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VOL. XVII. NO. 36
VIENNA. GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Present Day
Thoughts.
SriALL=POX. COUNTY NEWS.
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Decision of Expert
DT G. 0ROBVEBOR DAWE.
A Washington Centennial.—If
American faith in Washington is
deeper than mere words, there will
be this year two occasions for allow
ing to his memory tho respect, the
veneration that it deserves. One
hundred year's ago, at ptase with
all men, happy in the administra
tion of his property, busy in e ■>■-
respondents on momen; , .iij,Li=
and profoundly blessed in his home
life, Washington though in full vi
gor of rugged age was ripening for
the harvest of death. His day was
done December I t, 1790, and be
cause it was well done we should
see to it that iu every community
there is this year a restudying of
the man who stands head and shoul
ders ubove all others who partici
pated in laving the corner stones of
the republic.
To be born is no unusual human
experience, neither is it unusual to
die. The value of a life is reckon
ed soley by whuttho individual lills
into tlie gap between two common
places. There is so short u cry,
for some of us, between “the two
p'UjS'ee,” that life and what we do
,iv\j it become strangely urgent
matters. Washington says in one
of llis letters: ‘‘Idleness is disre
putable under any circumstances—
productive of no gaud even when
unaccompanied by vicious habits.”
Like a sane man, be partook of bis
own advice; and tli chief impres
sion left by a close study of the
man, his thoughts, bis acts, bis
writings, bis influence is, that his
Viknn-a, Ga.; Feb. 11th, 1899.
nation’s blood was trodden in right
ing a wrong, and the abolition came
when even those who benefited by
it were agonized and dazed at tile
light of liberty around them.
Washington’s great dream and!
comparatively modest bequest was I
for an anti-sectional national uni
versity. This would have brought \
a better uuderstapding where there n 0N -. J. Haruuov*;
sho.tid have he..,, no misunderstand- j Ordinary 1). C.
ing. Ihe dream is not too lute for j J
fullllnmit, and supreme eifnrln for I ‘ Ill ‘
carrying out Wasliingtonn’s idea to In obedience to instructions
the full sen,,Id be made during this j from the Governor, and at your re
centennial year of his death. quest, I have this day
*** | examined the cases of eruptive- dis-
Washington’s sword was mighty ens0i a b 0 ut six miles from Vienna on
his pen was mightier. His sword T , ,,,, , , ,
‘ J..I. \v heelers plantation, and now
wore out the enemy more olten by 1
leading it on fruitless chasings and ,n report, as follows: Ilenry Jenk-i
bewildered flounderings than by ! ins, his wife and .Peggy Hunt, are in
pitched battles and decisive com-! one house, and all have Small.pox,
But his pen ar. i have said 0 j (l m ji,j type and discreet variety,
previous occasion—his pen , ,,, \ , .
1 ' In Oliver Jenkm
“meteorological” point of view ones birthday, and at a late hour it
no vi.fv enro-ieinoc u,,,began sleeting. so the mostof the crowd
1 ' n ’ remained and danced the rest of the
Col. dole Felton, of Montezuma, night.
tWX'\ CO
in their con
Tuesday.
respondents must send
nil,ideations by noon
Pinia, Ga., Feb. 13—Mr. Edi
tor: We are sorry we <1 id not get
our commission soon enough to send
the news last week.
Everything down here seems to
visited and l mUin S <>n new life, and getting
I to work, and forgetting tlie hard
living
bats
ion—his
and those of the group of
around him force us to marvel at
the foresight waich laid the foun
dations of a western empire so ad
mirable that unexampled expan
sion hue tint rent asunder work ce
mented with blond, with lives and
with sacred honor. You impres
sionable vouthswh6.se brews already
glow with the dawn of u new cen
tury, compare Washington as hi
finally sheathed his sword in March,
1784, with the laoefriiled fop, the
English George, who in the same
month of the same year attained
liis majority n»d celebrated it. with
pomp. Clothes and tides have
their glamour; hut glamour pusses.
The quiet, unobtrusive man whose
sword was clean and heart also, is
already more to tlie world than all
the four Georges together. Our
leader did not Imve a cometio cu
reel* of splendid wickedness. • His
was a gray life beside such a one
titnos of lust year, wliil
hopes for the future.
Severnl families have moved in
uiid around Pinia recently, some of
whom are: Mr. P. N. Mosoly and
Mr. H. FT. Pound of Lloyd. Wo
, i tiro glad to Imve them as citizens
family there have 1 &
been four cases of Small-pox, two of
which, Jessie and Adeline are about
Well. Anna May, 3 years old has a| t ’ lftfi0 in thocountry^ about a mil
of our community. >
S. Norris has moved out on his
life was n full one—filled with j Yet Ids told, tells, and will forever
healthy endeavor wherever it pleas
ed Providence—in whom he believed
rnest devoutly—to place him.
Another charm ofhis character
was that his energy was always well
directed. To 6ome of us who ate
over-enthusiastic and, perhaps,
nervously constituted, the awaken
ing to a sense of “individual res
ponsibility to Almighty God.” ns I afraid to die.” • A lot of nonsene,
Daniel Webster expressed it, tends I this for those who think life, good
to the attempt to do anything and ness, all a farce; but sense unut-
tell the value of moderatin in all
things and devotion to an ideal. In
this is a moral for us all. Of his
end lie said, years in advance.
“Whether to-night or twenty years
hence makes no diffence. I knowl
em is the huhds of a Good Provi
dence.” And when the struggles
of deatli were upon him. lie said,
“Doctor, J die hard, but I am not
senes
everything that needs doing.
Twenty tilings around us clamor
for attention: There comes in the
need for poise of character, pre
venting us from first an impetuous
dash in this diroption and the an
ignominious retreat in another.
“One tiling 1 do,” not “twenty
things I dabble at.” One fire in u
noble heart, may well serve to heat
one iron—ton many irons will put
the lire out. Surely along such a
line of thought, Washington was a
marvel of self-possession. lie was
not hasty in his acts and therefore
not defeated; he was not swift as a
sea-hawk in his decisions and there
fore he was never out of sight of
those who followed with liim ; be
was not abnormal in his intellect
and therefore not erratic; he wa6
not a fierce partisan and therefore
not dragged into the unseemly
squabbles of bis day. Tbs grand
old man of England, whose full life
ended so gloriously and so recently
—Gladstone—bus said this of
Washington : “I look upon Wash
ington among great and good men,
as one peculiarly good and great.
Ho has been to me for move than
forty years a light upon the path
of life.” It means thnt geat hearts
are greater than national bonds—
that he who lives right, he who
lives unselfishly, lie whose words
speak out grand aspiratione belongs
not to a nation, but to humanity.
In which respect Washington has
no advantage over the humblest of
us who have open lieurts for noble
impulses.
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It seems almost a coincidence
that our thoughts should have been
directed last week towards Lincoln
and his actions in relation to the
slave conditions of the United
States.- If we call him the eman
cipator, Washington should be
called the great pre-visionary. In
1789 he wrote: “it is among my
flrBt wishes to see some plan adopt
ed by which slavery in thiscountry
may be abolished.” Again in 1797
wrote: “I wish from my soul that
the Legislature of this State could
see the pc*my of a'$, idual ubolition
of slaver/r It might prevent much
future mischief.” Alas, the mis
chief did come, the wine-press of a
terable and indescribable for those
who are busy about the world’s
duties.
"Your doctor knows all about'
foods and modioines.
The next time you see him,
I just ask him what he thinks |
icon’s Emulsion
of Cod-Liver OH with Hypo-
phosphites. Wo aro willing
, to trust In his answer.
For twenty-five yoars doe- 1
tors havo prescribod our
Emulsion for paleness, weak-
I noss, nervous exnaustion, and |
for all diseases that cause
, loss in flesh.
Its creamy color and its 1
pleasant taste make it es
pecially useful for thin and
l delicate ohildren. |
No other preparation of cod-
l liver oil is like it. Don’t lose
1 time and risk your health by 1
taking something unknown
and untried. Keep in mind
l that SCOTT'S EMULSION |
has stood the test for
I quarter of a century.
DEATHS.
The Progress chronicles to its
readers this week, the sad death of
Mr. Wiley Hall, one of Dooly’s oldest
and most prominent citizens, which
occurred at his home a few miles from
this city Monday night. lie was in
terred in the cemetery at Mt. Beazer
church, yesterday morning at 11 o'
clock.
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The little child of our townsman,
W. D. Dickson, died yesterday after
an illness of only two days.
Death is no respecter of persons,
therefore, prepare to meet him.
These families have our sincere
sympathy and prayers.
mild case, and a two months old ba
by has a severe complicated case.
Anna, Isabelle, Francis and George
Jonkins all members of the same
family have not broken out with tho
eruption, but from their symptons
are probably taking the disease. Ol
ivo Jenlfins thinks bo bad the dis
ease some time ago.
There were two other cases re
ported to me that I did not think it
necessary to see, as I am satisfied
that tlioy are all cases of Small-l’ox.
I visited the Killgrove family and
find that they have not Small pox.
They have probably had measles.
There are therefore 9 oases of
Sm^ll pox at the points mentioned.
lit view of tho fact that the cases
are Small-pox, I recommend that you
at once isolate all the cases in a hos
pital; that all persons wlm have been
exposed to the disease be detained
and kept under observation for 14
full days. That all infected bouses
or tents be thoroughly disinfected
before being used again. That a
physician ho employed to do this
work, and also to vaccinate all per
sons that have not had Small-pox.
I would also recommend that you
request one or more reliable citizens
in each community to keep a careful
outlook for tlm disease, and report
to you any case of sickness occurring
in their districts That you also ask
the co-operation of the owners of
plantations to have every person on
each plantation vaccinated at once.
If this is done, and the instructions
given in the pamphlet furnished you/
be strictly followed, you should lie
able to arrest the spread of the dis
ease and stamp it out
Respectfully yours,
C. I’. Wertenuaker,
P. R. Surgeon, IT. S. M. H. S.
Special Aide to tho Governor.
SHIPP—SHIPP.
Miss Nona Lassctor spent tho snowy
ilays with tho Mi-ses McLaughlin's.
Glover E. (t H irris donated the lum
ber for a new school bouse, for the
benefit of this place; they are going to
work on it immediately. Let's all pull
together and see if we can't have a good
school, no reason why wo shouldn't, as
there are plenty of children, we jest as
well have the benefit of a good school
as any little place.
Since Dr. J. N Durminy moved away
we are in need of a physiciuu. we regret
very much his leave, and now Wo are
the report that there was a tvpioa) trusting for some good doctor to come
was here on legal business before
tho Justice court Saturday.
There was no religious service
here Sunday, on account of the ill
ness of tho pastor, Mr. Cheoves.
Judge John F Butler was on the
sie'k lisi last week.
Quito a scare was recently given
to the people of this community by
of “Variola” (vulgarly speak-
tind take liis place. T think this
is a good place for a physician to do
ing small pox) oil the plantation of good work.
Henry Fann. I am authorized to I
state that said report was original
ed by some irresponsible “Huckster;"
stleh reports ur - damaging and there
should be some method
the “Spaniards” who set them
At the home of the bride’s father,
Mr. J. Q, Shipp, of Vienna, on last
Sunday afternoon at four o’clock,
in tile presence of a number of
friends and relatives, Mr. James S.
Shipp and Miss Minnie O. Shipp,
were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony. Rev H P. Jackson
performed the ceremony, in his
usual impressive and solemn man
ner. The happy couple left on the
Shoo-flv at 7 p. si. to C'ordele, their
future home.
Miss Shipp is one of Vienna’s
fairest and moRt, lovely young
ladies and Mr Shipp is one of Cor-
dele's nicest and uinst promising
young men.
The Progress wishes them all
the happiness and prosperity possi
ble in this life and a home with the
blessed in tho life to come.
and a half from Pinia
The school hero this year is very
good, but on account of so much
sickness and bad weather, the reg
ular attendance has not been as
good as should be, under more fa-
vorable circumstances.
One of tho road commissioners
thinks he has a good joke on the
teacher down here. Last year on
account of ignorance of the law,
both on tho part of the eomlnis-
eioner in the district where he
taught, and tho teacher himself,
lie was forced to work the road.
There have been two public roads
opened up in this district this year.
This shows the thrift and energy
of our people.
M. H. Reevos, who bet been very
ill for the pust three months, is
now Improving very rupidly, which
is hailed with joy by his many
friends.
Nearly every family in lliis sec
tion lias been down , ith grip; but
at present there are not many new
cases, and the old ones aro nearly
all recovered.
On Monday evening of last week,
the young men of the community
met at tile school houso and or
ganized a debating society. They
selected a subject and met again
last Friday evening to debate. It
proved to he a crowning success,
f and the boys are very much en
couraged along the line of intel
lcctual improvement. Success to
the club.
J. W. Piver, an enterprising man,
has at last completed his new ma
chine for making rlff-flooring. He
has been at work for more than
a year on the new invention, and it
is now certain to be a success. He
will soon be at work witli liis in
chine.
We ure wondering down here if
the next grand jury will aguin un
dertake the task of improving tin
public school system of our county
Mr. Editor can’t you get behind
them?
Aram, Ga . Fell. 14.—Well as wo
have had quite a freeze in Huh part of
the country, your Scribe is u little -tire-
lect in the performance of bis duty. IIo
I a t lias scarcely been able to ltoep bis ling
ers warm enough to write and wlmt ho
lias hail to eat Ims boon half frozen,
afloat. There was a Case of “Herpes therefore he must not be hold scoount-
able for unv shortcomings this week
/ostc-r winch is not small pox, It has been very nice to sit and watch
The fellow who hiu* not “out unv some of our most zealouH friends, us
I they turn the corners, Imve to pick
• ii | . r *ii Hioj bui it me l
ice heretofore can now "get in tlm ! themselves up.
The remains of Elma Simmons, Jr.,
passed through from Fitzgerald Tliura-
Watts Powell of,
representing the
swim.
IIundsoiim G
Vienna was Iici
interest of several clients at Justice
court Saturday. The Col,, over
eloquo: t, outdid himself in an able
and eloquent speech on this occas
ion.
day enroute to Atlanta for interment.
Elina was sick hero for quite a while
last year and never was able to he up
hut a few months after moving to Fitz
gerald. Elma was a very bright young
mail while here at school and made
many fiieuds daring tlm time lie lived
here. We deeply mourn liis untimely
death and extend our heartfelt sympa
thies to the bereaved family.
Dear Editor: 1 have been asked I Hon. It A Hedgood'hus been confined
to liis bod several days with wliat tho
Doctors call Sciatica.
We aro glad to note that Dr V. O
H nrvnrd, who has been couflned to hit
several times, wjmt becirme of the
arctic explorer, who a year or so
ago, supplied wjtli nil expedition to , room for the lust foul- days with “La
fathom the mysteries of the North Grippe” Is able to be out again.
Polo with baleens; we have 1
sight of him, also liis “trim wings ”
Will you kindly favor me, and
others, of Ids fate, if you know.
Wo are glad to state that the
little infant of Mr. and Mrs. J F.
Joiner, who has been very sick is
improvin,
Mrs W. w. Race and little son Willie
came down from Atlanta Saturday and
will spend several months hero with'
her husband.
L. .4. Murray scorns to be delighted
with his friends at Cordolo, as he
goes up every Sunday.
Wo heard it remarked that two of our
young men undertook to test the fast
ness of their horscH while pussing the
house of their best love n few days ago,
the result, being one of the boys stood
r. . , , oil his head, while the otlior was left
In rivalry of I'rauk Stanjon and j dangling to lus horses oars. Ho careful
t he Poet Laureate of Pete, Ga , 1 ! boys how you ride.
. K. M. Patterson, our
give the following:
The rain it come and fall so fast,
And sleet all huiulH around;
Mr. Snow lie jlnod in towards the last,
Ami the wind blew thru his whiskers.
Pineiiurst, Ga., Feb. 14.—Tito
thermometer registered 3 degrees
below Zero Monday morning at 8
o’clock at Dr W N Edinfield’s Drug
Store. The Doctor's loss was not
very greut.
No school Monday and Tuesday
at the Academy—Stowed out.
John B Lewis of Hawklnsrille
luterprising
turpentine operator, shipped a our haul
of hay to Sasser; Ga., a few days ago
that lie raised on llis farm here. He
Ims raised enough to supply both stills.
Dooung, Ga., Feb. 11. -Tlm freeze
ims caused tho voung oats to look sick,
some through here liuvo’nt sown yet
guoss they aro glad they were a liltlo be
hind.
JtfisB Lilia Cowart opened her school
at this place last Monday, but owing to
tlm bad weather, she had but few pupils
guess they all will come in Monday.
Miss Mamie undersand JuUian Tay
lor of Evansville visited Miss Mi\y
Strom last Sunday.
There has been but few licks hit un
the farm for the Inst week or. account
. , , , of bad weather, one oxtremo calls for
lias been visiting Ins hall brother s ' another.
Slippers for ladies, Slip
pers for Misses, Slippers
^for children, at Kelly’s
store.
Riniiwoon, Ga., Feb. 13.—Ye
Scribe being snowed in and frozen
up this week we are afraid that
Riehwond news will go lacking.
The Parrot Lumber Co. havesuf
fered great loss because of bursted
pipes due to last night’s freeze.
B P O'Neal made u flying trip to
Florida last Tuesday.
Dr. B F Camp of White Springs
Fla, was in Rioliwood lust week.
R C IlarriB and son Rus of Cor-
dele, spent Wednesday afternoon in
Rioliwood.
Henry Ward of Douglasville,
spent Saturday and Sunday here,
guest of Mrs. Tom Peterson and
Dr. J A Ward,
J E and Mrs. Humphrey leaves
tomorrow for New Orleans, where
they will spend a few weeks with
relatives.
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Deattob, Ga„ Feb. 15.—Rain,
•lest, snow and wind, nature from
nephews Wash and Lige Williams,
since last Tuesday.
J II Folds has just completed a
new store house ut corner of Full-
ington Avenue and Cypress street.
Whiiehurst Bros of Jeffersonville
have opened a stock of General
merchandise in the new building of
Jno Folds.
Mr. and Mrs. A S Bates have
moved from Kerns to this placs, Mr
Bates will be superintendent of Mus
sey Lumber Co.
The Massey Lumber Co. Imve
purchased as a ‘-cite” 1400 acres of
timber of G W Fullington, and will
build as soon as the weather will
permit a large saw mill. They pro
pose to build a tram road East and
West of the mill.
Jessie R Horne lias killed 70
hogs averaging nearly 140 lbs this
season; and W J, und M E Willi
ams llo about tile same average.
Mr. Wilburns killed one hog which
weighed 540 lbs net.
W P Duncan, the invincible and
invulnerable salesman of A B Small
is the only -‘drummer” who has
shown up this week. He stuted
that rain snow, sleet or cold had no
effect upon him, us business was
the first element of nature und that
a hustling Duncun was the primi
tive motion of mother earth.
Kerns, Ga., Feb. 14.—E. G. Harris
made a business trip to Richwood last
Wednesday.
Miss Leila Walden and brother Irvin
gave a nioe little party Friday night to
celebrate their birthday, as it was each
Will Drill of Macon comity was in
our viciuity on liis wlieol lust Thursday
afternoon.
ilJrs. lit,. Wilkes und little Jordan
Mclnvale visited hor daugnter Mrs. J,
A, llolbrn last Saturday.
Look out for the Valentines.
Important
Fertilizer News.
Farmers will please take
notice that our representa
tive at Vienna is Mr. Jas.
R. Kelly and at Unadilla
Mr. W. D. Wilson who
cover Dooly county. Our
“Plowboy Brand Guano”
and ‘‘Black Rock Desolved
Bone” are the oldest brands
now sold in Dooly. Rodg
ers Potash Formula Pure
German Kanit and cotton
seed meal. Use the best.
American Fertilizer Co.
Macon, Ga,
Don’t fail to call at Co
field’s tent and see his nice
line of samples.
English Spavin Linimen t removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney,
Ring-Bone, Stifles, Sprains, ail
Swollen Throuts, Coughs, etc. Save
♦50 by use of one bottle. Warrant
ed the moBt wonderful Blemish
Cure ever known. Sold by Dr. C. T.
Stovall Druggist, Vienna, Ga.,