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.