March,12,1926.
The Supreme Court heard a motion for a new trial last week for Charlie Rawlings which was argued by Thomas W. Hardwick his leading attorney. It is expected to be several weeks before the court decides. Tanner awaits a new trial which was granted some time ago by the same court. Clerk Harrison has issued about 100 supenos for witnesses for the defense in the Tanner case.
The Kite Community Club has been organized and is made up of men from the town of Kite and it's communities. It was organized to sponsor the progress of the town. Officers are : Rev. F. J. Gilbert, President; Dr. W. K. Stewart, V. P.; J. S. Stevenson, Sec.; V. J. Wheeler, Treas.; and E. I. Sanders. Members are E. J. Claxton, W. B. Meeks, B. I. Kight, J. L. Harrison, Z. W. Claxton, S. W. Harrison, M. O. Davis, J. D. Wheeler, Jr., J. M. Hammock, C. M. Schwalls, M. L. Anderson, B. A. Anderson.
Big Tom Martin, the ice man, builds a cold storage house to help farmers save their meat from spoiling. Mrs. Lotus McAfee has purchased the McAfee & Price Meat Market and it will now be run as The Cash Market. Mr. Silas Greenway has filed for bankruptcy.
The Georgia Southern Power Company is building it's lines from Dublin this way and will soon have all the poles up. The company has also recently purchased the power plants in Swainsboro and Eastman.
Professor W. M. Pettis and the local high school boy's team went to Vidalia to play in the basketball tournament. Perry beat Wrightville in the opening game 31 to 26.
Mayor R. R. Martin has Wrightville's designated coin, a special numbered coin, a memorial half dollar, with the initial of the state stamped on it. It is number 379 and no other coin in the world will bear this number.
Playing at the Dixie Theatre this week, Hoot Gibson in "Spook Ranch", Lester Cuneo in "Fighting Jim Grant", William Desmond in "The Ace of Spades", and Josie Sedgwick in "Outlaw's Daughter".
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