From Days Gone By July 16, 1921

July 16, 1921.
    Two more convicts were added to the county gang Saturday. They were Alex Bell and Jack Knight, sentenced by Judge Kent to serve 12 months straight service for cruelty to animals, the prosecutor being Mr. L. A. Price. The men plead guilty. This makes six put on the gang during the last 30 days but there has been a decrease of five in the same time due to expiration of time. This gives Mr. Stanley 27 men on the gang, or in the words of the Ordinary, "twenty-six and a piece.".
    County Agent M. E. Crow was showing a nice pin that is being given to the girl members of the county pig club who have Hampshire pigs. The young men have been given a  watch fob as a present. These gifts come from the Hampshire Breeders Association. There are 36 club boys and girls in the county who own this stock of hog.
    In announcing his various House committees, Speaker Neill has placed Johnson's Representative, Hon. W. D. Sumner on a number of important places. The committees Mr. Sumner is on are Vice-chair Auditing; General Agriculture No. 1; Georgia State Sanitarium.
    In a familar case of Joe James, colored of Twiggs County, who was recently re-sentenced the 4th time by Judge Kent to hang July 15th. Joe's life was saved by the State Prison Commission last week who commuted his sentence to life imprisonment upon the grounds that he has a weak mind. Governor Hardwick has followed the Commission's recomendation and saved James from the hangman's noose.
    Other local banks released their statement of condition. The Citizen Bank of Kite, $126,261.24; The Scott Banking Company, $72,779.17; The Bank of Adrian, $159,047.61.
    The local ice plant is turning out ice just as fast as the plant will make it and it is being sold and delivered just as fast. Sunday was the first time that ice was anyways short in Wrightsville since the plant began operating but went without then but for an hour or two. They are to keep it going and the trade supplied all the time if this is possible.
    Monday afternoon the young me of the city gave a watermelon feat at Idylwild. The party mounted a big truck about 6 pm and drove out. All had a fine swim, after which the melons were cut, and everyone seemed to enjoy the boneless meat very much.
    After the crowd had finished eating, of course there had to be some fun, so they began to throw watermelon, some were hit in the face, and some in different places. Well after they finished that, the crowd decided to go straw riding so everybody mounted the big truck and away they went, rode around town a few minutes and they decided to go to Tennille, and get a sandwich, as the cafe here was closed.
    Reached Tennille all ok and ordered 26 sandwiches and dopes. Everybody seemed to have been hungry after the jolts they received going up, till they reached the little city of Wrightsville about 11:30 pm. All smiles and asking when they are going again. But can't say yet when they will, but hope will be real soon. This was furnished to the paper by the reporter for the Straw Riders Convention.