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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
4
An editorial from the Official Organ elaborates a plan to educate the colored race through early morality training. It endorses Kindergartens to teach right and wrong, aided by Northern and Southern allies, and questions who will take on the moral reform work without personal gain. It notes funds claimed to exist to organize such teaching and asks who will act.
Latham Alexander & Co of New York report a ten percent drop in U S cotton acreage for 1899 led by Georgia and Texas, suggesting higher prices this fall as production costs fall with reduced fertilizer use. Mint coinage March totals reach 14 572 073 dollars amid gold heavy output. A Douglas Breeze editor invites visitors to the Breeze office in Douglas. Seventy percent of crimes by Southern Blacks are by those under 25, per statistics.
The article discusses the race problem in the South and possible remedies. It analyzes Subjugation as a path to keep slaves or servants, or Educate Civilize Amalgamate to make them equal neighbors, including equal rights in society and politics, with Christianizing education as a tool. It critiques Norther's address and questions feasible outcomes for peaceful coexistence.
An essay stresses honesty as a divine command and strict duty. It blends religious quotes with warnings about wasting time and stealing others' time, praises appreciation, and warns against plagiarism. Advertised letters and local notices follow, listing names and a solicitation to view $1.00 suits.
A devotional urging Christians to accept daily annoyances and trials as God ordained lessons. It argues that true patience comes from within regardless of surroundings, likening life to schooling and suggesting martyrdom may lie in bearing everyday burdens with faith.
Civil War ball struck G B Steadman of Newark Michigan causing ulcers that resisted treatment for twenty years. Bucklen's American Salve cured him and also heals cuts bruises burns boils felons corns and skin eruptions. Best pile cure on earth. 26 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Dr C T Stovall, Druggist.
Fair warning to customers to buy now before shelves clear as eight years of cheap goods end. Thompson thanks patrons for their trade and urges timely purchases to avoid high prices and empty shelves. Also promotes Simmons Squaw Wine or Tablets as a remedy for morning sickness and courage during pregnancy.
In Dooly County Georgia the appraisers report on the year s support and furniture for widow Belle Patrick and minor Lilly M Patrick will be passed upon on July 1. The execution of letters of administration on Theodora T Bivins estate will be considered on the first Monday in July. Debtors and creditors are notified to file claims or payments for the Cornelius Patrick estate by law.
W H J Carmack applies for Letters of Administration Cum Testamento annexe for James M Carmack in Dooly County Georgia. Heirs at law must appear on the first Monday in July to contest probate. Also notices to discharge Martha Walden estate and to serve Annie L Taylor libel for divorce with publication via Vienna Progress.
J R R Horne administrator of Sarah A Napier petitions to be discharged. Court cites all interested parties to show cause why he should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in August next, dated May 1 1899. J D Hargrove O D C
A lawyer named W Harvard and MA Fleming advertise professional services from a office above Smith and Baker's store in Vienna Georgia. The notice promises careful attention to business entrusted to them and invites potential clients to contact at the Vienna address.
Vienna Georgia lawyer D A R Crum of Dooly County lists active practice in the Macon Southwestern Oconee Southern and Brunswick circuits plus State Supreme Court United States Circuit and District Courts Court of Appeals and U S Bankruptcy courts.
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