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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
1
The author urges rural communities to fix education by intelligent leadership, better supervision, and longer terms. He calls for qualified supervisors, stronger teachers, broader curriculums with practical training, and local taxation to fund improvements, arguing the country can match town schools with proper management and support.
Mrs R Whitehead died at her Pinehurst home last Friday night after a brief illness. She leaves a husband son and two daughters and a brother Dr L W Mobley of Bryanville among numerous relatives. Funeral services at Pinehurst Baptist Church were led by Rev E S Atkinson with a large funeral procession to the cemetery. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
A reader urges a constitutional amendment to allow a single grand jury tax plan to fund schools, citing Southern Educational Board pressure on Georgia counties and calls for legislative action. The Woodford Stock Co. performed at Heard’s Opera House last week, weather reducing attendance but shows praised. locals hope for more touring troupes.
A Life With family around him leads to death, as a son travels 18 miles to obtain Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. W H Brown of Leesville Indiana endures asthma agony until this medicine brings instant relief and sleep. It promises cures for consumption pneumonia bronchitis coughs grip and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles six and one dollar. Trial bottles free. Borbes and Coxe druggists.
Col J T Hill of Cordele and many townspeople visit the city yesterday. J P Heard & Sons advertise jackets cloaks and ready to wear skirts and suits. Visitors include H B Forehand of Pinehurst and Dr B H Pate of Richwood. Subscribers renew and new orders placed, with notices of buggies, cement, and millinery. The Pulaski Primitive Baptist association meets near the city, and a funeral group from Cordele attends Pinehurst services.
Rev J J Hyman preached two sermons at First Baptist Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Lawson E Brown and daughter Mattie attended Pineview singing convention Saturday and Sunday, returning Monday. Hatcher of Arlington visited his sister at the Dormitory. Prof Wells of Buncha Vista visited en route to Adel to take charge of his school. Otha Tippett and Lonnie Pierce were called home Sunday by telegram for a relative’s funeral. J Walker Dennard Esqr spent the weekend with his parents at Pineview. Ed Wilson White enjoyed Bay Springs singing and a big time with a square meal. Dora Dennard of Pineview, recently ill, returned to Houston High School. Rev Dixon preached to a large Baptist church crowd Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Jno H Bedge attended the Bay Springs singing. Merchants and cotton buyers busy with fleecy staple and the American eagle. Several new pupils arrived Sunday to enter school. Miss Mary Brewton elected assistant teacher arrived Thursday to begin duties.
A message from Cor dele reports the death of Dr Sam McArthur of Gordon likely on Sunday after a severe typhoid fever attack. He is described as a brother of Dr A L McArthur of this city and the father of Dr T J McArthur and L A and J F McArthur of Unadilla. The News extends condolences to the grief stricken relatives and the people of Cordeley.
Tam quits shelf goods and warns a new man Pugh Mon day will close out by December 15. Tuomeson says the sale is real and stock will be sold at cost or below to clear the old stand. Interested parties urged to come quickly.
An advertisement extols De Witts Little Early Risers as a gentle stomach cleanser and liver tonic. It promises relief from biliousness and torpid liver, claims to purge poison and putrid matter without harming the glands, and asserts fever prevention. Vienn’s Drug Co. sells the product.
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