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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
1
Americus Press reports potential Congressional hopefuls Walter Steed Taylor Dudley Hughes J Pope Brown and A V Whipple may enter the race. The local discussion notes these figures are well known with strong followings and could create early excitement if they run.
Minutes from a long misplaced meeting show Commander Lasseter naming C A Horne as secretary. The next reunion is set for Unadilla on Saturday July 4 with committees for grounds refreshments program transportation and barbecue. Members urged county veterans and citizens to contribute carcases or bread while not being required to supply anything.
Last Tuesday Mr. R. Hobgood of Pairburn and Miss Maude Jackson of Cordele planned a buggy ride then traveled to Vienna to obtain a marriage license and wed. The News extends best wishes for a long and happy life to the couple.
Banjo Perry shot and killed W. Copes Winslow over a debt two miles from Fort Valley. A posse captured Perry within hours, but enraged locals dragged him from officers and hanged him in a grove, leaving Winslow dead at twenty seven, son of prominent lawyer W. C. Winslow. He leaves a mother and three sisters.
The Vienna Board of Education met last Friday and elected R. O. Powell as superintendent C. H. Calhoun as principal Minnie Gray as assistant Mittie Morton for intermediate and Florrie Lee for primary grades. Music and elocution teachers’ elections were deferred. The move draws approval from patrons and the public.
A dated notice promises a free one year Viexxa News subscription to whoever makes the most words from the string Hanpeepasnews between now and July 1908. The offer is signed by Proctor Lashley & Co and The Habberdaghers.
J D Norris writes on Dooly County Georgia correcting a grim past view. He notes modern progress including railroads, schools in Vienna Unadilla Cordele Arabs, Dooly Business College prosperity, hundreds of churches, better farms and roads, and a thriving Vienna pair and brick stores plans.
Pinehurst public school closed last Friday with morning contests in oratory, recitations, and music and a night program praised as the best in years. Winners included X Attkinson medals for first prizes Maggie Williams, Lewis Mashburn, Bessie Williams, Lizaie Harvard, Yessie Burfield and tied entries.
Judge C C Pate of Hawkinsville will lecture at Heard s Opera House on next Friday night June 10th. The talk The Widower and his Comforter promises humor and broad appeal, as the judge enjoys strong support in Dooly county. Attend and be amused.
Monday morning at about nine o'clock N W Raines drove down Wall Street. The horse's bridle broke and it bolted. He leapt from the buggy and was knocked unconscious, bleeding from ears and mouth. He was taken to Union Depot baggage room then home to West Cordele. Doctors say he remains in critical condition.
Cordele girl Rosalie Fenn, sixteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Fenn, of Cordele, wins a two thousand dollar grand piano in a music contest at Shorter College Rome. Six entrants competed with seventeen judges, fifteen favoring Fenn. The prize has been offered for three years and honors the city and county.
The spring term ended with an afternoon and evening program by the music and elocution departments aided by the graduating class. Graduates included Ollie Smith Mamia Lou Greene Bettie Ruskin Ruby Waters and Price Heard John N Hargrove Nathan Powell Carl Murray Grady Whitehead. Grady Whitehead won first in the declamation contest with Hugh Lasseter second. Ollie Smith earned a Shorter college scholarship for general excellence. Mamie Lou Greene won $5 in gold for best composition. Dr H A Mobley presented an engaging task for the board of education.
Hallet and Davis Company of Boston agrees to deliver a two thousand dollar Grand piano on demand to the college of music. The instrument will be awarded at the close of the 1902-08 season to the student judged by a competent committee as having done the most satisfactory work. Miss Fenn is at home for the summer vacation with her parents on Colle Hill.
The News plans a handsome trade edition around July 20 to August 1. It will highlight Vienna and Dooly County, print 2000 extra copies on book paper, and represent every business. Data and ads will be collected soon, with most cuts already prepared, minimizing cost. Citizens should cooperate and expect a canvassing representative soon.
Prof. R. C. Powell departs today for North Georgia and will meet Prof. C. H. Calhoun in Atlanta next Tuesday. They will travel to Chicago for a summer course at the University of cacao, visiting interest spots on the route, and return in time to prepare a strong school in the fall.
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