From days Gone By June 14,1924

 June 14,1924.

     Thieves are still at work around Wrightsville. About 2 or 3 Saturday night they broke open the garage of Mr. Roundtree, editor of the Headlight, and drove off his new Buick. Major Loring Clayton, the coroner, while on his usually early morning rounds of checking his chickens, discovered the car missing. An immediate search ensued and the car was easily tracked speeding towards Dublin. Telegrams were sent and Fred Roberts and the chief of police set up a search.

    While driving out of Dublin, 4 men were near the bend of the road this side of the Grove the people call East Dublin, and behind the large sign of the Stevens Hardware Co., the car was seen by Horace McCord, W. R. Locke, L. E. Shepard and Cordey Tindoll and Roberts was notified. No damage was done to the car.

    While attending the sing at Idylwild Sunday, Mr. T. T. Barnett of Dublin had some miscreants drive off in his Buick and it was later found abandoned in the road near Dublin.

    Many people believe it to be an "inside job". Some incline to the idea of a crowd of reward hunters that demoralize the community by stealing cars and leaving them miles away in the woods. It is growing into a bad state of affairs in this section.

    Many thousand people went to Idylwild Sunday to the singing convention. Train loads from all over and autos of all sorts came until the grounds were covered with people.

    Cashier Elmer E. Daley is now VP of the Exchange Bank. Since the bank was organized 14 years ago he has been cashier and will still act in that capacity. He replaced the late J. M. Mason.

    R. H. Smith moved his sawmill to a tract of timber south of Kite. The tract is owned by W. H. Lovett Lumber Co. The lumber will come to the Lovett planning Mills and shipped away from here.

    Bernard Rawls is in jail at Tybee for shooting A. L. Poindexter, the proprietor of Hotel Tybee and Rawls was the night clerk. Rawls is well known in Johnson County.

    The 18 month old baby of Mr. J. J. Harrison died at home in Scott after a short illness. The baby was buried at Davisboro. Mr. Jack McCook, 68, a painter by trade, died at Mr. & Mrs. Joe Alewine's home of cancer. He was buried in Westview. Mrs. Johnny Frost died at her country home. She was a sister of Phillip Price.

    Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Stephens had an 8 pound baby girl on May 31st. Her name is Elizabeth La-Rose.

    Telegrams were received here by the Wrightsville Commercial Club stating the bill for the erection of a bridge over the Oconee River on the Bee-Line passed the House and Senate. This is the direct work of Congressman W. W. Larsen. A survey must now be made by the state highway department. The Bee-Line project is still moving along and more results are coming.