From Days Gone By Dec. 17' 1921

December 17, 1921.
    William Wright, colored, living 7 or 8 miles west of the city was caught Saturday night with alot of wet goods and shooting irons around his usual place of abode by officers Lee Jackson and Will Crawford in a raid on the premises. A gallon and a half of the home-made brew was captured, a 15 gallon lard can still was destroyed and 2 barrels of mobby went up in flames.
    When Officer Jackson went into the yard he was confronted by Wright who went back for his pistol. The officer grabbed him and took the big gun away from him. Wright's wife took a hand in the fray with a big shotgun but she didn't get far before this was taken away from her. She grabbed the whiskey and started under the house with it when Crawford pulled her out by a foot. They had some crowd of shooting irons around. The big blue-steel pistol, a 44-40 Winchester rifle, a pop-gun and a breach loading shotgun and Wright carried a big pocket knife which much resembled a Bowie knife. Wright was jailed on several charges.
    Solicitor W. C. Brinson charged Mrs. Eliza Stuckey after her house had been raided Sunday night by officers Elton Oliver, Will Crawford and Henry T. Downs, Eliza had a big time at her house Sunday night. All the bloods of darktown were either there, had been there or was on the road there and as a result of the net dragging seven sons Eric were landed in the guard house charged with gambling. Brinson is making an effort to stop so much of this gambling around by putting some folk in the gang who operate such houses.
    The Bee-Line Highway Association was formed in Wrightsville and the outline was given of the proposed route. The Bee-Line route from Savannah to Macon through Johnson County via Kite and Wrightsville is to be undertaken. They are pushing for the state to adopt this route. The committiee consisted of C. D. Roundtree, Dr. J. W. Brinson, Mr. W. A. Mixon, W. H. Lovett, G. D. Smith, J. C. Cave, M. T. Riner, J. S. Stephenson and S. M. Price. Also added were Fluker Tarbutton, Z. T. Houser, W. R. Smith, L. A. Lovett, J. B. Williams, M. Daley, C. T. Bray, H. J. Claxton, Henry Stephens, W. H. Raley, C. L. Claxton, Henry Garnto, Samps L. Powell, S. H. Lynch and W. N. Powell.
    Part of the group traveled part of the proposed route of the Bee-Line starting in Kite and Wrightsville and headed towards Irwinton by way of Ball's Ferry crossing on the Oconee River and met with the Irwinton committee at their courthouse.
    The Bee-Line Highway, a road project in which now the citizens of Johnson, Emanuel, Wilkinson, Bibb and others are relaying this interest to the state highway department. Candler County has been asked to join also as a letter was sent to Secretary Williams of the Woodpecker route, which runs from Savannah over the Dixie Overland through Statesboro, Metter, Graymont, Swainsboro, Kite, Wrightsville, Irwinton to Macon. It is shown that this route saves 25 to 30 miles between Swainsboro and Macon by way of Wrightsville and would shorten the trip from Atlanta to Savannah.