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.