Monday, May 21, 2012

From Days Gone By May 22,1913

May 22, 1913.
    Today Dexter will picnic at Idylwild and everyone is invited to attend and bring dinner. Tomorrow Hawkinsville will take possession of Idylwild and it will be a gala day with plenty of ball playing. The Central of Georgia is offering excursion fares to "the Queen of South Atlantic Seashore Resorts", Tybee, Where Ocean Breezes Blow.
    W. T. Kitchens, late chief of police has entered the merchantile business in the store room formerly occupied by the Vickers & Williams Co. B. J. Moye has moved from the Kennedy block on the east side to the Kent building on the west side. Faircloth & Claxton is offering loans on city property in sums of not less than $1000 at 8 per cent, interest payable semi-annually with loans to run 5 years or less if desired.
    Jefi Laurence, a son of Mr. J. M. Laurence residing on College Heights is ill from an attack of auto-toxemia. Mrs. Otho Tanner left by automobile for Bartow cause of the death of her brother-in-law, Mr. John Sheppard. A professional nurse from Rawlings Sanitarium is with Mrs. J. C. G. Brooks. Electrician J. B. Harrison who recently fell from a light pole is still confined to his bed unable to use his right limb, with little if any improvement.
    Rev. & Mrs. J. C. G. Brooks announce the birth of a son on May 16th, named John Benjamin. Mr. & Mrs. B. B. Tanner had a daughter on May 20th. Mr. & Mrs. J. K. McAfee had a son on the 15th and Mr. & Mrs. Talmadge Hicks of Dublin had a daughter on the 20th. On the 14th friends and relatives of Mr. T. H. Walden celebrated his birthday. He is a highly respected, christian citizen and moved here from Jefferson County.
    Mr. F. Carter was in Wrightsville. "Uncle Fred" is one of the cleverest, best known citizens of the county and the townsfolk are always glad to see him and enjoy his talks. B. E. Jordan has become an expert reptile annihilator. In one day on his farm last week he killed four each of a different specie, among the number a huge rattler. Ben shows no mercy when dealing with snakes.
    Dr. T. L. Harris was called to Dublin at two in the morning on professional business, going in an automobile. Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Cook accompanied by Mrs. W. W. Anthony and Mrs. J. M. Huff, went to Sandersville Sunday afternoon to see Mrs. D. G. Blount at Rawlings Sanitarium. Mr. Cook taking them over in his reliable Buick car, which for speed, equals "Nancy Hanks".
    People who were in Sandersville last Wednesday stated that the hail was so heavy in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood that some of it had not melted after being on the ground six days. Oats and wheat on some of the farms were so badly damaged that the fields were plowed up and other crops planted where the grain had stood a few days before.

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