Wednesday, March 29, 2023

From Days Gone By April 11,1925

 April 11,1925.
    The Kite people are highly praised for their success in taking care of the school meet held there last Friday. They did it all right and fed 1600 people, some said the number was 2000. Wrightsville led with 71 points; Kite second with 63, Adrian 38 and honorable mention was made of Scott, Meeks, Rehobeth, and Edge Hill.
    The Williams Furniture Co. has just added musical instruments to their line of furniture stock. The Johnson-Washington Singing Convention will meet at Bethel next week.
   Mr. & Mrs. Arlie C. Price announced a fine little daughter on March 29th.
    Mrs. J. N. Hall died at the family home after a short illness. She was a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George Braswell, has one whole sister, Mrs. Wylie Sammons; and two half brothers, Henry and Willie Braswell. She has been married 23 years and the mother of three sons and three daughters. She was 41 and buried in Westview. Her husband and the young son, both very sick, could not attend the funeral.
    Mrs. Willie Sanford Daley, widow of the late Judge A. F. Daley, died at her home on West Elm Street April 3rd from a brief illness. Mrs. Daley was a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. T. C. Howard and was born in 1856.
    Mrs. Daley was violently ill two or three days and her death was expected. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Church. She was buried in Westview.
    Her children are Mrs. Judge J. E. Burch, Mrs. Rev. W. H. Burford, Mrs. J. Edison Varner, Messrs. Elmer, Millard, Fred, Russell and Comer Daley. Ex-congressman William Schley Howard of Atlanta was her brother.
    The local banks released their statement of condition. The Farmers Bank, $126,295.48; The Bank of Adrian, $80,902.97; The Citizens Bank of Kite, $135,014.90; Exchange Bank, $329,847.28; Bank of Wrightsville, $370,329.91.

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