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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1893
Page
2
Local newspaper notes misprints in the May 2 schedule with garbled names and places. It records confusion over entries for Towra Monteux and others, urging readers to verify details in upcoming editions.
A Georgia Alabama counterfeit wave nets offenders every few weeks. Will BE Jackson of Americus, once a trusted post office clerk, was arrested for stealing to support his ailing mother, served ten years, then died after a pardon. Now accused again, counterfeit mold and spurious coins found in his room spark public outrage.
A reflective essay discusses optimism and cynicism, noting the world’s sins and crimes. It cites media sensationalism, financial treachery, and social scandal while calling for moral and religious reform. includes a quoted exchange about race and manners in colonial settings. The piece also mentions coffee crop wealth and a stray newsroom joke about a fashion column.
Last night in Cordele the opera house was filled for Memorial Day events by Dooly County residents. Col Crum led the program with prayer, music, and a keynote by Capt. Hammond of Thomasville praising the South’s heroes and the women who kept April 26 sacred to their memory.
Advertisement lists firms and towns in Georgia seeking consignments of chickens eggs turkeys geese and other produce. Includes cabbage melons and fruits in season, with promises of prompt returns and satisfactory service. Books close June 3 1893.
Guardian James S Morgan applies to the Superior Court of the South Western Circuit for leave to sell the south half of land lot 250 in Worth county Georgia to reinvest. The Guardian seeks approval in Americus Georgia on May 27 1893 to sell and buy more productive property at a lower price for the ward. Wooten and Ellis act as applicants attorneys.
Immense discounts on dress goods with unlimited variety in styles and shades. Clothing offered in vast quantities at prices never before seen in Cooly. Notions available of every description at costs so low manufacturers weep. Shoes priced at half the cost to the manufacturer, with hats from fine Stetsons to wool options. If you will need shoes in the next three years it pays to buy now. If you dont want them, do not ask to see them, for you could not help buying. We cant mention everything but we urge you to visit.
Dooley County directory lists officials: Judge of Superior Court Hon W H Fish, Solicitor Col C B Hudson, Ordinary J D Hargrove, Clerk Court R Kellam, Sheriff G W Sheppard, Tax Receiver J C Dunaway, Tax Collector M E Rushin, County Treasurer D Leonard, Coroner J W Graham, County Surveyor M C Jordan. Board of Education members and meeting dates. City officers include Mayor J P Heard and aldermen B F Forbes O S Bazemore J O Hamilton J J Lashley, Clerk Treasurer J J Stovall, Marshals C W Johns and A I Davies. Vienna Progress.
Shop the largest line of Rubber Goods and Overalls ever shown in this section. Hurry in for big savings as stock moves fast and this rare price opportunity won’t last long.
In Dooly County Georgia several properties are to be sold at public auction at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in June 1593 between legal hours, including town lots in Dakota and Cordele for debts tied to the Superior Court and other liens. Also an administration petition for Martha A Peavy is set for the first Monday in June 1593.
Tax sales announced for multiple lots and tracts in Dooly county Georgia. Listings include lot 100 in the 13th district and lots 125 135 137 in the 6th district, all tied to 1882 1892 tax felonies. Names include J W Roberts deputy sheriff and Jim Jackson Col with dates February 27 1593.
Notices from Dooly County include a petition for letters of dismission in the estate of Anderson A Williams with a June 1892 date, a purchaser warning about equity in land lot 183 in the 10th district, and a dissolution notice for the firm of Bunkley and Owens with March 6 1893, plus liabilities assigned to R J Bunkley.
Notices record multiple owners selling shares of Bank of Cordele. J W Sheffield reports ten days past sale of 20 shares with 5 retained. John B Pate notes sale of twenty shares before February 1 1882. C S S Horne announces sale of thirty twenty shares and all interest. J C Roney states sale within ten days of 15 shares and prior 15 shares.
Tampa to Nashville connection via Atlanta with Vestibuled Limited for Chicago. Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars to Washington Philadelphia Baltimore New York and St Louis via allied routes. Jacksonville to Atlanta connects at Union Depot for Vestibuled Limited to Washington and New York with through Pullman cars to Kansas City via Birmingham and Memphis.
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