From Days Gone By Sept. 27,1924

 September 27, 1924.

    The Wise Shows will put on a big show at the Johnson County Club Fair in Wrightsville on November 4th thru 8th. It will have 8 large shows, 3 big rides, 35 concessions, and 2 big free acts and 2 bands.

    Hundreds of dollars of premiums will be paid for a large array of exhibits. On the first night a Miss Johnson beauty contest will be held and all the Wrightsville and Kite merchants have donated money and prizes to the winner. Only single girls can enter.

    Solicitor E. L. Stephens is moving his family and his law practice to Dublin. He will continue to have his own practice and is not planning to partner at this time.

    Miss Pearl Jordan is employed as the home Demonstration Agent in Nassau County, Florida.

    Saturday's rain interfered with shopping in the city, visitors from the county getting drenched coming and going. The entire county has been well watered lately and roads and many crops, especially cotton still in the field have been injured.

    The Dixie Theatre is now under the management of Minion Layton and Cleon Frost. Playing this week is in"A Fool There Was" with Miss Estelle Taylor and Matty Mattison in "The Last White Man".

    Helen Dare, the little daughter of Mr. & Mrs. T. F. Elton was injured when the car driven by Mrs. Elton bumped into a tree near their home. A piece of windshield glass cutting the child's lips.

    Abraham Marcey, colored, complained to an officer that his buggy harness was cut up by two other colored fellows, Chas. Williams and Frank Gant and that he caught them in the act. Warrants were secured and Gant pled guilty and got 11 months or $200. Williams is in jail awaiting trial. Newton Bedgood, a white man, went to the county gang for having liquor in his possession.

    Mr. Tom M. Jordan of Dublin died Saturday night while in Charleston, S. C.. He lived here for many years. He was brought back to Dublin and buried at Northview cemetery.

    Unexpected was the death of Mrs. E. A. W. Johnson at her home near the heart of the city. She was born Miss Cora Bullard in Sampson County, N. C. March 31, 1870.  She was married for 31 years to her husband Billy Johnson. She was 54. Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Dr. Curtis E. Brinson and Miss Ola Johnson, five sons, Herbert, Louie, Stacy, Howard and Roy Johnson. Two brothers and one half sister, T. F. and Walter Bullard and Mrs. M. V. Orr.

    She was a long time member of the Christian Church. She was buried in Westview by Kent & Bush, local undertakers.