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CHILDHOOD CHUM OF THE LATE JIM SMITH TESTIFIES IN CASE(By Associated Pres.)Macon. Ga., April 10.—The testimony of Zadock Anderson, whose recolectlon of James M. Smith ex tends back to his childhood days, featured the hearing in the United States district court here today of the first phases of the Smith estate case, involving property said to be worth three million.Anderson, as he had been contended by Mississippi heirs and Habersham county heirs, declared that James M. Smith was the legitimate son of Zadock Smith and Phoebe Mabry Smith, Zadock’s second wife.Anderson said that he was born In Wilkes county in 1841, a year and a half after James M. Smith was born.Anderson said his father's plantation adjoined Zadock Smith's and bis first recollection of James M. Smith was when he was four years old.He told of their meeting, their school days, and their meetings in later years until the time of Smith's death.Anderson said that Smith had ifi-traduced him to Phoebe Mabry SnJithas “his mother.Another witness was Mrs. Lou Estes, who said she knew James M. Smith for thirty years. She testified in connection with the relationship of Smith and his half-sister, Mrs. Mary Jones. She told of their brotherly and Jsterly affection, and said he called her “sister and she called Mm buddy.A letter bearing Smith’s signature to Mrs. Jones ended with your brother,” was Introduced.Objection was halsed to the introduction of the family Bible because the sheets contained erasures, was taken by Judge Speer under advisement. 'Witnesses were cross-examined by Attorney W. M. Howard.Changeable Weather Brings Sickness The changeable weather of March causes coughs, colds, croup and grippe. There is no such thing as a light cold—none that a person can safely neglect. Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe and reliable family medicine that heals inflamed, congested air passages, stops coughs and eases breathing. H. R. Palmer ft Sons, adv
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Athens, Georgia, US
Fri, Apr 14, 1916
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