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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
1
Lewis accuses fertilizer firms of charging farmers excessive rates and urges government action. He introduces a resolution calling for official inquiry and policy measures to relieve farm burdens.
Washington January 14 Representative Lewis denounces a fertilizer trust he says fixes prices and controls ingredients. He introduces a resolution urging the secretary of commerce to investigate any cartel or conspiracy restraining trade and affecting farmers nationwide.
Mrs M E Rushin entertained at Up Jinks in honor of Misses Freddie Shipp and Cloe Littlejohn of Americus. A salad course then coffee and whipped cream were served. Attending were Bertha Leonard Ruby Burns Ethel McDonald Frankie Davies Ora Morgan W T McDonald Jake Heard R H Stovall Horace Jones Ernest Stovall Cliff Powell J N Hargrove.
Celebrations for General Robert E Lee's birthday will be held Monday at 8 p.m. at the Vienna public school building under the Daughters of the Confederacy. Confederate veterans receive special seats. the public is invited. The school will be decorated and the program described as one of the best ever heard in Vienna.
The Dooly county teachers institute plans its monthly session at Vienna Academy on Saturday February 1 1908. Topics include geography for beginners and advanced classes U S history for various grades sentence classification parts of speech composition discipline and proper teaching methods and corporal punishment issues.
Indiana Democrats in Atlanta praise Governor Hoke Smith as potential presidential timber with C. G. Bowers of The Terre Haute Star noting Indiana backs Bryan now but views Smith, Folk, and Hughes as top governors. The Atlanta Georgian reports the group’s optimistic outlook.
The passage urges furnishing Congress a plan for the Department of Commerce and Labor and the Department of Justice to prosecute those involved in unlawful combinations to monopolize fertilizer manufacture or sale. The aim is to destroy conspiracies in restraint of trade, restore fair competition, and fix fertilizer prices.
The Attorney General finds school districts must form and organize before the tax return date to levy special taxes for the year, and owners of property within the district must be notified in time to include valuations in May returns. For 1908, districts created after the return date cannot collect that year’s taxes, affecting railroad and corporate property.
A London Standard anecdote recounts an imperturbable man followed by two street arabs near Westmoreland Street and the GPO. The youths beg for the end of his cigar butt and mock him with biting sarcasm. The piece also recalls a bumptious steward at athletic events insulted by a spectator.
On Wednesday John P. Bellflower and Willie Borum of the Snow community were married by Judge J. H. Folds in a quiet ceremony at his office. The News extends best wishes for a happy married life.
In Valdosta on January 15 a thief or thieves stole Myddleton's horns and robbed neighbor Tillman’s smoke house of 150 pounds of meat and 85 pounds of sausage. Myddleton's horse was driven around Tillman's lot and may have been used to transport the goods before being abandoned. Police flood the area chasing leads in a possible circus connection with suspicious workers. Nearby, Cordele reports labor conditions improving after a year of shortage. Columbus notes Judge J. M. Lennard, longtime magistrate and Civil War veteran, died of heart failure at 70, leaving a son and four daughters.
Announcement for a 15 day sale of dry goods clothing shoes hats groceries and furniture by Yancey Hill in Montezuma Georgia beginning January 16. The event promises a scandalous value spree with deep discounts on assorted items.
An odd vendor claims Kennedy’s laxative honey relieves colds by cleansing the system and soothing bowels. The item promises cough relief through a gentle purge, reflecting period remedies marketed in local markets.
E RB Kirkland and Son of Vienna Ga announce a new blacksmith and repair shop located west of I 8 Lasseter's warehouse. They offer repairs on carriages buggies wagons and farm implements and solicit local work starting January 19 1908.
Marietta Georgia January 16 Mell Dobbs aged 15 son of Wheeler Dobbs a carpenter was struck on the head with a sack of coal carried by a negro boy of about the same age on a railroad track. He was knocked senseless with a fractured skull and remains unconscious. The assailant escaped and is at large. No statement could be obtained from the injured boy about the cause.
Miss Emmie Woodward entertained Thursday in honor of her father Judge J H Woodward who died at 77 years. Guests included James Callaway D L F Peacock Dr M W Haslam J P Heard J D Hargrove F J Lewis and others while Hon J P Heard and Mrs James Callaway delivered presentation speeches and a handsome walking cane was given.
Mr J M Ward Dear Sit and W G Duncan report two Indian Games winning first prize at Gastonia North Carolina poultry show and first at their own show in Rock Hill South Carolina. Duncan requests two more pullets and pricing details.
On account of Sunday January nineteenth being Leo's birthday and a legal holiday in Georgia the Bank of Vienna and Doory Savings Bank will be closed Monday the twentieth inst All parties will please take notice Bank of VIENNA Doory Savings Bank
Vienna Cotton Oil Co announces cash purchase of remnants of seed cotton at the highest market price offered.
Prices for cotton in Vienna are listed as Good Middling Full Middling and Middling. The notice names I. S. Laseersn as a supplier or broker, detailing the tag line for current market bids and the standard industry terms used in trading today.
Washington on January 16 reports Mr. Edwards of Georgia proposing a resolution to extend House hours from 9 am to 6 pm with a noon lunch and to adjourn after hot weather begins. He argues Congress has waited thirty days without action amid national panic and calls for decisive work for relief. The measure was sent to the committee on tales.
Judge H W Powell of this city, currently Justice of the Peace and Commander of Dooly County Camp No 1100, is seriously considering a race for Pension Commissioner and will likely announce formally soon. Powell has previously served as sheriff and is seen as well qualified for the office, with strong potential support if he enters.
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