From Days Gone By July 28, 1922

July 28, 1922.
    Hon. Joe Hill Hall died last Saturday, he was 70 years old, noted lawyer and legislator. He had been sick for two weeks. He served Bibb County in the Georgia legislature for twenty years, lower house, and was called the "Watchdog of the Treasury". He was once a candidate for governor against John M. Slaton and Hooper Alexander. He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon.
    Notice is given that a bill will be introduced at this session of the legislature to repeal an act incorporating Tom School district, said act having been approved August 22,1907.
    Co-operative marketing got a severe blow direct to the head here Tuesday when the chicken car on the tracks of the Wrightsville & Tennille railroad was left stranded and empty without a feather in it because the price that was offered did not suit the people who had brought a full car load or more to market. The price as bid by Bell Brothers, through their representative, Mr. Clio Powell, was 16 cents and this did not meet the approval of most of the owners. This practically sealed the doom of Co-Op selling in this county, a thing hard-Fought for during the past several years, especially for chickens.
    While around the kitchen and back porch of her home in the city, Mrs. Chas. S. Blankenship sustained quite a painful injury as she fell to the floor when her foot slided into a narrow opening in the floor. The ankle was bruised badly.
    Judge Ben Hill Moye imposed two fines in City Court on a couple of coloreds charged with misdemeanor complaints. Frank Webb got eight months and Tom Rowland ten months on the county work gang. Warden Stanley's force grew a couple notches and road-building goes merrily on.
    Rena Dixon who killed Duff Dixon is dead. Sheriff Davis is now rid of a bad egg. Rena had been ailing and was unable to be confined in the common jail of the county and the Sheriff was adverse to putting her in there anyway so he rented a house and put Rena in it away from anybody and as time elapsed Rena grew worse and last Wednesday she "passed in her checks" and Ordinary U. R. Jenkins gave her a decent burial at the expense of the county. Thus the grim reaper saved the expense of a trial and the possibility of subsequent stretching of a rope.
    The children and grandchildren of Mr. & Mrs. John A. Douglas, Sr. gave Mrs. Douglas a surprise birthday dinner celebrating her 75th birthday. Miss Corinne Peddy of Harrison was here and purchased a new Ford Touring car from Mr. L. A. Lovett, local Ford dealer.
    Cotton is opening and the crop will be harvested as fast as possible this year in order to save everything on the farm. Conditions are pretty good for a fair crop in this community.
    Mr. J. L. Drake of near Scott stated he is considering a candidacy for sheriff next election. State representative W. D. Sumner will not run again and quite a few names are being mentioned for his replacement. Wm. C. Pope, B. J. Wiggins, C. T. Bray, A. L. Hatcher, M. T. Riner, A. M.  Roundtree and D. C. Harrison.