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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
2
Local notes report ripe limes and cotton growth, farm life and market readiness. Community events include Vordelo picnic, Vienna park picnic, Odd Fellows meeting, and a Dooly campmeeting briefing. Obituaries, marriages, church services, a shooting incident, school closures, and rail line notes fill the page.
A rural family endures continual accidents and injuries while living far from civilization. They rely on Bucklen's Arnica Salve, touted as the best on earth, to treat burns cuts wounds and ulcers. Available 25c at Vienna Drug Store.
The Georgia state convention met in Atlanta in June and named four delegates to the July National convention in St. Louis. JW Maddox of Floyd Jas M Smith of Oglethorpe Jas R Gray of Fulton O R Pendleton of Bibb were instructed to vote for Parker for president.
GOAT SPRADLEY is jailed in Vienna after a season inside for ties to Bud Downing in a killing four years ago. A near five year sentence was favored by a jury but he was spared twenty and released. He returns to face a court on an assault with a hoe upon a helpless elderly man, with Deputy Lee Sheppard escorting him from Texas.
A refreshment privilege for the Byromville Confederate Veterans reunion on July 2 will be auctioned to the highest bidder. The sale takes place at the southhouse door in Vienna at 0 o clock before noon, with W II Byrom and M Pua as committee members overseeing the event.
A dwelling occupied by Mr. Cobb Melton burned Saturday night around 10 o clock. The fire started in the roof with no obvious cause. Two children Luellen and Walter were asleep inside and were awakened by a broken door, saved from certain death as the house roof collapsed, with only a few items recoverable.
An incident at Arabi left Jim King dead after Speer Sims, a railroad worker, fired a pistol from his hip pocket following a dispute over a younger brother. Sims faced local reactions as the event stirred tension in the county.
The Duncan house at Unadilla burned Sunday evening in an upper room. Mr. Doc Duncan managed the property, owned by his mother. The building valued at $4,000 was insured for $3,000, with $800 for furniture insured. Plans mention another house to be built at once.
A Sun day liberty day drew a few hundred to Liberty Missionary Baptist Church for a South Georgia Musical convention sing. Dinner was free for all, and locals praise the hospitable community. The graveyard, with a wire fence and annual cleanup, honors past citizens and long-standing church ties.
In R H Plant's will over 760000 of his 1015000 dollar estate is earmarked to creditors. The widow and children decline any share for themselves, directing the money toward settling debts and honoring obligations.
Miss Belle Carden of Hatley collapsed and died at Union Springs church likely from heart disease while with other girls near the spring. In Pineview a town marshal Ma Blue was killed by a black man during an arrest Saturday morning. Baltimore mayor Robert M Melave died by suicide two weeks after marriage. Farmers urged to use Scrape Adjuster to save heelpins and money fromJ EH DeVaughn Montezuma.
Testimony from T J McParland of Bentorvalle Va praises Dr King's New Discovery for three years bronchitis and persistent cough. He says after using a few bottles he was wholly cured. Claims cover lung throat troubles including pneumonia and grip. Vienna Drug Co guarantees and offers free trial bottles.
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