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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
2
The notice names HH. D. Smath as editor and publisher and T. A. Adrifine as associate editor, detailing their positions on the editorial team.
Sugar has edged up about a cent and may rise again in July before likely easing after the fruit season. A new New Jersey sugar company with 10 million preferred and 10 million common stock has stirred financial circles. The Havemeyer Arbuckle war heats up with a third rival entering the field, while China appears heading toward war as markets react.
A critical voice surveys the platform and global tensions. It cites China declaring war, American plans, and mixed reactions from figures like Admiral Dewey and Kohlsaat. It notes Sampson’s pay, U S military actions in China, Boer envoys departing, and a call for world warning.
A Republican Kentucky judge recognizes a pretrial pardon and releases a man with strong murder evidence in the Goebel case. It marks the first court acknowledgment of a pardon issued before conviction, amid wider postwar imperial and colonial concerns.
The piece cites War Department map questions about China, Boxer uprising, and imperial tensions. It comments on Republican diplomacy with the Sultan, anti imperialist sentiment, and potential Prohibitionist impact on the 1900 election, including remarks on Bryan Stevenson and McKinley era figures.
Harvin Jordan president calls Dooly county farmers and business men to a meeting in Vienna on July 27 at eleven o'clock a.m. to organize and push for a ten-cent cotton price, with plans to assist Alabama and other states, and to distribute literature in the community.
Cotton warehouse men can obtain wood cloth and card board signs at Christopher Sign Company in Cordele Georgia. The notice calls attention to sign availability for local workers and businesses.
The piece condemns sending the Oregon with an officer twice court martialed and many Naval Academy graduates aboard, questions Secretary Long’s judgment, and contrasts educational examinations with civil service beliefs. It also previews a possible Democratic landslide in New England amid anti imperial sentiment and criticizes Admiral Kempf for opposing the surrender at Taku, noting his ouster amid jingo pressure.
The Bank of Vienna sworn statement by cashier K R Lewis declares the condition of the Georgia bank true as shown by its books. Sworn before ELS Lassiter N P on July 9 in Dooly County Georgia.
A western college questions the legitimacy of Mark Hanna a doctor of laws noting his long career as a legal practitioner and asking if he was ever a quack.
Spain may now congratulate herself that the United States relieved her of the Philippines and freed her from the meshes of the far eastern question. What the United States can congratulate itself on is still uncertain.
Cordele Georgia offers printed wood signs and yard signs for order. The Gunistorusr Sian Co invites customers to place orders to help them make money with affordable, ready to display signs.
Dooly County hosts a countywide campmeeting starting Saturday July 28 at 7 PM. Tents and dinners on the grounds welcomed. a public tent will provide meals on Sabbath. July 24 is public work day for civic participation. pastors urged to read notice from J B McGrure, presiding elder.
In a muted move Republicans dropped their past charge that civil service reform originated and was sustained by their party. The critique centers on McKinley’s evasion of the law and the rollback of core provisions, leaving the party with weakened nerve and silence on the issue.
A dated notice from DB Thompson announces a new cash sale approach after August 1, 1900. The business shifts to cash sales until stock is exhausted, with cotton bales to be placed on the other side of the railroad. The writer promises clear date marking and respectful regards.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Core. A surprise for prompt relief of bladder, kidneys and back pain in men and women. Relieves water retention almost immediately. Sold by Dr. C T Stovall druggist, Vionna, Ga.
Wanted at once a first class white farm hand capable of any farm work including making gathering or other tasks. Must be sober honest faithful and pleasant. For the right man 10.00 per month and board without working Apply to Mrs A P Suaw Kerne Dooly County Ga at once.
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