From Days Gone By Jan 14, 1929

 January 14, 1929.

    Many people are beginning to farm this year already, acres and acres being turned over for the new crop year. This is a healthy sign for the county. Doctor George Yeomens of Adrian will succeed himself as Postmaster there. President Coolidge nominated him to that position. Miss Bertha McAfee is teaching at Lynchburg, South Carolina.

    The local banks have released their statements of condition. The Bank of Wrightsville, $234,691.03; Farmers & Merchants Bank of Kite, $30,143.81; Exchange Bank of Wrightsville, $278,572.92.

    Over a thousand people have visited the show room of the Wrightsville Motor Company to see the new Chevrolet. Mr. E. E. Sanders, manager, has on display The Coach, which has been compared to more expensive automobiles. The new Chevrolet is the most outstanding car yet produced. It has a six-cylinder, valve in-head motor and vane type pump and splash oiling system. Its interior instrument panel contains an ammeter, oil gauge, speedometer, thief proof ignition lock, lighting switch, heat indicator, carb choke and auto wiper control. The dimmer switch is conveniently located in the floor board. On the trip from Atlanta to Wrightsville it averaged 24 miles per gallon.

    Miss Mary Dell Smith and Mr. F. L. Sparks were married January 2nd in the office of the Wrightsville Headlight by Justice C. D. Roundtree. They will make their home up on the Parson Plantation.

    Mrs. Charles W. Fulford, 37, died at the family residence in Atlanta after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Miss Martha Fulford, three sisters and one brother. Her husband is a son of John T. Fulford of Wrightsville. She was buried in Westview.

    Mr. Henry J. Young, a pioneer citizen of Johnson County, died from pneumonia. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Williams and had eight children. He was a member of the Christian Church, a Mason and Odd Fellow. He was 74, born in 1854. He was buried in Westview.

    Mrs. Georgia Elizabeth Parker, widow of the late Mr. Ben Parker, died at her home in Lovett. She was 72 and left four children, Mrs. E. A. Lovett, E. H. Parker, Mrs. Leo Kight and Miss Maud Parker. She was buried in the Lovett Cemetery.