From Days Gone By Sept. 30, 1915

September 30, 1915.

    Another teacher is expected to be added to the faculty at Warthen College. This will be a valuable addition as the teachers at present have more classes than they can properly give their attention to.

    The local banks released their statement of condition with the following assets: The Bank of Wrightsville, $200,772.90; Exchange Bank of Wrightsville, $173,414.53; The Bank of Adrian, $65,808.63; The Citizens Bank of Kite, $88,170.03; The Scott Banking Company, $57,588.97.

    Mr. Merry Davis and family have moved to the residence on West Court Street, where Mr. I. R. Tanner and family formerly lived. Mr. R. P. Hicks and family will occupy the recently vacated residence of Dr. S. M. Johnson on West Elm Street. Dr. Johnson moved to the Moore residence on West Elm.

    Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Orvin announce the birth of a daughter on September 24th. Mr. & Mrs. Attaway, of Princeton, Florida announce the birth of a son on September 23rd, named Samuel Roland Attaway.

    Mrs. R. L. Kent left for Rawlings Sanitarium to undergo a slight operation. Mr. C. M. Dent and Mrs. W. A. Sinquefield were called to Tennille by the illness of their brother, Dr. James Dent.

    Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Brinson, Jr. and daughter Miss Jerrydine Brinson spent several days in Atlanta where Mr. Brinson went to meet a traveling salesman. Mr. Clayton Dent is now with the B. & W. Drug store.

    Walter S. Bryan has accepted a teaching position at Oberlin College in Ohio.

    Sara, the little daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Flanders is now the proud possessor of a Japanese poodle. Mr. J. V. Snell displayed a small sprig from a velvet bean vine which contained 21 large and well developed beans which shows how prolific the velvet beans are. The Wrightsville Grocery Company is now pushing the White House brand coffee.

    Mr. C. T. Bray, Jr. has a nice black mare, about six years old and a fine colt, three weeks old for sale or trade. Don't throw away your old tires. Have them vulcanized at Schiff & Banners at the $1000 plant in Dublin. James Luck is agent and you can see him at Tanner's Grocery Company.

    F. C. Lord & Son groceries released their Saturday specials including: 25 pounds sack sugar, $1.60; Azile Best Flour, 90 cents; cabbage, 2 cents a pound; potatoes 30 cents a peck; 5 gallons kerosene, 65 cent; 15 pounds rice, $1; pink salmon, 10 cent; 8 bars Lenox soap, 25 cent.

From Days Gone By Sept 23,1915

September 23, 1915.

    The Grand Jury Presentments for the September Term of court was released by the committee consisting of Henry Stephens, T. L. Martin, and J. L. Harrison. The road building and chain gang had a $4,078.00 total equipment value. Most of the property was 16 mules valued at $2800. There were 42 inmates in the gang, 39 males and one female colored, and 2 white males, 2 guards and the warden.

    The public building committee found the windows unsafe because parties from outside can easily hand instruments through the windows to prisioners to be used to make their escape. The jail was in good sanitary condition. The court house was in good shape, except for some slight repairs needed such as the plastering on the walls and overhead and the ceiling in the superior court room and the railing around the first deck. The stockade and barn was in good shape.

    The Clerk of Superior Court, the Ordinary, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, and County School Commissioners offices were all in order. The following names were added to the paupers list: Juila Copeland, James Mimbs, W. H. A. J. Thomson, Elizabeth Tanner, Elizabeth Taylor, Mack Copeland, Mahala Wilcher, colored, and Jane Snell, colored. The names of Susan Lord and Elizabeth Townsend were stricken from the list and Wright Parson's amount was reduced. R. E. Kitchens was appointed Justice of Peace in the 56th district and A. B. Douglas in the 1266th district.

    They recommended the county treasuers office be converted into a toilet and several stools be added. Bridges were recommended to be built across Swains Creek near Harold Horton's place, that the hill at the John Mayo place and the hill on the road from Isham Stephens to W. M. Anderson's, in front of W. I. Renfroe's house be cut down. The road to George Riners place be re-opened and worked and that the roads inand around Donovan be worked.

    The county needs a patch gang to be put on the roads to keep them from such bad condition after the regular gang has been over them. Also the two main roads running through the incorporated towns be worked regularly and all the worst sand roads be clayed. Asked Representative W. C. Brinson to pass a law abolishing the office of county treasurer. T. J. Powell was paid $3 for taking the committee to Price's bridge to inspect the convict camp.

    Grand Jurers were: John A. Douglas, Thos J. Powell, H. A. Hutcheson, T. B. Logue, T. O. Martin, John C. Powell, W. E. McWhorter, H. C. Mason, J. L. Harrison, R. L. Kent, E. A. W. Johnson, J. E. Cannady, T. L. Martin, Henry Stephens, J. H. Hutcheson, J. E. Beasley, F. W. Brantley, J. M. Blizzard, J. A. Fountain, J. A. Hall, L. J. Brantley, Z. A. Anderson, and E. D. Price. E. D. Graham was the presiding judge.

From Days Gone By Sept. 16, 1915

September 16, 1915.

    This weeks paper was missing from the Grice House files so the following is short stories from September of 1915.

    After a little fight with Mexicans the other day the American Commander reported that out of a force of forty of the enemy about thirty were killed. Which shows that while we may not be prepared to fight any nation in the world, we are just as well prepared as Europe to make sweeping claims. The Mexican chief, unless he was one of the unlucky thirty, no doubt spread the glad news on the other side of the Rio Grande that his little force had decisively whipped half the U. S. Army, and withdrew at the end of the engagement merely for strategic reasons, in order to "regroup his forces."

    The new State game warden is to move to Macon. This has us guessing. Does it mean the first step toward moving the State Capitol and the other officials to the Central City? Or is it because so many deer and bear have been killed along the glades of the Ocmulgee that the new warden realizes where the true game center of the State is? Or is it necessary for an official to be at hand to see that the hunting of the festive Tiger, indulged in season and out of season by the officials of Bibb and Macon is carried on in a true sportsman's style?

    In Millen, John M. Edenfield, who filled the place of Rev. R. L. Bolton, in the pulpit of the local Baptist church, dropped dead this morning while conducting the service.

    Death by starvation because of four years of crop failure faces the 75,000 inhabitants of Curacoa Island in the Dutch West Indies, said the Catholic Bishop of Curacoa. "The suffering in my diocese is fully as terrible as is the war stricken countries of Europe. For four years there have been no crops and the island is turning into a veritable desert." The Bishop said that 50,000 negroes, 15,000 Indians and more than 3,000 Hollanders were in distress.

    A man representing concentrated grit and determination passed through Tifton this morning. With his little boy he was pulling an ordinary grocer's push-cart in which was loaded the family effects and in which his invalid wife was riding. A small daughter was helping a little by pushing the cart. The family was making their way from south Florida to their old home on New York State, which they expect to reach by Christmas. Their progress was slow, as they made frequent stops for rest. The father said he had no money and they were depending for what they eat on the help they could get along the road.

    "Dad" and "Daddy" were well known in this country in the 16th century: "Papa" did not come in, borrowed from abroad, until the 17th century was well advanced. Florio, at the end of the former century, defined the Italian "Pappa" as "the first word that children are taught to call their father, as ours say 'Dad,' 'Daddy' or 'bab'." "Dad" seems to be the commoner to mankind of the two. Nausicas in the "odyssey" calls her father "Pappa Phile", dear papa.: but Greek has "tata" also, and Welsh has "tat", and Irish "Daid".

From Days Gone By Sept. 9, 1915

September 9, 1915.

    On Thursday and Friday, September 16th, and 17th, the Civic League ask that every person in town, colored people included to make special effort to clean their places thoroughly. Extra wagons will be secured to haul off the trash on these days, so don't hesitate about putting trash out so it can be gotten easily. Everyone was urged to join in this clean up movement.

    They plan to start on the first day and not be satisfied until every nook and corner has been looked into, and all weeds, trash and cans are put on the trash pile. After this is done, a white flag is to be placed on the gate, to show your neighbors and others that your place is clean.

    The Sinquefield Grocery Company has opened in the building formerly occupied by W. A. Barron and is under the supervision of Mr. & Mrs. Sinquefield. The store opened last week with fresh supply of staple and fancy groceries and sold at prices to suit the times.

    Gus Norris announced his candidacy for Clerk of Superior Court. Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Downs announce the birth of a son, Charles Linton, on August 27th. Mrs. Nina Hicks left for Stokesville to accept a teaching position at that place. Julus Jenkins who graduated from the State University on pharmaceuticals is now in Athens where he has accepted a position as druggist with the Reed Drug Company.

    Mr. W. L. Bryan left for Atlanta to fill the teacher position in mathematics in the Boys High School after being elected by the Atlanta Board of Education. He is an A. B. graduate of Emory College, and a graduate from the law school of the State University. He also took a graduate course at Columbia University, New York. Mr. Paul E. Bryan was among the passengers sailing for New York on the City of Savannah.

    Dr. J. P. Davis died at Riddleville from a stroke on September 7th. He was a prominent citizens of Washington County but was widely known as a reputable physcican. He was the brother-in-law of Mr. W. L. Burns.

From Days Gone By Sept. 2,1915

September 2, 1915.

    On last Tuesday morning about 2 o'clock, the gin house with the best and most modern machinery in the county, belonging to Mr. B. j. Wiggins, brother of Judge Wiggins, was destroyed by fire with seed ginned from 21 bales of cotton. The fire cannot be accounted for, as there had been no ginning done since Saturday the 28th. This is the second gin Mr. Wiggins has lost by fire in the past 4 years, and unfortunately for him he is at present a patient at Rawlings Sanitarium.

    Mrs. J. G. Brantley's primary school opened Wednesday at her residence on College street, with an unusually large attendance. She will also teach 3rd grade and Kindergarten this year. Messrs. Paul and Walter Bryan have returned to Yale College. The Civic League made $13.40 on their cream and cake fundraiser.

    Ordinary, J. C. Wiggins notifies all persons liable for road duty, (between ages 21 and 50) that the commutation road taxes of $2.50 each is now due for the year September 1st. Mr. Smith Williams is a traveling salesman for the American Tobacco Company and is pushing the "Tuxedo" brand which "Does not bite the tongue nor make the mouth sore."

    J. T. Miller, L. J. Walker, A. W. Newsome, J. J. Snell and R. L. Veal have petitioned for a charter for the Union Storage Company for a period of 20 years. The principal office to be located in the town of Spann with a capital stock of $1200 with the priviledge of increasing same to $10,000 and will be used to store cotton, cotton seed, and all kinds of farm products including fertilizer.

    The Civic League had a "Weed Pulling Contest" on Wednesday afternoon in the court house park. Mostly children participated. Four prizes were offered one each to the largest and smallest girl and boy for pulling the most weeds. Miss Hallie Bryan won for the largest girl, and Willie Kemp for the largest boy, and the smallest went to little Elizabeth Cook and Buster Tompkins. Needless to say the court house grounds looked better.

    Villard, the little son of Judge & Mrs. B. B. Blount is ill with a slow fever at their home on Myrtle Avenue. Mr. C. E. Brinson is ill with fever at his fathers home, Mr. J. W. Brinson.

    Mrs. Mattie Cathey Wilson, age 41, wife of Mr. Z. M. Wilson died at her home in Fayetteville, Tenn. on August 17th. She was a Methodist. Besides her husband she is survived by seven children, Kerley, Flora, Van, Edwin, Cathey, Virginia Wilson and Mrs. Horace Lake. She will be buried at Rose Hill cemetery at that place. She was the mother of Mrs. H. H. Lake.

    After an extended illness of several weeks from typhoid fever, Mr. Reno Vanlandingham died on the 30th at his home near Red Hill and was buried at New Home. He was the second son of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Vanlandingham. He leaves a widow and six children besides a sister and broter, John Vanlandingham.