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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
4
The Progress item notes a mailing entry at the Vienna Georgia post office as second class matter, indicating classification of mail handled there.
Those sending Tan Progress weekly communications are asked to continue. Submit letters by next Monday or Tuesday to appear in the next issue from our new Vienna office. Readers from every post office are urged to send weekly reports on happenings in their section. regular contributors will be supplied stationery.
A county-wide plea argues the local option law is being violated by numerous arrests and bills against individuals. The writer calls for decisive, firm action to stop the "blind tigers" and urges all lovers of decency and order to join in enforcing the Nation against wrongdoing.
Mr and Mrs O M Heard hosted a cordial At Home reception on Wednesday night at their corner Union and Fifth street home from 8 to 12. The event honored Miss Martha Orr of Newnan Georgia with guests including numerous locals such as Jim Whitehead Annie Whitehead M S Morgan Jewel Powell and more. Mrs Heard sang Tell Me Your Dream I ll Tell You Mine to close a memorable evening.
The list names petit jurors for the third week of Dooly Superior Court convening next Monday. Included are HN Powell, O M Heard, J F Gobb, J P Powell, E Fisher, P H Harden, DG Bembry, J P Hughes, R L Brown, A B Davis, J J Williams, T M Gurr Sr, W J Oliver, W B Nichols, J D Dowdy, J B Adkins, H R Peavy, H B Forehand, G W McLendon, G A Ballenger, L Q Nobles, J W Hobby, J E Peavy, W A Hudson, John M Edwards, F H Bland, B R A’Gordon, J O Ross, J F Calhoun, A H Sangster, W A Ingram, R T Cross, W A Wilson, TH Gleaton, A J Williams, J B Ryals.
The United States swore in William McKinley of Ohio as eighth president for a second term and Theodore Roosevelt of New York as vice president. The ceremony featured a large naval presence, a heavy crowd on Capitol grounds, and a rain interrupted parade from the Capitol to the White House.
A Washington Special reports Montana Senator Carter killed the river and harbor bill after more than twelve hours of debate. The defeat marked a climax in his career, driven by a bid for publicity and to please officials for future benefits.
Gen Rhodes passes agent status in Macon Georgia as part of a military or government assignment. Details remain unclear from the brief OCR fragment but indicate a geographic link to Macon and a general officer role.
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