FROM DAYS GONE BY July 30, 1926

 July 30, 1926.

    A bad occurance took place Wednesday morning near the city across Cedar Creek where several white citizens were working getting out cross ties in a plat of woods. The fuss was between two white men always considered peaceable hard workers. Present on the occasion were Mr. J. Marian Smith, the man accused of hitting another with a limb across the head, Mr. Pierce Dixon, the man who was hit, Mr. T. Snell, Mr. June Martin and his son, and Mr. Johnnie Dixon brother to Pierce.

    They had sat down to rest awhile and were talking friendly for several minutes. Smith, who was jailed, said they were merely laughing and joking and in the fun that Dixon got mad and passed the lie to him several times and finally passed a real harsh lie, when Smith, while sitting near Dixon, in a rush of anger, grabbed a limb and struck Dixon over the head hurting him badly. Dixon says Smith hit him for nothing that he did nothing to Smith. He lost a lot of blood from the head wound. Smith gave a $5,000 bond and was freed. Dixon is recovering slowly.

    Automobile license tags will be sold at one-half price after August 1st. This is for autos purchased in the second half of the year. Mr. Green Harrison of the Williams Furniture Company is attending a furniture exposition in North Carolina to purchase stock for the store. Miss Bernice Page and Mr. Wilbur Stephens were married last Sunday.

    Mr. Edd Jordan, experienced gin and cotton warehouseman, in business here for many years, announced the completion of their new electric ginning outfit. The Lovett & Company ginning firm also has their new electric gin ready for the 1926 season.

    Mrs. Ray Lester of Atlanta, formally Miss Bernice Fountain, daughter of C. A. Fountain of Adrian, died in a Gainsville, Georgia hospital. She was on a camping trip above Lakemont and was stricken with appendicitis. After the operation she developed typhoid fever. She was buried in Adrian.

FROM DAYS GONE BY July 23, 1926

 July 23,1926.

   The Citizens Bank of Kite opened for business again after being closed from Thursday to Monday afternoon. Financial  matters got the bank in somewhat an embarrasing condition for the time being and felt the bank should close to fix the problem. Interested parties went to work to better conditions and to re-establish confidence and restore loyalty to the bank. After reopening deposits came in good size and by Tuesday deposits and checks were circulating as usual. Kite needs and must have a bank. Whatever happened they vow it won't happen again.

    The Wrightsville banks show a strong condition, healthy and sound. Wrightsville has three good banks with combined resources of $818,104.77. The people are glad to see these institutions flourishing.

    County Agent Crow has been at Adrian helping its farmers market their big stem Jerseys and other early kind of potatoes. He reports a good crop with fair prices for them. he is also helping combat the pests in the cotton crop and disease in the hogs. Mr. Will Tom Smith, a prosperous farmer of up near Harrison, brought the newspaper a mighty fine specimen of a watermelon.

    Capt. Wright and his road-building force are now making a lot of good roads around Scott and Adrian and between Wrightsville and these two towns he is making a first class highway. He is headed to Meeks and Kite next.

    For several weeks now Pastor T. M. Luke has been doing a round of general repair work on the inside, outside and roof of the Methodist church. Paint has been applied where needed, newly made over windows arrived this week from Atlanta. These are being put back in there places. Quite a sum has been expended in doing this job and the preacher has put out a lot of hard work on it.

    Bill Hall has filed for divorce from Josey Collins Hall on account she has left the state. Mr. & Mrs. Ben Roy Spell, Jr. announce the birth of a fine daughter on July 19th.

    Miss Pauline Claxton, daughter of Judge & Mrs. Chas. L. Claxton of Kite and Mr. Carnage Harrison, son of Clerk & Mrs. Green B. Harrison of Wrightsville were married last Thursday at the home of Elder Jesse Johnston. After the wedding they honeymooned to Savannah. They will make their home in Wrightsville.

    Willie Copeland, white boy, the son of Mr. Lee Copeland of the eastern part of the county, became unbalanced in his mind and was jailed. A legal hearing was held over his condition and he was pronounced a subject for the state asylum at Milledgeville. Sheriff Claxton carried him there. He was a pitiful being and his condition brought much sympathy. The Sheriff said he was uncontrolable at times and acted dangerously to himself and others.

    Mr. M. H. Rachels, 72, died last Thursday morning from paralysis at the home of his son, G. W. Rachels. His wife, three daughters and four sons survive him. He was a native of Hancock County moving here about 46 years ago. He was buried at New Home.

FROM DAYS GONE BY July 16, 1926

 July 16, 1926.

    The early morning train on the W. & T. had a very bad wreck a mile beyond Harrison Monday morning. Two coal cars and three box cars were derailed, caused by a defective part on one of the coal cars. No one was injured. The passengers got a small jar or shake but that was all. The engine and coaches remained on the tracks. Wrightsville was without mail Monday but the tracks were repaired and everything was back on schedule Tuesday.

    A group of young men left for Camp McClellan for army training. They were Lewis Garrard, Wilbur Douglas, Hugh Bedingfield, Harry Rowland, Prince Hodgson, Annos Martin, C. D. Prescott, Hubert Orr and Vailard Blount.

    Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Stephens have sailed from Savannah to Baltimore to northern markets for their fall line of goods. T. L. & S. R. Martin who have a big saw mill business is moving their mill to a point near Spann. Mr. M. T. Riner of Meeks is now a candidate for State Representative.

    The other banks released their statement of condition. The Farmers Bank, $145,231.06; Citizens Bank of Kite, $137,851.27; Bank of Adrian, $98,820.45; Exchange Bank, $364,140.19.

    J. H. Rowland, T. L. Martin, E. J. Sumner and G. C. Rowland filed a petition for a Charter for the B. & B. Lumber Company for a period of 20 years. Capital stock to be $10,000 with the option to increase to $25,000. J. Roy Rowland is the attorney for the petitioners.

    Mayor R. R. Martin gives the public notice that it is now unlawful for any person owning or controlling a dog of any kind or sex to be allowed to run at large on the streets of Wrightsville during the months of May, June, July, August and September each year unless the dog is muzzled on account of these months rabies is prominent in these animals.

    Mr. Lewis Webb died at his home from a two week fever. He is survived by his wife and one child, father, mother, brother and three sisters. He was 26 and a successful farmer. He was buried in the family cemetery.

    Mr. Alvah McAfee died in a government hospital in Washington City last Sunday being sick about a week. His father, RFD carrier E. J. McAfee was notified Monday morning and wired authorities to ship the young man home. He was just 22. He was buried in Westview.

    Lee Wright, colored, jailed a week ago on a whiskey and pistol charge plead guilty to both and was fined $50 for each case and put on parole for eight months.

    Anna Tarver, colored woman, was jailed Saturday night by Sheriff Claxton from a raid on her house in the quarters. They found 16 quarts of shine all hid away between the ceiling and weather boarding under a window. Suspicion was drawn to the house by the number of visitors around.

FROM DAYS GONE BY July 9, 1926

 July 9, 1926.

    The fourth passed off nicely with not so many people present. All who went to Idylwild had a good time and enjoyed the address of Hon. James H. Mills, candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture. They also enjoyed a barbecue, music, bathing, skating and politicking until the clock struck 12 Monday night. Mr. Omy Hooks, Idylwild's manager, hosted a successful day. The new Bee Line Springs at Kite was also crowed for the day.

    Time to quailify is out at noon Saturday. So far Dr. J. M. Page has qualified for State Senator, Dr. J. W. Flanders for State Representative and Col. J. Roy Rowland for Solicitor.

    Judge Graham granted a second new trial to Samuel Fulford of Alamo, who allegedly shot and killed county officer Bland last fall. Fulford has been tried twice and each time sentenced to death. This will make his third trial.

    Citizens of Wrightsville have started a move to get the Western Union Telegraph office removed from the W. & T. depot to a more convenient spot up town. Mr. Forrest A. Hartley is now with the Wrightsville Motor Company selling Buicks. The city veternarian of Lavonia has located at Jack Robinson's in Wrightsville. The Bank of Wrightsville's statement of condition sets at $308,733.52.

    Mr. Jefferson Tyson has a unique outfit all rigged up in the back part of his auto, a Delco Lighting Plant fixed so he operates it when running at night if he chooses. Its also for demonstrating the light plant he sells.

    Miss Dorothy Helen Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. Eugene Smith of Palm Beach, and Mr. E. Linton Holt, son of Mr. & Mrs. T. D. Holt of Wrightsville, were married on Jefferson road, Prospect Park. Mr. Holt has an established business in West Palm Beach.

    Lee Tuggle, prominent Putnam County planter was in grave condition while Tom Martin, formally of Eatonton is in jail charged with slashing Tuggle four times with a pocket knife. This occured at the home of Demus Anderson on the Dixie Highway eight miles above Eatonton. Tuggle was attacked from the back without warning. Tom Martin was born in Wrightsville, he married in Putnam County but divorced and had been living in Florida.

    Mr. Thomas F. Bullard died at his home near town at the age of 53. While plowing in his field he was suddenly stricken with appoplexy and was carried home where he lingered till about 6 pm. Mr. Bullard was born September 30, 1872 near Wilmington, N. C. and reared there. When he grew up he became a large turpentine and naval stores operator in Georgia, coming here at age 20. He married six years ago last March to Mrs. Nana Tanner. He was a Mason and member of Wrightsville Methodist church. He is survived by his wife Nana, two sons, Thomas and Franklin, and stepdaughter, Miss Martha Tanner. He was buried in Westview.

FROM DAYS GONE BY July 2,1926

 July 2, 1926.

    The General Manager of the Georgia Southern Power Company announced they will bill Wrightsville customers the same rates as Dublin. The reduction is possible due to lines from Dublin connecting Wrightsville.

    Professor J. H. Forbis of Smithville School District has notified the local school board that he has accepted their offer to become head of Wrightsville school.

      The farmers and land owners of Johnson will soon have at their opportunity to sell all their stumps in the fields to a company in Dublin who will need a vast quantity of stump wood or yellow pine stumps to supply its mammoth industrial plant. This operation in Dublin is spending more than $750,000 on this one plant. The company is called Southern Pulp & Naval Stores Company. Two train loads of machinery and another on the way being part of their fixtures. The W. & T. Railroad has run three side tracks for these people by and near the plant for their operations.

    This plant will need stumps from 8,000 to 10,000 acres of land each year, making the land easily produce from a fourth to a third more each year. It will make 15,000 tons of Kraft pulp, 750,000 gallons of turpentine and 22,500,000 barrels of rosin annually. This is considered a conservative effort of plant production.

    The Bethany Home in Vidalia will hold a big July 4th birthday party. Bethany Home is an institution for the aid of old ladies and children operated by the Primitive Baptist denomination. The Southeastern Union Singing Convention had an all day sing at the court house.

    Hon. W. W. Larson of the 12th District will return to Congress without opposition. The Democratic Executive Committee has set qualifiying fees as follows: Solicitor City Court $50; Representative $50; State Senator $50. Mary Lou Britt files for divorce from Louis Britt. C. H. Moore files for bankrupcty. Also J. E. Linder, trading as the Linder Horse & Mule Co. files for bankruptcy.

    The W. & T. Railroad is having the depot here gone over with the paint brush and other needed improvements. The farmer is having it hard. About the time they thought they had the weevil under control along comes these other pests called Texas Cotton fleas.

    The voters of Adrian passed a bond issue of $40,000 to build and equip a large school building. The vote was 226 to 33. Mr. Walter W. Simmons of Augusta was awarded the contract.

    Miss Alma Rowland, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Rowland, plaintiff in a suit against two men in Savannah who owned the car that hit her, won a verdict of $5,000. John Willie Spivey, colored man charged with a whiskey matter, plead guilty before Judge Blount and was given a year on the chain gang.

    On June 6th, William Clinton Stephens, son of Mr. & Mrs. B.B. Stephens died. He was 6 months old and was buried at Rehobeth. Mr. & Mrs. B. B. Steptoe of Meeks, son, Eliza, died on the 14th of pneumonia. His wife and child survive him. He was buried at Corinth.