The Schley County News Friday, July 16, 1909 No. 27 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Martha Baldwin will leave this week for Atlanta to spend two or three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Shealey and Mrs. Ed Derrick, of Oglethorpe, are visiting Maj. and Mrs. E.S. Baldwin. Miss Annie Williams, of Americus, is the attractive little guest of Miss Dorothy Cheney. Miss Dora Legett, of Sylvester, is the guest of Mrs. J.T. Royal. Miss Elizabeth Drane, of Buena Vista, is with her sister, Mrs. E.R. Jordan, this week. Mr. Edwards McCrory came down from Atlanta Sunday spending the day with parents. Col. C.R. McCrory spent Sunday with his family, coming from the Georgia Legislature. Mrs. J.J. Murray, of Tifton, is the guest of Mrs. J.M. Murray. The Misses Worthy, of Americus, were the very pleasant guests of their sister, Mrs. H.C. Davis, here this week. Mrs. Will Jones and Mrs. C.P. Davis, of Americus, made Mrs. Lillie Dixon a visit here this week. Mr. Pope Jones and family of Worth County are here on a visit to Mr. Walters' family. Mr. Tom Chapman, of Worth, returned home yesterday after a week's stay with relatives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Devane and Miss Devane, of Jacksonville, Florida, are on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Chapman. Something like a thousand bales of coton have been sold by Schley county farmers during the past week at the flattering price of 12 cents. This sounds good. A house-party, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Baldwin and Prof. and Mrs. W.E. Drane, composed of Misses Sadie Wellons and Martha Davis, Messrs. Lon Walters, Chas.Baldwin and Arthur Murray, spent this week at Stewart's mill. It's a safe bet, that they enjoyed themselves. The Farmers' Union Day at Usry's Mill on last Saturday was indeed a pleasant ocassion. The crowd numbered more than five hundred and the dinner spread would have accommodated twice the number. The barbecue was pronounced by all as being extra fine. The Union in Schley is a strong institution and is accomplishing much good for the farmer. May they grow in union and strength and live to spend many other such days. The quarterly meeting held at Hopewell church Wednesday proved one the most pleasant and successful of the year. The attendance was one of the largest ever seen at Hopewell, the church not being near large enough to hold the people. Rev. Johnstone preached a forceable sermon at he noon service, after which a most bountiful dinner was spread and the feast of that followed was one of the "old time" type. The good people of the Hopewell neighborhood only again demonstrated that they may always be depended upon for genuine hospitality upon occasions of this kind. DISTRICT CONFERENCE The Americus District Conference of the South Ga., conference met at Ellaville, Ga., July 6th with the Presiding Elder J.B. Johnstone, of Dawson, presiding, some 70 or 75 laymen and ministers and visitors were present. The report of all the preachers allowed that the interest of the various charges were in a healthful condition. Many successful meetings having already been held with quite a number of additions by profession of faith and by church certificate. Many more revivals are yet to be held. Rev. Dr. W.C.Lovett, of Atlanta, and Editor of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, represented the paper in a strong appeal, allowing the need of the paper being in every home of the Methodist people. Some of the colleges were represented, Mr. R.W. Smith representing LaGrange Female College, Rev. J.W. Malone, D.D., President of Andrew Female College, at Cuthburt, and Rev. W.W. Seal, of Wesleyan Female College at Macon. Reports from these representatives showed our Methodist colleges to be in good condition with a high standard intellectually and religiously. But few girls leaves the church schools without being indeed, christians. The Wesley Memorial Enterprise of Atlanta, were ably represented by Rev.Frank Siler, D.D. and a collection was taken for that work. Rev. W.A. Huckabee, the agent of our orphans home at Macon spoke in the interest of that noble institution, after which there was a liberal response in a collection for the home. J.A. McDonald, of Plains, B.B. Perry, of Dawson, R.S. Pryor, of Leslie, and W.P. Wallace were elected delegates to the Annual Conference, with the following alternates, Judge Z.A. Littlejohn, N.W. Dozier, and H.H. McKellar. Rev. F.W. Griffin, Rev. W.G. Pilcher and Rev. Paul C.Dennedy, local preachers were granted a renewal of their licenses. The local Deacons and Elders of the District were called one by one and their characters passed. The Leader of he Laymens missionary movement of the South Georgia Conference, Mr. R.F. Burden, spoke interestingly to a full house, in the interest of that great work, telling how the laymen of the conference had pledged and would raise $10,000.00 for the purpose of educating young girls in Japan. The preaching of the Conference was of the highest order. Rev. M.B. Ferrell, Rev. O.B. Chester, Rev.C.T. Clark and Rev. B. Anthony did the preaching. Rev. W. H. Budd, pastor of the First Church at Macon, occupied the pulpit the last night of the conference and during which time he gave one of the richest and most convincing discourses in favor of and in the interest of the church at home and abroad. No one that heard this message could ever doubt the wisdom of Foreign Mission. The Conference adjourned Thursday night at 10 o'clock under many obligations to the good and kind people of Ellaville for their open doors, and nice entertainment. J.G. Christian, Asst. Sec. MRS DIXON DEAD Our little town on Thursday afternoon was deeply saddened when it was announced that death had claimed Mrs. Mary George Dixon, for all who had known her so long, realized that a true, good woman had gone. Mrs. Dixon had been in declining health for more than a year past, but more recently her condition became serious and owing to her advanced age, none felt that she would ever recover again. She died in her seventy-seventh year, and while her life has been a long one, she leaves a record of honesty of purpose and true southern womanhood that is unspotted, which shall ever be appreciated by the people of Ellaville and Schley county, among whom she had lived since her childhood. Mrs. Dixon had far more than a half century been a member of the Methodist church of this place. In her church life she exercised the same spirit of conscientious purpose and conservatism that she exemplified in her every day life, thus gaining and holding the unshaken confidence of all. In fact, ! she was a woman that lived and looked above the petty sins to which human nature is often so prone to indulge in. As we think of her life, we feel that we can safely say, that she was one that we have known who lived even more than she professed and we know that her chief ambition was to always do the right. She is survived by three sons, namely, Mr. L.W. Dixon, of LaCrosse, Mr. Olin Dixon, of Americus, and Mr. Claude Dixon, of Ellaville; all of whom shall receive the entire sympathy of the people of our county in this, the sad loss of a good mother. The funeral services were conducted from the home this afternoon, conducted by her pastor, Rev. C.A.Norton, and the high and touching tribute paid by him to the life well spent, was unstintingly verified by the hundreds of friends present. The services were concluded at the grave in the Ellaviile cemetery, the remains being laid to rest by the side of her husband whose death occured more than two years ago. NOTICE On September 1st, I expect to open an up-to-date Millinery store at C.L. Peacock & Son's old stand. Thanking my friends and customers of the past for their friendship and patronage. A continuation of the same will be more appreciated now as I will be in business to myself. I am very respectfully, Miss Mary Williamson. end # 27