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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
1
Washington May 15 A Montana senator Mr Glark announced his intention to resign after reviewing evidence against him He argued that proceedings should be judicial and adhere to established rules in matters affecting a sovereign people The resignation letter dated May 11 was read as the seat was declared vacant.
Maasdam carries peace envoys from the Transvaal and Orange Free State to New York to press for a US protectorate or possible annexation. Delegation, led by Richter, Jessel, and Wolmarans, aims to prevent English conquest and asks American support, invoking independence and liberty under the stars and stripes. Also reported is Tom Smith, a Black man jailed in Raxian to deter lynching, with multiple trials and appeals pending in higher courts.
Philadelphia May 16 All records in the broad jump were broken as Kraenzlein of the University achieved a motion 94 66 7 896 yesterday in practice. The 6 jump cannot stand as a new one in a contest.
Georgia's John Temple Graves argues separation is the only permanent solution to the race problem. He denounces interracial equality, warns education stirs ambition but fails to advance blacks, and praises leaders like Booker Washington while urging repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment and disfranchisement as a political remedy.
Washington May 14 The senate committee on inter oceanic canals ordered a favorable report on the Nicaragua canal bill as it passed the house. Five members attended the meeting a motion to report was adopted without debate. Senators Morgan McBride Harris and others voted in the affirmative while Senator Hanna voted no.
Ambitious arrivals for the Southern Industrial convention include Hon. James Wilson secretary of agriculture, and notable figures from New York Providence and Nashville. Welcomes by Mayor Wassman and Alexander Glover opened events at the Read House with tours of Chattanooga industry and a Dutch lunch ending the day.
Barnesville Georgia residents push two major projects this week a new railroad with the city as a terminal point and a second cotton mill likely costing around 250000. A Barnesville board of trade committee gauges routes and gathers pledged funds while a wealthy northern mill investor considers a 250000 mill with citizen capital matching the rest.
A mob attacked Whitney a popular young man near Augusta Georgia on a streetcar traying him after an argument over seating. William Wilson a Black man was identified and arrested after a violent struggle. Whitney died at hospital. A lynching occurred later as crowds pursued and punished Wilson. The coroner has been notified.
Avausta May 10. The National Union of Textile Workers adopted resolutions urging manufacturers to adopt a ten hour maximum workday and instructing all branches to organize for enforcement. They also urged setting aside funds to support enforcement and to draft state bills restricting women and children to ten hours a day. The convention adjourned without fixing next meeting details.
Report from San Francisco on May 15 describes the bark Empire reaching Palmerston Island between Tahiti and Samoa after a famine. Trader Elihu Williams, owner of the island, reportedly died of starvation as his son and villagers faced dire food shortages. Adelaide dispatched a relief vessel.
Waxonoss Georgia May 1 The grand review of Confederate veterans for July takes definite shape. At a South Georgia camp meeting last February an invitation was extended to General to attend at Waycross. Preparations continue with Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Veterans aiding. Sub committees are named to plan events and secure support for the movement.
Throx Ga May 11 A white man named Tessa Bryant about 46 years old and with a wife and eight children attempted suicide by slashing his throat at I W Bowens place near Braofield. He wounded his throat then fled home and is held for lunacy in Irwingilly as observers say he is wandering and unfit for trial.
May 11 at Stockbridge Brookiningy GI Thomas J. Hambrick, a farmer, shot his farmhand James Burton a negro through the abdomen in a dispute. Burton died hours later. A melee between Hambrick and Burton’s brothers followed with gunfire that missed one attacker and left Hambrick seriously injured.
William Young an employee of the Georgia Rail Packing company met death at the crate factory in Fontana Ga yesterday afternoon. While trying to replace a slipped bolt he was caught and hurled to the ceiling by a heavy alatetti engine. His left arm was torn off in three pieces his right leg broke and the knee cap torn from his body. He lived about three hours after the injury before dying.
A petition in the office of the clerk of the superior court seeks incorporation of Union Shipping Company by J I Minis Harris A G Pead W Z Blood and A Bhearson to conduct general ship brokerage with capital stock of 160000 divided into shares of 10 cents. In Chattanooga May 15 H H Ralston a jeweler from Indianapolis was shot by Graham Holtzclaw son of Judge J A Holtzclaw, arrested then released on bond. Holtzclaw, a member of a Georgia family, was involved with Miss Fluker of near Alt.
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