From Days Gone By March 15,1924

 March 15,1924.

    The Dysard Construction Co. of Atlanta has completed it's work and turned over the sewerage system to the city council and the sewers we're ready for use. The company has moved all of its men and machinery from the city and the council has took over the job for cash of working the streets which was the contract of the company. The council is now fixing every street and will not stop until they are in passable condition. The sewers to private property and all plumbing work will now start and before long the entire city will be using the new system.

    Judge J. L. Kent will convene the March Term of Superior Court next week. The Grand Jury will also assemble. There are several large civil cases on the docket, also three murder cases, a couple assault cases making it probably a long week. Hill Rogers and his two sons, Lee and Otis, colored men, have been in jail since Sept. for allegedly killing John Harmon, colored recluse living near B. J. Wiggins place. John lay dead in the road with his throat cut and shot 5 times in the back of his head.

    Officers from the sheriff and county policeman Will T. Kitchens before day made a liquor raid at a colored man's house out in the county and captured a real copper outfit all set agoing and something doing when the officers arrived with search warrants. The proprietors fled the officers to parts unknown.

    Milo Smith, son of Sidney F. Smith near Kite has been suffering from the accident of the knife wound in his left leg since Nov. 1922, and only recently has it treated.

    A few cases of measles are reported in the city. Several have had them but a few new cases have broken out this week 

    One night last week there was an alarming incident that caused confusion in the bedroom of a husband and wife who live in the Western part of town. Sometime during the night he woke and jumped from his bed yelling his left eye had bursted and was hanging on his cheek. This cause his wife to leap from the bed and turned on the light. It was then discovered that a large was of chewing gum was stuck over his eye, she having gone to bed chewing it and while falling asleep she unintentionally placed the gum there.

    Wrightsville has the unique distinction of being the only town of it's it's south of Greenland's ice mountains that has not an adult white man by the name of John Smith as a citizen of this place. We learn this is true. What a pity tis true. There's something wrong in the town of Wrightsville. What? Not a John Smith. Let the Chamber of Commerce make inducements for one by that cognomen to come here to reside. O for a thousand tongues to call a John Smith to Wrightsville!