March 16, 1923.
The Dublin Industrial Exposition is drawing larger crowds than the management had hoped for for the first three days it has been going. People are visiting it from the whole country around and thousands will see it by the end of the week. Many booths in the industrial building are pretty indeed and contains the latest factory turn-outs. Chief among these is the one of the Roberts Buick Company with a most gorgeous display of Buick cars.
Miss Lucile Nelson of Wrightsville is representing the county as Miss Johnson having been chosen by a committee. Miss Nelson is a beautiful young lady and will serve most charmingly as Miss Johnson at the Beauty Show at the exposition in Dublin.
Congressman W. W. Larson returned from Washington to visit with all his constituency in the 12th district. Hon. Walter F. Gray of Swainsboro, solicitor-general of the Middle Judicial Circuit came here. He says he is proud the county authorities of Johnson are working the Kite-Wrightsville road because he can then travel eight miles less to reach the courts in Sandersville.
Adrian pulled off a big hog sale selling 562 head with top price was $6.95. The total pounds was 72,237. Sixty head was from Emanuel Co. Mr. J. R. Pound of Swainsboro was the successful bidder.
The Wrightsville Atheletic Club easily defeated Cochran A. & M. by the score of 21 to 18. It was the best game of the tournament and it gave Wrightsville the championship of the tournament.
With the first good planting days the farmers are planting some corn on the plantations. While there will be a larger acreage of cotton than last year there will not be a smaller acreage of corn. Stock raising being so prosperous has also called on the need for more corn.
Mr. W. T. Johnson will run for County Treasurer. Dr. Wade R. Bedingfield has gone to New York to work in the hospital and college. Mr. J. J. Burns had his 54th birthday. Mr. Thomas Dickens will celebrate 79 years of age.
Mayor T. V. Kent had a full house in the Mayor's Court. Darktown furnished the victims, eight of them, and the fine was $10 or 30 days, with two being held up for good behavior. The mayor is after violators and is instructing his policemen to pull down on them legally and pretty hard.
Miss Mary Edna Jennings, daughter of Mrs. Lillian Jennings of Plains, and Dr. H. B. Bray of Grady Hospital were married March 7th. Dr. Bray is son of Mrs. C. T. Bray and brother to Nat, John, Charlie and Ostell Bray. Mr. Havie Soles and Miss Elma Caraway were happily married. Charles Ray in "Scrap Iron", a seven reel First National Attraction is at the Dixie Theatre.
The State-Wide Clean-Up week had a fine time for it and many an old brush saw its last days along with old tin cans and other debris. The Wrightsville ladies are to be highly commended for their work along these lines. The city fathers, at the ladies suggestion placed at the main intersection a large sewer pipe standing upwards with flowers and a "drive to the right" sign.
Mr. R. E. Hayes went to Oklahoma where an apartment house and store combined, which he built there several years ago, burned last week with a heavy financial loss to him. From now on each Sunday morning all business will be required to close at 9:30 am and no one can sell after that time.
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