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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1893
Page
3
A lively note on fashion’s sway from the throne of fashion to the Eastern Markets. The verses urge bidding farewell to old styles as Dame Fashion leads a season of renewal and bold attire.
Local items report jail filling, potential grist mill and ginning outfit, flour and groceries, sickness, social visits, and community business. Mentions Mrs. Walden, Mrs. Bryan, J. P. Heard & Co, Parlor Grocery, and local figures like Judge Harvard, E. E. Bailey, Mrs. Henderson, and J. O. Hamilton amid weather, crops, and commerce updates.
The inventory highlights among the fine cotton dress goods includes Pongees Crepons Figured Crepe de Chines Silk Zephyrines and many other new textiles not all listed due to space limits.
Last Tuesday all local merchants signed an agreement to close at six in the afternoon for the spring and summer period. With only one exception the town will adopt the early closing time, allowing people to take recreation after work. The Progress praises the merchants for this liberal move.
The Ladies Confederate Memorial Association of Dooly County closes its Memorial Day program set for the 26th at the Cordele Opera House starting 8 pm. Rev B W Davie opens with prayer. Music and readings follow including Ella Pate reciting The Men Wore Who the Gray and a section on The Sword of Lee. Col D A R Crum will introduce the orator Captain W M Hammond of Thomasville, with Confederate Veterans attending in a body.
Our store offers a wide range of new goods from fine dress fabrics to modest organdies for warm weather. Each piece is a beauty showcasing good taste and value. Our advertised items are new, desirable, and priced to compare favorably with any dry goods house. Support home enterprise and save travel costs by shopping local.
A small long pin value noted by a child was lost on the way home from the Baptist church last Sunday. The finder is asked to leave the pin at this office for return.
I have 100 bushels of good Seed Ground peas for sale at 75 cents per bushel. Apply to or address J S Byrom Byromville Ga.
Health updates on Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. Rachel Peavy brighten Oaklawn notes. Local gossip predicts a matrimonial ball may resume, Lou Rules plans to settle among neighbors, and curiosity lingers over a baseball-ground romance. A fishing outing on Turkey Creek yields humorous pin-hook antics and limited luck. Mr. and Mrs. Sumpter and Godwins report a bountiful seining trip, while the community weighs Sunday School and literary offerings at Oaklawn.
A temporary Dooly County Sunday School Association plans a meeting to establish a permanent body. Vienna Sunday School will picnic at the Campground on Friday May 12 and all county churches are invited to send two delegates. Inter denominational invitation to all denominations to participate and form a county-wide organization. President Jxo E Howett and Secretary J F Cathoen urge representation.
The Vienna Sunday Schools plan a picnic at the Campground on Friday May 12. A committee will arrange a complete program for the day to ensure no monotony. Children and older residents are excited, and the town anticipates a happy, enjoyable occasion.
Reading Club presents an evening program on Monday May 1 featuring Instrumental Solo by Mrs Brown Recitation by Miss A Ridenhorn Vocal Solo by Miss Em Collier Reading by Mr M E Rushin Vocal Quartette by Misses Em Collier Annie Powell Mrs W C Willis Jno E Howell Recitation by Mr W C Willis Instrumental Trio by Miss Powell Heard and Powell A Jolly Laugh by Mr J A Smith A note promotes a Millinery line claiming the cheapest prices in town bought at low cash prices at auction sales.
The Midway notes cover sickness absences and return to class. Mr D T Forehand and daughter Mrs H C Brown visited Bibb county and came home last Thursday. A boy family joked about being left behind while some pupils were sad returning Sunday night. A junior Adel News editor Mr C R DeVane called in. Miss Ammie Morgan recovered from illness and is back at school. A boy forgot his fishing gear after a late outing. A girl reportedly fell from a door and rain fell on others. Mr F T Mason’s milk cow was shot by neighbor Mr Charlie Sangster last Thursday. Children returning from school found eleven wild ducks to raise.
J P Heard, a prudent businessman near town, fences two to three hundred acres of swamp and old field on his Cobb place four miles away to create a vast pasture. He will stock it with cattle and store corned beef until ready for market, turning unprofitable lands into profit as crops finish.
From Drayton weather notes mention rain and a sand storm with General Green on the war path. A town fish fry is planned for Friday with editor likely to be served last. Visitors include Mrs Bessie Harris and mother in law of Warwick and Miss Ruby and Nettie Young from Montezuma. three Drayton bachelors seek wives with widows preferred. contact A B C care of Bryrun Kin for details.
A terse notice urges sending job work to the Progressive Office. The message stresses directing tasks and documents to the Prog ress Office for processing and handling.
In BYROMVILLE news Mr S P Lester of Birmingham visits his father Judge J D Lester. Miss Lula Sumerford of Fuyux visits Miss Edwina Dooling. S B Jenkins pursues Beulah in Macon County. Mrs William Johnson and daughters Rena and Minnie visited Unadilla for photographs. Fish fries are the latest craze with a gathering by Dooling youths last Saturday. Magor.
Dr T P McElreath announces a new drug store in Vienna. He has purchased a full line of first class products and will open all week with prices set to surprise. Visit the Everett Corner to inspect stock and trade with him.
Spring and summer millinery offerings now complete at Everett Corner. Newest, nobbiest stock available for viewing. prices unusually low. Visit to see items and compare, even if not purchasing.
Macon news notes four young lady graduates of the Georgia Business College in one day. Representing Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, they secured stenographer positions after short study. The college touts rapid, practical instruction and swift job placement across the South.
An advertising notice touts blood purifiers with Ayer's Begg's Dr Witts Stovall's Hood's Pierces Ridway's Caticorn Peruna S.S. 8 P.P. P B B CcC C and other brands. It claims spring discounts on half-dozen lottles as Stovall & Forbes promotes these products.
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