Old Year-Farewell and New Year Notes From Vienna GA
Local letters recap town news and social updates in Vienna Georgia. Notable items include visits by Mr. Lego of Findlay, Mrs. Hunt from Cordele, and families from Mercer and Albany. Church date changes, theatre plans, crop losses, illnesses, marriages, deaths, and local court days are noted along with a rail accident fatality and a guardhouse fire incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lego of
Findlay
J. M. Hunt
Cordele
Crok Enole Party Honoring Miss Lucy Alford
Mrs M A Fountain hosted a crok enole party Tuesday night in Sycanore for Miss Lucy Alford of Thomaston. The event was enjoyed by the young people with hours well spent. After 10 o'clock cake and fruit were served before guests returned to their homes, wishing the hostess a happy New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Fountain
Lucy Alford
Thomaston
City Primary Yields Unopposed Ticket With 66 Votes
The city primary produced no opposition for the municipal slate. Mayor J. M. Whitehead received 66 votes. Aldermen were J. J. Cooper, J. G. Forehand, D. B. Thompson, K. R. Lewis. Executive Committee candidates were R. O. Powell, H. B. Thompson, W. V. Harvard, J. P. Heard, and G. G. Wooten. All are expected to be elected without contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Whitehead
J. J. Cooper
J. G. Forehand
D. B. Thompson
K. R. Lewis
R. O. Powell
H. B. Thompson
W. V. Harvard
J. P. Heard
G, Wooten
Fire at Mason Hall destroys law office and lodge
A midnight fire from a torching sparked by Marshal Johns damaged the law office of Busbee & Busbee and affected adjoining offices in Mason Hall over Taggart’s store. The Masonic lodge and Knights of Pythias lodge suffered losses with no insurance. Firefighters and volunteers battled smoke and flames, saving other shops and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Johns
Busbee & Busbee
Masone Hall
J. L. Taggart
D. L. Hender- 400
Johns
D. Henderson
A. EK. Jordan
George & Copeland
J. M. Whitehead
Telephone Exchange
W. W. Jordan
CO. W. Johns
Julius Heard
Charlie Bennett
Erry Lashley
Henry Leonard
Col
G. W. Busbee
The
Masonic Lodge
Lodge
Masons
Knights of Pythias
Notice of Vi enna real estate listings and terms
Notice lists residences on Church street near G S F depot with 1 4 acre lot 1100. Four three room houses near depot with water 1200. Store house 30 by 80 Thompson stand 900. Jackson gin property two tenant houses barn one acre 1000 cash or 2 years half at 7 percent. Stock goods on hand in transit 1000. Ninety cents on dollar for spot cash. Notes and accounts six hundred for one thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
D. B. Thompson
Church Street
Depot
Thompson
Jackson Gin
Walls Stand Fast After Corner Fire Says Contractor
Contractor J Q Ship claims the corner building walls withstood two fierce fires and predicts they endure many more. Judge Henderson recalls hurriedly moving office fixtures from the adjoining building as flames raged. The reporter saved the Progress files from the blaze, containing years of issues. Two Black men carried Dr White from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Ship
Judge Henderson
Progress Files
Dr. White
The New Labor Contract Law Explained by Georgia Lawyer
A Georgia law authoring affidavit and contract forms aims to protect farmers in labor and land rental deals. It requires an affidavit swearing no existing contract binds the worker, or risk damages or misdemeanor charges, with the affidavit seen as the law’s strong point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George & George
Madison, Ga
General Assembly
Georgia
Commonwealth
Plucky woman raises alarm with revolver in Vienna fire scene
In Vienna a house blaze drove residents to safety as the alarm spread. An officer rattled carts and weapons to rouse locals while a neighbor, a block away, fired two warning rounds from her 44, totaling ten shots to summon help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
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W. B. Johnson
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Eri. G. Greene
G. W. Hayden
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Lee & McDonald
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J.D. Taylor
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J. A. Peavy
J. Sheppard
Lovie Lindsey
Irwinton
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Heard’s Opera House
P. G. McDonald
Smith d& Walton
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Tivola
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Jordan Brothers
Thomas Adkins
Progress
Brunswick
Ashley E. Hamilton
Hamilton
Sunny Side Cemetery
A. J. Harvard
Eula Bryant
Carl Wynne
Lizzie’ Bryant
Richwood
J. A. McGugh
Emma Morris
Sheriff Shepperd
John Rome
Willie Shepperd
Mary Woodward
Mary Thompson
Bessie Calhoun
Minnie Lee Jordan
Marietta Wood
Sadie Morgan
Lucille Mobley
W. L. Woodruff
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