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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
5
A torn observed page lists attorney W Y Harvard and Geo W Wooten with offices in Vienna Georgia and others in Unadilla Rapeston and surrounding area. It notes Fleming Sawyer and J M Whithead offering legal and professional services, with office locations in Stovall building Cotton street and Masonic building and varying monthly office schedules.
D. A. BR. ORUM, Lawyer, regularly practices in Macon and Southwestern Circuits and in state and federal courts. Dr C. T. Stovall, Vienna, Ga., office behind the drug store with day and night calls. H. O. Wood, Drs L. W. and H. A. Mobley, Byromville, Ga. All calls answered promptly day or night.
The New York cotton market on Monday saw January options surge amid a rare squeeze. Short sellers faced calls and rumors as the price jumped from 10.80 to 12.75 before easing to 11.05 by close. Other months rose modestly and spot cotton climbed to 12 cents.
A dispatch from Pekin reported Li Hung Chang is suffering fever and delirium, with his life described as in jeopardy. The North China Daily News in Shanghai forwarded the update.
Manila report cites General Funston saying most insurgent groups were dispersed except mountain bands. George T. Rice editor of The Daily Bulletin was ordered deported by General MacArthur for publishing allegations against Lieutenant Commander William Braunersreuther, captain of the port. He was to be held as a prisoner until reaching San Francisco.
Senator Towne of Minnesota delivers a lengthy farewell amid debate over the Philippines. He rebukes charges against Aguinaldo, accuses U S policy of perfidy, and condemns maneuvers tied to imperial aims. The speech references Merritt and the 1898 proclamation, urging clear open conflict if conquest proceeds.
A telegram from Detroit to Jackson Mississippi says Governor Bliss approved the Mississippi officers requisition. They are en route home with J. E. Gibson the Indiana contractor who tried to bribe Governor Longino weeks ago.
A federal decree in Nashville awards General Hussell A. Alger a personal judgment of 201,014.75 against T. B. Anderson and others on a dispute over coal and mineral lands in Franklin County Tennessee. The suit, based on lands allegedly salted with rocks painted to resemble coal, traces to A. J. Freer acting as Alger’s agent.
Public notices from Georgia Dooly County announce road creation orders to begin February 16 with intersections near Pilkinton and McNair branches. Also includes guardianship sales, estate discharges, and stock law referendum results in Unadilla.
Notices warn of discharge petitions and citations in Dooly County Georgia. Administratrix Mrs Edmonson seeks release from estate of W M Edmonson. J D Hangroyn D D D cites for J J Vogle estate. J A Gross and L M Altman report discharge from estate of D B Altman.
Georgia Dooly County notice states appraisers have filed their report on a twelve months support for widow Mrs. W. L. Wood from the estate of B. A. Wood deceased. The writer will pass upon the report on the first Monday in February following January 1, 1901.
Under the will of John Smoak late of the county executor A A Smoak will publicly sell at Vienna court house two parcels in Dooly and Worth Allegra districts totaling about 400 acres. The sale, for distribution among legatees, occurs on the first Tuesday in March 1901 with cash payments.
The sheriff will sell at the courthouse door in Vienna on the first Tuesday in March 1901 between legal hours for cash the south half of lot 22, 101 acres, in Dooly County, to satisfy a court judgment in favor of O O Greer against Mrs S H Williamson. Also at Cordele the town lots and parts in blocks 88 48 86 126 as listed, to satisfy a January 1901 judgment in favor of A W Whipple against D Ed Kennedy and G W Luxream.
Seven year old sorrel mare mule left the Pitts and Tracy yard on Saturday January 26. Reward offered for return or information. Contact Pitts & Tracy Cordele Georgia.
A Havana dispatch reports one government special counsel pledging a fair public trial for O W Neely the alleged embezzler. The case will proceed before a jury of seven judges in a public courtroom.
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