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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
5
M All Wleming and Unadillon lawyer travel this week to Vienna Vienna Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Unadillon Thursday Sunday and Saturday with special attention to collections.
Vienna news notes a horse loss by liveryman L D Smith, visiting Garrie and Emmie Wood ward return, a burglary attempt on J K Smith with Lea Bryant suspected, Cole building a brick office behind Stovall, Rev H Atkinson to preach in Pinehurst and Vienna, safe opened after the fire at Calhoun’s building, various visits by Cordele residents, and plans for the Progress newspaper office and printing shop addition.
The Dooly Superior Court convenes next Monday with many cases on the criminal and civil dockets. The civil docket is heavy and several important criminal cases will be tried, including a murder case involving Bud Downing, accused in the killing of Dr. Joiner near Unadilla last year.
The Vienna town council met February 11 1901 with Mayor W T McDonald and Aldermen O R Morgan J J Cooper P G McDonald and W Thigpen. Water committee ordered pump parts and authorized wood contract while street work proceeds. The council voted to donate eighty dollars to Forehand Whitehead and McDonald to complete north end water works on Third Street.
The Vienna town council approves payments totaling 8.88 for R Kellam estate services and other bills including Dean Bros 43.80 Standard Oil 19.18 J B McDonald 80 A W Calhoun 1.24 and two freight bills 7.68 The stock petition to prohibit stock on streets fails by two to three votes Minutes adopted by Mayor W J McDonald and Clerk Treasurer B M Woop The January 28 1901 meeting notes license tax prorations and street committee progress with a 6.16 Tomlin Harris bill and related adjourned records.
Two women evangelists aged about sixty and forty traveled from Pinehurst to Vienna and then Cordele preaching the word. They spoke until nearly dark on Saturday, were cautioned by a city official about the hour, then stayed at a boarding house and left Sunday noon. They appeared like remnants of a defunct Salvation Army making a living traveling to towns.
A notice states that all persons doing business in Vienna subject to a license must pay by March first or appear before Mayor B. M. Woop or the Clerk. The request for payment has not been fulfilled and enforcement is ordered.
The first parliament of King Edward VII’s reign opened Thursday afternoon with the king in person. Queen Alexandra accompanied him as they rode from Buckingham Palace to Westminster in the grand state coach for the first time since the wedding.
President McKinley told a House Appropriations Committee member on a Saturday that an extra session of Congress would occur. He had previously avoided committing to any definite course and had only said he did not see how escaping one was possible.
A sheriff sale notice for Dooly County Georgia lists multiple parcels to be sold at the courthouse door in Vienna on the first Tuesday in March 1901. Properties include land lots in Cordele and surrounding districts, town blocks, and various blocks in Cordele. Also listed are numerous parcels to satisfy state and county tax liens and bank-related fi fas.
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