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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1893
Page
3
Practices regularly in the Courts of the Macon Southwestern Oco mee Southern and Brunswick Circuits. State Supreme Court United States Circuit and District Courts and Court of Appeals.
A report states the subject was found at a store during daylight hours and at a residence at night. Details on identity, circumstances, and purpose are not provided in the fragment.
Dr T F Bivins offers medical and surgical services to the public with alkalis promptly administered day or night. Office at residence, Vienna Georgia.
Long local page notes social visits and business, with cattle, court, and church life. Mentions J Frank Powell, L C Averette, and Col A W Whipple in town. Reports on prisoners, court cases, and county figures. Highlights new spring stock at W C Willis & Co and J P Heard & Co with hats, coats, and lap robes. Includes marriages in Houston and Hawkinsville areas, and upcoming alliance meeting.
Millinery merchant announces complete spring and summer stock with new, stylish goods offered at low prices. Located at Everett Corner, the dealer invites the public to view the stock and purchase or not.
A popular society young man received a handsome box on Saturday. He opened it to find a head rest crafted in silk thread from scraps of wool and cotton. A row of eyes across the top suggested it watching him sleep, and he recalled the prank of All Fools Day.
Unadilla Georgia merchants Barfield and Wilson announce a thirty day sale of damaged stock including clothing shoes hats dress goods and trimmings at cost or less. items are only slightly damaged but must be cleared from inventory.
Coroner Graham conducted an inquest Thursday afternoon at Fenn after John Williams, a Black man new to the area, was fatally mangled by a tram engine. Workers nearby recalled seeing him near the train moments before the disaster but did not witness the moment of injury. The tram wheels drove over him, and his exact cause of entering the track area remained unknown.
Mr. D. B. Leonard raised a young horse described as peculiarly affected. While being driven with a two-horse wagon, the leaders on both left feet failed, the fetlock joints collapsed, and the legs became useless from the fetlock joints down. Floyd Johnson witnessed the incident about two miles from town. Leonard surrendered the horse to J. M. Fields who has tried to work him but with little hope.
J P Heard and Company announces immediate thanks to customers for their guano notes highlighting strong business support and continued satisfaction with shipments and service.
The Unadilla High School honor roll for March includes Eulalia Griggs Lena Smith Brantley Pate Ida Sum erford Richard Clewis Martha Dupree Mattie Tharpe Bunn Harvard Pate Lowery and Carrie Johnson of Unadilla Homer J. McCorvey Snow Ga Maggie Sumerford Sumter Co and Walter Hall Pinehurst In the Primary Department are Dean Saunders Bell Wilson Malissa Bodrey and Mary Brown.
All residents within Vienna town limits subject to road duty are ordered to meet the Marshal at the Court House in Vienna on the morning of the 17th to work the streets. A communication tax of three dollars relieves duty if paid before that time. By order of Council. April 2, 1893. J. J. Stovall, Clerk of Council.
J N Adkins born July 17 1830 died March 20 1893. He lived four miles south of Vienna for 18 years and was a member and clerk of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church since 1887. A Christian gentleman and loyal alliance man, he attended weekly prayer meetings and led the first gathering. Survived by wife and children, the Vienna Progress to print this notice. Committee members sign off.
Stovall and Forbes announce a large shipment of Buist's garden seeds and onion setts now available. Includes reliable varieties for home groves and market plots, with quality promised from Bulist's trusted seed line.
Tax receivers notice lists multiple towns including Cordele Vienna Byromville Drayton Lindsay and Tippettville with May and June dates. Notices reference Mark Rainey s store and P M Fase Point, Vienna, and general assessment periods. Authorities listed as Ga 3-11 and Dunaway.
Kuhns the photographer will depart for Unadilla on Thursday. Parties with partial payments for sittings should call after Thursday at the Post Office to settle balances and receive pictures from Mr Middleton. Those who paid in full will have pictures mailed as soon as finished. delays expected due to the move, but delivery will be made as soon as possible.
A child, son of Mr. William Cribb of Arabi, was struck and killed by a freight train during a running switch Saturday morning. The lone vehicle reportedly moved a short distance dragging the body 40 to 50 yards before stopping. The incident occurred as the boy emerged from behind lumber stacks unaware of cars on the side track.
A notice announces the opening of a new drug store in Vienna by the owner who has stocked a complete line of items found in first class drug stores. The store will open this week at the Everett Corner and invites the public to inspect the stock and trade for low prices.
Four young ladies from Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia earned diplomas at the Georgia Business College in Macon after short study periods. The school touts rapid results through practical, individualized instruction with graduates quickly placed in stenography and related fields, praising its impact on southern youth.
A yard wide medical advert touts various brand tonics and patent medicines including Ayer’s Begg’s Dr Witts Stovall’s Hood’s Pierce Radway’s Catiorn Peruna P P P BB C C and others. The note claims a half price reduction on a half dozen bottles during spring.
The town argues for a new waterworks system with enough pressure to supply a tower and hydrants. It proposes placing the source on swamp side to reduce visibility, then building fountains and hydrants as needed. A legislative bill would authorize a special tax, bond sale, and construction, with another election if current voters remain uncertain.
Look out for the racket sign and new millinery. Cheapest hats in town with a full range from needles to shoes at unbeatable prices. Visit us to see goods and prices. New goods arriving weekly and salesmanship to save your money.
A reader recalls moving and receiving numerous circulars as marketers buy names for lists. The piece cites a Globe-Democrat interview noting brokers sell addresses for 1,000 names for dollars, paid by grocers and clerks in exchange for access to new customers.
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