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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
6
Auraonized Agents announces affiliation as the authorized dealers for BE and Gs Walton & Co at the local place. The firm offers a full line of school books and a complete stationery assortment for students and offices.
Prices are slashed as overstocked summer goods must move. Coats dresses clothing shoes hats caps and more are offered at cost price to clear space before fall trade. Customers urged to inspect goods and prices to secure purchases with satisfaction guaranteed.
Abner Thompson, heir to a large local stool business, was struck dead by lightning while hunting in the woods. His horse and dog died with him. His body was found after four days. He leaves a bereaved mother and father, two sisters, three brothers, and many friends. Also note Ware County aims to secure a South Georgia experimental station with a committee named to pursue it.
Avuntista detectives raided a room at the Parkins House 1015 Broad Street and arrested several men found at play. They seized a complete fare layout three large poker tables and about a pile of chips.
Georgia Doory County sheriff sale set for the first Tuesday in Bapt. 1901 at the courthouse door. Highest bidder pays cash for 1514 acres in Lot 92 Second District, all of the lot except 50 acres in the southeast, tied to a decree in the Superior Court fi-fa in favor of Martha Callender against Martha Dickson. Fi-fa issued from the September term 1899 of the Ne Superior court. G. W. Sheppard, Sheriff D. O.
Appraisers report twelve months support for Rebecca A. Watson widow of Benjamin B. Watson filed. judge to pass on August 1901. Rushin applies for permanent administration on Hoyt Rushin estate. hearing September 1901. B. I Watson discharge petition set for 1st Monday November 1901. J. R. Lourre estate letters of administration on 1st Monday September 1901. G B Williams guardian seeks discharge 1st Monday September 1901. N M Bearden applies for homestead exemption and setting apart valuation. hearing August 22 1901. All dates in August 1901. J D Hargrove Ordinary.
By power of sale in a deed of trust dated May 9 1894 Dora M Howell and B P Howell grant to secure $500 from American Building Loan and Tontine Savings Association of Memphis. G B Gattowar trustee will sell at Vienna courthouse to highest cash bidder Sept 7 for 2 3 acre tract at Mulberry and 4th streets to pay $414.14 plus fees and costs. Attorney BE Fzraozrse.
Petition from D W Ketchum Bp Ketchum and Cotton Mather to form the Tray Rosin Company in Cook County Georgia for twenty year term with renewal, capital stock $50k to $100k aggregate, already paid in, plan to manufacture rosin for market, act as agents, and operate from Cordele, with Hill Jones attorneys and J Frank Powell clerk certifying the copy May 7 1901.
An ad promotes Allen's Herb Tonic at seven cents per bottle for spring weakness and appetite loss. It also offers a ready preparation for summer complaints and mentions Chamberlain's Cholera Mixture among other remedies.
A Guntersville Alabama report says Clebe Montgomery a Black man was killed by Winchester bullets fired by white man Tump Vaughn during a confrontation over arrests of Black residents suspected of barn burnings. The incident follows long racial tensions and arrests.
A playful column critiques midlife romance and social norms. It jokes that a man must afford a piano for his wife in five years to be a good catch, while after fifty a woman values gossip over memory. It lampoons age, travel, and gift expectations with a wry, humorous lens.
A prominent Alabama farmer Mrs Hess fell from a Fern Cliff bluff and became lodged in a tree top 50 feet below breaking her back and arms. Henry Gill killed Estelle Collins at Embrey Bend near Lincoln with a shotgun and wounded Dean Collins. Sarah Collins was shot at. Gill is at large after being rejected on a marriage license. Anniston and Calhoun County report.
A move led by H. M. Comer of Old Town and W. W. Abbott et al aims to establish a cotton oil mill, waterworks, and electric light system in Louisville Georgia. Subscriptions are raised and a charter filed, promising modern utilities for the town. Meanwhile Atlanta memorializes Captain William A Williams who died in Knoxville on June 14 at his son P J Williams home. His funeral will be in Milledgeville tomorrow. he served as a captain in the First Georgia regiment, Confederate Army and was noted as a prominent Georgia Alabama figure.
Members of the Dooly County Bar Association are requested to meet at the court house in Vienna Georgia on Thursday August 1 1901 at 9 oclock a.m. for the purpose of assigning civil cases to be tried during the September term of Dooly Superior Court. Full attendance is earnestly solicited. Dated July 16 1901 Geo W Wooten P D B A T R SMITH
A reflective line advises men past forty to form at least two new friendships each month to compensate for those aged, lost, or relocated, underscoring social upkeep in later life.
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