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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
3
Local residents and visitors populate the Vienna area as figures like Judge Henderson Col Woodward and Hon S R Fields attend meetings and visits. O W Hornes sale offers discounts on dry goods while a plantation show and junior ball club game attract crowds. A shooting incident and a train scare also loom in community updates.
Veterans of Dooly county Camp No 1100 U C V and friends meet at Vienna courthouse at 9 30 Saturday morning for plans for the annual reunion on the 4th of July. Attend.
New Market advertises prompt meat delivery by E. C. Taylor of East Vienna. Customers can place orders in advance for choice, tender cuts to impress guests, with assurance the meat competes with in person selections.
Petition seeks incorporation of Bank of Jenna in Vienna and Jenna in Dooly County with capital of 500 shares at 100 dollars each. Document filed for approval under 1803 act, detailing powers, location, capital, board, and banking operations. Signatories include J C Hamilton Howell P yall BR Lewis W O Hamilton. State seal and sworn statements dated 1908.
A candidate for Georgia State Treasurer declares candidacy to voters, citing over twenty years of prior service in the office and vowing faithful administration if elected. The letter is signed by W. J. Speer and references the June 4 Democratic primary.
F M Barfield offers two improved second-hand reapers McCormick and Deering at great bargains if taken at once.
A collage of advertisements lists mule and two wagons, a reaper, a roller top desk, coffins and burial robes with hearse, an Anthony line of famous Curlie pants, baby caps at 25 percent off, Brown Wagons rights to Dooly and parts of Macon counties, cash or credit terms, a plug horse, Spanish peanuts and beef cattle for sale with contact details. Front-page style notices from J E Joiner, J P Heard, Dr C T Stovall, FM Barfield, O W Horne, J B Byrom & Sons, John W Powell, and Suly 108.
The Board of Education sets the election day for trustees on the third Wednesday in June each year to unify local district elections. Districts with prior trustees elect one, districts without elect three. Voting occurs at the same location in each district with returns filed to the county Board of Education signed by three freeholders as managers. E G Green O B C Dooly Co.
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