From Days Gone By Feb 27, 1913

Febuary 27, 1913.

    The college fair given by the faculty and pupils of Warthen College was held on Thursday evening in the Burns building, corner of Court and Marcus streets, and was quite a success in every detail. The booths were artistically arranged and the exhibits were all unique. The work done by scholars in the different grades of the school made a good display and reflected on both teachers and pupils. The fair realized the neat little sum of $38.00 which will go towards the new piano recently purchased for the college.

   There has recently been organized in Wrightsville a company of fun-makers known as the Vivola Minstrels. They will present thier first performance at the Vivola Theatre just as soon as the songs, jokes, monologs, etc. can be learned and the boys get the necessary practice.

   Fellow townsman John R. Grice has just completed one of the prettest and most substantial pieces of concrete work seen anywhere. A tile walk in front of the residence of Dr. R. R. Douglas on Myrtle Avenue. Two parallel walls of concrete of fourteen feet long hold the tile walk in place. Dr. Douglas continues to make handsome improvements to his residence.

   The entire membership of the Wrightsville Baptist Church is earnestly requested to meet at the church next Sunday morning at 11 for the purpose of making arrangement to begin plans for the Brown Memorial building.

   Mr. & Mrs. L. M. Blount are now residing in Pavo, near Thomasville, where Mr. Blount is dealing in all kinds of musical merchandise. Mrs. N. Braddy was taken very ill Saturday and was taken to Herman & Evans Sanitarium in Sandersville.

   Today at the home of the brides parents at Cataula, Ga. Miss Victoria Spreight and Colonel William T. Martin of Tampa, Fla, were married. He is the son of Capt John L. Martin and spent his boyhood in Johnson County. He graduated from the school of law at UGA. After the wedding the couple will leave for Washington City and will attend the inaugural of President Wilson. They will reside in Tampa.

   Mrs. Eliza A. Johnson who died at Kite Febuary 15, was the widow of the late David T. Johnson, and a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jimrus Rhiner. She was 74 and survived by two daughters and four sons. She was a primative baptist.

   Mr. W. Carter of near Scott lost 20 bales of cotton by fire. The hands saved eight bales. The loss was $1500. Mr. Carter is sure that it was fired by someone, and was here last saturday in company with a special detective running down some clues.

    The farmers in the Philadelphia section are very busy getting thier land ready for planting. There was a sing at Jack Minton's at Ennis saturday night with some good ole-time music. At Kite Mr. E. S. Price has recently accepted a position with the Singer Sewing Machine Co. and, J. W. Townsend has had the blues for the last week, but he will soon be alright again. Johnny seems to be very unlucky in the courting line, every girl he goes to see either gets married or moves away.

From Days Gone By Febuary 20, 1913

Febuary 20, 1913.

    Saturday Febuary 22nd is the birthday of George Washington, and the day will be observed by National and State governments, and appropriate ceremonies commemorating this anniversary will be held by the colleges and schools throughout the nation. The post offices and banks will also observe the day. The faculty and pupils of Warthen College will however take a holiday Friday in honor of "The Father of His Country".

   A selection of pupils from the primary department of Warthen College made their debut before the footlights at the Vivola Theatre on last Monday night in the role of different character in the "Dolls Frolic", and "Wings of Mignonett" the latter was especially good and where all did so well it is hard to discriminate, but the readings by little Misses Leila Bryan and Annie Lee Claxton were remarkably well rendered, as was the singing of Miss Edith Shearouse whose rich soprano voice won the highest encomium.

   Today will be the Great School Fair, with wonderful attractions with a special program by Ola Johnson, Edith Sherouse, Frank Jackson, Quergian Martin, Comer Daley. Come see the Horseless Chariot Race, Chamber of Horrors and Cigarette Fiend. Don't miss the fun. This entertainment is for the benefit of Warthen College, admission is only a nickel.

   Mr. R. A. Moore of Hawkinsville is in Wrightsville, and will establish a general repair and machine shop here. Mr. Moore is a fine machinest and was at one time master mechanic of the Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad.

   At a recent conference at the Baptist Church in Wrightsville, Rev. G. J. Davis of Kentucky was called to the pastorate here. He was a pastor here before and it is not known if he will accept or not. Rev. Lewis Barr of Scott was here soliciting subscriptions to aid in building a methodist church at that place. The Missionary Institute for the Wrightsville Circuit was held at Maple Springs.

   Mr. & Mrs. J. W. A. Crawford of Vidalia annouce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Lizzie, to Mr. Robert L. Sumner on Febuary 26th. She is J. W. A.'s youngest daughter and Robert was elected Superintendent of the public schools of Johnson County. Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Tompkins announced the birth of a daughter on the 15th.

   In news from Kite, Mrs. D. T. Johnson, one of the oldest ladies of the community was buried at Kite cemetery. The firm of Messers. Powell and Claxton, merchants of Kite, was mutually dissolved, Q. B. Powell retiring from the firm, M. A. Claxton will continue the business. E. S. Price and family, have recently moved into the residence of J. M. Neal on Montgomery Street. John M. Johnson has gone back into the merchantile business and has put in an up-to-date grist mill in one of his brick stores and will furnish good meal. C. L. Claxton, General Agent for the National Life Insurance Company, has recently purchased a Ford car. Jim Daniels, who was accidentally shot in the hand several days ago is slowly improving.

From Days Gone By Febuary 13, 1913

Febuary 13, 1913.

    Mr. G. A. Brazington, a capitalist of North Carolina, is putting in the largest business of the kind that this section has had in a number of years. He recently bought the large tract of Hicks' timber lying just north of this city, consisting of about three thousand acres and is now building a railroad all of his own, from the old brick yard on the W. & T., out by Judge Henry Young's place and on through the woods beyond Mack Crawford's farm, which is about two miles from town.

   The mill that Mr. Brazington is putting down at the old brick yard is of three hundred horse power, and has ample capacity to saw up all the Hicks timber in from three to five years. Mr. Brazington is a favorably impressed with Wrightsville, and has leased Ben Jordan's place on the north side, and will reside there. Our new citizen will have spent considerably more than a hundred thousand dollars before he ever saws a log, but when the railroad to the timber is finished and the mill installed you may safely bet the money will fly.

   The Kavakos Brothers, our three clever and popular Greek citizens, are hustling things in the home made candy and fruit business, and are catering to the masses at the "Bee Hive" resturant. M. N. Killebrew has severed his connection with the City Market and is now running a meat market of his own, in East Wrightsville. He has a cosy well-ventilated little market place built near his home with telephone connection, and is already supplying the Wrightsvillians with the best fresh meats of all kinds. He also takes in the town and sells from his wagon two days in the week.

   Citizen H. T. Downs is making things blossom out around about his home on Margaret Street in East Wrightsville. He has enlarged and improved his dwelling, and added other buildings on the premises, which has made everything look bright, new and attractive.

   Mr. G. K. Giles from the State College of Agriculture was here and re-organized the Boys Corn Club of Johnson County. Johnson County took 2nd prize in the 12th District Fair at Dublin, 4th prize in Savannah Corn Show, and 3rd prize in the Atlanta Corn Show. The Club was organized with the following members, J. L. Harrison, President; B. R. Spell, Secretary, and members: Thomas W. Raines, Iverson Morris, Delmar Raines, Marion Taylor, Jim Jordan, Turner Snider, Delma Mayo, Alex Martin, Talmage Smith, Bennie Ray Spell, Talmage Harrison, Willie Haines, Bobbie Sumner, Johnie Sumner, Horace Frost, Ellery Garrett, Ellie Mayo, Cleon Brooks, Massey Wheeler, Byron Miller, Leroy Hall, Greely Hammock, Julian Mills, Cleo Hammock, Jim Rainy Taylor, Marion Wheeler, Robert Lee Price, Ellory Williams, Willie Dixon, Linton Hutcheson, Shelton Harrison, Jewell Redfern and Tom Johnson.

   Councilman B. E. Jordan has moved beyond the city limits of Wrightsville making a vacancy on that board. An election will be held Febuary 21st to elect a successor for Jordan's term which expires January 1914.

   Capt. Jim Hicks of Fitzgerald has been visiting his old home here for the past week, where his friends always extend him a cordial welcome. The pupils of Miss Clyde Lanier's grade will give a Valentine party to thier "Mama's" at the College Auditorium tomorrow with the following invitation issued: "Mama, you're invited to our school, But you must be good or you'll break a rule; So just come on and be quite still, and watch our room a program fill'.

 

From Days Gone By Feb. 6,1913

Febuary 6, 1913.

    It will be the theatrical event of the season at the Vivola Theatre next Thursday when Winchell Smith's comedy "The Fortune Hunter" will be interpreted by a strong cast. The preliminary sale of seats will begin Monday morning at Brinson's Drug Store. Moredock and Wilson's Famous White Minstrels will be at the Vivola Saturday night, admission .50, .75 and $1.

    The Corn Club boys are required to be at the Court House Febuary 8th at 10 am. Mr. G. K. Giles, the district agent will lecture on the Johnson County Corn Club. Boy's don't forget to come. Rev. E. W. Pease of Wrightsville picked the first strawberries from his garden January 27th, and they were fully ripe, and as large as a hickory nut. This is the earliest gathering of strawberries yet for this section, which about equals Florida.

    Mrs. Rebecca Holmes Hines announced the engagement of her foster daughter, Miss Daisy Kent, to Mr. W. W. Waddell of Dublin. They will marry on Febuary 12th.  Mr. & Mrs. James Dolphus McKibben, of Locust Grove announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Lucile, to Rev.  Eustace Lawrence Wainwright, of Wrightsville, the marriage will take place at New Hope Methodist Episopal Church on Febuary 26th.

   On last Sunday afternoon at Ennis, Mr. Alonzo Minton and Miss Annie Pritchett were united in marriage. Rev. T. J. Williams officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Pritchett at Wadley. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Minton of this county.

    Mrs. Nancy Lynch Thomas died at the home of her brother, Capt. John L. Martin after a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia. She was a native of Laurens County, but moved with her parents to Savannah as a child. She was married to the late William A. Thomas who was a prominent businesman there. She lived in Wrightsville the last 28 years and was 73 years old. She was survived by a son, Willis S. Thomas, 5 grandchildren and her brother John. She was carried back to Savannah and buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery.

   After a long and painful illness of Bright's Disease, Mr. J. H. Outlaw died Sunday afternoon at Rawlings Sanitarium. He had been in failing health for some time, his disease baffied all medical skill. He was reared in Wrightsville and was the son of David Outlaw who recently preceded him in death. He was a Mason and a member of the Anderson Lodge. He was buried with Masonic honors at the Crawford Burying Ground. He is survived by his wife and several brothers and sisters, among who are J. D. Outlaw and Mrs. B. H. Jordan.

   J. M. Mason has a 200 acre farm in the 56th District for the small sum of $10 an acre. Quick sale. Terms half cash and other half in 12 months. Also 600 acres in Washington County, well, improved 8 horse farm, good pastures, in no fence district, near Pringle, $17.50 per acre. Easy terms.

From Days Gone By, January 30, 1913

January 30, 1913.

    January has so far been an unusual month of real spring-like weather, with but few, if any winter days, and last Monday was a real March day and "Old Boreas" held sway. Many have taken advantages of the mild weather and planted their gardens. Mr. Jim Hill, who lives down in the Kite neighborhood sent  to town a fine specimen of a turnip, weighing a fraction over 7 pounds, and in the items of length and shape, it is decidely in a class to itself.

   The beautiful Japonicas growing in Mrs. William Faircloth's yard on Elm Street, are greatly admired. A box of these handsome flowers were sent to friends in Atlanta recently and they won great admiration, and were said to be by those who saw them, the handsomest flowers seen in Atlanta, and the ladies there were "crazy about" them.

   Judge Wiggins has had the county gang, under Warden Kemp, an experienced road builder, and has done some excellent work in the Powell's District. We have some heavy sand near Gumlog which we hope next time the gang will do something to.

   Mr. Luck and family, late of Alatoona, have recently moved to Wrightsville and are occupying the house on Idylwild Street, recently vacated by Mr. Moorman. Frank A. Sinquefield and wife have moved to the Brinson Cottage on College Heights. Mr. Caldwell and wife, who have been occupying rooms at the Grice House, will move this week to the residence of Judge Faircloth. J. E. Tompkins has purchased the Miller McAfee place in West Wrightsville, and after making some needed improvements on the property will soon move there with his family to permanatly reside.

   A pretty home wedding was that of Miss Clara Dell Dent and Mr. Jno. Bray which was consumated on Wednesday the 22nd at the home of the bride's parents, near Arline Chapel. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Dent and sister of Mrs. T. L. Martin. Mr. Bray is the son of Hon. T. C. Bray.

   Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy is feeble at her home. Mrs. Nannie Thomas has grippe at the home of her brother, Capt. John L. Martin. Miss Wylanta Hicks left for Fort Meade, Fla. to see her sick sister, Mrs. Thos. Snell. Mrs. Jno. R. Wilson is improving from his severe attack of lagrippe.

    Last Sunday morning Dr. Bascom Anthony preached a memorial serman of the late Rev. C. A. Moore at Moore's Chapel. The school at Powell's Chapel, under the management of Mrs. Clara Collins, is doing well.

   On Sunday afternoon, January 26th at his Wrightsville home, Mr. Willis J. Dent, Sr. passed away surrounded by his family. About two years earlier he was confined to his house, and for several months to his bed. Up to a few years ago Mr. Dent was a very active man, engaged in farming by which he accumalated a considerable estate. He had been married 60 years. He leaves behind a widow and thirteen children, seven boys and six girls.

   Mr. B. J. Wiggins was in Bartow Saturday at the Constable sale. He believes in fine mules, and purchased one for $8, a horse for $40, a buggy for $2.10. Mr. Wiggins is a hustler.