SEPTEMBER 3,1914.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. J. D. Sheppard , a prominent Johnson County farmer, living about 4 miles east of Wrightsville, was shot and instantly killed on the public road about a mile from town, by a young man by the name of James Mitchell.
The killing was the culmination of a fight which took place between Marcus Sheppard, son of the deceased and Mitchell early in the afternoon. Mitchell was arrested immediately after the killing and is in the county jail awaiting action of the Grand Jury. Mr. Sheppard leaves a wife and several children, while Mitchell is unmarried.
Mr. Seward Hicks of Mt. Vernon, son of the late Dr. Charles Hicks, was badly hurt last Friday by falling from the board seat of a wagon in which he was hauling ice. The wheels passed over his head, crushing his left jaw and otherwise painfully wounding him. Medical assistance was rendered and his conditions is thought to be precarious.
Dr. J. W. Brinson was called to Waycross last week to see his brother, Mr. Robert Brinson who had been stricken with paralysis in the left side. "Bob Brinson" as he is known here where he was raised and grew to manhood is in critical conditon.
There are a number of improvements now in progress on South Marcus street. Mr. E. A. Lovett had his house repainted. Mr. Leon Lovett purchased the R. B. Bryan residence and has painted and repaired this structure and so has Miss Kate Duff. Work on the new Baptist church is rapidly progressing. The second floor which will be used for classrooms and gallery has been reached, the stone window ledges placed, and the two massive arched entrance doors erected, and with favorable weather the exterior work will soon be completed.
Mr. B. B. Tanner has bought the grocery firm of Higher & Cox and will continue at the same place under the name of Tanner Grocery Company, J.O. & B. B. Tanner,Jr., proprietors. M. P. Flanders who has been a salesman at Hayes Bros. has gone to Washington, Ga. to work. Col. W. L. Bryan has located at Americas to practice law in the office of Col. Maynard.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. J. D. Sheppard , a prominent Johnson County farmer, living about 4 miles east of Wrightsville, was shot and instantly killed on the public road about a mile from town, by a young man by the name of James Mitchell.
The killing was the culmination of a fight which took place between Marcus Sheppard, son of the deceased and Mitchell early in the afternoon. Mitchell was arrested immediately after the killing and is in the county jail awaiting action of the Grand Jury. Mr. Sheppard leaves a wife and several children, while Mitchell is unmarried.
Mr. Seward Hicks of Mt. Vernon, son of the late Dr. Charles Hicks, was badly hurt last Friday by falling from the board seat of a wagon in which he was hauling ice. The wheels passed over his head, crushing his left jaw and otherwise painfully wounding him. Medical assistance was rendered and his conditions is thought to be precarious.
Dr. J. W. Brinson was called to Waycross last week to see his brother, Mr. Robert Brinson who had been stricken with paralysis in the left side. "Bob Brinson" as he is known here where he was raised and grew to manhood is in critical conditon.
There are a number of improvements now in progress on South Marcus street. Mr. E. A. Lovett had his house repainted. Mr. Leon Lovett purchased the R. B. Bryan residence and has painted and repaired this structure and so has Miss Kate Duff. Work on the new Baptist church is rapidly progressing. The second floor which will be used for classrooms and gallery has been reached, the stone window ledges placed, and the two massive arched entrance doors erected, and with favorable weather the exterior work will soon be completed.
Mr. B. B. Tanner has bought the grocery firm of Higher & Cox and will continue at the same place under the name of Tanner Grocery Company, J.O. & B. B. Tanner,Jr., proprietors. M. P. Flanders who has been a salesman at Hayes Bros. has gone to Washington, Ga. to work. Col. W. L. Bryan has located at Americas to practice law in the office of Col. Maynard.
The fall term of Warthen College opened Wednesday morning with a full faculty, and a good attendance. The Tax Digest is now complete for Johnson County for 1914. Aggregate return for 1914 - $2,362,901; Aggregate for 1913 - $2,158,154; Gains - $204,747. This raise came as follows: The Tax Equalizers, $180,000; N. B. Miller, Tax Receivers raise over last years work, $24,747.
Mr. & Mrs. Preach Tanner, near Harrison, lost their baby, little Mary Amanda on August 18th. She suffered several days and was only 3 months old.
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