FROM DAYS GONE BY August 2, 1918

August 2, 1918.
Tuesday afternoon the Bridges' had gone home from preaching at Stone building, about six miles south of Wrightsville, a shooting affray took place in the yard of W. T. Bridges. The one handling the pocket machine being his son, John H. Bridges, who had come from his house on the plantation of his father, to see his uncle, Jack Bridges who had came home with his brother Bill for dinner.
Entering the yard John called to his uncle Jack to come out and talk with him about some trouble, and after a few words, Uncle Jack refusing to go down the road with him, John pulled out the gun from a hip pocket and leveled it at his uncle, shooting twice. It was a 32 and one bullet went through Jack"s pants leg, grazing a red streak on the skin. So close was he to his man that the powder burnt the pants. The other shot grazed his middle finger on his left hand.
Jack came to town the next morning and swore out three warrants for the arrest of John, one for assault with attempt to murder, one for carrying concealed pistol and the other a peace warrant. The affair was deeply regretted by the neighborhood.
Mayor Shurling sent up several fellows for one thing or another and because they couldn't pay their fines were imprisoned at night and worked on the streets in the day time. Saturday night there were three of Darktown's constant violators of the peace lodged in the city calaboose and about 11, lo, the prison doors flew open and the three favorite birds escaped and since then have fled to parts unknown. It is supposed that "High Yaller" or one of the three carried a pick in with them. The Negroes names were Cliff Williams, Ernest Mason and Dewey Moore, better known as "High Yaller". Two of them cut the chains of their leg irons leaving the rings on, and the third one didn't take time, but ran off cuffed up around the lower appendages. The town would like to lay them up again and if anybody was to see them "hanging around" to let Chief Oliver get wise to their whereabouts.
A lot of women who have long been wanting "to go on their own resources" may now easily find employment of value with Uncle Sam as a Red Cross nurse or a nurse at home. Wash W. Larsen has made his bid for re-election from the 12th District for Congress. Corn, meat, potatoes and a little long sweetening are in an over-abundance in Johnson County, with the little red spider and few anteaters on a few patches of the best cotton crop the county has had in years. Dr. Emmett Butterly has retired from his retail grocery business. He sold his store to J. F. Henderson & Son. Hon. S. A. Scott will offer for re-election as state representative. Col. Paul Bryan has enlisted in the Army Y. M. C. A. and stationed in Baltimore.
Three sets of twins have been born to the G. M. Green family within six months. The first were two boys of Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Edwards. The second two sons were born to Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Parrish and the third, two fine girls to Mr. & Mrs. Joe Green. Miss Mildred Walker wed Mr. John M. Gillis. A most surprising wedding was that of Miss Minona McCrary of Sandersvlle to Mr. Ray Tanner of Wrightsville.