From Days Gone By September 25, 1920

September 25, 1920.
    Mr. Bill Hall, a white man who lived with Mr. Duncan Wheeler near Kite, on Monday, the 13th, lost his life in some manner as he was riding with four white men along the Soperton road from Norristown by Gillis Springs. The men said to be with Hall at the time of his demise were Roy Durden, Daniel Davis, Wiley Smith and Lisha Coleman and they are now being held in jail without bond, the outcome of a peliminary trial at Soperton last Saturday.
    Details are lengthy and meager here, only reports of various character coming. Some variance being in them they are not given. A number of witnesses from Kite and that section of Johnson were summoned to testify at the hearing on Saturday. Insurance agent Charles L. Claxton and Mr. J. Duncan Wheeler of Kite were two of the witnesses. A number from that community went down to the hearing.
    It is said that Hall had consented to have $15,000 insurance placed upon his life and some of the fellows who are charged with the killing was to pay for it and have their names on the policy as the beneficiaries. If Hall should be killed accidentally the amount was double the face of the policy. It is said that this insurance caused Hall's death.
    When Baliff C. T. Mixon and Mr. W. T. Kitchens went to arrest one Prince Edwards, colored, Prince called to his wife to bring him his shotgun which was hid in a bunch of bushes down in the field where they were picking cotton. The woman lunged for the gun and pointed at the officer and Mr. Kitchens with an oath that she was going to kill them. Mr. Kitchens made a dash for the gun, caught it and wrenched it from the woman's hands, but in the meantime the colored man was in a scuffle with Baliff Mixon, who fired his gun at Prince, hitting him three times. He was brought to town last night and is now in jail.
    Homer Rowland, the town policeman in Chester, claims that he shot and killed his first cousin, Freeman Rowland in self defense. The shooting occured on the streets of that little town. It is said that Freeman was drinking and engaged in a tussel on the streets. A pistol shot was heard and Freeman Rowland dropped to the ground a dead man. No arrest has been made. At last account Homer was still on police duty. The affair has caused a lot of comment and no doubt the Dodge County grand jury will investigate.
    Rev. A. F. Smith will preach revival at Brown Memorial next week. Mt. Gilead will hold the Primitive Baptist Association of the old line type. The Upper Canoochee Association will meet at Oaky Grove. The National Confederate Veterans Reunion will be in Houston, Texas in October.
   Judge Kent has decided again to hold over until December to have Superior Court due to unavoidable circumstances. Mr. E. F. Veal has moved his family to Miami, Florida for their new home. On September 12th Miss Eunice Gatlin of Wrightsville married Mr. Clarence W. Veal of Dublin.
    The Woodmen of the World issued a memorial for Mr. Otis Fortner, born November 24, 1899. He joined New Home church at age 13. On May 27, 1918 he married Miss Ida Mae Harrison and they lived happily together until his death on March 5, 1920.