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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
8
W W Childs returned from a trip to Monroe County and home folks. RG Thompsin of Valdosta invited friends to visit Saturday and Sunday. Miss Florente Wilkes attended the Hardshell meeting. Miss Bigenia Walker left to teach the £ 41 term. Williams Brown of Vienna visited. Miss Hthel Pearson of Macon and Bob Bailey of Albany were guests of Mrs. Robert Penny.
Pleasant Valley notes from July 10 1900 report a social gathering at Pinehurst last Wednesday and visits by local residents. Joe Buchanan and daughter Mrs Annie Moore of Arabi visited relatives. Mrs J W Bazemore of Pinehurst visits her parents. AJ Joiner of Byromville hosted John H Forehand and wife. JB Cooper made a Macon trip. John Hughes may soon act on his new buggy. DO Gregg of Sycamore visited his father A E Gregg. MS Hardin of Cordele visited his sister. EJ Smith of Alapaha brought children home to stay with their grandfather. Crops include a poor watermelon yield and wheat underperforming.
Bradshaw notes heavy weekend rain improving crops with corn described as extraordinarily good. Family updates include Henry Taylor Sr on sick list and Twiggs county visitations by Wilson Pettis and Dora Sanders. July Fourth birthday celebrations for Mr. Pettis mark a joyful gathering with devotional services and a large communal dinner.
On July 9 1900 Benn residents attended a Pinehurst reunion with many travelers reporting a good time. Local sick listed include W B Vaughn and Raymond Holland. Attendees included Miss Georgia Turner Miss Ola Moore Miss Etta Locke and others visiting relatives in Hawkinsville Wilcox and nearby areas. Rev W A Wright conducted services at Free Will Union Church with plans for a protracted meeting.
Warning notice from Vinny Georgia dated June 19 1900 prohibits hiring or harboring George Reese a contracted farm laborer until July 6 1900 and Henry Jones under a life contract expiring December 1900. Local authority issues the directive to prevent unauthorized employment.
The tenth annual Georgia Bar Association session opens at Warm Springs Georgia on July 4. Lawyers from across the state attend as city and superior court officers join judges including Logan Bleckley and Howe. The event aims to discuss legal practice and association issues with remarks planned on Primitive People.
Ammon Grove Georgia July 4 The Ammon Grove cotton mill trustees announce a 20 percent dividend at a directors meeting. The decision covers the period ending soon and awaits final confirmation.
W C Matthews, the missing Murphy and Co clerk from Savannah, was captured in Juneau Alaska after a continent wide chase by special officers. He will be returned to Savannah as soon as papers are signed.
A rich deposit of gold bearing quartz was discovered on the farm of G. W. Walker in southwest Virginia. The find lies near a deponed location, with the report noting a significant yield potential and prospecting activity in the area.
George R. Borugham of the Oreaghead Engine ering company of Cincinnati to supervise the construction. Ground at Ping Street staked off and a crew to be put to work at once.
Fragmented text outlines Democratic platform issues including governance consent, Puerto Rican status, economic policy, and reform. The passage indicates debates over independence versus union, anti-slavery era precedents, taxation, and government efficiency, with references to populist improvement aims and party principles.
Arraignments begin in Frankfort Kentucky as Caleb Powers leads a group of five Goebel murder suspects. Judge Cantrell oversees jury selection while a large crowd fills the courtroom. The commonwealth accuses Powers and others of complicity in the Goebel killing with observers and witnesses summoned from Franklin County.
Fragmentary report describes Mr Stevenson in Lincoln Nebraska in July with Democratic vice presidency hints. Text is garbled but references conference attendance and potential party activity involving Stevenson and Ryan's party amid unclear developments.
Conompus Georgia July 10 A strike by 40 plus workers at the Bagis and Phenix mill risks a shutdown if wage disputes are not settled. Beamer and mule spinner walkouts cite pay shortfalls, threatening near total stoppage, while company talks aim to resolve the issues and prevent crippled production.
Brramnenau Alabama July 10 work has resumed at coal mines after suspensions due to heat and looms of danger. New York July 9 reports a high death rate among children linked to continued hot weather with citywide furor over fatalities in Bronx. average deaths include 46 in Bronx and surrounding areas.
SHaTrLe Washington July 9 The Beret Rosalie arrived from Lynn with six million six hundred thousand dollars in Klondike gold consigned to the Seattle assay office for value verification and shipment.
In Hawaii plantation owners seek Negro laborers from the southern states to replace Japanese workers. John Hind and J B Collins of Kohala plan to recruit 300 to 400 laborers, promising expenses paid and 80 dollars monthly. War Department approves plans to deepen the Congo River channel. A Paris swindler targets tenants with false enlargements. A London letter to the New York Times recalls Lord Salisbury’s forgotten treasury leadership.
In Dooly County G W Barrow applies for permanent letters on the estate of Sallie Patrick a deceased resident The report will be passed upon on the first Monday in August 1900 by J D Hargrove O D C official signature dated July 2 1900.
The appraisers appointed to the estate of Thos N Raines have filed their report for a twelve months support for his widow Fannie Raines and two minor children Boula Irena and Roy Rufus Raines. The court will pass upon the report on the first Monday in August. Dated July 2, 1000. J D Hargrove, OD GC.
J A Ward applies to open a new public road from end of 7th street northward through lands of Mathews McDonald the Molver and Wood in several districts to intersect Vienna and Irwinville road near Shiloh church. D Hargrove O D C notes a hearing on August 18. July 10, 1900.
Georgia Dooly County will sell before the courthouse door in Vienna on the first Tuesday in August at legal hours. Property includes 1924 acres in lot 69, 2nd district, Dooly. liens from 1898 and 1900. Also Cordele town lots in blocks 44 and 125 and blocks 101 and 98, tied to various creditor judgments and tax levies. Sheriff notice. tenant in possession notified. sale to highest bidder for cash.
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