From Days Gone By September 1, 1911

September 1, 1911. The fall term of Warthen College 1911 will open September 5th. The college opens at night to give the patrons, as well as the public, an opportunity to meet teachers, hear the lectures and the outline of the year's work. Nothing means more to Wrightsville than the opening exercises at the college. The school exists alone for the children and the teachers are here to help you help your children meet the great issues of this great age. Hon. E. L. Stephens of Wrightsville, representative in the Genera Assembly from Johnson County; announces that he will be a candidate for Solicitor General of the Dublin Circuit at next years election. He has practiced at the bar here for a number of years and is well known in Wilkinson, Johnson, Laurens and Twiggs. He is a strong lawyer, is popular with the people and would make a good solicitor if elected. He is in his first term as state representative. The Empire Store will begin its Great Sale tomorrow. T. G. Holt, proprietor has returned from the northern markets with goods galore. Gainor Burns, one of the best known and most popular salesmen in this section, has bought an interest in the firm of Vickers- Williams Co. He was formally employed at Hayes Bros. where he has sold "stacks of goods". The ladies committee will be selling ice cream and cake on the court house lawn with the proceeds going to pay for the piano just purchased for the methodist church. A tiled pavement is being laid in front of the Lovett Building, corner of Marcus and College streets, and will be quite an improvement when finished. Little Winnifred Scott has been quite sick. The friends of Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Kent will be glad to learn that their children, Alice and Louise are recovering from a recent severe illness of diphtheria. Mr. & Mrs. Lee Franklin Smith announce the birth of a 12 pound boy, who has been given the name of Edward Eugene. Last sunday Mr. W. B. Moorman was united in marriage to Miss Amanda A. Johnson of Kite. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. D. Walker, Sr. at his home at Tom. Mrs. John Underwood died at her home in Wrightsville tuesday morning after a lengthy illness of pellagra. She was buried at Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Henry Price died wednesday morning near New Home. She had been in poor health for sometime though her death was unexpected. She was the mother of Mrs. Silas Powell of Wrightsville. On last saturday there was a half bushel bucket of rattlesnakes on exhibition on our streets. There were 27 in number, 26 young ones from 12 to 18 inches long, and the mother snake, a formidable looking old creature. This interesting family of snakes had their home in a log near the Johnson Dairy Farm. They were found and killed by some of the farm hands. Mr. Charlie G. Rawlings has placed an order for a gasoline plow, and as soon as the crops can be gathered will begin operating it about november. The plow costs $3000 and will consume 50 gallons of gasoline per day. An average day's work will be 24 acres. If it can be kept constantly at work it is capable of breaking 600 acres per month. Disc plows will be used and will cut in the earth 15 inches. "Do not marry the young lady who allows herself to float around the neighborhood in a top buggy or automobile until 2 in the morning with a counterfeit sport with a weak jaw and weaker morals," was the advice given young men by the Rev. E. N. Askey of the Oakland Avenue M. E. Church in a sermon on "When shall a young man marry?" "Do not marry the young lady who insists on changing partners six nights a week in the front parlor with the lights turned low. Don't marry the young lady who has been pawed over by every yap in the community."