March 8,1924.
Judge W. C. Brinson, son of Mrs. J. W. Brinson, Sr. and the late Dr. J. W., and a brother to Earl, Wesley, Curt, and Dewitte Brinson and sisters Mrs. R. B. Bryan and Mrs. Chas. H. Kittrell, was last week appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Ben Hill Moye for City Court.
Judge Brinson graduated from the law department of the University in the class of 1907 and came home to start his professional practice. He ran for this office in the recent primary and came in 112 votes of winning. The unexpired term lasts through this year and he will be succeeded by Judge B. B. Blount who won the Jan. 16th primary.
The Commercial Club of Wrightsville is now a reality. It was spearheaded at a banquet furnished by the Women's Club of the city and more than 100 guests assembled here. Judge A. L. Hatcher was toastmaster and addresses were given by W. C. and J. W. Brinson, Revs. T. L. Harris, E. N. Anthony and George W. Hutchinson, Mr. J. M. Cook, Prof. J. L. Fleming and Judge J. L. Kent. All speeches upheld a lofty community spirit. One speaker said he had been living in the city 40 years and never saw a better get together spirit than this.
After a four course dinner Dr. J. W. Brinson, Jr. was chosen president of the club. Mayor T. V. Kent, v. p., C. D. Roundtree, sec. and R. B. Bryan, treas. The executive committee is J. M. Cook, A. L. Hatcher and E. E. Sanders. The first thing they intended to do is to complete arrangements for the district high school meet here in April.
Hon. E. L. Stephens has announced he will run for re-election for the solicitor general of the superior courts of the Dublin circuit. Col. R. P. Jackson of the Wrightsville bar was admitted to practice law in the state of Florida and has offices in Miami. Mr. & Mrs. Herman Woods had a daughter on Feb. 28th.
The boys and girls of the high school basketball team went to Bartow and both came out victor's. Boys 22 to 20, girls 12 to 6. The girls leave for Eastman to take part in the 12th district tournament.
The Board of Education consolidated 4 schools into one large school in the Western part of the county. Union, Sunshine, Stokes and Wesley Chapel will become one school with the location to be determined. Kite is enlarging her school with an up to date building. Dirt has been broken and it should be ready by next term. Kite has a consolidated school system and many trucks bring boys and girls for miles around. The new building will be located on the south side of the present brick structure.
County Agent M. E. Crow loaded and sold 2 full carloads of yams at $1.05 per bushel which brought the Farmers around Kite almost $1200 cash. He sold a carload in Wrightsville of 560 bushels at the same price and is at Adrian loading about 600 bushels. Since the 1st of Jan. Agent Crow has sold over $16,000 in sweet potatoes for the Farmers. The last hog sale brought in $5,000. Johnson County's agent stands among the 12 leading agents in Georgia
Ordinary U. R. Jenkins is trying out one of the 5 ton Best Tractors on the county roads pulling the heavy machine in place of the mules. The tractor arrived yesterday by representatives of the C. L. Best Tractor Co. Of California. If it does the work recommended it will save the work of a half dozen or more mules. It weighs 8850 pounds.
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