Youngest Vienna mayor elected in 1800s era
W T McDonald is sworn in as mayor of Vienna amid quiet election. The same marshal team returns for two years, with J J Cowper and G R Morgan as aldermen. McDonald appoints his uncle P G McDonald to fill an alderman vacancy. Officials then meet in secret to select town officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. McDonald
Vienna
Macon County
William Ryder
Walden
Dooly
Teaching
Kindlay
P.G. McDonald
McDonald
Olhers
Yote
W.T. McDonald
J.J. Cowper
G.R. ‘Morgan
Pelle
P. G. McDonald
W. Thigpen
W. John
T. A Adkins
Marshale
B. M. Wood
J. M. Busbee
School assignments and vacancies in local districts
The paper lists changes in teacher assignments at Rock-Hill Farmer's Academy Central Academy and Cedar Creek with Miss Roth Clements Miss Kate McArthur Miss Bessie Walters and Miss Howell taking posts. Wenona and Williams' Crossing corrected. Dunaway Penia Bridges New Hope Coney still vacant as applicants mount. Dr. Talmage on New Year quotes praise and a call to uplift peers and press, urging encouragement of workers and writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth Clements
Rock — Hill
Kate McArthur
Farmer's Academy
Bessie Walters
Howell
Cedar Creek
Sallie King
Wenona
G/M. Patterson
Williams’ Crossing
Dunaway
Penia
Bridges
New Hope
Coney
Growth in Tippettsville Adds Two Stores and Post Office Move
Tippettsville expands with two new firms Grantham Co and Dorminey Josey to be completed soon. Postmaster A B Tippett appointed as post office relocates to E T Tippett Co store. Local notes include moves, visits, and a large school opening with forty two pupils under Prof D C Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippettsville
Grantham & Co
Dorminey & Josey
A.B. Tippett
T. Tippett & Co
TD. D. Pierce
Seville
J. W. Gunn
Macon
Willie Scarborough
Scarborough Brog
Vordele
Rome Hogsett
Friendship Church
Nelson
D. C. Pierce
Quiet Wedding Unites Jeff Wade and Mollie Fulpham
On Monday night at 7:30 at the home of Mr and Mrs J T Jackson Jeff Wade and Mollie Fulpham were married officiated by Rev John Powell. Groomsmen were C T Perry and David Murray. bridesmaids were Kate Coppage and Ida Lane. Wade, a progressive young merchant of Richwood, wed the daughter of Mrs Fulgham of the Shiloh community. The ceremony was small and the couple received best wishes for a happy life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Jackson
Jeff Wade
Mollie Fulpham
John Powell
C. T. Perry
Kate Coppage
David Murray
Misa Ida Lane
Wade
Richwood
Fulgham
Shiloh
Rural Cousins Voicing New Vienna Delivery Anguish
From Our Rural Cousins in Drayton Georgia laments Uncle Sam’s rural mail changes. The piece notes loss of names, turnout for new deliveries, and local moves in Vienna with mentions of residents, school openings, and occasional gossip about smallpox and a sheriff amid a lively, period-voice community column.
Five Dollars Reward for Lost Smith & Wesson Pistol
Five dollars reward offered to anyone delivering to Mr J J Cooper a Smith and Wesson pistol new patent Colt s pear handle six chambers four end one quarter inch barrel No 10151 No questions asked. Lost on the night of January 11 1901. The Dooly County Bar Association to meet January 22 1901 at Vienna courthouse at 10 am to assign civil cases for trial at the next term of superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Cooper
Smith & Wesson
Colt's
Lucius
Woopwarp
Dooly County Bar Association
Vienna
Georgian lawyer rises in county politics and national scene
J. J. Hill named county solicitor this week as Col. Hill remains a noted Georgia figure in politics. The veteran leader seconded Bryan’s 1896 presidential nomination and served as a Georgia delegate to the national convention. He is active in the legal fraternity and shown with his head shaved in the photo.
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W. W. Harvard
Col. Hill
Chicago
Bryan
Georgia
Findlay News Community Notes and School Update
The Findlay News reports happy family news as Mr and Mrs George Powell welcome a baby boy on the seventh. It notes church activities at Cross Road, a Sunday sermon by Hitler P G McDonald, and that B B Parkers shingle mill runs full time. Genial Mid Purviss seeks the local post office. a correction on Farmers Academy teacher presence is given with teacher Kate McArthur. Hog-killing season is lively as Jack Vrost visits. readers are urged to visit Bro Smith for back bones and best wishes for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Willie
Lallie Ray
Cordere
George Barrow
DeSoto
Bay Point
John Byrom
Coll Hargrove
Tripp House
J.E. Joiner
Cordele
Perry Place
Vienna
George Powell
Findlay
Cross Road
Hitler P. G. McDonald
B. B. Parker
Mid Purviss
Farmer's Academy
Miks Kate McArthur
Jack Vrost
Bro. Smith
Buaprrous
Closing Out Ada GA Sale At Cost Prices
Business notice from R J Busgrey of Ada Georgia inviting friends and the public to a closing out sale offering goods at cost and a little above. The sale will run for about six weeks and encourages broad participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R, J, Busgrey
Mercantile Business for Sale in Vienna
Notice offers a mercantile business with a good stand in Vienna for sale at this office. Worth four figures, achieved a 50 percent margin last year. No questions answered except to serious buyers. Cash or good pipes. Address IT D. Smith for particulars. If it takes a thief to catch a thief only four honest men will find an honest man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt Talmage
Emile
Vienna
D. Smith
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J. My. Busbee
D. A. Taylor
Dr. Talmage
Drayton
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Savey
Uncle Sam
Benuines
U. S
Superior Court
G. W. Woorns
J. J. Hill
J. Ty Hill
Findlay News
Ada, Ga
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