From Days Gone By Oct. 7, 1915

October 7, 1915.

    The 12th District Fair will be held in Dublin, November 8th to 13th, and as Johnson County is in the 12th District the county should be represented by an exhibit. If anyone wished to have an exhibit was to contact E. Ross Jordan, General Manager.

    The Wrightsville Civic League met with Mrs. F. A. Sinquefield and discussed organizing a cooking class. The City Garage has moved to the new Lovett building on the corner of College Street. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Association will hold the 57th annual meeting session October 17th fro three days at the Baptist church at Adrian. The Association was formed in 1859 and 23 churches are members. J. T. Snell, Commander of Camp Martin No. 964 Confederate Veterans will meet October 23rd at the court house.

    Mr. J. V. Snell, Clerk of Superior Court has moved to his new home about two miles from Wrightsville, formerly owned by W. H. Chivers. He has built a new house where the old one stood.

    Col. and Mrs. S. F. Williams of Jacksonville, Florida were vistors of his sister, Mrs. J. E. Jordan. Mrs. Williams was formerly Miss Kokle Painter, and is the only heir of E. O. Painter, the millionare proprietor of the largest fertilizer works in the United States. He met with a tragic death sometime back by falling from a ferry boat into the St. Johns River and drowned near Fairfax, Florida where his business was established.

    Billie, the little daughter of Mrs. Daisy Waddell is sick. Mrs. R. P. Hicks left for Grovania by the death of her mother, Mrs. Marshall. Miss Annie Laura Rowland, little daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Rowland has typhoid fever and pneumonia. Miss Frances Johnson has the fever. Mrs. David Whitaker, mother of Mrs. J. T. Blankenship died at her home in Keysville.

    Mrs. Julia Marshall, wife of J. D. Marshall died at Grovania on the 6th. Jesse Mae, the five years old daughter of Mrs. Horace Pournell died Sunday night at her home from a complication of disease. She was buried Monday at West View.

    A sensation was created in Chattanooga, Tennessee by the arrest of T. C. Betterton, general manager, secretary and treasurer of the Tennessee Coffin and Casket Company. He was charged with violating the penal code of the United States in his capacity as head of the Coffin company. He was charged with shipping whiskey to customers all over in enclosed caskets sent from his factory.