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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
3
The column reports cool weather and local visits by Roland Murphy Rufus Swearingen and Miss Nannie Thompson. It notes Sunday school shifting to summer quarters briefly and a festival last Friday night that netted over 75 dollars for Grove ladies. J B Folds sang and Oliver Murphy was elected chorister with plans for regular singing on the second Sunday. All invited.
Clarence McKenzie and family visited Judge Turner on Sunday. I E Gilmore and Burl Shockley called at J B Turner’s Sunday. Miss Sallie Turner visited S H Thompson Sunday. ER S Johnson and wife stayed with R D Avera last Sunday. J B Turner and J B Avera trip to Vienna for legal business Tuesday. Annie and Lynn Sutton visited Sophie Avera Sunday. Seabright Wilks and Sophie Avera went shopping in Montezuma last Wednesday. A festival at the Byromville schoolhouse Friday night for the church benefits. Dork Joiner, son of John Joiner, fell from a mule and broke his arm. Ek Johnson and wife with Misses Sallie, Fannie and Ada Turner attended Oak Grove festival Friday and reported a nice time. Annie Lester returned from Montezuma with Missie Minor after a pleasant visit.
Miss Nannie Thompson visited Saturday while Prof. Johnson attended the Oak Grove festival Friday night. Dan Thompson and sister from Pinehurst worshipped here Sunday as Miss Mary Webb and brother Ernest visited friends. J A Moore began tearing down the old church to make way for a new one, and locals remark on the widowers Patrick and Moore smiling.
Friday visitors include Leon Cofield and Jim Worsham of Rochelle. Tuesday arrivals feature Arthur Nasworthy and Robert Howell from Pine City. Mrs Barfield improves. Mark Fuller traveled to Worth on business. rain last Tuesday aided the area. Misses Axilee and Missouri Ambrose attended Hopewell church. W Owens visited his uncle John Owens at Seville. Willie Allen and Lizzie Owens visited Mrs Sarah Marshal. P W Williams at home.
J R Barfield plans a trip to Augusta this week. Numerous locals, including the Peacocks, Barfields, and Clements, visit family and friends in Unadilla Montezuma and nearby towns. A May 18th birthday celebration for Miss Kula Borum draws many well wishes as news notes end with social gatherings.
Emmet Webb spent Sunday at Snow Spring and on his Gum Creek plantation. Byrom and son Seymour Thompson Britt will move into their new blacksmith shop soon. Swearingen and Webb dwelling work progresses toward completion. Carey Josey finishes storehouse with new merchandise expected this week. Miss Carrie Daniels, who has...
Ada Morgan and Mrs. Ada Daniels sail home from visits in Texas and Alabama while W C Daniels hosts kin. He recently sold cotton from his plantation to J S Byrom for eight cents a pound at Monteyuma prices. A Friday Oak Grove festival drew a crowded, nostalgic mood with casual local chatter about Sager and Willie Pat.
Roxis Brown leaves for Mercer tomorrow. Jim Brown went to Worth county to attend a school. John Thigpen visited his son at school yesterday. Jack Brown of Pinehart visited his daughter here Sunday. L W Simmons of Marble Ga was in town Friday night. Dr P A Bronson visited his sister at school here Saturday. Lizzie Branan and Susie Cox went to Cordele yesterday. Metz Joiner the boy preacher will preach here Thursday night. Hla Pate and Mannie Bedgood left for Monroe last Tuesday. Ada May Robberson of Lake City Fla entered the school here yesterday. Rev Reese preached at the Methodist church. Mrs J Ross and Mrs Clark Pitts of Cordele visiting Flon and Mrs R A Bedood. apace Wooten of Abbeville on his way from Indian Spring visited his two daughters here Saturday. Will Brown left for Elko Sunday to fill the vacancy left by Prof Powell.
From Duff community news in Cordele area week highlights J F Calhoun visiting Rebecca and Jack Ashley returning from Fitzgerald. Farmers ship cotton to Hawkinsville and Cordele while Mrs Betsy Smith plans a move to Valdosta. Pleasant Hill plans annual meeting Sunday. Rev Norris of Vienna preaches at Deep Creek fourth Sunday.
Ben Peavy and brothers passed en route to Cordele Rey while E. WIlson filled his appointment at Ashley Sunday. The Amboy gents praise Duff as a good place to find a wife and locals ask what the girls think about Amboys for husbands. We offer good wishes though we are not seeking marriage.
A detailed note on silo filling efficiency from American Agriculturist. L. H. Adame of Wisconsin discusses fast, economical siloing with upgraded low rack wagons and high capacity machinery. A ten horse power electric cutter can handle fifty tons in ten hours with minimal costs.
Description of a good feeding head and overall beef type cattle. Notes include broad, well filled area between eyes, roomy brain box, wide clean muzzle, large nostrils, large mouth signaling digestive capacity, clean cut jaws, medium horns and ears, bright eyes, and a short neck blending into the shoulder with a clean throat and windpipe.
Hoards Dairyman notes corn silage tips with soy bean ratios of not more than one part soy to two parts corn. Skimmilk speeds hog gains at a Tennessee station. Fodder defined as corn stalks with ears removed. Colorado reports a bloat case linked to sunflower weeds. Spinach soil should be rich for winter and early spring use.
The Rocky Ford cantaloupes ripen Aug 5 to Oct 1. Pickers judge readiness by color and stem pressure, loading carefully into sacks and sleds for rapid packing. Crates vary in size. standard crates yield best results while pony crates were rarely used by top growers. A separate note describes a cow milking device involving a fly blanket and udder sack as a cure.
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