FROM DAYS GONE BY July 16,1914

July 16, 1914.

    The first tax digest for Johnson County was prepared by N. B. Miller, Tax Receiver for the county and was forwarded to Tax Commisioner John C. Hart in Atlanta for his approval. According to the Tax Act of 1913, this is now required by law. The people who have school tax, as soon as the book is returned from Atlanta, it will be copied for their convience. The Tax Equalizers made raise on property returned $180,000.00 which brought the total for 1913 at $204,747.00.

    The first garage for Wrightsville, established several years ago, is now owned and operated by Messrs. Virgil Snell and Lawson Pournell. Lawson to look after the inside of the business and Virgil the outside. They have added new machinery and tools to give the public good service in the matter of overhauling and putting into good service all automobiles.

    Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Chester announced the birth of a daughter on July 9th. Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Hayes accompanied by Mr. & Mrs. Otho Tanner left Sunday for Tybee and Savannah. Mrs. Daisy Kent Waddell has returned to Wrightsville to her former position as operator at the telephone exchange.

    Messrs. James Spell and J. T. Tucker were at Raley's pond where they flushed a blue crane, which they shot and killed. This monster bird, standing erect, measured 6 feet, and from tip of wings, measured 6 feet 10 inches. C. C. Wheeler, game warden of Johnson County says the season for hunting cat squirrels will come on August 1st and now is the time to buy your license.

    Mr. W. J. Jordan, the popular agent of the Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad has announced his resignation. He has accepted a position of station accountant and assistant traveling auditor of the Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad and will move his family to Macon. Mr. S. L. Hobbs of the M. D. & S. will take over the W. & T. position here. Mr. Jordan began his railroad career with the Central of Georgia in 1904 and has progressed successfully through the years.

    Mrs. Pearl Sheppard Hitchcock, wife of Mr. E. N. Hitchcock died at her home Tuesday morning after a 2 week illness of typhoid/malarial fever. She was the daughter of Mr. John E. Sheppard and was about 28 years old and a member of the Methodist church. Besides her husband she is survived by her mother, two brothers and one sister. She was buried at Westview.

    Judge K. J. Hawkins died suddenly at his home in Dublin. He was fine that morning on the streets apparently in good health. He returned home at noon where he was stricken with apoplexy, or heart trouble about 3pm and died before medical attention could be summoned. He had been judge of the Dublin circuit for the past 2 years. He was 44 years old and survived by his wife and a sister. He was buried in Northview Cemetery.

    As the death of Judge Hawkins spread so did the outpouring of candidates to fill his position. The Dublin Bar Association met and  indorsed W. W. Larson of Dublin Other names mentioned as possible candidates were J. L. Kent and William Faircloth of Wrightsville, L. D. Shannon of Jeffersonville, also J. E. Burch of Dublin.