The Ellaville Sun Friday, October 6, 1939 No. 14 SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan THE BRIDE'S FUNDS GAVE OUT Coroner U.H. (Kitty) Rigsby, who sometimes speaks the words which make two people one, had to reduce his fee the other day because the bride's funds gave out. Coming to Ordinary Tom Rainey's office with her bridegroom, a negro woman dumped a coin bank on the table and counted out 45 dimes. The license required 40 of them, leaving only five for the man who, performed the ceremony. Coroner Rigsby made the exception, however, and bound them in holy matrimony. Declared "Kitty" in explaining the technique of his ceremonies, "I tie them with bow knots." "LADY OF THE TROPICS" For revealing this slant on romance, "Kitty" won the week's award of two passes to the Rylander Theatre at Americus. The coroner cannot act upon manager I.T. Taylor's recommendation of "Lady of the Tropics," which plays Monday and Tuesday, because he is a blind man. But he can give them to someone he likes, and they will get a treat, in as much as a little girl named Hedy Lamar is the lady. Robert Taylor is the leading man. Don't forget to send along your suggestions. The most suitable item each week earns two complimentary tickets to the Rylander. PECANS STIR BOYHOOD MEMORIES Boyhood memories recalled by the chance cracking of a couple of pecans from his old home town led George Scarborough, of Amherst, Mass., to return to Ellaville this week for a visit after an absence of 31 years. It is a good story. Harold F. Murray, rural letter carrier at Amherst, brought some pecans from his friend, Charlie Wall, Sr., whom he had met when Charlie was president of the National Rural Letter Carrier's Association. Passing along the highway, he saw George Scarborough working on a power line. He remembered George was from Georgia and called to him to come down and have some Georgia pecans. Walter accepted the invitation. "By the way," asked George, "do you happen to know what part of the state they were grown?" "Yes," answered Murray, "they came from Ellaville." That stirred Walter's recollections and soon he suggested they drive down here for a visit. Arriving Wednesday, they attended quarterly meeting at the Methodist church. "What would I give for ! a picture of my sitting down here among all these people and all this dinner," explained the homecomer. "I'd take it home and tell the boys they killed the fatted calf for the prodigal son when he came back." The visitors plan to remain several days. And yesterday morning Walter was getting a tremendous kick out of renewing old acquaintances. He was born and reared in the home now owned by Mrs. Jessie Wall and situated in the rear of the court house grounds. (Transcriber's note: This home is I believe the "Hudson-Scarborough" home which was said to have been moved from Pondtown to Ellaville. Mrs. H.J. Williams, in the "History of Schley County" names this as the home of Dr. Henry Scarborough and says that the upstairs portion once housed the Masonic Hall. In the 1900 census, George Scarborough is found along with Julia Scarborough (Dr. Henry's daughter) living as boarders with the John T. Royal family. Does anyone know who George's parents were?) OLIN WOULD BURY MISS JULIA'S CLOCK Olin Miller of Thomaston, the nationally syndicated paragrapher who writes Quaint Tales from Georgia Quills for the editorial page of The Atlanta Journal, liked the story Miss Julia told about her clock. Here is what he had to say Wednesday: Mysterious Clock: "Strokes from an ancient clock that hasn't ticked in years puzzled Miss Julia Murray of Midway, five times during the past month and left her a bit uneasy. The old timepiece, which has been in the Murray family 78 years, and was run by weights, ended a silence of several years (and) four weeks by striking 12 times. While the household still tried to explain the occurrence, the mysterious sounding of a dozen strokes was repeated three times."---Editor Raymond Duncan, in the Ellaville Sun. And this is Millers: comment: "If that were our clock, we'd be more than puzzled over its mysterious behavior--we'd be downright worried about it. And we'd get rid of such a timepiece; we'd take it to an isolated spot a long way from home and bury it four feet underground. Then we'd do our level best to forget all about it. We're not superstitious, and we don't want to be--that's why we wouldn't keep anything around the place that possibly might cause us to begin believing things that aren't plausible and logical. We're somewhat like the man who said there were no such things as ghosts, but that just the same he didn't trust them." WITH SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS Best birthday wishes to Mrs. Claude Pilcher, Oct. 2; Mrs. W.D. Sears and Paul Tondee, 8th; Miss Dorothy Pilcher, 9th; Richard C. Howard, Jr., and Murray Ellis, 11th. MURDER CASE MARKS COURT Mrs. Stacey Swearingen and her young daughter, Mrs. Leila Belle Glamary, both of Schley county, will be charged in Schley Superior court next week with the murder of Mrs. Swearingen's husband last May. Officers declare the grand jury meeting when court convenes Monday morning at 9 o'clock for the October term, is expected to return a true bill accusing the mother and daughter of fatally beating Swearingen. Clerk of the Court, Charles D. Carter said a light docket is indicated. Judge W.M. Harper of Americus of the Southwestern circuit, will preside. E.L. Forrester of Leesburg is solicitor. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Answering a nationwide call by President Woodrow Wilson, Ellaville citizens gathered at the Methodist church Sunday, October 4, for a service of prayer that peace might be restored to war-torn Europe. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Council Poole announce the birth of a daughter, who has been named Beverly Jean on October 2, at Dr. Boyette's clinic. Mr. and Mrs. Blan Wall announce the birth of a son, Oct. 2 at the Boyette Clinic. end # 14