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/ f ~ i'x m ARPS’ jflfe'if MU mmm WM VOL. 2. NO 6. VIENNA. GA., SATURDAY. JUNE 21 1R02. TWICE-A-WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR * VIENNA’S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES Rev. J. D. Norris Writes an Interesting Article tHis * Week and Points Out Some of the Things Vienna Needs“-“Wooden Stores and Warehouses Will Soon be Things o{the Past in this City.’* ITT 18 quite evident that a number 1 1 of our citizens are not fully aware of the possibilities and opportunities of our city. Paul in one of his letters in the Bible, says he desired “to stir up their pure minds by way of remember- ance.” We write this in order that your minds may be stirred up to a full realization of this crisis in Vienna’s history. What is a crisis? “It is a combination of grand opportunity and great responsibility; the hour when the chance of glorious success and the risk of awful failure comfort each other; the turning point of history and destiny.” There is a combination of grand opportunities for Vienna just now.* The coming of. the A. & B. rail road to Vienna will greatly stimulate the already prosperous and progressive spirit that had fairly taken hold of our city a year ago. Has Vienna attained her full growth? , We fancy that we can hear every in habitant answer no! Vienna must have five thousand people within the next fivA years How can this be done? By all of our people being united and thoroughly organized. Let the business men of the city organize—call it a chamber of commerce,, and if that sounds too big call it something else— but organize by all means. Have a committee on "ways and means”—have .some plan by which you could advertise ' t he advantages of Vienna. Organize a , cotton mill, raise all the capital you cun at home" then prove to outside capitalist that you mean business and you will have all the money you need to operate one with. Organize and build a flour and grist mill; establish an electric light plant for the city; seek to secure better railroad freight rates; do this in an organized way—in union there is strength, divided you will fall. Be ready to organize joint stock com panies, to establish any needed manu facturers that' may warrant success. Protest against everything that is against Vienna and give every measure and enterprise your hearty co-eperation that tends to promote Vienna’s Interest. Protect yourselves against your com petitors, and keep down high insurance rates and many other things that will prove of great value to the city and for your mutual good. Vienna is to be congratulated upon the great improvement mode in her school. The Bchool grounds have been beautified, the building much Improved, a good board of trustees, and a fine corps of competent teachers. It wns a great step forward to elect and estab lish a superintendent for the school; That was a wise resolution Dr. H. A. Mobley introduced in the meeting of thrboard of trustees; that a depart ment of history and literature be main tained in the future. Everybody it delighted that Prof. Lasseterwas made superintendent and Prof. R. O. Powell principal for the next term. These two young men are Vienna boys and we are sure they will nobly sustain themselves. Miss Mary Woodward deserves special honor for the excellent way she has acquitted herself as a teacher. She too is a native of Vienna. Let every citizen work for Vienna’s school, and let no unfriendly hand belaid upon it. There will be many good citizens induced to move to our city to avail themselves of our school facilities, make much of the school. It is unnecessary to lecture our effi cient mayor and council—but gentle men, be assured that the people appre ciate all the good things you are doing ' to build up the city. We need more capital and good citizens in Vienna. It is hard to induce good citizens to move into a dead, slow-poke town, and ypu cannot secure the aid of outside capital for Vienna so long as the city is run on a narrow gage line. Have broad views and adopt the most intense aggressive methods in buildingup the city. There are too many live and wide-awake towns in Georgia where capitalists can invest their money without putting it in buildings to rot and crumble, and in machinery to rust and decay in slow dead towns.- _ ' We must have more streets opened up. While the new railroad is grading through the city, let every street run ning in each direction about the rail road be opened and crossings arranged. Let the streets be opened up to the city limits. People who own property near the city limits have been paying city taxes for years and they, have a right to have streets opened up* where they are, needed. Along these newly mode streets will be located many, beautiful lots suitable for building homes for new citizens, and especially people with limited means. Ten years from now most of the prettiest homes will be located ip the outer edge of the city, The more central parts of the city will be occupied in trade and business. Let those who own real estate In the city aid the city authorities in making new streets, give the right of way through your land, help build the streets if necessary, the city will be benefitted and your property will be greatly enhanced in. value. Lay off your lots and advertise them at reason able prices. If Miss It. Rogers, D. B. Thompson and Dr. C. T. Stovall will make streets and lay off lots, and sell them to whites at reasonable prices, you will see the tide of building and improvements go to East Vienna. When you feet the tide started there Is no way to stop it. ' The G. S. & F. roilroad has paid very little attention to Vienna in the pest, but just as soon as the A. & B. decided to come by Vienna she took off her hat and made a friendly bow to our little city. Instead of giving Vienna more dirt she is moving Vienna’s dirt to Cordele. Viennn lias been owing Cor- dele some dirt for quite awhile, and now the G. S. & F. is helping us pay this long past due debt, free of charge. Last year the G. 8 & F. had an agent whose name was Rough, she has changed Rough for a Lamb, and he is a Lamb without a blemish. We shall have no more rough treatment from the G. 8. & F., but just and Lamb-like treatment. Yes, sir; the G. 8. A F. is now on her best behavior. The new oil mill and D. B. Thomp son’s new brick warehouse and other things will do much to pull things to East Vienna. The farmers are going to bring their cotton seed to the oil mill, their cotton to East Vienna ginnery and to Thompson’^ warehouse. The farm ers are tired of storing their cotton in old wooden shacks and sheds, to be burned and lost. The time is passed for a warehousemen to do much busi ness in Vienna in a wooden warehouse. Gentlemen, remove your wooden shedd and erect you a brick house or prepare to go out of the business. Old wooden store houses are doomed in Vienna. Build b?ick stores gentlemen, and we will have better insurance, rates and less fires and a better trade. When Vienna has her brick hotel completed it will do some business too. There ore more buggies, wagons, mules, horses and improved farm tools and machinery bought and sold at Vienna now than ever before. There are more good farms being opened up and improved in and near Vienna than ever before in her entire history. There is more work being done in the city to day than ever before. There are more strangers within our gates daily than ever. Vienna has greatly improved fn intelligence, refinement ana morals. When did Vienna ever have so many noble boys and charming girls attending the colleges as there are today. Let Vienna seize her great opportun ities and press them to successful ends. J. D. Nonais. VIENNA DEFEATS THE CORDELE 2ND NINE Id an Interesting Game of Ball Played in The second base ball nine of this city weht down to, Cordele on Wednesday afternoon and crossed bats with the second nine team of that city, the game ending m a victory tor the Vienna boys by a score of 16 to is. At the close of the eighth inning the score stood 16 to 5 in favor of Vienna, but on the ninth the Vienna pitcher gave up several hits and the team became^ somewhat rattled, allowing seven men to score. The following is the line-up of the two teams ; ’ VIENNA, Position. Rounds. Simmons, H., s. sf 2 Sheppard, Will, 1 b. c. 2 Simmons, J. B. 2 b. 3 Woodward, l.f. 1 - Godwin, c. f. 2 Bums, t c. 1 Stovall, 3 b. • 1 Smith, R. r,f. 1 Adkins,'W. T. P- 3 CORDELE, Position'. Rounds Roberts, 2 b. 2 Brown, P. 3 •McElreath, " l.f. \2 Roebuck, lb. ' 2 Edwards, 3 b. C Blackwell, c. 1 Ledbetter, 8. B. 1 Bullock, e.f. 0 Studstlll, r. f t 1 TO MINNESOTA, MR. WILLIAMS WILL 00 He Writes a Card and Thanks the People For their Support In the election. •McElreath was substitued in left field on account of Lilly happening to the misfortune of breaking his leg in the fourth inning. : J Score by innings: ■Vienna 1 0 048101 0—10 Cordele 30101000 7—12 This was a remarkable good showing for the Viennn boys as it was the first match game that some of thy players ever participated in and that one awuvfrom home. The boys say they are now ready and willing to play any second nine in this section. Another gqme was to have been played in this city on yesterday afternoon, but Cor dele tailed to come. The game will probably be played some tim* next week. Terrible Explosion "Of n gasoline stove burned a lady here frightfully,” writes N E Palmer, ot Kirk- man, la. “The best doctors couldn’t heal the running sore that followed, but Buck- len’s Arnnca Salve entirely cured her.” Infallible for cuts, corns, sores, bolls, biuises, sksn diseases and piles. 35 at FORBES & COX E DRUG CO. REVIVAL AT BAPTiST CHURCH. We begin a series of meetings tomorrow ut the Baptist church. Rev. W.L, Walker, pastor of the Baptist church at Quitman, will conduct the meetings, and it will continue about ten days. We most cordially invite every body to attend these meetings. No one-cao help but be benefited by listening to Bro. Walker’s preach ing ; he is free from excitement and ciqp trap’’ methods, he simply preaches the gospel and leaves results with God. We earnestly invite you, brother, sister, neighbor, friend, to come and be with us, and help us in this great work. “Conic thou with us and we will do thou good.” Cordially yours, Edwin S. Atkinson, Pastor. Don’t send your watches off for re pairs, I can repair it if it can be done, on short notice. H. A. Youinans. To my friends: Having had a complete success ful defeat in politics and being without employment and as I am offered a good position »n the far north-,west, I with my wife will leave for Princeton, Minn., tomor row, and in speaking of my race tor office I have no complaint to make. I am sure that on June 5th, there wus 21.1 voluntary votes polled, for I never bought a single vote. I was solicited by one man to send him a jug of whiskey, and I told that man that I would not offer a to drink influence a vote if I knew it would win me the nomi nation, and I meant it. I also told several that I had rather lose an honest race than to win a dishonest race, and I certainly got my rathers. . I regret to leave old Dooly, for I see a bright future for her, and I yet clam her as my home and probably it will be convenient for me to re turn before long. I shall ever re member my friend with the kipdest recollections and hope to be remem bered by all that wishes myself and wife well. We will go by rail to St. Lous, and there take it steamer on the Mississippi river to St. Paul. We anticipate a pleasant trip, and I will tell you about it through the columns of the News. Respectfully; Jas. A. Williams. Pinehurst, Ga., June 17th, 1902. THE B. & B. HEARD FROM. Brunswick, Ga., June 19—-Presi dent Ilyde and Vice-Pres’t. Bush- nell, of New York, arrived in Brunswick to-day to attend an im portant meeting of the directors of the Brunswick and Birmingham ruilroad. A large block of new stock was issued and bonds floated. The purchase ot the Ufferman and Western railroad was closed. The charter of the Eufaula and Bir mingham ruilroad was added to tl)e company, and A. II. Merrill of Eufaula, was mude joint Agent ot the Brunswick and Birmingham, as well as well as the Eufaula and Birmingham, at Eufaula. This meeting fixed definitely the route of the railroad by this action. Connection will be made by thp Offerman and Western tracks by July 1st. The work beyond Nichols towards Eufaula. is to be vigorously pushed, and possibly form Eufaula to Birmingham ut the same time. Frederick B. Chandler ot New York, was appointed chief of the r.onsturction iorce, A free excur sion will lie run from Nichols to Brunswick on July 4th. Seven Year* In Bod. Will wondersever cease? inquires the friends of of Mrs L Pease of Lawrence, Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bed in seven years on account of kidneyney and liver trouble, nevous pros tration and general debility; but, “Three bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk” She writes, “and in three months I felt like n new person.” Women suffer ing from headache, nervousness, sleppll- ness, melancholy, tainting and dfzsr spells sv'il find it a priceless blessing. Try it, satisfaction guaranteed, only 50c. FORBES & COXE DRUG CO ft’s a PLEASURE to show our goods ). P. HEARD & SONS. INTERESTING LETTER FROM UNADILLA Marriage of Miss Carroll to Mr. Harmon Occurred there Wednesday. Unadilla, Ga., June 20.—The marriage of Miss Zeph Carroll to Mr. Robert Harmon, of Chipley, Ga., was solemnized Wednesday evening at half past eight o’clock, Rev. Mr. Bass officiating. It was a beautiful home wedding with the near relatives and a few friends as guests. There were numerous beautiful and costly presents attest ing the popularity of the couple. After the ceremony the guests were ushered into the large and spacious dining room, wheie a bountiful repast was served. Mr. and Mr». Harmon 16ft Thursday evening tor their home at Chipley, carrying will them the best wishes of their many friends here. \ Leon and Virgil Henderson, sons of Judge Henderson, are spending awhile with their aunt, Mis. Dr. T. J. McArthur. M, E. Rushin, of Vienna, visited our town Tuesday on business. Good rains have visited our sec tion recently and crops are doing nicely. , Miss Sula Robinson left Wed nesday for her home at Dover, Ga., having been a pupil, of our school tho past year / Mr's. J. E. Wimberly ot Hepder- son. attended 'the Carroll-Harmon wedding this week. Mrs. R. H. Pate, ot Richwood, Was a visitor to our city this week attending the wedding. Mrs. Bruce McArthur of Mont gomery county, came over to attend the marriage of-her friend, Miss. Carroll, and is spending a white with old friends MR. AND MRS. LENNARD ENTERTAIN. Mr. and Mrs. Paul A.. Lennard were at home to their many friends Wednes day evening on church street. Mrs. Lennard was assisted in receiving by Misses Maidee Roberts and Jessie, My ers, wno wore dainty blue dresses. The home was beautiful in a simple decoration of roses. Mrs. Lennard was becomingly attired in a light silk waist and elegant block skirt. Miss Lucy Heard assisted in enter taining, and introduced a very amusing game, “Confession,” which was highly enjoyed. Other Informal games were played. Miss McDonald kindly favored, the guests with one of her splendid recitations after which delightful re freshments were served. At a lain hour the guests departed, expressing thanks to Mr. Will Proctor who assisted in inviting their guests, as well as to Mr. and Mrs. Lennard. Those present were: Mis es Bertha and Sallie Leonard, Sherry Lewis, Cliff and Annie 'White head, Berta Adkins, Emmie and Caro lyn Roberts, Bessie and Virginia Collier, Lucy Heard, LiUa May McDonald- Oma Huff, Carrie and- Emmie Wood ward, Nina Davies, Jessie Myers, Ruby Burns and Maidee Roberts. Messrs. W T McDonald, W H Proctor, Gordon Bums, A E Walton, J W Lytle, Ernest Stovall, C 8 Gurr, E H Smith, W F George, Rupert Stovall, Judson Lash- ley, W. F. Hall, J Frank Powell and Ollle Home of Pinehurst. Don’t Wait. Don’t fail to take advantage of the special BUGGY offer we are making now. Call and Investigate. J. P. HEARD & 8ONS, The Buggy and Wagon People*