From Days Gone By July 4, 1925

 July 4,1925.

    A new bridge will be erected across the Ohoopie river at Mason's Springs. Also the road will be straightened out on the west side towards J. D. Kitchens and W. H. Raley. The bridge will cross just up stream from the old structure.

    Still no word from the Supreme Court on the change of venue motion by Rawlings. Judge Camp moved the court date to the 3rd Monday in August to assure the people it is ready for trial once the ruling comes down.

    Meanwhile Rawlings is whiling away the time in jail with his Bible and conversing with Tanner, his former farm overseerer.

    A Johnson Co. son is forging rapidly to the front. Dr. Wade R. Beddingfield of Augusta is moving up fast. With the expert training and actual experience he obtained in New York at the Eye & Ear Infirmary for 2 years. His office is crowded daily and his practice is extending throughout a wide area.

    John T. Fulford is in Hot Springs, Ark. in hopes to regain health taking baths at that national health resort. Mr. Will Tom Smith who farms up near Harrison in this county sold a load of melons here. Mr. W. D. Smith will celebrate his 80th birthday July 27th. He lives at Scott with his son James M. He is a Confederate veteran.

    The W. & T. will have a special train from Tennille to Hawkinsville for the big Knights of the Ku Klux Klan barbeque and rally at Hawkinsville.

    Mr. Leonard Claxton of Kite is dead. He died while in Savannah after getting seriously sick. He was brought back and buried at Gumlog. He was 24 and a son of Mr. & Mrs. M. J. Claxton of Kite.

    Miss Irene Coleman of Stevens Crossing and Mr. L. D. Hammock of Miami were married at Summertown in Emanuel Co. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Coleman. The groom is a son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Hammock of Wrightville. After the wedding they were guests at the Frost Hotel before leaving for Miami where Mr. Hammock is in business.