From Days Gone By Oct. 25,1924

 October 25, 1924.

    Sonnie Boy Dillard, a colored boy up in the Ring Jaw district, was charged in a warrant by Eddie Fields, a colored farmer on the Rawlings' Harris place. He was charged with stealing $35 from Field's store. Bailiff N. D. Whitaker found Dillard at Bent Tanner's home and on his person a government check that belonged to Field's wife and some change. Dillard finally told where the other had been thrown under a horse trough at Mr. Tanner's home and returned there for the money.

    One of Mr. Tanner's son's was feeding and when Dillard came divided the money with the white boy. When the bailiff first rode up to the house the division was going on and the money thrown under the trough but after the negros capture the white boy hid the bills in the hay loft. Mr. Tanner told the bailiff of some liquor dealings that it was claimed Fields was implicated in and the baliff came to town and reported to county policeman W. T. Kitchens.

    Kitchens, N. D. Whitaker and J. C. Whitaker went to Manson Bell's home near Fields home and found two 50 gallon barrels and one 30 gallon barrel of mobby and between 3 and 4 gallons of whiskey. The still was located in the rear of Bell's home in a pit. The still was brought in with the liquor. Fields was charged with selling the Tanner boy and another boy or two some whiskey and he was lodged in jail with the Dillard boy. Bell was captured by the above officers assisted by Capt. C. T. Wright and constable L. C. Ross after a hot chase through some field's. All three are in jail pending trial.

    Contractor Chester is now building a new gasoline filling station on the newly acquired lot across from the Georgia Grocery Co. The owners, J. H. Rowland and E. N. Hitchcock are building it big enough to have a retail accessory department and a storage room for automobiles. A battery service station will also be there run by M. E. Woods.

    Superior Court was convened. The divorce mill ran on schedule and a half dozen or so we're granted either partial or total divorce. Thomas Scott, colored, was tried for the murder of Richard Jackson, colored, near Price's bridge and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and got 10 to 15 years in the pen.

    Ensign Merritt J. Flanders, an Ocilla boy, the son of Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Flanders was killed Oct. 16th in an aeroplane accident. He was a graduate of the naval academy. While in the service on the Pacific he stopped off in San Diego and went up with a friend in the plane. While up in the air the plane collided with another one at 13,000 ft. Flanders plane crashed to the ground killing him.

    Ellis Smith, colored, who went to Florida over a year ago and worked with many Johnson Co. farmers, came to visit and left some money with his creditors saying he didn't want to pass away owing anybody a cent.

    The statements of condition of the Citizens Bank of Kite was $145,477.26 and The Farmers Bank was $150,055.81.