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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1895
Page
3
The Progress reports strong county support for a peaceful stance in placing a Confederate monument. Cordele leaders and Vienna veterans oppose any scramble for its location, asserting the issue should not provoke conflict.
Invitations are out for an Eclipse party Col Crum will tender his friend at Central Park to night The moon will go into a total eclipse that will be clearly visible from this point should there be no clouds This is the last eclipse visible from this section this year Col Crum as host promises a season of great enjoyment
Solicitor Shipp described a blue gum negro seen nearby. He recalled a rattlesnake like bite during a fight near Abbeville. A finger swelling led to the severing of the arm by Drs. Baker and Wallace of Cordele to save the man's life.
Work has begun on the Cordele College with a new building to be financed and completed by January 1. The project replaces the old structure and is expected to boost the area, with public support urged for county convict labor on public works. Ordinary Speer of Sumter County ruled that two county court prisoners cannot go to McRea's camp, limiting convicts to public works and forcing counties to manage or hire convicts for roads.
Mrs. Hancock wife of Col C W Hancock of Americus was killed in a railroad wreck just above Macon while traveling with a Macon excursion party to Indian Springs. Col Hancock a veteran Georgia journalist and author left bereaved. the article notes her helpful literary influence and his ongoing Southwest Georgia history project.
The regular annual session of Dooly campmeetings began Saturday night with few tents due to late season and weather. Attendance remains strong as many bring meals daily. Sunday drew a large crowd with sermons by Rev. W. E. Mumford noted as educational and impressive. Ministers present include Rev. Wesley Lane Presiding Elder F. A. Branch Rev. W. E. Mumford and Rev. H. C. Morrison.
A rush on Saturday boosted warehouse receipts to nearly 100 bales. The cash price stood at 7 cents for good cotton, with 7 to 71 cents paid on account. Vienna buyers aim to keep the market competitive with national land markets. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as a Godsend. For sale by Stovall & Forbes.
Friday Eld P. G. McDonald swore a warrant charging Jake Lester with stealing. Jake, a prominent negro, confessed pilfering over years but was only recently convicted after catching him with melons. He faced committal trial, then county court, and was fined 75 dollars or 18 months in the gang. An effort to reduce the fine is under way.
A fragmented verse describes a family quarrel and social scandal with a mother at odds with the father and a neighbors’ gossip vibe. The piece contrasts domestic duties with flirtations and a wandering spouse while a tonic advertisement interrupts the mood.
A physician testimonial from William Horre M D of Janesville Wisconsin endorses Camberlain's Pain Balm as the best external remedy for neuralgia he has used and recommends it to many. Sold by Stovall Forbes.
Habeas corpus proceedings for Steve Hart and Pete Gayner, convicted at the county term and sentenced to the chain gang, were argued before Judge A C Speer and remanded to jail. The ruling implies Sumter County must fund and run a chain gang if prisoners refuse county work, under a 1894 Supreme Court decision curbing private chain gangs. The decision affects chain gangs statewide except county road workers. Also ad: Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised by J C Marrow of Decaturville, Mo, sold by Stovall Forbes.
Local notes report Superior court convening next Monday and a grand jury focus on road work. Merchants and cotton trade show activity with ginning at Vienna Gin & Mill Co. and prices rising. Several residents visit relatives, others face illness, legal notices, and community improvements including water works at the courthouse.
Advert shows Dr West Moreland crossing a tonic called Calisaya Tonic by Stovall and Forbes claiming to cure constipation.
A Vienna soda fountain offers a handsome doll as a prize. Each drink purchased earns a vote for the town’s most popular girl. Voting closes November 1 and the prize is awarded.
Dr Thompson promotes a 140 acre farm 6 miles NW of Vienna on the Vienna Montezuma road with 95 cleared acres, 45 woods, 75 cultivated, 20 pasture, BermudA sodded, a 6 room dwelling and outbuildings. He plans to enlarge his depot warehouse, run Morgan Davis & Co. style, charging 25 cents per bale for weighing and delivering to the depot, and guarantees shipment or delivery if no sale. He also sells Dr Whitehead’s dental preparations by Stovall & Forbes and J M Whitehead, Vienna.
SEEKING TRADE. A local seller touts honest goods and courteous service with very small profits. They promise fresh meat, flour, lard, sugar, coffee, rice, tobaccos and a wide range of dry goods. They invite customers to examine lines and drop in for fair prices.
The ad invites customers to inspect a well-selected stock of general merchandise arriving daily and offered at low prices. It promises groceries domestics shoes hats dry goods hardware and more with small profits and satisfactory trading. Resp�t.
Notice from R. F. Woodruff of Byromville Georgia dated August 24 1895 warns against employing Eli Smith a Black laborer who allegedly abandoned his crop under contract and cancels any work with him under penalty of law in effect warning all parties.
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