Happenings in Vienna and nearby locals noted this Sunday
Numerous arrivals and visits fill Vienna on Saturday and Sunday with Col J M Busbee and Col C J Shipp seen in Cordele Unadilla and Reynolds visitors include H B Teel and Calvin Ledbetter while Shipp and Woodward tour county towns Prof Sanders Horne Thompson and others attend Houston county visits J Frank Powell enjoys a Shoo fly trip and Miss Eva Johnson visits C W Johns in town. The item also reports hogs killed nearby and notes holiday preparations amid hard times with farmers plotting crops and debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Sanders
J R Horne
8. D. Thompson
Pinehurst
City
Col. Watts Powell
Clyde Carlisle
Houston County
J. M. Whitehead
Reynolds
Peace Jubilee Ball Set at Busbee's Hall
The young men of the city announce a Peace Jubilee Ball at Busbee's Hall on Wednesday evening December 21. It promises a gala evening for lovers of dancing and invitations will be issued in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busbee’s Hall
In Memory of My Dear Husband by Lula Thomson
Elegiac notice for a husband died at home near Byromville on September 11 1898 aged 24. Son of Mr and Mrs S R Thompson he was a Methodist and true Christian and his wife Lula Thomson notes his suffering and recovery attempts. She recalls standing by his bedside and themes of faith and a hopeful resurrection with the line We will meet to part no more on that resurrection morn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Woodward
Unadilla
R. O. Powell
Raines
Ralph
Byromville
S. R. Thompson
Methodist Church
Lula Thomson
Reluctant Entry Declined Mayor Race In Town Notice
A town notice states the writer, urged by friends, publicly declines to enter the mayoral race. They seek to reconcile factions and wish no contest, expressing hope the town’s best interests are conserved and extending best wishes for the town.
Tax Collection Schedule Notice by Jurisdiction Officer
Tax notice lists collection sites and dates for delinquent taxes. Official J B Scorr TC warns tax books close December 19 and Fi Fa filings December 20, with levies at once. Locations include Coney Drayton Fuqua Byromville Zoar Unadilla Pinehurst Findlay Tippettville Cordele Vienna Arabi and Pinia with dates through December 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fa’s
Coney
Drayton
Fuqua
Byromville
Zoar
Unadilla
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs. Kelly on 70th Anniversary
A December 1 gathering at Mrs. BE Kelly’s home hosted by her son J R Kelly celebrated her 70th birthday. Eight widows aged 548 years total, average 68 12 years, shared memories and framed the event as a farewell in this world. The piece reflects on mortality and faith, with local ads and a cough remedy plug near the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kelly
Kelly
J. R. Kelly
JR. K
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Rocal
H. Cunningham
Col
J. M. Busbee
Cordele
Col. C.J. Shipp of
H. BR. Teel
Richwood
Calvin Ledbetter
H. Liggin
K. R. Lewis
Hawkinsville
Tas. M. Woodward
Ottis Calhoun
Ben
Daniel Borum
Americus
Sheriff Roberts
Robert L. Graham
Green Grocery Co
Eula McKinney
Near Coney
W. 8. Howell
Col. Jones
D. L. Ivey
Ben Calhoun
A. L.and
C. A Calhoun
The
H. J. Morgan
W H Brown
J, M. Cox
Shipp
Lovie W. Ridenhour
Norman Sitton
James Whitehead
J. W. Haygood
Jule Felton
Montezuma
Court of Ordinary
Cols
W. H. McKenzie
S. Russel Fields
A. V. Whipple
Messrs
H. D. Smith
A. E. Hamilton
F. J. and
J. W. Bivins
Daisy Pitman
Barnesville
Rev
P. G. McDonald
Abbeville
Superior Court
J. Frank Powell
Eva Johnson
Houston
Arabi
C. W. Johns
Sheppard
George
Lucy Belle Harvard
Maggie Starbuck
Western Union Telegraph Co
Starbuck
Paocress
Harvard
Miles
Jordan
Vienna
Mise
Western Union
Fernandina
Fla
Miss Starbuck
Brother Jackson
A.J. Q
Dooly County
Iancone Medicine Co
Fite
J. Cooper
Tupelo
Slater
Wino
J. F. Calhoun & CO
Vienna, Ga
J. F.calhoun & CO
B. M. Wood
Oka de Cuba
Greco & Texie
Havana
Sultan Pattison Co
Louisville
C T Stovall
Macon
C. T. Stovall
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