From Days Gone By August 9,1924

 August 9, 1924.

    What started out to be a disastrous blaze at the Lovett planning mill, the natural materials helped increase it's furor about midnight at the boiler and shaving house where the firing up takes place and soon enveloped the large outfit in flames. A general alarm rose the people up from their slumber and they hastened to the scene. The mill is quite a distance from the nearest fire plug and it was some time before connections could be made.

    Quite a bit of damage resulted, the largest being the loss time while repairs are going on. This is the largest industry in Wrightsville. Mr. W. H. Lovett carried some insurance to help with the loss. During the hottest of the fire the big whistle started to blowing as the large smoke stack leaned over onto the lever and the sound could be heard for miles.

    In a miraculous escape Tuesday night for Mr. Edward Sanders when his Ford coupe smashed into the buggies of Mr. O. M. Martin and family his Ford going off the bridge on it's top into Little Cedar Creek. Mr. Beverly B. Hayes and Mr. Vivian Harris were in the car with Sanders and we're cut and bruised. Other than that all escaped serious injury.

    Mr. A. H. Edge, on the plantation of J. H. Rowland brought in the first bale of cotton for the year to Lovett's Gin. Other good cotton farmers this year are Mr. Gordon Greenway and Chas. S. Claxton. Mr. Goodman Stephens came in with a wagon load of rattlesnake watermelons and sold them around town.

    The Kite Marketing Assoc. is shipping sweet potatoes to Athens and several points in the Carolina's and are getting $5 per hundred pounds.

    The Wrightsville Grain Co. under Mr. L. L. Lovett makes it known his total purchases for June and July of chickens and eggs from local farmers amounted to $3,521. He is the only firm here that buys from local farmers.

    Thomas Lee Bray broke his arm Monday. There will be a picture show at Pleasant Grove by Carroll Shealey on Saturday night.

    Mrs. G. A. Tarbutton died at her home 8 miles west of town August 4th from typhoid fever. Her husband, Fluker, and one son survived her. She was 44 years old and was formally Miss Donnie Cullens, a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Watt Cullens. She was buried in Sandersville cemetery following services at the home of Mr. Ben Tarbutton.

    Mr. W. W. Sumner died at his home in Savannah. He was 74 and survived by his wife and several children. He was buried in Savannah. Mr. Sumner had visited his old home here almost every year.