November 10, 1916, 1917.
1916- Wilson seems to be the winner but all states not decided yet. President Woodrow Wilson and Mr. Hughes were running neck and neck at press time, but Wilson only needs one more state to elect him. He was solid in the Southern States. In local races for County Treasurer L. J. Claxton received 677 votes and Joby Jones received 292.
A defect in a front room chimney caused the home of Mr. Millard McAfee burn to the ground. Although most all household goods were saved, he carried no insurance. Another fire in a servants house owned by Mr. T. M. Hicks known as the Burnett home where Mr. & Mrs. Tom McAfee resided. The house contained about 50 gallons of gasoline which exploded, the origin of the fire was not known. The McAfee's were out riding at the time.
City Court will convene next week, the jail has ten prisoners which most will be tried then. Rev. J. Calla Midyett of Watson, Mo. accepted the call to pastor Brown Memorial Baptist church. The Duff Brothers just finished drilling an artesian well near Raines bridge road. Attorneys William and Charles S. Claxton are erecting a new brick office fronting the eastside of the courthouse on the Kennedy block. It will be a 20x40. There is no scarcity of mules in the county now. If a man wants one he can get almost any kind. Several carloads have been shipped here this season.
There will be an auction of the old Johnson Plantation, 3 miles west of Wrightsville, 776 acres divided into small farms of 25 to 75 acres to the farm. Mrs. Tom Outlaw died at Rawlings Sanitarium after a brief illness. She left a husband and two little children. She was buried at Pleasant Hill.
1917- Athens and Monroe wanted it, but Wrightsville got it. The Executive Committee decides Wrightsville will get next years Georgia Weekly Press Association Convention. Hon. Ben Hill Moye, Sheriff W. D. Rowland and Charles D. Roundtree represented the city in this endeavor. The other places sent written invitations but Wrightsville sent theirs in person which got the convention here. It meets next July.
Ex-Clerk J. V. Snell buys the 174 acre plantation of Mr. John W. Wilson just across Cedar Creek from Wrightsville. The price was $3800. Mr. S. H. Rhodes of Crawfordville just bought the large house and lot on Marcus street known as the Daley home which belonged to Mrs. Leila O. Daley of Atlanta. The Rhodes are the parents of Mrs. Flint Flanders.
Among the many strides of progress being made by our farmers who are putting in a lot of throughbred livestock. Messrs. W. C. Tompkins and R. E. Butterly just added a lot of fine Hereford cattle to their large pastures.
Miss Addie Lou Tanner of Tennille became the bride of Mr. Watson Moseley on the grounds of the Stat Fair in Macon. She is a daughter of Mrs. L. A. Tanner and he is a son of Mr. L. Moseley. Miss Clio Garnto daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Garnto married Mr. Wade H. Foster.
After many months of suffering Mrs. Winnie Wilson died at her daughters home, Mrs. Allie Cochran near Cedar Grove church. She was survived by three sons and three daughters.
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