From Days Gone by Nov. 7,1912

November 7, 1912.

    The Democrats are in the saddle, Wilson vote breaks all records. Woodrow Wilson has been elected President of the United States by an overwhelming majority. He wins Georgia by 30,000 votes. The presidential election here was pulled off quietly with the following results: Congressman Hughes, 370; Woodrow Wilson, 285; Teddy Rosevelt, 92; William Howard Taft, 23. Congressman Dudley M. Hughes of this 12th congressional district paid a visit to Wrightsville and was a guest at the Lovett Hotel. Since the creation of the 12th district Mr. Hughes is our first representative in a national election.

   An application for a charter was filed by attorneys Faircloth & Claxton for a new company, The Georgia Construction and Improvement Company. The petition for charter was filed on behalf of J. H. Rowland, E. J. Sumner, R. L. Kent, C. R. Williams, W. C. Tompkins, J. M. Smith, O. A. Kennedy, R. R. Martin, William Faircloth, Charles S. Claxton and J. M. Mason.

   The Johnson County Farmers Union, No. 73, will meet at Piney Mount school on the 13th, G. C. Raines, President; N. B. Miller, secretary. On Friday night the faculty of Warthen College will host an oyster supper at the court house. Messrs. R. Z. Sterling, H. C. Tompkins, R. L. Stephens and Otho Tanner, automobiled to Augusta this week. J. M. Hammock, Jr., brought to town a sample stalk of his sugar cane crop for this season. The stalk in question was a magnificent one, measuring ten feet in length and weighed a fraction over six pounds. A sensational walking advertisment was in our city this week, that of a supposed to-be-indian in toggery of paint and feathers, going house to house selling Big Chief Vener.

   Mrs. Flynt Flanders has been ill with tonsilitis. Dr. William Rawlings was in town to see Mrs. Susan Sammons, and Mrs. T. J. Holt, both who have been quite ill. Mr. John F. Norris, one of Wrightsville's oldest and prominent citizens is critically ill from a stroke of paralysis and is now bedridden. Claude Tompkins, the 14 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Tompkins broke his right arm while cranking his fathers car. Drs. Brinson and Johnson set his arm and he is now doing well.

   Last Tuesday Mr. James M. Tapley died after a brief illness of stomach trouble at his home near Kite and was buried at Oaky Grove. He was survived by his wife and several sons and daughters. He was a Confederate soldier serving throughout the war and was 65 years old. He was a member of Powells Chapel. After an extended illness of fever Mr. John Powell died at his fathers, Mr. L. S. Powell. He was connected with the firm of M. Davis & Co. of Wrightsville and was buried at Oaky Grove.

   After suffering several years from paralysis, Dr. Charles Hicks died at his home in Mount Vernon, and was buried in the family cemetery at Dublin. Dr. Hicks was a native of Johnson County, and spent his early manhood near Wrightsville. Over 30 years ago he located in the practice of medicine at Mount Vernon, going from there to Dublin, and then back to Mount Vernon. He was 59 years old, and besides his wife and four sons, he is survived by one brother, Captain Jimmy Hicks of Fitzgerald, and three sisters, Mrs. Snell of Fla., Mrs. Linder of Higgston and Mrs. Charles Moore of Wrightsville. He was a son of Major James Hicks.