November 16,1923.
The county primary was set for Jan. 16,1924, and quailfiying ends Dec. 15th. Meeks was given a biting place in the Pullen Dist. by the Executive Committee. The candidates for the offices of Ordinary, Clerk, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Judge and Solicitor of City Court were assessed at $12.50 each. For Tax Receiver and School Superintendent $10 each. The Coroner pays in just one wheel to the clerk.
The city primary is Nov. 27th, the last date to qualify is Nov. 24th. All registered voters having paid their state, county and city taxes and are city residents can vote. The fee for Mayor is $7.50 and $2.00 for councilman.
Mr. J. Nat Riner announces for Tax Collector, U. R. Jenkins for Ordinary, Dr. J. W. Flanders for Ordinary, W. C. Brinson for Judge. C. H. Moore is urged to run for Sheriff and C. M. Schwalls is still thinking about it. Dr. D. C. Harrison of Kite, representative for Johnson in the Ga. Legislature was home shaking hands.
Sewerage in Wrightsville will soon be an actuality. The big ditching machine has been at work all week. As fast as a line is dug the piping is placed at the bottom. With this construction co., barring accidents or bad weather, will have the entire system installed long before the time expires for it. Carloads of piping have been laid in the streets all over the city and more is enroute. When it is all in you are going to see property worth more, people are going to be more anxious than ever to come here and from a health standpoint it will be a better place to dwell.
Mr. Sidney F. Smith, President of the Johnson County Singing Convention says Arline Chapel will have the next sing next Sunday. There will be a negro minstrel at Adrian High School next Friday. It will be played by the Dudley Minstrel made up of the best talent around. Mr. Lucious Attaway and family have moved here from Savannah.
Kite is growing. Kite is booming. Business is good and getting better. Just a few of the businesses now operating in Kite are: The Star Trading Co.; City Drug Store, J. B. Claxton Groceries, Kite Motor Co. dealer in Ford's, and Fordson tractors, J. M. Johnson dry goods, L. D. Lindsey groceries, George W. Brantley groceries, The Citizens Bank, Neal & Stephenson coffins and caskets, and The Farmers Gin Co.
City Court does big business this week. Liquor cases tried thick and fast with verdicts reached in many cases.
Mr. Dewey Hall who just moved to Bartow, Fla. was injured in a head on collision throwing him through the windshield. But ole Dewey is improving. Willie Lindsey, a worker for J. H. Rowland fell with his horse while driving some cows with W. M. Shurling and was bruised really bad. Mr. Lindsey is manager for Mr. Rowland's farm.
Judge & Mrs. Alonzo Lee Hatcher daughter Pauline, will marry Laudice D. Lovett. Miss Emilie Roempler Jaeckel and A. Turner Clarke were married Nov 5th. Miss Maude Snider & Thomas Whitfield married last Saturday.
Mr. Henry T. Downs and family came from Carr's Station to bury their little grandson, George Dewey Downs, Jr. at Union Hill. Dr. W. H. Stewart, 84, died at his daughter's, Mrs. Leila O. Daley. He was buried in Westview. He was an Atlanta resident for 15 years but practiced in Bartow just after the Civil War. He moved to Wrightsville and was in the merchantile business for a while before moving back to Atlanta.
Mr. E. N. Hitchcock of the Ga. Grocery Co. here has the largest cheese ever brought to Wrightsville. It weighs 350 pounds and he will cut it on Dec. 1st.
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