To Buy Or Not To Buy An Adding Machine

My Uncle Snooks was a friendly sort of man and he always could find something for you to do so that you stayed busy.

Sometimes we took the soda pop caps out into the drive and parking area and poured them out so that cars wouldn't get mud on the doors and the ladies skirts or dresses got dirty when they came to shop. Sometimes we cleaned the front windows inside and out so that the vegetables area was sparkling. We put dust down powder on the wood floors to cut down on the dust and dirt. We stocked the shelves or straightened up the storage area.

Whenever he wasn't busy with giving us something to do he was adding in his head the accounts and the days receipts, or adding peoples charges to their accounts. When the collectors came in he would post the amounts paid to the store account ledgers. He would do this always in his head, and he was always to the penny. You could give him a number and he would tell you how many dimes, nickels and pennies were in the number.

One day while working outside a man drove up in a new Cadillac and said that he wanted to see the owner or the person who did the books. Someone took him into the store and introduced him to Uncle Snooks. He explained, "That he was selling the best adding machines and that so far he hadn't found anyone that couldn't do without one."

Uncle Snooks said that he had been adding for years in his head and didn't have the need for such a machine. The man told him all about the time saving that it would do for him and that it kept a running tape of the numbers so that they could be crossed checked, and Uncle Snooks still said no. The man tried many different ways to close him on the adding machine and everyone failed to close the deal for him. Finally in frustration the man said, I'll tell you what I will do. I will take this list of 50 numbers and you take the list of the same 50 numbers and I will add them on this machine and you can add them in your head and it your number is wrong then you will buy the adding machine ok. Is this a deal, Uncle Snooks said sure you have a deal.

By this time the store was full of people wanting to see what was going to happen and who was going to win.
Each was given the list of the same numbers and then when the man had finished adding them up he said. "sir what is the amount that you came up with." Uncle Snooks told the man his number and the man said, see I told you this machine was smarter that you. Uncle Snooks said now wait a minute I have added this list up three times in my head and got the same number all three times and you only added it up once. What it sounds like to me is that you hit the wrong key and made a mistake. Why don't you add it up again and see if you get the same number. As the man added the numbers again being very careful to hit the correct keys he got the same number that Uncle Snooks had originally.

Before anyone could say anything the man went to his car in a hurry but as a crowd had come uo he had to sit patiently in his car until he was able to leave.

It was quite a few years before we got an adding machine.

By: Palmer Waters

Joseph O. Waters Sr.

Joseph O.(Joe) Waters

Joseph O. Waters Sr, 84, of Commerce, died Monday, February 16, 2004.

A longtime businessman in Commerce, Mr. Waters was the Owner of Waters Brothers Furniture Company.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Juanita W. Shippey.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 18, in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with Robert Flippo officiating. Burial was in Jackson Memorial Park, Commerce.

Mr. Waters is survived by his wife, Pauline Waters, of the home; two sons, Oliver Waters, Commerce, and Palmer Y. Waters, Memphis, Tenn.; a foster son, Bobby Blake, Augusta; two daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Lucy) Hagy, Commerce, and Mrs. Duane (Susan) Mathis, Redlands, Calif.; one brother, Dan Waters, Commerce; one sister, Mrs. Lottie Gary, Commerce; 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

The Jackson Herald, February 18, 2004

Mary Pauline “Polly” Waters

Mary Pauline ‘Polly’ Waters



Mrs. Mary Pauline “Polly” Waters, of Commerce, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at her residence of an extended illness.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 19, in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce. Burial was in Jackson Memorial Park, Commerce.

Survivors include two sons, J. Oliver Waters Jr., Commerce, and Palmer Y. Waters, Bartlett, Tenn.; a foster son, Bobby Blake, Augusta; two daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Lucy) Hagy, Commerce, and Mrs. Duane (Susan) Mathis, Redlands, Calif.; 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Waters was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Waters, and a daughter, Juanita W. Shippey.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

The Jackson Herald, February 25, 2004

Mildred B. Gunter

Obituary Listing Mildred B. Gunter, 86, of Commerce died Sunday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Ivie Funeral Home.

Sidney N. Waters DDS

Sidney Waters Inc DDS PC

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In Memory of

Lemuel Grover Blalock

December 3, 1923 - October 21, 2010

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Mr. Lemuel Grover Blalock of Augusta, Georgia passed away Thursday, October 21, 2010.
Mr. Blalock retired from DuPont with more than 35 years of service. He was a dedicated family man who cherished spending time with his family. He loved gardening and was never known to speak an unkind word to anyone or about anyone. Lemuel was "one of a kind", he was one of the first male volunteers at University Hospital on the Volunteer Board.

Mr. Blalock is survived by his wife, Juanette Jones Blalock; three daughters and son-in-law, Janet Blalock, Evelyn Blalock, Anita and Danny Averette; five precious grandchildren, Rachel, James, John, Daniel and Denver; and two sisters, Ruth Curry and Mildred Gunter.

The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 until 8 PM at the funeral home.

Funeral Services will be held 2 PM, Monday, October 25, 2010 in the Lumpkin Road Chapel of Elliott Sons Funeral Home with Pastors Richard Gasser and Leslie Pullen officiating. Interment will follow at Bellevue Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P. O. Box 15923, Augusta, GA 30919 or Lynndale Community Center, 1490 Eisenhower Drive, Augusta, Georgia 30904.

"Give service with a smile"

Arrangements under the direction of Elliott Sons Funeral Home, Augusta, GA.

Sarah Olene Crane

Sarah Crane

Friday, November 27. 2009

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ATHENS – Sarah Olene Crane, 75, died Monday, November 23, 3009, at Heritage Nursing Home.

Mrs. Crane was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas D. and Linnie Waters Turpin.

Survivors include a son, Sidney Crane, Athens; daughters, Linda Linch, Athens, Susan Sanchez and Cynthia Crane Rabara, both of San Diego, Calif., and Dr. Judy Drago, Hurtford, N.C.; a brother, Fred Turpin, Commerce; sister, Grace Mumblow, Anderson, S.C.; 16 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 28, at 2 p.m., in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home with Linda Wollum, Bob Synan, and Scott Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in the Grey Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, November 27, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.