From Days Gone By January 14,1915

January 14, 1915.

    The little hurricane which came up so suddenly and past over the greater portion of Wrightsville on the 5th, did more damage than first thought. Besides blowing down several trees and razing one or two small houses used for storage purposes, it unroofed a good portion of Mr. H. C. Moore's warehouse in the southern part of town and blew down the chimneys and otherwise damaged the house owned by Mr. B. H. Lord on Belmont Avenue, occupied by Jon Meeks and family. It also blew out all the large window glass in the west side of Warthen College, besides blowing down many panels of fence, and other minor damages all of which will amount to no little expense to repair.

    In the last ginners report of the year there were 24,733 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Johnson County from the 1914 crop. This is compared to 19,474 bales ginned in 1913.

    Mrs. J. W. Vanlandingham is appointed 3rd and 4th grades of the public school being taught at Warthen College. Dr. J. H. Moore, the eye, ear, nose and throat specialist of St. Louis, MO. has permanently located in Dublin in the Brantley building.

    Mr. R. B. Chapman and family and Mrs. R. H. Hines and family are occupying the house jointly, recently being vacated by Mrs. Hightower and family. Mr. W. L. Thompson and family is located in the Hooks house on West Elm. Mr. & Mrs. Lofton Burns have moved to the Douglas house on Court Street. Mr. & Mrs. Mac Shurling announced the birth of a son, born January 8th. Miss Elsie Hammock of Cedar Grove is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. William Riley Smith at Harrison.

    President Woodrow Wilson has appointed Mr. R. P. Hicks as Postmaster at Wrightsville. The Hall School is progressing under the management of Miss Cleo McGlasson. The school yard fence is completed and they hope to plant a flower garden in the spring. Also a new well has been dug.

    The farmers of Piney Mt. say if the weather don't get better than present, they will be picking cotton when the March wind blows in. In Arline Chapel news we learn of Mrs. John McAfee being very ill. Also Mr. Tom Page while out riding with four attractive girls, happened to the bad accident of getting one of his buggy wheels crushed. Say Uncle, you better take one at a time here after and stop being so greedy, he was told.

    The tragic death of Mr. Jim Vickers, which occurred Friday morning at his fathers home was sad news to the community. Mr. Vickers had not been well for several days, and had brooded over his financial losses and the depression of the times to such an extent, while in a despondent mood he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun, dying instantly. The deceased was a prominent farmer of Johnson County and was a genial, pleasant man, about 50 years old and unmarried. He was buried at Bethany Church in the presence of a large number of friends.