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.