FROM DAYS GONE BY July 5, 1918

July 5, 1918.
The Farmers Union of Johnson County held a big rally at Idylwild for the 4th of July and invited the counties of Laurens, Washington, Jefferson and Emanuel to come together with them here. Six of the highest-up men in the ranks of the Union will speak. They will dwell on those things of the deepest concern of these five counties. Lunch consisted of BBQ sandwiches, Brunswick stew, deserts and all other kind of eatables.
Because of the fact that the Farmers Navigation Company has just sold the Hilda, which was to be used to give the editors of the Georgia Weekly Press Association a boat ride down the Oconee river on the last day of their annual session at Wrightsville, a banguet will be given instead at Dublin by the Chamber of Commerce. The Hilda boat was sold to another company to be used on the Ocmulgee river.
On July 9th Kite Lodge has planned to hold a lodge of sorrow. Masons are invited to meet at 10 am, the public is invited at 2 pm. Miss Mary Crawford, sister of Mr. J. M. Crawford died. She was buried at the Crawford cemetery near Wrightsville. Mr. S. A. Attaway of Peters, Florida is home for a few days. He brought with him a specie of the peach family called mango. While it resembles a peach in shape somewhat it looked more like a big Japanese plum.
The people of the county are busy with the last work on their farms, many having gone through the last time with a lot of their work in some of the fields. The crops are very good considering and the prospects for a big harvest is very bright. If the price remains high Johnson County's crop this fall will bring a tremendous sum. The corn is very good also, and the people never had better gardens.
Saturday night Sheriff Willis D. Rowland and Marshals J. M. Walker and Enoch Oliver went to the home of R. E. Kitchens about four miles of the city, west, went into the home and found him at work around a "tiger." It is said that Kitchens refused arrest and leveled a gun on the sheriff, but quick action prevented a shooting. He was arrested, brought to the city, but wished to give bail and not go to jail, so he was taken to his brother in-law's out near town.
His brother in-law refused to go on his bond. This was about 1 am and the party were sitting on the front porch steps of the home. Very soon a steady stream of blood was seen and heard pouring from the right side of Kitchens' neck. Then it was discovered that he had cut an ugly and almost fatal gash across his neck. A doctor was summoned and he is resting fairly well and will recover unless blood poisoning sets in or other complications.
Kitchens is a hard working white man with a wife and two or three little children. He has made good as a farmer and stood pretty high in his community. It is thought that he was under the influence of some drug or the whiskey at the time he cut his jugular vein. The affair is deeply regretted by the entire community.
Mazer's Tooth Specialists of Philadelphia sent word through an ad that they will pay up to $15 per set for old false teeth. They also buy old gold, sliver and broken jewelry. So don't throw those old teeth away. Cash them in.