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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
1
Georgia capitol discussions note shoestring towns rising where railroads run form new tax bases. Towns claim miles of track, rolling stock, and property for higher levy. School districts also carve borders to add corporate value, shifting burden to railroad assets while locals see rising.
New Express Agent Mr. J. W. Brown son of J. Riley Brown of this city has taken charge of the Vienna office, replacing L. F. Coxe who resigned. Brown has served with Southern Express Co. at Valdosta for the past year and is welcomed back by many friends.
Washington February 20 The Rossiter report to be presented to the president this week will show a deficiency in the government printing office running expenses of over half a million dollars. The report is nearly complete but officials avoid predicting conclusions. Rossiter had called the current system obsolete and absurd in his preliminary remarks.
Washington February 19 The house committee on coinage weights and measures voted unanimously to report favorably a resolution restoring the national motto In God We Trust to gold and silver coins. During debate Representative Knowland California pressed to also place the inscription I know that my Redeemer liveth on clearing-house certificates.
A Baptist church monthly business meeting last Tuesday evening ordained D. A. Taylor to the deaconship. The presbytery included Revs. J. M. Kelley A. J. Sanders and Pastor Cutts. Sanders read the Scripture and commented. The pastor examined Taylor on Christian experience and faith. Kelley charged the church and deacon on duties. The service was solemn and well attended.
The sympathy of friends has been generously extended to Mr. and Mrs. J R Horne in their great grief. They cannot respond personally and ask this public recognition be accepted as acknowledgment of kindness that has helped through their irreparable loss. Cordele papers please copy.
The Empire Stock Company appeared at Heard's Opera House Thursday night with the play In Old Virginia to a large crowd. They will perform again tonight and tomorrow night with popular prices.
Albany Georgia February 16 A movement in Arlington to annex the portion in Early county to Calhoun faces legislative hurdles. Citizens reportedly will petition for the change, though no definite plan has formed yet. Albany Georgia February 19 Jesse Scurry sawmill man dies from a pistol wound after a pocket pistol misfire at the Central hotel. He was 51, unmarried, longtime Baker County resident. Atlanta February 19 E G Scott commits suicide in Fulton County jail cell by hanging after lunacy confinement and bank loss. He dies shortly after being cut down. Waycross February 8 E C Hagan, 74, dies by self-inflicted gunshot in his home after a jovial morning. survived by second wife and three children. once with Southern Pine and Savannah resident, originally from Ireland.
Albany dispatch reports three safes blown in Kestler, a G. & A. railroad town, last night securing about one thousand dollars. Haddock & Griffin lost 200, Hightower & Son 500, the postoffice 250 cash and 50 in stamps. Authorities say a clue may lead to arrests.
A Chicago and Northwestern veteran of fifty years, Larry Gaghan, retires with a pension. The piece honors faithful engine service and the bond between engineer and road, noting his lifelong devotion, financial prudence, and the pride in a quiet, diligent career. It also mentions a separate Atlanta banking reform push seeking stricter oversight and deposit insurance.
S A Cook advises Georgia gardeners to bed sweet potatoes in cold frames with glass sash, not hot beds, in February. Warm soil promotes sprouting, frames protect from rain, and plants can be set out in April or May with April and May preferred for full crop development, cautioning against too early planting.
Atlanta reports that the State Agricultural Society will not hold a 1908 fair as cash bonuses failed to materialize. The Atlanta Fair Association now negotiates with the Farmers Union to sponsor a state fair this year, aiming to host a large, representative event under union auspices.
Mr. Cole father of J E Cole died at his Winona home last night from an attack of grip. His hosts of friends deeply sympathize with him in this bereavement. Wednesday's Cordele Rambler.
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