September 17, 1914.
About 4pm on Tuesday the ginnery outfit, saw-mill and other buildings belonging to Mr. G. A. Tarbutton, living in the Buckeye District, were completely destroyed by fire, a loss of several thousand dollars and was only partially insured.
The gin was in operation at the time of the fire, and the gin is where the fire started, destroying the entire plant, with machinery and contents of 8 or 10 bales of cotton. The flames then spread to the saw-mill and consumed it also. Mr. D. G. Blount had a general merchandise store nearby and for awhile it too was in danger and many of the goods were removed.
In the ginners report, the tabulation of the separate returns from the ginners for September 1st report shows there were 1433 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Johnson County from 1914 crop. This is compared to only 541 bales ginned at this point in 1913.
Dublin gets a new paper called "The Laurens Citizen" and is published every Tuesday and Friday by the Citizen Publishing Company, with J. A. Peacock as Editor and Manager; D. C. Collins, assistant manager. They are experienced newspaper men.
Mr. Angus Hightower is now with the People's Hardware Company. Mr. Julius Jenkins who has been a student at the State University is resuming his studies at that place. Mr. & Mrs. D. L. Emerson of Dublin, announce the birth of a son on Friday, September 11th. Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Adkins also of Dublin had a son on September 14th named Joe Norris Adkins.
The Fall Term of Johnson Superior Court convenes next Monday with Judge Larson presiding. The docket is lengthy with a couple of murder cases to be tried along with several minor cases.
Young Felt Mixon who was severly hurt last week in an auto accident is sslowly improving at Moye Brothers Sanitarium in Vidalia. Mrs. Elizabeth Lovett has been suffering from blood poison in her arm and is doing better. Rev. L. P. Glass is confined to his room with a severe case of sore eyes.
The U. S. Census report on home ownership in Johnson County is as follows: There are 2646 homes in the county, of this number 1676 are farm homes, 970 are urban homes. The local banks have released their statements of condition as of September 9th. The Exchange Bank, $151,285.49; Bank of Wrightsville, $207,278.87; Citizens Bank of Kite, $76,900.94; Bank of Adrian, $61,758.57; Scott Banking Company, $54,994.33.
After an illness of more than 2 years, Mrs. Caroline Harrison Davis, wife of ex-sheriff Lewis Davis, died at her home here Sunday morning. Mrs. Davis had been an invalid and was lately stricken with paralysis which resulted in her death. She was the daughter of Rev. J. E. Harrison a well-known Baptist minister, and Aunt of Dr. J. G. Harrison of Mercer University. She was 57 years old and survived by her husband and 5 sons, Messrs. J. A., J. L., M. M., J. T. and R. G; 4 daughters, Mrs. M. O. Davis, Misses Bell, Sallie and Bessie Davis. She was buried at Westview.
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