October 19,1923.
There were nine bidders for the sewerage contract. Engineer Pew opened all the bids and read them while the council tabulated the figures and would announce the low bidder at 8 pm. Dysard Construction Co., Atlanta got the bid with a working time of Nov. 10th and 150 days at a cost of $25,000.
All cars going to the motorcade to Savannah will meet at 6 am on Oct. 31st at Bunnies Light's drug store in Kite. The route is via Swainsboro, Graymont, Letter, Statesboro to Savannah. At the Chatham Co. line they will be received by Savannah. The parade will be the longest ever held in Savannah. Miss Helen G. Davis, a great neice of President Jefferson Davis will be "Queen of the Day". Three governors will be there. The 118th F. A. Regiment, 8th Infantry, U. S. Marines from Paris Island, with 5 bands.
Those from Johnson going so far are J. H. Rowland, C. D. Roundtree, T. E. Vickers, A. L. Hatcher, W. F. Outlaw, W. D. Rowland, E. B. Price, Jesse Anderson, W. C. Chester, C. M. Sheppard, Loyd Price, Byron Price, J. Y. Chastain, W. C. Brinson, R. P. Jackson, G. B. Harrison.
Prof. Luther Lillard will run again for school superintendent. Mr. Reuben C. Douglas of Meeks announces for Sheriff. Dr. Douglas is a son of Confederate Veteran, John A. Douglas, Sr. and he himself is a World War veteran.
W. M. Shurling shipped in two car loads of beef cattle, 100 head in all to feed the winter. E. E. Sanders, I. R. Tanner and G. H. Prescott also got a car load each. Johnson Co. has ginned 2,685 bales of cotton so far this year. Mr. G. J. Tyson cultivated 18 acres in half and half cotton and used $232.98 for fertilizer and poison and made 7182 pounds of lint cotton. This is 399 lbs per acre. This cotton will more than third itself, 1270 lbs of seed cotton when ginned made a bale weighing 574 lbs. Another bale in seed weighing 1285 lbs ginned a bale weighing 580 lbs. Another 1155 of seed made a bale 534 lbs. 1200 lbs even made a bale 546 lbs. Tyson planted on the ridge and used the old-time methods of farming these 18 acres
Born Oct. 12th to Mr. & Mrs Fluker Tarbutton was a fine baby girl. Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Chester on Oct. 14th had a daughter. Mr. Loyd Price celebrated his 63rd birthday with a barbeque.
The local law firm of R. P. Jackson & J. Roy Rowland have dissolved their partnership so as to practice on their own. While pulling corn near Pullen's school house Mrs. E. J. Tharpe came very near bitten by a hugh rattler coiled and ready to strike within one step of her. She killed the monster of 16 rattles.
Brinson's corner appears to be the most popular place in the business district since a triangular seat was placed around a tree. Loiters now sit, talk and chew tobacco, and gravely discuss the important questions of the day. You will see handsome matrons, winsome maids, elderly maidens, pensive widows, stop or paise there for a while on the sidewalk.
A close observant of nature and of nature's ways, who lives here, predicts that the coming winter in this section will be the coldest in a half dozen years. He says some indictive signs are the persimon is ripening earlier, the pepper pods have a deeper crimson hue, the Redbird has an increased brilliancy, and the cherry lips of lovely maidens look sweeter than when the vernal sun was sweetly shinning and the wild Violet's blooming in the shady forest.
When the first spade enters the earth in Wrightsville for a complete set of sewers your property will be worth a fourth more.
Son: "Father, what did he say, damphool? What is that?"
Father: "It's a little fool made over by a little money and prestige."
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