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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
3
The Arabi news letter from last week failed to reach the office while a correspondent says one was sent in time. The Coney letter was partly received but incomplete. The Oakland letter went to waste as the writer's name was not furnished. We seek correspondents in every community and require real names with news items.
Pleasant Valley notes report Mrs Britt's low condition at home and rising church attendance. J A Varnadoe joins J B Smith, Lula Hendricks and Carrie Roberts suffer chills. Varnadoe and Claude Smith attended Pinehurst, with services held weekly prayers Saturdays. Rev P G McDonald visited to discuss insurance. Meetings at Oak Grove concluded with twelve new church members. Campaign chatter mentions Guerry and Dow Hill's candidacies. Several locals travel to Vienna, Unadilla, and Cordele for services and social visits.
R L Barfield left Friday on a visit to Cordele and Coney, as reported by iMERICS News. The trip appears to cover regional engagements and local business contacts.
In Mt Vernon the community hustles to plant cotton as Mr W R Melnvale travels to Montezims on business. Rumor says bells may ring soon. Zack Hall and wife visit Mrs Wiley Hull of Drayton. Butler and sister Annie attend Drayton preaching. A large crowd enjoys a singing at J A Walton's. George Butler and son Jord return from Worth county. Vernon misses the A and I railroad but the boom continues, with hope for surveying a new opening soon.
Mr J W Hatt and wife spent Sunday with A J Shells family. Mr and Mrs E G Green visited relatives near Snow Friday and Saturday. Commissioner G Green attended the quarterly meeting at Shiloh Monday. John Reynolds and family of Richwood visited Mr and Mrs John Powell Sunday. A peanut shelling party at Chir Powells last Saturday night entertained several young people. TD J Garry and family visited his daughter Mrs Wm Smith near Raines Saturday and Sunday. Chas Sons Willie Bryland W H Spear of Richwood visited Sunday School. Our literary school enjoys one of its most successful terms with 48 names enrolled. No decision yet on closing plans.
Miss Mary Webb of near Byromville visited Friday while Howard Owens of near Maqua spent Sunday night at the Grove. Verna Webb of Byromville visits Miss Elma Roberts this week as J. M. Roberts and Levi Adams of Pinehurst hosted relatives last Sunday. Smytha Thompson and brother Dan of near Pinehurst were among friends here Sunday. Sallie Lou Oliver of Blakeley stayed with Miss Elima Roberts from Saturday to Monday. The community notes a spate of marriages renewals last Sunday. Cotton planting advances. some have finished plowing corn. Oak Grove was well represented at Byromville last Sunday where Rev. J. M. Kelly preached an excellent sermon. March violets are past. whip-poor-will sings and candidates appear. Voters are urged to elect Louis Clewis for riding a horse. Strawberries will soon ripen and Ida Clewis of Snow visited Friday. Conte returns again, yes Guid Anthony visited friends.
A 1902 plea from W E Mumford for support of the Georgia Industrial Home near Macon, a 200 acre undenominational facility aiding 111 orphans and dependent children from across Georgia. The founder asks for donations on Wednesday April 30 and remittance by May 1, noting a volunteer, private charity base and a nine-building campus led by a board including P D Pollock and M Wiley.
The column lists visitors and locals in Tawkinsville last week. Sallie Lou Oliver visits her aunt Mrs Y T Sheffield. Mary Clewis of Snow passes through. Barfield and Horne completed brick store and open for business. Jake Roberts and aunt Mrs Adams visit Oak Grove. Mrs J D Frank of Rogers visits her parents. Dr W M Taslam and wife. Rev Mr Bass returns from Cordele with a report of a good meeting and 72 members.
Reverend J M Kelly preached Sunday in Byromville. John Lilly of Mr Vernon attended services. J R Carroll of Unadilla visited. J B Byrom travels to Macon to buy mules for his farm. J D Lester and Col W M Gunn of Capron were guests. J H Folds of Unadilla, a noted farmer, observed the railroad graders. J H Pate of Cordele, candidate for Dooly county representative, socializes with locals and asks about votes. Railroad work advances rapidly. about three miles prepared for track. The line is planned to pass Vienna.
One pupil Lee Coney participates in Albany Chatanqua as the school reports a successful spelling bee. Funds from a book case purchase left a small treasure to jingle cheerfully while printers faced staff changes and military calls. Letters from Ben Fuqua Tippettyle Oakland and Cordele remain for next week.
Yonkers Statesman presents humorous quips from the pen of a Yonkers jester. A hostess laments the cold flat hindering piano, while jokes unfold about baby toes and clumsy spouses. A brief gag list ends with Crimsonbeak on reckless driving.
A district messenger boy asks for a tip from a stingy man who doubts the boy’s honesty. The man frets about appearances and declines the dime after considering a refusal, citing trust issues in a caricatured exchange from the Chicago Post.
A Baltimore World quip contrasts a star boarder with a rival, noting the witty line about twinkling and landlady’s faith. The exchange hints at social dynamics of accommodation and perception.
A New York Weekly column quotes conflicting counts for a man’s murders. One reporter cites three, another five, and a third nine, prompting the editor to joke about averaging the figures and settling on a dubious total.
A fragmentary line from Brooklyn Life cites a character admonishing others to remove hats in a theater show setting. The dialogue suggests a bold assertion about behaving consistently in public spaces and in church, highlighting a clash between performance and propriety.
A Washington Star report suggests a motive behind a child’s sled ride incident as a parent’s rough fun causes the youngster to holler after being bumped over a gutter. The quotation implies the father derives amusement from the child’s mishap.
A quirky exchange recalls a visiting guest at a shoe factory remarking on modern machinery, while an old fashioned expert responds with a witty jab about the work and the era. The brief exchange captures a clash of eras and humor in factory life.
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