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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
2
The piece argues that "back to the farm" has shifted from derision to a vision of prosperity for the South. Rural delivery, better roads and schools, and renewed farming effort are cited as tying farmers to the wider world and boosting agricultural development and land values.
Governor Hughes called an extra session to pass a bill barring betting on races and public games. The law makes such wagering a crime and the governor has signed it. The piece urges Georgia to imitate New York to curb immoral influence at races baseball games and elections.
Petition circulation across the country urges that the upcoming legislature introduce a bill to make County Commissioners and County School Commissioners elective by the people. The Unadilla Leader calls for monthly itemized expenditure statements to be published by the Commission, arguing transparency of public funds and urging action by lawmakers.
The Georgia Southern Florida Railway lists very cheap round trip fares from Vienna to White Springs Florida with season, fourteen day, and weekend options. Tickets on sale June 1 to September 30 1908 and valid for return within fifteen days. special Sunday and weekend trains noted. Further details at the Depot Ticket Office or with C B Rhodes GPA Macon.
The San Francisco Star argues that $180,000,000 invested in current warships could fund irrigation for 6,000,000 acres, house 120,000 families, build an Atlantic Pacific railroad owned by the people, and fund a national telegraph and telephone system. It calls for halting warship expansion and shifting toward peaceworks such as electric power plants and public works.
The Byromville column notes unity following a Ga political upheaval, two brick stores nearing completion for Dale Bros, and the Byromville Drug Co replacing Old Dooly Drug Co. with plans for a cornerstone laying at the new brick school and an electric light plant. Visitors include Miss Irene Trippe, Miss Mamie Trippe, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Byrom, Mr. John Byrom, and Miss Clara Thompson.
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