From Days Gone By Oct. 29, 1921

October 29, 1921.
    Ordinary U. R. Jenkins was informed by Dr. Morris, the superintendent of tick eradication in Johnson, that the quarentine is likely to be lifted about December 1st. The work has been pushed on as rapidly as it was practicable. Dr. Morris says there will be something like 20 premises which will be quarantined after December 1st but the work in the county as a whole will be over by that time.
    The county has made a record both as to the time of doing this work and as to the expense. Many counties have worked over two years with considerable money, but Johnson is indeed fortunate in getting rid of the cattle tick with such little time and expense.
    The 12th District Fair opens next Monday in Dublin. Court is in session in Laurens Superior Court with Judge J. L. Kent presiding. There are many criminal matters to come before that body. The docket is a heavy one.
    Rev. Elmer Anthony of Bartow, has been called to preach at the Christian church. Prof. W. S. Branham states the school is now moving along fine and running smoothly. The pupils are in the midst of their regular monthly exams and all seem to be doing good work. The next county court will be City Court which will be in November and will likely last a week.
    The city of Adrian was aroused from its slumber around midnight Saturday night when the residence of Mrs. Tom Rowland, known as the Young L. Hall home, was discovered all ablaze. The home was a large one and contained a lot of nice and new furniture and the loss was heavy. There was some inzurance but not near enough.
    Miss Kate Walker has accepted the chair of domestic science and english in the college at Corinth Hill, Alabama. Mr. & Mrs. Preston Norris, of Washington City arrived here with his mother, Mrs. John F. Norris, and the family of Ben Jordan. They had been in the Capital for about four years.
    Miss Grace Wheeler of Soperton wed Mr. Amos Ellis Claxton of Kite at the Baptist church in Adrian. Grace is the eldest daughter of Mrs. S. W. Wheeler. The groom is the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs Charles Claxton of Kite. They will live in Kite where he will be engaged in the drug business. Mr. Ted Webb and Miss Nora Hall were married at Moore's Chapel.
    Gov. Hardwick issued a proclaimation urging everyone to observe Sunday, November 6, a special day of prayer for the success of the International Conference on reduction of armaments which will convene in Washington on Armistice Day, November 11th.
    Judge Ben Hill Moye, J. Nat Riner, W. T. Kitchens and J. Frank Jackson represented Johnson County at the opening of the mammoth newly built bridge across the Oconee River between Wheeler and Montgomery counties at Mt. Vernon. This bridge was built under the Federal Aid Project and the two counties at a cost of over two hundred thousand dollars and is one of the longest in the state.
    In Dublin it was announced that a merger between Citizens Bank and the Southern Exchange Bank would become effective at the close of business October 21st.
    The cotton warehouse property of the Emanuel Farm Company at Blundale, was destroyed by fire Wednesday night around 7 pm. One thousand six hundred bales of cotton were lpst, all fully covered by insurance. Horace P. Smart of Savannah, his sisters and H. R. Smith are the owners of the Emanuel Farm Company.