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VOL I, NO 93.
VIENNA, GA„ SATURDAY; APRIL 19, 1902.
TWICE-A’WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR,
BY VIENNA
A. I B. ,
SURELY COME
The Contract Has Been Signed and Wort Will
Commence at Once On the Hew Route from
(kordele to Monteznma Yia this City and oar
People are Indeed Happy.
,AH doubt ns to whether Vienna,many obligations especially ta
would secure the Atlantic & Bir-
minghttm railroad was removed
yesterday afternoon when Vice-
President George Dole Wadley.
arrived in the city from Atlanta,
and ufter investigating the survey
or’s report, ( made Vienna a direct
proposition which was readily
accepted and the contract sighed
up by the proper officials about 8
o'clock last night. r ' :
Mr. Wadley stated, to a crowd
last.night that work would begin
on the line from Cordele towards
■ Vienna this morning. This was
good news to the people of this
city who have been untiring in
their efforts to secure the road.
While the outlook tor getting
the road seemed to . be very slim
awhile, a great many of our citi
zens never lost all hope, but con
tinued to work to that end.
The people of Vienna are under
Messrs. Jos. Burns and O. M.
Heard for the excellent manner
which they have handled the mat
ter of securing the' railroad, as the
coming of the road is largely due
to their efforts.
, Mr. Wadley stilted that he hoped
to be doing business in Vienna by
August 15th, and that he was glad
to have the road come by our city
The News was the first and only
paper in the county ,to urge the
people to renew their efforts in
securing the A. & B. railroad, after
a telegram was received ' from Mr,
Wadley stating that the road
couldn’t come by Vienna. But ,a
few of our people kept working at
the, matter until they succeeded.
, Now, while we are all united,
let’s continue 1 to work for Vienna
and brin^ rpore enterprises here for
the upbuilding of the capital city
of the great state of Dooly.
E HAVE been looking outside
our borders for the signs of the
times; now let us look within.
We have noticed the formation of a
great liquor political trust whose avow
ed object is "to conduct campaigns in
states where the prohibitionists are
strong”—that is, in Georgia. Fore,
warned, forearmed! /
Now how are we : prepared to resist
this invasion of brewers, jobbers, aliens
and their .allies? What are “the men
who control,’’doing to protect the com
mon people in the counties whCre, af
ter a desperate straggle, they have
thrown off the yoke of the liqaor pow
er, from having It pat on them again?
Let us follow oqr ■ “leaders” if they
lead us right; but first let us see what
way they are going.
We notice this. In looking around
we see that, generally speaking, the
great dailies* the court house contin-
gent and moss book politicians are on
the one side; and the farmers, labor
ers, the'common , people as a whole, on
the other. 80 far as Dooly county is
concerned, my observation is that the
THE WAY TO ADVERTISE.
AMERICANS LIKE TO BE BUNCOED
Advertising is not a minor detail of The man that said, “The great Amer-
business, says an exchange; nor may it • lean publioloves to be buncoed,” said
be attended to perfunctorily at odd
moments. On the contrary,'it to of the
utmost importance, and ingenuity and
attention nro jnecessary in the’ compOr
, sition’and placing of every business
.announcement. -.The "ad” is the .mer
chants address to the publics .and as
such it should be prepared.
Advertisements must not be ilurrsd
in the process of preparation. .As &
prominent writer says:.,“Advertise
ments are statements of facts made
attractive.” Consequently, the matter
- in.tbem mustbe striking to the eye,
convincing to the reason and always
fresh in appearance.
The shrewd advertiser’s foremost de
sire is to attract notice by an attention
compelling arrangements of ideas and
type. Next, what helms to say must
be said with eloquence and convincing
The matter of the merchants’ address
must be changed .frequently,, .else it
becomes tiresome by reiteration and
; turns aside the. attention Which it to Its
province to attract. Freshness in an
advertisement is as necessary as in the
goods offered for sale.
Above all, advertising most be con
tinuous . The great secret of sucoess in
business lies not in* advertising when
everybody wants to buy, but Inducing
the public to purchase when they are
i.lesa wiljtog.
■ :Thd tactless business;mim quits ad
vertising il#the close of an unusually
brisk 'business, peroid, such os the
Qhristmasliolidays but the experienced
merchant’doCs not interrupt the con
tinuity dt. his address to the public,
knowing that with the close of the act
ive purchasing season the attraction of
customers become difficult. He adver
tises then wfth as much vigor as during
the holiday rush, and he gets the pat
ronage the lack of which .the' non-ad-
• vertiser mourns. „ -
/ The merchant who achieve succeu
advertises extensively, continuously
and with discrimination
'Che if S*
Situation
H.P. riYERS.
A WARM LETTER
FROM A DEMOCRAT
GIVES THE PEOPLE WARNING
And Bays tRe Senatoral District Primary
A REWSY LETTER
FROM ONADILLA
THE TEACHERS AND PUPILS
Are How Preparing for Commencement--*
a Few Ringsters.
Editor News: 1 notice from
from some of the county papers
there is a scheme on foot to abro
gate the rotation system in this
Senatorial district. That this is a
political scheme pure and simple
must be patent to everyone. It is
stated by inference,if not in so many
words that the scheme hus already
been fixed—and it is to be done by
ordering a Senatorial primary for
the district.
Under the rotation system it is
Dodge’s-time to name the Senator
—but the gentlemen who are be
hind this bright little game of poll*
tics propose to have a District
country people are going to vote nexti p r j mar y, whichsimply means the
June solidly .almost to a man-together. 1 f . ... , ,V, .
With whieh crowd now will, the inde- 1 be S ,nnm & of the end of the rotation
pendent voter consort? Where does i system. The plea thrown out to
the most virtiie and political integrity
the traveling man, “bullded better than
he.knew. It is astonishing when one
comes to consider the matter the vast
amount of good hard curency that goes
'where the woodbine twineth’ every
year, and eveif hour in the year .or
thing* that are absolutely valueless.
I.don’t think that any one will gainsay
the foot that no intelligent person re
gards a fortune teller seriously, yet
look at .the vast number of fortune
tellers who are living in opulence on
their spoils.: Not lpng ago I heard of a
rather clever scheme toseperate a cer
tain class' of, our citizens from their
money. A concern inserted an adver
tisement in newspapers and magazines
which-circulate; all ever the country ,
The advertisement told of an absolutely
certain core for stammering, or nnjf
other impediment in speech. The
whole euro only cost a dollar, and the
formula would be mailed on receipt of
that amonnt.. What do you think the
formula was?. .MM^pn on a small
sheet of paper were the words, ‘Keep
reside?In the great dailies, or in the
common people? -. With the court house
contingent, or with , the common peo
ple? Among therjops^ back politicians,
or among the common people?. To
ask these questififtrfs to'answer them.
•Ifow. the presentjkannalgn Is largely d
contest betweenw&e two elements in
our. state., But one. more question.
Where re*Mes the balance of power?
Among the great dailies, the court
houro contingent, the moss back poli
ticians, or the COMMON PEOPLE?
The answer to this question is alto easy.
Let the common people once be aroused
and understand the situation, they will
sweep Georgia like a whirlwind. And
hence it has frequently been'the policy
of those who would ride us to lull us to
sleep while they managed our lypines*
according to their ow^ interests and
ambitions. That is just what they are
doing now. Hence the need of agitation
and discussion before election day.
Now in vbting for men the great dif
ficulty to in finding out which of the
candidates have strings tied to them
and who holds the strings at its other
end. There are certain corporate in
terests that are very much concerned
in Georgia legislation. Some of these
are the monster railroad corporations
which are growing so big and so fast
that they are like Tom’Judkins’ corn—
you can‘see them grow. But considered
from a financial standpoint even the
railroad interests are small beside the
liquor, interests; and the railroad inter
ests are not allied with debauchery
and c^ime os the liquor interests are.
Now is lt.coqceivable.tkat these great
inter-sts are taking 110 hand in our
affairs in this campaign? Are none of
our candidates the grindstones on
which they hope to sharpen their axes
by and by? For “ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain.” the heathen
Ohinee can’t hold a' candle to the
American politician'. The intelligent
your damn mouth shut.’ There are
the most
ever heard of is an ‘Advice, Agency,’
recently started in ; one of our large
citjes. This concern solicits the pat
ronage of Mtjr one who to in any diffi
culty of every WQnceivable nature. To
those who apply the proper advice will
be handed out to solve the most diffi
cultproblem, provided the fee of $8 to
forthcoming. This agency is run by
an apparently - intelligent and honest
man. . He to a# smart as a steel trap,
and ean almost convtnce you that bis
busipess it a legitimate one. Moat
people would think twice before pay
ing |5 for advice from a stranger. Yeti
I am told that the ‘Advice Agency’ to
doing a land office basinets, and every
body connected with it is wearing
diamonds."
hoodwink the people is that Dodge,
if left alone, might not select the
right kind of a man, Inmy opin
ion this is a gratuitous insult to the
people of Dodge (jounty, and ho
such a view is entertained by the
people of the district. Fjrpm
seifi’h standpoint the abrogation
of the rotation system would enure
to the benefit of Dooly county, for
It would enable us with our large
preponderence of voting strength
over the smaller counties of the
district, to either furnish or dictate
the senutpr each time. “
Such a course might be eminent
ly satisfactory to a few politicians
and political log rollers in Dooly
and elsewhere in the district, but
would be undemocratic, and muni
festly unjust and unfair to the
smuller counties of tbe district.
Of course, it Dodge, Pulaski and
Wilcox ure willing that Dooly
should dictate the Senator, nobody
here will object, but without their
consent the people ot Dooly huve
no desire in my opinion to run
rough shod over them. I do not
know whoTlodge wrill select, but
the presumption is that he will
be acceptable to the people of the
of side issues that may be raised, but
will think for himself, come to hit own
conclusion and then—vote.
When we have reason to believe we
have fonnd out who has the string tied
to him what then? Why/ then—buck ;
buck like a Texas bronco or kick like
Bro. McGehee’s gray mule until the
men that would make the great state
of Georgia a pack hdrse to ride into
power ore brought to the ground, and
our commonwealth to rid of all but its
necessary burdens.
What and whom shall we throw? We
will postpone discussion of this question
to another time
Unadilla, Ga., April 18.—The
marriage of Mr. W. W- Graham of
this city and Miss Maggie Renta
of Grovania, was solemnized at the
Methodist church in that town last
Wednesday afternoon at 5:36. Tbe
bride is the beautiful daughter of
Mr. Tom Rentz and has a host of
admirers, while the groom is a
successful merchant here and very .
popular. They have the 1 best
wishes of their many friends.
Prof. W. B. Merritt of Valdosta;
candidate for state school commis
sioner, was mingling with out
people Thursday. He has many
strong supporters here.
Quite a number of our people
attended the Graham-Rents mar-'
riage at Grovania Wednesday.
The new brick store of T. H;
Gregory is being rapidly construct
ed by Contractor Shipp of Vienna.
C. A. Horne, W. B. Nichols, P.
D. McCarty, S. Manuel and Dr.
T. J McArthur will leave Saturduy
for the ieunion-at Dallas; Texas.-
They will visit several of the large
western cities before recurning.
Tbe teachers and pupils of our
public school are preparing for
commencement. Rev. W. L,
Wooten of ^mericus will preach
the commencement sermon and Col-
Walter F. George of Vienna, wilt
delivet the literary address.
fftliss Mae Cotton's piano recital
at the-school building tonight will >
be one of ibe lending events of the
season.
Mrs, Mary P Henderson who has
been quite sick for several weeks is
convalescing.
Dr. R S McArthur passed through
our town Thursday on his way to
Tifton. He will stop here with his
brothers on his return Saturday.
Our people here are fishing some
this weak. Some are having good
luck and others return with excuses.
We are informed that J. M. V.
Williams, of the Williams settle*
district, and in .my opinion theman me nt is suffering with the“gripp,
or men who attempt to tinker or 'though better at this writing,
chunge the present arrangement *
the
will rue the duy they did it.
DEMOCRAT.
Foley's Kidney Cure
makes kidneys and bladder right
• Snowflakes-
We are very sorry to note that
Mrs. J. C. Folds is worse at this
writing. „
J. C. Patrick of near, the river,
visited H. J. McCorvey Saturday
night and Sunday.
Our preacher was absent Sunday
and the presiding elder filled the
pulpit in bis place.
Prof. Powers, T. H. Grego
ry, S. Manuel and others from
Unadilla, attended preaching here
Sunday.
The young people had some nice
singing at C. T. Simmons. Sunday
night.
Our school is progressing nicely.
J. E. Folds and family visited
S,-H. Moore and family Sunday.
Louis Ciewis, one of the cundi-
diriates was shaking hands here
Sunday. Tuamp.
Misses-Pearl and Rosa* Hooks
spent a few days of this week in
the country, and from reports a
certain young doctor is very popu
lar and it would not surprise us to
see him in town occasionally.
Mrs. Guttenberger and daughter
Miss Ida of Macon, are visiting
relatives in this city. Miss Ida is a
very talented young lady and will
prove quite an acquisition to our
social circle while here.
Miss Dolon.se Nottingham of
Walden, has an elocution class at
thisplupeand is meeting with fine
success. ’ ,
Chas. Penyy and daughter are
much bettet at this writing. They
have been,, quite sick with the la-
grippe.,; *
Mistcs Florence Barfield and
Evelyn Peacock ot Emerich, who
are visiting relatives in Cordele, are
expected to return today.
The farmers are catching up with
their work and it won’t be long
before cotton chopping will be the
order of the day.