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NEGRO MAMMY BURIED 1
IN WHITE CEMETERY
MACON, Ga.— l-ast night the body
of Anna Jordan, 73 year old negresa,
who had been for 35 yeais nurse:
and cook in the home of Mrs. Robert
H. Smith, of 262 Georgia avenue,
lay in a new-made, flower-banked
grave in the Smith family lot in
Rose Hill cemetery, alongside the
graves of Mr. Smith and two of the
Smith children.
Anna died Saturday while on a
visit to her brother in Atlanta. Her
body was brought back to Macon
to the Smith home, the only home
she had known for many years, and
funeral services were held in the
living room there yesterday after
noon. White people, friends of Mrs.
Smith and of her children, who had
come to know the old negress as
“Mammy,” and members of her
own race, passed by the coffin piled
high with flowers from white people
of the city.
Members of Anna’s “beneficial”
society and of her church, occupied
the front rows of seats in the living
room of the Smith home. Mrs. Smith
and her daughter, Mrs. Ruffin Chest
ney, in mourning, and Charles Smith
sat behind them. White people oc
oupied the remaining seats and stoo 1
in the doorways of the living room.
As the service opened, a mixed
quartet from the Stewart African
Methodist Episcopal church, raised
their rich voices in “Rest for the
Weary.” Following this they sang
“'Nearer My God to Thee.”
Rev. B. S. Hannah, pastor of the
Stewart church, preached the funer
al service. He began with the quo
tation. “The path of glory leads but
to the grave.”
“High and low alike but turn to
dust in the end,” he said. “This
woman has endeared herself to her
employers and to their friends. She
has been faithful to her trust. This
gathering of her friends, this place i
of holding the service, this place orj
her burial, is indeed a testimonial to ;
her character.” As he spoke the,
last word of his service, the low
notes of a distant song fell upon the
ears of the mourners. In another
part of the house, Annie Cappell,
whose voice has drawn the aidmira
tion of her race, was singing in
muted tones, “There Shall Be Rest.”;
As she finished, the minister intoned
a prayer for the repose of the
soul.
The body was borne to the hearse j
by Richard Nichols, Anna’s
his son, Richard, Joe Bank*_ and Will j
Fambo, of her own race, assisted by
Charles Smith and B Ruffin Chest
ney. The commitment service at the
grave was conducted by the negro i
minister.
last night, after the services,;
members of the Smith family recall- ;
< d many incidents in their long i
memory of “Mammy.” Mrs. Smith ;
raid that “Mammy” was the confi-!
dant of herself and her children for;
more than two-score . ears.
“We told her everything,” she i
said. “She knew everything about !
us. She lived in the house with us. |
She had no other home and she ■
loved no other place. She was one i
of us. She said she wanted to be
buried from our house and to rest
in our lot. It would have been
terrible to have separated her in
death.”
The Smith children never became
old enough for Mammy to ‘‘Mister”
or “Miss" them. To her. Charles,
clerk of the City Court, was “Bud
dy” and “Son”—sometimes one.
sometimes the other. Robert, an
ensign in the Navy, drew no salute
from her. To her, he was plain
Robert. Mrs. Chestney. she called
“Sc-.ar.” Tin y recalled that during
sleepless nights when they were
racked with fever. Mammy sat at
the' • bedsid throughout the night.
Ono of them remembered that once, I
when Mrs. Chestney was very
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MUCH INTEREST IN
METHODIST REVIVAL
The revival meeting which began
at the Methodist church on Wednes
■ day night of last week is daily grow
ing in interest and numbers in at
tendance.
Presiding Elder Overby conducted
the services through Sunday morning
and Jueld the second quarterly con
ference of the Blakely church Sun-
I day afternoon.
Judge Roscoe Luke came in Sun
day afternoon and preached his first
, sermon Sunday night, and has since
. been preaching twice daily—3:3o and
1'8:00 p. m. The audiences have
. been good at each service and grad
. ually growing in numbers.
Judge Luke is an eloquent and
[ persuasive speaker ami his messages
( have been of the heart-searching va
riety. His message on Wednesday
[ night on “The Last. Christ’' was
, an especially strong plea for a re
’ turn to the Savior.
>l Rev. Mr. Quillian is in charge of
I the song service and local talent is
;; co-operating finely with him. Mr.
| Quillian is not a stranger to our
people, having previously conducted
the singing at a revival service tn
Blakely in 1923.
The services will continue on the
announced schedule until further
notice. However, there will be
no services on Saturday, but there
will be an afternoon service on Sun
day, the congregation having voted
last night in favor of this Sunday
afternoon service.
A good many out of town people
are to be seen in the evening con
gregations.
AGAIN SENTENCED TO DIE.
Willie Jones and Gervis Blood-
I worth, Taylor county youths, were
1 again convicted of murder and sen-
I tenced to hang on June 2Gth in Mus
cogee county superior court Wednes
day.
Evidence.
“Have you any proof he hit you in
'the eye?”
“Why, here it is in black and
white!” —George Tech Yellow Jack-
!-*»
youug, ‘she had done something
Mammy disapproved of. “I’m going
'to take you to your mother to be
i spanked,” Mammy told her.
“Please don’t, Mammy,” the pres- i
: ent Mrs. Chestney pleaded. “Please ■
i don’t : you spank me yourself.”
When the story was told, Mrs.
! Smith remarked, “She was the boss |
.of us all. My children had as soon
have Mammy do something for them,
j even if it were to be spanked, as
j to have me do it."
I ‘‘Mammy” came to Macon from
I Jasper county, where she was born.
. She had been married and had lost
; both her husband and her two-year
old child. She occupied a room on
the first floor of the Smith home.
For mere than twenty years she had
not been down town, until she left
for Atlanta.
The unusual honors that accom
panied the burial of “Mammy” re
calls only two other similar inci
dents in the history of the city. A
number of years ago the negro,
Hudson, an educator, who was es
teemed both by whites and negroes,
was buried in Riverside Cemetery.
“Sarge" Wilson, the negro janitor of
the Macon Volunteers, was buried
with full military honors when he
died a year ago. He was buried in
a negro cemetery because there was
ino military cemetery to receive his
body.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Letters to the Editor
“WOMAN.”
Editor Early County News:
I noticed in last week's issue of
your paper an article on “Man,"
written by some one whom I will
agree with as being solely right I
think as to what man is. And now
what I want to know from this lady
is if lam right as to ‘‘Woman.” I
see she knows a “man” and there
is no reason for her not qualifying
as a judge in this case:
“WOMAN”
Woman is an indefinite article.
You can see her, but can never put
your finger on her. It has been
proven by practice that if you flat
ter a woman, it pleases her to
death. If you do not make love to
her she throws you over, and if you
do make love she thinks you mean
it and sets the day. Unless yon
agree with her in everything yon
are considered uninformed, and if
you do agree with her she is sus
picious. If you believe all she tells
you, you will an attack of
“large” head, and if you do not be
lieve all she tells you, you are
thought of as a dumb bell not
capable of understanding. If you
wear a 1925 model sport suit with
the proverbial red tie, she thinks
you are getting gay and refuses to
accept your attentions, but if clad
in a sober suit with black tie she
is sure you have been to the funeral
of your last friend and raves about
the Sheik of Sheba. If you are
jealous of her she tantalizes you by
breaking dates without excuses, and
if you show no signs of jealousy, she
thinks you lack appreciation for her.
If you join her in her parties and
approve of her high life, she thinks
you are spending too much time and
money on trifles, and if you do not
join in these, she thinks you are a
grandpa whose spirit has departed.
If you are not affectionate, she'
seeks the attention of others and
entwines her affections upon them,
and if you are affectionate she
thinks you are fresh and snubs
you. If you are a young man with
modern ideas she longs for a theo
logian; on the other hand if you
think deeply and are intellectual she
yearns for a. daredevil -who can go
the limit. Unless you are temper
amental and poetic she refuses to
hear your plea. All the time she
is trying to make you fall in love
with her, she is certain of her pow
er to reform you and make of you
what she wants you to be, though it
is far from what your mother made
of you or what you expected to be
come. Just how these conclusions
concerning “Woman” were arrived
at may be learned from any young
man in town.
Very truthfully,
MACK STRICKLAND.
THE DORCAS CLASS.
On Tuesday afternoon, May 12th,
the Dorcas Class held their May
meeting with Mrs. Blanchette, Mrs.
Roy Thompson, Miss Jones and Mrs.
Earl Wilson, at the home of Mrs.
Wilson.
The meeting was called to order
by the President. Miss Fleda Barks
dale led the devotional, reading a
beautiful modern version of the
100th Psalm in poetry. Following
this came roll call, paying of dues
and reports of committees.
Committees appointed were as
follows:
Bereavement —Mrs. A. D. Harriss
and Mrs. Vivian Walters.
Relief —Mrs. Earl George and Mrs.
Blanchette.
Flower —Mrs. Brunson. Mrs. Luther
Warrick and Mrs. Fuqua.
Church Decoration: May 17, Miss
Lucile Barksdale and Miss Fannie
Mae Davis: May 24, Mrs. J. V. Tabb
and Miss Ella Jones: May 31 —Mrs.
Claude Howell and Mrs. Fuqua; June
7. Mrs. Roy Thompson and Mrs.
Crawford Fryer.
Captains for May—Mrs. Lay and
Mrs. Earl George.
The July meeting will be a picnic
at Bluffton, details to be discussed
at the June meeting.
Hostesses for June —Mrs. W. R.
Alexander. Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mrs.
Lester Camp and Mrs. J. G. Masn
burir.
At the conclusion of the business
‘‘That Old Sweetheart of Mine” was
beautifully read by Miss Bernice
Calhoun. Miss Petrona Underwood
rendered some lovely selections on
piano. A delicious salad course was
served by the hostesses.
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