MANNING & WALKER


MR. AND MRS. C.W. SNIDER ENTERTAIN AT BARBECUE Mr. and Mrs.
C.W. Snider entertained the family and a few friends at a
barbecue at their home Saturday.  A delicious barbecue
dinner was served under the shade of the lovely pecan trees
in the back yard.  About ninety guests were present.  Those
from out of the community were:  Mr. and Mrs. John Cooke and
family of Desota, Miss Louise Snider and Mrs. Coker of
Atlanta, Misses Sue, Bertha Kate and Kathleen Snider of
Miami, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. William Guy of West Point, Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Smith, Mrs. Lee Smith
and Inez Smith and Dr. L.S. Boyette of Ellaville, Mr. and
Mrs. Scott Hart of Sumter county and Miss Julia Martin of
Jacksonville, Fla. end # 3

The Ellaville Sun  Friday, July 22, 1938  No. 4

THE SUN ANNOUNCES ITS DECISION TO REFUSE WHISKEY ADS In its
lead editorial The Sun today announces its decision to
refuse hard liquor advertising.  The article, headed "As for
Me and My House," appears on the editorial page.


CHARLES DUNCAN AUTHOR OF STORY FOR MAGAZINE "Three Cigars
and a Nation's Fate" Title of Article by Native Ellavillan
The following article from the Savannah, Ga., Morning News,
headed ENGINEER WRITES OF LOST MESSAGE, is of local
interest:

"Capt. Charles F. Duncan, Corps of Engineer Reserves,
employed in the United States Engineer office here, is the
author of an interesting article, "Three Cigars and a
Nation's Fate," which appears in the July edition of The
Military Engineer."

The article deals with the lost message sent to Gen D.H.
Hill during the War Between the States.

"The paper on which the message was written was used to wrap
three cigars.  After the paper served its purpose and was
dropped, it was picked up by a Union soldier and given to
Gen. McClellan.

"That Gen. Lee had divided his forces was revealed in the
message, and also the location of the divided forces."

"This information led to the Battle of Antietam, Md., and
probably changed the course of the war, ultimately leading
to the downfall of the Confederacy."

"Capt. Duncan has taken these facts and through additional
research has enlarged them into a full length article.  It
is complete with illustrations."

The author is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Duncan of
Ellaville.


ELLAVILLIANS CLAIM VARIETY OF HOBBIES Painting, Collecting
of Antiques and Newspapers, Sports and Many other Diversions
Occupy Local People in Spare Time by Dorothy Hill The art of
passing away a portion of one's time in some pleasurable
pursuit--a hobby--is indulged in, by many Ellavillians.
There are those who are directed to do so by their family
physicians as a form of relaxation but many are adept in the
art without medical advice.

Any one passing the court house will often see H.W. Hogg and
Paul Coffin engaged in a serious game of checkers.  At the
same time another game of checkers goes on in Judge Rainey's
office.  The players are the Judge and Dr. W.D. Sears.
Messrs. Hogg and Coffin play for their own amusement and for
many others who watch the game intently.  When this serious
game is on, a passer-by doesn't even rate a nod, so
engrossed are they in each move.

How can the general public ever know which one wins---the
doctor or the Judge---if the game continues to be played in
such seclusion?  A tournament might interest them.

The court house grounds afford a marble court.  Uncle Jimmy
McGee, curree (?) and Will Williams, J.J. Holloway and many
others enjoy shooting marbles as they did years ago.

If one sees Mary Burnam Williamson, Collins and Matt
Sullivan and Jimmy Hogg digging up your back yard, they
won't be looking for buried treasures but for wigglers that
can dangle from a hook for some member of their families to
go fishing.  From the number who enjoy this pastime one
would suppose this county to be excellent fishing grounds.
No distance is too far to go if the fish are biting for
Arthur and Ida Murray, Cleone Sullivan, Nell Richardson,
Mary Hogg, Alberta Williamson, Ozie Standridge, Belle
Harden, Una Tondee and many others.  On one of Mary Hogg's
recent fishing trips she found her boat headed for a
hornet's nest.  Water or hornets for her, choosing the
latter, she swam out looking somewhat like a "drowned rat." 
Mary immediately applied to Isabel Avary for lessons in
swimming and life saving as those are her hobbies.  In the
past Isabel swam in East Lake in Atlanta.  At present in
King's pool; and in the future, my! my! in her own back
yard, for, as every o! ne knows, the Avary's plan to build a
home by the pool. 

Seen on the tennis courts reducing their waistlines lately
were Frank Alexander, Joe Hollis, Clayton Mauldin, Clarence
McCrory, and Joe Gettys.  Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Arrington also
like to play.

Doc and Addie Wilson are dog fanciers.  Their Great Dane,
Astor, presented them with 11 little (?) Astors recently.

Collecting is one of the most popular and fascinating of
hobbies.  Mrs. C.R. McCrory has saved clippings from
newspapers for many years and has many valued articles.
Some of the ladies in the county collect antique furniture. 


Mrs. Dola Tondee joins the many flower lovers in the town
and her yard is full of flowers that she has spent a life
time collecting.  Others who enjoy working with flowers are
Mrs. Mae Stewart, Mildred Mott, Helen Dixon, Alberta
Williamson, Mrs. C.C. McNeal, Mrs. Robinson and many others.

Mesdames Mary Murray, Lillie Dixon, Mamie Williams, Minnie
Lou Collins enjoy nothing more than a game of rook
occasionally.

C.C. McNeal might be said to have a seasonal hobby.  Each
Christmas finds him planning for an electrical display for
his home here and for the park in the center of town.  It
must delight the heart of Santa Claus himself to find that
his arrival has been so effectively prepared.

Kathryn Lewis, Margaret Johnson and Marguerite Coffin while
away many leisure hours knitting.  It was reported lately
that, in this age of reducing, each made a dress too large
for herself and the knitting had to be started all over
again.

Nell Richardson and Ida Murray find pleasure in sketching
attractive spots nearby, these are finished in oil and make
lovely pictures.  The scenery around Beaver Run is
especially pretty.

Elizabeth Collins, Hattie Williamson, Dr. Arch Avary and
Mervin Hill are among the number who find relaxation in
reading as members of a book club.

Gardening is a pleasurable as well as profitable hobby.  Mr.
A.A. Arrington, Mr. and Mrs.  Ed Strange and Mr. S.A.
Manning are enthusiastic  on the subject .

If you haven't a hobby start one today and live to a ripe
old age.



BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Heath announce the birth of
a son at Boyette's Clinic Sunday morning.  He weighed eight
pounds and has been named Robert Clem.


MISS MARGARET SNIPES MARRIED TO EDWARD L. ROCKER TUESDAY
Miss Willie Margaret Snipes became the bride of Edward Lamar
Rocker of Savannah at an impressive ceremony solemnized
Tuesday morning at the Methodist church.

The church was beautiful with masses of pine encircling the
altar stand.  Against this green background pedestal baskets
of white crepe myrtle were placed.

Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. E.C. Mauldin sang, "Ah Sweet
Mystery of Life" and "Because" accompanied at the piano by
Miss Susie Snipes, sister of the bride.  Mrs. Mauldin was
attired in a dress of blue sheer accented by touches of
white and a shoulder corsage of white snapdragons. Miss
Snipes was attractively dressed in a model of brown sheer
with harmonizing accessories.

Miss Florence Snipes, sister of the bride, played "Serenade"
by Schubert and "Traumeri" by Schuman prior to the ceremony.
The bridal party entered to the strains of Lohengrin wedding
march and during the speaking of the vows, "To a Wild Rose"
was played softly. Miss Snipes wore a dress of figured crepe
and a corsage of yellow snap dragons completed her costume.

First to enter was the Matron of honor, Mrs. W.O. Brinson of
Brinson.  She wore a dress of Aqua Alpaca with Navy
accessories.  Her shoulder corsage was of pink rose buds.

The bride and groom entered together and came to the alter
where the Rev. W.S. Johnson performed the ceremony.

The lovely bride wore a dress of Navy lace over matching
taffeta and fashioned along tailored lines.  Her hat was
small nubby crepe turban of navy and white, furnished with a
short face veil.  Her other accessories were of blue and she
wore a shoulder corsage of pink rose buds.

Mrs. Rocker is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Snipes.  She
is the sister of Miss Susie Snipes, Miss Florence Snipes,
Mrs. H.T. Poole, John Willis Snipes and Bernard Snipes.  She
is a graduate of Ellaville High School and Andrew College,
Cuthbert.  For the past three years she has been a member of
the Sardia School faculty.  Mr. Rocker is the son of C.T.
Rocker and the late Mrs. Rocker of Guyton.  Mr. Rocker is
connected with the Sinclair Refining Co. in Savannah.

During the morning, Mr. and Mrs. Rocker left on a wedding
trip to points in North Carolina and upon returning will
make their home in Savannah.


EXPERIENCES OF TRIP DESCRIBED BY MRS. TOOKE Mrs. T.S. Tooke
of Andrew Chapel Community told friends this week of
delightful experiences of the "most wonderful trip I ever
made."

With a party of friends she left last June 30 on an extended
tour through the west, returning July 15th.  On which she
traveled 6000 miles through eight states and Mexico, going
through the northern portion and returning through the
southern part.  Making the trip were, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Weaver of Fitzgerald, and Miss Lula Weaver of Americus.

On the trip they visited such points of interest as Grand
Canyon, which Mrs. Tooke described as "the grandest thing"
she had ever seen or hoped to see.

"Boulder Dam was one of the largest things we saw, and the
ride was terrible getting there, but it is worth anybody's
time, " Mrs. Tooke said.

Asked if any Indians were seen and her reaction to them,
Mrs. Tooke replied.  "When we stopped at Lord's Observatory,
the Indians were holding their annual Pow Wow.  At which
there were 5000 present of many different tribes.  We tried
to talk to them and found only one in the group that could
speak English."

Mrs. Tooke said, "We ran into no rain on the trip.  In
Arizona there had been no rain since last October.  We
crossed 40 or 50 rivers and creeks that were dry.

"The only time I was scared on the trip was going up the
Sequoia mountain.  It was just more than I could stand, the
road got the best of me.  But the Sequoia National Park was
beautiful, the thing that impressed me more there was the
trees, some of them 36 feet in diameter.  There is one with
a highway built through it, that we drove the car through,"
she declared.

Mrs. Tooke and party made a limited tour of Mexico, but we
were disappointed with it.  Asked why, Mrs. Tooke replied,
"I just didn't like it.  It was very nasty, and we could not
get the people to understand us, which was a very bad
feeling." end # 4


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, July 29, 1938  Vol. 2 Nbr. 5

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

A CLUTCH THAT DIDN'T HOLD Dixon Hogg was trying to crank his
automobile Wednesday afternoon by allowing it to "catch up"
while running down hill near Stevens Pond.  He told his
little brother, Jimmie, to apply the brake while he removed
the rock which kept it from rolling down hill.  Dixon
removed the rock.  But Jimmie jammed the clutch rather than
the brake.  So the car wheeled into the pond.  There was no
loss other than the garage towing charges and a new battery.

BIRTHDAY WISHES Birthday anniversaries today include:  Mrs.
Joe ("I Jolly") Hearn and W.S. Johnson, July 25; Mrs. W.S.
Johnson July 26, and D.R. Murray, August 3.

UNDERGOES OPERATION County Attorney Joe Hollis was resting
well at Boyette's Clinic after undergoing an emergency
operation for acute appendicitis last Friday night.  He was
stricken only a short time before the operation.


GETTYS, STEVENS TO OPEN STATION Monday August 1, Messrs. Joe
Gettys and T.H. Stevens, Jr. will assume management of the
Amoco Service Station located at the corner of Broad and
Oglethorpe streets.  They will handle a complete line of
Amoco products and U.S. Royal tires.  They are also in a
position to do washing and greasing.


AMERICUS MAN DIES OF MYSTERY ATTACK Funeral services for
W.T. Silver, 68, Americus nightwatchman who died Tuesday
night of injuries suffered when slugged while on his "beat"
by an unknown assailant, were conducted in Americus
Wednesday afternoon.  Mr. Silver, a former Americus
policeman, was the father of Mrs. L.D. Kay, a former
resident of Ellaville who now lives in Americus.  Four
suspects have been named in the case.


HEAD TO SHOW MOVIE SCENES Missionary Society to Sponsor
Showing Monday Evening At Auditorium The Baptist Womans
Missionary Society Thursday announced it would sponsor a
showing of motion picture scenes of China, Japan, and the
Philippines at the school auditorium Monday evening.  The
pictures were taken by Harold Sears, grandson of Dr. and
Mrs. W.D. Sears of Ellaville, who is visiting here.  No
admission will be charged but a collection will be taken,
proceeds going to the society.


EBENEZER PLANS FOR HOMECOMING DAY Two Preaching Services and
Dinner On Grounds Included On All-Day Program of 102 Year-
Old Church Scores of former members and friends will return
to Ebenezer Baptist church Sunday to attend a homecoming day
program which is expected to attract several hundred people.
History of the 102 year-old church will be reviewed and old
acquaintances will be renewed during a full day of activity.
Two services at which former pastors will preach will be
held.  The Rev. Charles D. Carter of Ellaville will speak at
the 11 o'clock service and the Rev. H.J. Edwards will be
heard at the afternoon hour.  Dinner will be served on the
grounds at noon.  A member of the church will recount the
history of the church which was constituted April 16, 1836. 
J.J. Battle was its first pastor.  The Rev. Homer G. Fowler
is the present pastor.


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 Mrs. C.G. Jones died July
31 after an illness of two weeks.  Funeral services were
conducted from the residence August 1.  The former Miss
Elizabeth Porter, she was born in 1848.  She was married to
Mr. Joseph Oliver who died after a few years.  On May 13,
1881 she was married to Dr. C.G. Jones.


(Advertisement) GOODYEAR SEAT COVERS Protect upholstery and
clothes against dirt and dust.  Easy to install, fit all
cars.  Colors to blend with car interiors. MCNEAL'S GARAGE,
Ellaville end # 5


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, August 5, 1938  No. 6

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

RECALLS OLD DAYS Showing of a tent movie house here this
week recalls the days of less than a decade ago when canvas-
top theatres thrilled sell-out audiences in country towns.
Only a few still carry on the hopeless fight against a
changed entertainment world.  They roll into the small towns
almost unnoticed, show worn films--mostly "westerns"---
several nights before sparse crowds and rumble off to the
next disappointment.  These ghost troupes may blame talkies
for their deaths.  The talkies, and the highways and the
automobiles.  This trio brought modern theatres to places
that previously had gone along hoping a tent unit would pass
through, and attracted people from the far reaches of the
backwoods country to them.

"THE SHOW IS COMING" Advance notice of the coming of a
canvas theatre and alert publicity men gave the word two
weeks or more before the showing, created lots of excitement
in the old days.  The promotion man bought large space in
the county seat newspaper, plastered every store with
vividly-colored  posters and, when the week's run had
started, delivered circulars at each house.  Everybody made
plans to go just about every night, for it might be a long
time before another such opportunity came.  The "show"
reached town on Sunday afternoon and, like the well-known
circus story, the town's small boys were on the lot early
Monday morning.  The luckier ones were hired to help lace
the tent.  They got passes, and the fun of hearing the men
cuss.  Not that the others who stood by and watched the
raising couldn't hear them too, but they couldn't hear them
as often and didn't feel the fraternal spirit.

THERE WAS A "CONCERT" A small brass band began a "concert"
in front of the play house about 45 minutes before the show
was to open each night.  The musicians wore red coats and
white breeches and caps to match.  They use a sound wagon
these days.  Inside, white general admission customers kept
to the right, negroes to the left, and the better seats in
the middle demanded reserved seat tickets.  Before the show,
hawkers sold candy containing "valuable prizes" while a man
drummed a piano that somehow was never in tune.  And somehow
he always played the same general tune every night.  The
program consisted of a several-reel movie which of course
had to be stopped at the most leimactic (climatic?) stages
for changing the reels----and a vaudeville performance
afterwards.  Along towards the latter part of the week, the
announcer who stepped out between the motion picture and
vaudeville acts to boost coming attractions had to use high-
pressure talk, for every night trips to the box offices were
draining! the family's pleasure money.  And little boys and
girls sometimes had to do the same thing at home.  Modernity
has left few youngsters who become wide-eyed over the
prospect of seeing a movie, and still fewer who know the old
urge to crowd the tent theatres.

BIRTHDAY WISHES August 1 was a birthday for Jeanette Barwick
and Suzanne Wilson, Norman Manning, Hoser Perry.   Miss
Frances Rainey and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith observed
anniversaries August 2.  A.L. DeVane observed one July 26.

UNCOVERS "BASKET" Mr. Coleman Daniel, foreman of a WPA ditch
digging project here uncovered a freak root growth this
week.  The roots grew in the form of a basket nine inches in
diameter and three inches in height.


MONTEZUMA MAN HELD FOR SLAYING Irvin Clark about 35,
Montezuma barber, was being held Thursday for the slaying
there Wednesday afternoon of R.L. Britt, Montezuma business
man after ill feeling over a 35-cent account.  Chief of
Police R.R. Beeland said no argument preceded the shooting
which occurred at Britt's place of business, but they
previously had disagreed because Britt refused to pay a 35-
cent account which Clark claimed he owed him.  The barber
admitted firing the two shots which pierced Britt's chest
and caused his death about 10 minutes later.


COUNTY WILL BUILD BUCK CREEK BRIDGE Cost of Project Will be
From $8,000 to $12,000 Work will be begun soon on
construction of a creosoted timber bridge over Buck Creek on
the new upper turnpike route.  County commissioners voted
Tuesday to build the bridge for the state post roads
commission.  Cost will be between $8,000 and $12,000 and
public roads camp labor will be used.  Work will be started
as soon as final plans are received here, Chairman C.S. Wall
of the county board of commissioners said.


MISS MARTHA STRANGE ENTERTAINS FRIENDS AT PING PONG PARTY
Miss Martha Strange was hostess at an enjoyable ping pong
party Monday night.  Mixed garden flowers decorated the
entertaining rooms.  At the conclusion of the games, Julian
Gill was presented a carton of Coca-Cola as tournament
winner.  Delicious punch was served throughout the evening. 
The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alexander, Dr. and
Mrs. Arch Avary, Mrs. A.C. Kimble, Roney Jordan, Edwards
Murray, Misses Wynelle and Eloise Johnson, Misses Frances
and Virginia Rainey, Julian Gill, Joe Gettys, T.H. Stevens,
Jr., W.R. McDonald and Julian Strange. end # 6


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, August 12, 1938  No. 7

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

WE WERE GLAD TO DO IT! Charlie McNeal said this week, "I'm
having to think about increasing my advertising space."  And
Mr. McNeal wasn't just talking.  He has long been certain of
the value of consistent advertising in his local newspaper
and bought an extended schedule of Goodyear tire and
accessory space in the spring, to run each week until
autumn.  But he got a fine return from his ad last week. It
happened this way: A man called at the telephone office
shortly after one o'clock last Saturday to ask for
information regarding Ellaville tire dealers.  She didn't
know much about it, but glanced at the most recent issue of
The Sun and remembered having seen a Goodyear advertisement.
She took a look at the paper and called Mr. McNeal's
residence.  A little later Mr. McNeal completed the job of
replacing a blown-out Jarge truck tire with a new one, and
the gentleman paid him in cash.  The amount?  Only $53.
Which is another illustration of the very good warning,
"Advertising will ruin you--if you let the other fellow do
it all!"

OH, DEAR, DEAR Quoting the Georgia hunting code:  "It is
unlawful to hunt deer at any time in Schley County."  Dear,
dear, what will our huntsmen do?

BIRTHDAY WISHES Birthday greetings to:  D.R. Murray, Aug. 2;
Walter Jones, Sr., and Mrs. W.D. Barwick, Aug. 4; Marion
Mott and Thomas Livingston, Aug. 6; James Edwin Stewart,
Aug. 7; Miss Charlotte Jones and Mrs. H.N. Franklin, Aug. 9;
Bernice Wall, Aug. 11; Dr. T.W. Wilson, Aug. 12; L.S.
McMickle, Aug. 14, and Miss Mary Lowe, Aug. 15.


PUTNAM HOME IS SWEPT BY FIRE ON THURSDAY Old Stevens Home
Damaged By Roof Blaze Causing Damage of $100 Fire swept the
old Robert Stevens residence at Putnam Thursday afternoon,
causing a damage estimated at $100.  The Ellaville fire
department answered an alarm at 1:20 p.m. and was able to
extinguish the roof blaze in a short time.  The fire started
from sparks blowing from a defective flue, it was said, and
badly damaged the kitchen and dining room roofs.  The home
is occupied by Henry Rush.


"SORTA GLAD" TO BE FREED, EX-SLAVE SAYS Aunt Ellen Black,
89, Recalls Terror which Swept Schley County, when "Yankees"
Invaded; Says She's "Trustin' God to Let Me Live, but I'm
Gittin' Mighty Feeble" by Ross Wyrosdick Aunt Ellen Black,
enfeebled former slave girl who will become 90 years old her
next birthday, recalls, "I was sorta glad to get my freedom
but I had a pretty good time during slavery."

She was a household girl on the Dixon plantation east of
Ellaville on the Oglethorpe highway.  "It was only a little
mo' than a trail during dem days just fo' the war", Aunt
Ellen muses.

When asked if she expected to reach her one hundredth
birthday, the negro woman asserted, "I trust God to let me
live, but I'm getting mighty old."

Born and reared in Schley County, she has never been out of
it but twice in her life.  She has made single trips to
Montezuma and Americus.

Aunt Ellen says she does not want to see another war, for
living through four of them is sufficient.  She has survived
the Mexican, War Between the States, Spanish-American, and
the World War.

The grey-haired negro recalls the sudden approach of a
detachment of Federal troops in the county during the war.
"Dem dar yankees didn't find a thing tho'. fer us had hid
all we could tote off to the swamp", Aunt Ellen declared.
She explained how special pits had been constructed to store
the provisions and the swamps proved very useful and was
used by many for permanent storage.  Plundering was the only
damage the "Yanks" did to this county.

"I was treated good to what some of de workers got", Aunt
Ellen said in discussing her period of slavery.  She
believes that claims of mistreatment to slaves by their
owners are exaggerated and says that only in some extreme
instances were slaves whipped or abused.

Many of the slaves escaped and she believed they went to
Florida for she overheard many a plot to escape and they
talked about "goin somewhar south" where freedom was
waiting.

Aunt Ellen believes she is the oldest negro in the county
but is so feeble she "stays in clost" and don't know much of
what is goin' on."  She cannot read but can scribble her
name.

"I didn't know whether to run or just stand", she exclaimed
in recalling seeing a train for the first time.  "But as de
thing run on dat rail and din't come too clost ter me, I sho
watched it."


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 The Rev. R.F. Williamson
filled the pulpit at the Methodist Church Sunday in absence
of the pastor, the Rev. J.M. Rustin.

A large number of local fans attended the final baseball
series of the season between Cordele and Americus in
Americus Thursday.


ANNUAL REUNION IS HELD AT THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. CAUSEY
The annual reunion of the Park family was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Causey on the Ellaville-Oglethorpe
road.

Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Smith, Sr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Smith and children, George and Billy; Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Witt; Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Kennedy and daughter, Lora
and Mr. Paul Nix of Oglethorpe; Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Park, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Park and children Nanette and Bubber and
Miss Miriam Weeks of Ideal; Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Smith, Jr. and
children Dorris and Jimmie and Theo park of Columbus; Miss
Lizzie Park, Mrs. Irene Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Park,
Lucile Park, Mrs. Kate Swearingen and Miss Mollie Mott of
Ellaville; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones and Mrs. Bell Jones of
Leslie; Miss Kathleen Smith of Atlanta; Mrs. Pearl Simmons
of Thomaston and Mr. and Mrs. George English and son of
Douglas.


MISS MOORE BRIDE OF H.J. DYESS Of interest to friends and
relatives is the announcement of the marriage of Henry J.
Dyess of Fort Benning to Miss Dorothy Moore of Columbus.
The ceremony was performed Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock at the home of the Rev. B.S. Franklin.  Pastor of
the Central Baptist Church in Phenix City, Ala.

The couple were attended by Miss Ruth Moore sister of the
bride and Miss Elizabeth Pilcher of Columbus; and Mr. M.C.
Smith of Fort Benning.  The bride, an attractive brunette,
wore a dress of navy lace over matching taffeta and featured
a simple tailored affect.  Her hat was a model of white
straw.  White accessories and a shoulder corsage of pink
carnations completed her costume.

Mrs. Dyess is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Moore of
Buena Vista.  She is a niece of Mrs. E.H. Morrison of
Ellaville.

Mr. Dyess is the son of the late Henry Jackson Dyess.  He is
a graduate of the United States Air Corps Technical School
and is stationed at Fort Benning.


HOSPITAL NOTES George Chapman of Waycross and Edwin Wall of
Ellaville underwent tonsilectomies at Boyette's Clinic
Thursday morning. end # 7


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, August 19, 1938  No. 8

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

PROLOGUE We sincerely hope readers of today's column will
enjoy it more than we are enjoying writing it.  Through an
error which could not be attributed justly to any one, copy
for the front page of today's issue--written late Wednesday
night without an electric fan but with mosquitoes---did not
appear at the printing plant Thursday morning.  Just where
it might be at the moment we could not say.  The story is
that many, many words are being brought back to this
typewriter for a return appearance by the unpopular demand
of a linotype operator who is speaking a language we have
heard in baseball dugouts when the umpire missed one and at
dice games when somebody rolled a "snake eye" to outscore a
12.  But there is a sense of humor to almost everything and
this is no exception.

BETTER STICK TO CARDS Mrs. Margaret Johnson turned a bridge
party into a grammatical guessing game--in which nobody won-
-the other day because she remembered one of the late O.O.
McIntyres's oddities.  When he needed a good paragraph the
popular columnist used to say he was still trying to find
somebody who could tell him the past participle of the word
"wrought" without referring to a dictionary.  Mrs. Johnson
says more than half a dozen school teachers or former school
teachers were forced to go to the foot of the class because
they did not know.  And no one new.   That night Mrs. Frank
Alexander pulled the question on her old English instructor
at Georgia Southwestern College at Americus, Mrs. Mary Lou
Jordan.  Mrs. Jordan replied "Work."  The dictionary said
so, too.  So Mrs. Alexander called all her friends to tell
them someone did know.  Incidentally, used in this sense the
word is archaic.

THIS IS WHAT HE CAUGHT Ordinary Tom Rainey caught his
fishing hook in a hollow log Friday afternoon and caught,
........... well, this is what he caught:  He gave the line
a slight jerk, moved the log and a swarm -------- "I'll bet
there were two thousand"---of bumble bees roared out and
overcame him.  Mr. Rainey dived into the water and stayed
there a long while.  Several still clung to him when he came
out.  Within less than one hour he was ill.  He was fishing
at Buck Creek.


NEGRO HOUSE HERE DAMAGED BY FIRE Fire, said to have been
started by sparks from a defective stove flue caused a small
damage at a negro tenant house near J.H. Stevens' residence
Tuesday at noon.  The fire department answered an alarm and
quickly brought the blaze under control.  The house was
owned by Mr. Stevens.


PLANS FOR CLINIC TO BE MADE Athletic Association to Hear Dr.
W.F. Castlellow at Meet Tuesday Night The Rev. R.C. Howard,
president of the Ellaville Athletic Association, Thursday
called a meeting of the group for Tuesday night, August 23,
to discus plans for promotion of a clinic for social
diseases here next month.  The meeting will be held at the
gymnasium and will begin at 8 o'clock.  The public is
invited.

Dr. W.F. Castellow, head of the Americus and Sumter county
health department, will outline aims and benefits of such a
clinic in the principal address of the meeting.

Dr. L.S. Boyette and Dr. Arch Avary and Mrs. Margaret
Hardeman, district health nurse, will attend.

Committees will be named to effect arrangements for
sponsoring a sound motion picture early in September dealing
with aspects of the clinic.

Plans for a meeting late in September for election of new
officers and drafting of the fall sports program also will
be discussed.  The association, formed last September, has
supplemented its promotion of a broad sports program by
pioneering in advocating civic projects.  More than 90 are
members.


'FUNERAL HELD FOR LAMAR MCMILLAN, 2 Funeral services for
Lamar McMillan, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel
McMillan of near Charing, were conducted from the residence
last Friday and burial was in Bloodworth cemetery.  He died
Thursday after an illness of three weeks.  The boy was a
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Lawhorn of Schley county.


26 UNITE WITH EBENEZER CHURCH DURING REVIVAL 16 Join Through
Profession of Faith; Baptismal Service is Held Twenty-six
persons united with Ebenezer Baptist Church during the
annual revival which ended last Friday night.

Eleven who joined by profession of faith were baptized at
services held at Muckalee creek last Friday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock.  Five who united at the Friday evening service
will be baptized the first Sunday afternoon in September.

The list of new members follows:  by profession of faith,
Vera Stewart, Sara Powell, Clara Brown, Mary Alice Philmon,
LeRoy Stewart, Earldean Marshall, Bill Brown, Charles
Stewart, Alexander Jones, Ralph Johnson, Edith Owen, and
Mary Ranew; from the Methodist church, Mr. and Mrs. B.F.
Allen, Mrs. Willie Stewart and Miss Mary Lightner; by
letter, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Marshall, Hilton Marshall, Miss
Ethel Johnson, Melville Johnson, the Rev. and Mrs. H.H.
Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Park and Lucile Park.

The Rev. William Carnes of Hartwell assisted the pastor, the
Rev. H.H. Fowler, in conducting the meeting.


REUNION IS HELD SUNDAY AT HOME OF MR. AND MRS. MATHIS A
reunion of the Tidd family was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Mathis near Andersonville Sunday.

The families gathered early and enjoyed talking until noon,
when a delicious picnic lunch was served under the cedar
trees in the front yard.

Those attending were:  Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Wadsworth of Buena
Vista; Mrs. Emette Walker and sons, Harold and Jerry of
Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. Walter Reeves, Mary Lillian and Asa,
Jr. Moore of Macon; Mr. Paul Cook of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs.
R.L. Cook and children, Juanita and Richard; Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Tidd and daughter Venida of Ellaville; Mr. Graves Tidd
of Andersonville; Rev. and Mrs. W.A. Joyner and daughter,
Marjorie; Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Wall, son and grandson, Matthew
and Dickey Wall; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Tye and children,
Joyce, Betty and Leonidas; and Miss Catherine Wall of
Americus.


MISS HILDA COSPER HOSTESS AT PARTY Miss Hilda Cosper
entertained with an enjoyable prom party Friday night.  In
the living room, bowls of mixed garden flowers were
arranged.  Miss Cosper, assisted by her sister, Anita,
served sandwiches and iced tea.  Among those attending were:
Misses Elsie Rainey, Charlotte Jones, Lorena Jordan,
Winifred Greene, Juanita Cook, Dorothy Lowry and Sara
Pilcher; Edwards Murray, Junior McNeal, Homer Moore, Dixon
Hogg, Finis Allmon, Charlie Pilcher and Woodrow Daniel.


HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. John Turner announce the birth
of a son at Boyette's clinic Sunday morning.  He weighed
four and a half pounds.

Miss Lala Poole underwent a tonsilectomy at Boyette's clinic
Wednesday morning. end # 8


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, August 26, 1938  No. 9

MY, BUT I'M GLAD ITS 1938 by Charles Wall, Jr. During the
recent rainy season I've been rummaging and rambling around
in old magazines, letters, newspaper clippings and what not.
I have unearthed many exciting things and never had as much
fun in my life.  These old mementos carried me back a few
years, in fact back to the midst of the depression.
Remember, or maybe I should say, how could you forget.
Let's start in the unforgettable year of 1931.

Herbert Hoover was president of the United States.  Huey
Long was dictator of Louisiana.  Franklin D. Roosevelt was
governor of New York.  Jim Farley had an idea Roosevelt
would be the next president.  Prosperity was just around the
corner and it stayed around there for a long time.  Radios
blared, "Happy Days Are Here Again".  Men sold apples on
street corners, a few begged.  Thousand-page novels had gone
out with Dickens.  Father Coughlin was not infesting the
ether with his voice.  New Deal was a bridge term.  The
Brain Trust was teaching school.  Hitler was in the
background.  Mussolini attended strictly to his own
business.  Jane Withers was teething.  Cellophane had just
been invented.  There were no canned juices.  Many public
schools were closed for lack of funds.  Major Bowles had
never thought of the idea of letting anybody perform over
the radio.  People were taught that America was the greatest
country in the world.  Every city had its Hooverville.  Men
starved on the city dumps.  We were on the gold standard.
It cost us three cents a mile to ride on the train.  A
letter traveled for two cents postage, if you were lucky
enough to have two cents.  Amos and Andy were rulers of the
ether waves.  It was 1931 and, my, but I'm glad it's 1938.


THE SUN TO PUBLISH COMPLETE SCHOOL NEWS IN PAGE FEATURE All
Students to be Urged to Contribute Articles From Their
Schools The Sun announces plans for a greatly expanded and
organized coverage of Schley school news during the 1938-39
term.  Teachers throughout the county system expressed much
satisfaction over the worth of last year's limited program
for publishing news items prepared by students, and are
anxious to place the coverage upon an organized basis during
the coming term.  The Sun will devote a regular page to
publication of these stories and immediately after class
work is begun, teachers will assist students in setting up
staffs for preparing regular contributions.  The page will
be given a standing heading modeled after a regular
newspaper, the name yet to be chosen.  Students expressing
most interest will be given temporary appointments as
editors and all will be urged to take part.  Those who show
the greatest ability and desire to work will be advanced to
permanent positions.  As a means of increasing interest
among the students and adding effectiveness to the page,
news pictures will be published whenever any of value are
submitted.


SCHLEY SLANTS NEW FISHING STORIES Dr. T.W. Wilson and family
returned from a trip to Florida with a new assortment of
fish stories.  And while the doctor admits he didn't strike
any of the luck which brought him such attention last
summer, he says he was well satisfied.  The following
clipping from The Tampa Morning Tribune should prove that:

"The party composed of Dr. and Mrs. T.W. Wilson and daughter
Susanne, and son Tom, of Ellaville, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs.
L.S. Lightner, Tampans, caught 26 fish out of the old Tampa
bay with Capt. Barney Barnhill as guide.  The party returned
to Cuscaden's Gandy bridge fishing park with drum, 12 to 25
pounds, and 11 mangrove snapper, one to three pounds.

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Happiest wishes to:  Mrs. J.L. Carter,
Aug. 26; Miss Hellen Murray, Aug. 28.

USRY JOINS TONDEE'S Barney Usry, popular Schley County young
man, has joined W.T. Tondee's store as clerk.


NOTICE I will operate a daily bus to Americus to transport
students to Georgia Southwestern College which opens its
fall quarter September 14.  All who are interested in making
reservations are urged to see me or register at Causey's
Barber Shop. L.S. M'Mickle (Transcriber's Note:  I thought
it interesting how the last name was printed.  In stead of
the lower case "c" in McMickle, an apostrophe was
substituted.)


MISS ELLISTON IS BRIDE OF DONALD SMITH Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Elliston announce the marriage of Miss Ruby Virginia
Elliston of Ellaville and Columbus to Mr. Donald P. Smith of
Atlanta.  The marriage was quietly solemnized in Columbus
Sunday, August 7.  The young couple will make their home in
Atlanta. end # 9


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, September 2, 1938  No. 10

SCHLEY SLANTS First Shock in 24 Years Mrs. U.H. Rigsby was
recovering this week from the first electric shock she has
suffered in almost 24 years as a telephone operator here.
Mrs. Rigsby was dazed for several minutes after lightening
struck a transformer at the local office about 9 o'clock,
ripping off her headphones.  At least 10 minutes after the
bolt, her senses still were so numbed she could not hear
people who were trying to come to her aid.  She heard them
and was able to speak just as they planned to break the
door.  First days of the week the veteran operator was
unable to speak above a whisper.  She remained off duty and
under care of a doctor, however, did not know Thursday when
she would return to work.  H.J. Wright, district manager of
the telephone company, expressed the opinion the bolt struck
a line many miles away.  Had it struck such a high voltage
transformer directly, he declared, the entire building would
have been destroyed.

Peanut-Picking Time It's peanut-picking time in south
Georgia and that means fresh boiled green pinders.  Parched
goobers are just the thing for the ballgame and the circus, 
but the real delicacy of the nut is brought out when boiled
green.  Saturday afternoons in harvest time find little boys
eager for some "extra money," hawking peanuts on the street
of all small towns.  Most of them though, are smart to offer
both parched and boiled bags.  Peanut boilings of an evening
are popular in other parts of the goober belt.  A
neighborhood crowd gathers around a huge syrup kettle to
watch a bushel or more of nuts boiled by a roaring fire.
But from the number of romances which reportedly come out of
such affairs, one would think the main interest is back
there in the shadows.

Mr. Autry Resting Well Despite his advanced age, Mr. J.D.
(Bell) Autry of LaCross was resting well this week after
amputation of his right hand at Americus last Friday.  Mr.
Autry becomes 78 years old Sept. 11.

Birthday Wishes Birthday greetings to Carlton Johnson, Aug.
23; Clavert Beckwith, Aug. 29; Richard Malcom Miller of
Putnam, Aug. 31, and Mrs. Susie Larkin, Sept. 6.

Modern Youth A slant on youth, observed in Americus
Thursday:  A high school boy riding over town in a Buick
automobile to collect weekly payments of 20 cents on a
newspaper route he carries.

Mechanical Peanut Picker Schley countians gaped this week at
the latest mechanical marvel to be introduced in this
county.  Henry Hart has purchased a machine to take up and
shake peanuts.  He declares the device does the work of 20
men and just as effectively.

Bouts Scheduled Two Ellaville boxers are matched for bouts
on the Americus community center's amateur ring program next
Thursday night.  Julian (Possum) Gill, 126 pounder, faced
(faces?) Jimmy Walters of Unadilla, who weighs 125.  Lewis
Dyess meets Richard Saunders of Montezuma, a former member
of the boxing team at the University of Georgia.  Gill
scored a knockout victory over William Franklin of Americus
on the card there last Thursday night and recently took a
three-round decision from Ralph Simmons in an Atlanta
appearance.  The Ellavillan floored his opponent in the
first round.


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 Charles F. Crisp
Institute opened Monday, Sept. 1, with an enrollment of 85
students.

Mr. Watts Etheridge left for Bronwood to accept a position
with his uncle, Judge J.L. Murray.


MAYBE ONE WILL GET THERE by Charles Wall, Jr. Here I sit in
this hot weather pawing through by fan mail, (six letters)
three bills, two notices, and a letter in a wispy hand from
I don't know where, asking me to write another column on
"What Is New York Like," because they are thinking of going
to the World's Fair in 1939.  Now all of us are thinking of
the same thing but 95 per cent of us will never get there.
But here goes a county boys version of a city much too big
for any of us.

New York is an avenue of swells in a sea of misery.  It is a
city of sophistication where a stranger will tell you the
story of his life, as quick as you can bat an eye.  New
Yorkers are hard and indifferent, a fact which is borne out
completely by the immense sale of slobber in their
newspapers.  They can spot a fraud quicker than a man can
pick up a five dollar bill he has just found laying in the
middle of the street.  This is why the policy racket is a
major industry and a large body of residents believe that a
colored man from Harlem is God.

The people live and die like hermits in neighboring
apartments.  Even if they speak the same language which is
rare, they consider it improper to acknowledge their
neighbor's existence, although they would give the shirt off
their back for some back-fence pow-wow.  They even spend
hours deciding where to eat and what to do.

Some of the buildings in New York are very high.  This is
because land is very valuable.  It is full of statues of the
dead, they are all hideous, so I'm told.  It has subways
where you can go anywhere without finding a seat.

It is a large town with a very minute mayor.  His name is
LaGuardia, and he is two thirds of something and one third
nerves.

See you at the World's Fair and we will find out more about
the town, I hope.


YOUNGER SET ENTERTAINED AT PICNIC Mrs. W. A. Murray and Mrs.
J.E. Harden entertained with a picnic Friday night at
Murray's pond, honoring the members of the High School set. 
Swimming and boating were features of the entertainment.
Those attending were:  Dixie (Dyxie) Standridge, Mignon
Hill, Clara Mott, Marion Mott, Dorothy Lowry, Hilda Cosper,
Mary Frances Perry, Helen Stevens, Elsie Rainey, Hilda
Manning, Jimmy Harden, Edwards Murray, Carl Hobbs, Charles
Lumpkin, Woodrow Daniel, Finis Allmon, Fred Rainey, Mr. and
Mrs. W.A. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Sullivan, Madison and
Collins Sullivan and Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Harden.


HOSPITAL NOTES Miss Leila Williamson of Birmingham, Ala.,
who underwent a tonsilectomy at Boyette's clinic Monday, was
resting well yesterday.

Miss Virginia Franklin underwent a tonsilectomy at Boyette's
clinic Thursday morning.


COUNTY LINE CHURCH TO BE 87 YEARS OLD County Line Baptist
church passes the 87th anniversary of its founding late this
month, church records reveal.

Twenty-one pastors have served the church since it was
organized September 26, 1851.  The church was affiliated
with the Columbus Association until the Freindship
Association was formed many years later.

The Rev. Henry Comp was its first pastor and he served for
several years before his death in 1861.  The Presbytery of
Elders included W.T. Patrick, Henry Comp, William H. Oliver,
W.K. Westbrook, William Pace, William Mott, Richard H.
Conner, Ann Oliver, Brythany Westbrook and Adeline Jenkins. 
Martin L. Harp was chosen clerk.

The church was rebuilt in 1896 and again in 1923, when it
was leveled by a storm.

Pastors and clerks listed on the official record follows:

Pastor Henry Comp     Martin L. Harp, clerk John Howell
Henry Comp John Howell    Jas. B. Harsby, clerk E.H. Wilson
G.W. Weekly Isaac Hart    W.F. Duncan, clerk Thos. Bell
J.W. Souter, clerk G.W. Weekly Charlie Walters J.M. Bray
J.T. Wade    J.M. Edwards, clerk S.H. McMahan C.D. Carter T.
Gaultney A.C. Wellons C.D. Carter W.J. Ballew J.A. Nelson
J.T. Flourney S.S. Williams    J.W. Hambric, clerk J.A.
Lowry H.J. Johnson    C.E. Hambric, clerk E.L. Jenkins C.D.
Carter    C.S. Edwards, clerk Coleman Daniel end # 10


The Ellaville Sun  Thursday, September 8, 1938  No. 11

VOTERS IN SCHLEY ARE CUT TO 624 Spirited Races Seen for Two
Local Offices; Election Arrangements Made

Six hundred twenty-four persons--179 less than two years
ago--are eligible to vote in Schley county's white
Democratic primary Wednesday.  The 1936 vote was 803.

Spirited races are being waged for two local posts, C.C.
Jordan and Clark C. Williamson are opponents for the 13th
district senatorship.  Under the rotation plan, Schley,
Sumter and Marion counties furnish a senator every third
term.  Gilbert C. Robinson on Montezuma is the incumbent.

John R. Wall, incumbent legislator, is opposed by J.O.
Smith.

In the only other local race, Stephen Pace of Americus will
be nominated without opposition for a second term as
representative to the congress from the third district.

Polls at Ellaville will open at 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.
In the rural precincts, Concord, Lickskillet and Lewis,
polls will open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m.

J.C. Rainey, chairman of the county Democratic executive
committee announces the following boards of election
managers:  Concord, D.R. Murray, E.A. Terry and T.J. Cook;
Lewis, T.H. Walker, R.S. Greene and J.C. Strange;
Lickskillet, W.T. Murphy, C.B. Barnes and J.C. Wall;
Ellaville Troy G. Morrow, S.A. Manning and J.C. Rainey.


COOPER'S PLACE NEAR RUPERT IS BURNED FRIDAY Faulty Electric
Wiring Is Cause of Fire; Will Be Rebuilt Immediately

Rand Cooper, proprietor of Cooper's Place a combination
store and eating establishment on the Ellaville Butler
highway near Rupert, which was burned last Friday afternoon,
this week made plans for rebuilding immediately.

Fire believed to have been caused by defective wiring
destroyed the establishment shortly after 5 o'clock.  A
number of persons were in the building when the fire was
discovered but were unable to bring the flames under
control.  The Butler fire department answered the alarm but
arrived too late to curb the blaze.

Entire stock and virtually all furnishings were lost, Mr.
Cooper declared.  He said insurance covered a portion of the
loss and that he was unable to estimate the probable total
loss.


SARAH E. HORNADY CHAPTER HOLDS REGULAR MEETING The Sarah E.
Hornady Chapter, U.D.C. held the first fall meeting Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Patty Collins with Mrs. E.W.
Strange, acting president presiding.  Mrs. W.H. Oliver,
treasurer, called the roll after which the minutes of the
June meeting were read and approved.  Mrs. Addie S. Munro
and Mrs. W.H. Oliver read reports from Committees.  Mrs.
J.R. Jordan was named as a delegate to the W.D.C. (U.D.C.?)
State Convention which is to be held in Gainesville, Oct.
25-27, with Mrs. Tom Walker elected as alternate.  Mrs.
Patty Collins arranged the afternoon's program.  Named as
officers of the chapter to serve during the next two years
are: President--Mrs. J.R. Jordan Vice-President--Mrs. C. R.
McCrory Recording Secretary--Mrs. Addie Munro Corresponding
Secretary--Mrs. H.J. Williams Register--Mrs. Patty Collins
Treasurer--Mrs. W.H. Oliver Assistant Historians--Mrs. Patty
Collins and Miss Mary Hornady Miss Eloise Johnson played the
first movement of the "The Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven.
Mrs. J.R. Jordan assisted the hostess in serving delightful
refreshments.  Present were:  Mrs. E.W. Strange, Mrs. H.J.
Williams, Mrs. W.H. Oliver, Mrs. C.P. DeWolf, Mrs. T.H.
Walker, Mrs. W.S. Johnson, Mrs. J.R. Jordan and Miss Mary
Hornady.


THE HAND THAT WILL SOMEDAY ROCK THE CRADLE by Charles Wall,
Jr.

Your correspondent heard a most interesting conversation a
few days ago, between a young member of the fair sex and an
old gentleman that has lived a fuller and completer life
than any of us can ever hope to live.  It put this old boy
to thinking.

I have been delving into the feminine thoughts and
compulsions; even in its mind.  It exists, it has fears and
phobias, starry depths lurk many disturbing thoughts.  And
it is something you can't write about any too elaborate.
For reasons that the feminine mind can figure out, or
anybody that would like to try their hand at it.  If you are
still in the dark stop me in an alley and we will go into
the subject deeper.

The mind that you and I are going to explore is the young
flapper's (now why did I say that, because we men resent
being called squirts).  Let's change that to young maidens. 
Seventy-five per cent of their thoughts are taken up with
getting a man.  The other twenty-five per cent are taken up
with holding the man they already caught.  All have marriage
in mind.  Some as soon as they can find a tall, dark,
handsome brute.  Others, at a later date.  Every one of them
are thinking along the same line.  Most of these young
maidens, that are never supposed to have a though(t), win
out, only a few end up in the old maid's home.  A man is
usually the cause of this in some indirect way.

There you have most young ladies' daily thoughts in a nut-
shell.  Marriage stays on their mind and, if it doesn't, it
should.  Experts say it is the best career that a woman can
find.  It may be, I'm not a woman and I have never tried
marriage.  But all I know is what others say.


25 YEARS AGO--1913 N.B. Stewart, native of Taylor county and
relative of many Schley countians, consul at Durban, India,
has been appointed consul at Milan, the most important city
in Italy.


LOST One right-hand black suede and kid glove Sunday
morning, between depot and J.H. Hart's residence.  If found
please notify Carolyn Lawhorn. end # 11


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, September 16, 1938  No. 12

J.W. LARKIN FUNERAL HELD Prominent Farmer Is Laid To Rest
Sunday Afternoon by Charles Wall, Sr. Funeral services for
James Walter Larkin, 62 year old farmer and prominent
citizen of Schley County in the Fellowship community, were
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Lutheran church
(Mt. Zion) on the Ellaville Oglethorpe highway in Macon
county.  Burial was in the church yard cemetery.

Rev. W.W. Whaley officiated.

Friends and sorrowing relatives were shocked at his sudden
death which occurred at his home on Saturday afternoon,
Sept. 10.

Mr. Larkin always took a leading part in all matters
pertaining to the welfare of his community and the
termination of his useful career will be sorely felt
throughout the county.  He was a member of Corinth Methodist
church and was for twenty years a member of the board of
trustees of the Fellowship school, serving as its secretary-
treasurer.  During his tenure a new building has been
erected, the bonded indebtedness for which has already been
retired, more teachers have been added, and the school is
one of the few in the county now furnishing to the pupils
noon-day lunch without cost.

He was a son of the late pioneer Schley county citizen,
James J. Larkin, who died in 1923, and Mrs. Susie Larkin who
still resides in Lowe community.

Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kate
Holloway Wall Larkin, 11 children, eight sons, Henry,
Russell, Emmett, Charlie, Roy, William, James, Lynwood and
three daughters, Mrs. T.W. Brown, Mrs. Clifton Wall and Mrs.
Rainey Wall, all of whom reside in Schley county except
Russell and Roy who live in Macon county nearby; six step-
children, Mrs. Darcie DeVane, Mrs. Addie Larkin, Nellie,
Lillie Mae, Dorothy and Percy Wall; six grandchildren, one
great grandchild; one brother, W.O. Larkin; five sisters,
Mrs. Bob Robinson, Mrs. George Robinson, Mrs. John Robinson,
Mrs. E.M. Taylor and Miss Wilma Larkin, besides numerous
other relatives.

All children except Lynwood were born under a former
marriage.  He married Miss Pearl Lee Ellis on December 18,
1898 and she died on August 27, 1923.

On May 19, 1925 he married Mrs. Kate Holloway Wall.  The
amalgamation of these two families brought a tremendous
responsibility upon the head of the home and it became a
source of pride for those who had the opportunity to observe
to point out just how devoted this father and adopted father
was to his trust.  He was just as loyal to his neighbors and
friends, and besides his immediate family, a host of friends
will sorely miss his friendship and fidelity. (Transcriber's
note:  James Walter Larkin's marker at Mt. Zion indicates
his date of birth as 25 November 1873.  Pearl Lee Ellis, 1st
wife is buried there as well as other family members.)


12 ENROLL FOR COLLEGE Incomplete Registration of
Southwestern 235 Twelve Schley county students were among
235 freshmen who enrolled Thursday at Georgia Southwestern
college at Americus.  The total registration figure is
incomplete, President Peyton Jacob said Thursday afternoon.

Local students who registered were Edwards Murray, T.H.
Stevens, Jr., Melville Johnson, John D. Wall, Bobby Rigsby,
Charles McNeal, Jr., Miriam Dupree, Doris Cripps, Winfred
Greene, Lorena Jordan, Jeannette Strange and Thayer Causey.

Sophomores register Monday.


THE HILL by Charles Wall, Jr. Washington, in the District of
Columbia, is thought of as the 49th state of our Union, but
why don't we call it a state of mind.  It is the most
disorderly state known to mankind, without reason or sense
of direction.  Those who claim citizenship will exchange it
for the right or privilege of nodding to the great or those
who think they are near great.  This nod is usually in a
quickly passing moment because everybody is in a hurry to
get nowhere.  Nobody is going anywhere in Washington except
to a tea, a party or a conference which everybody forgets as
soon as it is over.  Everybody in Washington is a Romeo.
There are five females to every male.  Anything short of a
crippled peg-legged or wheel chair occupant is sure of
attention, which is always flattering.

Breakfast is the way most people start the day off, but not
in this city of (whatever they are called, it slips my mind
at the moment).  Here it is important because it is the time
when you begin to get it "straight."  In one block in any
direction you can meet a dozen men who had breakfast with
the president.  Another dozen who talked to Farley while he
shaved.  At last (least?) six that had an important
telephone call from some member of the cabinet.  Even some
poor fool (who) ran into the French ambassador.  Oodles of
them have learned authoritatively that, "
............................ ."  This is instead of "State
Affairs," a state of affairs.

In every hip pocket there is a letter which will prove that
you stand pretty high with somebody in Maine or elsewhere
and that entitles you to be snooted or in the back room of
Harry's place, where all important meetings are held.



HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Rainey Wall announce the birth
of a son at Boyette's Clinic Monday.  He weighed six and a
half pounds.

Mrs. J.H. Dyess who underwent an operation for appendicitis
at Boyette's Clinic last week was removed Saturday to the
home of Mrs. Lucy Dyess.


OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 Ellaville was saddened
this week by the death September 15, of Fannie Holloway,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Holloway.  She had been ill
several weeks. end # 12


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, Sept. 23, 1938  No. 13

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

A BROKEN DATE Miss Mandy Rooks won't be able to keep a date
she made with me for May 8, 1943---her 100th birthday.  She
passed on peacefully late Saturday from Time into
Timelessness.

No girl in the glory of her teens ever made a date with more
wistfulness than Mrs. Rooks did, this one on her 95th
birthday more than four months ago.  She hesitated----with a
pause significant that she realized the sand in the hour
glass was running low---and said she'd better not make it
............. for she "might not be here."  I countered that
no matter what the calendar claimed she couldn't be so very
old because her eyes were "as bright as a school girl's."
And they were----blue, clear and expressive.  She laughed
with feeling and said I was flirting with her
................ but the weight of the years seemed to lift
a little for a moment and she said she would "try" to see me
five years from that day.

I wrote two stories about her.  The first time I went for an
interview and found myself making an old fashioned
neighbor's visit.  The next time I did not confuse the visit
with an interview.  She was that sort of person.  And any
one whose way of living calls for them to interview people
in all walks of life understands the rarity of this.

She recalled tender memories of a happy yesterday, expressed
thanksgiving for a contented today and said brave words
about the future.  I asked her to talk about "the war" and
she did for several unwilling minutes.  What she wanted to
talk about was her romance.  Of a bitter December day in
1872 when she was married and of how gloriously happy they
were.  "We lived in a little house made of split logs with a
stick-and-mud chimney for about a year, but I was happier
then than I've ever been."

She was rapt when she talked of not being afraid to die.

I do not recall hearing anyone say such things with more
sincerity.  That is why long after that broken date is
passed I shall remember her as typifying the spirit of the
real people who have made our country what it is .........
people who share a genuine love that builds happy homes and
never dies, people who are grateful for their infinite
blessings, people who live close to God and die that way---
the spirit of a people that I hope shall never perish from
the earth.


BIRTHDAY REGARDS Birthday greetings to Sarah Wilson, Sept.
12; the Rev. J.E. Channell, Sept. 23, Walter Jones, Jr.,
Sept. 24.


FINAL TRIBUTE PAID MRS. W.A. ROOKS, 95 Funeral services for
Mrs. Amanda Rooks, who died peacefully late Saturday
afternoon at her home in County Line community in her 96th
year, were conducted from the Ellaville Methodist Church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  Burial was in the local
cemetery.

The aged woman, who became 95 years old on May 8---Mother's
Day, had been ill for two weeks and in declining health for
an extended period.

"I just sit here ...... but I feel no misery, no pain," said
"Miss Mandy" on her last birthday.  She walked with
difficulty requiring assistance of a cane and a companion,
but enjoyed fine health.  Lack of appetite was her chief
complaint.

A native of Chambers county, Alabama, she was born in 1843--
--when John Tyler was president, the daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth Lunsford.  Her father was a captain in the was of
1812, and her maternal grandfather was a Revolutionary
soldier.  While she was still a child her parents moved to
Sumter county, Georgia, now a part of Terrell.  She was
married to Timothy Rooks, a veteran of the War Between the
States, on Dec. 10, 1872.  He died in July, 1930, being
active in farming until the time of his death.

Mrs. Rooks united with the Methodist church when she was 24.
Infirmities prevented her attending worship during her last
years but she enjoyed the radio services.  She kept her
clock on daylight savings time to avoid confusion with the
radio programs.

The Rev. L.D. Shippey, pastor of the County Line Methodist
church, and the Rev. W.S. Johnson, pastor of Ellaville
Methodist church,  officiated at the funeral.  Pallbearers
were grandsons-in-law:  Jake Smith, Joseph Duke, Ernest
Hutchins, Howard Greene, Elton Robinson and Clarence Smith.

Surviving are five children, three sons and two daughters---
Mrs. Dora Young, with whom she made her home, and Mrs.
Sallie Salter, Plains; W.A. Rooks of Birmingham, Ala., Joe
Rooks of Andersonville and John Rooks of Georgetown; 33
grandchildren, including a set of twins, and 26 great-
grandchildren.


GILL THREAT FOR CROWN Ellaville Boy May Fight District
Champion

Julian "Possum" Gill, hard-hitting Ellaville boxer who has
risen from obscurity to a top flight scrapper in four
fights, today stands in line as the logical contender for
the 135-pound "Golden Gloves" district crown held by W.T.
Johnson of Americus.

Victorious in his first fight a few months ago, Gill was
impressive in winning what was billed as a "grudge" fight
with George Whitten of Americus.  Following in the wake of
this victory, he won a knockout decision in Americus and a
close three round decision in Atlanta on an amateur card.

Gill's most recent conquest is a one-round knockout over
T.C. Tidwell, highly touted Cordele fighter, last week.
Showing plenty of speed and snaky lefts and rights, "Possum"
worked the Cordeleian into position for a devastating right
cross that floored him instantly.  The bell saved Tidwell on
the count, but he failed to return for the second round.

Unable to find an opponent who could cope with the hard-
hitter from Ellaville and being in the same fix with Johnson
of Americus, promoter Tommy Hooks III has decided to attempt
a match of his two best scrappers in an intra-camp fight.


MR. J.A. CHAPMAN IS HONORED ON EIGHTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY Mr.
J.A. Chapman celebrated his eighty third birthday
anniversary Sunday and was honored with a surprise birthday
dinner.  The guests assembled in the back yard where the
table was placed.  Centering the table was a lovely white
birthday cake decorated with pink candles.  The guests
enjoying the picnic lunch were Dr. and Mrs. Horace
Yarborough and daughters, Rosa and Marily, Mrs. Grady DeVane
and daughter, Virginia, of Columbus, Mrs. Lily DeVane and
Mrs. Bill Watkins of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Tondee and
son, Jack, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Chapman and son, Jimmy and Miss
Mary Tondee.


DELIGHTFUL WEINER ROAST IS ENJOYED Those enjoying a weiner
roast at the home of Jane Hill Saturday night were Warren
Battle, Pep Perry, Geta Murray, Jane Carter, Susanne Wilson,
Bob Hill, Mary Burnam Williamson, Jacqueline Rigsby, Ann
Stevens, Hazel Ellis, Sara Stringfellow, Gwendolyn Miles,
Inez Williams and Miss Geraldine Knighton. end # 13


The Ellaville Sun  Friday, September 30, 1938

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

YOU TAKE THE PROFESSOR--WE'LL TAKE HER DAY DREAMS Mrs. Mary
Lou Jordan was forced to transfer her freshman English class
at Georgia Southwestern college, Americus, to a larger room
because of the unusual large enrollment.  Next day one girl
failed to answer roll call.  But before Mrs. Jordan could
mark her absent, several students protested they had seen
her on the way to class.  Someone had an idea.  And it was
investigated.  Sure enough:  Fifteen minutes after the
period had begun, the girl sat solemn-faced in her former
English classroom listening to a male instructor deliver a
social science lecture.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY Kindest birthday regards to
Mrs. D.R. Murray, Sept. 20, Mrs. J.M. Cook, Sept. 24 and
James Jordan, Sept. 28.

TRIBUTE FROM A STUDENT A grammar grader on the LaCross
school bus heard Driver Leo Williams had been interviewed
for a story in today's paper and she decided to write a
little tribute to accompany it.  She sent it in Thursday
morning.  And it tells quite a story.  Here it is in her own
words, edited only when necessary: "............. Mr.
Williams is a very honest and loyal bus driver.  He is no
strict driver but sees that the students conduct themselves
properly.  He shows due respect to all the students.  He
tries to make the trip to and from school as cheery and
happy and enjoyable as possible.  He encourages the student
in all school works and activities.  The parents all respect
him as loyal and feel that their children are safe with him.
He is a very safe driver."

ARE YOU READY TO GO TO WAR? Rumbling of war machinery is
mocking prayers for peace in a terrified Europe----and the
fear is seizing points all over the world.  For neighbors
have failed to ask you who is going to win the world series
of what the devil does President Roosevelt think he is
trying to do.  Now they inquire, "Are you ready to go to
war?"


HOSPITAL NOTES Miss Mary Lightner has returned to her home
after a tonsil operation at Boyette's clinic Friday.

Mr. Grady Murray is improving at Boyette's clinic. end # 14


The Ellaville Sun  Friday October 7, 1938  Vol. 2, No. 15

SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan

BANK ROBBERY STILL MYSTERY AFTER YEAR First anniversary of
the sensational one-man robbery of the Bank of Ellaville
will be reached Monday with no immediate prospect of
solution.  Federal investigators reportedly have been
working on the case since several hours after the hold-up,
but have failed to clear the mystery.  Often during the year
rumors have gone around that the bandit has been captured
and induced to confess, and other similar talk, but queries
to bank officials have proven them false.  Ellaville got its
thrill of a lifetime that lovely October morning when the
word was passed that a sockless, blue-eyed daredevil had
stolen an announced sum of $5,000 while townspeople were
going about their way in much the same gait as on many other
Monday mornings in many other months for a long, long time. 
There were those, however, who were chilled rather than
thrilled by the stick-up, for Cashier Harry F. Dixon and
Assistant Cashier Mrs. Harold Ware found out, as Harry
expressed, " .............. it feels to loo! k down the
barrel .............."

IF THIS ISN'T NEWS YOU CAN HAVE OUR JOB Fear of a European
war that soon would involve the United States knocked on the
door of an Ellaville young woman's heart one night last
week.  A boy friend (who does not live in Schley county)
asked her to marry him, appealing that he felt certain war
would soon claim him.  Her answer?  "No thank you," the girl
claims she replied, "I do not care to be a war bride."  She
declined to say whether she believed her suitor wanted to
marry her so they could spend a few months of happiness
before he should tramp off to the front, or so that the
obligation of supporting her might excuse him from duty.
Anyway, the proposal shows what might become commonplace if,
and when, there is a call to arms (meaning guns).  (News
item:  Agreement of contending nations on a plan for
uncontested dismembership of Czechoslovakia has removed
threats of an immediate conflict.  Markets have reacted
sharply to the relief of the scare--the stock market has
gone up, the marriage market ...... well .......)

WITH KINDEST BIRTHDAY REGARDS Best birthday wishes to Mrs.
Claude Pilcher, Oct. 2; Billy Kimble of Americus, Oct. 4;
T.H. Walker and Paul Tondee, Oct. 8.  Don't forget to send
along birthdays and wedding anniversaries in your family and
among your friends. end # 15


This issue of the Sun is also shown as No. 15.  The Oct. 7th
issue carried that number as well.  This was a double issue
that focused on the agricultural community of Schley county.
There were many articles on crops, prices and a few on
various farmers.

The Ellaville Sun  Friday, Oct. 14, 1938

SCHLEY COUNTY'S OLDEST WOMAN LIES NEAR DEATH Mrs. J.M.
Lawhorn, 101, Schley county's oldest woman, Thursday lay
near death of the infirmities of age.  A doctor was called
for Mrs. Lawhorn for the first time in her life, several
weeks ago, it is said.  He has visited her several times
since.  The remarkable story of Mrs. Lawhorn and her 101
year-old husband was told in a feature story in the July 1
issue of this newspaper.

HE NEEDS A SIMPLE WORD TO DESCRIBE PRODUCTIVITY Farmer Homer
Dupree of Andrew Chapel is looking for a nice simple word to
describe the productivity of two of his stalks of corn.  He
is displaying one stalk with eight fully matured ears and
another with six which are fully matured.  "They make more
than enough to fed a mule a meal in working time, " Dupree
declared.  "I feed my mules 12 ears apiece when they are
working."

MISSIONARY LADIES "ATTEND" BRIDGE PARTY A printer's blunder
last week placed several members of the Ellaville Baptist
Missionary Society around a bridge table, and some of them
felt uneasy.  The most damnable thing about newspaper errors
is the worst of them "make sense," that is, the connection
between the right and wrong parts of the story, as it
appears in print, read perfectly, from a grammatical
standpoint.  So the names of several members of the
Missionary Society were added to the list of players at Mrs.
Daniel L. Rainey's bridge party, and it read "right."  Mrs.
Rainey didn't mind, but we regretted involving some of the
Missionary Society ladies.  There is an old saying around
newspaper offices that once a paper makes a bad mistake
concerning a person, it usually repeats it.  Well, about a
year ago a careless linotype operator changed Mrs. Rainey's
bridge party date from Tuesday night to Sunday night, and
the untimely change got past everybody who had a chance to
change it.  Many eyebrows were lifted.  Mrs! . Rainey
graciously excused the error.  A correction was made the
next week.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY Sincere birthday greetings to
Mrs. W.D. Sears, 8th; Miss Dorothy Pilcher, 9th; C.D. Athon,
13th; Richard C. Howard, Jr.--one candle for Dick--and Murry
Ellis, 11th; Marvin Phillips and W.A. Wall, 15th; Carrol
Jean Athon--it's her first, too, and let's give her a big
hand--16th.  An out of town anniversary will interest many
Ellaville people.  Mrs. G.L. Gartner, formerly Miss Flossie
Eason of Ellaville, and Mr. Gartner celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary Oct. 8.  In Atlanta on Sept. 30, a son
was born to Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Gartner, Jr., at Crawford W.
Long hospital in Atlanta.  He was named G.L. Gartner, III.
Mail or call birthday and wedding anniversaries in your
family and among your friends to The Sun.

RURAL GEORGIA GOES COURTING First autumn winds may fan the
spark of the nation's big time football programs, but they
stir an irresistible urge for basketball in rural Georgia.
Although football machines have scarcely moved into firing
position in the larger cities, many high school and athletic
club teams, wearing the colors of small towns in this
section already have begun drills for the long cage campaign
which lasts from October until March.  Schedule makers,
planning for early opening games, are busy carding contests
which will occupy their teams until the extended series of
tournaments which get underway in late January and February.
Basketball operations in small towns have been accelerated
in recent years.  "The sport of cross-roads" used to be
played on outdoor courts and watched by small groups of
shivering, topcoated spectators, many of whom went because
"John is on the team."  And inclement weather often wrecked
schedules.  But late depression days saw the beginning of a
decided trend tow! ard erection of comfortable gymnasiums
throughout this section.  This year will find the few
remaining schools dedicating gyms.  Modernization of the
battle ground has brought a broad improvement.  Performances
of all clubs are markedly superior, and attendance has
gained phenomenally.  The average customer has taken the
finer points of the game more seriously.  Team spirit to
"give all for dear old Possum Trot" and community spirit to
root the boys to victory mingle to establish small town
basketball as a sport which is still played for the game
alone.


SCHOOL PATROL IS ORGANIZED Local Officers Selected by Supt.
Palmer Formation of a local unit of the statewide schoolboy
patrol organization promises to promote strong interest in
traffic safety at Schley county high school.

Supt. E.M. Palmer has appointed officers for each of the
nine school buses with Kelley Terry of Midway as captain.
Each officer will direct loading of his bus each afternoon
and will sit at the front of the bus and alight ahead of
each student, being certain the way is clear before allowing
him to cross the road.  Officers will wear insignia
designating their positions.

Officers are Marcene Ellis, eighth grade, County Line; Kelly
Terry, eleventh grade, Midway; Jack Deriso, ninth grade,
Ebenezer; Edgar Fouche, eleventh grade, Glenn Holly; Marcus
Dillard, ninth grade Concord; Lynwood Holloway, eighth
grade, LaCross; Walter Strange, tenth grade, Lewis.

One or more of the Ellaville district will be given a trip
over this patrol district with State Highway patrolmen
sometime during the school year.  Awards will be based on
efficiency and scholarship.

One student from each patrol district will be given a
several day tour of the entire state, with State Patrolmen,
sometime next spring.


MRS. ODOM, 19, PASSES FRIDAY Brief Illness Fatal to Bride of
One Year Mrs. Clemon Odom, 19, died at her home near Concord
last Friday after a brief illness.  the community was
shocked by her passing.  She had been married only one year.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Grimsley, and seven brothers.


COURT SESSION ENDS TUESDAY Two-Day Term Is Heard by Superior
Court Schley Superior court adjourned Tuesday afternoon
after a two day session.  Judge W.M. Harper of the
Southwestern circuit presided.  E.L. (Tic) Forrester was
solicitor. Criminal Cases: State vs. Henry B. Terry,
burglary, verdict of guilty. State vs. Ned Aldridge,
disturbing worship, plea of guilty. State vs. Lottie Mae
Miller, assault with intent to commit murder, plea of
guilty. State vs. John Ross, driving car on highway while
drunk, plea of guilty. State vs. Joe Porter, disturbing
worship, plea of guilty. State vs. John Ross, assault with
intent to murder, verdict guilty. State vs. Arthur Milnar,
assault with intent to murder, verdict guilty. Civil Cases:
Nellie Wall Stephenson vs. Robert Louis Stevenson, divorce,
granted. Sheffield Co. vs. C.H. Greene, suit on note,
verdict for plaintiff.


136 WORKING ON WPA JOB More than 400 Apply for Jobs in
Schley One hundred thirty-six of approximately 400
applicants Thursday had been put to work on Schley road
projects sponsored by WPA for relief of farmers who failed
to make a living income the year.  Mrs. O.C. Hill, county
registrar, said 66 men were to be placed on the payroll
yesterday, bringing the total to 136, and that
certifications for remaining applicants are being rushed as
rapidly as possible.  H.G. Wimbish has been appointed county
supervisor, C.H. Bliss is foreman of the project at Buck
Creek bridge and Edgar DeVane is county timekeeper.  Only
complete projects will be undertaken by the program, repair
jobs being out of it's scope.


M'LENDON HAS MODEL FARM Farmer G.W. McLendon of LaCross is
Schley county's model soil conservationist.  Although he
used only the most simple equipment, the enterprising farmer
has completed effective terracing of the 45 cultivated acres
of his 101 acre farm.  Starting in the spring of 1937 and
finishing the work the past spring, McLendon constructed
broad terracing on his rolling, sandy loam farm.  His only
equipment was a common two-horse plow with an extra long
wing.  Soil conservation experts who have inspected the work
say it is excellent and certain to withstand persistent
heavy rains.  They point to his accomplishment as ideal and
proof that expensive equipment is not necessary for
terracing this type of land.  County agent P.W. Hamil and a
soil conservation engineer laid off the terraces.


OUT OF THE PAST Public schools of Schley county open their
five-month terms Oct. 27.  School officials say they expect
the most successful year in history as many schools have
contracted with teachers for two extra months, making seven-
month terms.


SELLARS GROWS 16 BALES ON 15 ACRES Schley Farmer Declares
Extra Yield "Just Luck"

Cotton farming is the biggest gamble of all gambles, in the
opinion of Ben Sellars, Schley county farmer whose bumper
crop this year netted him 16 bales of cotton off 15 acres of
land.

Fertilizer, rain sun or anything else is only superficial in
the cotton game, he thinks, where a man is "just gone if he
doesn't have plenty of luck."

Much of his success, however may be attributed to poisoning,
for he was one of the few farmers to use poison to curb the
boil weevil threat.

The rangy farmer breaks all the rules of scientifically
approved farming methods by calling "farm rotation the
bunk."  He claims that "I never waste my time figuring some
way to keep from planting the same thing on a certain plot
of land year after year.  I just plant as I get ready to and
I always come out on top."

This year Sellars planted 15 acres of his farm in cotton and
off of it collected 8, 063 pounds of lint--or slightly more
than 16 bales.

"Those 15 acres of land have been planted in cotton since
1931, and they have seen much better cotton years than this,
but 16 bales is a new record for me," he exclaims
enthusiastically.  "And I took less care of it than In
previous years."

Sellars used 400 pounds of 8.3.5 and 200 pounds of nitrate
of soda on his land, but refuses to believe that the
fertilizer was the cause of the bumper crop.  "It naturally
had its effect, as it has every year I've planted cotton,
but something we have no power over caused that cotton to
grow so good."

"That land has been planted in cotton for eight years, and
there have been some years that were considered ideal for
cotton farming--not like the bad spells of rain and the
drought we experienced this year--and I've never had as much
as a bale an acre before," he asserts.

His other crops on adjoining plots of land were far from
desirable, some being below the average, he says.

Forty-five acres of corn interplanted with peas and beans
turned out "nothing extra."  Sixty acres planted in peanuts
netted 8,940 pounds.

Over a period of the last five years, the average yield of
Sellars 15 acres of land planted in cotton has been only 352
pounds---only about half what it yielded for this one year.

"Just like I say--you have to be lucky sometime, and this
was my year, I guess," he muses.


33 BUSHELS OF CORN AN ACRE Farmer Horace Bell who lives on
Dozier's Mill road near here, takes you to his corn crib to
show the value of planting Austrian winter peas.  Bell has
just finished harvesting 480 bushels of corn off 14.3 acres,
an average of 33 bushels per acre.  Without fertilizer, he
planted the crop behind Austrian peas.  From an adjoining
field, fertilized by soda, he has gathered only 10 bushels
per acres, the county's average yield.  The Schley county
farmer planted 33 pounds of peas, costing $30.65, mixed with
400 pounds of basic slag, costing $28.50 for a total bill of
$59.15.  On another field he distributed 75 pounds of soda
per acre at a cost of $1.32 per acre.
end # 15 (2nd one)