From Days Gone By Dec. 8, 1911

December 8, 1911. On last Saturday night, while Mr. P. H. Hicks was returning home from the circus with his little son and daughter, and when near the residence of Dr. Haines, on Court Street, he was overtaken by a white man named Mitchell. It was said he was drinking, and was cursing to such an extent that Mr. Hicks remonstrated with him, and asked him to desist using such language in the presence of his little daughter. The rebuke so enraged Mitchell that without a moments warning he attacked Mr. Hicks and inflicted a severe wound on the back of his neck with a knife, after which Mitchell and his brother came on in town, got in their buggy and left. Mr. Hicks succeeded in reaching the residence of Dr. S. M. Johnson, which was near by, and had Dr. Johnson to dress his wound. After which he was taken home. A warrant was at once taken out for Mitchell and he was arrested and brought to town where a peliminary trial was held. Also last Saturday night some vacant shanties belonging to the Robinson Planning Mills, near the W. & T. Railroad, in the southern portion of town, caught fire from some unknown cause, and was soon destroyed. The planning mill near by was in jeopardy but the fire companies quenched the flames so the loss was not much. In the last issue of the Wrightsville Chronicle, the suspension of that paper was announced, and the plant will be converted into a job office. Editor F. A. Sinquefield and manager Frank Jackson, deserve credit for the efforts they have put forth to make the Chronicle a success, and it was regreted their departure from journalism. The Dan Kelly Vaudiville Company is now playing at the Vivola. For one night only, December 14th the comedy success of the century "The Chorus Lady", a comedy by James Forbes. Prices are 50 cents, 75 cents and $1.00 on sale at H. C. Tompkins store. Little Elizabeth Stephens is convalesing after a severe illness. Mrs. C. A. Moore is recovering from a fall. Claudius, the little son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Beall, of Dublin is ill with pneumonia at his grandmothers, Mrs. Sinquefield. Donnie Mayo, the 12 year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Mayo, died at their home near Wrightsville. The little girl had been in feeble health for some time, though she died suddenly. She was interred at Beulah Baptist Church cemetery by Rev. W. E. Harville. Charlie Wilson and George Gannon went to Swainsboro making the trip in Tanner's auto, with Otho at the wheel. W. A. Mixon and family have moved back to their old home on Belmont Avenue. Santa Claus is making his annual visit to Wrightsville, and the stores are a veritable scene of beauty and brightness. Handsome and simple gifts are here in abundance, and one has only to go and select what they want. No town in the state handles a better selected or a larger stock of Christmas goods and novelties than Wrightsville.