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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
4
The Hill paper notes it will publish only signed pieces. Writers who remain unnamed are told to submit their time for publication. Editors report frequent submissions without names are discarded as waste paper, since authors must identify themselves.
In Bridgessci to Lot Me county section farmers report plentiful rains improving crops with rice and bluegrass thriving while sickness declines and cholera remains absent. Debates in Arabi stir political talk but youth plan big Fourth of July events at Gerdele with haying nine times for dinners. Timothy Goodman visits from Florida as schools end for summer and markets look for cotton. Citizens anticipate August calving season amid half grown boll mon. Dr Miles P Pru stone advertised by apothecary force.
General Spring Hill items reflect widespread sickness and local gossip. Reverend G T Taylor preached at the place Sunday while Uncle Jimmie contends he will win election despite engaging with a widow who allegedly had eye removal. A young lady born on the 17th receives a birthday visit with books, notes, and a regulator package amid town chatter.
Drayton updates report on General Green’s progress aided by light showers and a strong turnout for Cheeves sermon. Local visitors include W Coney of Coney Georgia and the Morgans of Vienna. Illness news, a sick mother, and a picnic on the river are noted. The piece muses on Democratic Party leadership ahead of the presidential nomination.
Mrs. M E Hill presided over a closing day at Poplar Springs Colored School last Friday. Students answered questions satisfactorily, followed by a grand concert hailed as excellent, featuring a hoop march. Mrs Hill praised as one of the best teachers of the colored race.
The general examination date for teacher licenses is moved from the last Saturday in June to the last Saturday in July by order of the State School Commissioner. No further exams will be held after July 26 until summer 1897. Teachers whose license expires before July 1 1897 must take the July 1896 exam. E. G. Greene CG 8. S. G. is noted for timely notice.
Notice is hereby given that the firm of T. K. Smith & Co. of Vienna is dissolved by mutual consent. TK Real AU from the Pa Cooper will collect all claims and extinguish indebtedness of the old firm. This June 19th 1896. J. K. Smith & Co.
Notes From slitloh report a large afternoon and evening crowd at the country school closing exercises. Pupils performed speeches recitations songs and dialogues. Roger Jackson and Nina Murphey led with songs. The enrollment nears sixty despite illness and farm work. Miss Hardaway and trained teachers devoted full time to the school.
All black goods greatly reduced with 260 yards Zephyr cloths at 7 cents. 60 yards procaded fatteen 15 cents, 200 yards Crapon Plisan at 10 cents, 100 yards Crepon DeSoie at 1 cent. 60 yards French Ginghams, Dimities, Whitegoods, Linens all at New York cost. 80 days to shop. values vary by stock.
A reader reports sending ten 2 cent stamps to Miss AM Fritz at Station A in St Louis Missouri to receive a plated hook spoon. She says the spoon is useful and she earned 13 dollars in two hours by taking orders. She notes the spoon stays in place with a back hook and claims it is a household necessity.
A local shop announces a Sept. 1 start for cash only sales across groceries dry goods and furniture. From 5 am to 8 pm customers are urged to pay cash, no credit, to save money and restore values in Dooly.
J. P. Heard and Son advertise cottonades at 10c per yard for items valued at 15c and 1b per yard for 20c goods, while Cheviots priced at 7c when their nominal value is 10c. This selling note lists discounted textile prices and the merchant name.
A garbled dialogue piece features a caller insisting the voice is familiar while confusion over an address leads to a “No. 10 the Vienna Purporues office” and a sharp punchline. The fragment hints at mistaken identity and a comic interruption.
A brief farewell notice from D B Thompson announces ending the old business method after September. Cash must be paid at the counter, no book-keepers or collectors required, with prices as the sole terms. The note thanks past customers for their favors and prompt payments.
Citizens around the campground are urged to meet on Friday July 10 to clean the grounds in preparation for the camp meeting beginning the Saturday night before the eighth Sunday in July.
Local商 in Promise City feature assorted ads for Dr Miles Pain Pills DeWitt cures Stovall Forbes and J Calhoun Co selling shoes linens and neck wear. Offers cash sales big discounts on goods including carpets rugs and fine tan shoes. Includes testimonials about Mystic Cure and Early Risers and notes on health remedies claims.
Tax Collector J. B. Scott notes he and Mr Dunaway will conduct the first two voter registration rounds. The purpose is to register eligible voters under the local tax office plan.
Francis Casey of St Louisa Missouri offers a home fruit packing guide using the California Cold process. He claims fresh preserved fruit without heat, promising quick setup and potential earnings of 100 to 200 dollars in a few days. He will mail samples and full directions for eighteen two cent stamps.
Young people advised to enter the Atlanta Business College in Atlanta Georgia as the commercial capital of the South. The school boasts excellence in bookkeeping banking shorthand penmanship and all English and commercial branches taught by skilled teachers. Circulars and information mailed free on request to Whitehall Street Atlanta Ga.
D L Henderson Attorney Vienna Georgia handles contracts ejectments and matters before the court of Ordinary with a specialty in collections and law practice.
Attorney U V Whipple announces legal practice in Vienna and surrounding areas. He will appear in all courts of Dooly County except the Dooly County Court, offering representation in civil and criminal matters.
Jno F Powell Jno W Powell Jno F Powere and Son lawyers advertise regular practice in all courts of the South western Oconee and Albany Circuits and other courts by written contract. Office near Court House on Union Street Vienna Ga.
Geo W Wooten announces a new law office on Cotton Street near the New Court House. The notice lists practice in state and federal courts at Macon and Savannah with an effective date of August 18, 1894.
G W Busser D A R Crus J M Busbee operate BUSBEE CRUM & BUSBEE based in Vienna Georgia. The firm maintains regular practice in the Macon Southwestern Oconee Southern and Brunswick circuits the Georgia Supreme Court the United States Circuit and District Courts and the Court of Appeals.
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