August 23, 1918.
Members of the Farmers Union, along with a few ginners met in Kimball Hotel in Atlanta to address the Federal Food Administration protesting a 75 cent rate for ginning cotton and urging that if a price be fixed it be not more than 60 cents per 100 lbs of lint cotton. More than 150 farmers from more than 25 counties assembled and sometimes the debate was long and hot. Attending from Johnson County was J. F. Henderson, C. D. Roundtree, Sheriff W. D. Rowland and Judge B. B. Blount. Finally the price of 60 cents was agreed upon.
The county's Farmers Union met at the court house on Saturday to discuss prices for ginning and picking cotton with President C. M. Dent presiding. It was agreed upon that a price of $1 should be paid cotton pickers for gathering the cotton crop of 1918, on a basis of 5 days' work each week.
Messrs. E. A. & W. H. Lovett have installed a new seed arrangement at their ginnery in south Wrightsville, mainly for the purpose of preventing seed from damaging while stored. The long seed house is built 50 feet from the ginnery. An auger 65 feet conveys the seed from the gin to the seed house. Two gutters meet in the middle of the latter. There are 8 apartures for opening, which allow the piling of seed in 8 places in the house so that a day's ginning may fall in each pile. When a bale comes to the gin the wagon is stopped on the scales under the suck and as soon as the cotton is ginned the owner will know how much lint, seed and wagon he has in pounds. If he wants his seed 2 chutes are made under the auger so that they may be stopped before entering the seed house. A hydraulic ram works the press and steam packs it without the aid of a person, it being a self packer. The Lovett's have a splendid outfit.
It had been kept for safe keeping as evidence. It was in an adjoining cell in the jail here to one George Clay. Friday afternoon when George was sent for to attend his trial in the court house he was found to be beastily in toxicated. The court waited a while hoping he would sufficiently revive to go on with the trial. George was sent for and after some little time he had not got back right, so his trial went over until Monday morning last, where upon the sheriff and his deputies proceeded to destroy the whole lot of "evidence" by pouring it into the gutter. George used some kind of stick to draw or rake the jug up to where the neck would reach through the iron bars which separate the cells. This is the supposition, as everything tended towards such a conclusion.
So, George Clay, white, in jail for a serious charge, after two former attempts at a trial in Justice Court here, was held to a higher court on a charge of adultery and fornication, a bond being fixed at $300, at a hearing. Monday morning George gave bond and is free at the present. Clay works with Brasington's Shingle Mill crew.
A little excitement was caused Saturday when an auto backed into a top buggy, smashing the hind wheel against a two horse wagon and stopping at that. It is not known who is at fault, as the wagon, the buggy and the auto collided some how.
W. D. Sumner of Spann gets into the legislature race and Col. Ben Hill Moye for solicitor of Wrightsville. Hon. Thomas W. Hardwick, senator, gave a rousing re-election speech at Idylwild. Dr. R. Emmett Butterly purchased the Jenkins Drug Company.
Mrs. T. A. Johnson, formally Miss Kent, died at her daughters in Cairo. She was rocking on the front porch and just fell over dead. She was 62 and brought home and buried at Kite. Charles Fulton Kitchens, the 3 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. C. F. Kitchens died suddenly Tuesday. He was buried at Pleasant Grove.
Uncle Sam called 3 more to service, Tom B. Williams, W. T. Scarboro, Jr., and Terry L. Raines. These were not included with the seven to go soon. The Governor signed a law passed by the legislature that men of age must work or fight.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
FROM DAYS GONE BY, Aug 16, 1918
August 16, 1918.
Saturday's casualty list carried the name of Frank Enters, a Johnson County man, having married in the county and resided in Wrightsville for several years. He s the first man from Johnson County to pay the Supreme sacrifice in this war. He was killed in action in France.
Frank was a painter by trade and painted a number of the finest homes in the city. He joined the National Guard long before America got into the present war and went with his regiment to the Mexican border. This was the old 2nd Georgia. Enters married a Miss Price, daughter of Mr. Tillman Price of this county. To them was born one child. They both died a short time after he left for Mexico. Other than his wife's folks he had no known relatives.
Enters went to France last summer with the Rainbow Division. He volunteered for service in the machine gun battalion made up for that division at Camp Wheeler. He was promoted to corporal just three weeks before his death.
Georgia will send 18,000 men to various camps to be trained for war service on August 26. This number includes both white and black. Of this number Johnson County will send seven men.
The second term of City Court was a full one with Judge B. B. Blount presiding and also Solicitor Col. W. C. Brinson. Sheriff Willis Rowland and his deputies T. J. Mixon, Isaac Walden, Lee Jackson, and J. I. Singletary were present. The charge of carrying a pistol came up most frequently, the colored people being defendants. Twenty-five accusations were brought against coloreds for disturbing Divine Worship at Hubbard's Chapel.
Tony Culbreth was brought up first. Tony works for Mr. Ben Jordan who appeared to defend Tony in his trial. Tony was found guilty and Ben says he lost his first case, therefore he is quitting the practice of law forthwith. Judge Blount ruled Ben out of order and secured Col. A. L. Hatcher in his place. All parties were either found guilty or pled guilty with fines ranging from $40 to $500 or jail time. Those guilty were: Jack Wright, Henry Wadley, Austin Arline, Osie Fulton, Manda Hines, Richard Jackson, George Wright, Tom Haines (two Counts), Pete Tucker, Nataniel Miller, Gatsie Murray, Tony Culbreth, William Palmer, Henry Kemp, Rounder Jackson, Tommie Lee Cooper, John Bridges, and Willie Braddy.
Dr. D. C. Harrison decided not to run for representative. Instead will take a post graduate course in New York. Dr. Harrison enjoys a large and lucrative practice and operates a drug store in Kite, along with large farming operations and states he just don't have time right now for politics. Col. Charles S. Claxton of the Faircloth & Claxton firm will run for Solicitor of Wrightsville. Mr. W. T. Rowland sold his plantation to Mr. Green B. Harrison for a handsome sum.
Hon. & Mrs. F. B. Maddox of Lawrenceville announced the fall wedding of their daughter, Delpha Blanche, to Mr Fred T. Bridges. Miss Dora Proctor of Swainsboro was married to Mr. F. L. Kea of Adrian at Wadley on July 31st.
Mr. Charlie M. Schwalls of Kite had a slight accident while in Wrightsville. While at work jacking up a house the bar to the jack slipped throwing him against a sill gashing his forehead pretty bad.. John, the 14 year old son of Arthur Tapley has recovered after bad effects produced by his having drank something around 11 Saturday, which threw him into spasms and a rage which lasted several hours and for a time the doctors didn't know if he would survive. They still don't know what he drank to cause it but it caused quite a sensation in the city all Saturday afternoon. Lowell Blankinship, the 15 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. E. G. Blankenship, who had moved to Dexter, climbed a tree to get a bird he shot, fell to the ground striking a stump inflicting such a wound he would only survive a short time, then died. He was buried at Boiling Springs.
Mr. B. D. Carter had the first bale of cotton ginned in Scott. Mr. J. E. Cannady brought the 1st bale to Wrightsville. The bale weighed 555 pounds, ginned at Lovett's ginnery, sold for 30 cents a pound to Mr. E. E. Sanders, the cotton and seed bringing him $197. Mr. J. S. Wheeler brought in Kite's first bale.
Saturday's casualty list carried the name of Frank Enters, a Johnson County man, having married in the county and resided in Wrightsville for several years. He s the first man from Johnson County to pay the Supreme sacrifice in this war. He was killed in action in France.
Frank was a painter by trade and painted a number of the finest homes in the city. He joined the National Guard long before America got into the present war and went with his regiment to the Mexican border. This was the old 2nd Georgia. Enters married a Miss Price, daughter of Mr. Tillman Price of this county. To them was born one child. They both died a short time after he left for Mexico. Other than his wife's folks he had no known relatives.
Enters went to France last summer with the Rainbow Division. He volunteered for service in the machine gun battalion made up for that division at Camp Wheeler. He was promoted to corporal just three weeks before his death.
Georgia will send 18,000 men to various camps to be trained for war service on August 26. This number includes both white and black. Of this number Johnson County will send seven men.
The second term of City Court was a full one with Judge B. B. Blount presiding and also Solicitor Col. W. C. Brinson. Sheriff Willis Rowland and his deputies T. J. Mixon, Isaac Walden, Lee Jackson, and J. I. Singletary were present. The charge of carrying a pistol came up most frequently, the colored people being defendants. Twenty-five accusations were brought against coloreds for disturbing Divine Worship at Hubbard's Chapel.
Tony Culbreth was brought up first. Tony works for Mr. Ben Jordan who appeared to defend Tony in his trial. Tony was found guilty and Ben says he lost his first case, therefore he is quitting the practice of law forthwith. Judge Blount ruled Ben out of order and secured Col. A. L. Hatcher in his place. All parties were either found guilty or pled guilty with fines ranging from $40 to $500 or jail time. Those guilty were: Jack Wright, Henry Wadley, Austin Arline, Osie Fulton, Manda Hines, Richard Jackson, George Wright, Tom Haines (two Counts), Pete Tucker, Nataniel Miller, Gatsie Murray, Tony Culbreth, William Palmer, Henry Kemp, Rounder Jackson, Tommie Lee Cooper, John Bridges, and Willie Braddy.
Dr. D. C. Harrison decided not to run for representative. Instead will take a post graduate course in New York. Dr. Harrison enjoys a large and lucrative practice and operates a drug store in Kite, along with large farming operations and states he just don't have time right now for politics. Col. Charles S. Claxton of the Faircloth & Claxton firm will run for Solicitor of Wrightsville. Mr. W. T. Rowland sold his plantation to Mr. Green B. Harrison for a handsome sum.
Hon. & Mrs. F. B. Maddox of Lawrenceville announced the fall wedding of their daughter, Delpha Blanche, to Mr Fred T. Bridges. Miss Dora Proctor of Swainsboro was married to Mr. F. L. Kea of Adrian at Wadley on July 31st.
Mr. Charlie M. Schwalls of Kite had a slight accident while in Wrightsville. While at work jacking up a house the bar to the jack slipped throwing him against a sill gashing his forehead pretty bad.. John, the 14 year old son of Arthur Tapley has recovered after bad effects produced by his having drank something around 11 Saturday, which threw him into spasms and a rage which lasted several hours and for a time the doctors didn't know if he would survive. They still don't know what he drank to cause it but it caused quite a sensation in the city all Saturday afternoon. Lowell Blankinship, the 15 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. E. G. Blankenship, who had moved to Dexter, climbed a tree to get a bird he shot, fell to the ground striking a stump inflicting such a wound he would only survive a short time, then died. He was buried at Boiling Springs.
Mr. B. D. Carter had the first bale of cotton ginned in Scott. Mr. J. E. Cannady brought the 1st bale to Wrightsville. The bale weighed 555 pounds, ginned at Lovett's ginnery, sold for 30 cents a pound to Mr. E. E. Sanders, the cotton and seed bringing him $197. Mr. J. S. Wheeler brought in Kite's first bale.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
FROM DAYS GONE BY August 9, 1918
August 9, 1918.
A week ago last Saturday abundant and continued showers began to fall daily through all of Johnson County until the crops were getting in an injured condition and many of the roads boggy and unpassible. But on Friday afternoon around 4, a tremendous downpour fell through a streak of the county, covering most of it. It was the heaviest and longest fall in many a day.
Cotton fields and other crops received great damage. The dirt roads washed out and the railroad had washed out bridges that went down the creeks and branches along with many fences. Trees and shrubbery were uprooted. Lots of property damage from the heavy downpour that lasted about 2 hours. Many people were cut off from home, several autos were waterbound, some falling in the washouts. Lots of bridges were swept away by the sudden outrush of the swollen creeks and the damage to Johnson's bridges run up high.
Leaving from Wrightsville about the time the shower was slackening up, a colored man who works for Mr. J. H. Rowland drove his mule into an open ditch in the main road at Cedar Creek towards Kite thinking the bridge still remained, it being only submerged with water, but it was actually gone and the mule drowned, the wagon and harness and the contents, a load of corn, was swept off to the swamp.
Many were the water stories around town Saturday morning but a lot of them carried some semblance of truth along with them. The dam across the creek at Downs Mill pond, now the Miller pond, broke as the water rapidly and suddenly overflowed the pond causing a loss of about $500 to Mr. Miller. A fireman firing a boiler in a bathing suit. This is what happened Friday night at the power house. The location of the city power house in the low spot brought forth a flooded stream that way after the big rain and filled the cavity around the boiler almost waist deep. Some of the boys donned a bathing suit and fired up for lights for the picture show and city lights.
The local Democratic Executive Committee endorsed President Wilson for re-election. The final consolidation of the War Savings Stamps drive comes up $50,000 short of the county's goal. Mr. RayTanner left for Charleston were he was recalled to the Navy. Mr. J. M. Gillis was called to the colors and must report to San Antonio, Texas. The first young lady in Johnson County to offer her services for the volunteer nurse course was Miss Myra Daley. The new home of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Lovett has been completed. Monday night Marie Hattie, the 2 year old daughter of Col. & Mrs. Ben Hill Moye died after a short illness. She was buried at Westview.
August City Court convenes next week and the main case cited is the ruckuss at Hubbard's Chapel where last spring there arose trouble and a great many of the colored folks got mixed up in a general free-for-all. The sheriff and his deputies were quickly on the scene and two or three car loads of law breakers were brought in. A total of 25 must stand trial for this one Sunday violence excursion.
Cotton gathering will soon begin and the scarcity of labor may hinder its progress. It is suggested school be held off until November 15th so as the children can help gather in the crop. The farmers stated they needed them now more than next spring. J. O. & B. B. Tanner have just received a shipment of Overland automobiles and can deliver you one at $985.00. Its the best car in the world at that price.
A week ago last Saturday abundant and continued showers began to fall daily through all of Johnson County until the crops were getting in an injured condition and many of the roads boggy and unpassible. But on Friday afternoon around 4, a tremendous downpour fell through a streak of the county, covering most of it. It was the heaviest and longest fall in many a day.
Cotton fields and other crops received great damage. The dirt roads washed out and the railroad had washed out bridges that went down the creeks and branches along with many fences. Trees and shrubbery were uprooted. Lots of property damage from the heavy downpour that lasted about 2 hours. Many people were cut off from home, several autos were waterbound, some falling in the washouts. Lots of bridges were swept away by the sudden outrush of the swollen creeks and the damage to Johnson's bridges run up high.
Leaving from Wrightsville about the time the shower was slackening up, a colored man who works for Mr. J. H. Rowland drove his mule into an open ditch in the main road at Cedar Creek towards Kite thinking the bridge still remained, it being only submerged with water, but it was actually gone and the mule drowned, the wagon and harness and the contents, a load of corn, was swept off to the swamp.
Many were the water stories around town Saturday morning but a lot of them carried some semblance of truth along with them. The dam across the creek at Downs Mill pond, now the Miller pond, broke as the water rapidly and suddenly overflowed the pond causing a loss of about $500 to Mr. Miller. A fireman firing a boiler in a bathing suit. This is what happened Friday night at the power house. The location of the city power house in the low spot brought forth a flooded stream that way after the big rain and filled the cavity around the boiler almost waist deep. Some of the boys donned a bathing suit and fired up for lights for the picture show and city lights.
The local Democratic Executive Committee endorsed President Wilson for re-election. The final consolidation of the War Savings Stamps drive comes up $50,000 short of the county's goal. Mr. RayTanner left for Charleston were he was recalled to the Navy. Mr. J. M. Gillis was called to the colors and must report to San Antonio, Texas. The first young lady in Johnson County to offer her services for the volunteer nurse course was Miss Myra Daley. The new home of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Lovett has been completed. Monday night Marie Hattie, the 2 year old daughter of Col. & Mrs. Ben Hill Moye died after a short illness. She was buried at Westview.
August City Court convenes next week and the main case cited is the ruckuss at Hubbard's Chapel where last spring there arose trouble and a great many of the colored folks got mixed up in a general free-for-all. The sheriff and his deputies were quickly on the scene and two or three car loads of law breakers were brought in. A total of 25 must stand trial for this one Sunday violence excursion.
Cotton gathering will soon begin and the scarcity of labor may hinder its progress. It is suggested school be held off until November 15th so as the children can help gather in the crop. The farmers stated they needed them now more than next spring. J. O. & B. B. Tanner have just received a shipment of Overland automobiles and can deliver you one at $985.00. Its the best car in the world at that price.
Sunday, August 7, 2016
FROM DAYS GONE BY August 2, 1918
August 2, 1918.
Tuesday afternoon the Bridges' had gone home from preaching at Stone building, about six miles south of Wrightsville, a shooting affray took place in the yard of W. T. Bridges. The one handling the pocket machine being his son, John H. Bridges, who had come from his house on the plantation of his father, to see his uncle, Jack Bridges who had came home with his brother Bill for dinner.
Entering the yard John called to his uncle Jack to come out and talk with him about some trouble, and after a few words, Uncle Jack refusing to go down the road with him, John pulled out the gun from a hip pocket and leveled it at his uncle, shooting twice. It was a 32 and one bullet went through Jack"s pants leg, grazing a red streak on the skin. So close was he to his man that the powder burnt the pants. The other shot grazed his middle finger on his left hand.
Jack came to town the next morning and swore out three warrants for the arrest of John, one for assault with attempt to murder, one for carrying concealed pistol and the other a peace warrant. The affair was deeply regretted by the neighborhood.
Mayor Shurling sent up several fellows for one thing or another and because they couldn't pay their fines were imprisoned at night and worked on the streets in the day time. Saturday night there were three of Darktown's constant violators of the peace lodged in the city calaboose and about 11, lo, the prison doors flew open and the three favorite birds escaped and since then have fled to parts unknown. It is supposed that "High Yaller" or one of the three carried a pick in with them. The Negroes names were Cliff Williams, Ernest Mason and Dewey Moore, better known as "High Yaller". Two of them cut the chains of their leg irons leaving the rings on, and the third one didn't take time, but ran off cuffed up around the lower appendages. The town would like to lay them up again and if anybody was to see them "hanging around" to let Chief Oliver get wise to their whereabouts.
A lot of women who have long been wanting "to go on their own resources" may now easily find employment of value with Uncle Sam as a Red Cross nurse or a nurse at home. Wash W. Larsen has made his bid for re-election from the 12th District for Congress. Corn, meat, potatoes and a little long sweetening are in an over-abundance in Johnson County, with the little red spider and few anteaters on a few patches of the best cotton crop the county has had in years. Dr. Emmett Butterly has retired from his retail grocery business. He sold his store to J. F. Henderson & Son. Hon. S. A. Scott will offer for re-election as state representative. Col. Paul Bryan has enlisted in the Army Y. M. C. A. and stationed in Baltimore.
Three sets of twins have been born to the G. M. Green family within six months. The first were two boys of Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Edwards. The second two sons were born to Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Parrish and the third, two fine girls to Mr. & Mrs. Joe Green. Miss Mildred Walker wed Mr. John M. Gillis. A most surprising wedding was that of Miss Minona McCrary of Sandersvlle to Mr. Ray Tanner of Wrightsville.
Tuesday afternoon the Bridges' had gone home from preaching at Stone building, about six miles south of Wrightsville, a shooting affray took place in the yard of W. T. Bridges. The one handling the pocket machine being his son, John H. Bridges, who had come from his house on the plantation of his father, to see his uncle, Jack Bridges who had came home with his brother Bill for dinner.
Entering the yard John called to his uncle Jack to come out and talk with him about some trouble, and after a few words, Uncle Jack refusing to go down the road with him, John pulled out the gun from a hip pocket and leveled it at his uncle, shooting twice. It was a 32 and one bullet went through Jack"s pants leg, grazing a red streak on the skin. So close was he to his man that the powder burnt the pants. The other shot grazed his middle finger on his left hand.
Jack came to town the next morning and swore out three warrants for the arrest of John, one for assault with attempt to murder, one for carrying concealed pistol and the other a peace warrant. The affair was deeply regretted by the neighborhood.
Mayor Shurling sent up several fellows for one thing or another and because they couldn't pay their fines were imprisoned at night and worked on the streets in the day time. Saturday night there were three of Darktown's constant violators of the peace lodged in the city calaboose and about 11, lo, the prison doors flew open and the three favorite birds escaped and since then have fled to parts unknown. It is supposed that "High Yaller" or one of the three carried a pick in with them. The Negroes names were Cliff Williams, Ernest Mason and Dewey Moore, better known as "High Yaller". Two of them cut the chains of their leg irons leaving the rings on, and the third one didn't take time, but ran off cuffed up around the lower appendages. The town would like to lay them up again and if anybody was to see them "hanging around" to let Chief Oliver get wise to their whereabouts.
A lot of women who have long been wanting "to go on their own resources" may now easily find employment of value with Uncle Sam as a Red Cross nurse or a nurse at home. Wash W. Larsen has made his bid for re-election from the 12th District for Congress. Corn, meat, potatoes and a little long sweetening are in an over-abundance in Johnson County, with the little red spider and few anteaters on a few patches of the best cotton crop the county has had in years. Dr. Emmett Butterly has retired from his retail grocery business. He sold his store to J. F. Henderson & Son. Hon. S. A. Scott will offer for re-election as state representative. Col. Paul Bryan has enlisted in the Army Y. M. C. A. and stationed in Baltimore.
Three sets of twins have been born to the G. M. Green family within six months. The first were two boys of Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Edwards. The second two sons were born to Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Parrish and the third, two fine girls to Mr. & Mrs. Joe Green. Miss Mildred Walker wed Mr. John M. Gillis. A most surprising wedding was that of Miss Minona McCrary of Sandersvlle to Mr. Ray Tanner of Wrightsville.
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