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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1895
Page
2
The Vienna Progress reports on drought effects in Nebraska and Florida crops, Arkansas or Georgia farming notes, and local Georgia developments. It notes tensions in Congress, potential canning factories, planned rail improvements in Douglas, and plans for a Georgia creamery, plus regional weather impacts and civic observations across cities like Atlanta and Waycross.
Speculation grows over the expected cotton yield this year as fertilize usage may drop to about half. State fertilizer analysts see reduced production while some planters plan larger plantings, hoping a price rise from overall curtailment benefits. The Progress notes uncertainty and the widespread planter sentiment.
Reports suggest cotton yields will be large as usual, but it is too soon to determine any reduction in the coming crop. Agricultural observers await more data to gauge potential output and market impact.
A meeting of the cotton growers of Dooly County is called for Vienna Court House on Monday March 4 at 11 am under the American Cotton Growers Protective Association with J H Dorough as president. Delegates will be elected to a State Convention in Atlanta on the third Monday in March to consider reducing the cotton acreage for 1895. Every farmer and merchant in the county is urged to attend.
A young man about 19 from Nebraska arrived in Vienna after walking from Valdosta. He described dire conditions in West Nebraska and widespread migration as people left for other states. He said Georgians were told to be poor farmers but found Georgia excels in agriculture. He noted relief arrived from Georgia and elsewhere, easing suffering.
A nostalgic column recalls Civil War front lines and rear guard tales, railway wrecks, a yawlboat capsize, and a 1893 back-action cyclone that scattered a family. The writer laments threats from a wife seeking divorce over a newspaper line and reflects on blizzards, polar fantasies, and a skating mishap by Prof Wallace, ending with hopeful resolve.
A varied column discusses a snowy Georgia scene with playful chat about youth and snowball battles, then shifts to legal notices in Dooly County. Guardian ship applications for Warren children are set for hearing on the first Monday in March, with court dates and local names included.
A lively farmer and community tone describes whiskey mishaps and a patch of spilled liquor, while farm work remains light. Residents recall stores after the snow, noting rumors and shared stories. The school district stays active with new enrollments and boarding, praising the county’s school building and people and questioning why the area should not have a good school.
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in February at Cordele court house door the city lot number 14 block 11 in Cordele Ga for cash to satisfy a Dooly Superior Court fi le in Comer Burney vs E A Perry. Also to be sold at the same time and place the Freddie Shipp Female College building and Block 36 in Cordele to satisfy a fi le in favor of the Ocmulgee Brick Co. against Freddie Shipp Female College. J W Roberts Sheriff D C.
D A R Crum assignee will sell at the courthouse in Dooly County Georgia on the first Tuesday in March 1895 for cash the 1 1/8 acres off lot 17 in the 7th district including a guano house a dwelling and a store house the property known as Findlay Co-Operative Alliance Store privately before sale if needed to satisfy an assignment deed dated February 4 1895 includes right to private sale prior to the hour of sale for this purpose.
Notice of sale to satisfy a promissory note of $450 plus interest and costs. On July 25 1893 James B Musselwhite conveyed property Lot 140 in the 11th district Dooly County 200 acres more or less to secure the note. Sale to be held March first next before the county courthouse, cash to highest bidder. Proceeds first cover principal and overdue interest then costs. any balance to Musselwhite. Attorneys for plaintiff: William T Cauherity Gustin Guerry & Hall J W Haygood.
Appraisers appointed to set apart and assign a Twelve Months support from the estate of Joseph Warren deceased for minor children Emma Seaton Ella Anna Augusta John A Nona and Maria Warren have filed their report. The report will be passed upon on the first Monday in March next. This February 4 1895.
Bids invited for complete erection of fireproof rail and tool proof steel cells with samples and construction details due by noon March 13 1895. Plans are on file in the Ordinary of Dooly county office Vienna Ga. Committee members J D Hargrove Cedary D B Leonard and Samuel Carnes reserve right to reject any or all bids. January 17 1895.
In obedience to a petition, James M Carmack, Hardy Stephens, Richard Stephens, Hardy Walden, F M Walden and A B Walden, kin to Mojlie Maude Walden, minor child of John H Walden deceased, are ordered to appear at the next Court of Ordinary term on the first Monday in March to show cause why H D Wood should not resign as guardian and James M Carmack be appointed in his stead. A copy of the petition and order must be personally served on Richard Stephens, Hardy Walden, F M Walden and A B Walden at least ten days before the term. This February 4, 1895. Ordy D C
Multiple probate notices in Dooly County Georgia indicate executors and administrators petitioning for letters of dismission from estates. Names include T W and D L Truluck, W C Culpepper, W T Truluck, J R Smith, and Daniel T Mashburn, with dates cited in 1894 1895 and locations in Vienna and Dooly County.
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