23 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1907
Page
1
In the first game of a ten game series between married and single men, the married team won 16 to 6. The match drew lively play and a crowd that contributed over $20 to the monument fund. The series promises further colorful ball as the next game approaches.
The Georgia division of the National Farmers union meets in Atlanta Wednesday through Friday with about 500 delegates expected. Auditing committee report on state officials looming, with J J Barron and J G Eubanks in focus. officers Duckworth Barron Eubanks Lee and Davis top the lineup.
In Macon Georgia on July 20 stockholders of the Union Savings Bank branch of the Exchange Bank voted to continue general banking. A board of directors vacancy was filled and an investigating committee reported assets of 660 805 48 and liabilities of 651 000. The board reorganized with Hon C L Bartlett elected president replacing J W Cabaniss who resigned. The bank will operate from the same quarters for now.
Mr. D. C. Clements aged about 85 died Sunday at 11 o clock from a blow on the head given during an altercation with a farm hand, who was one of his tenants. He is buried at Thorpe graveyard near Unadilla with Rev. W. L. Cutts officiating. He leaves a wife and five married daughters. The News extends sympathy.
Columbus Ga July 50 Capt Wiley Williams of Columbus has announced his candidacy for state prison commissioner to fill the vacancy on the board left by Commissioner Thomas Eason. Williams is a prominent local figure and well known statewide.
The Daughters of Confederacy host an old fashioned Georgia watermelon cutting in the park tomorrow from 4 p m. Admission is free and melons are cheap. Proceeds support the Confederate monument fund. Attend.
Pastor J. M. Kelley reports a record good Mars Hill meeting with rallies for temperance public schools Sunday school and all day children's session. Rev W. L. Cutts aided the pastor and seventeen pew members were added to the church.
A devotional piece urges love over hate and urges readers to seek beauty in nature. It extols Sabbath rest, happiness, and the healing power of family bonds, especially mothers and sisters, to guide young men away from vice through loving letters from home.
Gov Hoke Smith tendered staff positions to four brigade generals of the Georgia division of the United Confederate Veterans association after a conference with General Clement A Evans. The four officers: North Georgia Colonel Lewis G Young Savannah South Georgia Colonel John W Clark Augusta West Georgia Colonel J E De Vaughn Monticello. The move is seen as a compliment to Confederate veterans and unique in Georgia.
The Griffin News asks playful, probing questions about biblical figures and behaviors in a column styled as commentary on human vice and appetite. It muses on Adam and Eve, Ruth, Solomon, and Rebecca with humorous hypotheticals about restraint and indulgence.
A community picnic is set for Saturday July 27 at the old Dunaway School house in the third district. Bring filled baskets family friends and sweethearts. free lemonade and a good time for all.
A partial eclipse of the moon is due July 24-25, visible in North and South America and across the Atlantic and Pacific. The full moon rises at 1 20 a m and the lunar shadow begins at 8 59 p m with total obscuration by around 11 22 p m and the event ends near 2 a m.
A Saturday family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Causey’s home gathered about 150 people, with 88 relatives present from Henderson Unadilla Snow Pinehurst Findlay Vienna Cordele Penia Lilly and other country areas. Guests enjoyed shade oak grove games music lunch and lemonade, with Mrs. Sarah Coleman and her grandson Paul Hodge among attendees.
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