From Days Gone By June 6,1925

 June 6,1925.

    The Bee-Line highway from Kite to Macon will be surveyed as soon as the officials of Johnson and Wilkinson counties submit official request in writing to the Highway Department. This was agreed to at a meeting in East Point. Judge A. L. Hatcher of Johnson and Dr. Evans of Wilkinson submitted the proposal and it was also granted for an engineer to locate this road and the place to bridge the Oconee.

    No one at this point knows where the bridge will be located until the road is surveyed. Those from Johnson's delegation were, U. R. Jenkins, A. L. Hatcher, J. H. Rowland, C. D. Roundtree, O. H. Tompkins, R. P. Hicks, W. J. Flanders, R. E. Brinson, W. D. Sumner, D. C. Harrison, J. S. Stephenson, Jas E. Clarke, John M. Johnson, S. D. Howard, M. T. Riner, Z. A. Anderson and Leonard Claxton.

    The county Fair is set to be held November 3rd to 8th. Thousand dollars will be offered in premiums. Mr. Arthur B. Price turned in the first full cotton bloom on May 27th. Mr. & Mrs. Murphy Norris had a baby boy.

    Dr. Wade R. Beddingfield is doing some good surgical and medical work in Augusta according to The Augusta Herald. It accounts the restoration of the eye sight of an Augusta lady was a wonderful exploit of the skill this young man posesses. The lady had been blind for a year but now can see as good as ever. Dr. Beddingfield is a product of one of the best families in Johnson County.

    Friday afternoon Sheriff Lovett J. Claxton and Deputy Carl Claxton made a raid on a large copper still outfit in the Eastern part of the county, bringing in the entire outfit including some "shine". The still itself was one of the largest seen in the county yet, and created a lot of interest. A lot of "mobby" was turned out.

    It is reported that this still played a role in another raid some months ago. The officers made a second raid Saturday morning near Meeks bringing in a lard can outfit, worm, pipe, etc. The officers are on the lookout for whiskey operations and have succeeded lately in turning in alot of business in this line.