FROM DAYS GONE BY June 6, 1919

June 6, 1919.

The Citizens Bank of Kite is making some noted improvements, including a big 2800 pound safe. Mr. Ernest Claxton is having some great improvements made on his dwelling. Mr. Kelly Powell is slowly improving from a long spell of typhoid fever.
In other Kite news, the crops in the Kite neighborhood are looking fine considering the long delay in getting them planted. One farmer said he would be tempted to shoot poison gas at any boll weevil that tried to peck on his cotton bolls and cotton selling for 30 cents a pound at present. All of these bull speculators that were about to go bald-headed on account of the low price of cotton will soon take on a new coat of hair. Uncle John Mayo said he would just like to ride this fine bull right up to Wall Street, to represent Dixie in its prosperity. And it seems that Mr. Lafayette Wheeler is acting kinder peculiar here of late. Can't exactly tell whether it is a case of hydrophobia or a severe case of love. The Kite people trust he will get better soon.
Edd Spell of Norristown happened to the misfortune of getting his barn burned, also about 200 bushels of corn and two mules. Those boys back home from service are Ed Watts, Osley Sumner, J. Clay Jenkins, Fletcher Rogers, Robert Deal, Arlie C. Price, James I. Spell and Perry Nasworthy.
A short course will be held for three days for the boys and girls in the various clubs. Lessons will include canning, cooking, sewing, poultry and making home conveniences.
Little Clcia Sumner, four year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. G. F. Sumner fell from a window and badly broken up her arm and is in serious condition. A mad dog passed through the Providence community but was killed before he bit anyone.
Mr. Herbert T. Johnson is leaving Citizens Bank of Swainsboro and returning to the Bank of Wrightsville. O. H. Tompkins will be promoted to cashier. On May 22nd, fire of unknown origin at an early morning hour destroyed the Emanuel County court house, the loss estimated at $40,000 to $50,000. The offices of the clerk and ordinary occupying an annex escaped damage. The county only had the building insured for $30,000.
The Midville baseball team was completely trimmed by the local team in a heated game on Thursday by the score of 4 to 1, however Midville came back on Friday beating Wrightsville 5 to 4.
Ex-postmaster R. P. Hicks is off fishing again this week. In fact he likes the sport so much nobody knows when he will catch up. He got behind with it during his incumbency in office and it would seem he is still way behind. This is the 17th consecutive week he has spent beside some stream with a pole and line.
This is the way it was done in 1865 in a letter that was handed Mr. Albert Sinquefield, who had preserved it. Dated July 17th, 1865, Jas L. Montford, Esq. "Mr. William Norris having made preparations to marry, and everything except some one to perform the ceremony and his license being in readiness, he requests you to come up immediately and tie the knot. He sent to the Judge of Ordinary for the license, but the Ordinary was absent from home and he failed to get it. I have agreed to stand his security until he can procure the license. The old man is hell-bent on marrying, so you must not keep aloof but come right along and put them through. If you don't come I shall marry them myself." Yours truly, Lucien Q. Tucker.