From Days Gone By May 12, 1922

May 12, 1922.
    A serious shooting affray in Nunez, Emanuel County, took place Sunday afternoon when Bill Kirby and Homer Corbin engaged young Carl Youmans, the seventeen year old son of Sewell Youmans, in a fight, beating the young man severly. Passers-by told the father of what was happening and Mr. Youmans hastened to the scene with his gun and began firing on the men who had his son down.
    Bill Kirby was dangerously wounded and was taken to a hospital in Statesboro where reports are given out that he is in a serious condition.
    Carl Youmans was bably beaten and bruised and a bullet from his father's gun lodged in his leg accidentally and he was taken to the Dublin hospital where the leg was amputated Monday.
    It is said that there had been threats made against Sewell Youmans by the Kirby brothers and that bad feelings had prevailed between them for some time.
    A party of folks from this community are anticipating a fishing outing time next week down on the Altamaha at Middleton's Lake, twelve miles from Darian. They want to be there early Monday to spend most of the week on the excursion. Going will be Messrs. W. F. And Arlie Outlaw, J. E. and Frank Jordan, Lawson Pournell, Marvin Davis, Robbie Rowland, Willie Raines, Bartow Brantley and several more. Then a party from Adrian and Glennville will join them there.
    Johnson County is to have another and the largest hog sale it has ever had coming in June. Six carloads of hogs and one carload of chickens will be on hand for auction.
    The world is not at peace, for in China today is raging a civil war between the forces of General Wu and General Chang, the hottest battlrs raging near the capital city, Pekin, and over its possesion. Uncle Sam has sent 127 sailors, 23 marines and 6 officers to help out the 400 there in Pekin who guard the American legation.
    In Kite, Dr. J. E. Claxton has just moved into his new residence and Mr. J. M. Johnson is finishing up his handsome new store on the corner. Rev. Rhodes united in marriage Mr. Eddie Woods and Miss Lois Meeks. A party composed of Mr. S. D. Howard, Q. B. Powell, J. A. Wheeler, J. C. Claxton and Duma Peebles motored over to Coleman Lake for a nice time. Mr. Horace Kight and Mr. Morgan Beasley are doing better at Rawlings Sanitarium in Sandersville.
    Wrightsville needs a clean up of fly nests and dens.