This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parker, Eubanks, Castleberry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ld.2ADE/426 Message Board Post: You may want to check Calhoun County Georgia for Eubanks. My Eubanks family were listed in the 1860 and 70 census for Calhoun County Georgia. They left the area and traveled to Mississippi. Margie Daniels www.gloverfamily.com www.gagenweb.org www.theheartofdixie.net

Schley County GaArchives Photo Group.....Amos, Greene, Elliston & Heath October 28, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 8, 2006, 5:12 pm Source: The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 28, 1938 No. 17 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/schley/photos/amosgree966nph.jpg Image file size: 271.7 Kb MARTHA JANE ELLISTON OF Rupert, Ga., won second place in a voice contest held by Georgia Federation of Music Clubs at the Southeastern fair in Atlanta week before last. Pictured left to right are: Kathryn Amos, Butler, first violin; Clyde Afay Breene, Butler, fisrst prize piano; Miss Elliston, and Earl Heath, Junction City, second violin.....(Photo courtesy The Atlanta Journal.) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/photos/amosgree966nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 28, 1938 No. 17 SCHLEY SLANTS by Foy Evans RAYMOND DUNCAN IS SICK--THE SUN GOES ON It was because of the unfortunate illness of Editor Raymond Duncan that I was given the responsibility of editing this issue of The Sun. Having first become sick last Thursday, Raymond was up and around Sunday and confident he would be able to give his full attention to The Sun this week. But a relapse early in the week put him back in the sick bed, and he called me in to lend a helping hand. It is, at that, a coincidence that my service on this paper should begin with so great a task just one week before I was supposed to become a regular staff member of The Sun. It is my sincere desire that this issue of The Sun meet the approval of its many faithful readers........ AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO........... Patsy Barnes, who celebrated her second birthday on Oct. 23. Lillian Cooper, Rupert, and J.W. Hambrick, Oct. 20. J.M. Cook reached the ripe old age of 82, Oct. 23; and Mrs. Lizzie Park, visiting Oglethorpe, who has been ill, was 81 the same day. Martha Jones Elliston, Rupert, Oct. 25; Fred Rainey, Oct. 29; Oct. 30 was a birthday with Supt. J.L. Duncan, Mrs. J.L. Lindsay, Mrs. Carlton Wall, Jim DeVane and Griffin Bell all celebrating. Mrs. Floyd Moore, Nov. 1; Martha Jane manning, Nov. 2; and Frances McGinty, Rupert, Nov. 3. To Mr. Theo Wimbish goes top honor this week with 90 candles on his birthday cake Thursday, Oct. 27. Betty Ruth Martin, Butler, Oct. 31; and Wannie Phillips, Nov. 3. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Cooper of Rupert, celebrated their 47th anniversary October 22. NINETY YEAR-OLD MAN PRAISES GOD T.A. Wimbish Observes His Birthday "Eating 'Possum" T.A. Wimbish, one of Schley county's oldest citizens who celebrated his 90th birthday Thursday "having the best time any poor man ever had," attributes his long and happy life to "faith in a kind God." Still keen of wit though his sight and hearing are not quite what they used to be, Mr. Wimbish ate possum for his birthday dinner he has every year he can remember. "Life is just a span," he reminisces. "I can remember my youth like it was yesterday--my disappointments and triumphs--and I can see where the Lord has been mighty kind to me for I am the last of the crowd I knew in my youth. I believe I am the oldest living person in Schley county today." Having lived a clean, healthful life, he says, "I took care of myself and in all the 56 years I lived with my wife there was not 15 times sundown caught me away from home." "Punctuality--that's one of the vital things in life and one of the keys to a long and happy life," he added. Diet, even after 90 years of life, does not give Mr. Wimbish the least bit of trouble. He does not recall the time he complained about a meal or the time he was particular about what he ate. "The first thing I ever ate was a piece of fat meat, and since that day I've loved hog meat above all others." Noting the "wonderful" changes that have occurred in transportation, farming methods, and life itself, he recalls the days when "we had no roads through most of the county, and our farming tools were handmade from trees." Though he was only 16 years old when the Civil War ended, Mr. Wimbish remembers some of the horrors of the National Cemetery at Andersonville. "I was at Andersonville when the Yankees hung those six thieves you hear so much about," he asserts, "and I saw one of them break the rope they hung him with. He got away then. He ran hard but the Yankees caught him." According to him the war was "absolutely uncalled for." It was, he believes, the result of jealousies that should never have arisen between the "northerners who brought the first slaves into the United States and the southerners who found a practical use for them." Mr. Wimbish enjoys smoking a cigar and has "taken a drink or two--enough to get drunk--but I've regretted it." "I have several boxes of cigars given me for birthday presents, and I hope the Lord is kind enough to let me live long as it takes me to smoke them, though I'm ready to go any time he wants me now that I've reached ninety," he declares. "I can see no harm in smoking. Nor do I condemn a man for taking a toddy when he wants one, but it's disgusting to see a man loaded up with liquor like he was trying to kill a bear." Though he is proud to say his memory "is almost perfect," he does not remember ever making an enemy in his life. "I never tried to. It's easy to be friendly, and I like to talk about a man's good habits instead of his bad ones that most people bring into their conversations." Cursing is the most foolish habit a man can acquire, he thinks. As for dancing---well he had his day. And a big time it was, back when it was against the law of the church to dance. "I don't see any harm in dancing. I never did. And because of my views I got thrown out of the church three times when I was a youngster. But every time I got right up and joined again. After all, I didn't think I'd sinned, and the church is the Lord's house." But he declares emphatically, religion isn't what it used to be. They don't practice it like they used to. And there are no morals like there used to be. "People used to walk straight. Now you have to look on the records to see if they belong to the church." He advises everyone to practice kindness to those whom he associates and faith in God. Mr. Wimbish was born in Schley county Oct. 27, 1848, and received his education in the Buena Vista schools. He was married to Miss Mattie Perry also of Schley county, and is father of one girl and two boys. One son, Perry, lives in Americus, while Mr. Wimbish lives with the other, Grady, on his farm a few miles south of Ellaville. The youngest of nine children, Mr. Wimbish points out that his brothers and sisters have died in exactly the order they were born--a natural phenomena that seldom occurs. ATHLETIC CLUB BASKETBALLERS OPEN NEW SEASON TUESDAY Hugh Benton Sports Shop Plays in Initial Contest Having shown up well in practice and anticipating a successful season, Ellaville's athletic club basketball team will inaugerate its season here next Monday night at 8 o'clock with the Hugh Benton Sports Shop of Columbus. Rivals in the upper bracket of amateur basketball teams of this section, the Ellaville and Columbus teams promise to put on a scrapping game sprinkled with brilliant play. Ben Snipes, manager of the latest edition of the A.C.'s said Thursday that team prospects were good as could be expected but "we can't exactly tell what we have until we play under fire." Reports from Columbus rank the Hugh Bentons in a class with Nehi this fall. Team officials are: Mac McCrory, coach; Ben Snipes, manager; Bill Manning, captain, and Marvin DeVane, alternate-captain. Though he was unable to name a starting line-up for the opening game, Snipes listed the eight players slated to see heavy service Monday night. They are Billy Manning, Barney Usrey, Jack Owen, Marvin DeVane, Henry Robinson, Ben Snipes, Maurice Williams and Lewis Dyess. Second game scheduled for the Athletic Club will be played here Tuesday week, Nov. 8 with Butler. A preliminary game is being planned. A week later a three-year rivalry that has become more heated each year will be renewed here when the Nehi Reds of Columbus play the local A.C.'s. That is as far as the schedule has been arranged. However Snipes said he does know of one professional game with the House of David team will be played here around March 1. Practices are held three nights each week in the local gymnasium under the direction of Mac McCrory, who snipes praised highly. THEATRE PROGRAM The Sun announces today the beginning of a series of advertisements by the Rylander theater of Americus in which complete weekly programs will be announced. A regular schedule of program announcements is being planned by Manager J.N. Morgan for the benefit of his customers in the trading area covered by The Sun. Mr. Morgan calls attention to the steady flow of the best motion pictures of the year coming to his theater every week and advises readers of The Sun to consult their paper for theater announcements that will keep them well informed. (ADVERTISEMENT) RYLANDER, A Martin Theatre We appreciate your patronage. Admission Prices 10, 15 and 25 Cents. Friday, October 28 Mother Carey's Chickens with Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter and Walter Brennan Added Attraction: Pathe News; Two Shadows Saturday, October 29 Charles Starrett in Law of the Plains Added Attraction: Mickey's Amateurs Beginning a New Serial, Something Different--It's New! Chapter No. 1 if "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars." Saturday Midnight Show 10:30 Peter Lorre in Mysterious Mr. Moto Grey Owl's Little Brother; Hock Shop Blues Sunday, October 30 American Legion, John D. Mathis Post No. 2, Presents Vacation From Love with Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Reginald Owen & June Knight Three Men in a Tub; Isle of Pleasure Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra Monday, Oct. 31-Tuesday, November 1 Spencer Tracy & Mickey Rooney in Boy's Town Added Attraction: Pathe News! Mickey's Trailer Wednesday, November 2 King of Alcatraz with Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan Added attraction: Photografter; Fisherman's paradise Thursday and Friday, November 3 and 4 Bing Crosby and Fred MacMurray in Sing You Sinners Added Attraction: Pathe News; What a Lion WHY NOT QUALITY INSTEAD OF QUANTITY by Charles Wall, Jr. Now that the sound of the dull, stupid voices has abated, it is time to think of the men and women who in the years to come will be steering the ship. The ones I'm speaking of are the youths that you will find on our college campuses. With a few honorable exceptions, the college undergraduate is a horrible sight. He is the gentleman who finally reaches his senior year in his institution only to find that "If" is his favorite poem. He is the fellow that if only somebody would give him a chance, he would show them. Occasionally there is a touch of "common sense" on a campus, but as a general thing the young men are striving for bid things but have their eyes set at a place where they will have an $18 job for life. If because of their father's connections they achieve a higher status, they may be seen from now until eternity coming to work every morning to do the same job at the same wage. And endeavoring not to notice the groups of slightly lower social standings. Because they are on the inside with the boss. At the tender age of 21 they are thinking of insurance and suburban home and existence of such lukewarmness that no jury would convict the wife for giving, a cleaver instead of a kiss. The above, my friend, are the American educated, who start learning to die before they begin to live. And during the time they clutter up the earth while mankind sits by and pities them. If there is a genius around seeking outlet for his talents, I suggest that he look into the matter. In the meantime, educate our rising youth to the value of an education as to what he is supposed to do with it. end # 17

Schley County GaArchives Biographies.....Bridges, William Jasper October 4, 1831 - February 24, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 8, 2006, 1:31 am Author: compiled by Harris Hill In late Feb. or early March 2006, Harriette Hart Murray was visiting her ancestors at Concord cemetery. She noted a leaflet blowing around in the cemetery and picked it up. It indicated that some ceremony had taken place honoring a CSA soldier buried at the cemetery and gave note a Son's of Confederate Veterans' camp in SC. Harriette began a little detective work and within a short time had a contact that was a descendant of this soldier. I contacted Bill Greene who told me that his camp had placed a Cross of Honor on the grave of his ancestor Wm. Jasper Bridges. One thing lead to another and Bill agreed to share a photo of Wm. Jasper Bridges and I supplied some missing biographical data based on census, tax digests and an obituary which follows. You will note that the obit gives a slightly different name. I believe the name in the obit to be an error based upon the cemetery survey of Concord cemetery. There is no known Jasper P. Bridges buried at Concord. The Wm. Jasper Bridges buried there, died the same day as the Jasper P. Bridges death from the obit. I suspect there was an error in the obit or Wm. Jasper perhaps went by this name as well? In the photo, Wm. Jasper Bridges wears a very distinctive lapel pin. What little I have been able to learn says that the six-sided star was a well identified symbol of the Mason's in the 1800's. I would love to know more about this if someone knows. We would also like to know more about Wm. Jasper Bridges. If anyone out there has more info on him, please let me know. Harris 1850 Merriwether Co. census, 24 Sept. 1850, page un-numbered 768/768 Thomas Bridges 46 M farmer SC Sarah 46 F SC Benjamin 21 M farmer SC John 21 M farmer SC (poss twin of Benj.?) William J. 19 M farmer SC Elizabeth 17 F SC Lucinda 14 F GA James 11 M GA Mary 8 F GA Thomas 5 M GA Preston 2 M GA (Rebecca Bridges, age 80 in HH 769--Peter Bridges & family in HH 770) Unlocated on the 1860 census, although his entire family was enumerated in Macon county and his enlistment was in Oglethorpe in 1861. His widow's pension application may be viewed at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/military/civilwar/pensions/mt145 ucob22ndb.txt 1870 Schley Co. census, page 20, 27 June 1870 107/107 Bridges, W.J. 38 M W farmer 700 900 SC Louisa 34 F w keeping house GA Ann Eliza 3 F W GA James Peter 1 M W GA 1880 Schley Co. census, GMD 946, 18 June 1880, page 44 427/418 Bridges, Jasper W. W M 48 farmer SC SC SC Luvica W F 44 wife keeping house GA SC SC Anna L. W F 12 dau GA Sc GA James P. W M 11 son works on farm GA SC GA William P. W M 7 son GA SC GA Mary W F 7 dau GA SC GA Thos. H(?) W M 5 son GA SC GA John R. W M 2 son GA SC GA (William & Mary appear to be twins) In the 1883 Tax Digest for Schley Co., Wm. J. Bridges returned the following for taxes in Georgia Militia District 946, then indicated as Poindexter (nearest post-office.) 115 acres in lot 56, 101 acres in lot 74, 101 acres in lot 72, 20 acres lot 57. Total agregate land value $1000. $100 in kitchen & household furniture, pianos, organs, etc., notes receivable $75, livestock $290, farm tools $20. Total aggregate value $1485. Ben & Thomas Bridges listed in this district as well. 1900 Schley Co. census, GMD 946 Patton Hill, 11 June 1900,sheet 6B 114/128 Bridges, Jasper W. head W M Oct. 1831 68 M 35 SC SC SC farmer can read & write Liza (looks like) wife Nov. 1835 64 M 35 6/6 SC SC SC can read & write John R. son W M Feb 1878 22 S GA SC SC farming GA SC SC can read/write Lucy(?) Aunt W F July 1812 87 Wd 0/0 GA GA GA can read/write Singleton, Betty sister W F May 1833 67 Wd 1/0 GA GA GA can read/write I Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bridges, Jasper P. February 25, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 January 9, 2006, 11:29 am The Schley County News Friday, February 29, 1908 J.P. BRIDGES DECEASED Mr. Jasper P. Bridges, one of Schley county's oldest and most highly respected citizens died at his home near Concord Church Monday night, after a long illness caused by old age and a complication of diseases. His body was buried at the Concord cemetery with Masonic honors, which he had been an honorable member for many years. He leaves an aged wife and a large family of children. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/obits/b/bridges587nob.txt Photo: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/schley/photos/bios/bridges78nbs.jpg File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/bios/bridges78nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb

Can anyone update us on the Prosperity group that meets annually ? I think they often meet during the Spring....perhaps the 2nd Sunday in April? (Which would be coming up!) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/charing.htm#prosp We also have some photos of tombstones from the Prosperity Cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ga/taylor/photos/tombstones/prosper.htm If you have photos of tombstones I'll be happy to add them. Virginia Crilley Virginia

Schley County GaArchives Church Records.....Ebenezer Baptist Church--Jul thru Nov 1890 Copyright Date July 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 7, 2006, 3:52 pm page 37 July Term 1890 Met in conference Bro Jenning Mod open doors of church for reception of members and rec'd Sister Catherine Reed by letter Matters of Refrance none Matters of Diciplen none acknowledgements none Absentees none Misselanious Business Committee of four apointed consisting of Bros R M Rainy W B Ingram James(?) Wommack & A M Caskey to solicit Subscription to builded a church No new business No other business Conferance adjourn S T Jennings Mod W B Ingram clerk page 38 August 1890 Met in conferance Bro Jennings Mod open doors of church fro reception of members Invited visiting Bretherrin to seats with us minutes read & confirm Mater of Referance none Acknowledgements none Absentiss none. Misselanious business Committee to solicit subscribtion for building church reported as follows Bro A M Caskey...........$280.00 Bro J S Womack...........157.05 Bro R M Rainey.............134.00 Sister Reid .................... 33.25 Sister Carry Womack....... 8.00 602.30 Being Regular time for electing messengers for the association to convene with the Friendship Church the following were elected S T Jenning W B Ingram C M Rainey & J S Womack. The election of Pastor was deferd until September. The following Bretheren were elected as a building committee T J Dosier Charm J S Wommack W C Kelly S T Jenning H T Wurt(?) & Messers R H Wigging & S T Harper No new business No other business Conferance adjourned S T Jennings Moderator W B Ingram Clerke page 39 Sept 1890 Met in conferance Bro Geo T Jenning Mod open Doors of church for reception of members Visiting Bros invited to seats with us minute read and adopted, matters of refrance non Acknowledgements non Asentess non Missilanious Business Collections for Missions taken up after whitch the church proceeded to elect a pastor for an other year. Bro Jenning was unanimously elected & accepted the call Motion to defer bids for building of church & selling the old church untill out Motion to Advertiss Specification of building if the cost was not too much was carried no other Business Conferance Adjourn Geo T. Jenning Mod W B Ingram Clerk Oct. 1890 Met in conferance Bro G T Jenning Mod open Doors of church for reception of members Invited visiting Bretheren to seat with us. Minutes read adopted except that part where Building committee was instructed to recd (receive?) bids & sell the old church house. Maters of referance non Diciplen non Acknoledgements non Absentiss non Misellanious Business Bro Womack of the building Comm made statements why the specification had not been advertised and ask for motion whitch was granted Building committee order to see what they could get material at from diferant parties & to make the best terms the could for the same church & commity Agreed to handle(?) the material for building the church No other business conference adjourned Geo T. Jenning Moderator W B Ingram Clerk page 40 Nov 1890 Met in conferance Bro Geo T Jenning Moder open doors of church for the reception of members Invited visiting Bretheren to seats with us Mater of Refrance no Mater of Diciplin no Acknowledgements non Absentiss non Miselanious Business Building committee reported nothing Done towards purchasing material for church building no other Business Conferance adjourned Geo T Jennings Moderator W B Ingam Clerk Additional Comments: (Transcriber's note: There were no Dec 1890 minutes. And the page numbers skip from 40 to 45. At the top of page 45, there is a notation that the June minutes were misplaced by clerk protem. Apparently the pages containing Dec 1890 thru May 1891 were removed from the book.) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/churches/ebenezer79nbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb

Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lawhorn, Mrs. J.M. October 25, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 7, 2006, 12:48 am The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 28, 1938 No. 17 101 YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES Mrs. J.M. Lawhorn, at 101 years of age, Schley county's oldest woman and untouched by modernity, was buried at Phillippi Primitive Baptist church Wednesday. Ill for the past five months, Mrs. Lawhorn declared she never felt bad-- was "just tired." She died at her home a few miles from Ellaville, where she had lived for the past 75 years with her 101 year-old husband. Funeral services were held under the direction of Elder Hassell McCorkle. Unattended by a doctor all her life, Mrs. Lawhorn refused to let one be called in until two months ago, when for the first time in the lives of either of the Lawhorns a doctor entered the portals of their home. Until a few months ago Mrs. Lawhorn welcomed visitors with a friendly smile, and though her hearing was badly impaired, she enjoyed enjoyed conversations-- mostly she would in her warm voice impart to others the alertness and cordiality that was hers. Recently she said she and her husband were of another era, and they had not attempted to adjust their lives to a changing civilization. Neither was interested in modernity--and neither ever rode on a railroad train, talked over a telephone, wore a pair of eye glasses, owned a radio, or "got around" to "learning to read and write." She had never been farther from home than Americus--a distance of 25 miles-- and that a long time ago. Mrs. Lawhorn often expressed her dislike for automobiles. "I tried it once and it made me sorta dizzy," she said, "but I don't want to go no farther than I can walk, anyway." Until sickness weakened her to the point where she had to remain in bed all the time, Mrs. Lawhorn was proud to say she "cooked every meal every day for my husband." "That's a heap of meals," she'd exclaim. "Sure, that would have fed all the Yankees and Confeds for one meal, anyway." Mrs. Lawhorn's only survivor is her husband, who wants to continue to live his natural life unbothered by the intricacies of modern times. Like his wife, he has no use for anything outside the era in which they lived their quiet, simple and happy lives. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/obits/l/lawhorn669nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb

The Ellaville Sun Friday, October 21, 1938 No. 16 213 NOW ON WPA Ninety more persons went to work on WPA Thursday, bringing to 213 the total employed on all farm relief projects in Schley county. Mrs. O.C. Hill, county registrar, announced 425 have applied for employment and reiterated certifications are being rushed by the Columbus district office as rapidly as possible. Workers are paid every 15 days. SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan Last week's paper was dedicated to the hope that it might cause our people to stop and think. Entirely unsolicited comments from subscribers all over this section convince us that dedication was realized. Many, many of our farmer friends---a host through personal acquaintanceship and others through the columns of the paper---have gone far out of their normal way to let us know they enjoyed reading our agricultural edition. And that they appreciated its purpose, and felt it would be achieved. We want to say we are sincerely grateful for these generous words--they mean much. Anyone in the newspaper business constantly meets many people who stand ready to say warm words they do not mean. But they are not farmers. When the average farmer tells you something you can bet 100-to-1 he meant it, for seldom does he have an axe to grind. We are placing chief emphasis on local reaction to the diversified farming movement because local reaction is the more important. But outside response was heavy, and significant. Since last Friday, letters have been coming in from out-of-town subscribers, advertisers, editors and persons who do not usually receive the paper. And many newspapers have praised the edition editorially. Some of the letters were written for publication, and we shall print several of them next week when there is more space. Others included personal references and to publish them would reveal poor taste. A symposium of some of the comment will appear later to allow our people to know what favorable notices they are getting over the state. HEARTIEST BIRTHDAY WISHES Sincere birthday congratulations to Arthur and Grady Murray, Ellaville brothers (not twins), Oct. 14; W.H. James, 14th; Marcus Dillard, 15th; Mrs. R.E. Dillard, and Miss Inez Smith of Americus, 16th; L.B. James, 18th; Miss Carolyn Franklin, 21st. Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Cook observed their 20th wedding anniversary Sunday, Oct. 18. Don't forget to write, call, or bring birthday or wedding anniversaries in your family or among your friends to this department--lots of people (who know from experience) say an advance "plug" in this column usually has a cash value. Ellaville friends will be interested in the announcement by Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Dellinger of Cordele of the birth of a daughter Friday, Oct. 14, at Adams hospital in Cordele. The baby has been named Willa Ione. Mrs. Dellinger is the former Miss Willa Sanborn of Americus and taught school here several years. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS ENTERTAINED FRIDAY Miss Mattie Lee Echols was hostess at a lovely Halloween party Friday night complimentary to the Junior Sunday school class of the Baptist Sunday school and friends of the class. After the games and contests were enjoyed the hostess served punch and cookies. The guests included Marie Driver, Mary Jane Bliss, Martha Perry, Gwendolyn Miles, Sybil Daniel, Elizabeth and Henrietta Oliver, Ann Stevens, Jane Hill, Inez Williams, Sara Stringfellow, Estelle Driver, Geida Murray, Jacqueline Jordan, Warren Battle, Carlton Jordan, Charles Daniel and Pep Perry. PASTIMES HAVE A HABIT OF BEING LIKE STREET CARS by Charles Wall, Jr. Each year some new sport, pastime or amusement enters the lives of the American people. It comes along and seems to capture the time and enthusiasm of thousands of people. This year, as every other year we have had our fling at a crazy pastime. All of which has given me a grand idea. It seems that some people crave thrills, spills, speed and excitement. Why not inaugurate a cup race for trucks, buses and moving vans. What could be more exciting than these maniacs of the highway jockeying for positions on the turns, ramming each other through the fence and pounding down the stretch, tail boards flapping, chains rattling and motors knocking across the finish line. What chance do you think the foreign drivers would have against our heavy footed truck drivers? Why, any motorist can tell you they couldn't pass 'em any place, let alone the curves. Too, and perhaps it would rid our highways of a few of the monsters on the road if only for the day that the race was in progress. Which would be a gift from heaven. Our highways are becoming a race track and a sea of blood. A holiday from this is about to become a necessity. If we have any more ideas like this we may become a candidate for president in 1940. The motorist vote would carry every state in the Union, even Maine and Vermont. SYRUP CANS We are carrying this year an unlimited supply of one-gallon and one-half gallon syrup cans. Try us for your needs. THE SUWANEE STORE Homer L. Moore, Manager Ellaville, Ga. end # 16

Schley County GaArchives Church Records.....Ebenezer Baptist Church-Jan thru June 1890 Copyright Date January 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 6, 2006, 4:33 pm page 33 Jan. Term 1890 Met in conference Bro Jennings Mod Opened Doors of church for reception members none Owing to absence of Bro Cottle, Bro W C Kelly was elected Clerk protem all matter of Ufran(?) was past untill next meeting Call Matter of Diciplen Charges preferd against Bro C C(?) Bivens for dancing and Bros R.M. Rainey W B Ingrim & W C Kelly was appointed as a Committy to see Bro Bivens in regard to charge Acknowledgement call for more made Absentees call for from former conference non Missellaneous business Bro C M Rainey made statement in regard to Bro Walters salary notting paid up in full for the past year and rcct (receipt?) the sum of twelve 25/100 dollars Upon motion church hilt(held?) consultation in regard to caling a pastor for the present year, and Bro S L(or T) Jenning was unanimously elected as Pastor for the present year & accepted the call W B Ingram was elected assistant clerke in Servin absence of Bro Cottle no orther business no new business conference adjourd S L(or T) Jennings Mod W C Kely Clerke protem page 34 Feb Term 1890 Met in conference S T Jennings Mod Open Doors of church for reecption of members Invited visiting Breathern to seats with us Minutes read and Confirmed Matters of referance Case against Bro C C Bivens for Dancing was called Bro Bivens was present and made acknoledgements and ask the church to forgive him. whitch was granted Case of John Jones for Thef of his mothers cotton money & also for Margageing Property that did not belong to him was call Bro C M Rainey and Bro James Wommack both made statements in regard to the matter after which the church withdrew felowship from him Case of Bro S J Rainey was call and continude Matter of Diciplin Charges preferd against Bros R N(?) Bivens W W Lumkin & S J Rainy for Dancing and a committy of three, consisting of Bros F F Rainy Jr J W Robirson & S(orG) W Chapman was appointed to see them in regard to this charge Acknowledgements none Abentees From former conferance non Missellanious Business Non no other business no new business Conference adjournd S T Jenning Mod W B Ingram Clerke page 35 March Term 1890 Met in Conferanc Bro F F Rainy Jr Mod Invited visiting Brethern to seats with us Minutes read & confirmed. Matters of Referance Case of Bro S J Rainy for profanity was call committy made statement after whitch the church withdrew felowship from him Case of Bro R N Bivens for dancing was call Bro Bivens made acknowledgements & ask the church to forgive him whitch was granted Case of Bro W W Lumkin was call and continued Mater of Diciplin none acknoledgements none absentees none Missellanious Business Bro A Allen and Sister Emma Rowland ask for church letters whitch was granted. Clerk instructed to send letter in Bro Weaver & wife whitch was granted to them in Dec 1889 no New Business no other business Coferance adjourned F F Rainey, Mod W B Ingram Clerk April Term 1890 Met in conferance Bro S T Jennings Mod open Doors of church for reception of Members and received Bro S T Jennings by letter Visiting Brethering invited to seats with us minutes read & confirmed Matter of referance Case of Bro Lumkin call & continude until May conferance Matter of Diciplin none acknowledgements none Absentees none Bro Dozier made statement why he could not attend conferance regurly & asked the church to bear with him & excuse him whitch was granted Missillunious Business Brethering of the Ebuneza Settiment(settlement?) had an understanding in regard to meetting of Bro Jinning at Concord & Bringing him to Church Clerk instructed to write to Bro Cottle papers belonging to church no other business no new business conferance adjourned S T Jennings, Mod W B Ingram Clerke May Term 1890 Met in conferance Bro Jenning Mod open doors of church for reception of members visiting Brethering invited to seats with us minutes read and confirmed Maters of refrance. Case against Bro Lumkin call and continude Acknowledgements non Absentees non. Missellanious Business Contribution Call for Bro Jenning whitch was responed to by the Bro present. no new business no other business conferance adjourned S T Jenning, Mod W B Ingram Clerke page 37 June Term 1890 Met in Conferance Bro Jenning Mod open doors of church for reception of member Minutes read & confirmed Matters of referance Case against Bro Lumkin for Dancing was call & Bro Lumkin being present made acknowledgements & asked the church to forgive him whitch was granted Matters of Diciplin non Acknowledgements non Absentees non Misselanious Business Sister Rubuen(?) Pilcher & Bro W W Lumkin both call for letters of dismission whitch was granted. an appeall(?) was made to the church for contribution for Bros Cutts & Mosely to help them to defray ther expince at Mercer was responed to very freely by the Bretherin Present no other Business. no new business conferance ajourned S T Jenning Mod W B Ingram Clerk File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/churches/ebenezer78nbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb

Schley County GaArchives Church Records.....Ebenezer Baptist Church--bk. 2 1889 Copyright Date 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 5, 2006, 12:18 pm page 27 New Term 1889 Met in conference Bro Charlie Walters Mod Opened doores church for recption members none Minuts read & confirmed Case of Bro S. J. Rainey called comttie not ready to report time allowed until next conference to make report-- Case of Bro W. W. Lumkin called Bro Lumkin being present made a statement which was accepted by the church Case of Bro James Tatham called and disposed of by one of the committie stating that Bro Tathams wish was to be retained in church which statement was received Case of Bro John Jones was continued on account of a missunderstanig between the committie as to there duty time allowed until next conference to report misscelanious business none Absentees none no other business no new business conference adjerned Charlie Walters, Mod S.M. Cottle, CC page 28 Dec Term 1889 Met in conference Bro Charlie Walters Mod Opened doores church for reception members none Owing to the Absence of the Clerk Bro D. H(or W) Rainey was elected clerk protem all matters of Reffrance excep relating to Bro Tathams case was referd to next regular conference Bro Tathams request through Bro C.M. Rainey to retained in church which request was granted. Sister Inez Wilkerson Bro & Sister Weaver & Bro Charlie Walters & wife ask there church letter be given to them which request was granted Bro Walters stated to the church that owing to the churches failing to pay him for his survisis and that it was his only way of making a suport for himself & family that he would have to quit preaching for them and move to Cordele where he could receive fair wages for himself in order to avoid living on a credit and being woried as to the wherewithe to met his obligations he desires also to be convenient to a school for his children However he would continue to serve the church under his charge at present if they would pay already what is due him and pay him ten dollars per month for the year 1890 Said wages to be paid monthly no other business no new business conference adjorned Charlie Walters, Mod D.W. Rainey Clerk protem File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/churches/ebenezer77nbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb

As a result of great faith and trust by Marnie Eason, Jerry Franklin and the church body of Ebenezer Baptist Church, I have received today the original minute books of the Ebenezer Baptist Church for transcription to the Schley Co. GenWeb site. The church sought a way to preserve the old minutes and at the same time make the contents available to anyone who cared to read them. The options included sending the minutes away to be filmed and I suspect that may still occur at some future date. The minutes transcription to GenWeb was chosen by the church as a method of preserving the old minute books and at the same time making them available to the masses via the internet. The minutes transcription was begun a year or so ago by a very resourceful and energetic volunteer. Because of circumstances, she had to curtail the transcription in Oct 1889. The church body has seen fit to entrust me to complete the transcription. I sincerely hope that I warrant their trust and I am excited about the completion of this project. As a part of this project I hope to supply a number of digital photographs so that all might experience portions of what the transcriber is seeing. These books are in wonderful condition and have been impeccably maintained. I am honored to copy and report the words of those who went before. The early minutes can be viewed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/schley/churches.html I shall be submitting the subsequent minutes in installments to the GASHLEY mailing list and I encourage those of you who might have some input on the contents of the minutes to help research and document what is recorded. Harris

Schley County GaArchives Marriages.....Herring, Winifred - Harbin, Everedge B. October 11, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 2, 2006, 9:37 pm The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 14, 1938 MRS. WINIFRED HERRING IS BRIDE OF EVEREDGE HARBIN Miss Winifred Herring became the bride of Trooper Everedge B. Harbin of Anericus and McRae at a simple ceremony performed on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. Joseph S. Cook, pastor of the first Methodist church of Americus, read the vows. Mrs. Harbin, a lovely brunette, was attractive in a tailored teal blue crepe. Multi-colored glass buttons trimmed the front of the waist. She wore a minute veiled postilion hat of black grogain bow. Her other accessories were of black suede. Completing her costume was a shoulder corsage of roses. Mrs. Harbin is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Herring. Herman D. Herring of Columbus is her only brother. She is a graduate of Ellaville high school. Her charming personality has endeared her to a number of friends. Mr. Harbin is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Harbin of McRae. His sisters are Misses Jewell and Mary Doris Harbin of McRae. His brothers are O'Neal Hillburn, Jack, Bob and Thad of McRae and B.E. Harbin of Lakeland, Fla. He is a graduate of McRae high school and also attended Middle Georgia college at Cochran. Since February he has been stationed at patrol headquarters in Americus. Recently he was transferred to Atlanta where they will make their home. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/vitals/marriages/herring164nmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hicks, Hick, Hix Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ld.2ADE/18.28.1 Message Board Post: I too am looking for information on the Hicks family. I know my greatgrandmother's name was Inez Hicks. I would like to know information beyond that -- it seems that her mother was Eliza or Elizabeth Hicks and father was James Hicks. Inez had several sisters and brothers (sisters:Rose, Floyd also called Nobie)

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)

Schley County GaArchives Marriages.....Snipes, Florence - Lawhorn, Elbert October 7, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 1, 2006, 11:54 pm The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 14, 1938 MISS FLORENCE SNIPES AND ELBERT LAWHORN ARE MARRIED Miss Florence Snipes and Elbert Lawhorn were quietly married at the Methodist parsonage at 8 o'clock Friday evening, Oct. 7. The Rev. W.S. Johnson performed the ceremony. The bride was attractive in a becoming blue suit. Her hat and other accessories were of luggage tan. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Snipes. She is the sister of Mrs. Edward Rocker of Savannah, Miss Susie Snipes of Gray Mont Summit, Mrs. Tom Poole, John Willis Snipes and Bernard Snipes. She is graduate of Ellaville high school. Mr. Lawhorn is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lawhorn of Concord community. He is the grandson of J.M. Lawhorn and Eliza Lawhorn, oldest residents of Schley county. Mr. and Mrs. Lawhorn are making their home with his parents, where he is engaged in farming. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/vitals/marriages/snipes163nmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb

Schley County GaArchives Photo Person.....Snipes, Dary October 14, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 1, 2006, 3:10 pm Source: The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 14, 1938 Name: Dary Snipes Date Of Photograph: October 14, 1938 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/schley/photos/snipes965nph.jpg Image file size: 255.9 Kb SNIPES ADDS DAIRY COWS, ENDS PANIC Maintains Steady Income Despite Cash Crop Failure Resourcefulness of Dary Snipes, Schley county farmer, has turned a last-ditch effort to stave off the recent depression into a profitable business now that he has weathered the conomic storm. The farmer bought several cows "back when the milk would come in handy to me and my family," and as his bovine family increased in size, he began to sell milk and butterfat to an Ellaville creamery. During the past year, Dary had 12 productive cows, and his returns from cream and butterfat totaled $825, enough money to take care of his family, while he had enough milk for his own use and feed for his hogs. "I can get more out of my cows than other stuff I raise on 420 acres of land," he declares. Dary explains that his cows cost him slightly under $100 during the last 12 months, that sum being spent for commercial feeds and salt, while other feeds were raised on his farm with little or no work. "They more than made up that cost in the money they saved me on my hogs," he says. "Skim milk for hogs for a full year would have cost more than that." Father of two children, he is able to send both of them to school. One is attending Ellaville consolidated schools while the other--Martha--is a junior at Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville. "My wife and I'd never have been able to do that without the income from the cows," he exclaims, his face wrinkling into a smile. To make a success of dairying--even on the small scale he does it--Snipes believes that its essential to have a good breed of cattle. "Get a good line and breed your own if you can," he advises. During the past year he sold 1945 pounds of butterfat in Ellaville, for which he received $520. And from skim sweet milk sold over the same period, he netted $305. "It's a seven day a week job, and one that calls for a lot of patience, but it's better than farming--an plenty more profitable. Dary has fourteen cows he expects to come into production this year. I made a small profit off my farm during the past year," he says, "but nothing to compare with my cows. They can't be beat as money makers, and I wouldn't take anything in the world for the experience that made me buy my first one." File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/photos/snipes965nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb

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

Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ellis, Mrs. Joseph M. October 4, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 1, 2006, 5:17 am The Ellaville Sun Friday October 7, 1938 Vol. 2, No. 15 MRS. ELLIS, 76, PAID TRIBUTE Pioneer Woman Passes After Illness of Four Days Final tribute was paid Mrs. J.M. Ellis, 76, pioneer citizen of Schley and Macon counties, at funeral services conducted from the Lutheran chirch in Macon county Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The aged woman died on Tuesday night at 9 o'clock after an illness of only four days. The Rev. W.W. Whaley of Pglethorpe conducted the funeral and burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Macon county, she was married, when a young girl, to J.m. Ellis who died 12 years ago. They were parents of 13 children, 12 of whom survive her. She was a member of the Methodist church. Many close relatives survive. They include: five daughters, Mrs. Clay Williams and Mrs. John Robinson, Oglethorpe; Mrs. Oscar Larkin, Mrs. Walter Souter and Mrs. Newt Oliver, all of Schley county; seven sons, L.S. Munro and Roy, all of Ellaville; Jake, Art, Robert and Rufus, all of Oglethorpe, 36 grandchildren, one great, great grandchild, Wendell Larkin of Schley county, and a brother, Dan Smith, of Macon county. Pallbearers were grandsons, Curtis Larkin, Roy Larkin, Henry Robinson, Harold Oliver, Harry Souter and Harvey Ellis. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/obits/e/ellis668nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb

Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Johnson, Rebecca A. ()Phillips October 4, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 1, 2006, 4:47 am The Ellaville Sun Friday October 7, 1938 Vol. 2, No. 15 MRS. JOHNSON, 81, SUCCUMBS Was a Member of Philipi Church for 65 Years Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Phillips Johnson, 81, who died Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock after a lingering illness, were conducted from Fellowship Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Johnson passed away at the home of Mr. Rufus Johnson in Concord community. She had been ill more than four years. Mrs. Johnson, who was born July 13, 1857, had been a member of the Philipi Primitive Baptist church in Schley county for 65 years. Her pastor, Elder S,H, McCorkle, officiated at the funeral. Surviving are five sons, Rufus, Schley county; Lomer, Andersonville; Lester, Oglethorpe; Hubert, LaGrange; and Cleve, Gordon, Ala., two daughters, Mrs. Elliot Robinson, Macon county and Mrs. Dave Robinson, Oglethorpe; four brothers, Bill Phillips, Butler; Bartlett Phillips, Columbus and J.N. and Jeff Phillips of Buena Vista; two sisters, Mrs. George Perry of Ideal and Mrs. Laura Pradley of Buena Vista. Additional Comments: Name: Rebecca A Johnson Death Date: 04 Oct 1938 County of Death: Schley Certificate: 26750 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/obits/j/johnson667nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REDMON, REDMOND, REDMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ld.2ADE/425 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Elizabeth Redmon (maiden surname) Don't know if she was married or single. I've been told the last place she was known to live was Ellaville, Georgia. I think in or around the 1990's. Her father's name was Jim Redmon. I'm trying to straighten out some family info. about her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents back to the 1850 Marion county, Georgia area. Thanks, Janice Redmon Smith