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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
2
Georgia debates mob influence and anti Semitism after the Frank case while Georgia residents discuss commutations and public opinion. A New Jersey doctor touts a cancer treatment with limited success. Macon rail shops beautify yards under Rotary Club prizes, and House Speaker Barwell ends lobbyist access to curb delays.
A long dangerous stretch on the National Highway toward Cordele is to be improved. Efforts will seek funding from the railroad commissioners to share part of construction costs. Plans aim to make the route safer for travel and align with expected right actions.
The session tackles equal suffrage and a compulsory education bill seen as vital for children. Advocates argue suffrage boosts welfare. opponents fear risks. The piece notes women increasingly enter law and business, driven by necessity, with the broader question of shifting traditional roles and male responsibility in shaping policy.
Americus June 2 The city council granted a franchise to Georgia Lumber company to build a railroad into Americus. Construction to begin within sixty days. Route from Byronville on the A B A across Flint River into Americus. Twenty five mile line through Sumter County rich timber areas with potential extension to Tifton.
Detailed record of disbursements for the June session listing names of officials and vendors, items such as road work, convicts, salaries, supplies, bridge materials, and courthouse costs, with totals and various county expenditures. Includes names like Martin, Davis, Busbee, Powell, Lumsden, Sangster, and others, plus local suppliers Vienna, Unadilla, Byromville, and J D Hargrove among staff.
Tifton June 26 A pension from the Tift County Commissioner and Sheriff Shaw have been forwarded to Governor Nate Harris asking him to offer a reward for the arrest of Des Williams the negro who killed Sadera Bryan a white farmer and Laurel Hant a negro Saturday night June 19 A reward of two hundred dollars already has been offered by the Sheriff and relatives of Nirvan
Valdosta June 26 stock subscriptions for a $50,000 hosiery mill have closed and the plant will begin operation within 90 days. Local business leaders support the project with R B Oliver and Knox Burger of Maryville Tennessee as interested hosiery manufacturers.
The Augusta Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade passed a resolution directing President Warren Walker to write Senators Smith and Hardwick protesting the detention of cotton cargoes by Great Britain. Augusta's cotton men argue England and her allies harm the South by treating ecotton as contraband, with a new season approaching within three months and ships surging to port.
Washington June 25 The Department of Agriculture announced that currant blackberry black raspberry sour cherry and peach juices make as agreeable a beverage as grape juice. The comment follows retirement from public life of William Jennings Bryan.
The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway offers round-trip excursion fares for July 4 and 5 with a final return limit July 8, 1915. Inquiries should be directed to the nearest agent for details. C. B. Rhodes, General Passenger Agent, Macon, Georgia.
A brief note endorses a prescription for malaria fever with chills. It claims the remedy works in five or six doses, acts on the liver better than calomel, and does not cause gripping or sickness.
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