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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
2
A Pennsylvania professor proposes a process converting red herrings into asphalt materials. If validated, the method could add commercial value by producing usable road building material from fishing byproducts.
Agricultural Department officials report American grown tea on sale in New York City fetching higher prices than rare imported Oriental varieties. The piece notes this infant industry will receive broad support and aims to curb losses from ocean transport by promoting domestic crops. It also mentions evolving wedding customs and a humorous take on wasteful food practices.
There are over two thousand women’s clubs in the country organized for charity, culture, temperance suppression, libraries, literature, arts, sociology, care of working girls, household science, patriotism, and higher civilization. They began for social life and study but now apply knowledge to practical affairs of life.
A report notes a surge in Treasury drafts for over a million dollars in small coins, suggesting active retail trade. It cites England where penny in the slot machines boosted demand for pennies and halfpence, while also causing coin hoarding that reduced circulation until redistribution.
The piece traces U S watch exports from 1859 to the fiscal year just ended, rising from 206 030 to nearly one million dollars with the United Kingdom and Japan among top buyers. It notes Japan's export growth despite fears of machine manufacture eroding sales and comments on fiction’s localizing storytelling trends.
A poem recalls Robert Burns born in a clay hut with straw roof in Scotland. It contrasts royal praise with the cotter’s simple dwelling, and laments the bard’s enduring fame rising from modest beginnings. The piece attributes the tribute of love and tears to Burns across the ages.
In a swollen river scene a twelve year old boy Lee Crocker spots danger as a log capsizes a flat bottom boat used by an elderly farmer. The boy devises a plan using rope and a fish line linked by a bow and arrow to reach and secure the drifting craft before it reaches rapids. The farmer, initially angry, faces a perilous escape with only one oar fighting the current.
A boy Lee Crocker uses a fish-line and bow to throw a lifeline to a drifting boat. The farmer ties the rope to a ring and hauls the boat ashore. After the rescue, the farmer praises Lee and gifts a breech-loading fowling-piece, while joking about limited duck-hunting days ahead.
A discussion on archival discovery shows how Torres Strait’s separation of Australia and New Guinea was known by Torres centuries ago, but concealed in Manila archives until Dalrymple examined them. The tale contrasts Cook’s 1770s voyage with the older Spaniard’s record and notes the strait’s naming. Also a Sparrow Check anecdote from St James's Park describes a pigeon feather tug-of-war with a sparrow and a laborer’s quip about the scene.
The Georgia tax commission adjourned after outlining a draft tax bill to be reviewed in October. The body expects multiple changes including railroad property assessments and a broader overhaul acceptable to the legislature. Franchises for Collins Park and Belt Railroad were accepted with conditions.
Chancellor W. B. Hill becomes a new resident of Athens with his family settled in the chancellor's residence on the campus. He begins a busy schedule ahead of the university opening on September 20. Construction work will start immediately, with sheetings and shirtings used in the building. Roger Roberts provides $1,000. The chancellor is engaging with the local community as he assumes duties.
The Tennessee cases of Chancellor Lindsay Judge Rogers and Attorney General Owens challenge the legislature’s right to remove judges and attorneys general. The trial in the court of chancery appeals follows an earlier Supreme Court ruling upholding the legislature. The court has these cases under advisement.
The Rennes court martial session focused on Esterhazy and Mlle Pass testimony with the audience thinning. M. Leaborn again exposed weaknesses in the evidence, remaining aggressive but less fierce than Tuesday, while M. Labori and Major Carriere exposed mutual hostility toward the prosecutor.
The State of Georgia vs. the Trust Company of Georgia and others faced Judge John Q Candler in Atlanta as demurrers and answers delay merits. The injunction aimed to block the consolidation of Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway and Atlanta Railway into the Atlanta Railway and Power company on constitutional grounds. The hearing is postponed to the third Monday in October 1899.
Atlanta dispatch reports Governor Candler was alerted at noon Wednesday to a riot risk in Darien Georgia. A mob of about 400 black residents gathered after the arrest of Henry Dolegal and seized control of the town. Candler ordered 200 troops from the First Georgia regiment to Darien within minutes, with orders for a special train if needed.
A Birmingham firm received an order for 14,000,000 Mauser cartridges for urgent delivery to South Africa. Secrecy surrounds the destination, but Boers are said to use Mauser rifles there.
The Grat brick was laid on the Spalding Cotton Mills at Griffin Georgia on Thursday witnessed by many citizens. A large force of hands began work and the building will be ready for machinery early in December. The paid up capital of the wills has been increased from 140000 to 125000 to accommodate a few personal friends and could have been raised to 150000.
The Great Mexican Band under President Diaz will visit the state fair upon request from Secretary Jin. The band, famed for its picturesque attire and master musicianship, has delighted Atlanta crowds in past expositions and is expected to be a major fair feature.
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