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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
2
Community updates list new businesses and prospects including contract sales, a country store near Findlay, a sawmill near Coney, and railroad plans from Cordele to Montezuma. Local residents like Col A J Davis and J M Fields are noted, along with social visits, illnesses, weddings, and a jail sentence in the prior year.
William L. Ingram died at his home near Mt Vernon this morning after a ten day illness from pneumonia. He leaves a wife and several small children. Burial is planned tomorrow at Adams graveyard.
A Cordele fire destroys T. P. Bugbee’s stables D. T. Doughtry’s east residence Baptist parsonage and damages the Baptist church. The church is partly torn down but saved from total loss. the residential and parsonage values are about 1000 and 3000 dollars respectively with church damage in the hundreds.
Those who compose the Dooly County Camp Meeting Association are urged to meet at Pleasant Valley Church for the Vienna circuit quarterly meeting on Saturday February 8 at 2 p.m. ER G Greene.
Registration books for the city of Vienna are open and will close February 28 for the public schools election per legal notices B M Wood Ck and T.
Sheriff Fletcher, responding to a prisoner transfer from Fitzgerald, confronted a masked mob of about forty. They abducted a suspect named Bishop, but the sheriff’s quick action with six deputies halted the raid. the crowd fled, and Bishop was returned to jail with a sack over his head.
Correspondence from Montezuma reports Rev J A Nelson on a business trip to Montezuma last Saturday J H Forehand visited Montezuma Tuesday returning Wednesday Miss Willie Mayo went to Cordelo Sunday evening to enter school Idus Hughes returned to his position yesterday An effort to form a music class is underway George and Ham Clovis of Snow attended Sunday school Mary Varnadoe of Vienna visiting her sister Mrs Walton Frank Holt of Montezuma sold many tons of guano to local farmers Vienna dealers may struggle to meet prices If Montezuma can supply cheaper fertilizers the town could undercut Vienna J B Forehand has yet to arrange housing since his home burned Jord has community sympathy for his loss There was a disturbance at Sunday school caused by some boys talking during service Prof J M Embry praised J H Forehand One young man looked sad as his girl was not at church next time take her to church.
Mr. Bill Ingram is very sick. Van Forehand and wife from Drayton visited his mother Mrs. Jordan Forehand who is also ill. John Byrom and son Seymour passed through on business. Bud Culpepper of Cordele visited his uncle Bill Ingram. Miss Mary Hall is sick. Dr. G W Butler visited his son Elder in Worth county last week. Tom Grant of Montezuma passed through on business. Miss Maud Butler visited homefolk. Cullie Ingram and family visited his mother Mrs. Frank Adama of Drayton. Thomas Butler and son Theo went to Montezuma on business. PEGGIE
The column notes Pinehurst progress under Miss Cora Anthony with the school in good condition. It mentions Lewis Graham resigning from Barfield and Horne and returning to Barnesville, Miss Annie Haslam visiting Adel, and Mrs W T Clemons and children visiting from Adel.
Residents gather for weddings and visits as Miss Lillian Harrison and Miss Maude Peavy tour Hayneville and Birmingham. John Sheffield weds Irene Rogers and Charlie Thompson weds Mattie Boatwright next Sunday. D Frank Rogers plans Atlanta residence. East Tennessee Railroad photo car visits town. Baptist services scheduled. post office moves next door to KE. M. Gunn. PANSY.
In Tippettville Dr Gummage and several locals visit on business with multiple trips noted to Seville Vienna and Macon. The community notes a new rail line survey and a growing school under Prof J B Cook with about forty enrolled students. A wedding occurred at Mr Wade's home and Dr Scarborough and Mr Peavy show health improvements.
Unadilla high school enjoys a prosperous term with record enrollment and future arrivals. Dr. T J McArthur, board president, spoke on benefits of literary societies and urged students to commit to successful recitations. Euphrasian officers Willis Lee president Leslie Carroll vice president Mattie Elder secretary treasurer. Stantonian officers Ola Robinson president Jessie Griggs vice president Ruth Story secretary Rosco Carroll treasurer. First programs scheduled for February 7 and 81st instant. Nellie Thorpe, back as interim teacher, welcomed to her department.
The column notes farmers preparing soil for grain, Mrs. Claude Forehand guiding a 43 pupil school, residents traveling to Raines Georgia and Colquitt Georgia, visits from W I Horne and family, and Commissioner F E Greene’s school stop. It records illness of Lacy Edwards, trips of G M Hall and A J Shell, and Mrs P Gilbert visiting Miss Mary Hall near Mt Vernon.
Relatives and friends attended a birthday dinner for Billy West who reached his seventieth year and had never celebrated a birthday before. Local residents Mrs. Jane Thompson and daughter Miss Mary visited Mrs. S. D. Thompson while Mrs. Thompson gradually improves. Asbury Forehand accidentally cut his brother John E with a hatchet causing a small head gash during a Monday incident. J. B. Walton and family joined others at the event.
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