From Days Gone By April 18, 1911

April 18, 1911. Contractor Chester informs that the Vivola Opera House will be opened in October. Six hundred and fifty opera chairs have been shipped out of Chicago will be installed shortly. The drop curtain, scenery and other stage properties are ordered. The Vivola is a handsome play house, well ventalated and conveniently arranged, supplied with lights, ample seating, fire escapes and all other modern conviences. The Vivola building embraces opera house and offices on the second floor, while on the ground floor a mammoth store room to be occupied by the Wrightsville Furnature Company. The building is owned by E. A. W. Johnson, planned and built by W. C. Chester, the most experienced architects and builders in the state. This fills a long-felt want in Wrightsville, and a splendid addition to our town. An automatic drinking fountain for the benefit of both man and beast has been placed on the west side of the square by the city fathers. It is a very unique piece of cas-iron, with two basins. The lower basin for mules and horses, and the upper for people. It is much needed. Other fountains are to be installed in other parts of town. Seventeen convictions in city court is a record for one day. The greater number of these were blind tiger cases. Chief Ferguson is having some much needed work done on the streets and it is well appreciated by the pedestrians who have found the walks anything but straight and narrow, owing to the super abundance of weeds and grass. Prof. Julian Cook will open a singing and instrumental school at Gethsemene Church. Misses Vivian and Ola Johnson will enter Brenau College at Gainsville. Mr. Julius Jenkins is assisting at the post office in the absense of postmaster J. F. Renfroe. J. D. Bush has accepted a position as salesman in the grocery department at Hayes Bros. where he wants all his old friends to come see him. Jim is a bang-up good fellow, and is reliable and pleasant to trade with. The Farmers Union Gin has ginned 12 bales of cotton and stored 15 bales this week. The Lovett Gin has ginned 12 bales and the City Warehouse has stored 15 bales also. Miss Rosa Lee Sumner, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. G. F. Sumner has married Mr. T. F. McGahee, a successful young county farmer. Misses Vola and Dola Claxton, twin daughters of Mr. & Mrs. L. J. Claxton celebrated their 15th birthday. Mr. A. T. Clarke of New Home is sick. Miss Bronnie May Tanner is convalescing after two weeks illness of bilious fever. Mrs. J. M. Blackshear is headed to Macon for the sanitarium. Growing on the sidewalk in front of J. V. Snell's residence, near Lynhurst, are several beautiful pecan trees loaded with fruit. Mr. Snell has a nice orchard and his crop of peacans bids to be a prolific one. Geo. M. Rhiner, guardian of Ida, Clinton, M. T. Rhiner and A. L. Neal applied for discharge of his guardianship. Mrs. Claude McEntyre, administratrix of R. H. McEntyre asked to be discharged from the estate. W. T. Scarboro, guardian of Pauline Tapley asked for discharge. Mrs. M. E. Taylor files application for year's support. John Vanlandingham files for Letters of Administration on the estate of Julia E. Vanlandingham. Yesterday morning, about 8 am a fearful auto accident occured at Adrian, resulting in serious injury to two of the occupants, and possibly the death of the third. The car was owned by John Smith of Lumber City, and at the time of the accident was in charge of his two young sons, accompanied by their uncle, George Smith of Adrian. While crossing the track of the Brewton & Pinora Railroad, the auto was struck by a freight train and thrown some distance from the track and completely demolished. The occupants were pinned beneath the wreckage, from which they were extricated as quickly as possible. The two boys were carried to a near by drug store, where it was found that one of them was severly scalded, and the other sustained a crushed leg and other injuries and there is little hope for his recovery. Mr. George Smith was taken to his home, he is very painfully injured about the head and is in a serious condition. Mr. J. H. Rowland of Wrightsville visited the scene shortly after it occured.