Young People's Department Notice on Submissions
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
6
Communications for the Young People's Department were received too late for this issue. The note advises submissions must be sent by Friday to ensure insertion in the following week.
The piece shares Auntie’s warm reception of the department, mentions desire to hear from John and Russell in Cordele, and includes a Young People section with school, chores, Sabbath reflections, jokes, and a note on sick list and local happenings. It hints at a saw mill move near Fitzgerald.
Miss Mamie Reynolds and her brother Claud attended Smyrna church last Sunday. Dr Yoming joined the Richwood force chasing a runaway convict Saturday morning but the fugitive was not captured. Ben Dorming and Walter Hambrick attended Smyrna church and enjoyed a pleasant time. Faulton K Lewis visiting Mitchell county relatives. Arthur Harris heads to Indian Springs to recuperate his energy and spends money freely. G W Langsty escorted his pet to Richwood Sunday and is noted as one of the boys who has a good time.
Sunday visits from Rev C W Snow and J B Forehand reports. Shingles bought for church. school closes next Friday. Vienna guests J B Cooper and wife, Summer and Ras Smith. Miss Nellie McCall shopped. baby ill but improving. Prof H Brown teaches word study. fisherman brag noted. J B Forehand buys new property.
Mrs A E Jordan of Vienna visited her parents Dr and Mrs Haslam on Tuesday. Mrs E M Harden returned from Macon where she had been three months. Miss Sallie Mae Barksdale, visiting her cousin Miss Effie Snelling, was called home to attend her sick nephew. Miss Sallie Mae made many friends during her stay. we hope to have her back soon. Misses Ethel and Vera McDonald of Vienna spent Sunday and Monday with Miss Minnie Lee Eyers and returned Monday night accompanied by Miss Minnie Lee.
A Friday night gathering at the Doughtry residence featured numerous games and refreshments. Attendees included Eva Haslam with Frank Rogers, Annie Haslam with Ollie Hore, Manda Peavy with Emmett Horne, Sallie Mae Barksdale with Jim Whitehead, Sallie Lon Oliver with Hugh Palmer, Effie Snelling with Winright Jordan, Mollie Snelling with Bulie Wade, Nellie Wade and Master Willie Harlam, and Ernest Peavy. Recollections note W J Williams family’s trip to Norwood Springs and various local visitors and returns around Smyrna, Vienna, Nellieville, Blakely, and Findlay.
Crops look better after recent showers. Local residents and visitors are noted: Clara Adams visited Emma Brown. Oscar Brown from near Findlay attended Sunday school. Charlie Reynolds and son Carl attended Friendship list services. Dora Sanders returned from visiting Mary McKinney. J C Hendley T W and W J McKinney attended Sandy Mount services. Claude Reynolds of Kerns and Mamie of Mars Hill attended Smyrna preaching. A lightning incident killed three dogs owned by Lee Adams and injured another. Several families and neighbors are mentioned in visits and health notes with hopes for recovery for Alma Hendley and Sallie Hendley.
Two young lathes of this settlement sport a new nun on their middle fingers. Mr Walter Joiner attended Sunday School at Mars Hill Sunday. Our Sunday school has been stopped for a short while on account of a shortage of literature but started again yesterday Sunday school every Sunday evening at 8 oclock everybody cordially invited. Miss Carrie McKinney visited friends in Hawkinsville last week.
Goney News reports the seven month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Quatlebaum died Wednesday from congestion. It notes bereavement prayers for the parents and mentions visitors, church events, a shooting at Odom Grove, and local social updates.
Local notes report that O B Hargrove returned to his old home last Thursday and settled in at his place. Rev J M Kelley conducts a protracted meeting at Mt Ariel this week. Mrs Lizzie Turner recovers from fever. Mr and Mrs McKenzie visited J B Turner’s family. Eva Cassaberry of Lumpkin and Kate Patrick of Dooling visited Seebright Wilkes. Farmers are finishing fieldwork.
Rev J M Kelly with Rev Atkinson from Vienna opens a long meeting at Mt Ariel as rain is needed for crops. Miss Mary Dixon of Spalding visits Mrs B Jenkins while Mrs Lorena Morgan and Coy from near Vienna join Mrs H Q Wilkes family. Nearby Harmony folks Quadlebeaum attend services. Beasie Patrick of Spalding visits C E Jenkins. Lila Hollow ill with fever.
G E Williams and P J Aycock attended a barbecue near Elko last Saturday drawing local interest and noting the social event with several attendees from the area.
The Pateville community enjoys liveliness from ongoing protracted meetings and steady movement. The cotton crop shows promise with a 18 acre field yielding 9 bolls and other stalks thriving. Dr. Harvard, a respected physician, marries a local girl and maintains a large practice. Wiley Tomlinson returns for Sunday services at Acton Pond after an accident with two pigs valued at one dollar. Acton Pond hosts a large congregation, Athene Church closes its protracted meeting, and locals mention visitors from Williford and a Crawford fruit. Pateville Academy reports 50 to 60 pupils attending.
Sandy Mount locals report a thriving school with 27 pupils under Prof J G Lasseter. Several pupils absent sick. A good rain Missed by farmers. Bridge under construction across the creek by contractor J E Newberry of Albany. Preaching scheduled for the 8th Sunday by Rev Comer.
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