April 2, 1921.
The March Term of Superior Court ended after five days of hard work by Judge H. B. Strange, Sheriff Lewis Davis and deputies Roger and Godfrey Davis, C. T. Mixon, W. J. Crawford and J. E. Glisson.
Judge Kent was disqualified in the Linder-Cave damage suit. Cols. J. K. Hines and E. L. Stephens filed for a new trial in this case.
Wednesday Sam Hurst was on trial for killing Dina Kemp 18 years ago. He was found guilty and sentenced one to three years. Isadore Hood and Arthur Battle were freed by the jury. These two with Levi Hightower were charged with murdering another colored man at a church near Bray's store. Hightower has never been found and arrested.
Isadore Hood got mad with Nig Cason for swearing against him and when Nig went to jail Thursday night on a misdemeanor charge, Isadore bantered him about it, hitting him and choking him. Nig went before the Grand Jury, obtained a bill and Isadore drew a fine of $50 or 8 months for assault and battery.
Tom Robinson went up for two to yhree years. Walter Thomas was aquitted on a murder charge. Modie Taylor was charged by an old "oman of the days" with arson. Modie was guilty according to the jury. He got 12 months or a $100 fine.
The Grand Jury made their presentments to the court. On public buildings recommended the tower on the courthouse be replaced so to keep water off the face of the clock. That the clock be repaired and put in good shape. The toilet be replaced. The law offices of Faircloth & Claxton be converted to a ladies bathroom, the jail be overhauled. The barn at the stockade roof needs repair because its subject to fall at anytime.
They found that the convicts in good condition and well cared for. They have one white and 29 colored convicts.
They also recomended a bridge be put across Flat Creek on the Kite and Adrian road. A bridge be put across Little Battleground Creek on Old Savannah road.
Also that three districts of Washington County be cut off into Johnson County with said line to commence at the old Tarver road intersects the Johnson line and running into old Tarver road to Tarver's bridge on the Little Ohoopee River, thence down the river to News Bridge and then said line to run to App Jones' place and on to the Johnson County line.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019
From Days Gone By March 26, 1921
March 26, 1921.
About 9 Saturday the fire alarm was turned in and the firefighters and hundreds of people on the streets ran to the home of Baliff C. T. Mixon where an oil stove had caused a threatening blaze. It was soon extinguished with but little damage being done.
Seeing tigers from all points of view is a new idea recently sprung. But what "tiger" brought in was certainly there, even though it did turn out later to be tom-a-toe, with the accent on the tom. About noon Easter a mule and buggy hid behind the store between the Baptist church and the courthouse and the occupant was seen from the congregation in the church to take a big looking package from the buggy and hide it on the ground nearby.
Upon the closing of the services Chief Downs made an investigation, found a half gallon fruit jar of booze hid, captured the out-fit which, it is claimed, was soon discovered to be property of one Harvey Blount who lives with Mr. B. Vickers and the mule and buggy was taken in charge by the sheriff. They belonged to Mr. Vickers, who was notified and gave bond for them.
On going back to look the scene over later on the afternoon Chief and the accompanying throng discovered two jars of tomatoes hid also. This is supposed to have been a ruse. Blount gave bond for his appearance in court.
Hon. Wash W. Larson, Congressman from the 12th District, who's home is in Dublin, arrived here this morning and spoke at the courthouse on the subject of the National Farm Loan proposition.
From the 1920 crop of cotton Georgia ginned up to March 21, 1921 baled 1,446,577 bales as against for 1919 the total of 1,679,758. Johnson County had ginned up to this time 7,613 bales against 9,709 for 1919. Up the country the weevil hadn't got into such deadly work as in middle and south Georgia.
About 11 Monday night a plate glass window in the store of Jacob Kaplan was broken into smithereens. Later on, about 2, after the lights had gone out, night marshal Daniels was walking in behind the store and discovered one man whom he asked to stop. Whereupon he took to his heels and flew the coop. Mr. Daniels sent a couple of shots in his direction but the intruder swept on faster and escaped. Whether this man or the hard wind that was blowing broke the glass is not known. Marshal Daniels is on the alert for any would be robber coming this way.
Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Young of Harrison announced the engagement of their daughter, Addie Mae to Mr. Mell Jordan Tanner of Sandersville, to be cosumated on April 14th.
The Navy recuriting station is reopened for business at a sub station in Macon. It is prepared to issue new Victory Medals to those men who served in the Navy during the World War.
About 9 Saturday the fire alarm was turned in and the firefighters and hundreds of people on the streets ran to the home of Baliff C. T. Mixon where an oil stove had caused a threatening blaze. It was soon extinguished with but little damage being done.
Seeing tigers from all points of view is a new idea recently sprung. But what "tiger" brought in was certainly there, even though it did turn out later to be tom-a-toe, with the accent on the tom. About noon Easter a mule and buggy hid behind the store between the Baptist church and the courthouse and the occupant was seen from the congregation in the church to take a big looking package from the buggy and hide it on the ground nearby.
Upon the closing of the services Chief Downs made an investigation, found a half gallon fruit jar of booze hid, captured the out-fit which, it is claimed, was soon discovered to be property of one Harvey Blount who lives with Mr. B. Vickers and the mule and buggy was taken in charge by the sheriff. They belonged to Mr. Vickers, who was notified and gave bond for them.
On going back to look the scene over later on the afternoon Chief and the accompanying throng discovered two jars of tomatoes hid also. This is supposed to have been a ruse. Blount gave bond for his appearance in court.
Hon. Wash W. Larson, Congressman from the 12th District, who's home is in Dublin, arrived here this morning and spoke at the courthouse on the subject of the National Farm Loan proposition.
From the 1920 crop of cotton Georgia ginned up to March 21, 1921 baled 1,446,577 bales as against for 1919 the total of 1,679,758. Johnson County had ginned up to this time 7,613 bales against 9,709 for 1919. Up the country the weevil hadn't got into such deadly work as in middle and south Georgia.
About 11 Monday night a plate glass window in the store of Jacob Kaplan was broken into smithereens. Later on, about 2, after the lights had gone out, night marshal Daniels was walking in behind the store and discovered one man whom he asked to stop. Whereupon he took to his heels and flew the coop. Mr. Daniels sent a couple of shots in his direction but the intruder swept on faster and escaped. Whether this man or the hard wind that was blowing broke the glass is not known. Marshal Daniels is on the alert for any would be robber coming this way.
Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Young of Harrison announced the engagement of their daughter, Addie Mae to Mr. Mell Jordan Tanner of Sandersville, to be cosumated on April 14th.
The Navy recuriting station is reopened for business at a sub station in Macon. It is prepared to issue new Victory Medals to those men who served in the Navy during the World War.
Friday, March 15, 2019
From Days Gone By March 19, 1921
March 19, 1921.
Beulah church is to be the host to the next convention of the Washington-Johnson Singing Convention. It will meet April 9th and 10th. Among those singing will be the McLendon Brothers, A. P. Kimberly, The Misses Gillis and the Emanuel Quartet. Mr. J. S. P. Lampp, one of the strong pillars in Smith's Chapel Baptist church is asking to host a singing convention in the future.
The banks released their Statement of Condition. The Bank of Wrightsville, $287,508.44; The Farmers Bank, $141,634.18; The Bank of Adrian, $176,401.52; The Citizens Bank of Kite, $165,904.57; The Scott Banking Company, $77,076.41; The Exchange Bank, $$241,977.74.
O. L. Smith, cattle inspector will be at the E. J. Sumner dipping vat April 6th, Scott vat April 7th, Garnto's April 8th, and every 14 days after until further notice.
Sammie Kaplan arrived in Wrightsville Tuesday morning happy as a lark. He is a Jew and a brother to Jacob Kaplan of this city. Jake hasn't seen Sammie in 12 years. Sammie was just 3 years old then. Now he is a plump size lad. He can't speak any English at all hardly but Jake says he is starting him to school here next week. Sammie found the way to Wrightsville all by himself from New York.
Miss Massey states she has over 200 members this year in her clubs, a point never reached in this work in the county before. Mr. Crow has around 160 boys in his clubs which is also the largest number of boys doing this work.
Dr. J. R. Dent is building him a nice little bungalow at Oconee where he is now practicing medicine. The residents on Myrtle Avenue would very much appreciate the extension of this throughfare on southward across the W. & T. tracks connecting with the Idylwild Drive road.
If you live in Wrightsville and Johnson County you are certainly interested in Wrightsville's growth and prosperity. Then why not spend your money at home people. Leave it here in Wrightsville and see your own business houses prosper instead of having to close up their doors by the bankrupt courts. The business houses of this town sell as reasonably as they can afford which is as cheap as any place. Trade at home, boost your home, live at home and home will be happy and all the neighborhood likewise. Some people's idea of progress runs backwards. So if we could turn the wheels around for their benefit maybe something would be accomplished.
The future of stock raising in general in this county is looming up brightly. A lot of the farmers have put in purebred stock and are going into the business with a vim. It is a sure way to combat the boll weevil and have plenty to eat too.
Did you know that Georgia established the first free school, the first State University in the Union, the first female college in the world, the first woman in the world to receive a diploma (Miss Catherine Brewer), the first steam navigation (Longstreet), the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, the first sewing machine, the first iron vessel (John Randolph), the first Memorial Day, the first inventor circular saw, the first to tunnel the Hudson River? Truly Georgians, as has been said before, have been the flower and fruitage of families who for generations feared God, reverenced the purity of womanhood and the ballot and staiving faithful, honestly and with unfaltering truth and courage "builded better than they knew".
Beulah church is to be the host to the next convention of the Washington-Johnson Singing Convention. It will meet April 9th and 10th. Among those singing will be the McLendon Brothers, A. P. Kimberly, The Misses Gillis and the Emanuel Quartet. Mr. J. S. P. Lampp, one of the strong pillars in Smith's Chapel Baptist church is asking to host a singing convention in the future.
The banks released their Statement of Condition. The Bank of Wrightsville, $287,508.44; The Farmers Bank, $141,634.18; The Bank of Adrian, $176,401.52; The Citizens Bank of Kite, $165,904.57; The Scott Banking Company, $77,076.41; The Exchange Bank, $$241,977.74.
O. L. Smith, cattle inspector will be at the E. J. Sumner dipping vat April 6th, Scott vat April 7th, Garnto's April 8th, and every 14 days after until further notice.
Sammie Kaplan arrived in Wrightsville Tuesday morning happy as a lark. He is a Jew and a brother to Jacob Kaplan of this city. Jake hasn't seen Sammie in 12 years. Sammie was just 3 years old then. Now he is a plump size lad. He can't speak any English at all hardly but Jake says he is starting him to school here next week. Sammie found the way to Wrightsville all by himself from New York.
Miss Massey states she has over 200 members this year in her clubs, a point never reached in this work in the county before. Mr. Crow has around 160 boys in his clubs which is also the largest number of boys doing this work.
Dr. J. R. Dent is building him a nice little bungalow at Oconee where he is now practicing medicine. The residents on Myrtle Avenue would very much appreciate the extension of this throughfare on southward across the W. & T. tracks connecting with the Idylwild Drive road.
If you live in Wrightsville and Johnson County you are certainly interested in Wrightsville's growth and prosperity. Then why not spend your money at home people. Leave it here in Wrightsville and see your own business houses prosper instead of having to close up their doors by the bankrupt courts. The business houses of this town sell as reasonably as they can afford which is as cheap as any place. Trade at home, boost your home, live at home and home will be happy and all the neighborhood likewise. Some people's idea of progress runs backwards. So if we could turn the wheels around for their benefit maybe something would be accomplished.
The future of stock raising in general in this county is looming up brightly. A lot of the farmers have put in purebred stock and are going into the business with a vim. It is a sure way to combat the boll weevil and have plenty to eat too.
Did you know that Georgia established the first free school, the first State University in the Union, the first female college in the world, the first woman in the world to receive a diploma (Miss Catherine Brewer), the first steam navigation (Longstreet), the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, the first sewing machine, the first iron vessel (John Randolph), the first Memorial Day, the first inventor circular saw, the first to tunnel the Hudson River? Truly Georgians, as has been said before, have been the flower and fruitage of families who for generations feared God, reverenced the purity of womanhood and the ballot and staiving faithful, honestly and with unfaltering truth and courage "builded better than they knew".
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
From Days Gone By March 12, 1921
March 12, 1921.
Anyone who drives leisurely over that portion of highways that have been built lately by the new road superintenant will see his work force is very efficient in road building. In just two months time Mr. Stanley is doing some rounding, shaping, modeling and building that not only looks good but is going to stay and stand.
The work across Cedar from the city is just fine now. This piece of roadwork was a socalled model of road building by a government expert and everyone knew its condition in wet weather. Travel over it was near impossible. But now Mr. Stanley has made a fine road out of it.
As far as Mr. Moseley's place on the Gum Log road he has done a first class job of it and one that will stand, especially along where the government expert tried to build a road. Back west of the city on the Dublin road he has a good one from the county line to Mr. Raley's home. In all Mr. Stanley has completed about 12 miles of road in fine shape since January 1st.
The patrons of Red Hill and a lot of the Scott folks were in Wrightsville before the county Board of Education on a school matter which concerned both places. Also the patrons of Minton's Chapel school came up before the body to look into their interests. A lot of patrons were in on a call from the officer to make their excuses for non-attendance of their children. The board had a busy session. Teachers are yet unpaid for two or three months work and the money to pay them off is not yet in sight according to Supt. Lillard.
Under date of February 25th, Commissioner J. W. Lindsey wrote to Ordinary U. R. Jenkins, of this county, stating that he is ready to draw a requisition for both the old and the new pensioners for 1920 and 1921 but in view of the scarcity of funds in the state treasury it would be uselesd, that the Governor cannot draw his warrant to meet it.
The requisition to meet the "new" class of pensioners has been in the Governor's hands since Oct. 23rd but there is yet no money to meet it. And no appropriation was made by the last legislature to pay this class in 1921.
Commissioner Lindsey makes it plain that every pensioner of both classes will be paid some time but just when that will be he does not know. He says there is to be no delay when the money arrives in the treasury, that all will get their pensions then.
Farmers in a lots of places are inclined to take their loss and sell their 1920 crop of cotton. They believe it is not going any higher soon and have decided to put part if not all of their holdings on the market at whatever price they can get and pay their debts as far as this will go on them. After all this may not be a bad idea for there is no telling when anything like a respectable price will come.
Deputy Sheriff Roger Davis carried a carload of cows up to Atlanta to sell. Owing to the quarentine against cattle from tick infested territory he was unable to run the gauntlet and put his cows upon the market. He says it will be 15 days before he can do so. This hindrance to free commercial value on cattle from Johnson will soon be stopped as the dipping vats are put in place here.
Mr. I. R. Tanner has recently purchased a solid car load of hogs for the market from Mr. G. A. Tarbutton and will ship them off this week. The sale was made several days ago. This is the first large shipment from the county in some time.
Coming to the Dixie, Broncho John will appear in person and present the drama "The Life of Buffalo Bill".
The hangman has a job in Laurens County, passed to him last week by the Judge, that ought to be obsolete in this country where there is so much better ways of execution. This way of stringing up a fellow with a hemp around his goozle is all out of date. Set up an electric chair or some other device and stop this way of hanging people. Of course, though, where you can't do no better and people have got to go that way there isn't so much difference after all.
Anyone who drives leisurely over that portion of highways that have been built lately by the new road superintenant will see his work force is very efficient in road building. In just two months time Mr. Stanley is doing some rounding, shaping, modeling and building that not only looks good but is going to stay and stand.
The work across Cedar from the city is just fine now. This piece of roadwork was a socalled model of road building by a government expert and everyone knew its condition in wet weather. Travel over it was near impossible. But now Mr. Stanley has made a fine road out of it.
As far as Mr. Moseley's place on the Gum Log road he has done a first class job of it and one that will stand, especially along where the government expert tried to build a road. Back west of the city on the Dublin road he has a good one from the county line to Mr. Raley's home. In all Mr. Stanley has completed about 12 miles of road in fine shape since January 1st.
The patrons of Red Hill and a lot of the Scott folks were in Wrightsville before the county Board of Education on a school matter which concerned both places. Also the patrons of Minton's Chapel school came up before the body to look into their interests. A lot of patrons were in on a call from the officer to make their excuses for non-attendance of their children. The board had a busy session. Teachers are yet unpaid for two or three months work and the money to pay them off is not yet in sight according to Supt. Lillard.
Under date of February 25th, Commissioner J. W. Lindsey wrote to Ordinary U. R. Jenkins, of this county, stating that he is ready to draw a requisition for both the old and the new pensioners for 1920 and 1921 but in view of the scarcity of funds in the state treasury it would be uselesd, that the Governor cannot draw his warrant to meet it.
The requisition to meet the "new" class of pensioners has been in the Governor's hands since Oct. 23rd but there is yet no money to meet it. And no appropriation was made by the last legislature to pay this class in 1921.
Commissioner Lindsey makes it plain that every pensioner of both classes will be paid some time but just when that will be he does not know. He says there is to be no delay when the money arrives in the treasury, that all will get their pensions then.
Farmers in a lots of places are inclined to take their loss and sell their 1920 crop of cotton. They believe it is not going any higher soon and have decided to put part if not all of their holdings on the market at whatever price they can get and pay their debts as far as this will go on them. After all this may not be a bad idea for there is no telling when anything like a respectable price will come.
Deputy Sheriff Roger Davis carried a carload of cows up to Atlanta to sell. Owing to the quarentine against cattle from tick infested territory he was unable to run the gauntlet and put his cows upon the market. He says it will be 15 days before he can do so. This hindrance to free commercial value on cattle from Johnson will soon be stopped as the dipping vats are put in place here.
Mr. I. R. Tanner has recently purchased a solid car load of hogs for the market from Mr. G. A. Tarbutton and will ship them off this week. The sale was made several days ago. This is the first large shipment from the county in some time.
Coming to the Dixie, Broncho John will appear in person and present the drama "The Life of Buffalo Bill".
The hangman has a job in Laurens County, passed to him last week by the Judge, that ought to be obsolete in this country where there is so much better ways of execution. This way of stringing up a fellow with a hemp around his goozle is all out of date. Set up an electric chair or some other device and stop this way of hanging people. Of course, though, where you can't do no better and people have got to go that way there isn't so much difference after all.
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