From Days Gone By May 20, 1929

 May 20, 1929.

    On April 29th Judge Camp was informed of a vacancy on the school board by the absence of J. S. Stephenson. Therefore, Judge Camp appointed T. J. Powell as his replacement. However, finding out later there was actually no vacancy. The Judge rescinded his appointment of Powell and reinstated Stephenson. In other more disturbing school news, in early April the Board of Trustees of the Wrightsville District School elected certain teachers for the Fall term of 1929 and Spring term of 1930. The said teachers accepted the appointments. After the Board changed with the appointment of T. L. Martin and election of E. L. Rowland at the first meeting in May, Rowland made a motion that those teachers appointments be rescinded and declared vacant, Martin seconded the motion. This motion was opposed by the other members for the reason they had no right or authority to rescind those contracts already entered by the previous board. Mr. Shurling who approved the first hiring, now as chairman, cast his vote to declare their contracts null and void.

    C. S. Claxton and R. R. Martin, the other trustees stated it seemed the majority of the new board are centering this attack on the vocational and home economics departments of the school, and give no valid reason for it. These salaries are paid under the Smith-Hughes Act which President Coolidge signed this Act, it made it possible for thousands of country boys and girls to receive agricultural training and home economics who otherwise would be denied. The action of the board in eliminating the vocational and home economics just simply means Johnson County's loss, and some other county's gain. The question is asked, Why should Shurling, Rowland and Martin destroy, in 15 minutes, what it has taken the old board more than 5 years to build?

    The county's Board of Tax Equalizers is composed of Charles Bray, Byron Price, Z. T. Houser, and Clerk E. A. Douglas. They are at work on the tax returns of Receiver W. T. Johnson.

    Miss Mattie Hutcheson, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Hutcheson of near Adrian, wed Mr. J. B. Barfield of Griffin at Commerce, Georgia on May 19th.

    Mr. Sollie Price died at his home 4 miles this side of Dublin and was buried at Oaky Grove. Mrs. G. W. Spivey died at the family home near Orianna. She was 62 and born in Johnson County. Professor John M. Spivey was a son. She was buried at Poplar Springs near Scott.

    After a serious illness of about 3 weeks, Mrs. Virgie Mae Fulford, the young wife of Eustis Fulford, died at her parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Rowland. She was buried in the Kent Cemetery. Mr. J. Florence Pool died at his home near Meeks after a brief sickness. He was 69 and was buried at Sardis.

    A sad death was that of Mrs. Georgia Ann Smith, wife of the late William Riley Smith, who lived just over the line in Washington County near Donovan. She was a Johnson native and daughter of George Washington Hammock, Johnson's first coroner. She was a sister to Henry, Jack and Mark Hammock. She died at her daughters in Vidalia. She was 65 and a member of Pleasant Plains Baptist but was buried at Beulah. She had 11 children, four preceded her in death. Those living are Will Tom Smith, Willis Newman Smith, Leon Lester Smith, Eugene Smith, J. W. Smith, Nannie Lou Sheppard and Ada Blount.