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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1893
Page
3
An advertisement offers professional services to the public with round the clock availability. It states services are provided from the office at the residence and promises prompt response day or night.
The column lists social events and local notices for Hawkinsville and nearby towns. It notes a Valentine ball, marriage announcements, visits from Montezuma and Cordele, and various advertisements for groceries, clothing, furniture, and wagons. It mentions Parlor Grocery, J P Heard Co, and the upcoming Superior court notices.
Notice warns readers Kuhns the photographer will stay only a few days for portraits. A fresh shipment of fancy candies arrives this week and Barfield and Wilson promote a large shoe sale. A stray dun cow with red spots is on J. Coppege’s Vienna Georgia premises. owner to claim and pay charges.
A three room dwelling with two acres of land is offered for cash or trade for notes or stock. Owner H. S. Walden invites serious buyers to come and negotiate. Also advertising groceries and order fulfillment available at the same location.
An ad notes fertilizer sales with prices on Oglethorpe Cumberland and Dissolved Bone Acids and German Kainit. The author thanks Dooly county friends for past patronage and seeks continued support, asserting truthful pricing and small profits.
The firm of Taylor & Lashley has dissolved requiring closing up all business. Creditors must settle claims within 10 days or they will be turned to an attorney for collection. The firm bought bankrupt stock and will offer bargains in dry goods and notions. J. P. Yeard & Co.
Card of Thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted Sunday morning when the jail was broken. Publicly extend sincere thanks and gratitude. Their kindness will be remembered. J W Roberts Jailer. Also noting new stock of dress goods Serges Latin Barbees Chev crows with trimmings at time suited prices. Come examine before buying.
A two horse wagon owned by Tilman D West fell through a bridge over Pennehatchee creek injuring no one fatally. A negro occupant escaped, a young West child was rescued from the water, and A Q Royal swam to free the mules and save lives. An insurance pitch follows from Jno E Howell, agent.
Last week P. G. McDonald traded Joe M. Fields a plantation for his livery stables, then resold them to Jne F Waters who occupies his old stand and the Fields stand. Fields plans keeps store and farm duties, Waters, a valued citizen, expects better service from expanded facilities and prosperity.
Mess Powell and Heard proprietors of the Parlor Grocery are increasing their stock daily and the people are trading with them, praising their hustling pace and customer service.
Fifty six names appear on the Midway school roll with about fifty three in daily attendance. Students from Dooling Coney and Drayton attend, Homer Mc Corvey has left, Lena Little teaches music, Doster Sutton is buried Mt. Vernon, Mrs J D Sumerford improves, Lula Sumerford visits Montezuma, Kuhns photographed the school, trustees met Friday, a girl fainted when Homer left, and local store advertises basic supplies.
Spring business boosts fertilizer sales as farmers plan larger crops. School improvements strengthen county prospects. Reading club gathering enjoyed the prior Friday. McBride and Nichols suffered a third burglary in a week, prompting calls for action. Ladies Aid Society to hold festival at Hooks store on the 24th for Methods Church. Local residents W. H. McBride, Janie Barlow, and Jnc. E. Howell noted for recent travel or visit. Amico advertises machine wagons, Davis and Newlifome models, with easy payment options.
The Progress de light notes thrift and growing prosperity as the senior editor visits Findlay Pinehurst and Unadilla. Fences repaired fields furrowed oats good corn prospects with many new houses in Findlay. Bullington Co operative Alliance Store shows vast goods stock and Lasseter Fertilizers supply planters. Pinehurst merchants report cheerful trade and Judge Thompson presides over a limited court with most cases settled or postponed. Communities hopeful yet wary of hard times and an emigration agent rumored locally.
A Sunday morning jail break in Unadilla unleashed eight prisoners who bent bars and crawled through holes in two western cells. Jailer Roberts fired at the fugitives, bloodhounds failed to track, and locals chased the escapees through swamps before retreating as dawn broke.
An extended account details the capture of Bob Burton by Willi Gilbert and J T Youngblood after a failed escape attempt. The piece laments the old jail, describing it as a chicken coop where prisoners sleep in hammocks and hide misdeeds under blankets, urging construction of a new facility.
Vienna Ga regular meeting notes authorize posting a ban on shooting within 100 yards of Union Street crossing. Aldermen amend licenses for livery stables to 15.60 and revise general merchandise taxes to 50.00 yearly. several other trades taxed, including blacksmiths at 4.90 and pin tables at 10.00. Minutes approve minutes, print report, and weekly street-condition updates.
The document records license taxes for various trades in Vienna as of February 10 1893. It lists amounts for barber shops auctioneers photographers jewelry firms real estate agents circuses soda vendors and other occupations with district specific rates and a note that penalties align with the town charter.
The Vienna Racket Store announces it can fill all orders for fertilizers this week with a large supply, urging customers to come soon as stock may not last. New goods arrive weekly under proprietor J. As Smith, who offers polite service and the lowest prices in town.
Taylor and Lashley announce dissolution of the firm by mutual consent with L H Taylor to continue the business. Dated January 12 1893. Kuhns displays a fine line of pictures from artists in Georgia and invites the public to view them regardless of the weather.
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