FROM DAYS GONE BY May 7, 1926

 May 7, 1926.

    The various school districts of the county elected their members to the Board of Trustees. W. C. Brinson and C. S. Claxton were re-elected for another term. R. R. Martin, A. F. Flanders and E. E. Sanders will not be up till 1927. The school will have its big picnic at Idylwild on Friday for the Wrightsville School District.

    Mr. R. C. Thompson, district supervisor of the State for Vocational Education met with School Superintendent Luther Lillard to make a survey of the county to find all the disabled persons in the county. The State desires to help these persons through physical restoration and vocational training and place them in different forms of employment.

    The Farm Bill by Senator William J. Harris has been approved and authorizes a three year experiment by the Post Office with a fifty percent reduction of postal rates on farm produce shipped directly from the farm to Post Office on the same Rural Route. Its aim is to encourage the transportation of food products from producers to consumers or vendors. This would include vegetables, fruits, berries, poultry, eggs, milk and cream.

    The pension check for Confederate veterans back due money was received by Ordinary Jenkins. The amount was $13,890 for money due the old soldiers since 1922. Some pensioners get as high as $460, some $360 which is the major draw for veterans.

    The merchants on the west side from Brinson's Drug Store up to the Georgia Filling Station (Sumners Pharmacy) made up a fund to erect some hitching posts on the open lot to the rear of these stores. They are now up and available for people who still drive horses and mules into the city.

    The new grocery and feed store of the Wrightsville Grain Company by the Post Office is operated by Mrs. E. A. Lovett. Col. W. M. Shurling has opened a new grocery and Alfo corn feed store in the building vacated by Jacob Kaplan. Mr. Lewis Reese is manager. Mr. Jefferson Tyson is selling Colt Lighting Systems. Mr. Fluker Tarbutton acquired the Lovett"s Filling Station. D. L. Maddox and Mr. Sheppard have opened up barber shops.

    Mr. Thomas Ray Knight of Kite married Miss Ruby Haddock of Douglas, Georgia. Mr. Silas Greenway, G. M. Barnes and Lee Barnes have filed for bankruptcy.