December 3, 1914.
About 5 am Monday morning an alarm of fire got our citizens together in a jiffy, when it was discovered that W. F. Dent's bottling works on the west side, was afire on the inside of the building. Our reliable firemen were on hand very promptly, as usual, and soon had the blaze extinguished. Walter Orr carried a small stock of groceries in the front of the building. What amount of damage was done, or the amount of insurance carried was not learned.
Mrs. Carl Claxton is recovering from her bout with pneumonia. Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Renfroe announced the birth of a daughter, born Friday, November 27th at Sandersville. Mr. Dewitt Brinson left for Cordele where he will take a special course in a few studies at Professor A. F. Ware's prepatory school before returning to the university.
J. B. Harrison, Jeffersonville's telephone manager says they will have electric lights by the first of January, 1915, if he lives. H. M. McCall the optometrist from Atlanta will be here for one day only on December 8th.
Sunday night at 6pm train No. 22, known as the Shoofly, running between Macon and Millen, while running at a high rate of speed, plunged into a trestle that had been undermined by the high water, two miles west of Toombsboro and seriously injured a number of people. Among them were Messrs. Herschel Lovett and H. C. Tompkins who were returning from Macon.
Mr. Lovett escaped with a few minor scratches, but Mr. Tompkins had three ribs broken and otherwise bruised about the body. The Wrightsville & Tennille train was sent at once to the wreck, and brought the injured to Tennille. Mr. Tompkins was taken to Rawlings' Sanitaruim at Sandersville, where he remained until he was able to return home. Both are at home now and able to tend to their places of business again.
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