FROM DAYS GONE BY, Aug 16, 1918

August 16, 1918.
Saturday's casualty list carried the name of Frank Enters, a Johnson County man, having married in the county and resided in Wrightsville for several years. He s the first man from Johnson County to pay the Supreme sacrifice in this war. He was killed in action in France.
Frank was a painter by trade and painted a number of the finest homes in the city. He joined the National Guard long before America got into the present war and went with his regiment to the Mexican border. This was the old 2nd Georgia. Enters married a Miss Price, daughter of Mr. Tillman Price of this county. To them was born one child. They both died a short time after he left for Mexico. Other than his wife's folks he had no known relatives.
Enters went to France last summer with the Rainbow Division. He volunteered for service in the machine gun battalion made up for that division at Camp Wheeler. He was promoted to corporal just three weeks before his death.
Georgia will send 18,000 men to various camps to be trained for war service on August 26. This number includes both white and black. Of this number Johnson County will send seven men.
The second term of City Court was a full one with Judge B. B. Blount presiding and also Solicitor Col. W. C. Brinson. Sheriff Willis Rowland and his deputies T. J. Mixon, Isaac Walden, Lee Jackson, and J. I. Singletary were present. The charge of carrying a pistol came up most frequently, the colored people being defendants. Twenty-five accusations were brought against coloreds for disturbing Divine Worship at Hubbard's Chapel.
Tony Culbreth was brought up first. Tony works for Mr. Ben Jordan who appeared to defend Tony in his trial. Tony was found guilty and Ben says he lost his first case, therefore he is quitting the practice of law forthwith. Judge Blount ruled Ben out of order and secured Col. A. L. Hatcher in his place. All parties were either found guilty or pled guilty with fines ranging from $40 to $500 or jail time. Those guilty were: Jack Wright, Henry Wadley, Austin Arline, Osie Fulton, Manda Hines, Richard Jackson, George Wright, Tom Haines (two Counts), Pete Tucker, Nataniel Miller, Gatsie Murray, Tony Culbreth, William Palmer, Henry Kemp, Rounder Jackson, Tommie Lee Cooper, John Bridges, and Willie Braddy.
Dr. D. C. Harrison decided not to run for representative. Instead will take a post graduate course in New York. Dr. Harrison enjoys a large and lucrative practice and operates a drug store in Kite, along with large farming operations and states he just don't have time right now for politics. Col. Charles S. Claxton of the Faircloth & Claxton firm will run for Solicitor of Wrightsville. Mr. W. T. Rowland sold his plantation to Mr. Green B. Harrison for a handsome sum.
Hon. & Mrs. F. B. Maddox of Lawrenceville announced the fall wedding of their daughter, Delpha Blanche, to Mr Fred T. Bridges. Miss Dora Proctor of Swainsboro was married to Mr. F. L. Kea of Adrian at Wadley on July 31st.
Mr. Charlie M. Schwalls of Kite had a slight accident while in Wrightsville. While at work jacking up a house the bar to the jack slipped throwing him against a sill gashing his forehead pretty bad.. John, the 14 year old son of Arthur Tapley has recovered after bad effects produced by his having drank something around 11 Saturday, which threw him into spasms and a rage which lasted several hours and for a time the doctors didn't know if he would survive. They still don't know what he drank to cause it but it caused quite a sensation in the city all Saturday afternoon. Lowell Blankinship, the 15 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. E. G. Blankenship, who had moved to Dexter, climbed a tree to get a bird he shot, fell to the ground striking a stump inflicting such a wound he would only survive a short time, then died. He was buried at Boiling Springs.
Mr. B. D. Carter had the first bale of cotton ginned in Scott. Mr. J. E. Cannady brought the 1st bale to Wrightsville. The bale weighed 555 pounds, ginned at Lovett's ginnery, sold for 30 cents a pound to Mr. E. E. Sanders, the cotton and seed bringing him $197. Mr. J. S. Wheeler brought in Kite's first bale.