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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1894
Page
2
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The Progress announces that candidate announcements in its columns cost five dollars and must be paid before insertion. Promises to pay later, or to draw on the editor, will not be accepted. The policy will be strictly enforced.
Several citizens of Dooly County announce candidacies for Georgia State Legislature. Jno C Owen and D A Crum pledge to protect voters interests if elected. E F Strozier and J H Durovar seek Democratic nomination and vow to serve all county sections.
Voters of Dooly County are urged to consider candidates for Clerk of Superior Court and Tax Collector. Russel Kellam seeks re election subject to Democratic nomination pledging faithful duties. H Everett J A Scott and E G Greene announce bids for Tax Collector under Democratic process with pledges of diligence and fairness.
Dooy County voters hear pledges from three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for county treasurer. D B Leonard promises faithful duty if re-elected. James R Kelly asks for support and notes past favors. A third candidate expresses gratitude and solicits primary backing.
Letters from Wm. T. Sangster and Pesp't. J. W. Roberts announce candidacies for the office of sheriff in Dooly County subject to Democratic primary. Each pledges faithful, fair duties and requests voters support.
W. W. Super declares for county surveyor in Dooly County subject to the Democratic nomination. He cites years of practical surveying experience and county service as qualifications. The message also notes adjacent items on Georgia publications and a Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting amid political commentary and humor.
The Sparta Ishmaelite criticizes Watson and Hines for portraying Populism as Jeffersonian Democracy. It argues the southern wing opposes centralism and socialism, while northern factions push Hamiltonian ideas. The piece predicts Populism in Georgia will fail as the pretence collapses and true Jeffersonian values wane.
The piece notes an intense campaign in Alabama with a bold stance against Kolb and third parties. It mentions Blue Pred Wimberly claiming Jeffersonian Democrat views and compares Americus’s boom to a fragile forecast, urging caution to avoid an explosive outcome.
The state democratic gubernatorial convention meets in Atlanta Thursday with Atkinson likely to be nominated by acclamation. Attention focuses on the convention chairmanship and the statewide executive committee post. A. S. Clay of Marietta is expected as chairman, while S. W. Coney of Dooly is nominated for the executive committee role by the Progress.
A country minister quit his parish in a dramatic address, accusing parishioners of ingratitude and lack of faith. He mocked their generosity, claimed God did not love the church, and announced his departure in a farewell that derided the congregation and hinted at a retreat to a distant post.
A brief farewell note reads I note came but I go to prepare a place for you and may the Lord have mercy on your souls. Good by.DATED from New Berlin Suzette, the message conveys a solemn departing sentiment.
The county populists held Friday meetings to nominate candidates for the legislature. Delegates from militia districts backed Joel C. Mercer and Solomon E. Lamb with no other county offices nominated. Col. Blue Fred Wimberly spoke for two and a half hours urging railroads ownership and endorsed the Chicago strike, harming his party’s chances for congress nomination.
Public notices from Dooly and nearby Georgia counties regarding administrator discharge and letters of dismission for Martha A. Peavy, appraisers report for Mrs. M F Sentell year’s support, notices to debtors and creditors for Richard T. Smith, executor E C Smith, libel for divorce James W Wilder service by publication, and court clerk certification of records. Includes dates in 1894 and publication in Vienna Progress.
Money to loan on farming lands in Dooly county on easy terms. Agent Col. W. G. Harrson will be in Vienna from the 8th to the 13th each month to handle business. Letters to Montezuma or Vienna will be promptly answered. J. W. Haygood, Montezuma, Ga.
Multiple notices from Dooly County Georgia call for claims against estates of John Truluck Nancy J Pitts Mary F Rushin Mrs Mary H Moye J E Culpepper and others. Executors administrators and guardians announce hearings dates the first Monday in August 1894 and request settlement and filing of claims. Public notices dated July 2 and June 18 1894.
A notice announces rescheduling due to conflicts with Cooly superior court. The county court will hold monthly sessions on the third Tuesday each month starting July 1894, with quarterly sessions on the third Tuesdays in January April July and October, starting with October 1894. No quarterly court on the first Wednesday in August. Public notices to parties and witnesses urged to comply.
Public notices list multiple property foreclosures in Dooly County Georgia. Items include various land parcels on the Flint River in the 1st and 9th districts, city lots in Cordele, and a Cordele loan case. Sales directed by sheriff G. W. Sheppard to occur on the first Tuesday in August 1894 before the courthouse door, with cash bids from qualified buyers.
All persons having claims against the estate of G B Peavy deceased must present them to the undersigned executors I M D Peavy and G W Hayden at the county court within 1298 days and all persons indebted to the estate must make settlement This July 2 1892.
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