From Days Gone By April 26,1924

 April 26,1924.

    What came near being a bad accident happened about noon Saturday at the Washington-Johnson line. E. L. Stephens, Jr., and a party of young ladies of the city were returning from Sandersville on a school matter.

    In catching up with a loaded wagon the driver sounded his sparton but to no avail and he found himself to close to safely pass and as the big car swerved around the wagon hit a wet, Sandy place in the road and slides in the ditch and turned over on its side. Stephens was driving a moderate speed and had it under control until he got the treacherous spot in the road.

    In the front with E. L. were Miss Elizabeth Stephens who obtained a slight gash, and Miss Louise Moore who was uninjured. In the back was Miss Annie Mae Melton, high school music teacher sustained a painful nose injury and a hard hit on the forehead and left arm. Miss Theo Parker and Odessa Moore escaped injury. Miss Melton was rushed to town by Mr. E. R. Frost who came up on the wreck and Drs. Johnson and Brinson attended her. Then she was taken to a nose specialist in Dublin.

    On May 3rd each county district will hold an election for three vacancies on the school board. The terms of B. B. Blount, E. E. Sanders and I. R. Tanner are up and they are not seeking re-election. Blount states that two of the board should be ladies. So far R. R. Martin has announced for a seat.

    M. V. Mahoney of Dublin died at home from a stroke and was buried in Northview Cemetery. He had been with the W. & T. Railroad 35 years with 22 years in Dublin. 

    Mr. Alexander McWhorter, son of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. McWhorter broke both bones in his right arm while practicing pole vaulting at the fairgrounds athletic field.

    The Johnson County Confederate Veterans will receive their pensions this week. Wendel Crowe, son of Mr. & Mrs. M. E. Crowe was elected president of the senior class at Oglethorpe University. Mr. Alonzo Maddox, proprietor of the Coochecoo Barber Shop contemples having a beauty parlor here with a lady in charge. Mr. Lewis Davis murdered two huge rattlesnakes.

    John G. Kight died at Metter and brought to Kite for burial with Masonic honors by the Kite Lodge. He was brother to Sen. Kight. On April 12th Martha Steptoe, wife of J. F. Steptoe of Meeks died. They married Oct. 21,1869. She was 73 and buried in Anderson Cemetery.

    Mrs. Carrie Wood Mason, wife of Henry R. Mason died on the 5th in Bryan County and buried in the Lawrence Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Lorin and Robbie, two daughters, Mrs. Zettie Williams and Miss Zelma Mason of Pembroke.

    Lonnie Salter, colored of Adrian, plead guilty to a misdemeanor in City Court and got 11 months on the gang. 

    William Atkinson, colored, the largest person in the county weighing 333 lbs was in town. He says he would not be afraid to have a fist fight with ole Goliath should he be alive.