From Days Gone By Nov. 26,1914

November 26,1914.

    The City Warehouse on South Marcus Street, which stored nearly 2,000 bales of cotton, caught fire Tuesday around 1:25 pm. The fire department responded promptly making a record run, and extinguished the burning cotton with only thirty-one bales damaged. The firemen had it under control in just twenty minutes. The Dixie Cotton Company and J. K. Livingston Cotton Company owned all the damaged bales and they were fully insured.

    The public school at Wrightsville opened this week at Warthen College. All pupils who entered were required to pay $2.25 upon entry. The Wrightsville Scouts enjoyed an outing Saturday with scoutmaster, Rev. L. P. Glass. The hunting season opened on Friday and the woods have been full of "Nimrods" ever since. It is said there is more game than has been in years.

    Mr. J. H. McWhorter and family have moved to the E. J. Sumner house on corner of Marcus and Idylwild Drive. Mr. W. L. Thompson and family will move to the Hooks house on West Elm Street. Mr. R. R. Frost has declared bankruptcy.

    Mr. W. C. Chester brought some of the largest Florida yams grown on his farm. Mr. Henry Hammock had two bottles of some very fine toothsome new syrup.

    The minutes of the Mount Vernon Baptist Association were being distributed. The Association is composed of twenty-three churches with 2,800 members whose average contribution for all purposes was $.64, Beulah reported the largest per capita contributions, $16.57 per member, 30 cents per member was the smallest per capita contribution reported by any church. It has 21 Sunday Schools with total enrollment of 1,681 with average attendance of 833. Eight churches have Women's Missionary Societies with total 115 members with contributions of $355.60.

    Mr. W. C.S. Hutchinson of Kite responds to the cotton delima agreeing with Mr J. H. Rowland. He stated if we would make our hog and hominy at home and plant less cotton. Every farmer should plant more corn, peas, potatos, vegetables, wheat, oats and make plenty of hay and plant less cotton for two years, we would be better off for it. We would make more money and not have to work our women and children so hard.