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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
3
Local items note a bathhouse fire hose turned on, Cordele visits to the Sentinel and Daily News offices, and a planned construction boom with J G Jeffcoats to take charge next week. Several crimes and court actions are recorded, plus hotel staff changes and illness losses.
A community picnic is announced to be held Saturday August 24 at Mr. Ashley Sangster’s five miles from Vienna on the Hawkinsville road. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a well filled basket. Committee on arrangements includes J. D. Bullington I. G. Carmack W. Sangster and R. I. Carmack.
Community voices call for rain. Several local residents and visitors are named: J. B. Turner on sick list. Mrs Kate McCorvey of Snow visits daughter Mrs R W Wilkes. Mrs OC KM Gilmore and Miss Ada Turner visit W B Weavers. Eva Castleberry of Lumpkin visits Sebright Wilkes. Corine Jones visits niece Mrs J B Turner. I J Gilmore visits parents Mr and Mrs Shockley. Eva Castleberry and Sebright Wilkes guests of Annie Turner. Mrs Shockley of Grangerville visits daughter Mrs I H Gilmore. Hd Johnson and sister Mirmie of Byromville visit uncle Elihu Johnson. Arthur Gilmore and Mon McGlamery of Snow visit I E Gilmore. R W Wilkes visits with brothers J J and J W McCorvey.
Miss May Devane returned home to Adel after several weeks visiting friends and relatives. Ladd Harden of Dooling visited his sister Mrs. J. H. Forehand for several days. H. H. Roberts purchased a home below Vienna. E. Walton spent Friday night in Vienna with his son A. E. Walton.
Huckaby moves to Howard Roberts's residence below town. Mrs. Rome Walton of Findlay visits parents J. N. Swearingen. Annie Swearingen returns home after months with relatives at Barnsville. H. O. Hughes recovers from fever. Prof. R. L. Mason and Tf. Mason ill with fever. Prof. J. B. Folds opens a singing school in Pinehurst. Church repairs begin. J. O. Smith improves from illness. J. B. Forehand trips to Montezuma. T. R. Smith of Smith & Walton circulates among Vienna friends. Rentz, Vienna veteran warehouseman, weighs cotton heavily and leads local trade.
Local notes report farmers struggling to pull fodder due to rain and labor shortages. J M White boasts fine peas. Prof J G Lasseter and brother Hugh attended Shiloh. W E Bryant improves after illness. Judge J D Hargrove inspected a bridge. The Turner infant died at the grandfather M Bowen’s home after a month of illness and was buried at Liberty with the mother buried earlier. Mr and Mrs Bowen comforted, and the Nolles couple returned from a visit to Tifton. Besma Armentrout of Ashburn visits aunt Mrs Toy McCay. E A Hyreott enjoyed sweet potatoes for dinner.
D. B. Summerford visited friends in Unadilla as school preparations increase with more applicants and dormitory needs. The Young People's Weekly Club met at the dormitory with needle threading contests and prizes. Prof. Browns plans a Chicago visit with favorable reports about school and union. Miss Sallie May Wheeler from Cordele visited Miss Mamie Patterson, and families plan moves to town as housing improves.
Cordele reports daily catalogues arriving for new term entries. Miss Maudey Shackleford and Urothes, with their mother at the dormitory, are urged to attend Saturday events in August to prepare for the opening in September.
Mr. T. J. Folds leaves bed to join daily life after illness. Mike Pearl Hickson returns home from Cordele with cousin Miss Fannie May Simmons. Mrs. J. McCartney sick. Rev. Wade’s congregation large. Pinehurst meeting postponed. Crops expected short due to lack of rain. Unadilla residents attend services. Prof Power praised as an honest teacher once seen in Galloden.
The article notes Miss Susie Hall directing a private school with 80 plus pupils and invites community support for the effort. It mentions several locals including Jim Bush improving, Florence Eubanks returning to Adel, Annie Gausy visiting Seville, and Mrs. Hatcher’s family leaving after a two week stay. The B Y P will meet, Rev Wade Coleman to assist Rev Hobby in a three day revival, and John Wright plans a stay in McVille with relatives. Rainy weather concerns farmers saving fodder.
Walter Totter and family visited Mr. Royal's family as doveral relatives in Cordele. Maud Butler from Kerns and her grandmother visited relations. Alfred Wilson and George Williams from the Bay passed through en route home after visiting Mr Calhoun.
Johnnie Lilly survived a mishap as his horse threw him causing a broken thigh bone. Mira Bertha Bray and her brother spent Saturday and Sunday visiting in Pinehurst. Little Galen Ingram, son of Mr and Mrs W A Ingram, remains quite ill. Mrs Charlie Joiner and children from Vienna visited here Sunday and Monday. Joe Jackson of Pinehurst passed through last week with his thresher. Miss Balanqua departed Friday for an extended visit to Cordele and Albany.
Farmers report better spirits with upcoming cotton and corn crops after small showers. M H Cross builds a new cabin and considers boarding. W H Faircloth and Bron offer lumber and ginning services. A picnic is rumored 12 miles south of Hawkinsville on the Blackshear road near the courthouse with a previously successful event.
A stylized poem by Antonio urging repayment of debts. It mocks secrecy and urges readers to settle arrears to calm editors and avoid divine judgment. The piece blends humor with moral exhortation and references a Vienna setting and a forthright appeal.
A San Francisco Examiner account describes a Hawaiian uprising where sixty seven native soldiers and about half as many officers marched on the palace. English friends with a bull dog appeared, panicked the troops, and the army fled the palace, ending the revolt.
Notice to debtors and creditors of B. A. Wood late of Doory County Georgia deceased. All claims must be presented properly within the time allowed by law showing character and amounts. All persons indebted to the deceased must make immediate payment to B. S. Wood administrator. August 18, 1901.
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