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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
3
A flurry of regional travel notes highlights Ben Crovitz in Atlanta for business this week. Numerous locals including J J Cooper C W Tucker and Rev P G McDonald visit or host in Unadilla Vienna Pinehurst Cordele and nearby towns.
Vienna social notes record Miss Mary Penny entertaining the Bachelor Girl's Club at Union street home with spring flowers ferns and violets before refreshments. The group will meet next at Miss Nell McCall's residence.
J R Dickson of Vienna Georgia advertises the Haynie chopper as a labor saving device for cotton farming. He claims it replaces six hands and two plow hands, enables school attendance and Saturday town trips, promises higher yields, and offers pricing at 12.50 with a 3.00 deposit. Orders can be mailed to Vienna GA with delivery later.
After April first we will cut off all subscribers nine months in arrears. The action follows post office department ruling and protects the publisher. County primary books close April 6. Don’t forget to register.
An advertisement promotes Athens Business College in Georgia for bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting courses. Ambitious students like Mane The Start and Soren are cited as examples of successful placements with good salaries. It urges readers to enroll, fill out a form, and request a 162 page catalog, arguing the duty to vote ties to personal preparation.
Classifieds list items for sale and rent including lumber stock and a seven room house near downtown. Also notes on horse for sale, lost pin, poultry for sale, liquid veneer price, and a street tax notice for Vienna for the year 1908 with due date April 1.
Notice lists registration book locations including Districts 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9 with officials such as J L Martin C E Jenkins P G Lindsey and others. It urges residents to register to be qualified to vote in the coming primary, signed by C R Morsay T C DC.
A. E. Sunary & Bro. of Oglethorpe Georgia advertise 160 to 200 pounds of Tom Watson watermelon seed grown under their supervision. They note the seed comes from melons large and ripe, red meat and sweet, a good shipper, with last year’s shipments netting $100 to $150 per car. They present themselves as Planters not Seed Dealers.
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