From Days Gone By March 5, 1921

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.