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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
2
A busy array of short items spans business moves and openings in Vienna and Cordele. Lewis Bros. Co advertises shoes and gents furnishings while J. B. Smith and others list sales and bankruptcies. A marriage unites Miss Etta Medlock and Rev. J. Myers staple notes amid community events. Reverend Youngblood dies suddenly near Vienna.
Mrs. Nancy Martin died Friday night of paralysis and was laid to rest Saturday in the new cemetery. She moved here with her son D. W. Martin, a carpenter, from Cochran four years ago. She was 76 and one of 13 sisters, only Mrs. John Pollock of Lakeland, Florida survives.
The 20th anniversary of Prof and Mrs Brown was marked with a China wedding themed celebration. A large gathering heard Atkinson and others offer reminders on married life as Miss Ida Somerford, Miss Lane, Miss Lottie Johns, and Miss Mattie Moore guided reception duties. A second note invites neighbors to graveyard cleanups on April 95 and Forehand cemetery events.
A Black man was found dead last Friday in the woods near J. F Wheeler's place between Vienna and Cordele. An inquest found no evidence of identity or cause of death, and the man appeared to have been dead about two weeks.
A lively Saturday night at the race track featured six horses racing in five heats. Ed Howell’s Gray, Dan ridden by J F Waters, won the second race while Peck's Bad Boy ridden by W H Carmack placed neck behind in the fifth. Crowds praised the fine ground and track laid by the fair association, with Carmack noting his horse’s speed but need for training.
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