March 5, 1921.
Soldier Claud L. Deal was finally brought home to bury having been killed in battle over 2 years ago. The last rites were at Bethany Church. Claud was killed in action soon after he landed on the battlefields of France and was buried over there. His father, Mr. Burnett Deal made a request many months ago for the body to be shipped home. It was done. He arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey Feburary 1st and arrived here on the 11th. A soldier boy accompanied his remains home.
Mr. Stanley Deal of Wadley, was in charge of the arrangements, opened the coffin at home and made positive identification. It was not reopened. He wore the bandages around his waist where the wound was, having been hit on the left side. His father and mother, two brothers and three sisters survived him. Claud was the first Johnson County boy to die in France.
With the motion overuled for a new trial for Dennis Hooks, under life sentence after conviction in Treutlen Superior Court and a charge of murder. So now its appealed to the Supreme Court. Boss Hooks, a preacher, son of Dennis Hooks who was convicted of man-slaughter after his father was given a life sentence, the two cases growing out of the killing of T. K. Lumley and his son Junior has been released on $6,000 bond pending the outcome of a new trial.
In Johnson County when the next election for any office comes around the ladies are going to march up to the polls like the men folks and cast their ballots. They are registering to vote now. The first ladies on the voter rolls here are Mrs. W. T. Kitchens, Mrs. Nellie Davis, Mrs. Mae Parker, Miss Sallie Davis, Mrs. V. B. Robinson and Mrs. W. A. Montgomery.
The next singing convention will be held at Beulah Church near Donovan. Mr. Frank Spann will open a barber shop at Scott. Wrightsville has furnished Macon with four barbers, W. I. Brantley, Wesley Meadows, C. H. Kitchens and J. I. Singletary. Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Hammock of Scott had a baby daughter. Rev. & Mrs. G. G. Harrison had a girl Rosa Pearl on the 27th.
Sheriff Davis is going after untagged cars. He says he has given fair notice. Wrightsville needs to pursue a sewage system as soon as possible. The scavenger cart doesn't sweep clean and typhoid and other fevers are sure to come in spring and summer. Attention has been called to chickens running at large over the streets of the city and bothering people's gardens. Chickens are good in their place on the table but folks don't like for them to be eating up table diet themselves.
Mr. G. A. Tarbutton sold 400 head of goats to a firm in Savannah and shipping them there in one lot. The prices were very good. Evidence the boll weevil won't keep the county down.
Uncle John Knight, an invalid with rheumatism died at his home on the Kennedy farm. He was buried at Price Cemetery. Mrs. H. H. Garnto died at her home near Rehobeth Feburary 28th after a long illness and was buried at the new church cemetery in front of the church. This was the first burial in the new cemetery. For a 100 years there has been a church at or near this point and the members decided upon this cemetery on the 7 acres they own. She was survived by her husband, one son, H. D. Garnto, a merchant of Meeks, 4 daughters Mrs. Gordon Rogers, Mrs. Thadeus Smith, Mrs. H. T. Mason and Miss Pollie Garnto. Three brothers William, Henry and Isham Stephens and one sister, Mrs. Julia Loyd. She had been a member of Rehobeth for 45 years.
On Saturday morning February 5th death visited Mr. & Mrs. T. J. Powell and bore away little Macks Powell. He was buried at Powell's Chapel. Besides his mother and father he had three brothers and three sisters.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Saturday, February 23, 2019
From Days Gone By Feb 26, 1921
February 26, 1921.
Death and destruction followed the path of the most violent tornado to hit this area of the state. The little town of Oconee took a direct hit, as did the nearby mill settlement of Gardner, where 29 persons were killed on Thursday. The schoolhouse was destroyed. Although filled with students at the time of the storm only one or two were even bruised. A two-story house was unroofed as a family of seven were eating dinner, but none badly injured. A relief expedition was sent in by the Atlanta Red Cross. The trees all along the river was scattered with clothes, sheets, etc. of what was left behind of the people's belongings.
Coroner L. R. Clayton holds inquest into the suspicious death of Minnie Sassnett. Minnie and her three year old baby lived with her mother in the Blue Run part of Wrightsville. On the night of Feb. 11th she went over by the stockade to visit a neighbor. Jim Smith, a colored gent of the same dive, arrived in five minutes afterwards and began pecking admittance to this house. Minnie went out, Jim caught her and began beating her, a running fight ensued.
Minnie's head had a long, deep gash and several brusies. She told her mother Jim did it. The woman of the house said Jim came and T. S. Morgan, a stockade guard saw Jim fighting Minnie. It looked like Jim was liable and he was arrested.
Minnie went on with her work cooking for Mrs. B. B. Tanner but complained with her head. Mrs. Tanner sent her to Brinson's drug store for medicine. While there she bought rat poison containing a large amount of phosphorus. Minnie vomited a lot just before she died. They said it smelt like matches. She woke Monday complaining with her head and by 9:30 was dead. Her brother demanded a Coroner's inquest. Dr's S. M. Johnson and T. L. Harris performed the autopsy. The Coroner's jury found that Minnie Sassnett died Feb. 21st from taking rat poison, self-administered, the same being suicide.
Ugly charges were brought against revenue officers S. M. Moye, Adrian M. Kea, James A. Woods, W. F. Stockman, W. L. Nichols, Carl Edwards and Jesse Brown. A federal Grand Jury brought indicments to these officers.
The charges are for furnishing "protection" and taking a large amount of money for same, and for "demanding and accepting money feloniously". On various occasions it is alleged the prohibition officers accepted "hush" money and whiskey. The report goes they took anything from a couple chickens to a gallon of "shine" to cover up liquor traffic.
Although somewhat local in operations this has brought statewide attention. Mr. Moye saus he is a victim of a "frame-up" on his part to enforce the law. He says he has never accepted a cent from anyone and was able to show it at trial. He and Woods gave $3000 bonds and employed Governor-elect Thomas W. Hardwick for their defense.
Miss Julia Young, the only single daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Young died Feb. 14th. She was 26 and had been sick about six weeks. Besides her parents she was survived by two brothers, H. T. and D. O. Young, four sisters, Mrs. F. O. Wombles, Mrs. Oscar Cox, Mrs. H. T. Watkins and Ellie Watkins. She was buried in Westview.
Another landmark of the county passed away last Wednesday at home near Kite. Uncle Allen Meeks; known the countryside over as Judge Meeks for he was a justice in his district for many years and considered one of the county's best men.
On his 67th birthday he was buried at Gum Log as hundreds came out of respect. He was twice married. His first wife a sister of Isham and Henry Stephens of Kite. His second a Miss Thigpen. She and several children survived. He was a member of Kite Lodge Masons serving as treasurer.
Death and destruction followed the path of the most violent tornado to hit this area of the state. The little town of Oconee took a direct hit, as did the nearby mill settlement of Gardner, where 29 persons were killed on Thursday. The schoolhouse was destroyed. Although filled with students at the time of the storm only one or two were even bruised. A two-story house was unroofed as a family of seven were eating dinner, but none badly injured. A relief expedition was sent in by the Atlanta Red Cross. The trees all along the river was scattered with clothes, sheets, etc. of what was left behind of the people's belongings.
Coroner L. R. Clayton holds inquest into the suspicious death of Minnie Sassnett. Minnie and her three year old baby lived with her mother in the Blue Run part of Wrightsville. On the night of Feb. 11th she went over by the stockade to visit a neighbor. Jim Smith, a colored gent of the same dive, arrived in five minutes afterwards and began pecking admittance to this house. Minnie went out, Jim caught her and began beating her, a running fight ensued.
Minnie's head had a long, deep gash and several brusies. She told her mother Jim did it. The woman of the house said Jim came and T. S. Morgan, a stockade guard saw Jim fighting Minnie. It looked like Jim was liable and he was arrested.
Minnie went on with her work cooking for Mrs. B. B. Tanner but complained with her head. Mrs. Tanner sent her to Brinson's drug store for medicine. While there she bought rat poison containing a large amount of phosphorus. Minnie vomited a lot just before she died. They said it smelt like matches. She woke Monday complaining with her head and by 9:30 was dead. Her brother demanded a Coroner's inquest. Dr's S. M. Johnson and T. L. Harris performed the autopsy. The Coroner's jury found that Minnie Sassnett died Feb. 21st from taking rat poison, self-administered, the same being suicide.
Ugly charges were brought against revenue officers S. M. Moye, Adrian M. Kea, James A. Woods, W. F. Stockman, W. L. Nichols, Carl Edwards and Jesse Brown. A federal Grand Jury brought indicments to these officers.
The charges are for furnishing "protection" and taking a large amount of money for same, and for "demanding and accepting money feloniously". On various occasions it is alleged the prohibition officers accepted "hush" money and whiskey. The report goes they took anything from a couple chickens to a gallon of "shine" to cover up liquor traffic.
Although somewhat local in operations this has brought statewide attention. Mr. Moye saus he is a victim of a "frame-up" on his part to enforce the law. He says he has never accepted a cent from anyone and was able to show it at trial. He and Woods gave $3000 bonds and employed Governor-elect Thomas W. Hardwick for their defense.
Miss Julia Young, the only single daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Young died Feb. 14th. She was 26 and had been sick about six weeks. Besides her parents she was survived by two brothers, H. T. and D. O. Young, four sisters, Mrs. F. O. Wombles, Mrs. Oscar Cox, Mrs. H. T. Watkins and Ellie Watkins. She was buried in Westview.
Another landmark of the county passed away last Wednesday at home near Kite. Uncle Allen Meeks; known the countryside over as Judge Meeks for he was a justice in his district for many years and considered one of the county's best men.
On his 67th birthday he was buried at Gum Log as hundreds came out of respect. He was twice married. His first wife a sister of Isham and Henry Stephens of Kite. His second a Miss Thigpen. She and several children survived. He was a member of Kite Lodge Masons serving as treasurer.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
From Days Gone By Feb 19, 1921
February 19, 1921.
The lynching record in the United States for 1920 year is in. Only 55 instances came in which officers of the law were able to quell a lynching and prevent them. Of these ten were in Northern States and forty-six in the Southern States. In forty-two of these cases the prisioners were hurried away and saved or a force organized to protect them. In fourteen of the cases armed guards repelled the lynchers. In four of these fourteen instances the mob was fired upon and seven of the attackers were killed and several wounded.
There were sixty-one persons lynched in 1920. Of these fifty-two were in the South and nine in the North and West. This is twenty-two less than the number, eighty-three, for the year 1919. Of those lynched fifty-three were colored and eight were white. One of those put to death was a colored woman.
Eighteen, or less than one-third of those put to death, were charged with rape or attempted rape. Three of the victims were burned to death. The charges against those burned to death were: rape and murder, one; killing landlord in a dispute, two.
The offenses charged the whites were: murder, five; insulting a woman, one; no charge except being a foreigner, one; killing officer of the law, one.
The offenses charged against the colored were: murder, five; attempted murder, four; killing pfficer of the law, five; killing landlord in a dispute, six; rape, fifteen; attempted rape, three; assisting fugitive to escape, three; wounding another, two; insulting a woman, two; knocking down guard, escaping from chain gang and then returning and surrending, two; jumping labor contract, one; threatening to kill a man, one; cutting man in a fight, one; for receiving stay of death sentances because another confessed crime, one; peeping through window at women, one; insisting on voting, one.
The states in which lynchings occured and the number in each state were: Texas, ten; Georgia, nine; Alabama, seven; Florida, seven; Mississippi, seven; California, three; Minnesota, three; North Carolina, three; Oklahoma, three; Arkansas, one; Illinois, one; Kansas, one; Kentucky, one; Missouri, one; Ohio, one; South Carolina, one; Virginia, one; West Virgina, one.
The lynching record in the United States for 1920 year is in. Only 55 instances came in which officers of the law were able to quell a lynching and prevent them. Of these ten were in Northern States and forty-six in the Southern States. In forty-two of these cases the prisioners were hurried away and saved or a force organized to protect them. In fourteen of the cases armed guards repelled the lynchers. In four of these fourteen instances the mob was fired upon and seven of the attackers were killed and several wounded.
There were sixty-one persons lynched in 1920. Of these fifty-two were in the South and nine in the North and West. This is twenty-two less than the number, eighty-three, for the year 1919. Of those lynched fifty-three were colored and eight were white. One of those put to death was a colored woman.
Eighteen, or less than one-third of those put to death, were charged with rape or attempted rape. Three of the victims were burned to death. The charges against those burned to death were: rape and murder, one; killing landlord in a dispute, two.
The offenses charged the whites were: murder, five; insulting a woman, one; no charge except being a foreigner, one; killing officer of the law, one.
The offenses charged against the colored were: murder, five; attempted murder, four; killing pfficer of the law, five; killing landlord in a dispute, six; rape, fifteen; attempted rape, three; assisting fugitive to escape, three; wounding another, two; insulting a woman, two; knocking down guard, escaping from chain gang and then returning and surrending, two; jumping labor contract, one; threatening to kill a man, one; cutting man in a fight, one; for receiving stay of death sentances because another confessed crime, one; peeping through window at women, one; insisting on voting, one.
The states in which lynchings occured and the number in each state were: Texas, ten; Georgia, nine; Alabama, seven; Florida, seven; Mississippi, seven; California, three; Minnesota, three; North Carolina, three; Oklahoma, three; Arkansas, one; Illinois, one; Kansas, one; Kentucky, one; Missouri, one; Ohio, one; South Carolina, one; Virginia, one; West Virgina, one.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
From Days Gone By February 12, 1921
February 12, 1921.
The body of soldier John Clayton Rowland arrived at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. Thomas Rowland in Adrian and internment took place at Piney Mount church. He was 34 instead of 36 as stated before. A large crowd attended the funeral.
As acting county police for the time, Lee Jackson, in company with baliff W. J. Crawford, Thursday afternoon made a raid on a whiskey outfit near Raines Crossroads, and disrupted the whole affair, tearing and cutting up the business and destroying the materials gathered for making the 'tiger'. No arrests were made.
There are several cars operated in and around Wrightsville by mere boys and some girls, some of them without mufflers, some with cut outs wide open, and some are speeding too fast, all against the town ordinances. Cases will be made if caught. This is a forward warning. It is also against ordinances to ride on sidewalks with a bicycle, states H. T. Downs, Chief of Police.
All who served in the war with Spain at home or abroad, or those who saw service in the Philippine Insurrection or the China relief expedition and their widows. The late Congress passed laws of the utmost interest to soldiers and if they send their name and address to Walter S. Buchanan, National Aid-De-Camp, Army and Navy Union he will advise them of their rights. Prompt acting will mean the saving of money as the pension commences from the filing of the claim.
Thompson & Riner have opened a new store fronting the court housd selling groceries, tobacco, candies, etc. Mr. & Mrs. A. L. Thigpen, of Oconee, Georgia announce the marriage of their daughter, Marie, to Mr. J. C. Rivers of Glenwood, Georgia. The ceremony taking place at Tennille.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Brantley have returned to their home in Wrightsville. Since coming back from Tifton they have been living with the doctor's father in the country.
Saturday was a busy day in Wrightsville, many people being here for the day. It was the first in many Saturday's past that the city looked its usual way on these days. The old mule and buggy is back to good use, people choosing to burn less gasoline.
The body of soldier John Clayton Rowland arrived at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. Thomas Rowland in Adrian and internment took place at Piney Mount church. He was 34 instead of 36 as stated before. A large crowd attended the funeral.
As acting county police for the time, Lee Jackson, in company with baliff W. J. Crawford, Thursday afternoon made a raid on a whiskey outfit near Raines Crossroads, and disrupted the whole affair, tearing and cutting up the business and destroying the materials gathered for making the 'tiger'. No arrests were made.
There are several cars operated in and around Wrightsville by mere boys and some girls, some of them without mufflers, some with cut outs wide open, and some are speeding too fast, all against the town ordinances. Cases will be made if caught. This is a forward warning. It is also against ordinances to ride on sidewalks with a bicycle, states H. T. Downs, Chief of Police.
All who served in the war with Spain at home or abroad, or those who saw service in the Philippine Insurrection or the China relief expedition and their widows. The late Congress passed laws of the utmost interest to soldiers and if they send their name and address to Walter S. Buchanan, National Aid-De-Camp, Army and Navy Union he will advise them of their rights. Prompt acting will mean the saving of money as the pension commences from the filing of the claim.
Thompson & Riner have opened a new store fronting the court housd selling groceries, tobacco, candies, etc. Mr. & Mrs. A. L. Thigpen, of Oconee, Georgia announce the marriage of their daughter, Marie, to Mr. J. C. Rivers of Glenwood, Georgia. The ceremony taking place at Tennille.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Brantley have returned to their home in Wrightsville. Since coming back from Tifton they have been living with the doctor's father in the country.
Saturday was a busy day in Wrightsville, many people being here for the day. It was the first in many Saturday's past that the city looked its usual way on these days. The old mule and buggy is back to good use, people choosing to burn less gasoline.
Saturday, February 2, 2019
From Days Gone By Feb. 5, 1921
February 5, 1921.
An ugly fire broke out in the colored business district near the lumber yards of J. H. Rowland Sunday about 5 a. m. And destroyed thousands of dollars of property. The heaviest loser was Mr. O. A. Kennedy who owned the two story colored hotel and resturant operated by Henry Aikens. This was a couple thousand dollars as it was a large and well built house. Henry lost a lot of property in the hotel and his personal belongings in his house just behind it.
Rabe Harris and John Woods both lost more than $500 each in the blaze. The colored barber shop and shoe shop went up in smoke too. Among the loss sustained by the colored folk was the burning of all the fine instruments belonging to the colored band.
The fire is believed to have started in the pressing club which was lost also, but no clue to the origin. The fire department saved the fire from spreading either way. It was all a total loss as no insurance was carried on any of the buildings.
The stockholders of the Citizens Bank of Kite met and it is reported that the bank is flourishing. A dividend of 8 percent was declared and a nice sum passed up to the surplus account. The new officers were elected. D. C. Harrison, president; J. E. Clarke, vice-president; J. S. Stephenson, cashier; Q. B. Powell, asst. Casher; V. J. Wheeler, book-keeper. The directors are J. L. Hatcher, J. E. Clarke, M. J. Claxton, D. C. Harrison, J. M. Neal, J. S. Stephenson and J. B. Claxton.
The third business failure in the county since the panic struck was the Hauger-Davis Company, the largest merchantile firm in Wrightsville. M. H. Blackshear of Dublin came over and made formal requisition of its management. It is remaining closed at the moment as bankruptcy procedures take place.
The Farm Bureau has resumed work on building its membership. Sheriff Lewis Davis notifies the people that auto tags for 1921 must be purchased before March 1st. Tax Collector A. S. Mayo was in the city turning over his tax fi fas to baliffs for collection and he had a lot of them. Mr. C. E. Drew, the income tax man is here at the Linder Hotel for a short time to assist in 1920 tax returns.
The Dixie Theatre has been rented to Mr. C. H. Simpson of Hawkinsville. The first picture will be Tarzan of the Apes. The Johnson County Medical Society met and adopted the following schedule. Any doctor making undercharges to same will be subject to suspension or expulsion from the Society and auto matically from the Georgia Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Day visits in city, $2 each. Night visits in city, $3 each. Day visits in county 50 cent per mile plus $2 each, night visits $1 per mile plus $2 each. Obsterical service $25 and up according to services rendered. Consultations minimum $10.
About 20 dipping vats will soon be put in the county by the authorities in charge. The locations have been selected and work of digging the holes and putting in the vats, fencing, etc. will now go ahead to completion.
Miss Corinne Hammock, youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. Hammock is recuperating from a lengthy illness. New additions are being made to the home of Mr. J. A. Douglas, Jr. on Court street.
Mrs. Sallie Tanner, wife of Mr. Leon Tanner, died and was buried at Bedgood Cemetery in Washington County. Mrs. Remus G. Douglas died January 25th at home in eastern part of the county after a short illness. Burial was at Corinth Cemetery. She was a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Hutcheson. She was survived by her husband and 8 children.
An ugly fire broke out in the colored business district near the lumber yards of J. H. Rowland Sunday about 5 a. m. And destroyed thousands of dollars of property. The heaviest loser was Mr. O. A. Kennedy who owned the two story colored hotel and resturant operated by Henry Aikens. This was a couple thousand dollars as it was a large and well built house. Henry lost a lot of property in the hotel and his personal belongings in his house just behind it.
Rabe Harris and John Woods both lost more than $500 each in the blaze. The colored barber shop and shoe shop went up in smoke too. Among the loss sustained by the colored folk was the burning of all the fine instruments belonging to the colored band.
The fire is believed to have started in the pressing club which was lost also, but no clue to the origin. The fire department saved the fire from spreading either way. It was all a total loss as no insurance was carried on any of the buildings.
The stockholders of the Citizens Bank of Kite met and it is reported that the bank is flourishing. A dividend of 8 percent was declared and a nice sum passed up to the surplus account. The new officers were elected. D. C. Harrison, president; J. E. Clarke, vice-president; J. S. Stephenson, cashier; Q. B. Powell, asst. Casher; V. J. Wheeler, book-keeper. The directors are J. L. Hatcher, J. E. Clarke, M. J. Claxton, D. C. Harrison, J. M. Neal, J. S. Stephenson and J. B. Claxton.
The third business failure in the county since the panic struck was the Hauger-Davis Company, the largest merchantile firm in Wrightsville. M. H. Blackshear of Dublin came over and made formal requisition of its management. It is remaining closed at the moment as bankruptcy procedures take place.
The Farm Bureau has resumed work on building its membership. Sheriff Lewis Davis notifies the people that auto tags for 1921 must be purchased before March 1st. Tax Collector A. S. Mayo was in the city turning over his tax fi fas to baliffs for collection and he had a lot of them. Mr. C. E. Drew, the income tax man is here at the Linder Hotel for a short time to assist in 1920 tax returns.
The Dixie Theatre has been rented to Mr. C. H. Simpson of Hawkinsville. The first picture will be Tarzan of the Apes. The Johnson County Medical Society met and adopted the following schedule. Any doctor making undercharges to same will be subject to suspension or expulsion from the Society and auto matically from the Georgia Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Day visits in city, $2 each. Night visits in city, $3 each. Day visits in county 50 cent per mile plus $2 each, night visits $1 per mile plus $2 each. Obsterical service $25 and up according to services rendered. Consultations minimum $10.
About 20 dipping vats will soon be put in the county by the authorities in charge. The locations have been selected and work of digging the holes and putting in the vats, fencing, etc. will now go ahead to completion.
Miss Corinne Hammock, youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. Hammock is recuperating from a lengthy illness. New additions are being made to the home of Mr. J. A. Douglas, Jr. on Court street.
Mrs. Sallie Tanner, wife of Mr. Leon Tanner, died and was buried at Bedgood Cemetery in Washington County. Mrs. Remus G. Douglas died January 25th at home in eastern part of the county after a short illness. Burial was at Corinth Cemetery. She was a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Hutcheson. She was survived by her husband and 8 children.
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