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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1895
Page
3
The issue notes a school holiday, the six o clock closing movement, and spring fashions. It mentions Rev Wesley Lane at the Methodist pulpit with protracted meetings to follow. The editor jokes about meat prices, garden produce, and a visiting young lady who sings, apologizing for not mentioning her arrival.
The 2nd quarterly conference of the Vienna charge will convene at Pleasant Valley on the second Sunday and the preceding Saturday before in this month.
The annual Line Creek picnic will be held Saturday May 11 at the picnic grounds beyond the river bridge at Drayton. Everyone is invited to attend this community event hosted at the traditional site.
Commissioner Green states there will be no advertised pay day for the teachers of the 1st quarter 95. Most teachers have already been paid and the remaining can collect their pay by visiting the commissioner's office here.
Authorized by Ordinary Hargrove to inform taxpayers that road tax refunds are available as the law’s operation is stayed until January 1st next. Present receipts to Treasurer Kelly to obtain the funds.
The Council has elected J. P. Heard, Dr. C. T. Stovall, J. D. Hargrove, J. F. Calhoun, and Judge A. V. Whipple as trustees to manage the public schools. They are described as enterprising progressive civic leaders who will take pride in making the schools a great success.
Mr J C Taylor died at his home near Cordele on Monday from congestion of the lungs. He was ill for only one day and his passing shocked many friends and acquaintances in the area. He was nearly eighty years old and was regarded as a man of integrity and honor, a loss to the community.
Mrs A A Sims of Drayton road near Vienna observes her 80th birthday with a Sunday family reunion. Forty family members, including 39 children and grandchildren, gathered for a luncheon. She remains active, attends church, and sometimes walks a mile to visit children. Her seven children include J S S A Sims, W T Sims, M E Gilbert, W W Conner, W H Cahoun, and an unmarried daughter.
Reports from Richwood and Vienna describe Georgia Southern pulling railroad and telegraph offices, with depot site disputes causing a shutdown. Local manager J. J. West hints at connecting with the Sam road to secure freight, while Vienna seeks improved rates and treatment through new track links. Death of Mrs. McDonald noted with funeral near Pateville.
Suwannee Club of Cordele picnicked at Beech Haven last Saturday with many youths enjoying a pleasant day. J P Heard’s brick building in Cordele nears completion. Cordele Female College likely to finish within a month. Unadilla expects a new railroad soon. A plan to build Fort Valley to Brunswick road via Unadilla proceeds, route surveyed. Unadilla Baptist Sunday School to picnic Beech Haven on the 25th, inviting schools from Arabi to Gravania. Safe blowers active at Elko. Dooly praised by the Unadilla Advertiser as a garden spot with pure water and climate diversity. John G. Dorough finished a new country home near Vienna. A J Blount beautified it with paint. J L Peavy visited his mother near Findlay, reporting slow but steady improvement.
Rev Wesley Lane preached at the Methodist church to a large attentive congregation last Sunday. Nearby visitors included Elmo Lewis and Ruby Young of Montezuma, Dan Lewis and Minnie Roach of Sumter. James C and Henry Ray of Arabi and Tom Adkins of Vienna stayed with Patrick Butler. Mr and Mrs Statum of Sumter visited J S Morgan. Dr G M D Huint traveled to Cordele on business.
The verse notes a boy of J D Pearce injured when a wagon wheel ran over him near Vienna injuring both sides of his head as the family wagon carried flour He is resting as well as could be expected Lacey Scarborough visited Hawkinsville during Chatauqua Dell Baskin fell ill en route home from Vienna and stayed with Joseph A Smith before returning home News is scarce. more next time.
Teachers and others from Dooly county praise the Ocmulgee Chatauqua held in Hawkinsville last week for entertaining and instructive lectures and entertainments. The Dooly county teachers association elected Prof. A. F. Ware as President and Prof. Walter F. George as Secretary to organize the Chatauqua Institute. Attendees report the program fully carried out and Hawkinsville receiving excellent attention and courtesies.
In Dooly county the widowers celebrate editor Tison joining the benedicts. Rumor hints another prominent widower may wed soon. A local young lady flaunts a new diamond-studded watch and two others hide diamond rings, suggesting a festive matrimonial mood.
A rural column warns that cholera is rampant among hogs in the county and reproduces a controversial remedy from an exchange. It advises giving a half teaspoonful of carbolic acid in a gill of sweet milk to each hog and dosing all hogs during an outbreak, noting it has never failed, but warns against giving the dose to the same hog twice in one day.
Mr A L Barfield, longtime Snow merchant and partner in Barfield Wilson Unadilla and Barfield Horne Pinehurst firms, sold his Snow business to H J McCorvey. In Vienna, A L Powell sold his grocery store to J O Hamilton, who returns to merchandising after a two year break. Powell plans no definite next step.
Mess W A Baker and Company announce an enormous spring stock now arriving. The vast inventory fills their large building with fabrics shoes hats notions furnishing goods stationery furniture caps novelties and more. Browsing the establishment is encouraged even if purchase is not planned.
At 8 o'clock Tuesday night in Greenville Mr. F J Bivins and Miss Bonnelle Strozier united in marriage at the bride’s parents home with Rev Owne officiating. Col E F Strozier gave the bride away and Estelle Strozier was maid of honor. After the ceremony a supper and reception followed for about thirty couples. The couple are moving to Cordele to a new home on College Hill.
Advertised letters include Adkerins Miss Mariah Daniel Simon DeVane H K Dean Green Dixson Gus Easom Mrs Fannie Edwards Miss Arrealia Glass M 8 Harris S T Hook Mrs Lummie Knight John Kinney Mose Kennedy J C Powell Sol Trayick Adolphus Please ask for advertised letters W J Harvard P M.
J J Lashley visited Macon on business while C T Stovall traveled to White Sulphur Springs last week. W CO Sanders of Pinehurst met Viennians on Saturday for business. The list notes multiple visits: Mr and Mrs J P Heard in Bibb county, Miss Mattie Lawson of Perry visiting her sister Claude Lawson, A L Calhoun of Valdosta visiting family, J A Murphy of Hawkinsville visiting Mrs Letitia Davies, J S Sheppard of Cordele visiting his father Geo W Sheppard, Henry Fenn visiting Vienna, D M Woodward of Perry visiting his parents, S B Whipple of Cochran visiting Judge A V Whipple, E L Swearingen and a guest visiting Deputy Sheriff Sheppard, C W Johns and wife at Byromville, O A Calhoun now in Brunswick as clerk, and M J Roach and Julia May Horne with J D Hargrove family.
Mayor Forbes presided with Alder men Kelly Bazemore and White head present Alderman Morgan absent Exemption from street tax granted to all council members Georgia Southern railroad officials request tank for water supply The Standard Oil Co bill for 11 77 approved Meeting adjourned J Frank Power Clerk and Treasurer
Masters Willie and Carleton Cunningham visited friends Clint Carnes and Alva Goff at Porter's Business School in Macon on Saturday. Masons met in Cordele Wednesday evening with W C Hamilton A V Whipple Russell Kelam and Samuel Carnes. Adkins Ridenhour and Watts Powell went to Cordele on Saturday evening and stayed until Sunday. Mark Raney of Ada was in town on business yesterday. B A and J C Wood of Richwood visited Vienna Saturday and reported their mother is slowly improving.
In a damp Paris studio Millet painted The Sower and The Binders to express man’s struggle with nature while workers debate the meaning. Lab or parties claim the works protest laborer misery, while critics argue they divide classes.
EW Illustrated Catalogues, Novelties, Circulars and Price Lists mailed free to any address from New York Specialty Co at 253 Broadway New York NY.
A Chicago Inter Ocean quotation captures marital tension as a wife dismisses a husband's remark about pies. The exchange reveals strain in the relationship with a sharp line about not wanting to eat his mother’s pie, reflecting a broader social tension in domestic life.
Paducah based Union Pub Co advertises McCormick Mower through J P Heard & Son. Summer goods are being reduced with special prices and multiple promotional lines appear for ladies books and pain relief products in this compact newspaper item.
A vintage Mayer Watts & Co. advertisement urges shoppers not to buy spring goods elsewhere before seeing their line. It promises very cheap dress goods, a well stocked nation department, and affordable gents furnishing goods with elegant styles and low prices.
Dr Thompson states he will enlarge his depot warehouse operated previously by Morgan, Davis, & Co. He pledges a general warehousing business, charges 25 cents per bale to weigh and deliver to the depot, and offers to transport unsold bales at no cost with wagon to depot insured. If no sale is found, no charge is made and goods are shipped to any destination.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves pain, backache, and urinary passage discomfort in both sexes, and stops retention of water almost immediately. Sold by Stovall & Forbes, druggists, Vienna, Georgia.
Advertisement notes improved farm and city property in Dooly and Wilcox counties with loan amounts from 400 dollars at a low interest rate. Apply to John H. Woodward, Vienna, Georgia.
A notice lists precincts Adkins Lindsay Pinehurst Unadilla Zoar Byromville Vienna Drayton Coney James Arabi Pinia Cordele Tippettville Findlay Clewis Old Mill Fagua Vienna and dates May June for bookings and closure. Books close June 1 as M C Dunaway T.R.D.C. retains authority.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine for chronic nervousness and insomnia with pricing details for single and multiple bottles. It also promotes the Atlanta Business University, claiming it as the South’s advanced business school and listing courses and contact details for more information.
An advertisement touts a “Mystic Cure” that claims to relieve rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. It asserts immediate removal of the disease’s cause, with the first dose offering great relief. Priced at 75 cents and sold by Stovall & Forbes Drugists in Vienna.
An early dental product notice announces Dr Whitehead's prophylactic mouth wash for decay prevention sore mouth cure and breath purification. Sold by Stovall and Forbes and prepared by J M Whitehead dentist.
Testimony from a prominent Dooly County resident praises Wm. Hall's Hog Cholera Cure after four years of use. The ad urges buyers at Stovall & Forbes to purchase the medicine, claiming it will save hogs if directions are followed, with a favorable note from T. T. Morgan.
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