From Days Gone By January 22, 1921

January 22, 1921.
    The few pretty days in January have seen many fields turned over and much work done on a lot of farms in the county prepatory to making a crop this year. Though discouraged the farmers are not so disheartened they won't make a good crop. Many of them are doubling their forces and efforts to produce this year and without a bad day they are going to realize this effort. Much grain has been seen which is up and looking good.
    From the 1920 crop of cotton Johnson County had ginned up to the first day of January, 1921, the total of 7,582 bales against 9,696 up to the same time last year. Dock Kemp will have his thrashing machine located under Mr. C. H. Moore's shed for anyone who needs to use it.
    The Dixie Theatre will start all over again in the new year as manager Bill Carter has booked Paramount Pictures for 1921. Bill says that during the month of January he will run some good pictures and give twenty percent of proceeds to the High School Atheletic Association.
    Miss Mary Moore Johnson is teaching music at Union Point. Dr. Wade Bedingfield will practice at St. Vincent's hospital in Staten Island, New York. Miss Kate Walker is teaching at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Mrs. George Gordy will teach at Liberty Grove and Mrs. N. D. Paul will teach at Gethsemne.
    Miss Gladys Smith is teaching in Danville. Carl Roundtree and Loy Peddy are attending the Gordon Institute at Barnesville. Mr. Lewis Lovett returns to Mercer for the spring term. Mr. Will H. Mason has moved to Harrison to work in the dry goods store there. Henry B. Seals is in Atlanta accepting vocational training from the Federal Board studying pharmacy at the Southern College. Barber J. I. Singltary has rented the Snell home on south Marcus street for his business.
    Hon. Jesse Mercer, prohibition enforcement officer for the State paid Wrightsville a short visit to confer with the county enforcement officers on the matter. Mr. Johnnie B. Paul and Mr. Wiley Cheaves filed for bankrupcy. Petitions for divorce were filed by Lois Brack vs. John Brack; Telma Bullard vs. A. M. Bullard; Neta Riner vs. Willie Riner.
    Most certainly Kite is in Johnson County and Johnson County is most certainly proud that she is, regardless of what any Emanuel County newspaper may say about her or that immediate section which is in Johnson. But for the benefit of some who fail to know where the Savannah District and the Augusta District begins and ends we want to say that Johnson County is in the Augusta Federal Court territory and that Emanuel County is in the Savannah Federal Court territory.
    The women recently up before the authoritied in Savannah for illicit distilling live in Emanuel, a mile or so from the line of Johnson and Emanuel, on what is known as the Vickers place. They get their mail from Kite. If they were operating a moonshine still it is claimed that all of it took place in Emanuel.
    Regarding the liquor traffic of both counties we say that both Emanuel and Johnson have more of it than they like but we very much regret to know that the good old county of Emanuel has "got up a rept" for the stuff that would seem to surpass most any other county in all this territory. At least that is the way our opinion is formed and we regret it, too, we wish otherwise. But facts are facts. Kite is in Johnson County and the Mills women live in Emanuel County.