From Days Gone By August 25, 1916, 1917

August 25, 1916, 1917.

    1916- Governor Nat E. Harris is coming to Wrightsville tomorrow night to speak at the court house. He is making a fast sweep through this section. The Fall Term of Warthen College opened this week. Warthen has one of the best facilities of any school in this section of the state, and this may be the best year ever.

    In Scott, Mr. S. P. Rice erected a nice building on Main street for his wife's millinery and ready-to-wear clothes. Both gins here have been wide open and the cotton prices have been good. Mr. J. E. Beasley has dropped out of the race for county treasurer.

    Miss Bessie Davis and Mr. Lint Holt were married Thursday afternoon. The marriage was objected to by the parents "But love laughs at locksmiths." She is the youngest child of ex-sheriff Davis. The groom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. T. D. Holt. Miss Fannie Mae Jones of Putnam County married Mr. Thomas Oliver Martin of Wrightsville a few days ago In Athens. Mr. Martin is the youngest son of the late Capt. John L. Martin. They will make their home here.

    1917- The decision was made public today by Federal District Judge Speer that the selective draft law was constitutional. Thomas E. Watson claimed the draft was akin to involuntary servitude. Some things the state legislature did this year was to create Treutlen and Atkinson counties, exempt college endowments from taxation, raise the property ownership restriction of pensioners to $3000. Rep. Scott of Adrian during the closing hours of the legislature introduced a measure to have a constitutional amendment submitted to the people of the state to change the county lines near Adrian so that the city would be all in Johnson County, but the time of the Assembly being fully occupied he could not get it through this session. He will submitte it again next term.A bill passed to prevent a farmer from selling his cattle off his farm unless they are free from ticks. This was done to help with the state wide tick eradication.