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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
3
Local notes report visits and calls from Pinehurst Unadilla Macon and other communities. Officials and citizens attend events vote plans and the Confederate monument project progress are noted alongside church and school affairs and a cattle loss notice.
A Philadelphia Ledger poem by J. W. Foley contrasts Tim Brooks and Billy Gibbs. Tim earns praise for study and conduct while Billy gains cheers for sports And both boys face peer pressure and moral choices. The piece ends with a preference for Tim though the cheer of Billy is tempting.
Fine weather as cotton picking wanes and Miss Sallie Ard visits with Richard Teal. J D Reynolds trips to Vienna. Mr and Mrs F L Bradshaw visit Dothan Alabama. G T Franklin and family welcome son G T Jr born Sept 8 at South Georgia Orphan's Home Macon. Pearl Jackson returns from Wesleyan College. Pastor J M Buten visits. Prayer services held. H R Teal improving. Mrs Sallie Jackson visits Kis simmee Florida.
The piece describes bachelors as city dwellers in apartments and golfing social circles. It notes their wary behavior, gregarious habits, and tendency to stay in bachelor enclaves while occasionally venturing into resorts. It argues bachelors preserve national resources by not marrying and starting families.
A festival will be held at Mt Vernon school house on Friday night October 9. Proceeds benefit the school. A good time is promised for all attendees.
Acknowledges the generosity and kindness of residents of Vienna Pinehurst and Smyrna for raising funds to send the writer to a sanitarium. Special thanks to Roy Brown for his assistance and interest. The writer signs as A T Achord and expresses lasting appreciation.
Local ads list sales wants and offerings from Unadilla to Pinehurst. J A and Dr King promise to challenge the toothpick trust in the city market while EC Taylor and J E Horne advertise oats and beef. Other items include farming supplies, a pinehurst land sale, pianos or organs, fertilizer, and household goods to sell or buy.
One hundred acres of land with good improvements and seven miles from Unadilla. Eight acres cleared and all new ground. Price of one thousand five hundred dollars. Apply to J H Henderson Macon Georgia or D L Henderson Vienna Georgia.
A new grocery shop announces its opening in Vienna near Taylor Brothers and Ridley Furniture, inviting local patrons to visit for a fresh line of fancy and family groceries and pledging ready service to the community.
Advertises peeled sweetened canned peaches pears and tomatoes offered by A. E. Graves. Emphasizes cleanliness and white ladies workers as a selling point with several thousand cans available.
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