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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
2
Local items note Mr. Lego of Findlay and others visiting, changes at Shiloh church, and a busy social scene with weddings and family visits. The report covers court day, sales at Parrott Lumber, a theater event, staff changes, legal notices, accidents, and community responses to losses and fires. It blends personal notices with brief incidents and upcoming events in the Cordele area.
Mrs. M. A. Fountain hosted a crok enole party Tuesday in Sycamore in honor of Miss Lucy Alford of Thomaston. The event was enjoyed by the young people with cake and fruit served after hours of socializing, and attendees wished their hostess a happy New Year as they departed at about 10 o'clock.
In Mondays city primary the ticket for city officers faced no opposition. Mayor J. M. Whitehead received 66 votes. Aldermen were J. J. Cooper J. G. Forehand D. B. Thompson K. R. Lewis. Executive Committee members were R. O. Powell H. B. Thompson W. V. Harvard J. P. Heard G. G. Wooten. All are deemed to be elected without scramble.
A midnight blaze in Masone Hall, started near Busbee & Busbee law offices, destroyed the Masonic lodge room and caused extensive damage. Firefighters and volunteers battled the flames with a small water stream, saving the adjacent W. W. Jordan store and other offices while several occupants evacuated amid heavy smoke. Total losses included uninsured Masonic lodge and prior lodge fire history noted.
The brightest property in Vi enna for sale by D. B. Thompson includes a residence with five rooms on 1 to 4 acres with barn wood-house smoke-house on Church Street near G S F depot priced at 1100 dollars. Four three-room tenant houses near the depot with water priced at 1200 dollars. One store-house with 30 by 80 lot at Thompson's old stand with shelves counters and bins priced at 900 dollars. The old Jackson gin property with two tenant houses a nice barn and one acre priced at 1000 dollars. All cash or two years on half amount at 7 percent interest. Stock of goods on hand and in transit priced at 1000 dollars. Ninety cents on the dollar for spot cash. One thousand dollars of notes and accounts for six hundred dollars.
Contractor J Q Ship claims the corner building’s south wall withstood two fires and will endure more, praising its masonry. Judge Henderson describes hurried removal of his office fixtures after the blaze. Reporters saved the Progress files from the burning adjoining building as two black men carried Dr White away.
A Madison law firm writer provides a summary of the new labor contract law passed by the Georgia General Assembly. The text stresses protecting farmers in contracts, the law’s philanthropic aim, and the affidavit requirement that prevents false swearing. It explains how the affidavit shields compliant B and deters noncompliance, urging farmers to obtain printed contract and affidavit forms.
In Vienna a blaze drives residents to action as a man uses his pistol to rouse neighbors and a woman fires a volley from home, taking an hour after the alarm to coordinate efforts and evacuate. Officers exhaust gear and breath to wake the crowd while etiquette and swift responses define the chaotic scene.
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