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' - VOL 2. NO 28. VIENNA. GA. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1902. TWICE-A WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR aoBaejia jj BajaialaEinjSTaciPaerajaeiP^ m $ g g 39s Y ou LAINLV D 1g! J0| $ g g g $ $ $ $ $ $ I I t£ ac oj g b 2 are Growing More and More Accustomed to Coming Here for VALUES. * # 10 g g ft is the Prices are Lower and in Plain Figures, and are Ante tor the Values We are Offering in all Departments. -AND OUR STOCK OP- Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Glass, Crockery and Tinware, Furniture, Carpets and Rugs. In fact Everything you Want to Wear or Furnish Your House With, Was Never as LARGE, and as well SELECTED, as at Present, ■ ft $ f ft 4 g ft g In! AND was BOUGHT T© SELL AT VERY LOW PRISES. We want to show you through our line, and we know what the Verdict will be. T he J. J. COOPER, Proper ■Jf\ a“aara“a“racara"i=>cai£“c=j“t=i“ra“e^^ STORE, - VIENNA, OEOROIA. a*aac mnnrnnriNNnr w W ill ft ft g jD* n g ft ft ft g *,0' 4 ft 1 . - N.t .. m m V KISSINQ FROM A SANI TARY POINT OF VIEW Several Good Reasons Why the Practice Whatever may be said of Wising it ia a pretty but unsanitary custom. To give a caress or salutation with the lips. To press or touch in reverence or love with the lips; as to kiss the Bible or kiss a friend. To touch gently as it with fondness. "Descending fast, the mountain shadows kiss Thy glorious Gulf, unconquered salamis," "The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon but its echo lasts a deal longer." And tho’ the cannon instant and deadly in its fearful work, yet not nearly so fatal in the ultimate results. In the present era of medical enlight enment it is an irrefutable fact and demonstrated to the absolute satisfac tion of the profession that all diseases have their etiology from microbes. These infinitisural bacilli are so minute , that the germs are not only notdiscem- ; able to the eye but it not infrequently » requires the skill of a cultured bacte riologist with a powerful microscope to , diagnose them. These little microbes K. are often transmitted from one to " another just as in the cose of kissing. WjTake os an illustration a lady who has the tuberculous bacilli slumbering in the tissues of her lungs, all unawares to her, she rfieets and kisses a friend and while in the act a loose germ is liberated by breathing and it finds a Jsvorable soil in the respiratory passage f her friend—snch is not only possible W: but quite common. Thus the empiri- %' ca victim—caused by a kiss. But this is only one of the many diseases which have their etiology from bacteria transmitted by a kiss. The majority of mankind, It has been esti mated, are sufferers from catarrhal and other contagious affections, and he that kisses hazsards the risk. Again the custom of Bible kissing I notice in the "Temple of Justice" where the highest types of civilisation and edueation are supposed to obtain should be condemned. How often I have seen witnesses kiss dirt covered and germ ridden old Bibles all in tlie Interest of Justice. If Justice could speak she would cry out against the crime. An affidavit with the hand upon the Bible should be as binding and sacred as If touched by the lips ten thousand times. In the name of justice to those who are either ignorant or careless, in behalf of suffering humanity, in the interest of suffering mankind, for the take of happy homes and progressive civilisa tion let us begin warfare against this unsanitary, disease propagating custom If you must kiss why kiss either the hand or cheek. Hand shaking is direful enough in its consequences, and it too should be relegated to the ages from which the custom originated. How much nicer is it to greet an acquaintance, a friend or relative with a cheerful good-morning? and a smile thrown in, than to shake half-hearted or kiss with lips laden with germs. Usoka. VIENNA HAS BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS Appointed at the Last Regular Meeting o! Onr City Connell. cally applied kiss is not only the means of propsgating diseases but entails told sgony and suffering. See that onng wifp borne by friends to the lecropolis to fill an early grave—the hite plague, consumption, that fatal y, which writes it epitah upon the tomb of 16 per cent of the entire lityof these United States of rica annually—claimed her os its Mrs. F. C. Hamilton Dead. Mrs. F. C. Hamilton,nee MissMinnie Owen, daughter of Mr. Jno. G. Owen of Byromvilie, passed away at her home in Abbeville Monday nigbt at 0 o’clock after an Illness of several weeks. Her remains were brought to this city yes terday afternoon and carried to Byrom vilie, where the interment will take place some time this morning in the Owen graveyard. She leaves a husband, children and several relatives to mourn her death. She was a sister of Mrs. W. Thigpen of this city, and Mrs. J. B. Mason of Pleasant Volley, »*• Vienna’s enterprising elty council got a move on herself last week at their regular meeting and appointed a board of Tax Assessors for the city, composed of Messrs. J. P. Heard, J. B. Kelly and M. P. Hall. The work of investigating the tax returns was taken up immediately and by Saturday night about fifty notices had been sent out to those whose taxes were assessed, and that part of the work completed. The total amount of property assessed will amount to over $20,000, and those who wero assessed were ordered to report on or before September 18th, and show cause why the raise should not stand. The tax rate, including everything, wiy be $10 on the thousand which was figured out by the council to leave a balance in the treasury after paying the rent on a system of electric lights. Our city council has already about closed a trade with the Cotton Oil Co., for them to furnish the city twenty 2,000 candle power arch lights and it is thought that the contract will,be signed within the next few days. Wateh Vienna grow! A New Church for Vienna. A News reporter learned a few days ago that a move was on foot by some of our citizens of the Episcopal faith tq have a house of worship erected in the uetr future. Mr. D, B. Leonard has agreed to give one of four vacant lots and $400 towards the building fund, and with $600 that can be secured from Episcopal churches in the state it will be seen that only a few hundred dollars more will <be needed to erect a handsome building at a cost of about $1600. The News trusts that those behind the movement will bo successful, and that it will not be many months before they will have a nice church erected and paid for. Mrs. Smith Dead. Mrs. Needham 8mith of near Kerns, passed away yesterday morning at 6 ;3G o’clock, after an illness of several days with fever. Her remains were intoned in Smyrna cemetery yesterday after noon at 4 o’clock, Bev. J. D. Norris of this city officiating. She leaves a husband who is also very ill and not expected to live, a son and grand-son, all of whom are quite sick in separate rooms, and who have not seen each other in ten days, to mourn her death, :8he was a good woman and the sick and bereaved ones have the sympathy of their friends in this hour of great sorrow. PLAIN NOTICE. I am quitting the Shelf GoodS’ It docs not pay me at all. . They are going at the rate of about one hundred dollars per day, which is too slow, I will put on another man by the name of Rush Mon day, and by Dec. 15th, Push will have closed out. my old stand and stock at and below cost. If you want any part of it, you had best to come quick, - This is no Fate A Sale. Respectfully, D. B. Thompson. VIENNA’S SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY With Appropriate Ennises, and 126 Pupils in in Attendance. The fall term of the Vienna Publio school opened Monday morning with * the brightest prospeets for the best term and largest attendance of any in the history of the school. Tho school was opened by a song followed by a prayer. The number enrolled Monday morning was 126, and there are many more yet to enter. The attendance will probably reach the 200 mark be-> fore the close of the term. Of the present enrollment, about twenty are boarders. The school is presided over in tho different departments by the following efficient teachers: W. H.Lasseter,Superintendent; ft. O, Powell, Principal; Misses Mittie Morton, MAmie Gray and Mary Wood* ward, assistants. If you want to send your children to a school where they will receive the proper instructions and attention—pat-, ronise Vienna public schools. Gets The News Free. J, E. McGough and wife of near Mon- texuma, visited the family of H. B. Forehand Friday and Saturday. Mr. McGough was ia town Saturday and gave us a pleasant call. A. E. Walton went up to Atlanta Sunday morning and worshipped at Trinity Methodist church. He remain ed over until Monday and purchasod some new fall goods. In speaking of old fashioned things, what has become of tbe old fashioned child that minded its mother. At the beginning of the watermelon season the management of the Nbws offered to send the paper free one year to the person bringing us the largest melon. Mr. T. L. Powell, who lives a few miles 8outh of the eity, was the successful contestant. The melon weighed 47 pounds and Mr. Powell’s subscription has been credited one year. Mr. F. L. Hester has leased Heard's opera house for the season and will give the show-loving people of the city and surrounding community some good attractions. The News wishes hini success. The first attraction will be the Woodford Stock Ca, which willnp- 1 pear next Monday. Tuesday and Wed* nesday nights. Look out for announce* meat in Saturday’s paper.