From Days Gone By June 30, 1922

June 30, 1922.
    Johnson County had two bad jobs on its hands last Thursday morning upon completion of the inquest Coroner Loring R. Clayton held over the dead body of Duff Dixon, the colored man who was knocked in the head with a club axe Tuesday night of last week by his supposed wife, Rena Jackson. The first was burying Duff and the second was detaining Rena.
    The Ordinary set out on the first one with a detail of convicts and the sheriff took the coroner's warrant to apprehend Rena, who had been let go for the outcome of Duff and, on account of her physical condition.
    The jury were composed of Dr. S. M. Johnson, Messrs. R. R. Martin, W. T. Kitchens, C. T. Swinson, B. J. Moye and C. D. Roundtree. Their verdict charged Rena with cold-blooded murder. Just what will be done with the diseased and afflicted woman is not to be ferreted out yet.
    Mrs. James I. Moye succumbed last Wednesday to the potash poisioning she had administered by her own hand through a period of delirum caused from an affected and unbalanced mind traceable directly to ill health which had overcame her body and mind for sometime. She lived several hours after taking the potash in the dead of night, passing out as the doctors and family labored untiringly to save her.
    Her family and that of her husband are among the first of the western part of the county and the sudden and regretful turn in her existence has been the cause of much sorrow. Her husband and four children survives her. She was a daughter of Mr. Jordan Hodges. The funeral took place at Wesley Chapel.
    Prof. A. J. M. Robinson was called to Lumber City to attend the funeral of his granddaughter, Miss Louise Calhoun. She was 15 and her death was a shock. She had recently undergone treatment at a Macon hospital.
    Mr. E. A. Lovett who took on the work of erecting the grandstand at the ball ground in the fair enclosure is putting the finishing touches on it at a cost of more than $200.
    Starting next week farmers will be bringing their watermelons to the railroad for shipping. John R. Moore has already shiped a car load.
    Miss Mary Belle Davis and Mr. Charlie Claxton were married on the 21st. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. O. Davis of the county. He is a son of Mr. & Mrs. H. P. Claxton also of Johnson County.
    Mr. Willie E. Page remains were brought to Westview for burial last week. Mr. Page died at his home in Dublin. Judge J. E. Page and Mr. Cleveland Page were brothers. He married a sister of John, Pat and Jim Duff. He was 45 on May 26th. His wife and six children survived him.
    Next Tuesday is the 4th of July, the time looked to by thousands and thousands of American's annually since its honored origin as a day of days. In Wrightsville the stores will close for at least the afternoon, the banks and offices all day.