From Days Gone By August 28, 1920

  August 28, 1920.
    Meat raisers in Johnson County are going to find that industry a better and more profitable one than ever before. Mr. C. H. Moore has about finished his latest enterprise, by putting in Wrightsville, one of the latest models, 1921, ice factory and cold storage plants. Mr. Miller is the foreman sent here to erect the machinery and says it should be ready in 30 to 40 days. This is costing Moore $65,000. The factory will turn out all the ice needed here and for the cold storage plant and then carry a supply for sale elsewhere and will operate year round. The meat curing plant will hold 100,000 pounds of meat at a time and 16 to 20 cows.
    Never before in the history of this section of the state has the breeding of pure bred swine reached such a stage of interest and it won't stop. Better hogs and more of them seem to be all the go now with our people and the indusry is to be undertaken on a large scale by a number of men in the county. Messrs. Chas W. and John T. Fulford, Jr. are the lattest entrantz into the swine growing ranks. Hampshirez will be their preferred stock.
    Wrightsville got her first bale of cotton last week raised on the farm of Mr. H. H. Caneega west of the city. It was ginned by E. A. & W. H. Lovett and bought by Dixie Cotton Company at 30 cents per pound. Power farming, that which is done through motive power, is receiving much attention throughout the state. Stumping lands starts the process and power machinery follws. This is the next progressive step to better production on our plantations.
    Bessie Barriscale in "The Luck of Geraldine Laird "is playing at the Dixie and coming soon is Joe Ryan (Shoe String) in "Hidden Dangers". A wedding of great surprise to the county was that of Miss Altia Carter and Mr. Bennie Carroll. Several days ago Mr. Royston Moore had a bad accident having his left hand severly mashed in some machinery and is in a great deal of pain but is rapidly recovering.
    Mr. Lonnie Norriz, Ford owner of Wrightsville is a lucky man. Less than two feet alone was the distance that kept Mr. Norris from serious or fatal injury. Mr. Norris was driving down Jackson Street in Dublin and had just reached the railroad track in front of Dudley's store, when he was warned by the noise of runaway train cars speeding down the hill from the ice house. Mr. Norris swerved his Ford as far towards Dudley's store as possible in an effort to outrun the cars and barely managed to pull his car across the track when the coal cars crashed into the Ford, shattering the entire backend, and pinning the car against the brick wall of the store. Mr. Norris was not injured. There is some question as to the manner in which the cars broke loose from their fastenings.