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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
5
A collage of notes covers U S paint usage in 1901, English lake border quarrels, Washington Monument visitors, vandalism on memorial stones, Chinese language quirks, Belgian cereal trade tallies, cricket reform talk, and census counting via automatons.
The sermon centers on Mary Magdalene’s grief and the pain of losing Christ, parallels with Judas’s betrayal, and the need to keep faith alive. It uses biblical scenes from Luke John and Matthew to illustrate the danger of turning away, and urges return to Christ through prayer and remembrance.
A fragmented sermon passage warns against worldly desire and unguarded moments. It portrays a charioteer who wins yet loses his heart, a child’s injury, and a reunion with repentance through John’s tears, urging readers to stay with Christ and avoid the cry of separation.
A compilation notes Rudyard Kipling, Henry Watterson, Professor Schenck, Governor Cumming, Prince Henry of Prussia, King Edward, John D. Rockefeller, William Hemphill, John W. Mackay, Senator Foraker, General De Wet, Senator Pettus, and Colonel George B. McClellan Harvey. It recordsTheir roles, actions, and basic biographical details, along with a few minor public-interest points like estate splits and political maneuvering.
Strikes and wage movements reported include Japan unknown status, Toledo telephone girls possibly organizing, Chicago janitors forming a 300 member union, miners' wage cuts affecting 321000 in English Federated districts, Olneyville weavers predicting woolen salesmen strikes, nationwide telegraphers organizing for higher pay, 2000 Scottish stone masons given voluntary pay rise, 5000 South Wales iron and steel workers granted wage increases, American Steel and Wire to build plant hospitals, Everett Washington street car company raising conductor and motorman wages, 15000 to 20000 workers reportedly brought from England to Canada for harvest, boilermaker strike in San Bernardino and The Needles settled at 39 cents an hour, East Blue Hill Maine quarrymen returning to operator scale, Norfolk Virginia building trades strike ending with concessions lost, Roanoke physicians forming a price-raising alliance, and 2500 railroad shop mechanics arranging two-family doctor salaries.
Secretary Cortelyou announced Monday night that Lieutenant General Miles will go to the Philippines with the president's permission to inspect army conditions there.
Governor Candler and Comptroller Wright fix a Georgia state tax rate of 5.30 on the thousand for 1902, a reduction from 5.44 last year. The decrease stems from higher property values and a long term pledge to cut the rate, with total property value rising to 467,345,407 from 456,554,897. Revenue drops slightly to 2,476,930, still covering state expenses.
The Cotton States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture opened its fourth annual convention in Nashville Tennessee with delegates from Alabama Georgia North Carolina Virginia Louisiana Arkansas and Tennessee. U S Department of Agriculture representatives B White and W A Orton attended. Commissioner Thomas H Paine of Tennessee led the session and introduced President B L Patterson of North Carolina who presided Governor McMillin welcomed the group.
J. W. Sommer a prominent Memphis Tennessee druggist was shot Tuesday night and probably fatally wounded by T. A. Sawyer a local loan agent. Family affairs are cited as a potential motive for the shooting.
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