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The Vienna News
VOLUME SIXTEEN
-'d
VIENNA, QA-, THURSDAY. August 31st 1916.
NUMBER 5
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HON. T. G. HUDSON
SPOKE SATURDAY
SPEAKER INTRODUCED BY COL.
WATTS POWEU—SMALL AU
DIENCE GREETED HIM.
TAKES ASPIRIN AND
«,DTo*,u.k -I 0 - B.THOMPSON'S SIPEfNITIONM. COMMITTEE
AILED TO GET ANY BOOTY.
ABOUT 9278 IN THE SAFE.
Hon. T. G. Hudson, candidate for
. congress from this district delivered
1 “an address at the court house Satur
day morning. The speaker was intro
duced by Col., Watts Powell. He
spoke at length upon the contest that
has grown out of his opposition to Mr.
Crisp, the present incumbent, who al
so stands for election to the office.
He took up the charges made against
his record as a public servant by his
opponent, denying many of them and
explaining that the importance of
ethers had been overestimated and
enlarged upon. Mr. Hudson used as
| a'means of convincing his hearers that
| Mr. Crisp’s present attitude toward
■ him is_ founded strictly on prejudice
^Jecause of his opposition to him, per
sonal leters from the Congressman: in
,which he endorsed Mr. Hudson and
-j proffered him his support when he
announced for governor several years
ago. Mr. Hudson also took up the
question of his investigation' as Com
missioner of Agriculture, giving his
reasons for claiming that he has been
done an injustice by the statements
made by his opponent relative to his
services at the head of this depart
ment. He argued also that during
the time he was in charge of this de
partment the state’s fertilizer in-
sjjction had been conducted in the
most economical basis it- had ever
been. Mr. Hudson's address was de
voted almsot entirely to a defense of
himself against the charges which
have been made against him as a pub
lic offidal. He closed by appealing to
those pidsent for their support in the
jioming election.
Mr. Hudson made a sort of whirl
wind tour of the county delivering
several addresses during the day.
Ati.nu, 0 ^-A. a. wl BLOWN TUESDAY NIGHT
a clerk ii^ the Atlanta postoffice unh,«,
about a year ago when he was dis- > RGLAR MADE GET AWAY BUT
missed, killed himself by taking thirty
grains of aspirin, a swallow of car
bolic acid and jumping into a shallow
spot in Grant park lake. After tak
ing the aspirin, Webb wrote bulle
tins on his condition and experiences,
and detailed the manner in which he
would swallow th acid and end his
career. Finally he wrote, he decided
that the desired effect might not ob
tain, and he decided to jump into the
lake. He was seen when he made the
plunge and when the bedy was pulled
but, examination indicated that death
resulted not from drowning but from
the drugs the man had taken.
In his note Webb declared he had
been treated unfairly by certain offi
cials of the postoffice and couldn’t
stand worrying over it-
Mr.- Webb is a native of Byrom-
vilie. Surviving him there are his
mother, Mrs. Laura Webb and two
brothers, V. 0. and S. L. Webb. His
death is regretted by a large circle of
friends there. His'remains were car
ried to Adel for interment.
fc PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
TO BE SUBJECT OF ADDRESS
Delivered By Prof. Strozier Sunday
Morning at M. E. Church.
In the abscence of Rev. Wright,
pastor of the Methodist church, the
Sunday morning services will be con
ducted by Prof. R. J. Strozier. Chris
tian Education will be the subject dis
cussed by Mr. Strozier at 11 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to be
present and hear this address. There
will be no services Sunday evening.
The Vienna Public school will
open at 8:30 o’clock next Monday,
Sept. 4th. There will be opening ex
ercises of such a character as to in
terest the patrons and the general
public. There Will be several talks
by citizens, some numbers in music
and expression by the special depart
ments. It is earnestly desired by the
authorities of the school that all pu
pils be present on the opening day,
and that citizens generally lend inter
est and encouragement by their pres
ence. The prospect for a good school
and good work was never better since
the present superintendent has been
Jm charge.
VeryRespt.,
R. J. STROZIER, Supt.
WHO’S TOON CMIDIOHE?
Shall One Man Or One Family
Hold The Same Office Always?
The present Treasurer ol Georgia
has been connected with that depart-
ment of the State government for
ictically 30 years. 1
easurer before him.
APPOINTED FOB DOOLY
COMMITTEE WILL RECEI.VE
FUNDS TO ASSIST IN PRESI
DENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
Notice To Temchan of tha Vienna
Public School. .
You ore requested to meet at my
office in the school building Saturday
afternoon, Sept. 2, at 3 oclock, for
the purpose of planning for the open
ing of school.
R. J. STROZIER, Supt.
For Sale, Lease or Bout.
■Rio T. J. Owen Place aituated
ibout 3 miles from Vienna on thp
fontezuma road.
H. L. OWEN.
S1-2L
IN. 0. H. B.
BL00DW0RTH
WM. J. EAKES
Candidate for State Treasurer
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the
vault in Mr. D. B. Thompson’s ware
house was made some time during the
night Tuesday. Nothing waa known
of the work of the robber or robbers
until Wednesday morning when Mr.
Youngblood went down to open up for
the day’s work He found the large
sliding door at the north of the build
ing standing open. This only suggest
ed to him the idea that Mr. Thompson
had preceeded him to the warehouse
and left the door ajar. When he en
tered however, a glance at the rear
of the vault convinced him that the
house had been visited by burglars
during the night. A great pile of
loose cotton had been packed over the
aperture in the brick wall which was
just sufficiently large to - allow the
body of a small man to.pass through.
After entering the vault the yeggman
removed the bolts from "the inside
and outside doors and then ripped
open a window.so he could make
qtiick escape if need be. He then ap
plied hia explosives to the outer door
of the large iron safe, before doing
this however, he very carefully
moved about fifteen hundred dyna
mite caps that he found under the
safe which would have blown the
vault to atoms had they been left
there when the explosion came. A sec
ond explosion was made to open the
inner door. And then a real task con
fronted the burglar in the shape of
a strong box. It is evident that he
was making a vigorous effort to get
into this when he either became
frightened or thought it important to
catch an outgoing train. A goodly
number of his tools, a package of cig
arettes and other of his. possessions
were left scattered about the vault.
It is supposed hat he caught the north
bound G.'S. & F. as one of the tools
he had been using was found in that
direction. The handle of the little
chisel was wrapped with cotton.
The burglar gained very little by
his hard work 'and trouble, as there
was only a small amount of change in
the safe proper. The strong box con
tained about $275 in cash. Mr.
Thompson says that he regrets the
damage to the vault and safe more
than he would have the loss of the
money. The burglar has not yet
yet been interviewed but he doubt
less regrets the loss of the money
more. Sheriff Davis and Deputy Kim-
sey are at work on the case but no
clue has been discovered to throw any
light upon the identity of the crimi
nal who was unquestionably an ex
pert at his business even though he
failed to get the spoils.
The National Democratic Commit
tee Is making a strong appeal to the
democrats of the country to give their
support to the democratic presidential
campaign. Local committees have
been appointed to aid in this effort
to secure funds for defraying the nec
essary expense incident to the cam
paign. It hardly seems necessary for
the national or local committees to
point out how vitally important it is
for the followers of the party to con
tribute to this work. After nearly
four years of democratic control the
nation is now enjoying the greatest
prosperity it has ever known. As a
result of this wise administration, dur
ing the turbulent times of the past
few years peace has been'maintained
without sacrifice to the nation’s hon-
Those who are enjoying the ben
efits of all these happy conditions
should be glad to contribute of their
means to this campaign, the purpose
of which is to give to the nation an
other period of judicious government.
The eall'for help is going out to ev
ery loyal democrat
The committee appointed to solicit,
funds in'Vienna is composed of W. V.
Harvard, ]. W. Lytle, C. S. Gurr, P.
A. Lennard, K. R. Lewis, R. E. Kel
ley, J. G. Forehand and T. A. Adkins.
Make your contributions to any of
the above-named gentlemen.
WADE’S BODY FOUND
Badly Decomposed Corpse of Young
Leslie Man Discovered.
Montezuma, Aug.—A negro by the
name of Dave Collier, while fishing
in flint river about three miles be
low Montezuma, Monday discovered
a human body on the surface of the
water. He immediately notified Capt
M. Brown, and soon a party was
on the scene. The body was recov
ered, being badly decomposed, and
was brought to Montezuma.
People of Amerlcus were notified
and among those were Roy Wade,
two dentists and several others. Mr,
Wade identified the body as that of
his brother, who has been missing
from Leslie for some days. He was
also identified by the dentists.
The body was perfectly nude from
the waist up, the only clothing being
panis, underwear and low-quarter
shoes. The body was carried to
Americus. -
JUDGE LASSETER LOSES
FINE HEREFORD COWS
Judge W. H. Lasseter had the mis
fortune to lose two of his registered
Herefords last week. The cause of
the death of the cattle could not be
determined. They were in excellent
condition until a short time prior to
their death. The supposition is that
it was the result of eating poison
wetda while grazing. A veterinarian
was called to. one-'of the animals but
he was unable to give any relief or
decide what caused the condition. Mr.
Lasseter valued the cows at 3300..
D. PRICE IS NOT A
FRIEND OF THE *
FARMER.
Model 490 Chevrolet Reduced}
Ford & Calhoun, distributors an
nounce the reduction in price of the
Model 490 Chevrolet. The amount of
tho reduction is 360 making the car
3490. F. O. B. Factory, fully equipped
with all 1917 improvements.
pie know the
Treasury by
’ semi-annual statements;
Proposes to let
condition of tbe
publishing
and. ' .
Proposes to have a representative
ot tbe Department present at
ganlxaHon of every state -
that tbe capital stock U
otherwise scrutinize
tlona. '
Hon.
Chas.
Rv
Crisp
Will
Speak
at
Tippettville
Saturday
Night
at
I 7:30
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ryner and chil
dren spent the week-end in Fitzgerald
with relatives.
^r.^.Mjnr.J.C.un^C.ndld.U
Mdgethipe On The Court Of Ap.
“The Mystery of the Submarine” is
some exciting picture. See it every
Friday night at the Dixie Theater.
“The present administra
tion of the Georgia Agricul
tural Departmentfathe only
such Department in the
Southern States that does
not ca-operate with the Far
mers Union or Farmers
State Organizations.
(Signed)
“CHAS. S. BARRETT,
“Pres. Nat’I Fanners
Union.”
Members
of
The
Fair Association
Are
VOTE FOR J. J. BROWN
OF ELBERT v
JUDGE GEORGE IN RACE
FOR COURT OF APPEALS
HAS SPLENDID RECORD AS A
LAWYER, SOLICITOR, JURIST
AND MAN OF CHARACTER AND
ABILITY.
Juat before the close of the last
legislative session a bill was passed
creating three vacancies on the court
of appeals bench. As soon as tha new
law came into existence, probable
candidate* began to' rise up all over
the state. A great number of these
who were urged by their friends to
enter the race saw fit not to do so. In
spite of this however, when the en
tries closed Saturday evening thir
teen candidates had qualified for tho
vacancies. Among these was, our
own gifted and popular townsman,
Judge Walter F. George. The en
trance of Mr. George into the race
is a matter of deep concern to his
friends throughout this judicial cir
cuit where he is well and favorably
known. It is safe to predict that he
will have the unanimous support of
the voters of this circuit. The twelve
others who are seeking election to fill
these vacancies are:
Henry' J, Fullbright, of Wayne*-'
boro.
Roscoe Luke, of Thomssville.
M. J. Yoemans, of Dawson.
.John B. Hutcheson, of Ashbum.
W. Frank Jenkins, of Eatonton.
Alex Stephens, of Atlanta.
John M. Graham, of Atlanta.
L. P. Skeen, of Tifton.
O. H. B. Bloodworth, of Forsyth.
A. W. Cozart, of Columbus.’
John J. Kimsey, of Cornelia.
George C. Grogan, of Elberton.
THE BANK OF VIENNA
MADE STATE DEPOSITORY
The city of Vienna now has the dis
tinction of a banking business which
has been designated ns a state de
pository. The Bank of Vienna,
which is the oldest bank in the city
and one of the strongest and roost
reliable in this section of the state,
has recently received notice to this
effect. Since its organization in
1887 this bank has paid its dividends
regularly and now has a capital of
369,099 and surplus of 350,000. The
bank management is to bo congratu
lated upon tbe success the institution
has achieved.
LILLY PUBLIC SCHOOL
OPENS SEPTEMBER 4TH
The fall term of the Lilly Public
School will begin Monday, Sept. 4th.
The people of Lilly are fortunate to
have secured the services of Prof. H.
P. Fleming as principal. Mr. Fleming
comes to them highly recommended.
He is well equipped for the work, be
ing a graduate of Mercer with an A.
B. Degree. Miss Strozier who has al
ready demonstrated her ability as a
primary teacher by her satisfactory
services in the school will have charge
of this department again. .Miss Janet
Ryder, of Lumber City, has been
elected to teach the Intermediate
grades. Miss Ryder is also highly
recommended as an efficient teacher.
to
Meet
at
the
Court
House
Saturday
Sept. 9th
at
10
A. M.
See Helen Holmes in the Girl and
the Game at the Dixie every Saturday
she is a thriller and her atunta are
daring. t; • - *
We have been very much turpriied to note that Mr. Hudson, candidate for congress, has seen fit to complain
that Mr. Crisp has been too personal in his attacks upon him. Surely there can be no good grounds for this
complaint; We had the pleasure of hearing the whole of Mr. Crisp’s able and excellent address delivered
r.t the court hoard here a few weelti ugo and thcro was certainly nothing in it that Mr. Hudson could object to
in so far as it touched his -private life or reflected upon him personally True he discussed Mr. Hudson’s offi-
,rial acts which is not only allowable but is fair to the voters of the district end we confess that his plain and
Straightforward presentation of the record was calculated to disturb In a measure Mr. Hudson's traditional
serenity, but thero was nothing personal in it. It was not necessary. We have noticed with pleasure that
Mr. Crisp in this and hia former contests has shown no disposition to deviate from that high moral plane
upon which he has lived and on which he has condocted all his public policies. To show that he is willing
and anxious to treat Mr. Hudson perfectly fair we reproduce below a letter which we have seen from Mr.
Cri*p to Mr. ^Hudson. The letter speaks for Itself. ,
Hon* Those G. Hudson,
Amerieus, Georgia: •
Dear Sir :
I shall continue to address the voters of the district ip Sup
port of my oandidaoy for Congress, and shall dlsouss your public offioial
record. I have never referred to your priyatb character. Every criti
cism I have ever made, or will make, regarding your offioial conduct, I
am prepared to prove. From your published card, you seem to take offense
at my remarks* I respectfully invite you to meet me in a series of joint
debates throughout the District. You can then hear, directly from my
lips, what I have to say about your offioial oonduot, and you can reply
frpm the same platform, to the same audiences.
If you aooept this invitation, we oan have friends to agree as to
the places and terms of the debates*
Yours very truly,
C* R* CRISP*