Patricia Mary Hester’s interview with Adrian Madison “Pete” Smith, James Walter Estes, Iver Mae Hester, and James Corbett Evans (part two)

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If you believe you are the copyright holder of any of the content published in this collection and do not want it publicly available, please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center at 404-814-4040 or reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. This is the second of a two part recording; it begins with James Walter Estes recounting his childhood in Rex, Georgia. Estes retells numerous stories about the inconveniences of traveling by horse. At 05:37 he recalls attending traditional courtship parties at 18; he explains that before marriage, young couples were expected to be chaperoned. He specifically recalls couples singing carols together through town during Christmas. At 13:45, Iver Mae Hester begins her interview by retelling a story about a homeless man who knocked at her door. Next, she recounts when she got married in secret because her family had strict rules about courtship. Then at 17:32, she recalls investigating whether or not her house was haunted, and a story about her mother growing up as an orphaned child. Hester explains that her mother was left at the courthouse because there were no orphan homes in the town. Lasty, she talks about hunting possums with her husband. Adrian Madison Pete Smith (1912-1987) was born to Florence M. Smith (1871- ) and Rossie Smith (1877- ) in Rex, Georgia. James Walter Estes (1882-1985) was also born in Rex, Georgia, where he founded Rex Chair Company. Iver Mae Hester (1899-1980), originally from western Kentucky, was the grandmother of the interviewer, Patrica Mary Hesters, husband. James Corbett Evans was born in Rex, Georgia (1901-1989). Additional biographical information has not been determined. 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See subject who for additional names S,,,, i-\::,h I f\ c) \ 'i\ f\O()i - L.' 0 \ , ",.1" .L... e', -t.2iCFC? I VA./, \ Burrison, John Personal names 3 Corporate names 1Zc')t (\ct,,:,-! (Q\"'p,.i''''''\ Geographic locations CAo.'3tO() eCl)Ot.,::\ ,, Topics ~0~)i G b~O:"J( I fc:J\k-tC~\2:, 4 FOLKLORE :300 COLLECTING PROJECT FALL QUARTER, 1968 l'ATl1ICIA1lARYHSST$R 1429-0 VtLLAGE GREEN llIUVE COI..LEGE~~ @OItQIA .4 ~ot th~ direct1lJl1/! totollo.,.. in re~h1DS !lEX. GEORGIA. 1-' . , - '.' ," - ' , REX. GEORGIA Rex. Georgia. is looe.t$d about twenty miles f_ At18.1'lt",. A red lIIill 11' RQx' s chief attl:'&(lUoD. Artists and photographers COllie ft'Olll allover the state to try t~ capture the beautiful effect of the red R~ Mill. Untilrecently.}~has '~i~df'airly isolated ~d cut off from the l1lainflo. of the l~r ltociet~.:r<U.$covered Itax q~te by acoided one W while driviilt \U'()~i~ th& oountl';Y. 3: was lias drivitlg on a paved r084; I oeme to a bddge. Aft~ I crOseiiltt,\ithe Widget I WIllI s\!1'Pl'ised totiOO Rex. It WIl8 lUe-"stetp:l.g back into the lIil\8te~th ce~t~. ! fully eXpjlotlld to s~~, buggie, tie4 to hitch1l1gpost*. O~)tl:le left dtllr o~~~i~ the bridie. is the red $11. TO. the ri!ht ot the llliliL 'S;tl~~oatel-the (>ne-roolD- postlltf'ice aM ~t door to it 1s 8,Q$..1'90.' ~O\lll.try stQ!le. On the lEltt6f' 1:Mlllli.i;';OM il!-loc.",ted \\~,...in iJ\d~tt'.theR~'Oha1l'. C~.. ~11 Oolllpant ilS $ldd ti:>,be.Ve Jept l1~ali'VI;l;dutUtgthe depression. :til i., still inoPQ't"e:t1ol1.bl1i!l:l.1:r .t1gCene-bottellll chair". 'l'hs Q1c1 ~il ~l1,."e {~~piiri.t;\.Oh utit1\.l. 19~~"~6n, unable toc~mpete .itb t~e ~~t.faoto~~~!~l~ it'W~ to~csd' to 010S$'st. 'I:!l'. AcoordiDg to local le~l1d, when U cue. time to form fl, post of'tict} otflcieis .wert, si1llllped illl to what' to _0 it~ ''rlie Win who us to become I Rex's firat post pllter, had an ol,oUfld who _s e.l.WIlVS u~er foot. After nearly tripping over the dog he honored "Git Rex". ~ others dec:l.ded the.t Rex Willl an ee.sy X11.1l11'l to relllelllber. so they lWIed the post office Rex. So tbat' 8 how Re;:J; "COIllB to be named for a hound dOg". \"" ** Recieved from IoIr. 'If..lter)!:stee betoretbe tape recorder 111M turned ODe Int1'OCluction to PETE SHITR Adi"i$J1 Madison "Pets" Smith is e. IltoutgenUelll$J1 in hie late i'i.f'tiee. You O$J1 usually :\.ocate7Pete at bis one-roOll1 country st01"ein Rex, Qeor~a. All of his kin fire born and raised in l1ex. ( As Pete S~SI "never had any . , IIIOney to git out.) He believes his original ancestors we~ Irish. Pete w!\s bol'l1 April 3, 1912 in Rex. His father was a larmer. '01' the put seventeen yee.1"S Mr. Smith bas;,rnn hU ti~ etoA. He also ~ a bait and tacll:lfil ebop in Rex. This 1& 'libel'll he heard 1II08t of his ";tsh-lie8': 'rhe interview was taped in ~"limith'lII IItore. Thlll'e is one other person's voice tetling a tale. I did not'ee.lbe th1lll 11'~ OD~,tape until I p1e;red it be.ek. - I bel:l.IlVl!l thi.,gent1e~ to be 'Mr.'SlIIith's brother. TALL TALIS o:r F l/S F! L I I S Mr. i'ete Smith is an old fillh-liar tt'OlII ~lIaY-baok~ he heard moat of " of Atlanta. 141'. $!UtA is a l!111ou11 man mo one oanrecognize by b1s usual As l'ete speake"he ducks his head and toys with a thin cigar which he claps :tn hie ))and. With a white beard H:r. SlIlith 'A'o,uld llIake& ve:ry good \J./,~ti)Y\J;'i;~j\ft,,fi,/a.~ Old Saint Nick. 'ete epew in a hunied lIlO1lOtcne. . .' . 1\ I,(e \,~t!(~~~!;-~t~i.:~oe...~n the lakeol'l$ d!l1li11'"fisl.t1n" an' I hung ablg fisb. Aft',,1ll1 poie~to a' hendin' -- we coul<in' t git 't,m out al1 a feller '), jumped iii d'lake an' thar's an old Cal" in d'1,e.k8. When he oOllle up -- ~ {:; 4"~A"l,z",, ~, When he di'led in an COme up--- BaidJ~You know} you sot a ~ig fish hllll8. ~ 8..,s efer tiJlle YOI1 start to wind that,ti!lb out said that filili l"Olls up d' g18.lll1l. '1'ale 1I (tape 'l11iIlIberll 12-as) TIm FISH and '1'IIE CORN J4IlJ. Well 1'11 tell you a best 'un. Pun' t turn it on '~ut it you Wll.nrJa turn it on. t wall down he-a f:l.sb:l.n' one da:!' tl3.:I.IIl. ole mill-corn mUl ruunin'. .. '. . /IJ0' vlvz.~L .a' :t hung a b~. un an\started up lItl"Oem an' got the lfatel:' ruim:l.n' ~, be.c~~!1 hff uuground fifteen bUl$helfl of oorn e.'for$ they could stop You did!l' t have :I.t 0.- dill-' ya? HES'l'ER1 Yea. mlrrlt I When I qa lI.' te~l:I.n.' hit? '1'&141 IV (tilpe ~ber 41-52) POIN'l'ING QUAIL One d8 an' tih bird huntin' &Ii 80 we'd lIll1ked an' ~4 an' dOJ# ha4n't uh )il0bl't.1A !lJl1th1!1$. So we 1l1ent aCl'Q.8.'~~ an' our dogs pClii)ted. laud tol1'fellfl', 1: said ain't no bird.'el-e. So he ftlked up 0.- _ ~l~ M' ~d ~1Uld -- d.ogtl still e. pol,,~..' - ... So he kicked /.)VI"'" .. piece of p~blt.aB a menu come Off a tnun--- had. "qllA:n;.. 112.-0" on M.t. (laughter) HES'l'Bll. & 'l'h"t dar would point itt "quail"wouldn't u? How abo\lt that rabbit dog you had Pete? tt-" Wait a-minute I'm .. fhin' to go duck buntin',. ~ A GOOD POINTER i lr""~"," I "member one time me an' a teUer had"out hhuntiu' -- h\lnt~' an uh a dog come up missing. So we hunted an' we hunte<l an1i we 1l.unted. An' '))out a yeliX' later I weB over in the woods an' we foun<J. t~t dot's bones llt~i1lg there. He' dpointed a cove1'7 of 11rds antt\i'ved to de~, An'the birds was-.-e.llthe ))onea wall -.. i!Ul the boDEl8 up in a wild 1lllere wher. they were -',:: ai' settin'." _8m. 'llhat'a. good do,'\I '!'eU ~ 13~ lilOre old hunting ti!Uea. "pm'S\; 1)nthelrt Me VI (t$.P5 IlUlllber 69-90) A GOOll DAY'S m.mr , I got up one lilOi'nin' an" went !"lI' gotlny ole shotgun double barrel an' went down on the :take. ~ don the like an there was a bunch of ducka dOwn the le.lce. Looked up the lali Q' thoro was .. bun~ of gee... I8~ there lib dic!.a't Ialow whloh 011$ to 8h\1Ot at. I 8tudled ful' Ittudled whtbh one. So I d!lc1dad I', SOh' kill s_ of both ot '.. So I jllllst aplit my gun blU'1\~. 1'urned one down the lalle an' one up the i.~~, . pulled tM huurlerp back an' I'lhut my eyeiW" ~n I !lhOt?4--Wbr7 but t;lM of the i, " ~\"$ I%l,IIle ott an~ killed a aquirrel up in ",tree. the other 11\11l11lBI' ~1 , , ' ()..., ", .:. off an kil1!.ft,h"U but there in the be4. The gun kioked lIIe over in the , " " {.vi! lake an' I COllie up~fift8en pounds of cat fi~h in my pocketD. ~ma t Did you get the @cks 'and. the ge.ee? The following tale was ofi'ereq. a gentleman in the store while taping 111". Slaith' B. interview. I believe this to be Pete'" bl'Otb.er. Tal~,/~l' (taplil nUlllb!i.rs S)2- 112) The POUl'1'!liG HORSE S~1'l tbis hller he.d II. borse/a ncl.1US it. M', th~t hO~ lfalPa point1n' birdlil yOll know jeet lilee", a ~ird dog. M~ he WU:!11 tha'2t horllt sbootillg bi~. lv"')' !~4"l' t , A flillWr co\llll alOIlg"I gi.e you e. thousand dol1are for tuti),hl!rse.' !te .~s well :t tell you what you ce.in't d~/you Ca1,n't gtt'el1l Mrose that,',~~ over 'e". The feller I'lllS "Why?" Sllst Why he 4d rath,ujriehthan pointbb'bl fale VII (tepe nUlllbere~20-132) '1'hlil ONE~gD FJ;SH ~ t '1'1il11'us about that o~-eyed fish. SIIITJ:l ~, )Ie ~'a teller was out in the lake o~ 4ll a tishin,~. in a boat. ,We'd been oatcbin' tillh 81). lib we was 89iu' to see whi,ch one wuz goin~ oatch the bimst Ull. So attlilr qUe he hutl8, one en wound it in an got it up to the 4'Ov<'Jl bOat .' he lllOked over an' he tell! me Y<IU know s~ this fillh is one-eyed. " I said ah hit's not. "Yea hit is. I (le.in't see but one-eye. An' I loolCed , over on the other side of the boat--- there was the other eye. Co11ectedfrOlllf' },>ete SIdth Date"~ber30, 1968 At Sm1:tl!.re, ,Grocery_ex, Georgia. 1Ir. 8lldth can be reached by telephone at 474-.4430 o Introduction to WALTER ESTES Welter Estee is the oldest man eti11 living in Rex. Ill'. Eetes was born December 1, 18$2 in Clayton County in a two !'Oom1og !louse. Bill father was a tarmer. Ill'. Estes graduated frOID Georgia TeA in 1$Q7. He moved to New York for awhile. When he returned to georgia, he moved to DeKa1b Couty,,$lthough he states he "kept hie citizenship in C1~ton County." Mr,. ll:etes is the founder of the R8l!: Chair Company, and has remained a. etab:Uher and the most pl'omiftll.nt s.n" influential man in ;Rex. He was &ctiv$0:ln politice and tnQe served ae state senator in 1939-40 and 1943-44.' AlthO\lgh a very chlU'llling gentleman, Mr. Ester hed baed intilrviel1l'$d , , eO lllUQh eonClBrning the l;d.lltOry of Clayton County and his pol:Ltical 'career, :l t was ~d to get eDT thil'l$ from him of folk-value. He did _ mention the cUBtolJi of serenading e.t Christmas.' However, most of the inte:tVi~., proved to be us{)ese as it was filled with personal reminiscing by Ill'. Estes. S ERE N A. 1) 1-N G Btl.ek In ~ 1011Jlic-dllYe ten,. eleven, twel.ve, thlrwell, :tpurWen rellre old, tMre was ll. elult<!i11 iJ:l.. tbtiIJ ~I\.. e,tChd,.S ~il ~t 10lingtolkll tnlUld get~l') h~r'e 1:li/-ck - I\. ~of thelil '\Ill\lld get " . '. - . '. . " '.' , '. " togeather-- fl.tId. they Cl!lled it lIer~ing. Rllle all 6"erthe cOlllllJUnit1 , . \ , - ride aroun4 f<!lkee bOUlf8 whooping and .h()ll~ill$ an[i ~Ye ~bl, time. \ . ~ 1 remember go:b,g 011 "vera]; se~Ilg'~t~el!!. 1 ~'t :remember eXMtl.:r what tbell. did~ " Intro4uuticm ~. IVER IlAB HE STiR My ~u"be.n4' s gre.namother. Iver:ll.., 'Heater, 'Il'tIiIl flOUrue of areat enterta1_all foX' JIlI). ~r.. '1'8l'l411l1chard Heeter ... born and r .."..d in , . . I . "'1l~rni{lllltt.tCk,y on 0~ ],8, 18$9. Rei-parent, "ere.TfiI ~tlollT IIwU!. ' -:!i\'f:'.,', .'\ . ',,'\ ': "',, qr"\/;' 0",;;:" :"':)'. ' '; , :' " Grmci~ 18 not sl,I1'e of' ~ergraadllloth.r'8 Da~lo~1tlas ~.r gr'lflndlllother ;;,' '.. '~ " .. , .' . . , . . was an' ~~J?h~~. ,~b4IUeves her origial ucellltol'1t~'l;. I~l~'. ' "-"~(-"~' ,;::),+':' ,; \;_,}\ 1,;;':," \ .;~i'V'Cj'" Her ht.tebMd.'1'and1... a-tPJliel' &.rid 'WOrked 1a t~ Olq 1'1118 elOIlg , :. ',". ,'. c, -, "-"'" "~"",, .,': StC: i\":J/ -',,-', ',:',-', \'/i'!'~ ~'i),; the Millilourt-ltentueky border. SD tai8e4sa.~. .A:t'ter which lIhe 8Qve4 " to Det~it wbe~ _ ran a 1arl" board,lna ~se., A1t~u$h DOt vatuall1e fJ.om ~~jor genre.~utlook: of tolk-lore, Mrs.' Hester' si~terview 18 . ," - . "" ; ".' . \ : ' /\/M/~'~) (v(j&tJ Tape nuIIIber 845....~78 8upe~lltltton. 'mD~lfG AD ANGSL r' 1,_,_ We).1Yecl. out~ere on tbel others1<l.e otllllJ!':\.eld (ll:l;lntuoky) an' a 1/bile Bob an~ Bill7 'flU. litUe. ,Lived e:loae to a ratlroad track. Hatter..~t..ct j~.t asuardi,"tween u, ll,n llb raU:tQll.d. An' ah l~e~ "','."-' . out all.' i.eeJ:l. '.. bobo c.1ft's~~wn the tn.olt P, he 1I'llZ b8,d' e. Wlllld.ng (lfI.M , ~ .' >, e.-1!hipp4;l)' rt.lul weed. tt WI cold. .b'l's Bcened to deaf' at a b.01?o. An' ah .0 he come on around e.n'l aeed he wz cOIlIin' tc/ the house An' sh run to the 1)..ck door an all locked it. An' ah stood ther,e.n' 'e , ' , knockede,n'lqiOeked e.n' knocked. An' ub finally l' uh went to the door I WZ IIcaired. 18&1d....- he we.nted Bonthin' 4?illat. ltold 'elll I 111dn't bo.ve notb!n' d'eat. Fer 'em to gonezt door tb.at Wuz &l1,'s. Beley_ An I tbCl\lgll\i'nU she 1!UZ UBed to the bobo '!lause sbe lived there, I1U her lite. Then after send it over to 141'11. 1I1I,1ey I thOUght wall what a dirty thing I done - ile~ this ho\XI over t!lere. Then sh 110 I &$l'ed Mrs.' Ba.1:q . d!\se. hobo eOllll,l there. She eaid 18i1, ebe givehi/!l 80.e~bin' d' eat, an ,t'H'~,l"" .:..;,,-'i: \. !laid he loo1c$d turr1b18 but .aid the 1I1ble aaid ~ ~t ,.ny one c0ta8 to aa1\9/1. fer IIO$EIth1n' /I. ...t ~ to give '814 .01ll8t~' er other. If 1a tlU'neQ '$llI d\lW1l you might W e. turnj.ng ..~ a n'll,llgel. l!Itt 'ell14n't look llke r 'fhe followiD~ two le~uds were gotten ftoll ltat'J.'f Donald Bester, my ~ you lIaut to tell UIII the story ..bout the l,ittle girl on the side ot the road? Legend I (t1ll.P8 nUlllbers 628-667) LmUil LOST GIRL Yea,uh, wb..t I heard oft all.' <lVl; difte:r6nt people Ie that, uh, certain time of the year you 'k;now wheni10s real.t'oggy out sides. Alj)l2g side ,'I: the bigh1lllY. Around a bunch of woods an' stuff. A little girl appear out. !l I I) I Nt~.I/I:r;..d't~ ~I ~f_M.i2.../,jt4 YA,"'1tir ,v,\ d~ an' motorist gain' by eh they would stopu' ask her ho" OOllle YOII_1I' O,U'!A'\<O''''''!j " cA,,~1 (J she gat lOlilt. An eh ebe~A give 'e!D bel' 1l$Jlle an' address an' they'd dOarry t,er 'oes. ~'they'd git up 'are to the bouse an' .all the lights WQu14 be Ilwn. ~; he'd tip up to the door. An' uJr; fer the :Uthe'gii-X'. mothi'll' they told 'em that h$Ppened ever timll 'at year. 'l'!lat weq the U10tlegirl '", colllO home 'oe.use lillie WI kUled o11t em the bi~1II8O' bY' a car. ,In'' !lhe'd al'llll1e appear that certe,1n time of year an' she died. Legen4 II (ta)e nUlllber. 67()~11l) 'l'llE LOST JIAS'l.'Ea lie an' 1I0ll8of IIlf frie!14llt you know(ait around an' talk '~ut IItUff' we hear -- you bow storie. 1U1' stuff. An eh sOllie of 'em was telling !lie about . ' OVal' 1n the Carolinas. I don't know if it WI nort of .ouf Carolina. But Wll bMk years lI80 before the Civil Wa\". 'l'h$.t thar'liI e. white manth$.t' $l.~11 so out up ill d'lllountains wif '18 dogll an' SO C(lon~huntin' an' 110 uh one night be didn't COl!le back an' he had uh ClQloved 1I1ave Wi:lrlCi~ fer 'elll. An he , ," .t1~ , lJOt an ole late1"n an Went _ck up in a hUlB.An' tbe1 M'Ver tid hear llOtbin' else t,~ fJvro\ or the iilave'sown&r either one. An'eve~night at the.t oertiJn ttme of that year that that happed they could see a lantern or aliSht runnill' up an' down the hills. An' they aha.Y' sq the.t that'll that slave loolQ,ng fer: hitt s master th$.t' iii lost an '. cOlllo1n' t never find 'em. Said tealQlIl Iiliows up at that ah night that Ite d1eappeared. ~~rym ~\ ';?>?Y?? t?177 '077//';'; vrr7?y.;/1 7/'7"7t":;; /oJ.' rr!/ ~(?7/1~-~ q7.!LI...J'?/:7o!?a)'>7?~,r( . r'J {?c17 (}/J- '~!~~L7Y~LS?7It7 .~ )Fr?P/7t p!. 7/7 :7 7S'~7 r yJlV,jiy /;';7r7lJd7f'7/?jjY17 / Jir vc7/ . Jllli ;yl<?lj"J!iJ' 'tl?<7:lS;;/rr7T'( N (J .1(77 ~7c/Y ffcYt77 7 //7/;?'7 Q 0/&7 'l lr:?:? CJ W'P.." ;?p?s(rr'/ / :7J7J( rf'c07 i7eYt7 f rY77V ';7 1/-0(1/'(/W 1/'l7f) /,7"'7/ '"/ jJ"S!d 7 rndff ~/ '~7 rYi7j!/ J'j/ ,?.Jlei It ~1l ~t~ 1/YVrYirtZ ;7V r"W S"r}/C7td,YY /2= t?,vU'Yr/-<Y ,'if fi:"-,;j/c7P';7I (11 ,'Yr' - P ,?,jIr'/1/J y /C!' (}~ -/7:1 nl/,PdcY:Y - /:7<7eY!V - S"/Y/"t!J ;F'',?,r ~/7 f??-V~ ';J9.15.:::)/-1- .1 tIJ ~\ I\?J c)-V] 7/7,c/n ,juf) .7 w IYy 7/r:-I A PDF transcript exists for this recording. Please contact an archivist for access. Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive Project in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, religion, rural life, and traditions. 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