City Court Busy Again This Week in Vienna
The Vienna city court convened Monday with multiple cases. Jackson Hamilton was convicted of failing to give purchaser right change, fined 100 dollars plus costs and 12 months on the chain gang. Phil Bodrey was found not guilty of carrying concealed knocks. Ab Morris pled guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and was fined 35 dollars. Oscar Hatcher pled guilty to gaming, fined 80.09 or ten months. George Brown was not guilty on local option charges. Joe Quinn’s case for cheating and swindling was in trial at noon.
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City Court of
Vienna
Watts Powell
Jackson Hamilton
Col. M. P. Hall
Cols, Busbee
Phil Bodrey
Col
W. H. Lasseter
Ab Morris
Oscar Hatcher
George Brown
Cols
W.W. Harvard
Joe Quinn
What 12-Horse Farm Can Beat This
A Rochelle New Era excerpt recalls a 1907 entry by Rochelle Mesars Reid McRae about a 12-horse farm with a one mile line, noting hay and field peas and about 80 bales of cotton yet. It contrasts with the average businessman's keen sense and a 2-cent favor yielding a cigar. The passage comments on opportunity waking the average man.
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Rochelle
Mesars, Reid & McRae
Rochelle New Era
Georgia division of Southern Cotton Association meeting
The Georgia division of the Southern Cotton Association will meet in the senate chamber at the state capitol in Atlanta on February 5. Officers will be elected, resolutions debated, delegates named for the national convention, with E. D. Smith to speak. President M. L. Johnson urges full county representation and education for farmers.
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Atlanta
Georgia Division
The
Southern Cotton Association
Senate Chamber
State Capitol
E. D. Smith
M. L. Johnson
Empire Building
Johnson
Moultre
Farmers’ Union of
Colquitt County
L. C. Martin
House of Representativ
Elbert County
Chaman
House
General Agriculture
Agricure
T. G. Hudson
Athens
Nowa
Georgia
South
Thea Rural College
Atlanta Constitution
Local Seller Advertises Quick Sale of Plantations and Farm Assets
R G McDonald announces a rapid sale of four plantations horses mules and farm implements to raise cash for debts. The notice requests inquiries at the listed address and emphasizes cheap pricing to attract buyers.
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Mory
Finger Cut Off By Wire Stretcher Incident
L A Etheridge of the third district suffered a severe accident while erecting fencing when the middle finger of his right hand was severed near the end of a wire stretcher last week.
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L. A. Etheridge
W. J. Etheridge
Third
Cotton Market Prices in Vienna Today
The Vienna cotton market lists prices paid for the fleecy staple with Good Middling at 118-4, Full Middling at 111-2, and Middling at 111-4, as stated by I. S. Lasserer.
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Vienna
I. S. Lasserer
Skeleton found in Moultrie draws coroner inquest
An outcry in Moultrie Georgia followed the discovery of a long-decomposed skeleton in a clump of trees near a branch within four hundred yards of the courthouse. A black woman claims the remains are her husband Henry Ferrell who vanished three months ago. The coroner prepared to hold an inquest as families and neighbors weighed the grim identification.
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Moultrie
Henry Ferrell
Court House
Vienna Cotton Oil Co Buys Remnants of Seeds Cotton
Vienna Cotton Oil Co announces cash purchases of remnants of cotton seeds at the highest market price, inviting sellers to bring their product for immediate appraisal and payment. The notice emphasizes prompt cash offers and ready settlement.
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Vienna Cotton Oil Co
Selected Coffin Then Ended Life In Conference Over Tag Sale
Miss Clyde Porter was found dead in her room in Quitman Georgia with a pistol shot to the right temple. The 88 caliber pistol lay on a blood stained pillow, and indications point to an early morning self inflicted death. A note to her sister and sweetheart was left but contents unknown. The body was sent to Montgomery Alabama for interment.
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Quitman
Clyde Porter
le E. Barton
Montgomery
Ala
Porter
Registration Open at Ordinary's Office for 1908
Notice that the registration book is now open at the Ordinary's office in the Court House for the year 1908. Do not fail to register. O.R. Moraan T.O.D. 0.
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Court House
R. Moraan
Lucian Edgar Follanebee to Speak at Opera House
Mr Lucian Edgar Follanebee will deliver a masterful address at the opera house Tuesday night January 28 under Midland Lyceum Bureau management. This final season entertainment supports the Daughters of the Confederacy monument fund. Attend and help this good cause.
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Lucian Edgar Follanebee
Opera House
Midland Lyceum Bureau
Daughters of the Confederacy
Rome Bank Failure Fumbles City Funds in Rome Ga
The National Bank of North America in Rome Ga failed today leaving the city with about $155 200 in deposits lost. The funds were reportedly sent from the city around January 1 to cover the purchase of bonds related to city projects and been tied to outerant bonds.
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Rome
the of
Tional Bank of North Ame
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Jonesboro
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Valaosta
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Valdosta
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Oliver
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Ashburn Lumber Company
J. F. Spivey & Company
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