FROM DAYS GONE BY Sept. 27, 1918

September 27, 1918.
President Wilson designates October 12th "Liberty Day" and calls on the entire country to observe the day to stimulate a generous response to the Fourth Liberty Loan. This date is the 426th anniversary of the discovery of America. Every city, town and country side is asked by the President to arrange commemorative addresses, pageants, harvest home festivals and directs that all Federal employees who's services can be spared be given a holiday.
The Local Board has been busy mailing out the questionares to the recent registrants. There 582 registered men between 19 and 36 inclusive. Dolso Hayes who is in France received a fracture of the shoulder and is laid up in a base hospital. Word from Grady Jenkins who was reported missing in action, has actually been captured and a prisioner of the enemy.
The Vivola Theatre is having the Delco system installed. Manager J. Frank Jackson has purchased a light plant of his own for lighting up and running the show house. The Bertha Theatre in Dublin was destroyed by fire, a loss of $50,000. Eleven autos stored on the ground floor went up with the blaze. The horses and mules next door were rescued.
The most sensational political development of the times arose in Dublin when state senator-elect G. H. Williams made the startling announcement that he wasn't going to accept the nomination for state senator, but was now a Republican, straight from the shoulder, and was going to run against W. J. Harris for the U. S. Senate.
A party left Wrightsville Saturday night on business, pleasure and sight seeing in Oklahoma. Part of them were going to take in the Old Soldier's Reunion while the others were looking over some prospective purchases and sales of real estate. Those going were Obe Fortner, J. V. Snell, L. Davis, Dock Mosley, T. J. Brantley and E. W. Tanner. They will be gone about 3 weeks.
The general meeting of the Mount Vernon Association meets at Nails Creek church September 28-29. The Woodmen of the World, Camp No. 949, Wrightsville, will become a chartered camp at its next regular meeting.
The gins were so flooded here with cotton on Saturday they didn't catch up and a half dozen or more bales had to wait over to Monday. The Headlight office is moving to a building owned by W. H. Lovett just across the street from Brinson's Drug store in the brick building formally occupied by F. C. Lord & Son Grocery. William Jackson is planning on retiring from the merchantile business on account of war conditions and the scarcity of labor he would be glad to sell to some good, dependable businessman. It is a good stand for a country store, Donovan has no other operating store.
The banks released their Statement of Condition. The Scott Banking Company, $153,551.01; The Citizens Bank of Kite, $285,470.44; The Bank of Adrian, $217,284.45; Exchange Bank of Wrightsville, $529,354.87; The Bank of Wrightsville, $469,978.96.
There is a demand for horse racks or stalls for the country people when they come to town. Last Saturday the vacant lots were full of vehicles. Not everybody owns a car. The people were having to tie the horses & mules to their wagon wheels. Mr. & Mrs. Otis Sumner have a sweet daughter born to them.
The Johnson County Fair, the first ever put on by locals, will be October 17, 18, 19. Admission is adults 25 cents, children 6 to 12, 15 cents. Fred T. Bridges has applications if you have any cows, calves, hogs, chickens or any other livestock, needle work of any kind, pictures, chinaware, agricultural displays. This is the first attempt at a county fair.