From Days Gone By Sept. 17, 1926

 September 17, 1926.

    A deplorable killing occurred Wednesday afternoon in the eastern part of the county, about a half mile west of Powell's Chapel at a 75 foot bridge across Smith Branch on a road leading to Davis bridge. Clifton Powell was shot through the heart with a 38 Special, 6 inch S. & W. pistol.

    Sidney Lamp, about 22, a son of Mr. B. J. Lamp, Sr., was charged after an inquest by Coroner Loring R. Clayton. Lamp is unmarried. Powell had a wife and two children. He was 29 and his parents are dead.

    It is said the men came up to the bridge from opposite direction traveling in buggies. The shooting took place close to the butment of the bridge. Also, there were two eye witnesses to the killing, John Veal and Walter Lamp, a brother of Sidney.

    Mr. A. S. Norris said he was called by Ben Lamp to come to the scene and came at once. Tracks of Powell's mule and buggy led about 500 yards or more to where the mule was grazing. The dead man was lying in the foot of the buggy with his head hanging out. Mr. Norris said he had some cotton pickers about 75 yards from the buggy and he called to C. J. Watson and John B. Price to come help take the body out of the buggy and lay it on the ground to wait for the Coroner.

    Mr. Norris called for the Sheriff and Coroner and they came quickly to hold the inquest. On the jury was H. B. Bray, Fluker Tarbutton, O. A. Kennedy, Jr., F. J. Pritchard, W. S. Pool and James Harrison. The witnesses were A. S. Norris, J. N. Powell, Walter Lamp, John B. Price, B. A. Lamp, John Veal and a couple more.

    Thursday some other evidence came concerning the range of the bullet and Judge Camp ordered an autopsy done by Dr. S. M. Johnson, county physician. Afterwards Powell was buried at Oaky Grove. The autopsy revealed the bullet pierced the heart going straight through and downward. Late Friday a warrant charging John Veal with murder and Sheriff Claxton went to the scene of the homicide where Veal and some friends were, and was arrested.

    A negro man named Culver died in the Peggy Snell mill race some time Friday afternoon when he dived off the embankment into the hole, his head hitting some timbers hidden beneath the water. Two negro men were hauling water from the mill race to the saw mill of Mr. Joe Brantley some little distance away and on this trip Culver decided to cool off by jumping in. The other man watched him go in, come back out and dive again, he only saw him again one time before he went down to stay. A search was started but it would be Saturday before he was found by using a long stretch of wire fence as a net, they dragged him out and found bad wounds on his head and face. He was taken home to Sparta for burial.

    Miss Eleanor Stanley, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Vivian L. Stanley, wed Mr. H. R. Hodges of Greenville, S. C. Col. E. L. Stephens of Dublin and Col. H. T. Hicks of Wrightsville formed a law practice in Wrightsville.

From Days Gone By Sept. 10, 1926

 September 10, 1926.

    The Wrightsville High School opened its 1926-27 session under bright prospects. The auditorium was full of children and parents to listen to talks from three ministers, Revs. Luke, Hodges and Rhodes, Col. C. S. Claxton and Mayor R. R. Martin of the Board of Trustees. Prof. J. H. Forbis exposed his only rule, "Do Right". A PTA group will also be strong this year.

    Ordinary U. R. Jenkins paid out the veterans pensions of $2,350 of which $50 for each veteran was paid. Mr. Jefferson Tyson attended a Delco Light dealers convention in Ashville, N. C. Mr. Herbert T. Johnson is going to Wilson, N. C. to work in a bank. Mrs. R. B. Bryan, Sr. celebrated her 70th birthday. Judge W. J. Smith of Scott, while on the way home came upon a large gater lying in the road, the nearby creek was overflowing from the recent heavy rains and he had crawled to the high ground. Smith and his young son roped him and carried it home and fenced him in for keeps.

    Warden Wright is still busy with road building around Adrian and Scott. The main road from Wrightsville to each place is in very good shape. He will head towards Meeks and Kite next.

    Mr. Willis D. Rowland, while in Dublin in his freight truck had an accident. He was trying to crank an auto when his right arm was hit by the crank and broken. While enroute to their home in Atlanta, Walter and James M. Bryan had an accident at Montrose, when a colored girl ran out in front of their car so quick she was hit and dangerously hurt. The auto turned over trying to miss her pinning Jim beneath it. They were freed and along with the girl taken to the local clinic. The Bryan brothers told the doctors to spare no expense in saving her life.

    Miss Alma Sumner of Spann, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. D. Sumner, wed Mr. James O. Barnes, Jr. of Dublin. Miss Rubye Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Smith, wed Mr. Robert William Young, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Schley Moore had a son born September 4th.

    A big land deal has Kite's interest as a proposed development of the land adjoining the Bee Line Springs. Options have been secured by the American Land Co. of Greensboro, N. C. and propose to subdivide into residential and camp site lots. They also secured parcels in the city of Kite. Bee Line Springs has attracted attention as far west as Ohio and Indiana. Kite has a good business this year with many dwellings under construction. The Springs are very popular with water so clear and cool, with fine fishing and hunting so near, it is a year-round resort as this investor is taking advantadge of.

    Mr. Benjamin Powell, 78, died at his home in the eastern part of the county after a 6 months illness. He was twice married. His second wife, six boys and three girls, one sister, Mrs. J. C. Wiggins, one brother, Lorenzi Powell, survived him. His funeral was at Powell's Chapel.

    Mrs. George Carter of near Scott died at the family home. She was 70, her husband, three daughters, one son, sister, Mrs. John A. Douglas, Sr., two brothers, W. A. & Milledge Odom. She was buried at Carter's Chapel.

From Days Gone By Sept. 3, 1926

 September 3, 1926.

    From a fire of unknown origin the Union Warehouse of Wrightsville caught fire around 4 am Sunday morning. The seared and scorched remains of 320 bales of cotton were greeted to the rising sun on Sunday morning. The fire took out the middle section of the big warehouse. The fire was first noticed about 5 am as it burst through the metal roof and the night policeman, Garrard, gave the alarm. For an hour the fire brigade piled streams of water on the burning cotton and were it not for the fire walls the whole building would have been lost. The company carried $30,000 insurance on the contents and $6,000 on the building. They plan to rebuild immediately. The new electric gin was unhurt and back running. In fact, all the gins of the city are running full time to keep up with the cotton. Many wagons are parking all night to get an early hand at the gins.

    The County Club Fair begins October 26 to the 30th. The prospects and the premium lists are looking good. The Johnson County Singing Convention will be at Powells Chapel next Sunday. Mr. O. W. Hooks will host a dance at Idylwild Park and Bob Lee's Georgians will furnish the music. Playing at the Dixie is Roy Stewart in "Ranger Bob" a five reel western, also a Felix The Cat cartoon. Coming soon is "Adventures of Tarzan" with Elmo Lincoln.

    Mr. Willis D. Rowland is operating a freight motor truck in Dublin keeping the merchants happy. Mr. John Sinquefield returned from a stay in Michigan and will enter farming here again, he and his brother, Oliver of Tennille have purchased the large Thomas place on the Bartow road.

    Leaving for school are Annie Jenkins going to Winder; Vivian Outlaw to G. S. C. W.; Wesley Brinson to Technology school in Atlanta; Ethlyn Blount will teach at Rebecca; Billy and Francis Shurling to the military academy at Chatham, Va. and Dick Shurling is off to Eatonton.

    Miss Margaret Moye, young daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Bob Moye broke her leg when she fell off a fence. Miss Isabel Blount, daughter of Mrs. D. G. Blount, of Woman's College, wed at Perry Street Methodist Church to Salvatore Bellici of San Francisco, California.

    The Board of Trustees of Greenway and Powell Consolidated School District filed a petition for a bond referendum of $2,000 for a new school building on September 25th. The ballot will be marked "For a school house" or "against a school house". The Trustees are B. A. Lampp, W. N. Powell, M. Anderson, J. G. Greenway and A. S. Norris.

From Days Gone By Aug. 27, 1926

 August 27, 1926.

    A campaign to launch new industries in Wrightsville was started at a meeting of the Wrightsville Commercial Club. They discussed an ice plant and a cold storage plant.

    Mayor Martin held his court and a half dozen fines resulted for fighting, disorderly conduct and reckless driving. The third quarterly payment of Confederate Veteran pensions are expected this week. Ordinary U. R. Jenkins is putting a rush on these payments.

    Rural carrier G. K. Jordan is remodeling his city residence. Mr. George W. Gordy is leaving Wrightsville to accept a position as a traveling salesman for the Reynolds Tobacco Company working out of Macon and will travel all through Georgia. He was formally with Price Drug Company here. Mr. Laudice Lovett killed a large rattler across Cedar Creek having seven rattles.

    Mr. E. T. Andrews, superintendent at the B. & B. Lumber Company had a very painful accident when a piece of lumber hit him in the forehead causing an ugly gash. It never put him off the job but has caused him a lot of pain.

    Wrightsville's 1926 cotton market is closely looked after with expert graders and buyers in charge. There are now five firms and buyers at the cotton exchange. Mr. E. E. Sanders, Mr. I. R. Tanner, J. E. Linder, L. L. Lovett & Company by Mr. L. L. Lovett and The Dixie Cotton Company by Mr. Frank A. Sinquefield.

    Eggs are scarce, chickens are scarce and high, but the poultry industry here is not lacking for breeders and promoters. Quite a few farmers have put in poultry farms in the last few months. Mrs. Ben Hill Moye has a good size poultry farm and has a contract with Paris Island shipping each week three crates, ninety dozen eggs at 37 cents per dozen and has 500 hens. Others engaged in chicken farming are L. T. Kent, B. B. Blount, William Jackson, J. Roy Rowland, B. B. Tanner, H. B. Bray, Ira Blankenship, H. T. Mason, S. A. Attaway, Gordon Price, J. B. Harrison, J. H. McWhorter, Ostell Bray and Mrs. Dennis C. Price.

From Days Gone By Aug. 20,1926

 August 20, 1926.

    Plans are now being completed by the Georgia Southern Power Company to advertise this section at the Southern Exposition in New York City. Both agricultural and industrial resources of the territory will be portrayed and the advantages of coming to our various communities. The Commercial Club of Wrightsville has been invited by the general manager of the power company to furnish literature of what this area has to offer.

    The Wrightsville District High School under Prof. Forbis will open September 6th. Teachers are, Prince Hodgson, Ouida Durden, Adell Warnock, Miss Eatonton, Mrs. W. L. Norris, Mrs. T. F. Bullard, Mrs. G. W. Gordy, Mrs. J. W. Vanlandingham, Dicy Hall, Myrtice Lumley and Louise Perkins.

    The faculty for Kite School is, W. F. Chambless, Superintendent; Mrs. Lula Morrison, Principal; Teachers: Laurena Mauthon, Mildred Sessions, Maymelu Harrison, Ernest Smith, Marie Hatcher, F. J. Gilbert, Kathleen Barwick, Jessie Sessions, Bernice Hammock, Olive Eve Hatcher and Nellie Arnold.

    Mr. Roy Johnson, piano player for the group, "The Georgians", came home to visit. Mr. Henry Kitchens has a successful barber shop in Miami, Florida. Dr. R. Lamar Harris is moving upwards in the U. S. Veterans Hospital in Augusta. Howard Johnson forbids anyone from hiring, sheltering or detaining his son, Hezekiah Smith, colored, age 16, as he is a minor and he needs him at home.

    Mr. & Mrs. Ray Barnes had a son on August 14th. Now playing at the Dixie Theatre, Buddy Roosevelt in "Gold and Grit" a 5 reel western. Also the comedy, "Felix Out Wits Cupid".

    Mr. B. D. Parker, a brother of Mrs. E. A. Lovett died from a wound received about 5 weeks ago in an auto accident. Mr. Parker was 45 and left a wife, 5 children, mother, Mrs. Georgia Parker and several siblings. He was buried in Lovett cemetery.

    Mr. & Mrs. W. Barney Flanders went home Saturday night from their resturant up town. Their home just two and a half blocks from the courthouse northwest. Upon entering their home a colored man had hid in a room and the Flanders' soon faced a single barrelled shotgun threatening Mrs. Flanders if they gave any alarm. As he cast his flashlight around the room Mr. Flanders rushed the man. In the scuffle the man held on to the gun and fled the scene, dashing out the front door slamming it shut and he had locked them in their home. After calling out neighbors arrived. The tracks were visable Sunday morning confirming his identity. The house had been ransacked, an axe and hammer were placed at the front door inside. Several small things were missing. Later on the night policeman, Garrard, became suspicious of Edd Mclendon and he fit the description. He was jailed when the Flanders identified him. He was tried before Judge Blount Monday afternoon and found guilty on three counts. He was given one year for each count on the chain gang.

FROM DAYS GONE BY August 13, 1926

 August 13, 1926.

     With the improvement of the cotton crop trade conditions in the city are improving and the merchants of the county are preparing for a tremendous Fall business. The cotton crop is a good one and should the  price hold up there will be plenty of money in circulation.

    The first bale of cotton picked from the 1926 crop came in this week from Mr. C. P. Simpson farming for Mr. E. J. Sumner, 7 miles south of the city. It was taken to Lovett & Co. new electric gin. It weighed 409 pounds and graded middling. Mr. Lewis Lovett paid him 17 cents per pound for it. James Price brought in the second bale and weighed 413 pounds.

    In City Court, Alonzo Bryant plead guilty in a whiskey case and fined $50 and 10 months parole. Charlie Glover plead guilty in a pistol case and given the same sentence. Tom Gillis drew $40 or 8 months on a guilty plea. Lillian Johnson, Levy Ivey and George Grady got the same. A jury tried John W. Wheeler on a pistol charge and was acquitted. John Bridges, guilty with a suspended sentence as was Harmon May. Ernest Price drew $5 and 6 months. Dennis Graham cleared on simple larceny and Willie Harris came clear on a lewd house charge.

    Hon. M. T. Riner officially anounces for the Georgia Legislature. Mr. Riner farms, merchantiles, operates a turpentine business and is a banker. He resides at Meeks where he looks after his affairs and runs his large plantation. He served the 16th District as Senator for one term and was a good one.

    While carrying the U. S. Mail on Route 3, Mr. Silas L. Powell's car was hit by a passing Buick Roadster which almost wrecked him. Mr. Powell was badly shaken, hurting his left shoulder and left side of his back down to the hip.

    The Methodist Church will resume services after a 4 week hiatas for general repairs of the church. It now has electric fixtures, new choir compartment, pulpit, repainted inside and outside.

    Willie Lee Horton, colored boy 6 years old, fell in a well at his home and drowned while playing with other children. His parents were away from home. About 30 minutes after he fell in they found him and removed his body. They lived with Mr. R. R. Doke on the Anthony place.

    Mrs. W. E. Orr files for divorce from Mr. W. E. Orr. Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Price had a daughter on August 6th. Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Davis had a son at Pelham, Ga. on August 7th. Mrs. Fanny Clark Ballard of Brewton, announces her daughter, Martha, will wed Rev. Morris P. Webb of Midville. Mr. & Mrs. S. P. Cain announce their daughter, Miss Mamie Johnson of Savannah, will wed Mr. John W. Westbrook of Tampa, Florida.