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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
1
A jumble of anecdotes and local items covers weather quips, manners, gossip, and accidents. Reports mention dry counties, a fatal shooting by a student, a hospital or college case, and town developments in Hawkinsville, Vienna, Cordele, and Omega.
The Southern Guiltivator urges sub-soiling to improve soil moisture retention and deeper root growth. Deeper tillage reduces erosion on hillsides, lowers runoff after heavy rains, and cuts future plowing by spreading work over winter. Using two plows or two furrows increases soil benefits and yields, especially in dry years.
The Lewis Bros Co shoe store awarded a money jar to Everett Swearingen for guessing the exact number in a three month year end contest. The jar held 2075 coins totaling 27 11 and was sealed for a free guess with each shoe purchase. About 1800 guesses were made, equaling the number of shoes sold, boosting advertising value.
The old town begins the new year with two new councilmen J J Cooper and J B Thompson stepping down. A K Walton and Dr H A Youmans sworn in as councilors while B M Wood passes duties as clerk treasurer to J A Walden with about 1800 in hand and no uncollected city tax. Walter H Forehand and T A Adkins Sr elected marshals. A Cotton Oil Company lighting contract covers 29 street arc lights at 1500 annually. lights to be turned on soon.
A Christmas tree at the academy on Christmas night distributed 830 presents to attendees.
Obituary notes James R. Kelly of Vienna once treasurer of Dooly County who supported his mother and wife through illness. He sold holdings and moved to Tucson with three young sons after loss and hardship. Vienna mourns a good citizen as he relocates for health. Also reports a river bridge incident at Oconee River and a controversy over a missing postmaster in Indiana, Mississippi.
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