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iHE-1 iffENNAl NEWS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOOLY COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF VIENNA. LARGEST BONA FIDE CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE COUNTY.
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VOL. II. NO. 68.
VIENNA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1903.
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THE W. & T. MAY
GO TO AMERICUS.
The News’ Articles and Agitations are
Attracting Attention Abroad.
. We Should go to Work.
It is possible that the Wrights-
ville & T'ennille railroad will be
extended from Hawkinsville to,
Americus.
According to the Vienna News
the officials of the Wrightsville &
Tennille road have written the
mayor of Americus asking what
inducements Americus would offer
for the extension of the road from
Hawkinsville to Americus. This
is taken to mean that the Wrights*
ville & Tennille may at an early
date begin laying plans.for ex-
i tending the road westward.
If the Wrightsville and Tennille
should build from Hawkinsville to
Americus, a very advantageous
connection would be made with
the Central railroad, the connec*
tion meaning as much for the
Central as for the Wrightsville &
•Tennille. Such a connection would
■ put the Central in position to
compete with the Seaboard Air
Xine on all business between
Savannah and Montgomery. The
Central’s route to Montgomery is
via Macon, a long and circuitous
route, while the Seaboard runs
.straight-Dublin Courier Dispatch.
The people of Vienna hnd coun
try along the route from Hawkins
ville to Americus would be very
glad indeed to see the railroad
built touching the places above
mentioned. It would certainly be
of great advantage to the W. & T.
road in giving them better connec
tions with the Central and a longer
haul of freight and passenger traf
fic from this section of the state
and from the west.
. * 1 The News hopes that the day is
not- far distant when this road will
commence work on the extension.
We believe that some railroad will
eventually build this link, and
why not the Wrightsville and
Tennille?
LOOKING FOR A WIFE.
A Mississippi man sent the fol
lowing letter in answer to a mbtri-
monial advertisement: “I inclose
my photograf with My Full Des-
cripjion. It shows the features
as nachel as can bee only.it is too
dark; I am very light complexion
Gray eyes, orbon hair, 0-foot high,
weight 200 Lbs, inclined to a
hump shouldered; a Muskier man
and a widower 28 years old, with a
Common School Equations, but
have got Anfo to Atten to Enny
Business. I am Strickly Moral,
Don’t use tobacco nor Whiskey.
He is anxious to have her under
stand that hftr Age, Complexions,
wait and nil suites me to a tee,
Kind, Loving Girl. I have only
one thing to offer, and it is neith
er land nor gold, but a strong arm
and a true Hart and will Lay
down My Life for the Rite Girl,
and Bee happy, for I am tired of
: living alono. The Girl that steals
' hny Hprt and takes my Name for
the Remainder of my Life I will
make happy, for i am hunting a
Girl that i can idelise and make a
Angel of.”—The farmer’s Wife.
Just . before leaving Topeka,
Kansas, the other .day, President
Roosevelt climbed overthe railing
'ilthe back platform of his car and
; f\sped the hand of a big negro
pyAcoman and thanked him on
general principles while a crowd
of white people stood around and
looked on., Teddy just couldn’t
kceqp from showing his love for
the dear colored brother. The
negro seems to have been the only
.'one in the crowd who was honored
with a band-shake.
THE NOVELTY
CLUB MEETING.
The Novelty club held a very
interesting and enjoyable meeting
at the beautiful home of Miss Ida
Boniske Thursday afternoon at
8:80 o’clock. Refreshments were
served by the'estimable hostess,
Miss Boniske. ""i
The time of meeting has been
changed from Thursday afternoon
to Friday aftemdon. The next
meeting will be held at the home
of Judge and Mrs. J. D. Hargrove
and the club will have as its hostess
Miss Bessie Collier. -
Those present were: Misses Ida
Boniske, Lucy Heard, Emmie Rob
erts, Emmie Woodward, Lilia May
McDonald, Cliff Whitehead, Eva
Penny, Mamie Sheppard and Mrs.
J. J. Milligan.
A Sad Death.
A very sad death was that of
the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. McLane which occurred in
Cordele last Sunday night. Mrs.
McLane. lives near Albany and
she had come to Vienna on a visit
to the family of R. E. Kelley.
Soon aftor arriving here the little
bellow became ill and as he con
tinued to grow worse his mother
started back home with him Sun
day. By the time she reached
Cordele, Sunday afternoon, he
had grown so ill that she was
compelled' to stop off there with
friends and secure medical aid.
But despite all the efforts of the
physicians, tho child died about
midnight Sunday night. The
remains were interred in the Zion
Hope Jurying ground, ten miles
from Cordele Monday afternoon.
Park Names Suggested.
Mrs. 0. M. Heafd has sent the
News the following names for tho
park at the fair grounds: Pleasure,
Popular, Prospect, Sylvan, Green
wood, Wildwood and Burmeta.
Hurry up and send in the names
and the one decided. on by the
directors of the fair association
will receive a year’s subscription
to the News free.
' Episcopal Services.
We are requested to announce
that there will be preaching at the
new Episcopal church next Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock by Rector
Walden, of Cordele. Also there
will bo preaching regularly every
first and third Sunday nfternoons
at 4 o’olock and every fifth Sunday
morning. Everybody is invited
to attend.
FACTS ABOUT FOLKS.
In estimation of measurement
men are more accurate-than wo
men.
Moral affection' in child life is
more A matter of imitation than
intellect.
Dull children are the most un
ruly, and unruly children are the
dullest.
Sweet is tasted best on the tip
of the tongue,sour on the edge and
bitter at the base.
Mental images themselves con
stitute the motive, the springs of
action for all we do.
Girls show less interest in ma
terial things than boys and admire
the (esthetic more.
Those who have endured the
most hardship io life are usually
thA least sensitive to pain.
Blushing comes from shyness
and fear, is unnatural and morbid
and is greater in women than in
men,
- Rapid readers do their work bet
ter, os well as in less time, and
retain more of the substance of
what is read than slow readers.
A NEWS MAN VISITS
THE FAIR GROUNDS.
Tens of the Progress That Has Bees
Made and Soliloquizes on
the Work.
A representative 6f the News in
his recent wanderings took a
bird’s-eye-view of the fair grounds
and the race track. One cannot
help but be impressed with a sense
of pride when he looks at thii
work going on and thinks .of
what it was a few short months
ago.
If Vienna had not had some
enterprising,' patriotic .citizens,
that old stubble field would be
there yet.. But it happened that
she did have some public spirited
men who are possessed of a pro
gressive spirit and home pride and
today a magnificent race track
and fair ground take the place of
the old stubble field.
One of the first things to at
tract the eye is the grand stand..
One of the ideas in building this
edifice was to make it comfort
able and the carpenters could not
have dope better with the mater
ial at hand. Another idea was to
make it roomy, and this idea was
•also carried into effect most ad
mirably. To sum up, the grand
stand is comfortable and roomy
and in addition is amply large
enough for any use to which it is
ever likely to be put.
The track is a half mile circle
and is gradually being put in good
shape. The making of a race
track is not done in a day, but
months. A dispute has arisen
among some of those interested in
the work as to the proper manner
of rolling the surface of the track,
some claiming that it should bo
rolled dry and others are equally
positive that it should be rolled
wet. In road making the surface
is always rolled while wet, and it
seems this plan would apply
equally as well to a race track.
But I will let them settle that
matter among themselves. I
know that the Association is go
ing to have a magnificent fair
ground when all is completed,
and it is to be hoped that we will
have a grand fair this fall to cap
it off.
THE NEWSPAPER.
A twelve-year-old boy in a west
ern school prepared an essay on
“The Newspaper,” which he re-
cently read at Friday evening’s
literary exercises. Following are
some extracts:
‘‘Newspapers are sheets of-paper
on which stuff to read is printed.
The men look over it to see if their
name is in it. I don’t know how
newspapers came into the world;
I don’t think God does. Tho Bible
says nothing about editors, and I
never heard of one being in heaven.
The first editor I ever heard of
was the fellow who wrote up tho
flood. He has been here ever since.
“Some editors belong to the
church, and some try to raise
whiskers. All of them raise tho
dickens in* their neighborhood.
“Sometimes the papor dies, and
then the people feel good, but
someone starts it up again. Ed
itors never went to school, because
editors never get licked. Our pa
per is a mighty poor one, but we
take it so mu cun use it on her
pantry shelves. Our editor don’t
amount to much, but pa said he
had a poor chance when he was a
boy. He.goes without underclothes
in winter,and wears no socks, and
has a wife to support him. Paw
has. not paid his subscription in
five years, and don’t intend to.”—
Exchange.
DR. bULLINGTON
MADE FINE RECORD,
The many friends in this county
of Dr. W. D. Bullington, of Fin
dlay, will be glad to learn of the
fine record he made at the Mary
land Medical College of Baltimore
City, the graduating exercises of
which took place last week. Be
sides winning first prize, he made
the highest examination record
ever made at that college and also
tied with another medical student
for a prize for the best record in
a certain study. The prize offered
was a case of surgical instruments.
This is quite an honor and goes
to show that there is just as good
material in old Dooly as can be
found anywhere, and the News
wishes Dr Bullington great success
ih his chosen profession.
He has not decided definitely
where he will locate, but has been
thinking of locating in Wilcox
county.
Oil Tank Opened. '
Saturday morning it was dis
covered by some of the employees
at the cotton oil mill that the
valve on one of the large oil tanks
had been opened up and more
than 1,700 gallons of oil had run
out under the building. The loss
with the labor and cost of pro
ducts will foot up nearly to f1000.
The managers believe the valve
was opened by some one familiar
with its working, but no cluo has
yet been found as to the identity
of the guilty jlurty.
* Thijth Broken.
John, the youngest,son of Mr.
Chas. McCarty, of this city, hap
pened to quite a painful accident
while playing on a gate, Much
fell over on him and broke jus
thigh. Medical assistance was
summoned at once and the broken
limb properly bandaged Ho was
getting along nicely at last ac
counts.
RAILROAD ACTIVITY.
South and Southeast Georgia is
a section of the State which is the
scene of some active railroad op
erations. The Rock Island-Frisco,
the Gould Southwestern system,
and the Illinois Central have sent
their experts over the territory to
survoy conditions and report.
Discussing these movements,
which have been quietly conduct
ed, a well-posted ruilroad man
said:
It will pay to keep an eye on
South and Southeast Georgia.
There is likely to bo some import
ant railroad developments in those
sections of Georgia. The Atlantic
and Birmingham is a point in evi
dence. This road extends from
Waycross, on tho Atlantic Coast
Lino, to Montezuma, where it
touches the Central of Georgia.
Recently a party prominently
identified with that road purchased
200 acres of lund at St, Mary’s,
opposite Fernandina, Fla. The
St. Mary’s river at the point whore
this lot of land is located has
water deep enough to float vessels
of the larges.t draft and tonnage.
The water on the bar at the mouth
of the river, which is practically
an arm of the sea, is about 28 feet
deep. It is hinted that the At
lantic and Birmingham will be
come a part of one of the great
systems that seek an Atlantic
tidewuter terminal.—Macon Tele
graph.
Those physicians who denounce
their fellows for advertising are
always glad enough to get a free
puff when they have a successful
case. Paid advertising is very
The Macon County Citizen has
just rounded out its fourteenth unprofessional, but free advertis-
year.
I ing is gratefully accepted.
W. B. EDMONSON
FOULY MURDERED.
Set Upon by sGaag of Negroes sad
Shot to Death While on
His Way Home.
A most cowardly and dastardly
murder took place last Saturday
night in this county, nejgdlfoney,
in which Mr. Dock Ettmoliison, a
white man who lives on the farm
of Dr. G. M. Hunt, was set upon
by several negroes and shot to
death. Two gun-loads ofshotand
several pistol-bolls were found in
his body.
On Saturday Mr. Edmonson had
’business in Cordele and hod gone
there to look after it. He was de
tained in the city until a late hour
Saturday night and then left-in a
buggy for Coney. 'A negro living
near Coney owed Mr. Edmonson
86.00, and when he arrived at the
negro*8 jhouso, he stopped to col
lect the money. After some hot
words had passed between the two,
the negro paid the money and Mr.
Edmonson got into his buggy to
continue his journey. No sooner
hod he done this than his buggy
was surrounded by several negroes,
who jerked him to the ground and
shot him to death. After killing
him, they robbed him of the
money he had just secured and
then placed the dead body in thq
buggy and started it toward his
home.
In this manner the horse trav
eled several miles along the road
and was not discovered until mid
night, when someone on the road
mot tho vehicle and found the life
less body of Edmonson just as his
murderers had placed it in tho
buggy.
The alarm was quickly given'
and the scene of the murder was
spon located by a large pool of
blood in tho road.
Coroner Graham was informed
and an inquest was held over the
dead body of Edmonson. Fol
lowing is the verdict of the jury:
We, the jury, find that the
deceased, W. B. Edmonson, came
to his death by gunshots in the
hands of Tom Dennaril, Tom
Young, Doss Honderson, Seymour
Williams—and, Harriet Gordon
as accessory. We find foul play
and willful murder.
H. A."SMITH,
J. O. MoKINNY,
J. H. RAINES,
J. R. WILLIAMS,
D. B. CULPEPPER,
H. W. WHEELER."
The following negroes were ar
rested and placed in jail in Cor-
dele, accused of being implicated,
but tho coroner’s jury did not
hold all of them: Richard Jones,
Allen Gordon, Robert Reese, Doss
Henderson, Tom Dennard, Sey
mour Williams, Harriet Gordon
and Dilsey Honderson. One of
the ring-leaders of the crowd es
caped and has not, up to this time,
been apprehended. The News has
been unable to learn the motive
for this dastardly crime. Whether
or not those negroes hud a grudge
at Mr. Edmonson, or whether the
crime was committed for robbery,
is'not known.
Edmonson was a married man,
and loaves a wife and children.
Dr. Hugh Calhoun.
Mr. Hugh Calhoun, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Calhoun, who lives
near Drayton, returned home from
Memphis, Tenn., last week, where
he has just graduated at the medi
cal college in that city. H is many
Dooly county friends wish him
great success in his chosen profes
sion.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Regular meeting of council, May
11th, 1908.
Present, Mayor Wbiteheae, Al-
derraen Lewis, Forehand and Wol.
ton. Absent Youman.
Moved and carried that Mayor
appoint a committee ,to act with
himself for the purpose of consult*
ing R. A. Murray, County Sur*
vojor, about surveying the oity
limits.
Motion oarried that the following
dog ordinance, having been read the
second time, that same be passed;
DOO OIDINAKCK.
Be it ordained by the’Mayor and
City Connoil of Vienna and it Is
hereby ordained by authority of the
same, that a specifio lax of #9.00
per annum upon eaoh dog running
at large in the corporate limits of
said oity of Vienna, shall be paid
by the owner or owners thereof,
and upon the failure or refusal of
snob owner or owners to pay said
tax, it shall be the duly or tho
marshal and polioeman of said City
to take up and impound any and all
dogs, which are owned or kept in
said City, upon which said taxes
haye not been paid, after impound,
ing same they shall then advertise
such dogs impounded in the same
manner in wfaioh stock are adver-
tised; except the same shall be ad.
vertised four (4) and in one (1) issue
of the official gazette of said City
instead of ten (10) days; all dogs
impounded can ’ be released upon
payment to the marshal by the
owner or owners, tbe specific tax of
two ($2.00) dollars, the impound
ing fee of one (tl.00) dollar and 25
cents per diem for feed and the ex
pense of tbe advertising.
In case such dog or dogs shall
not be taken out of the pound as
abovo prescribed, then said mar
shal or policeman shall remove the
same to some place near the oity
limits and kill the same and for
each dog so killed tho marshal or
policeman shall be paid tho sum of
one (1.00) dollar out of the funds of
said City.
Passed and approved, regular
meeting May lltb, 1908.
J. M. WHITEHEAD,
Mayor.
J. A. WALDEN, C. & T.
Motion oanied that owners of
geese in the city be notified in terms
of the City oode, that same has
been deelared a nuisance on the
streets of the city,
Minutes read and adopted, ooun-
oil then adjonrned.
J. M. WHITEHEAD,
Mayor,
J. A. WALDEN, C. & T.
MUSIC SQUIRTING HOSE
A man in Geneva, N. Y., has a
device by which ho distributes
music by telephone to persona
living miles away, eays the New
York World. He is A. E. Wheeler
and his music distributor is made
by attaching one end of a rubber
hose sixty feet long to the dia*
phragm of a phonograph maohine
and tho other end to the trans
mitter of the telephone. Every,
body on jMr. Wheeler’s telephone
line can hear the phonograph dis>
tinctly. Twenty families on the
line enjoy nightly concerts.
Recently Mr. Wheeler gave, a
concert in Phelps, a village eleven
miles distant, by his telephone
arrangement. He borrowed his
idea from Bellamy’s book, “Look
ing Backward.”
Thu News stands for everything
that is for the benefit of Vienna
and not an issue passes but that
we have some word of encourage
ment for some enterprise for the
city, and it is your duty to gWe
us your hearty support that we
may be successful in all of o\h
efforts along this lino.