From Days Gone By Feb. 4, 1922

Feburary 4, 1922.
    The Association of Georgia Fairs will hold their annual meeting in Albany on Feburary 22, 23. Governor Hardwick will speak on the subject of Georgia fairs which he attended 30 or 40 fairs around the state. Johnson County's fair folks will send a delegation to this event.
    Jack J. Crawford had the job of repairing the county jail which had been out of commission recently when four coloreds got away, two having been captured and upon a plea of guilty went to the county gang for several months each. Jack had a good piece of welding to do in the department where the culprits chisled their way under the cage. He turned the keys back over to the sheriff Saturday.
    Ordinary U. R. Jenkins held a very busy session of his court, a number of administrations  come before his attention for the term. A case requiring a jury went over until his next regular term in March when it will come to trial. Judge Moye, Judge Hatcher and Solicitor E. L. Stephens are interested as attorneys in this trial.
    While hunting in the woods near the city, Jim Jordan, Cleo Hammock and Lawson Crawford ran across a big rattler that was singing a death tune near a big bunch of bushes. The boys let their game go while they bore heavily down upon her majesty with all their might and brought her to town, a large crowd viewing the snake. She had 13 rattles and the usual button.
    Farmer R. P. Hicks reports the killing of a big snake on his plantation, a monster rattler more than 4 feet long and had 13 rattles. "Jupe" says he had come out hunting feed after the sleet storm and was snuggled up in some bushes where he made considerable noise before they finally located and killed him.
    Georgia had ginned 318,473 bales of cotton up to January 16th, against 1,385,132 bales ginned up to same time last year. The county of Franklin still leads, Jackson is second and Walton is third. The production in Johnson up to the 16th was 3,924 as against 7,577 bales in 1921.
    County Agent M. E. Crow presided at a farmers meeting at the courthouse where David B. Long, soil improvement of Atlanta and D. V. Cunningham from the state college of agriculture spoke to a large delegation of farmers with their wives and daughters.
    They discussed how to grow cotton at this time and how to prevent the ravages of the boll weevil. He told them what not to use as well as what to use.
    They also spoke to the farmers urging them to adopt a cropping system for this year and gave a descriptive outline of a peach orchard which could be made profitable in Johnson County. A second meeting was held later in the day at Kite.
    The city of Wrightsville will pay a reward of $10 for the arrest with evidence to convict any person or persons guilty of breaking street lights or otherwise damaging the property of the city.