FROM DAYS GONE BY July 26, 1918

July 26, 1918.

It was a sad, large assembly at the depot when the 37 boys rolled off Monday morning for Camp Gordon. It was the largest draft in the county thus far as they will be made ready immediately for service overseas. Those in this call were: Thomas M. Kea, William Frost, James T. Barron, W. H. Lovett, E. L. Odom, J. D. Wilson, E. D. Johnson, John W. Green, Newnan E. Powell, C. D. Kavakos, H. Grady Cox, Willie J. Bush, Wallace J. Cook, J. W. Townsend, Winder H. Pope, Olin Smith, E. D. Price, Roger D. Davis, C. G. Townsend, Zefoa Peebles, W. L. Anderson, H. T. Lindsey, W. A. Lord, L. R. Wilson, Milton C. Ross, Henry L. Hoover, B. J. Snell, Evans L. Tucker, Jacob Kaplan, Marcus I. Stephens, L. C. Caraway, J. M. Townsend, Jr., R. J. Boatright, W. H. B. Mimbs, Edgar A. Harrison, John Smith, and L. M. Burris.
The school census has been completed, Johnson County gained 436 school children in five years. It shows that there are 1470 white male children and 1273 white females. For the coloreds it shows 1020 males and 1002 females. The local school board elects their new teachers consisting of a strong faculty for the new school year. Professor J. O. M. Mahon of Howell, Georgia is principal. Teachers are Miss Annie Blackshear, Miss Opal Camp, Mrs. G. W. Gordy, Miss Hilda Blount, and Miss Mildred Walker. The music director is Miss Annie Mae Melton. Three more teachers may be added before the year is over.
The Johnson County Farmers Union is making extensive plans to build a graded stock yard for the purpose of giving local farmers the advantadge of a market here just as in other towns. The committee consists of Messrs. Ellis Johnson, J. T. Miller and J. W. Williams. The meeting was held at Moores Chapel, the next meeting will be at Spann.
The citizens are pushing for better roads in the county like the one from the Johnson line to Tennille. They want good roads from Oconee River to Kite, Washington County line to Adrian and from Lovett to Bartow. It is estimated that the cost of wearing out of automobiles, buggies and wagons over these bad roads would be enough to build good roads. We have the worst roads between Atlanta and Savannah and Augusta to Bainbridge. Thousands shun our county because of the roads, and that's bad also from an economic stand point. Wrightsville is the nearest route from the North to the South and East to West from all our larger cities. The sentiments of the people demand for a start to better the roads in this county and the sooner the better.
While fishing on the Florida coast Charles S. Claxton had his thumb smashed between two boats resulting in amputating part of his thumb. Due to W. H. Lovett retiring, the firm of Wrightsville Grain Company is dissolved between Lovett and E. E. Sanders. Mr. G. H. Williams announces his candidacy for state senate in the 16th district. Will Mixon brought in the first open cotton boll. Contractor T. L. Chester is erecting the new Baptist church in Adrian. Mr. & Mrs. Chester gave birth to a fine son on July 18th. Someone broke into W. R. Gatlin's garage and filched a lot of tires, tubes and spark plugs.
Mrs. Mattie Rawls of Davisboro married John W. A. Crawford. Miss Mary Thomas of here married LT. C. A. Woods of Piedmont, West Virginia. Mrs. Mary E. C. Shimer announces the marriage of her daughter, Martha Sally, to SGT. Ferris Blankinship, the eldest son of Mr. J. T. Blankenship.