16 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
1
A collection of social observations on manners and hypocrisy contrasts with a grim Georgia penitentiary ledger. The editor’s mock maxims appear beside a Georgia prison report detailing inmate counts, crimes, term lengths, and a jailer’s pursuit of a fleeing convict.
A column of humorous weather proverbs links marital behavior to upcoming weather. It suggests sunshine when a man saves for a new bonnet and rain when he alters plans after his wife dresses for a party, with other sayings predicting clouds or storms from domestic events.
Secretary of State Phil Cook completes the state vote tally for October 1. No consolidation by the general assembly has occurred. Democratic votes total 41,900 with Cook ahead by over 200. Candler leads Ross by 32,458.
The report states fifty two members of the present house and four senators have been re elected.
The United States Census Office will publish regular returns on cotton ginning to aid producers. John A. Walden of Vienna is appointed to collect county statistics, with sworn agent status and strict confidentiality. Local ginners are urged to cooperate to提供 prompt, uniform reports to Washington.
The article traces the rapid expansion of pecan cultivation in Georgia postwar, highlighting pioneers like Captain G M Bacon and Major Robert J Bacon. It notes large new plantings by Meyers in Rome and prospects of investments selling 10 to 50 acre groves, with South American shipments and global expansion potential.
Henry Clews, the oldest banker on Wall Street, lists a blacklist of men to avoid based on personal vices and hypocritical behavior. The criteria include vilifying benefactors, endless self-praise, public intoxication, deceit, dishonesty for policy, and betraying confidences among other faults.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals rules that death by own action clauses remain valid in cases where death results from the insured’s own actions. This decision reinforces the enforceability of certain policy exclusions.
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