From Days Gone By Feb. 14,1925

 February 14,1925.

    Circulars have been widely distributed announcing the coming to Wrightville Friday, the Rev. Sam H. Campbell, a speaker of national repute. It is said that he is coming here under the auspices of the local Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. His address will be on Americanism, the needs of education, public schools, religion, etc. It will take place at the courthouse with everyone welcome. The Rev. Campbell is known as a speaker and his address is to be highly interesting to hear.

    The Johnson County Club Fair stockholders met and elected the same board of directors for 1925. They are R. R. Martin, J. M. Cook, W. P. Bedingfield, M. T. Riner, Wm. Jackson, J. T. Fulford, C. T. Bray, I. R. Tanner, E. J. Claxton and Z. T. Houser.

    A total now of $10,733.79 has been distributed to farmers in this county on sweet potatoes, hogs and chickens. Mr. J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture is coming to speak in Wrightsville on Feb. 20th.

    In Dublin on Friday night the Wrightville boys easily won over the Dublin High team by the score of 20 to 13 in basketball. The Dublin girls beat Wrightville girls 19 to 11.

    Mrs. Williams who shot herself last week with a pistol is probably going to recover according to Dr. H. B. Bray.

    Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Tyson had a son. Mr. & Mrs. D. N. Moseley had a son on Feb. 6th. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Crawford had a daughter Feb. 1st. Miss Ioian Gardner wed Mr. James T. Miller on Jan. 26th.

    Mr. William Parker now has a position with a bank in Atlanta. Mr. Green B. Harrison, Jr. of Harrison has purchased an interest in the J. B. Williams Furniture Co. here.

    Webb Baker, colored, got furious at the Rowland Saw Mill and proceeded to wield a wicked hand, using a long crowbar as his weapon, landed a dangerous wound on the forehead of Mr. George Smith who had come up to quench a row between Webb and another colored. The bar passed on after hitting Smith and struck the other man beside the head making an ugly wound. Webb was jailed under a warrant by Sheriff Claxton. Afterwards it was learned the mill was in Washington Co. and he was transferred there.

    Mrs. Susan Price died Feb. 9th at Alamo from apoplexy and brought here and buried at Parker's cemetery. She was 61 and a daughter of the late John Parker of this county.

    Mr. John A. Wilson of Osierfield died at Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Jenkins, his brother-in-law here from heart trouble. He was born and reared here. His wife is a daughter of Mr. J. D. Hutchinson. She and their six young children survived him. He was a son of Mr. Jackson Wilson and was 47. He was a member of Cedar Grove Methodist and was buried in the Wilson cemetery near Donovan.