August 3, 1923.
We stand a chance to get or to lose a real national highway right through the middle of Johnson County if action is taken or not taken this week. A little money will make the difference. We will never get anywhere on the way unless some effort and funds are forth coming. It is the same story but on a newer proposition. If Wrightsville and Johnson ever goes anywhere now is the time to get on another map.
Eastman raised $600, Dublin $1000, Louisville and Bartow are getting up about the same amount. It remains for Johnson to get equal to the others in porportion. Other counties are going after it and it can slip around us here.
Why money? They want it to log the route, make maps of it, put up markers, blaze the way and advertise it so that national travel will use it. That's all folks. We must have this highway while it comes our way to get it.
Wrightsville and Johnson should make a strong pull to get the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway to come through. It would mean the eventual elimination of one main, long road to keep up and put the county on a national highway of through travel. The Bee-Line will be built someday.
There has been much activity with the City Council on the adequate installment of a sewerage system throughout the town. For years there has been an adequate water supply filling the wants of the people but now wanted sewerage. The last few months has placed the financial condition of the city as to enable it to go into these modern improvements now being promulgated. Policing the city has been resultant of much revenue compared to other years turning in around 100 cases so far this year. Revenues from every source has gained some and the city is practically living within it's income.
The new machinery has arrived and is being installed. Council members visited Swainsboro and Vidalia to inspect their systems and decided not to accept the engineering offer of the McCrary Co. and went with Pugh.
Bonds have been advertised for a month now and were sold yesterday. The City Council opened the sealed bids for the $30,000 in bonds, there being 6 bids considered as presented. The successful bidder was the Lowry Bank & Trust Co. of Georgia. These bonds will mature on December 1, 1949. Other bidders were from banks in Chicago, Atlanta, Texas and Ohio. Prospects for Wrightsville to have a full and complete water and sewerage system are certain and the people's dream is coming true.
Dr. D. C. Harrison, Johnson's representative in the House is home at Kite for a few days. Mr. Arlie Price has assumed his position with Parker & Price Grocery. Mr. Claude Hicks is with the Central of Georgia Railway. Mr. Alfred Barnes has gone to Aiken to work for Community Ice and Coal Co. Mr. J. H. Rowland brought in the first open cotton boll of the season.
School teachers from all over will be coming here this week to take the regular state examination for license to teach school. Alton Caneega and John Edward Vanlandingham leave for Rome to attend Martha Barry Schools. During the past month Idylwild has become the popular resort for camping and picnics.
On July 25th Jimmie Mitchell returned home to his mother, Mrs. Martha Mitchell near Snell's Bridge after being imprisoned for 8 years.
On July 25th Mr. James Joel Hoover, 67, died at his home 5 miles from Wrightsville after a 2 week illness of paralysis. He was buried in the Scarbourgh Cemetery. He was twice married, three children by his first wife with only one living. His last wife, Miss Jane Brantley, had 13 children with 8 still living.
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