FROM DAYS GONE BY July 11, 1919

July 11, 1919.

The Wrightsville Baseball Club has struck the admiration of the lovers of the national pastime and game throughout Georgia by its continued success on the diamond against the most formidable opponents in the state of the amateur aggregations. And the locals haven't been jarred none of the time. Wrightsville went at it right, like she goes at everything she undertakes. So Midville, Eastman, Tennille, Wadley, Dublin and Hawkinsville have all seen their Waterloo by the Imortals and Invincibles of Idylwild at the pass of Thermopylae, and have been beaten to a frazzle.
Let the record show, up to last Thursday, of 36 games, Wrightsville won 28, lost 6 and tied 2. Best record in the entire state. Therefore Wrightsville claims the Amateur Baseball Championship of Georgia. This is to say nothing about the figures in runs, hits, errors, and everything that enters into the game.
Then there never has been a cleaner, nicer, higher-aimed bunch of ball players than is now on this Wrightsville line-up. And now if Macon, Savannah, Augusta, Albany, Valdosta, Waycross, Atlanta, Rome, Athens or any city in Georgia, or any city that plays anywhere in Georgia just wants to see the real article delivered on any Georgia diamond the way is open if they think they own a team that can interest us. Having made monkeys of the countryside Wrightsville challenges any baseball team in the entire Empire State of the South.
In the last game of the 6 game series with Dublin, Wrightsville won 5 to 1. It was the deciding game of the series. The features of the game were the heavy hitting of the local bunch, who forced an old timer from Charleston to hunt the shade, the fielding of Martin and the excellent pitching of "Baby" Bedgood, who had the visitors at his mercy the full 9 innings. Errors were the outstanding feature of the visitors. So "the little town some 20 miles away" cleaned up for the Hale and Hearty Irishmen who hail from the shores of the Oconee, and whose domicile is where its Dublin all the time.
Mr. Henry Clay Tompkins has retired from business after selling his mammoth store to the Hauger-Hobbs-Davis Company. He began as a clerk here about 32 years ago with 20 years of that running his own business. Mr. C. H. Moore is making extensive improvements at all of his large ginnery outfits. He was at Kite looking after the building of a large seed warehouse. Mr. Nat C. Wheeler is in charge of the Kite gin. Mr. Charlie M. Schwalls is recovering from a bad sun-stroke that overcame him 3 weeks ago.
Mr. Walter N. Powell has decided to run for County Treasurer. He was born in the Ivey District but reared in Powell's District near New Home and is a farmer. There is talk that Mr. G. S. Kight of Kite may also run. The local banks released their statement of condition. The Bank of Adrian, $207, 868.85; Exchange Bank, $427,298.52; Bank of Wrightsville, $452,640.84; Citizens Bank of Kite, $194,184.64; Scott Banking Company, $100,543.94.
Mrs. Ida Crawford and Mr. C. A. Shealey were married. She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Crawford. He is a son of Mr. & Mrs. Seaborn Shealey of Washington County. Mr. Lamar Moss lost 15 hogs, 2 sows and 13 pigs by lightning. Mr. J. C. Tharpe grew a 38 pound watermelon. Tressie Robinson, an industrious colored woman brought to town a freak of nature in the shape of a 4 legged biddie about 10 days old. She was asked to donate it to the fair this fall.