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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
1
An obituary memorializing Catharine Bryant born October 70 1812 and died June 7 1902. It notes eight children and many relatives, praises faith and salvation, and describes her peaceful departure and heavenly reward. The verse laments loss and expresses hope of reunion at heaven’s gate.
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway offers a round trip from Vienna to Atlanta for 2.50 dollars and to Macon for 1.00 dollar. A special train with elegant coaches departs Palatka at 7:00 am, passes Vienna at 3:25 pm, reaches Macon at 5:15 pm and Atlanta at 9:00 pm. Return allowed on any regular train by July 8 1902.
General A S Burt, recently arrived from the Philippines, proposes selling the Philippines to Japan for 150 million dollars on an installment plan. He argues the US could gain coaling station rights and trade access in Asia while building alliances, avoiding a large army and costs.
The State Normal School in Georgia announces forty six current scholars and fifty new $50 scholarships from the Board of Education in the South for three years starting August 5 1902. Recipients must remain in school until graduation and pledge to teach in public schools. Ten scholarships will fund dormitory costs, with a small term fee for non dormitory residents. Benefactors may name beneficiaries and pair with a matching Georgia donor, enabling two students per scholarship.
SAM JONES reports from Florida with visits to Jacksonville and other towns. He notes rapid rebuilding, with thousands of new houses and grand office buildings, and praises Florida farming, despite past floods and winds. He comments on politics and figures Guerry and Estill, urging candor and truth.
Edward Lyndon of Athens fell from Devil's Pulpit at Tallulah Falls late Saturday night, plunging about 100 feet into jagged rocks. He survived with no broken bones and expected full recovery after friends rescued him with a rope. Also noted, peaches arriving in town at $2 a bushel, soon dropping to fifty cents for Elberta.
Mayor J M Whitehead and his family spent Sunday with Mr George Haslam at Pinehurst according to local social notes.
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