FROM DAYS GONE BY Oct. 11, 1918

October 11, 1918.

Albert Temples has paid the supreme sacrifice for his country by offering up his life in its defense on a foreign battlefield. He was desperately wounded before Metz on the 15th of September and died in a French hospital on the 18th. He was a member of the 328th Infantry. Albert had a brother in this county, Mr. H. H. Temples who resided near New Home church. Albert married a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Franks but she died about a year ago. Their 18 month old baby lives with its grandparents. Albert's parents were Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Temples who live in South Carolina.
Two more Johnson County boys are dead from pneumonia and another is reported dead but not confirmed yet. The two dead are Lewis Morris and Verdie Tapley. Morris was 21 and a son of Mr. & Mrs. Jessie R. Morris who live on the Loyd Price plantation. He was at Camp Gordon but was brought home and buried at Oaky Grove. Verdie Tapley died a Gordon also. He is the son of George Tapley of Kite. He was buried in the family cemetery.
In another war measure, if anyone in the county wishes to erect a building for their own use or use by another, must file an applicationand be approved by the War Industries Board. The local men on this board are C. D. Roundtree, W. C. Brinson and H. T. Hicks.
Messrs. A. W. Hightower, C. E. Dixon and T. L. Raines leave for Camp Gordon and J. R. Garrett for Camp Wheeler. The colored boys going to Camp Wheeler are Wes Anderson, Abon Seals, J. W. Roberson and Ushel Hurst.
Only a few more days until the Johnson County Fair opens and already over 40 babies have been entered for the Baby Show. The Central of Georgia Steam Shovel came down and spent a week at the Sand Cut between Tom and Kite, loading and hauling sand to a washout down below Kite.
Mrs. W. F. Blount died on September 21st at 60 years of age. She was taken sick on Saturday morning and only lived a few hours. She left a husband and nine children. She was buried at Bethany.
Mr. C. H. Moore escaped serious injury to himself and Ford Tuesday night this side of Tennille at the W. & T. crossing, when, to avoid a train collision, he jerked the jitney off a car-high embankment this side of the track, but the wise Ford stood straight up on its feet when it landed. Mr. Moore wasn't too excited too much to turn him back, but caught the "Shoo-fly" down the road enroute to Savannah.
It is said that there are two squirrel hunters in the county and they have hunted so much the trails are open through the swamp near their homes. Bob Veal and J. J. Wilkins have actually been hunting so much their neighbors say game is as scarce as hen's teeth in that community. Bob has put it across the preacher, though, it is claimed, and this has caused somewhat of a cessation of hostilities among the nimble feet of the pines.