November 12, 1914.
The entire business section at Scott was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday night. It is believed to have been incendiary in origin as one of the stores, owned by Mr. Purvis, the Scott Grocery Company's door was open, the stock disarranged and the safe door battered and tampered with. The loss is estimated at more than $40,000 with only $12,000 insurance. A determined effort will be made to apprehend the guilty parties and a reward may be offered.
The following are the heaviest losers with value of buildings and stock also insurance carried respectively. A. J. Stewart $8000/$3500; Scott Grocery Company,$6000/$4000; Davis Mercantile Co., $3000/$500; Scott Hardware, $7000/$4600.
The pecan crop in Johnson County is one of the best ever been produced in this section. Some of the trees yielding over a bushel &more. Some very good ones of the paper-shell variety are on the farm of Mrs. Mabel Blount. They were small but very meaty. Messrs. J.H. Rowland and J.V. Snell each have bumper crops of the large variety. Pecans home raised are selling here at stores for 25 cents per pound.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia convened in Macon on October 27,28. The meeting was called for the purpose of organizing a Masonic Convention in the 12th Masonic district. A vote was then taken for Master and that honor went to S.A. Scott of Adrian, and H.T. Downs, of near Wrightsville was made Secretary which was very complimentary. Scott and Downs are both highly esteemed citizens of Johnson County.
Miss Louise Lovett is quite the artist. Under the instructor Miss Annie Taylor at Warthen College, Lovett painted a large bunch of magnolias, lying as it were on a table, and so true were the flowers to nature you imagined you could inhale their perfume. "Clean up day" was observed at the college this week.
Mr. W.E. Blankenship, owner of a grocery business in the Kent building on the west side, has retired and disposed of his stock to F.C. Lord & Son. Mr. Charles Morel took the exam at the State Board of Optics and is now a full fledged optician.
The Johnson County Medical Association solicited donations of money, cotton, corn, hogs, or produce of some kind to help the doctors meet their obligations to their patients.
Veteran D. S. Blankenship, the janitor at the Court building was honored with a birthday dinner to celebrate his 77th birthday. Mrs. Roser Stephens is sick at her home in the city. The Vivola Theatre is hosting Billie "Single" Clifford and Company of 25 in their musical show "Believe Me."
The W. & T. Railroad will pay cash for cut railroad crossties. Farmers can do it in their spare time. Mr. "June" F. Martin and Mr. W.I. Brantley have grown some fine buck yams and banna yams. Mrs. B. E. Jordan has a huge crop of pears, pomegrantates and late watermelons. Mr. Amos Heath, just outside of town has some luxurious cane and potato patches and some fine fat hogs feeding in the pea fields.
"Possum" hunters are out every night in this section, and many nice juicy fellows are being caught and are quite a luxury on some tables.
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