Tuesday, June 28, 2022

From Days Gone By July 5,1924

July 5,1924.
    Several citizens spent the 4th out of town, others went fishing, the rest went to Idylwild for swimming, skating and a ball game. Mr. A. B. Rowland while diving into the pool at Idylwild hit the bottom and severly injured his neck. The place he dived was considered deep, but the recent heavy rains had filled the pool in and nobody realized this. They thought he broke his neck but after examination by Dr. Brantley it was just a bad sprain.
    Idylwild has been very popular this summer for camping. Mr. & Mrs. B. B. Hayes, Mrs. R. H. Rowland, Misses Louise Moore, Elizabeth Cook, Ruby and Nina Jackson, Mr. Edward Sanders and Annis Martin are down there camping this week.
    A private hog sale was held on the 28th where over 90 head were sold at 8 cents top basis. Approximately 15,000 lbs brought $1,133.67. Thomas and Tucker of Macon were the successful bidders.
    L. A. Downs, President of the Central of Georgia Railway states 2000 cars of peaches have been moved on the lines and about 7000 more before the season is over. Georgia has not had a crop failure in 26 years, a record not equalled by any other peach growing state .
    Bill Jenkins while working at Martin's sawmill got hit in the head by a piece of iron making a long gash on his head. Dr. T. L. Harris repaired him with 8 stitches. Mr. Jet Kitchens while sawing some lumber to make stove wood at a sawmill near town, got his hand caught in the saw nearly cutting it off. The thumb was cut nearly through the bone and the other fingers badly cut.
    Miss Eva Powell, 14, the daughter of Mrs. A. H. Powell was seriously burned on her shoulder and arm while carrying a bucket of hot water from the kitchen to another room, her foot slipped spilling it on herself.
    Mr. & Mrs. L. J. Claxton announced the engagement of their daughter, Annie Lee, to Mr. Henry Murphy Newsome of Callahan, Fla.
    The family of Mr. & Mrs. H. T. Hammock all gathered at the old home place for a reunion. When everyone arrived they all went to Cedar Grove and enjoyed a sermon. Afterwards they all went back to the home place and had dinner under the big oaks.
   All 12 of their children were there and 45 grandchildren, only Cecil was not there. The children of H. T. were  J. M. and Johnnie Hammock of Scott; Arthur and Dewey Hammock and Mrs. Will Brantley of Harrison; B. H., Greely, M. D. Hammock, Mrs. Tyler Young and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Wrightsville and Roy Hammock of Salem, Ohio.

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