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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
2
Personalities and marriages noted as players, visitors, and relocations dominate. Items include Congressman EH. B. Lewis visiting yesterday, Hawsville residents and Cordele hotel work, and Miss Lucy Bell Harvard returning from vacation. The court adjourns with ongoing docket concerns and a Prohibitionist Dupont Guerry speech noted. A lost gold filled Elgin watch offer rewards.
Landowners along the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway are asked to submit full descriptions and terms to W. L. Glessner, Commissioner, Macon, Georgia, for inclusion in a new land distribution list for sale or rent.
The notice lists names Barton John Green Shep Gilbert Sam Smith James Salter W A Williams John Henry Wimberly Gee Gulpepper Mrs Fannie Carr Mrs Johnie Pool Miss Sallie Sweetwine Mrs Emma and requests inquiry for advertised letters at R. 8 Middleton P. M.
A western preacher was mobbed in a jail after entering to lead a prayer meeting with inmates. He sang The Dying Thief Rejoice to Thee as the incident unfolded.
The Ordinary faces growing road and bridge work as population and new routes rise. A Grand Jury should urge General Assembly action to create a five member board of road commissioners to oversee all public roads and bridges, following precedents in Sumpter Houston Wilcox and Pulaski counties.
The Kinsey residence seven miles above Vienna burned last Thursday night, with the building and furnishings destroyed. W. H. Kinsey, his son, and sister escaped after saving some furniture. the family suspects arson but has no definite suspect.
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