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'.