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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
4
The Cordele issue notes a conflict between The Progress and The Sentinel over republican and democratic ad content. The Progress accuses the Sentinel of bias and of publishing partisan material, while the Sentinel allegedly challenges The Progress’s truthfulness. The piece hints at editorial control and public trust concerns in Cordele’s newspaper scene.
A cryptic Cordele Sentinel exchange unfolds with taunts about backbone and justice. The speaker denies targeting Cordele, vows venting grievances, and threatens exposure of the Sentinel's own statements in a heated public quarrel.
A preacher named Jackson disrupted a service in Atlanta by pointing at two youths Rupert Stovall and another, ordering them to stand for condemnation and threatening prosecution. If jailed, no Paul and Silas parallel would arise. The second Rupert Stovall is not from Vienna.
The record shows a Dooly County farmer with one mule produced twenty six bales of cotton valued at $1,000 and cotton seed worth $171. He also yielded 120 bushels of corn, 100 gallons of syrup, fifty bushels of beet potatoes, about 100 bushels of oil, about 2,000 pounds of fodder, hog feed, and other feeds to support meat production for the coming year.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to buy up the stock of the Southern and may control the entire system within a year. This would make the Pennsylvania the largest railroad corporation in the world.
An excerpt from the Perry Home Journal claims some Black residents in Houston believe the current illness is elephant related rather than smallpox. The tale traces first appearance to Cordele where circus elephant straw bedding allegedly polluted mattresses, spreading the disease among the negro population.
A fragment from Unadilla Passport portrays Dr Progress of Vienna prescribing a bitter pill to Deacon Sentinel of Cordele. The deacon, aging and childish, swallows it as the tale notes the doctor's wide reputation and the tension between healer and patient.
Gardner Moore, a farmer, was swindled out of 150 dollars in a shells game during Sells & Grays show in Valdosta that week. The notice condemns swindling schemes and urges local authorities to ban such games.
Judge D L Henderson of Dooly county, visiting Vienna, notes better business conditions in his county. Farmers pay debts and prosper with higher land values up to eight and ten dollars per acre, more hogs, granaries, stock, and strong demand for land.
Fire this morning in Moultrie Georgia destroyed several brick blocks and shops including McCall Exum and Co Wiggs College Park and damaged nearby properties. Total loss about 60000 dollars with partial insurance. Origin undetermined as fire department saved adjacent buildings.
Regular meeting notes show Mayor Bazemore and aldermen Peary McDonald and Chig present. Reports cover finances with balance on hand $287,891 and tax collection deadline December 6. education board re-elected, waterworks in fair condition, Bermuda grass in cemetery walks. new clerk treasurer B M Wood elected. extra police man added Saturdays. bills listed for payment. advertised letters and seed cotton remnants sale details included.
The Progress notes Georgia election aftermath and a rising drive by Prohibitionists led by Seaborn Wright. Aimed at defeating the dispensary status quo, organizers plan daily papers, a campaign fund, and an anti bar room bill in 1902 Democratic primaries. Wright reaffirms Democratic loyalty while backing a statewide prohibition measure and retail liquor ban with penalties.
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