January 11,1924.
The county primary in all 11 districts of the county will be held on the 16th. There are around 2760 registered voters. The interest in this election is running high, as high as ever. It is expected that out of the 2760 voters, between 2000 and 2250 will cast ballots meaning results will not be completely tabulated until late in the night or early morning.
The City Council at it's first meeting put on two new members, M. S. Duggan and R. R. Martin. Ivey R. Tanner was re-elected. Mr. J. Carl Claxton remains chief of police and Arthur Oliver is the night policeman. Mr. Harvey Spell was changed from that job to collector and inspector. Mr. John B. Harrison is electrician, J. Roy Rowland is city clerk and E. E. Daley treasurer. Overhauling the plant and water system there has been some disturbance in service but should be back on track soon.
The City has been in total darkness the last few nights owing to the work going on at the plant in repairing it. Water has also been a matter too. The well up town on the public square has afforded a supply for residents. Schools closed down this week on account of water.
When Johnson County people woke Sunday morning it was the coldest here since 1899 when the Mercury stood at 8 1/2 degrees. It was 6 degrees Sunday morning and went up to only 27. It's the coldest January on record since 1886 when it went below zero.
The Board of Education consolidated the Wesley Chapel and Stokes schools. Several from Stokes oppose this making it necessary to have an election on it which will be Feb. 2nd.
Dr. Wade R. Bedingfield, chief of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary medical staff, New York City is home visiting his parents, Dr. & Mrs. P. B. Bedingfield. Another big hog sale will be held on Jan. 30th. Two other county banks released their statement of condition. The Citizens Bank of Kite $130,732.96; The Bank of Adrian $115,127.98.
Mr. John Sumner has opened a bicycle shop at the Crawford Shops. Also the Crawford Shops does acetylene welding and has a good horse shoer for your miles and horses. Many fine porkers have been laid away in the smokehouses of the Farmers of the county the last few days and there is plenty to eat in the land for the next 12 months.
Mr. Horace Williams wed Miss Louise Smith at Gethsemane on Dec. 30th. Miss Irene Paul wed Mr. Herbert Burns in a surprise wedding on Dec. 28th. She is daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Paul and he is a son of Mr. & Mrs. John Burns. The infant child of Oscar Davis was buried at Beulah on Dec. 30th.
Mr. Bill Crawford, 74, died Sunday morning from a complication of troubles. It was while hauling wood that he was injured by his team as he was working with the mules and receiving a breast injury which hastened his death. His wife, 4 daughters and a son survive him. Also a brother, John W. A. Crawford. He was buried at Westview.
Mr. W. C. Tompkins was stricken with paralysis and passed away Saturday night. He was 60 years old and was a Mason and a prominent merchant. He was buried in Westview.
Mrs. Emily Francis Wise, the wife of John Wise, died at her sister's, Mrs. John R. Grice Jan. 6th. She was 74. She came from Tennille to visit Mrs. Grice and got seriously ill and died. She was buried at Mt. Moriah in Washington County.
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