From Days Gone By Nov. 11, 1915

November 11, 1915.

    The many Laurens County friends of Judge J. L. Kent are highly pleased with the record he is making as presiding judge of the superior court. He requires a full days work to be put in, and dispatches business with ease and promptness, so says the Laurens Citizen. It goes on to commend Judge Kent for his efficiency, and the interest he is taking in the interests of the tax-payers of Laurens County. Wrightsville says "Our" judge stands high in every county in his circuit. He wears the judicial ermine with honor to himself and to the complete satisfaction of his admiring constituency.

    Captain James D. Franklin, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Tennille, died at his home there last Saturday and was buried at Zeta Cemetery. Captain Franklin was among the noted Confederate veterans of the State, and was 80 years old. He is survived by his wife and five children.

    A telegram was received here Tuesday by relatives announcing the death of Mrs. T. W. Marshall at the sanitarium in Washington, D. C. where she had been a patient for several months. She was the niece of the Headlight editor and visited Wrightsville when a young lady and is remembered here as, Miss Kate Huff. She was survived by her husband and seven children.

    Col. & Mrs. Russell Daley announced the birth of a daughter born November 4th. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Claxton were confined to their room several days suffering from a severe case of tonsillitis. Mr. J. E. Tompkins and family, Mr. & Mrs. Mark Duggan, Messrs. Merry Davis, Cleo Johnson, Grady Hatcher and Bernard Tanner attended the fair in Augusta. Col. T. P. Stephens, a prominent Adrian attorney was circulating with old friends here this week.

    L. A. Lovett, to introduce the popular Fisk automobile tires, which is one of the very best there is made, says he will give a one dollar Schrader pressure gauge to every customer that purchases his tires. Messrs. Killibrew and Jackson are operating the movies every Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights at the Vivola Theatre. Farmers in the Providence area are about through gathering their crops.

    Rowe Hicks, a local Laurens attorney was convicted today of assault and battery on the Clerk of Court E. S. Baldwin. The case was the result of a fight between the two men in the lobby of the court house several weeks ago. This resulted in Baldwin, who is a much smaller man physically than Hicks, is spending some time in bed recovering from severe brusies.