From Days Gone By August 13,1914

August 13, 1914.

    The exercises of laying the corner stone of Brown Memorial Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon was very interesting and drew quite a large crowd including some from near-by towns. All the ministers of the city and those from a distance occupied the platform built for the occasion.

    Dr. J. G. Harrison of Mercer University made the opening speech making a tribute to the memory of the generous Mr. & Mrs. Brown, to whom the church is built as a memorial. He also commented on the great progress made in Wrightsville in the past few years. Then the choir sang some fine selections by the piano.

    Rev. L. P. Glass, the pastor, then gave a talk and deposited many souvenirs in the vault of the corner stone, among which was a Bible of Mr. Brown's, given him by his mother, also a copy of the bequest of Mr. & Mrs. Brown for the erection of the church.

    In compliance with the Governor's proclamation, all businesses throughout the State was suspended five minutes at 2 pm Tuesday, before the body of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was laid to rest next to her parents at Rome, Georgia and by order of Mayor Cook, the bell on the city clock of Wrightsville was tolled and its solomn dirge mingled with the different church bells in the city paying homage to Georgia's distinguished daughter, Mrs. Ellen Axson Wilson, wife of the President of the United States.

    Mr. E. L. Smith of No. 4 is the first to furnish a new crop bale of cotton for Johnson County, delivered the 11th: weight 453 pounds bought by E. A. Lovett at 11 cents ginned at the Wrightsville Gin Company and stored at the City Warehouse. W. H. Lovett ginned the second bale for M. D. Mayo which brought 10 cent per pound. The new gin is now in full operation, the stentorian blast of its big steamboat whistle evidences this fact.

    The new catalouges for Warthen College for 1914-15 are being delivered. Mr. Henry Tharpe, of the People's Hardware Company has gone to Dublin to work with the Stevens Hardware Company. Mr. Emmett Butterly who has been in the drug business at Louisville has returned to Wrightsville to be the prescription clerk at Flanders Drug Store. He is a graduate from the State University.

    Mrs. Etta Dent Hall, wife of Mr. Baxton Hall of Alamo died after a brief illness at Dr. Leon Moye's sanitarium at Vidalia. Mrs. Hall was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Dent of Johnson County. She was a member of Arline's Chapel where her funeral was held after being transported via the W. & T. Railroad from Vidalia. She was buried at the Dent Burying Ground. She was only 28 years old and survived by her husband, three little sons and her parents. She was a sister of Mrs. T. L. Martin of Wrightsville.