From Days Gone By July 7, 1922

July 7, 1922.
    Tuesday, the fourth, business was at a standstill in the city and county. The people took the day off enjoying themselves at home eating watermelons and fried chicken. A big crowd went to the ballgame at Bartow, some to Idylwild and other places of recreation. That was about all the day's program.
    Picnics at Idylwild are a popular event this summer. Down there every day and most every evening parties go on a picnic and enjoy the resort's pleasure until a late hour.
    Several farmers have grown a lot of wheat as a surplus crop this year and have had it made into flour which they are selling out around to the merchants and anyone who will buy it, thus realizing some ready money from this source. Our merchants are glad to place the home-made brands with their customers and when it is known that most of the grocery men of the city carry it in stock buyers will no doubt be pleased to take the Johnson brand to encourage and help along the farmers.
    Farmer John R. Moore brought to the city a cotton boll more than half grown and he told his friends he had hundreds of them all over his fields and that he had the weevil conquered.
    Wrens was an easy prey for the home team Thursday. They came to the fairgrounds for one run against thirteen in a seven inning one sided affair. Young, McGahee and Brown formed the battery against Bedingfield and Tyson for Wrightsville.
    Friday's game was a slow one, full of errors and runs, the latter showing a net for each of 11 to 9 in favor of the old home town. Lester's two innings on the mound gave Wrightsville ten runs and they took him out and put in the first baseman, Bedingfield, who held his new job well, allowing but one run. Hits evened off in a basket full. J. B. Kitchens threw good ball. "Red" Martin arrived home for the remainder of the summer and was met at Tennille by some of the team who went for him in time for this game. "Red" played third ok, and came out fine all though considering having been up a lots and being wearied from the trip down from Marshalville, Kentucky. All fans are glad to see him back in the home town lineup again.
    Soperton wiped Wrightsville up properly Wednesday of last week in a one-sided game at the fairgrounds. The score stood 9 to 2 at the end of the 9th. Clay Jenkins was on the mound for the visitors and pitched good ball against Rollins for the home team. Jenkins gave up five hits to Rollins eleven. Wrightsville had been winning for the past five games and this one luck went wrong with them. The attendance was the largest so far this season.
    Wrightsville won over Bartow Monday 9 to 1. Rawlings gave up one hit and in the 6th frame retired the side on three balls. Jam up ball playing by the Wrightsville boys featured the game with the homerun of Tyson who placed one nicely away over in the cornfield.
    Bartow got another defeat put over her Tuesday on her own grounds, the score ending 10 to 8. Sanders, Kitchens and Tyson vs two Bedingfields and Allen were oposing batteries. Dublin is coming up.
    The Wrightsville Troop of Boy Scouts held their weekly meeting where they received an elementary lesson in drills.