From Days Gone By April 6, 1923

April 6, 1923.

    The Field Day Excercises in Wrightsville on the high school campus on the 13th was given official sanction by the county Board of Education. Dinner will be supplied from all points in the county because every school is suppose to participate. The board requests that all teachers lay aside their regular work for the day and bring their children and they will be paid for the day.

    Revival services conducted by Rev. George W. Hutchinson of the Methodist church organization has created an upstirring in the community. Rev. Hutchinson makes it snappy and throws a religious bomb into the churches camp Sunday night. Sinners were hit in every service as congregations go out in earnest. The services will likely go into next week. The Kite Methodist Church will hold the next Johnson-Washington Singing Convention on April 15th.

    Four big carloads of hogs were sold here Wednesday to the highest bidder. The largest lot of hogs in weight sold since the hog sales began. There were 50,247 pounds of mix-fed hogs which sold at $7.17 for tops. There were 18,541 pounds of corn-fed hogs which top price was $7.50. All told there were 516 head.

    The fire sale of the Dixie Dept. Store is still going on at the Tanner store next to Parker & Price grocery. The following stores have agreed to close their business at 6 pm each day from April 2nd to August 1st. City Tailoring Shop, People's Hardware, Hall Brothers, Moye Co., Hayes Cash Store, T. V. Kent, B. B. Hayes, J. Kaplan and Wrightsville Hardware.

    Mr. B. J. Wiggins boasts of having the largest hams and shoulders from hogs on his plantation. He had 20 hams which weighed 816 pounds, two weighing 78 pounds each. Johnnie Stewart living on the Hall place near Liberty Grove while feeding his mule got a severe blow on the under part of his chin from the heel of the mule. Stewart said his jaw felt like it was driven back into his head.

    County officers captured two outfits of stillers Saturday morning down below here landing the shinners in jail. One of the outfits was a wash pot with a very rough cover and ordinary pipe. The other was little better one, an old oil tank that looked like it would hold 15 or 20 gallons. The two outfits were supposed to belong to these colored men living on the plantation where the stills were found.

    The Scott Banking Company at Scott suspended operations last Friday and its affairs turned over to the State Banking Department for adjustments, the first bank closing in the county in years. The boll weevil hit the people hard as well as those who had obtained large loans from the bank and this is the cause of its closing up. This is a Benton bank. The stockholders and depositors include many wealthy and prominent people of Scott and the county.

    While transporting a sawmill from Augusta to Wrightsville the heavy truck of Mr. Luie Kent fell partially through Price's bridge but no one was badly hurt. To all the Corn Club boys Agent Crow says now is the time to plant corn.

    Mr. Oscar Smith of Scott is being sought to run for Sheriff. Some fellow bumped the drive-to-the-right flower pot at the post office street crossing knocking it to smithereens. Mr. R. E. Hayes returned from Oklahoma where he lost his large business to fire. The marriage of Mr. Cleo Johnson of here to Miss Maggie Gillis of Soperton was held last Thursday. The next Confederate Veterans Reunion will be held in New Orleans April 10th. Miss Julia Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Smith and Prof. Brannon J. Snell of Liberty Grove were wed.

    Mr. W. H. Lovett, entering the timber and lumber business several months ago. He has completed an $8,000 brick klin in the northern part of the city.

    The Easter was a cold one all over the country. In the city people hovered around the fire places with all the activity of a real winter day. But warm churches brought out large congregations.