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.