From Days Gone By March 24, 1922

March 24, 1922.
    The annual county school meeting was held today in Wrightsville at the high school building. All county schools will attend with a basket dinner on the grounds. The program will include spelling by the first seven grades, spelling by pupils of the high schools, the same with arithmetic, reading and writing. In the afternoon will be the running broad jump, standing high jump, 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440 yard dash, three-legged race, sack race and chinning the bar.
    A story that reads like city doings is that perpetration of petty thievery in Wrightsville Saturday by a congregation of banded Negroes, part of whom live here and part in Dublin and elsewhere. They came to town and huddled together most of the day and some time in the late afternoon visited almost every store in the city on the pretense of purchasing goods. Clothing was the chief article besought.
    While part of the crowd engaged the clerks some other one of the bunch was perusing around with pilfering in his mind, judging from what was finally done. They paid the store of Hall Brothers a call and on checking up there goods the merchants found eight or ten pair of pants, some silk hose and a few other articles missing. They went up to the store of Mr. T. V. Kent and there made off with a couple of pair of shoes and possibly other articles.
    Warrants were sworn out for a half dozen of the gang. Two were arrested and jailed Monday night. One of these had on a pair of the pants taken from Hall Brothers. The sheriff had these returned to them Tuesday morning. Mr. Kent secured one pair of shoes, also, from these.
    Armed with warrants for four men deputies went to Dublin Tuesday morning for four others and two women, who are also wanted on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen goods.
    A clergyman walking round his parrish, met an old parishoner. "Well, John," he said. "How is it I have not seen you at church lately."
   "Hain't got no Sunday trousers." answered John.
    "Well," said the clergyman. "I have a pair at home which will just about fit you, and I will have them sent to you."
    The trousers were duly sent, and the following Sunday John was seen at church. Then after being absent for sometime, the clergyman again met him.
    "Well, John" he said. "You have no excuse for not coming to church lately."
     "Look here, pastor," said John, "i come to church three Sunday's, an' if you don't think I earned them trousers, just tell me how many more Sunday's I shall have to come before they're mine?"