From Days Gone By June 9, 1922

June 9, 1922.
    Did it rain last week? Yes, and it poured down for 8 or 9 days in a consecutive season that has caused losses after losses which will never be overcome in the crops. The rains of the past two weeks have cause no little amount of damage to growing crops, to public roads and bridges and conditions generally. Streams have been overflowing, roads washed out and bridges swept away all over the county, but in Johnson the main damage has resulted to crops of all kinds.
    Farmers have not been able to get in the fields and the grass is growing fast and thick. Many crops are past redemption already and others are so embedded in it that it is going to be the hardest sort of job to clean them out. The rains started just as the farmers were fixing to work the fields the first time. Last Thursday more rain fell here than ever seen before by many people.
    The county has suffered heavy damage and loss of the grain crop. A lot of grain had already been cut and stacked in the fields. Corn and cotton is little, and anything but encouraging. Sunshine is needed in abundance and then work in more abundance to make anything in this county this year.
    Rev. A. F. Smith, pastor of Brown Memorial went to Macon for the Centennial celebration of the Georgia Baptist Convention. The big day was held at Mercer. The local tax assessors have sent out notices to tax payers and informing them of raises in the returns. Sheriff Lewis Davis is serving the notices.
    Prof. D. H. Gilliam, who has just closed a short but successful term of school at Kite had a fire on his place out from Dublin which cost him several hundred dollars. Mr. Wm T. Scarboro has filed for bankruptcy. Dr. S. J. Harrison has been made manager of Black's Pharmacy in Dublin.
    Wednesday morning about 10:30, Eugene Cook while cranking a big Studebaker car in front of Gannon's barber shop was badly injured. The car had been left in gear and started off immediately, pinning him between the bumper of the car and the front wall of the barber shop. His leg was broken just below the knee and bruised and crushed in a number of places. After examination by Dr. Brantley he was carried to the Dublin hospital. Eugene is the young son of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Cook, is a recent graduate, a dependable member of the baseball team and is universally popular.
    The death angel visited the home of Mr. & Mrs. L. P. Claxton and took away little Lottie Nell, 15 months old. She was a twin and only sick a short time.
    The scout troop here is doing fine under the leadership of Messrs. W. W. Crow and L. D. Lovett. Mr. W. T. Lockett of Albany was here selling the county rights to agents for the famous Formby Fly Traps which have cleaned up in all counties where they have been offered.
    Mayor E. E. Sanders and the council are highly complimented on their work on the various streets and lanes of the city, most now in fine shape and they intend to keep them that way.
    On the 25th of May Mr. Sam Price was 61 years and on June 14th his wife will 47. They had a dinner at the home. Those there were J. A. Price family, W. F. Price family, Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Price, Mr. & Mrs. E. P. West and Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Parker and children.