From Days Gone By Dec 31, 1921

December 31, 1921.
    Wrightsville saw a quiet, sober and enjoyable Christmas. Drunkeness was at a low ebb and is now and disorderly charges have been few. The houses of worship were filled on Christmas day. The town businesses reports heavy selling several days in advance.
    A jolly set of young people from around Mr. Oliver's and Raines Crossroads paraded all over Wrightsville and put on the first outward Christmas celebration of the season save the small amount of firecrackers shot in town. Dressed funnily and driving and riding odd conveyances they made merry for sometime beforr taking their departure.
    Messrs. T. V. Kent and J. D. Bush have purchased the entire undertaking establishment of the Tanner Undertaking Company and have attractive quarters in Mr. Kent's department store on the west side of the court house.
    Mr. Mark Anthony, a football star of Georgia was the guest of Mr. Louie Johnson and other friends in the city. Dr. & Mrs. R. E. Butterly entertained them with a dinner.
    Warden Stanley is soon to break dirt on the Bee-Line highway out of the city towards Kite working his way to Moore's Chapel then completing it into Kite and to be at the Emanuel line by early summer. He has just completed a long stretch of public road into the city along the Summer's bridge way to Adrian.
    A colored named Fason was turned loose having been parolled by Govenor Hardwick. A few more have paid out and the gang is barely 50 in number now. Mr. Lovett Price and Mr. T. D. Holt has been added to the guard force.
    A new barn down at camp headquarters is finished. Several are in jail waiting to be tried. One of these is a colored man nicknamed "Peg" and "Peg"  has started a regular "preaching" racket down there.
    Around 2am the town was arroused with the fire alarm when the tenant house of Mrs. William Tyson out Idlywild was in flames. The colored tenants lost everything. Then later at 7am another alarm when the vacant residence next to Mr. R. T. Moye. The bucket brigade saved Moye's home but was all they could do.
    Officer C. T. Mixon went to Hastings, Florida for a colored prisioner whom Sheriff Davis located and had jailed on a local charge. Mr. W. T. Kitchens went to Macon where he has opened a store selling army goods. Mr. T. W. Horton of Scott filed for bankruptcy.
    Christmas weddings were very numorous this year. Miss Exie Lou Martin to Mr. Clyde Lord. She is daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Martin, he is son of Mr. & Mrs. F. C. Lord.
    Miss Lotis Stroud and Mr. Sidney Peebles, Miss Sarah Price to Mr. Olin Brantley, Miss Bessie McCoy to Mr. Roy Scarborough, Miss Eva Mae Beasley to Mr. Asa R. Morris, Miss Winburn Jackson to Mr. Lorenzie Powell and Miss Carrie Davis to Mr. Talmadge Colston.