FROM DAYS GONE BY May 21, 1926

 May 21, 1926.

    Wrightsville now owns some captured artillery the U. S. took from the Germans in the World War. Mayor Martin received it for the city. The captured equipment consists of one German machine gun, five bayonets, one sawtooth bayonet, one cartridge, Howitzer, 150 mm, five German Mauser rifles, one tripod for machine gun. It came from the Raritan Arsenal at Matuchen near New Ark, New Jersey. Its ready for display in the Peoples Hardware Company and will remain until another place is found for it. The city owns it and will permana intly be theirs.

    There is a big building boom down by the W. & T. Railroad. A big brick cotton warehouse is up, a new gin is in the works. Mr, R. A. Moore has opened a new electric machine shop. Then across the tracks J. H. Rowland is building a new, bigger planing mill. The Farmers Gin Co. is also putting in a new outfit. On the south end of Marcus Street across the railroad tracks, Pan-American Oil Co. is putting in two large oil tanks, pipes, etc. and will open several filling stations in the county.

    The poultry raisers of the county sold $1351.92 for 4051 lbs of hens, 676 lbs fryers and 485 lbs of roosters. Miss Wilma Meeks, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Meeks won the Kiwanis bazaar at Moultrie winning a Sulky Plow which retails more than $100. Mr. S. M. Johnson, Jr. is still with the Florida State League baseball club at Bradenton, Florida.

    The Georgia Southern Power Co. just bought the Wadley plant adding it to their list of buyouts. It now owns plants at Milledgeville, Dublin, Wrightsville, Eastman, Swainsboro, Midville. Wadley, Claxton, Brunswick, Lyons and Waynesboro.

    Two weeks ago the fishermen of Wrightsville formed the Wrightsville Fishing Club with a membership of 40, all anglers. Base of operations will be on the Ogeechee close to Eden Station of the Central Railway at Lawson's Rest Landing. They are now building a nice clubhouse there.

    They are now building a great highway from Augusta to Florida over Federal highway No. 1. Auto drivers of Johnson County might not mind a gas war. Macon is having one with prices from 18 to 27 cents a gallon. In Wrightsville its 27 cents firm.

    Miss Marviree Culver, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Culver wed Mr. Talmadge Holmes of Fitzgerald.

    Mr. James Glisson, farmer of Spann, was badly wounded by pistol bullets from a 45 Colt revolver by his son-in-law, Rufus Meeks about 9pm in the road at Spann Station on the W. & T. Meeks was also shot by Glisson with a 32 revolver, as Meeks sat in his buggy emptying his big gun at his father-in-law.

    Glisson had been shot down to the ground before he opened fire, falling direct in front of Meeks buggy. He got a foothold later firing a time or two and hobled to a phone pole and held himself up by it, firing again from this posture. He hit Meeks twice, put a hole through the buggy back and almost shot a buggy shaft in two.

    Both wounded men were hurried to town where their wounds were dressed. Glisson had a bad wound in the left side of his body near his heart, a glancing bullet going all around and out the back. Another bullet went through his left arm. Meeks got a slanting pill which went glazing through his left breast skin deep only, as it happened, the bullet entered his left leg, both being hit twice. Reports say Meeks fired three times and Glisson five times. Meeks claims Glisson fired first while Glisson says the first thing he knew he was hit by the 45 and Meeks shot first.

     Its said Meeks and his wife had not been getting along and she had gone to her fathers. Later Meeks came for her and met Glisson in the road and was accosted as to where he was going. Meeks replied "hunting my wife" Glisson said "You don't need her if you can't treat her better." One word led to another till the pistols started talking.