Court activity and social life in Vienna town
Local notes describe a busy court term with heavy dockets and enduring business. Vienna residents attend events, meetings, and social gatherings including visits from Col. Busbee, J. P. Heard & Co. cigar line, fashion changes, millinery work, and a rich mix of appointments, real estate deals, school census planning, and spring stock preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Heard & Co
J. P Heard & Co
Mr. Cleveland
Col. G. W. Busbee
Atlanta
Supreme Court
J.P. Heard & Co
Great Slaughter of Damaged Stock
Barfield and Wilson of Unadilla Georgia advertise a thirty day sale of damaged clothing shoes hats dress goods and trimmings offered at or below cost. items are only slightly damaged but must be cleared from stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barfield & Wilson
Unadilla Ga
Look Out Prices in Vienna Ad for Bargains
Local ad touts cheap shoes cotton and purses with prices like 95 cents for shoes 25 cents for shades and 12 dollars 60 cents for a set. J A Smith announces a millinery line opening April 1 in the same building offering ladies hats and rest stock to save buyers money in Southwest Georgia Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Call
J. A Smith
Vienna
William Woodruff Dies After Buggy Accident Near Dooling
William Woodruff of near Dooling died last Wednesday when his buggy struck a tree after his horse bolted following a stop in Montezuma. He was nearly seventy two, a veteran of Mexican Indian and Confederate wars with a government pension. He leaves numerous children and mourners following his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
William Woodruff
Near Dooling
Mr. Woodruff
Owls Target Barnyard as Night Visitor Provokes Trap Use
Mr Jas A Lane of Coney previously trapped hawks off his barnyard. Now a night visitor killed a favorite hen and partly ate the brood. He baited his three foot board trap with the remains and found the culprit, the great horned owl, roosting inside the trap. Lane plans to patent the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Wood
Florida
New Jersey
Lake Miccosukie
Fla
Jas
A. Lane
Coney
Bill
Mr. Lane
Onion setts and Buisi seeds at Stovall and Forbes
Just arrived items include onion setts and Buisi brand garden seeds at Stovall and Forbes. Fresh, reliable supplies available to gardeners and growers.
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Buisi
Stovall & Forbes
Census takers named by Board of Education
Board of Education hires census takers at Tuesday’s meeting. W. S. Harvard covers the 1st and 2nd districts, S. L. Speight Unadilla and 3rd district, E. T. Tippett Pinehurst and 6th district, T. A. Adkins 7th and 9th districts, Solomon Norris Cordele and 11th districts, J. W. Hobby 6th district, W. J. Pate 10th and 14th districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
W. S. Harvard
S.L. Speight
Unadilla
E. T. Tippett
Vienna Hotel Accommodations Improve Not Yet Ready
Visitors and residents lament Vienna's meager hotel accommodations during the court session. The McDonald building, Vienna's largest hotel, was in use before completion and will be finished fully inside and out before occupancy resumes. The Progress notes the effort to improve the hotel, aiming to make it second to none in the region once complete.
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Vienna
McDonald
Notice to Teachers Call for Annual Institute Session
The state commissioner orders all licensed teachers in Dooly county to attend the five day Teachers Institute in Albany starting April 3, 1883. All public fund aided schools are suspended for that week March 13, 1833. QO. P. SwWeantncen. c. 8. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Bradwell
Dooly County
Teachers’ Institute
Albany
First Snow Circuit Quarterly Meeting Report
The first quarterly Snow circuit meeting was held at Snow church over Saturday and Sunday with good attendance. Rev John B McGehee presiding elder preached in Vienna Sunday night and again yesterday at 11 o clock and 2 o'clock PM held Vienna circuit meeting. Meetings were well attended and of great interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Woodruff
Near Byromville
Snow
John B. McGehee
Vienna
Stray Leaves From Southern Hill Describes Arabi town growth
The piece highlights Harmony Grove church under Rev J W Reese and a large Sabbath school led by J C Tracy. It notes saw mill plans by A J Morris and J C Tracy, cottage building, and a neat academy shaping young minds, with school days viewed as golden memories and lasting impressions for Ona.
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Messrs
A. J. Morris
J. C. Tracy
North Georgia
Arabi
Harmony Grove
J. W. Reese
Ona
Superior Court Opens With Large Attendance
The Superior court convened yesterday drawing many litigants witnesses and spectators. The grand jury elected Jesse R. Horne as foreman. Judge Fish charged them and they began work promptly. Solicitor Hudson represents the State and ready for the fray. Attorneys are present and all indications promise a rapid and satisfactory discharge of business to clear the dockets.
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Uperior
Grand J
Jesse R. Horne
Fish
Hudson
Runaway Horse Rescued After Three Mile Fright
Mr. J. B. Whitehead rode a colt home from Thousternty plantation when the bridle overcheck fell into a stream. The horse bolted, racing three miles along the road before entering a deep creek. Whitehead waded in, captured the horse, and replaced the bridle, ending the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Whitehead
Mr. Whitehead
Who Was It Weighing in the Vienna Turkey Beard Mystery
A local inquiry reports a hunter party visiting the area days earlier. A negro man seeks help locating a long turkey beard he wore as a cap ornament, lent out briefly by one hunter for a staged show. The incident raises questions of trust and justice across racial lines in Vienna.
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D. A. R. Crum
Washington, D.C
Stovall & Forbes
Vienna
Howell
The
Vienna Procress
Montezuma Record
Vienna People
Tippettville News Highlights Local Happenings
Farmers plant corn and prepare gold weed seed while G W Watson rises early for work. E T Tippett named school enumerator and Dorming leads the local school. Teets Bros. show draws a large crowd, log rolling follows a strong wind. A B Tippett runs the Alliance store, a local youth sports a buckle. Mad dogs threaten the area as J D Tippett’s dogs are bitten.
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G. W. Watson
Green
E. T. Tippett
Fatty
J. N. Dorming
Teet
S Bros
A. B. Tippett
Alliance Store
Millinery opening with new hats and trimmings
Mrs. E. A. McBreatu announces a complete line of millinery goods selected in market. New hat shapes for adults and children with matching trimmings and new styles in ribbons flowers and ornaments. Hats made to order from cheap to elegant. assisted by Mrs S F Bagwell and Miss R C Rodgers will do dress making at Everett Corner N. E. L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. EF. Bagwell
Villaricea
Everett Corner
School progress noted after photo session
A brief note from MCWAY ITTERS stating the school is progressing and that photos were taken. The author expresses satisfaction with the results and invites further inquiries.
Weather, visits, and town notes from Midway
Farmers plant corn as weather allows while Mrs B M Beyane and her granddaughter return to Adel. D W Summerford trips to Macon. J D Summerford ill. William Woodruff dies from heart failure after a bicycle crash near Montezuma. Local queries ask about John Adom’s whereabouts. Midway boys teased, Sam Liggin returns home from school, and a boy boasts after a young lady called him Mr.
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B. M. BeYane
Adel
D. W. Summerford
Macon
J. D. Sumerford
Mobley
William Woodruff
Montezuma
John Adom
Midway Boys
William Liggin
Sam Liggin
Midway
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W. T. Peavey
D. L. Henderson
ENNA
Court of Ordinary
A. V.whipple
Dooly County Court
G. W. Busner
Busbee & Crum
Pinehurst
TLE. Bivins
Owers
Jenna
Middleton
Beecham
Gnachta
J. Williams
Cordele
Osice
Bank of Cordele
Rona Edu
Peachal Merionos
Wyvatt & Warrin
E. A. MecElreath
P. G
J. B. McDonald
Pateville
Rev
Middleton Mcdonald
J.P. Weard & Co
Lena Feagin
Bonaire
A. V. Whipple
Lena
F.S. Davies
Rule
P.G. McDonald
W.C. Willis & Co’s
J. D. Cobb
Fields & Cobb
Joe M. Fields
Mr. Fields
Jeff
Willis & Co
J. R. Kelly
F. E Varnedee
Southern Building and Loan Association
Hiluntsville
Ala
Stovans & Forres
Atending Court
Kuhns
Dooly
P. G. McDonald
J. J. Hyman
Baptist Church
Byromville
J. J. Harvard
Hawkinsville
Dispatch and News
County Board of Education
W. C. Hamilton
Tle
Brethren of the Press
Morgan House
W. J. M. Stutt
Cleveland
Hawkinsvile
Annie
Victoria Powell
Waugh L. Heward
J. A. Murphy
Eula Blunt
Maud Bushee
O. M. Heard
J. M. Bushee
W. S. Howell
Atlanta Medical College
Americus
Banrreto & Wilcox
Unadilla, Ga
Bob Burton
Mess. Bushee & Crum
Bob
Mess. Busbee & Crum
Sunprior Court
Wollshin
D.L. Henderson H. P. Has
R. Kelley Lee
Vienna Progress
Owls
Hotel Accommodatons
Quarterly Meeting
Edistors
COURT
Tippettville News
Hausart
J. D. Tippett
Moses
E. A. McB
McWay Itters
Waar
Prain
Rive Wei
Joun Il
Woopwarth
Ozen
Kulins
Dublin Post
Greensboro Herald—Journal
Kuhne
Farmers’ Herald
Wrightsville
Middle Georgia
Sandersville
Cochran Recorder
M. Kuhns
Sparta Ishmealite
Calhoun & Kelly
Cordelo Guano Co
Jey
J. F. Waters
Liverym Am
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