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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1893
Page
2
A scattered Georgia column notes political appointments including Judge Howell E. Jackson’s Tennessee seat, and mentions a Hawaii annexation debate. It reports a brutal Texas murder of a four year old girl, newspaper editor anecdotes, jury law changes, and local press shifts in Atlanta Macon and Cordele.
A garbled passage describes a telegraphing myth about a national movement that did not occur and hints at divergent eye expressions from blue berries to deep wells, suggesting varied emotional impact and unreliable forecasts.
The emigration fever grips Dooly Schley and Macon counties as hundreds of Black residents depart weekly for Oklahoma. Farmers fear widespread labor shortages as 500 to 600 have already gone, with 300 more planned. Authorities are urged to investigate alleged agents guiding the exodus.
A traveler recounts crossing New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee in winter. He notes land forms, farming, and dairy practices in Western New York, compares Georgia’s climate and resources, and contrasts rail travel and race relations in the North with the South. He admires Ohio for railroads, cites Pittsburgh, and laments segregation in Cincinnati while praising Northern courtesy. He lists six prominent figures dying recently: Butler Hayes Kenna Brooks Lamar Blaine.
A speaker recalls how reading a local paper helped him profit from a land sale notice and how his father found a teaching job through a notice, ending with the question of what would have become of him if he had not subscribed.
The legislature changed the local option law to allow counties to hold elections only every four years rather than every two. The question is whether this new rule applies to counties that recently held four year elections.
The British government withdraws jury trials in India after three decades of use. It cites consistent inability to select twelve honest Hindoo jurors and notes native hostility to whites. The piece compares with Hastings era perjury and forgery and questions the practicality of trials in MaytI.
Property sales and administration notices from Dooly County Georgia dated February 1893. Topics include the guardianship sale of Snow town lot to support minors William P George T Lucy 3 Grover C and Elizabeth Harvard, and an administrator sale of 15 acres in the NE corner of lot 108 in the 6th District to settle Mitchell Altman’s estate. Also notices to debtors and creditors for Julius E. Peacock estate and appraisers report on Margarett E. Horne’s year’s support.
Court sale announced for the first Tuesday in March 1892 at the Vienna courthouse offering Cordele Shoe Factory machinery and related assets plus a house and lot in Cordele Georgia. The items include sewing and lasting machines, shoe lasts, patterns, tools, racks, a water cooler, and more. Additional real estate in Cordele and other parcels in Cordele are listed for sale under separate executions. Sheriff notices dated February 6 1883 and February 6 1893 outline the proceedings and claimants.
Notices announce court action on March first for real estate sale by administrator D L F Peacock of J B Peacock estate in Dooly County. Additional items request permanent administration for Ada Tommey and report on Mary Walden year's support for Maud Willie and John M Walden, with hearings set for March first.
Fragmentary timetable shows Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad routes with stops including Palatka Jacksonville Lake City Jasper Valdosta Tifton Macon and War. Details are partial and timing unclear.
Legal notices from Doory County Georgia outline estate matters for Mollie Jackson widow and four minor children, appraisers filing reports for twelve months support, and a county court session schedule as ordered by J D Harcrove and a county judge. The text references dates in 1293 and 1493 with provisional court dates and appointments.
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