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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1894
Page
2
Two postal rules state that anyone who takes newspapers from the post office is responsible for payment. If a subscriber stops their paper, due arrears must be paid. otherwise the publisher will continue sending and demand full payment whether the paper is collected or not.
The Progress notes ad prices for announcements at five hundred dollars with prepayment required. It reports President Cleveland vetoing a silver seignorage bill of fifty five million dollars and critiques his justification. A Sparta Ishmaelite quip questions a gubernatorial appointment, labeling Cleveland’s stance as harming party leadership.
An advert touts Botanic Blood Balm as a blood purifier and complexion cure at 1.90 per bottle, sold by druggists. A political dispatch notes Governor Northen appointing Hon. Charles Frederick Crisp to the U S Senate to fill the unexpired term of the late A. H. Colquitt, with a telegram conveying the nomination and request for Crisp’s resignation and commission timing.
Washington message reveals Charles F. Crisp grateful yet surprised by promotion to Speaker. He will confer with Democrats in the House before deciding on acceptance. The country would lose his aid and leadership if he leaves the House. The vacancy remains unfilled.
The Griffin Athens and Rome debates drew huge crowds with 750 seats filled and estimates placing attendance at about 1560. Gen Evans and Bill Atkinson traded sharp jabs with humor and partisan jolts as Atkinson challenged Evans to campaign across every county before July 15.
Company financials show capital stock and undivided profits, with amounts due to other banks and due to depositors indicated, outlining balance sheet positions and obligations as reported.
A compact, era tone slice notes esteem for a departed colleague, then shifts to Easter Sunday church visuals and finery. It mentions Parson Evans and Atkinson as political figures, lists jurors, then advertises a medicine and local notices, interleaved with dates and legal actions.
Legal notice reports transfer of twenty shares of Bank of Cordee stock within ten days. Also notes the death of Mrs J E Joiner of Dragon after illness, aged 56, described as lifelong Christian and longtime Desvten Bassist church member with husband and relatives bereaved.
A Washington Letter to the Progress laments recent mail delays while noting the Interior Secretary’s firm actions. It praises Willie Dregin and Georgia pledges, comments on radical cabinet changes, and observes politics from local primaries to Senator Colquitt’s death. The piece ends with a tribute to a revered Georgian statesman.
Sheriff sales in Dooley and surrounding counties set for May to July 1894. Properties include drug store goods stock, tobacco, show cases, tools, and town lots in Cordele, Unadilla, and Cordele's Blacksmith area. Several afi fas issued in favor of Gibbs Drug Co and Bank of Cordele, with debts against W M Haslam, W E Smith, A M Baily, and others.
Notice announces transfer of five shares of Uxtural Stock of the Bank of Cordele within ten days. It cites compliance with a General Assembly statute and names J. W. Sheffield as party responsible. The fragmentary text also includes unrelated ad-like lines about health remedies and liver cleansing.
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