From Days Gone By April 9,1914

April 9,1914.     Fred Daley and Shellman Martin, two of Wrightsville's expert ball players, went to Cordele on Tuesday to play in a match game between Eastman and Cordele. Daley and Martin will play for Eastman and according to the paper, "Eastman will win".     Mr. R.E. Lanier who resides near Harrison brought to town the largest hen egg they ever saw. It measured six and one quarter inches in circumference and seven and one half inches around lengthwise. This mammoth egg was laid by an ordinary chicken hen.     The Johnson County Singing Convention will convene with Pleasent Hill Church in Washington County on Saturday and Sunday, 11th and 12th. Mr. Henry Tharpe went to Atlanta Monday to take the public examination for a Civil Service position of a departmental clerk.     H.C. Tompkins has sold his residence on West Elm Street to J. E. Tompkins and has also sold his stock of groceries on the south west corner, F. A. Sinquefield being the purchaser.     Mr. J.W. Linder and family of Higgston came over to Wrightsville in their automobile and spent the day with Mrs. Roxann Outlaw who is critically ill. She is the aged mother of Mrs. Linder. Mrs. Susie Hightower was critically ill at her home in West Elm Street with acute indigestion. Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Folsome of Dublin announced the birth of a daughter on April 6th, weighing 10 lbs named Joyce.     On March 30th at the home of Mrs. Walden at Spann, Mr. W. O. Spurgeon and Miss Lizzie Lee Walden were happily married. He is the agent of the Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad at Cadwell.     Mr. and Mrs. R. F. DeLamar of Hawkinsville announced the engagement of their daughter, Zoe Lathrop, and Dr. Allen Robert Rozar of Macon. The wedding planned for June 3rd. The groom resided in Wrightsville several years ago and was a Warthen College student.