April 21,1911

April 21, 1911. The little town of Kite, on the Wadley and Southern Railroad, was the scene of a terrible tragedy on last saturday night and the people there were thrown into a state of intense excitement over the killing of Ira Lindsey, the marshal of Kite, by Clifford and Sherman Dixon, who live about a mile and a half from Wrightsville. The Dixon brothers went to Kite, and while there they were drinking and disorderly, and that marshal Lindsey approached them and advised them to leave town, or he would be compelled to arrest them. This enraged the Dixon's and it is said the marshal was knocked down by one of them, after which the officer used his club on Sherman Dixon, inflicting a painful wound on his head, when immediately both of the Dixon men used their guns. Several bullets taking effect and killing marshal Lindsey almost instantly. After the killing, the Dixon's returned to their home near here and sent word to Sheriff Davis that they were ready to surrender. The Sheriff and his bailiff left at once and brought them in and they are now in jail here. The Dixon's were always regarded as honest, hardworking, peaceable men. They came from one of the oldest families in Johnson County. Sherman, the eldest, married a daughter of William Anderson of this county and has a wife and one child. Clifford is about 24 years old and unmarried. Marshal Lindsey is said to be of a good family, and comparatively a young man, he leaves a wife and one child. He had only been Marshal of Kite for a short while, going there from Washington County near Tennille. The affair is greatly deplored, and much sympathy is felt for the aged parents of the Dixon boys and the bereaved wife and child of Marshal Ira Lindsey. The grading has nearly all been completed on the Wrightsville, Adrian & Lyons Railroad, as soon as this is done, and ties and iron placed on part of the distance from Wrightsville to Adrian, the road will be bonded and completed. T. J. James of Adrian is President; E. J. Sumner, treasuer and J. H. Rowland, superintendent. This road means a great deal to Wrightsville, and is an important factor to all lines of business, and the people in this section should make every effort to urge its completion. Mr. George E. Hood of Gaffney, S. C. wed Miss Idella Wood of Johnson County. Mr. Hood holds a responsible position in the government of his town. Miss Wood is a daughter of Mr. J. V. Wood of the Maple Springs neighborhood. The couple will live in South Carolina. William Jackson, a prominent citizen of Donovan is serving as postmaster at that place. Andrew Perry and Perry Price of the New Home area are down with pneumonia. Mr. Ernest Pound, formally of Sandersville but now a citizen here is an advocate of velvet beans for stock. Vines grow forty to fifty feet long and the beans according to Pounds are better for stock than common field peas and are also an improver of the land. The Pennant of the graduating class of Warthen College, 1911, is very beautiful. It is made of Lavender and White, the class colors, and is the acme of artistic beauty. The work was all done by hand, and the intricate stitches so deftly woven demonstrate the skill of Mrs. R. L. Kent, who kindly gave her time and labor to the work. Mr. John M. Jordan, our genius machinist of Summit has been spending several days in the city at the shops of Fulghum and Sanders perfecting the models of a useful and new invention known as a weather and cinder cleat for railroad box doors. This wonderful invention is said to be a success and one which the railroads heartily endorse. The cleat is not only needed in this country, but all over the entire world. It is especially useful and adapted to preventing cinders or sparks getting through into a case loaded with inflammables or cotton. Mr. Jordan will leave for Pittsburg, Pa to give an exhibition of his invention. John Jordan is an old Johnson County boy, a brother of citizen Tom Jordan. John's old friends here are delighted to hear of the big success he has made with his new invention, from which we trust he will realize millions!