From Days Gone By Jan. 4,1924

 January 4,1924.

    Mr. Jim Roberts, Tennille city employee and for 15 years car inspector for the Central of Georgia Railway, shot and killed himself late in the afternoon of December 30th. Mr. Roberts whose wife died seven months ago, has been despondent for some time, said members of his family, and spent the early hours of this afternoon standing beside the grave of his wife.

    Returning home he talked with his children for a time and then went out. Standing on the front porch he fired two shots. The first went wild but the second penetrated his heart. Death was instantaneous. Six children survive, the youngest about 4 and the oldest 18.

    Mr. Arlie Price has sold his interest in the grocery firm of Parker & Price to Mr. L. E. Parker and bought Mr. Parker's interest in the Drug firm of the same name. Mr. Ben Parker will be with the grocery firm and Mr. Price has gone across the street to the drug store.

    Mr. J. T. Tharpe is managing the new store in the J. H. Rowland building and will soon move his family to the city. Mr. Wardell Renfroe and Miss Ruda Mae Pool were happily married at Rehobeth.

    The High School girls basketball team enjoyed a game on last Friday evening with the college contingent, the score being 16 to 6 in favor of the high school team.

 The statements of condition of the local banks Banks were Exchange Bank $340,619.27; The Bank of Wrightsville $317,708.26; The Farmers Bank $159,439.80.

    The young son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Outlaw hurt himself badly when he fell catching a stick against his eye painfully injuring it. On Christmas night while playing with some boys with fireworks Mr. Vernon Hall was hit in the eye with a large Roman Canon ball and came nearly putting his eye out.

    Born to Mr. & Mrs. B. Vickers on Monday morning December 31 was a fine baby boy. C. S. Claxton, J. M. Cook, L. A. Lovett and Harold Harrison are down in Western Florida this week on a hunting and fishing trip. Mrs. A. F. Daley will move to her home on Elm Street which was vacated by Mr. C. H. Moore and family.

    Mr. & Mrs. Jasper David's little daughter died Saturday morning while on a visit to it's grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam Smith near Pringle being sick only a couple hours.

    Gloria Dean Martin, the infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. E. Q. Martin of 17 Hill Park, Macon, died there in the hospital. The baby was 13 months old and been sick for a week. A brother and sister survive besides the parents. She was buried at Westview.

    Mrs. Jim Page of Vidalia, who lived here all her life before going to Vidiala, died. She was brought back here and buried in Westview.

    Playing at the Dixie Theatre "One Week of Love" with Elaine Hammerstein and Conway Tearle, also "Mamma's Affair" with Constance Talmadge.