October 27, 1922.
Sheriff Lewis Davis who's right eye became afflicted in some way and began growing worse until he became uneasy and called Dr. S. M. Johnson and an eye specialist of Dublin, Dr. Blackshear, who, with the assistance of Dr. Edmondson of Dublin, had to remove the eye.
An abcess formed on the eye which destroyed vision and decayed the organ, the doctors deciding on its removal. Sheriff Davis is getting along fine and is hoped to be up again soon.
The fair association is now talking about having a week of jubilee next October in place of the fair. The local potato house is again open for business and accepting potatoes under the management of Mr. John Redding Williams. The state superintedant is calling for a Education Week, December 3rd to 9th.
Warden R. M. Stanley is enroute road building towards Scott and will head on into Adrian as soon as possible. He moved his camp near Garnto's water mill and aims to complete that section by winter quarters. Road building on all that side of the county is receiving much attention, the state highway department having a gang on the Dixie Overland from Scott to Adrian for some time now.
Agent Crow is in Savannah at the fair. Judge H. B. Strange was stricken on the bench at Statesboro. He was finishing a forceful charge when he suddenly became dazed and fell from the chair, a physical collapse.
Mr. H. L. Collier, Jr., insurance rep of Americus, came over to Wrightsville in an aeroplane which he had at Southern Field to adjust the Bray's merchantile claim against Home Insurance Company. Upon reaching the city and looking for a landing place he decided to try an old field near the college, coming down and lighting all right, but in the running before the stop a wing hit a low stump and damaged it some. This was repaired for his flight home. As he arose and making his getaway from this old field he misjudged some tall bushes and the plane began to zig-zag until it swooped down in another part of the field upside down. He was unhurt but the plane could not be repaired so he sold it to a local garage man.
Mrs. Silas Orr, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Anderson of Kite died after a short illness leaving a husband and a 2 year old son. She was buried at Anderson cemetery.
Mr. Thomas T. Mixon, aged citizen died after a brief illness. He had been in feeble health according to his son Mr. W. A. Mixon on where he lived. He was 79 years old and a son of W. W. & Nancy Pollock Mixon, Sr. He was buried at New Home.
On the sick list this week was Miss Cleo Wiggins, Mrs. George Bray, Mrs. Chas. S. Claxton, Miss Zora Price. That there is less sickness now than a week ago in the county is refreshing news. The dengue fever has played quite a bit of havoc the past few weeks. Not many families have escaped it.
Mr. Laudice D. Lovett is nearing completion of a gasoline station. A full set of Ford tires with tubes is only $38.40. J. M. Layton is doing shoe repair in the rear of the cafe.
Miss Luella Brown of Donovan married Mr. Remus Fulford. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Brown. He is a son of Mr. John T. Fulford.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
From Days Gone By Oct. 20, 1922
October 20, 1922.
Anna Vines, a colored woman living off the plantation of Mr. L. Underwood, was shot in cold blood about sun up Sunday morning as she stood in the door of her home in the western part of the county and the man doing the shooting, Fred Irvin, her son-in-law fled to parts unknown, pursued by a number of citizens who sought hard to find him and place him in jail with no intent whatever at violence.
They tracked him for several miles according to Mr. Gus Brantley and others and finally gave up the hunt until Monday when it was renewed with Warden Stanley and his track dogs.
The man's wife, the daughter of the dead woman, and a few children were in another room of the house at the time of the killing and they told of a row Fred and Anna had had about midnight, of Fred's leaving the home for a shotgun and his return and calling for Anna who went to the door and Fred deliberately leveled his weapon and fired, the woman dying instantly.
There were no actual eye witnesses to the murder but the man's wife and the children say they recognized Fred's voice when he talked to Anna before the fatal shot was fired. Sheriff Lewis Davis was called soon after the murder but was unable to go on account of having very sore eyes which has kept him indoors much of the time since.
Marshall Bass, convicted murderer of his pretty young wife near Dublin in late 1921, was sentenced to hang on November 17th by Judge Kent.
Prof. N. D. Norris and family while coming to the city in an auto had a very narrow escape from bad injury this side of Little Cedar Creek when the steering gear came apart and the car headed off the embankment as the car came off the bridge. It turned upsideways and what saved them was its standing on its side.
Last week's fair passed off nicely but with no cash left, profits in money minus, the Majestic Show,s carry great form but received small income.
The county Board of Education is offering a special inducement to any community that will come together, consolidate their schools and erect modern and approved buildings.
Next Tuesday is another primary where vacancies of U. S. Senate and Pension Commissioner to be filled. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Association convened at Brown Memorial with hundreds gathering. Also the city will be honored by a visit from Bishop W. N. Ainsworth at the Methodist church.
Sister Eady Claxton, nee Anderson was born in Johnson County July 2nd, 184r and died October 2, 192w at the home of her son, Z. W. Claxton where she lived since the death of her husband, who married Charlie T. J. Claxton in October 1861. They had 8 sons and 3 daughters, all surviving but one son. The sons were J. B., H. P., J. M., M. J., L. J., C. L. And Z. W. Claxton, Mrs. Fannie Beasley, Mrs. Linsey Powell and Mrs. Charlie Norris.She joined Nails Creek Baptist in 1871 until 1886. She moved to Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist where she was buried.
Miss Madge Prescott married Mr. Ben T. Parker. She is daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C. D. Prescott, he is the son of Mrs. John Parker.
Anna Vines, a colored woman living off the plantation of Mr. L. Underwood, was shot in cold blood about sun up Sunday morning as she stood in the door of her home in the western part of the county and the man doing the shooting, Fred Irvin, her son-in-law fled to parts unknown, pursued by a number of citizens who sought hard to find him and place him in jail with no intent whatever at violence.
They tracked him for several miles according to Mr. Gus Brantley and others and finally gave up the hunt until Monday when it was renewed with Warden Stanley and his track dogs.
The man's wife, the daughter of the dead woman, and a few children were in another room of the house at the time of the killing and they told of a row Fred and Anna had had about midnight, of Fred's leaving the home for a shotgun and his return and calling for Anna who went to the door and Fred deliberately leveled his weapon and fired, the woman dying instantly.
There were no actual eye witnesses to the murder but the man's wife and the children say they recognized Fred's voice when he talked to Anna before the fatal shot was fired. Sheriff Lewis Davis was called soon after the murder but was unable to go on account of having very sore eyes which has kept him indoors much of the time since.
Marshall Bass, convicted murderer of his pretty young wife near Dublin in late 1921, was sentenced to hang on November 17th by Judge Kent.
Prof. N. D. Norris and family while coming to the city in an auto had a very narrow escape from bad injury this side of Little Cedar Creek when the steering gear came apart and the car headed off the embankment as the car came off the bridge. It turned upsideways and what saved them was its standing on its side.
Last week's fair passed off nicely but with no cash left, profits in money minus, the Majestic Show,s carry great form but received small income.
The county Board of Education is offering a special inducement to any community that will come together, consolidate their schools and erect modern and approved buildings.
Next Tuesday is another primary where vacancies of U. S. Senate and Pension Commissioner to be filled. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Association convened at Brown Memorial with hundreds gathering. Also the city will be honored by a visit from Bishop W. N. Ainsworth at the Methodist church.
Sister Eady Claxton, nee Anderson was born in Johnson County July 2nd, 184r and died October 2, 192w at the home of her son, Z. W. Claxton where she lived since the death of her husband, who married Charlie T. J. Claxton in October 1861. They had 8 sons and 3 daughters, all surviving but one son. The sons were J. B., H. P., J. M., M. J., L. J., C. L. And Z. W. Claxton, Mrs. Fannie Beasley, Mrs. Linsey Powell and Mrs. Charlie Norris.She joined Nails Creek Baptist in 1871 until 1886. She moved to Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist where she was buried.
Miss Madge Prescott married Mr. Ben T. Parker. She is daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C. D. Prescott, he is the son of Mrs. John Parker.
From Days Gone By Oct. 13, 1922
October 13, 1922.
During Superior Court, Judge E. T. Shurley had set aside Thursday morning to try the noted Jim Drisdom in Wrightsville. Officers were dispatched last Wednesday evening with orders to secretly convey the colored man from Sandersville to the jail room in the court house some time of the night. Officers Tom Mixon, James Davis and Oscar Smith applied to the Sheriff at Sandersville about 3 am for the prisoner. Taking him into their car they came straightaway towards Wrightsville and when they reached a swampy place on the road 8 miles away were halted by cars across the road. Coming to a stop a crowd of about 40 men, masked, came up, demanded Jim and told the officers to "Hands Up", throwing their guns in the faces of the men in charge.
Jim was dragged from the car, thrown into one of the crowd's car and taken on down the road, followed by the entire band. The officers were told to move on ahead which they did. Passing Cedar Grove church where the roads fork, the officers halted and looked back. A string of 8 autos were in line behind them and these cars turned to the left, going towards Donovan. Upon reaching Cedar Creek swamp they stopped, took Jim from the auto, tied him to a small sapling surrounded by oaks and bushes then riddled his body with bullets and left him, handcuffed and tied to the tree, where later a coroner's jury had him cut down.
The news spread by daylight and hundreds rushed to the scene to view the work of the lynchers. Coroner Loring R. Clayton summoned a jury composed of Dr. W. J. Flanders, M. Hammock, Henry Hammock, John Hall, Dr. J. Gordon Brantley and Joseph Jenkins who went into the details of the lynching as far as they could, summoning everyone who could give them information about it. Their verdict was that the negro came to his death by bullet wounds from guns in the hands of unknown masked parties. The body was cut down, brought to the city, laid on the square where hundreds viewed it until the afternoon when the county authorities buried it.
The Grand Jury then in session is said to have gone deeply into the matter, their investigations so remaining with their findings.
Jim and Will Drisdom were both held in Macon for a couple of months, Jim was transferred to Sandersville and Will, being held as a witness, was brought here. As soon as Jim was killed Will was turned free.
This crime for which Jim paid with his life is fresh on the minds of the people with all of its horrible details. The negro is said to have confessed before he was killed. The evidence is understood to have been prepared correctly and was most conclusive.
Judge Shurley had made a lynching impossible almost had the prisoner been shut in the court house jail room. Fifty strong and fearless men were to be sworn in early the next morning. Hardware stores were to be dismantled to the last gun it it took it to arm these 50 men. No man could enter the courthouse during the trial of the negro unless he submitted to rigid search. These were some of Judge Shurley's plans had the man arrived safely. They were fixed.
The Headlight editorial asked. Who did it? Does anybody know who committed the lynching in this county last Thursday morning? Well, it was done, and done to the shame of our county and section. Satan jumped out of the bag once more. A compromise, an awful one, was made with law and order. The Superior Court was in session. The machinery of law was in motion. The stage was set for the trial. Proper precautions had been made for speedy work and actual protection in the temple of justice.
Thwarted in its plans, upset in its majestic efforts, the court was astounded by news of the lynching. What does it all mean, people? For the sake of rising generations let's think a sober thought. For the love of the country and home let's get this evil out from among us and commit it no more forever nor allow it done. For the sake of our creator let's rise up against this thing, this lynching spirit in our country wherever it is. Johnson County is ashamed. It's head bowed in dismay.
During Superior Court, Judge E. T. Shurley had set aside Thursday morning to try the noted Jim Drisdom in Wrightsville. Officers were dispatched last Wednesday evening with orders to secretly convey the colored man from Sandersville to the jail room in the court house some time of the night. Officers Tom Mixon, James Davis and Oscar Smith applied to the Sheriff at Sandersville about 3 am for the prisoner. Taking him into their car they came straightaway towards Wrightsville and when they reached a swampy place on the road 8 miles away were halted by cars across the road. Coming to a stop a crowd of about 40 men, masked, came up, demanded Jim and told the officers to "Hands Up", throwing their guns in the faces of the men in charge.
Jim was dragged from the car, thrown into one of the crowd's car and taken on down the road, followed by the entire band. The officers were told to move on ahead which they did. Passing Cedar Grove church where the roads fork, the officers halted and looked back. A string of 8 autos were in line behind them and these cars turned to the left, going towards Donovan. Upon reaching Cedar Creek swamp they stopped, took Jim from the auto, tied him to a small sapling surrounded by oaks and bushes then riddled his body with bullets and left him, handcuffed and tied to the tree, where later a coroner's jury had him cut down.
The news spread by daylight and hundreds rushed to the scene to view the work of the lynchers. Coroner Loring R. Clayton summoned a jury composed of Dr. W. J. Flanders, M. Hammock, Henry Hammock, John Hall, Dr. J. Gordon Brantley and Joseph Jenkins who went into the details of the lynching as far as they could, summoning everyone who could give them information about it. Their verdict was that the negro came to his death by bullet wounds from guns in the hands of unknown masked parties. The body was cut down, brought to the city, laid on the square where hundreds viewed it until the afternoon when the county authorities buried it.
The Grand Jury then in session is said to have gone deeply into the matter, their investigations so remaining with their findings.
Jim and Will Drisdom were both held in Macon for a couple of months, Jim was transferred to Sandersville and Will, being held as a witness, was brought here. As soon as Jim was killed Will was turned free.
This crime for which Jim paid with his life is fresh on the minds of the people with all of its horrible details. The negro is said to have confessed before he was killed. The evidence is understood to have been prepared correctly and was most conclusive.
Judge Shurley had made a lynching impossible almost had the prisoner been shut in the court house jail room. Fifty strong and fearless men were to be sworn in early the next morning. Hardware stores were to be dismantled to the last gun it it took it to arm these 50 men. No man could enter the courthouse during the trial of the negro unless he submitted to rigid search. These were some of Judge Shurley's plans had the man arrived safely. They were fixed.
The Headlight editorial asked. Who did it? Does anybody know who committed the lynching in this county last Thursday morning? Well, it was done, and done to the shame of our county and section. Satan jumped out of the bag once more. A compromise, an awful one, was made with law and order. The Superior Court was in session. The machinery of law was in motion. The stage was set for the trial. Proper precautions had been made for speedy work and actual protection in the temple of justice.
Thwarted in its plans, upset in its majestic efforts, the court was astounded by news of the lynching. What does it all mean, people? For the sake of rising generations let's think a sober thought. For the love of the country and home let's get this evil out from among us and commit it no more forever nor allow it done. For the sake of our creator let's rise up against this thing, this lynching spirit in our country wherever it is. Johnson County is ashamed. It's head bowed in dismay.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
From Days Gone By Oct. 6, 1922
October 6, 1922.
The last days of Superior Court for this term ended with Judge Kent taking back over the bench. The Vickers-Robinson was a hard fought case that resulted in a verdict for the Robinsons. The James Price murder case was transfered to Laurens County because of his relationship with some of the fair association stockholders. The Thigpen-Mathis case which Mathis was charged with the murder of the Thigpen child by running over it about three years ago resulted in guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was fined $50 or 6 months in jail.
Sherman Dixon was tried for killing Ira Lindsey, the Marshal at Kite, in 1911. This was the oldest case on the docket. The jury turned him free and the case against Cliff Dixon was nollied. This ended the famous Dixon murder case. Cliff Dixon was in Dublin hospital seriously sick.
Hallie Brinson, colored, was found guilty of shooting hogs and given 9 months or $75. Tom Crabb, white, went to the gang for 6 months for whipping his wife.
Dr. R. E. Brinson, Dr. & Mrs. C. H. Kittrell, B. R. Spell, C. E. Price, C. M. Dent, Jim Cave and J. E. Jordan all attended Senator Thomas E. Watson's funeral at Thomson. Mrs. Walter N. Powell is still in the sanitarium in Dublin as is Mrs. J. E. Cannady.
The highway department is now building up Star Route No. 26 which crosses this county from Scott to Adrian a distance of 5 or 6 miles. At the hog sale in Adrian there was not enough for a carload. There were only 35 hogs which Mr. C. A. Fountain purchased at $8.10 to hold until next months sale. Mr. Shelton W. Harrison who was with the garage and car sales at Lavonia has moved back home here.
Early Friday morning a big fire of unknown origin destroyed three warehouses in Bartow along the railroad tracks and 1219 bales of cotton, valued at $100 a bale. A framed grocery store was also burned but alot of the stock was saved. Two of the warehouses, owned by the Bartow Gin & Warehouse stored 715 bales. The other owned by the Bartow Investment Co. contained 504 bales. A fertilizer mixer was also burned. The No. 4 on the Central passed this burning but water had to be applied to the burning tracks so it could proceed. Damages were estimated at $130,000.
The following are the statements of condition of the county banks. The Bank of Adrian $171,584.74; The Scott Banking Co. $63,857.26; Bank of Wrightsville $344,357.35; Exchange Bank $276,550.45; Citizens Bank of Kite $160,435.17; Farmers Bank $155,885.50.
In Grand Jury presentments concerning the chaingang they found 5 white and 48 colored convicts well cared for. The Grand Jury also swore with fear nor favor to go on record condeming the lynching of Jim Drisdom by a masked mob of men having taken place in the upper edge of Johnson County. They also deplored the fact that whiskey is being sold in our towns and county and have made an investigation but failed to obtain enough evidence against who they believed to be guilty of selling it.
The county didn't clean up on cotton this year but made a swarm with hogs and chickens. By giving these two items on our farms more and better attention they are the best money crops.
The last days of Superior Court for this term ended with Judge Kent taking back over the bench. The Vickers-Robinson was a hard fought case that resulted in a verdict for the Robinsons. The James Price murder case was transfered to Laurens County because of his relationship with some of the fair association stockholders. The Thigpen-Mathis case which Mathis was charged with the murder of the Thigpen child by running over it about three years ago resulted in guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was fined $50 or 6 months in jail.
Sherman Dixon was tried for killing Ira Lindsey, the Marshal at Kite, in 1911. This was the oldest case on the docket. The jury turned him free and the case against Cliff Dixon was nollied. This ended the famous Dixon murder case. Cliff Dixon was in Dublin hospital seriously sick.
Hallie Brinson, colored, was found guilty of shooting hogs and given 9 months or $75. Tom Crabb, white, went to the gang for 6 months for whipping his wife.
Dr. R. E. Brinson, Dr. & Mrs. C. H. Kittrell, B. R. Spell, C. E. Price, C. M. Dent, Jim Cave and J. E. Jordan all attended Senator Thomas E. Watson's funeral at Thomson. Mrs. Walter N. Powell is still in the sanitarium in Dublin as is Mrs. J. E. Cannady.
The highway department is now building up Star Route No. 26 which crosses this county from Scott to Adrian a distance of 5 or 6 miles. At the hog sale in Adrian there was not enough for a carload. There were only 35 hogs which Mr. C. A. Fountain purchased at $8.10 to hold until next months sale. Mr. Shelton W. Harrison who was with the garage and car sales at Lavonia has moved back home here.
Early Friday morning a big fire of unknown origin destroyed three warehouses in Bartow along the railroad tracks and 1219 bales of cotton, valued at $100 a bale. A framed grocery store was also burned but alot of the stock was saved. Two of the warehouses, owned by the Bartow Gin & Warehouse stored 715 bales. The other owned by the Bartow Investment Co. contained 504 bales. A fertilizer mixer was also burned. The No. 4 on the Central passed this burning but water had to be applied to the burning tracks so it could proceed. Damages were estimated at $130,000.
The following are the statements of condition of the county banks. The Bank of Adrian $171,584.74; The Scott Banking Co. $63,857.26; Bank of Wrightsville $344,357.35; Exchange Bank $276,550.45; Citizens Bank of Kite $160,435.17; Farmers Bank $155,885.50.
In Grand Jury presentments concerning the chaingang they found 5 white and 48 colored convicts well cared for. The Grand Jury also swore with fear nor favor to go on record condeming the lynching of Jim Drisdom by a masked mob of men having taken place in the upper edge of Johnson County. They also deplored the fact that whiskey is being sold in our towns and county and have made an investigation but failed to obtain enough evidence against who they believed to be guilty of selling it.
The county didn't clean up on cotton this year but made a swarm with hogs and chickens. By giving these two items on our farms more and better attention they are the best money crops.
From Days Gone By Sept. 29, 1922
September 29, 1922.
The county fair association opens next week for four big days. Midway attractions promises to be great and large crowds expected each day. Exhibits form a grand display this year, and plenty of fun. One good free attraction twice daily.
Superior Court convened with Judge Shurley presiding. In the suit for damages instituted by Mrs. A. Walden against the fair association for the enormous amount of $20,000 for the death of her husband on the fair grounds was started. Most of the entire. Local attorneys were on the defendants side while Evans & Evans of Sandersville were for Mrs. Walden. The case lasted all afternoon and into the night, the jury being closeted until a late hour considering the case. The jury was out some few hours making a verdict which they sealed. The next morning the verdict was read giving a damage of $2,000 against the fair association and W. J. Crawford.
Then the judge pushed hard down on the gas of court and speeded through several civil cases to clear the docket for the Vickers-Robinson land case. The same day James Price was lodged in jail on a blanket charge of murder with the death a A. Walden at the fair grounds last October. Tom Crabb was also jailed on several charges which are said to be bad ones.
A big price for the 200 head of hogs sold here Tuesday was received by the producers. The top price paid was $8.35. The succssful buyers was Bragg, Milsap & Company of Atlanta.
All Georgia is mourning the death of Senator Thomas E. Watson who died suddenly on Monday night. He was 66 years old, a statesman and editor. He will be buried at Thomson. A wife and two grandchildren survive him.
A wreck of a freight train near Macon on the Central of Georgia was reported that 18 freight cars had been torn from the track caused a bad delay in the mails. The W. & T. ran as usual but no mail at all was brought on the first train. So many people went without a Sunday paper. This is the second wreck the Central has had in a week or two in the same area.
Mr. & Mrs. Joe B. Roundtree of Boston, Georgia motored to Wrightsville to Mr. H. P. Hicks. Mrs. Roundtree is a sister of Mr. Hicks. Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Hall announced the birth of a little boy, Andrew Lotis. Both mother and babe are doing well.
Mr. John W. Johnson moved to Macon where he is now drumming for a well-known tobacco house there. Mrs. Hettie Wiggins in the eastern part of the county celebrate her 90th birthday. She has two sons J. C. and B. J. and three daughters.
Now that the strikes on all the railroads nearly and is most of the mining areas have been settled and freights are moving there is an air in the land of upward outlook in business all over the country. And too, at home, in Johnson we find men who say times are actually better with them and their neighbors than they were this time last year. Few people say this and then a few others, very few, say it is not better. Conditions are good.
The county fair association opens next week for four big days. Midway attractions promises to be great and large crowds expected each day. Exhibits form a grand display this year, and plenty of fun. One good free attraction twice daily.
Superior Court convened with Judge Shurley presiding. In the suit for damages instituted by Mrs. A. Walden against the fair association for the enormous amount of $20,000 for the death of her husband on the fair grounds was started. Most of the entire. Local attorneys were on the defendants side while Evans & Evans of Sandersville were for Mrs. Walden. The case lasted all afternoon and into the night, the jury being closeted until a late hour considering the case. The jury was out some few hours making a verdict which they sealed. The next morning the verdict was read giving a damage of $2,000 against the fair association and W. J. Crawford.
Then the judge pushed hard down on the gas of court and speeded through several civil cases to clear the docket for the Vickers-Robinson land case. The same day James Price was lodged in jail on a blanket charge of murder with the death a A. Walden at the fair grounds last October. Tom Crabb was also jailed on several charges which are said to be bad ones.
A big price for the 200 head of hogs sold here Tuesday was received by the producers. The top price paid was $8.35. The succssful buyers was Bragg, Milsap & Company of Atlanta.
All Georgia is mourning the death of Senator Thomas E. Watson who died suddenly on Monday night. He was 66 years old, a statesman and editor. He will be buried at Thomson. A wife and two grandchildren survive him.
A wreck of a freight train near Macon on the Central of Georgia was reported that 18 freight cars had been torn from the track caused a bad delay in the mails. The W. & T. ran as usual but no mail at all was brought on the first train. So many people went without a Sunday paper. This is the second wreck the Central has had in a week or two in the same area.
Mr. & Mrs. Joe B. Roundtree of Boston, Georgia motored to Wrightsville to Mr. H. P. Hicks. Mrs. Roundtree is a sister of Mr. Hicks. Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Hall announced the birth of a little boy, Andrew Lotis. Both mother and babe are doing well.
Mr. John W. Johnson moved to Macon where he is now drumming for a well-known tobacco house there. Mrs. Hettie Wiggins in the eastern part of the county celebrate her 90th birthday. She has two sons J. C. and B. J. and three daughters.
Now that the strikes on all the railroads nearly and is most of the mining areas have been settled and freights are moving there is an air in the land of upward outlook in business all over the country. And too, at home, in Johnson we find men who say times are actually better with them and their neighbors than they were this time last year. Few people say this and then a few others, very few, say it is not better. Conditions are good.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
From Days Gone By Sept. 22, 1922
September 22, 1922.
The Majestic Exposition Shows are coming to Wrightsville the week of October 2nd to 7th to pitch their tents on the grounds of the Johnson County Fair Association. The contract was made and entered at a meeting in the chamber of the Bank of Wrightsville when Mr. Erven B. Kaw of the Majestic Shows met the fair directors. It includes 8 big shows, 35 concessions, 4 riding devices, the 8 piece band and the big free act which constitutes the shows. Of the 8 shows he has the Nut College, the snake show, athletic show, wild west, plantation, Japanese garden, sideshow and the educated horse.
New Home school will open October 2nd with Prof. J. Y. Chastain as principal and Miss Sadie Powell, assistant. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Association will meet here at Brown Memorial on October 13 and 14. The next Johnson-Washington Singing Convention will be at the methodist church in Kite.
After the eloquent address of Mrs. Florence Ewell Atkins, state organizer of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at the methodist church a local chapter was organized. Mrs. W. C. Brinson was chosen president, Miss Proctor, secretary and Mrs. J. M. Mason, treasurer. The Blue Bird Club held its first meeting at the home of Miss Edith Bryan. The purpose of the club is to promote interest and good fellowship among the younger set.
The methodist church made improvements on the church lawn, and the painting of the parsonage.
The dengue fever is still raging in the city and county and has affected most every family. The disease, a new name is not dangerous under proper care and treatment, but makes folks mighty sick, weakening them down decidedly. The epidemic is widespread and in the larger cities it is raving tremendously. Among the sick are William Parker, Rube Dent, Albert Raley, Miss Mary Moore Johnson and Mrs. J. E. Cannedy.
The school here now has 285 pupils and there are almost 100 of these in the high school. Dr. I. H. Archer of New Orleans came home for vacation. Many hope this popular dentist will come back permanant when the government turns him loose. Judge Edward T. Shurley of Warranton arrived for this term of Superor Court and is a guest at the Lovett Hotel.
Master Reginald Smith has about completed his radio receiving station at his home and says he is getting pretty fair service from it already.
The gins of Wrightsville, Kite, Donovan and Harrison will not run on Mondays. This incudes E. A. & W. H. Lovett, Farmers Gin Company, Kite Gin Company and Willam Jackson. The county's cotton crop this year is about as short as you want to feel it and it's mighty near all out and gone already. But old hog and hominey are still in the land.
Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Arnau of Dublin announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Sibley Lanier White on October 5th. Mrs. James Franklin Brantley of Harrison announced the October marriage of her daughter, Nana Pauline to Henry Lee Cockran of Baltimore.
The Majestic Exposition Shows are coming to Wrightsville the week of October 2nd to 7th to pitch their tents on the grounds of the Johnson County Fair Association. The contract was made and entered at a meeting in the chamber of the Bank of Wrightsville when Mr. Erven B. Kaw of the Majestic Shows met the fair directors. It includes 8 big shows, 35 concessions, 4 riding devices, the 8 piece band and the big free act which constitutes the shows. Of the 8 shows he has the Nut College, the snake show, athletic show, wild west, plantation, Japanese garden, sideshow and the educated horse.
New Home school will open October 2nd with Prof. J. Y. Chastain as principal and Miss Sadie Powell, assistant. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Association will meet here at Brown Memorial on October 13 and 14. The next Johnson-Washington Singing Convention will be at the methodist church in Kite.
After the eloquent address of Mrs. Florence Ewell Atkins, state organizer of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at the methodist church a local chapter was organized. Mrs. W. C. Brinson was chosen president, Miss Proctor, secretary and Mrs. J. M. Mason, treasurer. The Blue Bird Club held its first meeting at the home of Miss Edith Bryan. The purpose of the club is to promote interest and good fellowship among the younger set.
The methodist church made improvements on the church lawn, and the painting of the parsonage.
The dengue fever is still raging in the city and county and has affected most every family. The disease, a new name is not dangerous under proper care and treatment, but makes folks mighty sick, weakening them down decidedly. The epidemic is widespread and in the larger cities it is raving tremendously. Among the sick are William Parker, Rube Dent, Albert Raley, Miss Mary Moore Johnson and Mrs. J. E. Cannedy.
The school here now has 285 pupils and there are almost 100 of these in the high school. Dr. I. H. Archer of New Orleans came home for vacation. Many hope this popular dentist will come back permanant when the government turns him loose. Judge Edward T. Shurley of Warranton arrived for this term of Superor Court and is a guest at the Lovett Hotel.
Master Reginald Smith has about completed his radio receiving station at his home and says he is getting pretty fair service from it already.
The gins of Wrightsville, Kite, Donovan and Harrison will not run on Mondays. This incudes E. A. & W. H. Lovett, Farmers Gin Company, Kite Gin Company and Willam Jackson. The county's cotton crop this year is about as short as you want to feel it and it's mighty near all out and gone already. But old hog and hominey are still in the land.
Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Arnau of Dublin announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Sibley Lanier White on October 5th. Mrs. James Franklin Brantley of Harrison announced the October marriage of her daughter, Nana Pauline to Henry Lee Cockran of Baltimore.
From Days Gone By. Sept. 15, 1922
September 15, 1922.
A measure in which there is very general interest is that recently enacted by the General Assembly providing for the employment of county farm agents and home economic agents. An enabling act was passed by the legislature to correct the old law, held to be void by the Supreme Court in a case carried by Floyd County.
The sickness in every section of the county seems to be quite an epidemic. Many people are sick now. Many have just got up and there are a lot just taking to their beds. It must be the old-time "flu" or something like it. Then there are an unusual number of other ailments which have run doctors day and night lately.
One item the next Grand Jury has before them as commonly seen is the condition of the county's detention home, the jail, where flooring is in a bad state of repair to say nothing about the heaps of other criticisms heaped upon it. Wednesday night of last week three Negro prisioners tried to make a get-a-way through the floor by using an iron bar and punching a big hole in the decayed bottom. It was luck that their work was discovered in time to save a complete jail delivery. Something is necessary to be done.
Dr. & Mrs. J. G. Brantley entertained at Idylwild a lovely moonlight picnic in honor of Mr. & Mrs. James M. Cook, Jr. and Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Wilder of Albany. Mr. Alton Caneega left for Mount Berry where he will be a student.
Mr. W. V. Tyson applied for discharge of his guardianship of Mrs. Lola Tyson. J. B. Williams applied for permanant letters of administration of the estate of Mrs. Rutha Davis, deceased.
A hog sale is being held here selling Elmwood Stock Farm's Spotted Poland China bred sows. It is the best interest of every farmer to look for better livestock on the farm.
Hogs that would produce the greatest yield of meat and lard on the same feed consumed. As it is well known that pure bred registered hogs will produce very near twice as many pounds in a given time as a scrub on the same feed. With the existing boll weevil it would be well for the farmers to think along this line for the heavy burden of taxation that must be met, with the hold-over debts of fertilizers and supplies, with the urgent need of the necessary equipment, the farmer turns to his present production of cotton and finds that it will not be sufficient to meet the demands. What will help? Take the different production of the farm, one by one and the hog offers the most encouragement. Two litters of pigs a year means a quick return on the money invested. Plenty of home grown feeds eliminate any additional outlay of capital with the market demand fairly consistent throughout the year the hog takes the place of a real morgage lifter. Johnson has a pretty fair start in the production of pure bred hogs and the good work should go on.
Electing good men to office is the thing to do. Good times are not far ahead. Prosperity returns soon and the fellow who is able to stand through the valleys will rejoice when they get on the hill.
A minister in a small western town surprised his audience one Sunday by reading the following notice from the pulpit, "The regular session of the Donkey Club will be held as usual after the service. Members will line up just outside the door, make remarks and stare at the ladies who pass, as is their custom." The club didn't meet that Sunday.
A measure in which there is very general interest is that recently enacted by the General Assembly providing for the employment of county farm agents and home economic agents. An enabling act was passed by the legislature to correct the old law, held to be void by the Supreme Court in a case carried by Floyd County.
The sickness in every section of the county seems to be quite an epidemic. Many people are sick now. Many have just got up and there are a lot just taking to their beds. It must be the old-time "flu" or something like it. Then there are an unusual number of other ailments which have run doctors day and night lately.
One item the next Grand Jury has before them as commonly seen is the condition of the county's detention home, the jail, where flooring is in a bad state of repair to say nothing about the heaps of other criticisms heaped upon it. Wednesday night of last week three Negro prisioners tried to make a get-a-way through the floor by using an iron bar and punching a big hole in the decayed bottom. It was luck that their work was discovered in time to save a complete jail delivery. Something is necessary to be done.
Dr. & Mrs. J. G. Brantley entertained at Idylwild a lovely moonlight picnic in honor of Mr. & Mrs. James M. Cook, Jr. and Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Wilder of Albany. Mr. Alton Caneega left for Mount Berry where he will be a student.
Mr. W. V. Tyson applied for discharge of his guardianship of Mrs. Lola Tyson. J. B. Williams applied for permanant letters of administration of the estate of Mrs. Rutha Davis, deceased.
A hog sale is being held here selling Elmwood Stock Farm's Spotted Poland China bred sows. It is the best interest of every farmer to look for better livestock on the farm.
Hogs that would produce the greatest yield of meat and lard on the same feed consumed. As it is well known that pure bred registered hogs will produce very near twice as many pounds in a given time as a scrub on the same feed. With the existing boll weevil it would be well for the farmers to think along this line for the heavy burden of taxation that must be met, with the hold-over debts of fertilizers and supplies, with the urgent need of the necessary equipment, the farmer turns to his present production of cotton and finds that it will not be sufficient to meet the demands. What will help? Take the different production of the farm, one by one and the hog offers the most encouragement. Two litters of pigs a year means a quick return on the money invested. Plenty of home grown feeds eliminate any additional outlay of capital with the market demand fairly consistent throughout the year the hog takes the place of a real morgage lifter. Johnson has a pretty fair start in the production of pure bred hogs and the good work should go on.
Electing good men to office is the thing to do. Good times are not far ahead. Prosperity returns soon and the fellow who is able to stand through the valleys will rejoice when they get on the hill.
A minister in a small western town surprised his audience one Sunday by reading the following notice from the pulpit, "The regular session of the Donkey Club will be held as usual after the service. Members will line up just outside the door, make remarks and stare at the ladies who pass, as is their custom." The club didn't meet that Sunday.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
From Days Gone By Sept 8, 1922
September 8, 1922.
In passing up the matter of establishing a state owned port at one of the Georgia seacoast cities the state legislature did not let by a dangerous proposition at all for it is best to have a sentiment of a lasting nature to build from than one jumped up over night so to speak. By the time the next assembly meets the people of the state will have had ample time to judge for themselves what they would like to have done in this matter and from the enthusiasm a roused over it they will consistently and intelligently instruct their representatives what to do.
It seems the legislature did about the best it could do in regards to the port matter and the promoters of the project may well take cognizance of this fact to keep the members slowly but surely fast. The people of Georgia always want to know and a year's time will give them this knowledge of what it will mean to the state to have these terminals. A large majority of Georgians want a state owned port terminal, either at Brunswick or Savannah.
Jas. D. Bush, W. D. Rowland, W. H. Lovett, J. F. Elton and J. C. Wiggins have applied for an order seeking the extension of Margaret Street commencing at the intersection of State Street, at or near the Nancy A. Outlaw property, and the C. S. Blankenship property.
Mr. Shellman Martin, after a successful season with the Arlington baseball club in which he made a high record, is home for the time being. Col. R. P. Jackson has recently moved from Kite to practice law in Wrightsville. Miss Ethlyn Blount goes to Atlanta to study music. Miss Jerradine Brinson leaves for Leslie to teach music.
Wrightsville High starts off well with a full house of pupils, 275 by the end of the day with the number expecting to increase right on. Mr. M. E. Crow attended the Swine Grower's Association in Carrollton. Mr. L. A. Lovett was in Atlanta at the Fordson Tractor demonstration.
Next week is the primary election. Prof. Eugene Attaway is on the faculty at Albany High School, teaching math and atheletics coach. Miss Gladys Anthony will teach at Selma, Alabama. Miss Gertrude Proctor with Misses Ruby Raines, Lucile Powell, Janette Clarke and Master James Claxton were in Savannah at the bread-making contest.
On the sick list this week was Mr. E. L. Stephens, Mrs. Charlie Moore and Mr. Homer Moore is recuperating from a broken wrist from trying to crank his car.
Mr. G. W. Ross and family are now residents of Wrightsville coming from Sandersville. Mr. C. S. Blankenship is now on the west-side of the courthouse selling plenty of fresh meats at his new market.
From all indications this is going to be a very busy fall from ow until Christmas. Much doing about one way and another is already seen and the people's affairs are bestirring them continuously.
Mr. & Mrs. John A. McAfee announce the arrival of a bright little son on September 2nd. Mr. E. E. Sanders has moved his office from the Cotton Exchange to the offices of the Johnson County Livestock & Produce Co. More freight is now coming into Wrightsville than in many months according to the local freight agent's records. This has reference to merchandise and shows that business is still better.
In passing up the matter of establishing a state owned port at one of the Georgia seacoast cities the state legislature did not let by a dangerous proposition at all for it is best to have a sentiment of a lasting nature to build from than one jumped up over night so to speak. By the time the next assembly meets the people of the state will have had ample time to judge for themselves what they would like to have done in this matter and from the enthusiasm a roused over it they will consistently and intelligently instruct their representatives what to do.
It seems the legislature did about the best it could do in regards to the port matter and the promoters of the project may well take cognizance of this fact to keep the members slowly but surely fast. The people of Georgia always want to know and a year's time will give them this knowledge of what it will mean to the state to have these terminals. A large majority of Georgians want a state owned port terminal, either at Brunswick or Savannah.
Jas. D. Bush, W. D. Rowland, W. H. Lovett, J. F. Elton and J. C. Wiggins have applied for an order seeking the extension of Margaret Street commencing at the intersection of State Street, at or near the Nancy A. Outlaw property, and the C. S. Blankenship property.
Mr. Shellman Martin, after a successful season with the Arlington baseball club in which he made a high record, is home for the time being. Col. R. P. Jackson has recently moved from Kite to practice law in Wrightsville. Miss Ethlyn Blount goes to Atlanta to study music. Miss Jerradine Brinson leaves for Leslie to teach music.
Wrightsville High starts off well with a full house of pupils, 275 by the end of the day with the number expecting to increase right on. Mr. M. E. Crow attended the Swine Grower's Association in Carrollton. Mr. L. A. Lovett was in Atlanta at the Fordson Tractor demonstration.
Next week is the primary election. Prof. Eugene Attaway is on the faculty at Albany High School, teaching math and atheletics coach. Miss Gladys Anthony will teach at Selma, Alabama. Miss Gertrude Proctor with Misses Ruby Raines, Lucile Powell, Janette Clarke and Master James Claxton were in Savannah at the bread-making contest.
On the sick list this week was Mr. E. L. Stephens, Mrs. Charlie Moore and Mr. Homer Moore is recuperating from a broken wrist from trying to crank his car.
Mr. G. W. Ross and family are now residents of Wrightsville coming from Sandersville. Mr. C. S. Blankenship is now on the west-side of the courthouse selling plenty of fresh meats at his new market.
From all indications this is going to be a very busy fall from ow until Christmas. Much doing about one way and another is already seen and the people's affairs are bestirring them continuously.
Mr. & Mrs. John A. McAfee announce the arrival of a bright little son on September 2nd. Mr. E. E. Sanders has moved his office from the Cotton Exchange to the offices of the Johnson County Livestock & Produce Co. More freight is now coming into Wrightsville than in many months according to the local freight agent's records. This has reference to merchandise and shows that business is still better.
From Days Gone By Sept. 1, 1922
September 1, 1922.
Had you ever figured out just why it is that when sure enough crime starts on a rampage it picks out some Saturday night to open up? The most of bad crimes in cities occur between Saturday noon and Monday morning. Night life needs regeneration, says a prominently known minister, and the Headlight agrees with him.
The Wrightsville District School will open its doors on September 4th. Union Hill has homecoming on Sunday and Oaky Grove will have a sing on the 4th. The sing at Idlywild Saturday was another good one. Rev. G. F. Sumner accepted the call to the pastoratr of Pleasant Plains church.
Mr. C. T. Swinson opens a new grocery store in the Hayes building formally occupied by Elmo Hayes, north of the courthouse. Barber Albert Grimes returned here from Augusta to work in Knowles Barber Shop. There has been a general exodus of machinist, carpenters and painters to Macon to the Central of Georgia Railway shops for employment. Leon Chester, Schley Moore, Lon Smith, Joe Alewine, Marvin Raley, Jerry Burris, Bill Scoggins, Bud Fountain, Claude Hicks, Warren Hall, Cleon, Otis and Luther Jenkins and others have left here to seek employment there.
Mrs. John Brantley died at home about six miles from the city from a complication of diseases. She was survived by her husband and six children. She was buried at Liberty Grove.
Judge John William Lindsey, Confederate Pension Commissioner of this state since 1889, died at his home in Atlanta of paralysis and pneumonia. He was 80 years old.
The executive committee asks that all voters vote in their own precincts on the 13th primary. Hon. Richard B. Russell, candidate for Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court spoke here on Friday. Judge Ben Hill Moye will speak in different parts of the county on behalf of the candidacy of Gov. T. W. Hardwick. M. L. "Mack" Johnson a Bartow businessman is running for Railroad Commissioner.
Miss Annie Mae King wed Mr. James Monroe Cook, Jr. on August 25th. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Harmon Webb King. Mr. Cook is the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Cook, Sr.
Miss Lavada Price, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Price is at Nacoochee Institute at Santee, Georgia where she is doing special canning for the dormitory. Their next daughter, Ethel, won 1st prize in county fair here last fall on her tomato exhibit.
Osley Sumner is offering cheap taxi rates to any point. If you want to go anywhere see him first. Arline Chapel celebrated its 50th anniversary with over 300 in attendance. Mrs. Mamie Hughe McWaters of Adrian files for bankruptcy. The firm of Swinson & Co. has been mutually dissolved between C. T. Swinson and J. B. Paul.
The following make their official political announcements. Senator 16th district Jim Gillis; Lower state house representative D. C. Harrison; Solicitor of City Court C. S. Claxton and H. T. Hicks.
Wrightsville should begin to rally to the merited cause of the fair this fall. It the fair fails, then what?
Had you ever figured out just why it is that when sure enough crime starts on a rampage it picks out some Saturday night to open up? The most of bad crimes in cities occur between Saturday noon and Monday morning. Night life needs regeneration, says a prominently known minister, and the Headlight agrees with him.
The Wrightsville District School will open its doors on September 4th. Union Hill has homecoming on Sunday and Oaky Grove will have a sing on the 4th. The sing at Idlywild Saturday was another good one. Rev. G. F. Sumner accepted the call to the pastoratr of Pleasant Plains church.
Mr. C. T. Swinson opens a new grocery store in the Hayes building formally occupied by Elmo Hayes, north of the courthouse. Barber Albert Grimes returned here from Augusta to work in Knowles Barber Shop. There has been a general exodus of machinist, carpenters and painters to Macon to the Central of Georgia Railway shops for employment. Leon Chester, Schley Moore, Lon Smith, Joe Alewine, Marvin Raley, Jerry Burris, Bill Scoggins, Bud Fountain, Claude Hicks, Warren Hall, Cleon, Otis and Luther Jenkins and others have left here to seek employment there.
Mrs. John Brantley died at home about six miles from the city from a complication of diseases. She was survived by her husband and six children. She was buried at Liberty Grove.
Judge John William Lindsey, Confederate Pension Commissioner of this state since 1889, died at his home in Atlanta of paralysis and pneumonia. He was 80 years old.
The executive committee asks that all voters vote in their own precincts on the 13th primary. Hon. Richard B. Russell, candidate for Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court spoke here on Friday. Judge Ben Hill Moye will speak in different parts of the county on behalf of the candidacy of Gov. T. W. Hardwick. M. L. "Mack" Johnson a Bartow businessman is running for Railroad Commissioner.
Miss Annie Mae King wed Mr. James Monroe Cook, Jr. on August 25th. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Harmon Webb King. Mr. Cook is the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Cook, Sr.
Miss Lavada Price, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Price is at Nacoochee Institute at Santee, Georgia where she is doing special canning for the dormitory. Their next daughter, Ethel, won 1st prize in county fair here last fall on her tomato exhibit.
Osley Sumner is offering cheap taxi rates to any point. If you want to go anywhere see him first. Arline Chapel celebrated its 50th anniversary with over 300 in attendance. Mrs. Mamie Hughe McWaters of Adrian files for bankruptcy. The firm of Swinson & Co. has been mutually dissolved between C. T. Swinson and J. B. Paul.
The following make their official political announcements. Senator 16th district Jim Gillis; Lower state house representative D. C. Harrison; Solicitor of City Court C. S. Claxton and H. T. Hicks.
Wrightsville should begin to rally to the merited cause of the fair this fall. It the fair fails, then what?
Monday, August 17, 2020
From Days Gone By August 25, 1922
August 25, 1922.
The city authorities are taking all manner of precautions against a possible revage from mad dogs around town. Muzzling them is one thing they are doing. Last Thursday a dog that was said to be mad was killed on the south side. Others have been seen around town lately.
A community matter that is stirring the largest cities of the state and a big number of the smaller ones is the fair grounds and buildings and locally like conditions prevail. This is a community matter which deserves deep considerations. The Johnson County Fair Association is certainly facing a crisis, just as is the Potato House folks and one or two other public institutions around. Advertisements are running for the sale of some fair propertied in Georgia and the end is in sight for them unless a big obstacle is overcome and that quickly.
We cannot say that the fair is the best and ultimate form of amusement, educational interest and value as a drawing card to any one community through agricultural, commercial or industrial endeavor but we do believe it is worth the price and effort of maintanance, has been in the past and will be in the future. We know of no nicer, smoother and better adapted grounds in the state than these. On high and dry surface, an elevated, convenient place, it is excellent in tangible property, matching the splendid qualities a fair is supposed to represent and we cannot help but feel that these grounds and buildings in some quick way should be preserved for the county, and for each section where it would appear their passing is impending.
Bond holders of Georgia-Carolina Fair had to forclose because of a continued lack of payment of even the interest. In Macon they had an embarrassing situation which is not yet overcome in its entirety and in Savannah they have met terrible straights in finances and business management. County fair after county fair has gone up from various causes until the number in the state has been flimsily diminished.
Now in view of these things and other circumstances and for the sake of the county the people should bestir themselves to save this property and keep a fair going in our humble judgement right on and on.
Careful crossing railroad crossings is more or less and we believe is more of a law unto the operator of an auto himself from every standpoint than unto any other or element and therefore not a matter of legislating for or against. It is a direct law unto themselves, a matter entirely up to the man at the wheel; personal one, if you please. We are (Headlight) against that bill introduced to compel motorists to come to a complete stop at all railroad crossings.
Reckless driving autos is playing out anyhow. Wrecks have done much to stop it. Autoists are now more careful at railroad crossings and due thought of what might happen is being taken. Precautions are no longer silently ignored. Riding out with a Brunswick autoist the other day we were taken into his confidence at the start in his assurance that his passengers would never be hit by a moving train. So it is. Drivers of autos are looking out throughout the country.
Here is a record at three crossings in a section where cars are numorous on the Dixie Highway: of 967 cars, 221 stopped, 354 looked in one direction, 555 looked in both directions before crossing the tracks, only 58 crossed without taking any percaution and but 28 crossed at a speed exceeding 20 miles per hour. Only 6 percent failed to take any heed whatever.
Railroad campaigns on the subject is helping too. Newspapers are helping. Some are more caucious, which is helping others. Accidents are to be decreased by all this, sure.
The city authorities are taking all manner of precautions against a possible revage from mad dogs around town. Muzzling them is one thing they are doing. Last Thursday a dog that was said to be mad was killed on the south side. Others have been seen around town lately.
A community matter that is stirring the largest cities of the state and a big number of the smaller ones is the fair grounds and buildings and locally like conditions prevail. This is a community matter which deserves deep considerations. The Johnson County Fair Association is certainly facing a crisis, just as is the Potato House folks and one or two other public institutions around. Advertisements are running for the sale of some fair propertied in Georgia and the end is in sight for them unless a big obstacle is overcome and that quickly.
We cannot say that the fair is the best and ultimate form of amusement, educational interest and value as a drawing card to any one community through agricultural, commercial or industrial endeavor but we do believe it is worth the price and effort of maintanance, has been in the past and will be in the future. We know of no nicer, smoother and better adapted grounds in the state than these. On high and dry surface, an elevated, convenient place, it is excellent in tangible property, matching the splendid qualities a fair is supposed to represent and we cannot help but feel that these grounds and buildings in some quick way should be preserved for the county, and for each section where it would appear their passing is impending.
Bond holders of Georgia-Carolina Fair had to forclose because of a continued lack of payment of even the interest. In Macon they had an embarrassing situation which is not yet overcome in its entirety and in Savannah they have met terrible straights in finances and business management. County fair after county fair has gone up from various causes until the number in the state has been flimsily diminished.
Now in view of these things and other circumstances and for the sake of the county the people should bestir themselves to save this property and keep a fair going in our humble judgement right on and on.
Careful crossing railroad crossings is more or less and we believe is more of a law unto the operator of an auto himself from every standpoint than unto any other or element and therefore not a matter of legislating for or against. It is a direct law unto themselves, a matter entirely up to the man at the wheel; personal one, if you please. We are (Headlight) against that bill introduced to compel motorists to come to a complete stop at all railroad crossings.
Reckless driving autos is playing out anyhow. Wrecks have done much to stop it. Autoists are now more careful at railroad crossings and due thought of what might happen is being taken. Precautions are no longer silently ignored. Riding out with a Brunswick autoist the other day we were taken into his confidence at the start in his assurance that his passengers would never be hit by a moving train. So it is. Drivers of autos are looking out throughout the country.
Here is a record at three crossings in a section where cars are numorous on the Dixie Highway: of 967 cars, 221 stopped, 354 looked in one direction, 555 looked in both directions before crossing the tracks, only 58 crossed without taking any percaution and but 28 crossed at a speed exceeding 20 miles per hour. Only 6 percent failed to take any heed whatever.
Railroad campaigns on the subject is helping too. Newspapers are helping. Some are more caucious, which is helping others. Accidents are to be decreased by all this, sure.
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