Local Officials and Board of Education Meeting Schedule
Notices list city officers and county officials including judges solicitors clerks and sheriffs. Board of Education meets on the first Tuesdays of January April July and October while Superior Court sessions are in March and September. City officers include Mayor J P Heard aldermen and staff with several department heads named. Printer Vienna Progress.
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Ene Superior Court
W.hish
Col
C. B. Hudson
A. V. _ hipple
Col. W. Thomson
J. D. Hargrove
R. Kellam
J. W. Sheppard
J. C. Dunaway
M. E. Rushin
D. B. Leonard
J. W. Graham
J. P. Heard
B. F. Forbes
Bazeei
J. O. Hamilton
J. J. Lashey
J. J. Stovall
C. W. Johns
A. J. Davies
Fprinter
Vienna Progress
Local news notes travel and shop gossip from Vienna
The community papers report visits by Miss Lucille Stephens of Heard County to the Mathews, and Mayor J B Scott among Vienna friends. Reports cover sickness, sales of shoes and hats, lime and lemons, millinery, a mad dog in the Drayton road, a fishing party to Lake Geneva, and local business ads. Also noted are a new postmaster appointment, church visits, and local accidents and trades.
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Drayton Road
Ile
Mrs. Morgan
Miss Brown
D. A. R. Crum
G. W. Busbee
J. P. Heard
Macon
Lake Geneva
Hampton Fla
W.C. Willis & Co’s
O. S. Bazemore
John Collier
Drayton
P. G. McDonald
Alabama
Murray
Butler
Shiloh
Wanted: Reliable contractor for Big Vienna Hotel project
A local help wanted item seeks a dependable contractor to complete the Big Vienna Hotel, covering woodwork, painting, waterworks, and papering. Applicants should apply to P. G. McDoxarp in Vienna, Georgia.
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Big Vienna
P. G. McDoxarp
Vienna, Ga
We Will Thrash Your Grain This Season
Announcement from a thrashing service stating readiness to begin work around Monday June 5 and requesting residents to save grain for their arrival. They will notify when entering the neighborhood and urge preparation for service this season.
Visitors to attend Sunday school convention at Baptist church
Our town welcomes visitors next Saturday and Sunday for the Sunday school convention at the Baptist church. Vienna is praised for hospitality as the town anticipates a week of services beginning Friday night with preaching by Dr. W A Nelson of Hawkinsville. The program promises broad interest and benefit for all attendees.
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Reading Club
C. T. Stovall
Methodist Church
J. M. Fields
The
Baptist Church
Vienna
W. A. Nelson
Hawkinsville
Neighborhood Fish Fry At Turner's Lime Sink
Neighbors gathered at Turner's lime sink four miles below town last Saturday for a pleasant fish fry. They used a seine to catch a good mess of fish, cleaned and prepared on the bank, then shared a hearty dinner among friends. Community gatherings like this are always enjoyable.
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Turner’s Lime Sink
Children’s Day Observed by South Georgia Churches
Last Sunday the South Georgia Conference churches observed Children’s Day with exercises by children in all churches and Sunday schools. The Vienna Methodist church hosted a program of songs and recitations presented by the school, classes, and individuals, with the misses and young ladies delivering notably fine performances. The event was well received and proved enjoyable and beneficial for attendees.
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South Georgia
Vienna Methodist Church
Mt Vernon Sketches and Community Happenings
Farmers cheer a fine wheat crop and Creek picnic draws big turnout. Uncle Biry social with the girls, Mac Waters moves to Drayton as bridge keeper. Sunday School thriving. W. E. Smith building a house for himself. Dock and Nina mentioned in a casual, local-tone note.
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Biry
Mac. Waters
Drayton
W. E. Smith
Eddie
Nina
Walter J
Mt. Vernon
Stovall & Forbes Public Notice Promises Honest Pricing
The firm declares they will not be undersold and guarantee broad stock and very large, fresh pure drugs and medicines. They pledge customers will receive good, reliable pharmaceuticals unique to their store, inviting public trust and business from residents and visitors in town.
Midway Items From Local Notices
Local notes report a class trip to a Campground picnic and a Line Creek outing last Saturday. Families mention fishing trips catching four, with plans to try again. J W Mason and Mrs Mason visited relatives near Macon. John Odom’s finger remains unwell. The Sumerfords and Swearingen family members traveled to Montezuma on business. Community members attended singing at Byromville and the W Sumerford hosted an annual picnic at Redding’s Mill.
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Line Creek
Mrs. J. W. Mason
J. B. Smith
E. L. Swearingen Jr
J. D. Sumerford
Montezuma
Bad Weather Engulfs Drayton As Colds Spread
From Drayton the day brings bad colds and red noses amid poor crops and gloomy skies. Moss Brown, Barnes and Westbrook of Montezuma visited for business and fishing. Vienna visitors and Montezuma girls spark romantic chatter as town life rolls on with shows and teacher’s institute attendance.
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Moss. Brown, Barnes and Westbrook
Montezuma
Consolidated Returns of Dooly County School Population
The county census by districts and incorporations shows totals by race and district, with asks of whites and colored, deaf and dumb, and illiteracy. The 1880 baseline is noted, 4365 school children then. present census up 1778, about 30 percent, cost $244, Swearingen and the Board of Education praised for prompt work.
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Dooly County
Swearingen
Board of Education
New Drugs and New Prices at the Blue Store
The Blue Store announces new stock and low prices on medicines and household goods. T. P. McElreath, Druggist, pledges legitimate profit, fixed single price, and customer value with items from Sarsaparilla to Quinine, Castor Oil, and Tobacco, promising quality and fair deals.
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Green
W. W.C
Williams
McKesson & Robin
Blue
Blue Store
T. P. McElreath
Poultry and Produce Consignments Sought Across Several Towns
In a 1893 classified notice, A P Jones of Macon seeks consignments of chickens eggs turkeys geese and similar produce. The ad lists cabbage melons and fruits with promised prompt returns and satisfactory service. Additional lines reference locations such as Cordele Vienna Unadilla and Say Tan, with tax receiver Jno C Dunaway and filing deadlines including June 3.
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Adkins
James
Coney Ye
Vienna
Drayton
Byrumville
Lindsay
Clewis
Mark Rainey’s
A. M. Dakota
Ee Tippettville
Jno. C. Dunaway
D.C. Ben
To Our Friends and Customers From Pinehurst firm
A Pinehurst Georgia advertisement notes strict money conditions and offers cash sales for low prices on staples. It lists 20 pounds best Rice for 1.00, 1 gallon water white Kerosene, 44 pounds coffee, jelly glasses, mosquito bars, spool cotton, starch, and tobacco with promise of proportionally low prices. The firm names Tue Foliimetox & Barrizeio Co. and calls for patronage.
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Fullington & Barfield
Kerr
Tue Foliimetox & Barrizeio Co
Pinehurst
Millinery Goods by Mrs McElreath at Blue Drug Store
Mrs E A McElreath extends thanks to the ladies of Vienna and surrounding country for liberal millinery trade. She cannot trim hats faster than demand but asks customers to leave orders early in the week to be filled by Saturday. Call onuma for stylish hats and all millinery needs.
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J. P. Heard
Drayton
T. J. Ray
Mr. Heard
Tom Rays
T. P. McElreath
Blue Drug Store
Vienna
E. A. McElreath
Estrayed steer seeks owner near Drayton Ga
Estrayed on my farm three miles north of Drayton is a black bob tailed steer with white back and belly and droop horn. Marked with a split in one ear and a square notch in the other. Owner must prove property and pay expenses. Call H. J. Morgan Drayton Ga.
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Drayton One
H. J. Morgan
Charley Powels Promises Home Haircut Service in Vienna
Charley Powels, a Vienna Ga tonsorial artist, offers specialized shampooing for ladies hair trimming bangs and home visits with guaranteed satisfactory work. All orders attended promptly and patronage solicited.
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Charley Powels
Vienna
Incubator Hatches Ducks from Earlier Setup
About a month after reporting Mr. J. O. Hamilton's incubator produced a setting of eggs the machine was fired up again. On Saturday it began to hatch and roughly half the hatch are ducks. He hopes to clear the ducks quickly and re run the process to try for turkeys or geese next.
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J. O. Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Public notice of grocery stock purchase and service
W Thigpen announces he has purchased the entire stock and grocery business of J M Fields in Vienna and will fill orders for staple and fancy groceries at cash prices. He moves back to Vienna and is located at the Racket Store offering prompt, reliable service and repairs.
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Vienna
W. Thigpen
Practical Jeweler
Gentlemen and Ladies Hats Slippers Parasols Sale Notice
The notice promotes weekly arrivals of hats for gentlemen and ladies, slippers and parasols, inviting customers to stock up and save money. It mentions J. A. Smith and Mr. W. R. Elliott offering pie and juice products, with a claim about pricing and value. Physicians are noted regarding the substance described.
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J. A. Smit
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Ress Office
Dooly County Directory
Peavey
Gunsmith
Unadilla, Ga
Wooter Attorneys
G. W. Woortey
Public Plaza
New Court House
D. L. Henderson
A. V. Whipple
Georgia
Dooly County Court
G. W. Buspar
D. A. R. Crem
Busbee & Crum
Dooly Co. Ga
Southwestern
Oconee
Southern
Brunswick
State Supreme Court
United States Circuit
District Courts
Court of Appeals
Medical
W. M. Haslam
T.¥. Bivins
W.H. Whipple
Middleton
W. E. Beecham
Mnadilla GA
J. Williams
Dentists
Cordele. GA
Bank of Cordele Building
Lucille Stephens
Heard
County
G.R. Mathews
L. H. Taylor
J. Q
Hamilton
J. B. Scott
Cordele Wes
Judge Scott
Dooily
Byromville
Richwood
W. C. Willis & Co
Dooly
Miss Loula Morgan
Miss Loula
Parlor Grocery
Sheppard Woods
Sheppard
Oxford
Minnie Bell
J. A. Smith
Teachers Institute
Mess. Hunt & Powell
Z. T. Penny
Union Street
J. R. Gantt
Gantt Cotton Planter
Mr. Gantt
Stovall & Forbes
Midway
John Odom
Despond
Billy
Mattie Murray
Sumter County
J.S. Morgan
Mattie
W. S. Howell
Mr. S. ©. Myrick
Miss Stella
Binty the Kip
Consolidated Returns
Pinehurst Dist
Hese
Cordele District
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Wone
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Huntsville
W. H. Wurpote
A. V. Wuhrie
W. C. Wits
J. AC Murphy
Monreux, Me
Papaya
Anas Boe
Davis Sewing Machine
Davis Sewing Machine CO
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