From Days Gone By Sept. 1, 1922

September 1, 1922.
    Had you ever figured out just why it is that when sure enough crime starts on a rampage it picks out some Saturday night to open up? The most of bad crimes in cities occur between Saturday noon and Monday morning. Night life needs regeneration, says a prominently known minister, and the Headlight agrees with him.
    The Wrightsville District School will open its doors on September 4th. Union Hill has homecoming on Sunday and Oaky Grove will have a sing on the 4th. The sing at Idlywild Saturday was another good one. Rev. G. F. Sumner accepted the call to the pastoratr of Pleasant Plains church.
    Mr. C. T. Swinson opens a new grocery store in the Hayes building formally occupied by Elmo Hayes, north of the courthouse. Barber Albert Grimes returned here from Augusta to work in Knowles Barber Shop. There has been a general exodus of machinist, carpenters and painters to Macon to the Central of Georgia Railway shops for employment. Leon Chester, Schley Moore, Lon Smith, Joe Alewine, Marvin Raley, Jerry Burris, Bill Scoggins, Bud Fountain, Claude Hicks, Warren Hall, Cleon, Otis and Luther Jenkins and others have left here to seek employment there.
    Mrs. John Brantley died at home about six miles from the city from a complication of diseases. She was survived by her husband and six children. She was buried at Liberty Grove.
    Judge John William Lindsey, Confederate Pension Commissioner of this state since 1889, died at his home in Atlanta of paralysis and pneumonia. He was 80 years old.
    The executive committee asks that all voters vote in their own precincts on the 13th primary. Hon. Richard B. Russell, candidate for Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court spoke here on Friday. Judge Ben Hill Moye will speak in different parts of the county on behalf of the candidacy of Gov. T. W. Hardwick. M. L. "Mack" Johnson a Bartow businessman is running for Railroad Commissioner.
    Miss Annie Mae King wed Mr. James Monroe Cook, Jr.  on August 25th. She is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Harmon Webb King. Mr. Cook is the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Cook, Sr.
    Miss Lavada Price, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Price is at Nacoochee Institute at Santee, Georgia where she is doing special canning for the dormitory. Their next daughter, Ethel, won 1st prize in  county fair here last fall on her tomato exhibit.
    Osley Sumner is offering cheap taxi rates to any point. If you want to go anywhere see him first. Arline Chapel celebrated its 50th anniversary with over 300 in attendance. Mrs. Mamie Hughe McWaters of Adrian files for bankruptcy. The firm of Swinson & Co. has been mutually dissolved between C. T. Swinson and J. B. Paul.
    The following make their official political announcements. Senator 16th district Jim Gillis; Lower state house representative D. C. Harrison; Solicitor of City Court C. S. Claxton and H. T. Hicks.
    Wrightsville should begin to rally to the merited cause of the fair this fall. It the fair fails, then what?