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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
2
An old post office notice from Vienna Georgia states second class mail matter under the 1376 act. It also lists obituary pricing at one hundred words free of charge and overages at one cent per word.
Col. J. M. Busbee informs The News that he has withdrawn from the race for solicitor of the city court and thanks friends for expressions of support. The contest now pits Watts Powell against Col. W. V. Harvard.
Mr J B Smith of Pleasant Valley visited Monday and said farming interests prevent him from running for representative. He has many friends in the county and would have made a fine race had he entered.
Marked as a winner, Adkins runs again for Representative with Vienna News support. His record in the last session earned warm backers from Dooly County, praised by the editor for aiding public questions and county welfare.
Griffin Georgia March 8 W H Connor candidate for representative from Spalding county was sandbagged early today and robbed of his watch and money. The robbery occurred on a busy street in the heart of the business district. Connor was not badly injured and officers expect swift arrests.
The Fitzgerald Enterprise notes a hot race for representative in Ben Hill County with two candidates Hon Marion Dickson and J G Knapp. Dickson backs temperance and a constitutional amendment to enforce prohibition. The paper hints that women voters may side with morality and clean government against his opponent.
The Daughters of the Confederacy invite all to a Masquerade Party at the central ward house on Friday evening March 18. An entertaining program with a salad course and fiddle music is planned. Admission includes supper for adults. 50 cents for children under twelve. no dancing. Proceeds fund the Monument in memory of Dooly county soldiers. Cor. Sec’y Mrs. M. P. Haun.
Formal announcement to Georgia Democratic voters by William J. Speer announcing his candidacy for State Treasurer in the upcoming primary. He cites over twenty years in the treasury department and his record of managing state finances and bank depositors.
A Georgia candidate for state treasurer announces a run in the Democratic primary on June 6. The message touts more than twenty years of service in the office, pledging faithful stewardship if elected and referencing past administration under a figure named Speer.
The J B Taggart Co presents itself as a new firm to operate in Vienna soon. It will offer dry goods and millinery and will occupy the former J B Hamilton Co store.
To the voters of Dooly County J I Peavy announces his candidacy for County Treasurer in the Democratic primary on June 16 1908 He promises to faithfully discharge every duty of the office if elected and asks voters to support him in the coming election.
A fragmented notice lists multiple bids in Dooly County for offices including solicitor of Vienna City Court, tax receiver, representative, county official, and clerk of superior court. Names such as W. V. Harvard H. C. Brown Hargrove Adam and J. Page appear with references to the Democratic primary on April 16 1908.
Milledgeville Georgia March 8 the Milledgeville Ice Factory was completely destroyed by fire between 4 and 5 am. The interior burned fiercely but the fire department prevented spread. The stock company ownership and insurance were small compared with the plant's worth.
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