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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
1
A Wenona Georgia fire devastated the J. D. Short Co. plant this morning with total damage estimated from two to eight thousand dollars. No items were saved and the cause remains unknown though it may have started near the stove or from a struck match. The firm carried home insurance.
Miss Nettie Weaver married J B Joiner in a Wednesday afternoon ceremony conducted by Rev W L Cutts of Vienna. The couple left for their city home and well wishes poured in from friends. Also announced is the Scandalous Sale of Yahoo Hill stock with 16 days starting January 16.
Washington City imposes rules on newspaper subscriptions forbidding credit printing. Publishers face one cent per paper if mailed beyond the allotted notice period before renewal. Readers should check the yellow label for expiration and renew promptly to avoid arrears and penalties. The News urges timely renewals.
A sale of dry goods clothing shoes hats groceries furniture begins January 16 in Montezuma Georgia and runs for 16 days announced for Yancey Hill’s stock.
Vienna Cotton Oil Co announces it will buy remnants of seed cotton and pay the highest market price in cash. The notice calls for growers to deliver supplies to the company at its local premises.
The following prizes are being paid for the fleecy staple in Vien he today Good Middling Fall Middling Middling.
J W Broadaway a respected farmer of the third district died Monday night after several days illness at the home of E R Bryant in the sixth district. Cremains interred at Mare Hill cemetery on Wednesday morning. He leaves a wife several children and many relatives.
The News notes quiet county political activity with speculation on candidates and re election prospects. It weighs the merits of separate primaries for state and county officers versus a joint 1906 style election and urges citizen consideration.
Two loads of American and Electric Weld Wire fencing offered for sale in Byromville Georgia. Fence height ranges 36 to 38 inches and claims to outpace competitors. Call to learn more and be convinced. November 2.
Water taxes for the first quarter 1908 from January 1 to April 1 are due and payable by January 1, 1908. J. A. Walden, Clerk and Treasurer, dated December 21, 1907. Prices stated in the sale of Yancey Hills Brock Montezuma Georgia for consumers only, not for merchants.
A humorous London Answers quip questions who owns a pocketbook in an ad tale about money filled papers. A later exchange with Bertha Bullion’s father implies a charged motive behind the advertisement. A Cleveland Plain Dealer caption parodies a roadside car repair scene with a quip on horsepower and pulling power.
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a parent describing a boy preferring chores like washing dishes over washing his hands. The parent asks what is foxy about this scheme and answers that the boy will end up with clean hands.
Neatees Shop By Exasperated Citizens, Haykinsville, Ga, Jan 9. Report of a tragic murder and lynching in Pulaski County. Henry Coley and another unnamed negro attacked Martin Livingston and wife with pistols knives and clubs. Villagers restrained Coley and another man was captured. both were hanged and left to coroner’s inquiry. The event caused great excitement around Cochran.
Jan 8 murder attempt on Mr and Mrs Martin Livington at their Gol sboro home in upper county. Two black farm hands attacked with a hatch and Mrs Livington throat cut. Both seriously injured. Sheriff headed to scene as the suspected negress was captured and shot dead.
The Athens Business College of Athens Georgia guarantees it teaches business and bookkeeping through direct interaction and offers expert accounting touch typewriting arithmetic commercial calculations and practical English with bookkeeping at no extra cost. It claims Byrne Simplified is the shortest simplest system and promises shorthand speed of 160 words per minute. The school pledges to pay railroad fares expenses and a $5 essentials fee if its claims aren’t proven and will arrange a round trip ticket with bank notification.
Do not miss bargains during the Scandalous Sale beginning January 16 at Yancey Hill’s Store Monte suma Ga. See the Big Circulare.
In Atlanta a fires case tied to a prohibition law section led to Will Faith's binding over to state court on a $500 bond after liquor was found behind his former saloon. A judge ruled inviting friends for drinks can make a place public and thus illegal.
At Rev G W Cooper’s residence on the last Sabbath Mr Jas Yawn and Miss Lillie Faircloth were married. The groom is a prosperous young farmer of Wilcox county and the bride is among the county’s most charming young ladies. They have many friends who wish them a long and happy life.
H R Kirkland and Son announce a new blacksmith and repair shop at Lagseter's warehouse offering carriage wagon and farm implement repairs. They solicit local business and sign the notice dated January 19 1908 in Vienna Georgia. A separate item advertises the scandalous sale of Yancey Hill stock of dry goods clothing hats laces embroideries to begin January 16 and run for 16 days.
Bee comb or beeswax is produced by a chemical system in the wax pockets of all worker bees. It is a peculiar substance likened to fats in higher animals. Earlier views held wax from flowers, but scientists show bees can elaborate this wax even on a saccharine diet.
A playful note on missing company and busy days quoting Brooklynite humor. The speaker laments George’s absence while claiming mornings are spent reading and afternoons answering letters, capturing a light domestic mood.
Short item contrasts optimism and pessimism with a joke from Harper's Weekly. Notices include Yancey Hill stock sale in Montezuma Georgia starting January 16 for 15 days, a hospital stay for Gaynor, and Greene assigned to prison project. Bankruptcy report for Sharley of Springville with liabilities at 0,027.28. Cotton ginning totals for 1907 to Jan 1 1908 show declines from last year with Sea Island figures and active gunneries at 27,276.
Memphis January 8 resolutions from the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America urge Congress to pass a law placing money under government control with land collateral borrowers allowed to borrow up to five percent, issue legal tender, curb cotton futures and farming speculation, and condemn the money panic as a plot by financiers. High emphasis on federal aid, price controls, and anti speculation measures.
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