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THE VIENNA NEWS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOOLY COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF VIENNA. LARGEST BONA FIDE CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE COUNTY.
VOT- HI. NO. 2.
VIENNA, O A., FRIDAY. JUNE 12, 190 8.
MAY BE CANDIDATES
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FOR CONGRESS
Wednesday’s Aaerlcus Press Con
tained the following Relative to
next.CongreslonsI Race.
' Yesterday morning we were
talking with a gentleman who in
.thoroughly conversant, with the
pplitical situation, and we were
talking, of possibilities for .the
different offices in the gift of the
people. In the course of our
conversation, he asked if we had
heard of any new luminaries who
were looming up in the political
horizon.
When we told him “no,” he
seamed surprised, as he thought
from our past affiliations, we kept
in touch with the rising stars.
Finally after we had admitted our
ignorance in regard to any new
candidates, he told of Hon. Walter
Steed, of Taylor, Hon. Dudley
Hughes, of Twigs, Hon. J. Pope
Brown, of Pulaski, and Hon. U. V.
Whipple, of Dooly.
These gentlemen are all well
known over the state, and have a
strong following, and should they
stay in the race to the end, we will
have .a little ripple of excitement
after a. while.
A BLOODY TRAGEDY
NEAR FT.’VALLEY
A Mr Winslow Shot aud Killed by a
Negro and Negro was Lynched In
Less than Four Hours.
MINUTES OF THE
VETERAN’S MEETING
W. Cope Winslow, son of a
farmer and prominent lawyer, was
killed in a field at 2 o’clock about
two miles from Fort Valley last
Monday afternoon by a negro
named Banjo Perry. They had a
quarrel about a debt that the
negro owed Mr. Winslow, when
the negro shot him between the
eyes, killing him almost instantly.
A posse was quickly formed and
in less than three hours he was
put in the hands of the officers.
The indignation of the people was
so greot however that a posse over-'
powered the officers on their way
to the county jail, taking the
prisoner to n grove near the city
and swung him to a limb, com
pletely riddling his body with
bullets.
Mr. Winslow was about twenty
seven years old, and was the only
son of the late W. C. Winslow,
whoVas one of the most promi
nent lawyers in that part of the
state. He leaves a mother and
three single sisters, who nVre de
pendent upon him.
The negro was of a desperate
character anil had gotten into
Boveral difficulties during the last
few years.
SOME INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT DOOY CO.
Talks About Dooly as a Political Division of the
State—Has Been the Refuge of Two Presidents of the
United States and the Home of One Governor—New
Facts Concerning the Early History of the County
and its Rapid Progress for Past Few Years.
Next Reunion Will be Hell at Una-
dllla on July 4,—Official
— Appointments Made.
Following is the minutes of the
vateran’s meeting held at Unadilla
(tiro weeks ago, which were not
published before on account of
being misplaced before they
reached the printer:
MINUTES
'Called to order by Commander
,1. 8. Lasseter and the object of
the meeting stated. C. A. Horne
was elected secratery. It was de
cided to hold.the next reunion ut
Uuadilla on Saturday, July 4th.
The following committee wore ap
pointed :
GROUNDS
W. L. Hooks, D. L. Ivey, T. H.
Gregory and W. B. Nichols.
Securing refreshment prjvilic.es
' AND LETTING SAME.
D..L. Ivey, J. Bridges, J. T.
Graham and M. P. Hall.
Program
D. B. Leonard, W. L. Hooks,
M/P. Hull, W. B. Nichols, J. W.
Sanders, C. G. Power anil C. A.
Horne.
1 TRANSPORTATION
M. I*. Hall and J. M. G am mage.
BARBECUE
C. C. Duncan, J. K. Carroll, A.
F. Graves, L. G. Wooten, W. B.
Nichols, T. II. Gregory, R. H.
Pate, W. L. Hooks and C. A.
* Horne.
Thu sons of voteruns and citi-
zens of Uuadilla requested that
they be given the privilege of fur
nishing carcases and bread for the
reunion and every soli of veteran
in the county will be given the
opportunity of contributing either
carcases or bread by applying to
the committee on barbecue. Thtf
veterans will not be expected to
furnish anything.
I. S. Lasseter, Com.
C. A. Horne, Sec.
r
C. e*
Peculiar Wedding.
Last Tuesday Mr. R. Hobgood,
of Fairborn, and Miss Maude
“ Hickson,'of Cordele, was out tak
ing a buggy ride and they decided
to come to Vienna and get the
license and be united in marriage,
The News joins the many friends
■. of the young couple in wishing
them a long and happy life. I
THE ELECTION OF
TEACHERS FRIDAY
Prof. W. H. Lasseter and Miss Mary
Woodward Retire. Prof. Powell
Elected Superintendent.
■JtTho Board of Education of the
city of Vienna held a meeting last
Friday morning and elected the
following teachers for the ensuing
scholastic year.
R-. O. Powell, superintendant;
C. H. Calhoun, principal; Miss
Minnie Gray, assistant; Miss
Mittie Morton, intermediate and
Miss Florrie Lee. primary.
The election of music mnl elo
cution teachers was deferred.
The election of the above teach
ers meets with the hearty appro
val of the patrons of the sdhool
and the public generally and we
will without 11 doubt have one of
the best schools this fall of any
in the history of the school. ‘ >.
Let our board of educat ion and
teachers go to work and see bow
large an attendance can be secured
for the full term.
PROF. R. O. POWELL.
The newly elected Superintendent of
the Vienna Public School.
YEAR’S SUBSCRIP
TION TO NEWS FREE.
We will give anybody regardless
of sex, a year’s subs ription to
the Vienna News that will tpake
the most words out of the word
“Habberpahhebb” from date of
this paper until July 1st, 1908.
PROCTOR, LASHI.EY& CO.
The Hahherdqpbers.
Dooly county is eighty-two years
old as a political division of the
State of Georgia. Until about
fourteen years ago, the county
was sparsely populated, with no
towns or cities in it; not over a
half-dozen postoffices in it; but
few good, high-grade schools, and
churches were few and not very
well organized.
The nearest railroad stations to
Dooly were Montezuma, Hawkins-
ville, Americus and Albany—from
twenty-five to thirty miles distant.
I read something like the follow
ing in an official report made by
the State Commissioner of Agri
culture about sixteen years ago:
“ Only about ninety per cent, of
the lands of Dooly can lie culti
vated, on.account of the swamps,
quagmires, lime-sinks, ponds,* etc.
Vienna had thirteen families liv
ing in it, five stores and eleven
lawyers,” etc.
Ninety per cent, of the lands in
Dooly can l e cultivated; Vienna
is not the obscure village of thir
teen families now, and we want
the world to know this.
When President Jefferson Davis
was seeking to hide from the Fed
eral army, he was told that in Ir
win and Dooly counties, in the
State of Georgia, was the best
place to hide in the South, ns
there was a great wilderness and
swamp in these counties, and
only snakes, coons, frogs, tadpoles
and mosquitoes could live in this
wild region.
So much has been written about
President Davis all over the world
that each one who reads of his
capture near Dooly county, in
Irwin, learns that this section is
next to nowhere. Many changes
have taken pluco in this section
since Davis was captured.
When President Andrew Jack-
son was on his way to fi^lit the
Indians in Florida, he passed
through' Dooly* county. He said
this section was a wilderness then.
When Governor Joe. E. Brown
Imd to hide during the war lietween
the States,lie secured an excellent
hiding-place in the woods of
Dooly, at Cordele. So Dooly has
been advertised over the country
as only a hiding-place for Gov
ernor Brown.
General. Roliort Toombs passed
through Dooly county while flee
ing to Mobile from the enemy.
Dooly has been mentioned in con
nection with the history of “ Old
Hickory” Jackson, President Jeff.
Davis, Gen. Robert Toombs, and
Gov. Joe Brown. And all the
mention Dooly has received has
been very uncomplimentary.
Dooly has been a hiss and a by
word all over the country for many
years. There is a wide-spread
prejudice and a misunderstanding
aliout Vienna and Dooly county.
The time has come for this preju
dice anil misunderstanding to be
speedily removed. Talk up for
your town and county, and let the
world know the truth about them.
. Dooly has three great trunk
railroads passing through her ter
ritory; there ore over a hundred
miles of railroad in Dooly county,
and they are cutting cross-ties to
build another to Vienna.
The towns and cities of Dooly
will compare favorably with those
in most of the counties of the
State. The Vienna High School,
the Uuadilla schools, the Cordele
Schools and the Arabi schools ore
among the best in Georgia. Dooly
Business pollege ia now well es
tablished. Dooly county has about
fifty churches, and they are pros-
jierous too.
The no. of good houses the people
have built during the last ten
years is amazing. The people have
better stock, better wagons and
buggies, bettor farms, aud the
roads are better; and the country
is enjoying a greater degree of
prosperity now than ever before.
Dooly is furnishing the world
with lumber and rosin, and the
old county of Dooly is raising
judges and congressmen, anil gov
ernors, and we liavo plenty of
presidential talent.
Instead of Vienna people going
on excursions elsewhere, we are
now having those from elsewhere
come here.
The Dooly County Fair Associa
tion is already an assured success
from every standpoint.
Have you heard the latest ? I
am reliably informed that Vienna
will soon have two large three-
storv briek stores.
One of Vienna’s new residences
will have one hundred electric
lights in it.
Tlio Vienna cotton buyers will
use the telephone this fall freely;
they will keej) up with the market.
Have you talked with anyone in
Atlanta or New York over the
telephone from Vienna yet ?
J. D. Norris.
CLOSING EXERCISES.
The Pinehirrst public school
closed last Friday with appropri
ate exercises in the morning and
ut night. The morning program
consisted of contests in oratory,
recitations and music.
The following is a list of the
successful contestants:
ATKINSON MEDALS.
First Prizes.
Girls—Maggie Williams.
Hoys—lewis Mash burn.
* II AM. AM M fe HALS.
Second Prizes.
Lizzie Harvard, 1
Jessie Barfield, i
SI ’fel.ARslIl!'.
Lewis Mnslihuru.
Girls;
Tied.
MUSIC.
Bessie Williams.
The night exercise* were very
line indeed, and it is said by many
to have been tin: best had there in
several years. The 1 pupils all ac
quitted themselves with credit and
showed plainly that they had been
given valuable instructions by
their teachers.
MR. RAINES HAS A
SERIOUS RUNAWAY
CLOSING EXERCISES
VIENNA PUB. SCHOOL
A Fearful Accident Occurred at Cordele
Monday In Which N. W. Raines
was Painfully Hurt.
Monday moruing about nine
o’clock Mr. N. W. Raines was
driving down Wall street when the
bridle on liis-horse came off' and
the animal began to run. Mr.
Raines seeing that he could not
hold the horse jumped from the
buggy, falling on his head, as his
feet became tangled with the lines,
and the horse dashed around the
corn.er, running at full speed to
W. H. Tripp’s livery stuble,' and
tearing the buggy all to pieces.
Mr. Raines was unconscious
when found, with blood running
from his ears and mouth. He was
picked up and carried to the
baggage room at the union depot
which was near by, and Dr. D.
P. McElreath was summoned.
The doctor arrived in a few
minutes and give the young man
what relief he could for the time
being.
In about an hour Mr. Raines
was placed on a cot and carried
to his home in West Cordele,where
the doctor examined into his in
juries more fully.
Mr. Raines is at this writing
suffering a great deal, and is in a
critical condition. ( .^Ie is k jiot ra
tional yet.
Everything possible is being
done for the young man, and it
is hoped that he will recover.—
Cordelo News.
MISS ROSALIE FERN
WON THE BIG PRIZE.
She is Receiving Congratulations of ber
Cordele Friends, Who Rejoice
in ber Victory.
Cordele Sentinel. >
Miss Rosalie Fenn, the sixteen-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Fenn, of Cordele, is receiving
the heurty congratulations of her
friends in winning the two-thous-
and-dollur Grand piano nt Shorter
College in instrumental music.
This distinct victory is not only
felt by Miss Fenn and her parents,
but she lias reflected great credit
upon her city and county.
Miss Fenn entered Shorter
College at Rome, threo years ugo,
and has made a brilliant record
each year. Sho merited the dis
tinction last year if taking part
in the grand concert nt the com
mencement.
Will Lecture.
Judge C. C. Pate of Hawkins-
ville, will deliver n lecture at
Heard’s opera house in this city
on next Friday nigh, June 19th.
His subject will be “The Widower
and his Comeforter.” This is a
fine subject and the opera house
will no doubt be crowded us Judge
Pate has many warm friends uml
admirers in Dooly county. It will
make you laugh. Go out and
bear him.
Not only is she* just sixteen
years old and just completed her
junior year in college, hut aside
from instrumental music, she bus
been taking u full literary course
and vocal music.
The prize piano wliieji was won
by Miss Fenn lias been offered for
the past three years. As many as
six pupils must have merited u
certain grade in order to enter the
contest. For the past two years
no six pupils com|M)teil for it.'
This year six did merit the grade
anil entered the contest. The
other five ItesideS Miss Fenn, were
from Rome, Ga., Nashville, Tenn.,
Decatur, Alu., Washington City
and from the state of Louisuna.
The victory is all the more dis
tinct, due to the fact that there
were seventeen judges, and fifteen
of these were for Miss Rosalie
Fenn, of Cordele.
The foliwing is taken from the
Shorter. College catalogue,showing
the conditions u]sm which the
prize piano wus offered:
“A generous friend of education
(whose name is withheld by re
quest) has ordered the well-known
Was a Magnificent Success In Every
Respect—Those Who Took Part
end Received Prizes.
The spring term of the' Vienna
public sliool came to u close last
Friday with an interesting pro.
gram in tiie afternoon and evening
by the music and elocution de
partments assisted by the gradua
ting class.
Those who graduate at this term
were: Misses Ollie Smith, Mamie
Lou Greene, Buttie Rushin, Ruby
Waters and Messrs. Price Heard,
John N. Hargrove, Nathan Powell,
Carl Murray and Grady Whitehead,
The declamation contest was
highly interesting from beginning
to end. The following took part
in the contest: Albert Tripp,
Vandrey Smith, Coy Morgan, Bos
ton Murray, Hugh Lusseter, Carl
Stovall, Buford Hamilton, Priee
Heard, John Hargrovo, Nathan
Powell, Carl Murray and Grady
Whitehead. In this contest the
first prize w^is awarded to Grady
Whitehead and the second to Hugh
Lasseter.
Mjss Ollie Smith received a
scholarship to Shorter college for
general excellence.
The #5 in gold which was offered
by Proctor, Lashloy & Co., for the
best composition was awarded to
Miss Mamie Lou Greene.
A very interesting talk was made
by Dr. H. A. Mobley in behalf of
the bourd of education.
Tho exercises throughout were
very interesting and enjoyable aud
tho manner in which tho pupils
rendered their parts spoke iu the
highest terms of praise for the
different teachers.
liuHot & Davis Company, of Bos
ton, to deliver on domund to the
college of music a two-thousand
dollur Grand piano, to be awarded
at tho close of the season of 1902-08
to tho student who shall be decided
by a competent committee to have
done the most satisfactory work.”
Miss Fenn is now at home for
the summer vacation with her.
parents on Collo Hill. y
TO ISSUE HANDSOME
TRADE EDITION.
On or About July 20th The News Will
Issue a Large Trade Edition.
The management of tho News
expects to get out u trade edition
about July 20th or the lint of
August. This will show up in a
clear manner the advantages of
Vienna and Dooly County.
Besides the regulur edition
two tlioiisuiul extra copies will
be printed on book paper and
every business house uud enter
prise should lie represented.
The work of securing data and
advertisements will he commenced
in the near future. In view of the
fact that nearly all of the cuts
tliut are to be used havo already
been made the cost will bo very
small.
This edition will no doubt bo
a great thing for Vienna and
Dooly county and should receive
the hearty co-operation of all
enterprising citizens. B4 ready
to receive our representative who
will cull on you in a few days.
-•A.
Prof. K. O. Powell will leave today
for point* in North Georgia. He will
Join Prof. C. H. Calhoun at Atlanta
next Tuenlay and the two will go to
Chicago where they will take a summer
course in the University of Chicago.
They will stop over at placet ot Inter
est on the route. They will return
home In plenty or time to work up n
good school this fall.