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.
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