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cousin, Josie Stevens, by whom he had 4 children. She died, 
and he is now married to May Cates. He is a Holy Roller 
' preacher. 
Both of the wives of Harmon Jones with their children 
have been mentioned, for they, too, belong to this group. He 
lives on a little farm that he owns in Possum Holler. It is 
very poorly kept. He is barely self-supporting and often says 
that he has never been lucky like other men. He knows money 
but says that other men invariably cheat him when there is 
any occasion to make change. He is a tall, skinny, be- 
whiskered fellow who talks a lot but never says anything. In 
his youth he was a wild fellow, addicted to both drinking and 
licentiousness. 
Homer Jones, a cousin to Emmett, Laura, et ah, married 
Fannie Jackson, a feeble-minded girl in a highly respected 
family of her community. She was always considered “just 
a little foolish”, and the family was glad when she was safely 
married altho she did marry a Jones. They had 7 children 
(some of them were grown) when Homer and his wife de- 
cided to change off partners with Oscar Smith and his wife, 
Goldie. This they did in 1903. When the neighbors made it 
uncomfortable for them, they were legally divorced and re- 
married. The result of the trade is told in another part of 
this history. Homer is now dead, and Fannie is living on 
the old place with 2 of her grown children and 1 little boy by 
her last husband. Her family feels disgraced but try to 
smooth it over by saying that “Fannie alius was sorto silly.” 
Summary 
It has been seen how a large number of defectives have 
come from this group and how the most of them in the future 
can hardly escape being defective. As living conditions be- 
come more complex we can expect more difficulty in dealing 
with this family. Already society has been at a considerable 
expense in caring for members of the group. Since 1905 
there have been 113 arrests in the family, causing an expense 
of $429.70. By consulting the tables in the chapter on Crim- 
inality it will be seen that some of them have been arrested 
many times. Forty-two members of the gr3up have received 
poor relief. Since 1901, $1,393.49 have been spent in this 
way. Computing the cost at 40 cents per day, it has cost the 
