From Days Gone By Dec. 21,1923

 December 21,1923.

    Deputy Sheriff Oscar L. Smith died at his home in Scott. He had been sick for several weeks and during the last ten days developed pneumonia, most of the time being unconscious.

    Deputy Smith was prominently engaged in a lot of the principal affairs of his community and county for several years. He would have been just 37 in a week. He is a son of Mr. W. D. Smith of Scott. His mother preceded him by a few days. His wife and two sons, nearly grown survive him. Several doctors, a trained nurse and family attended to him closely during his sickness.

    The funeral was at the Baptist Church. A delegation of the Klan attended numbering about twenty. He was a Mason and a member of the Baptist Church. Pall bearers were J. B. Williams, Jim, Grady and Tom Davis, B. B. Blount, J. Nat Riner, W. T. Kitchens and Roy Rowland.

    Mr. J. Wesley Hammock enters the race for Tax Collector. He is a son of Jas. A. Hammock who was a brother to Henry and Mark Hammock. Mr. J. W. Veal is a candidate for Coroner and Col. A. L. Hatcher runs for Solicitor of City Court.

    Farmer Ben J. Peddy of Donovan is receiving good sums for his pecans. He has sold between five and six hundred dollars worth from his orchard. This week he had a check for nearly $300 for one single shipment.

    Rev. Charlie Hunnicutt, pastor of Mt. Pleasant church has moved from Augusta to the Gum-log community and will preach at Gum-Log.

    More letters to Santa were sent in from T. L. Price, Jr., Nevada Price, Alma Price, Rebecca Webb, Fred Norris, Floy Norris, Hugh Hall, Newman Hall, Fred Price and Clovis Price.

    Entering deeply into the very innermost spirit of the season now on us, The Johnson Journal bows to the sentiments of this Christmas time and wishes for your family, yourself and friends the good cheer that can be possessed at this time for all of you. Despite everything this past year has been good to us. Showers of blessings have fallen upon our pathway to lighten the burdens and lessen the cares of a varied program and it is to you that we owe this happy state. We have tried to serve you faithfully and well as of always. We have done as much as we feel that we could in moving onward in a very conservative, progressive manner and trust that our efforts have not been in vain.

    May your Christmas be merry, happy and full of joy every minute of it is our sincere desire for you and yours and we ask an interest in the prayers of the praying people of our county that next year may find us doing those things which will make for the best accomplishments for our own interests and that of the people we serve. We bid you a Merry Christmas and a year of happiness, peace and prosperity.