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Vienna Progress
H. D. SMITH.
flint erci ns second clasp mail matter.
At GUST 18 1004
A good hay orop is expected.
The fall Hohools will Roon open
See J. F.'Waters about cutting
your hay on shares.
You seldom see any kind of fruit
on the market in Vienna.
Eggs have been scarce all sum
mer at 15 cents a dozen. .
I. S. Lassoter is repairing his cot
ton warehouse'.
Happy is the young man who is
contented an tho farm.
Miss Minnio Cole has returned
home from Coweta county.
A protracted mooting is going on
at Deasai’t Valley.
Summer Smith has moved to
•Montezumafor tho cotton season.
.1. A. lirvan, representing the
Atlanta Journal, was hero Tuesday.
Unalil a's first hale was carried
in by R. E. Robertson last Satur
day, tho 13th.
Misses Minnie and Eula Fuqua
are at homo on a visit from Moul
trie.
Fanner and Mrs. M. E. Rushin
spent the first part of the week in
Montezuma.
S. B.- - Brown brought the first
halo of new cotton to Vienna last
Tnursday.
MifH Kate McArthur arrived
Monday on a visit to her aiBtor,
Mrs. .J. M. Whitehead.
Mine squuro miles of land near
Roehullu has been purchased for
N orth Georgia settlors.
Thu host friend to the friendless
children is laid in the tomb of Rov.
W. E. Mumford.
Several now members were re
ceived at tho Methodist meeting at
Byromville last week.
There will bo a singing all day
next Sunday at New Hope ohuroh,
a mile east of Unadilla.
Miss Janie Thorpo returned home
to Byromville Saturday from Thom
as county.
Mr. Willie G. RamcB, of Cordele,
and MIbs Ada Bruce, of Rochelle,
were married last'week. .
Mrs. H. S. Hammond, of Moul
trie, ago 08, died Monday from an
pvor dose of morphine.
A Mothodisl church ohuroh has
been organized at Lilly with 87
members, mostly taken from Pleas
ant Valley.
The fig is a very healthy fruit,
quick to bear and is prolific. Yet
there are very few figs in this coun
try.
C. C. Duncan has lot the oontraot
for a 25-room hotel at Unadilla to
Contractor D. L. Ivey, and the ho
tel is to go up at onoe.
The legislature was not entirely
idle; it passed about 300 bills, an
average of six a day for the ontire
term.
Mrs. B. W. Mayo, of Tiftou, re
turned home Friday evening from a
visit of two weeks to relatives near
Cordele;
Only two legal notices appear
this month, and both from the ordi
nary. There was no sheriff sale
last month and none for this.
Alton B. Parker was notifiod la3t
week of his nomination, and Col. D.
A. R. Crum was notified yesterday.
Both of them knew it long ago.
Mrs. S, F. Summers, of Vienna,
Mrs. T.. F. Amerson, of Moultrie,
and Misses Mabel and 2mma Cain,
of Cordele, are off to St. Simons. .
Misses Bertha and Sallie Lenard
returned home Saturday from White
Springs. They are off now with
their mother to Lithia Springs and
Indian Spring.
Judge D. L. Henderson and fam
ily arc visiting in Houston.
Cotton is opening and will soon be
rushing in to relieve the mortgages.
A good corn crop has been made
and all fall crops are doing well.
Nobody is vet occupying the
Southern Hotel. Lots of good
space lying idle there.
Yesterday was another big day in
Cordoie. Tho Masons bad a picnic
and big (iiunor at the springs, and
had some good speeoh-making by
prominent Masons.
Mrs. Lena Whitsott and Mi. R.
Cook wove married in Cordele on
Wednesday of last week. The
bride is Frank Powell’s sister, and
she has set her brother a good ex
ample.
“When a Doolv county man
comes over bore lo see one of our
women,” said a man in Maoon
county the other day, “she just as
well piok up her bonnet and go
with him..”
Dooly has raised $ 1,000 for a
county lair, says tho llawkinsvillo
Dispatch and Mows. Cutout coun
ty lair andjinsert Imbo ball and you
will have it about right.
Byromville struck water at 850
feet with her artesian well, then
wont 250 feet deeper without strik
ing any more water. The water re
fused to spurt out and thoy had to
put iu a pump.
Boarding at T. R. Smith’s are
six mon. They represent railroad,
life insurance, elcctrioity, book
keeping, contracting and the press.
The landlord is an officer of tho
law, and ho keeps the orowd fairly
straight.
Miss Annie Laurie Jefferson is
making herself puite useful during
her visit to Vioiinaby keeping honse
for Mrs. Rushin, her sister, while
the old folks are away for a wcok.
Miss Jefferson has suffered slightly
from a spell of lever since she has
been here, but has about recovered.
Misses Mary Lee Pound, of Cor
dele, Margaret Finnoy, of Had-
dook, and Sarah Mulhs spent a day
and night with Mrs. Nell MoCatl.
The picture of Miss Finney appear
ed in the Atlanta Journal reoently
as one of the prettiest young wo
men of Haddocks.
Contractor J. Q. Shipp applied
to Rents Srnitn for boad last week
and was accepted. Smith immedi
ately sent down town for a load of
oats and had them at home before
supper time. The oontraotor is now
looking sleek and nice, and appears
to bo well fed.
Negroes Burned at Stake
News reached us through the
press dispatches of tho 16th to the
daily pross of tho state, from States
boro, Bullock county, Ga., that the
negroes, Paul Reid and Will Cato,
principal? in the Hodges murder,
and whose trial and conviction was
had before Judge Daley on ibe 17th,
and "yere sentenced to hang ou Sep
tember 9, were taken from the court
house immediately aftor t. oy were
sentenced, by a mob of 1,000 men,
the soldiers in charge being power
less to do aught but act as specta
tors. The Progress does not belong
to tho “We-told-you-so" class of
journals at all, nor arc wo a prophet,
nor the son ot a prophet, but we
just simply felt it in in our bones
tiiat these negroes were going to be
lyHohod, and were therefore not dis
appointed when the news rcaohed
us, and we most heartily say amen,
for these wretches have committed
oho of the most diabolical crimes
in tbe annals of tbecrimiuil history
of the state .-.ii.ee the ever lo ho re
membered Wolfolk case.
Now, tins campaign year, and of
course our republican campaign
sheets are eager for all such stuff as
confessed, implicating other negroes
as he had in the court room. He
denied, however, that he had taken
an active part in the murder. Just
before the matoh was applied to tne
pyre one of those in front asked
Re'd if he did not want to tell the
truth before be died.
“Yes, sir, I killed Mr. and Mrs.
Hodges,’’ bo replied.
“Who killed the children?" he
asked. •
“Handy Boll,” came tbe response
as the. flames leaped upwards and
further questions- were impossible
in the wild tumult.”
“It was rumored that they were
to be carried out to the soene of the
Hodges murder, but tbe mob stop
ped them about a mile out of town,
found a lightwood stump, fastened
the two men to the stump with
chains, saturated them with kero
sene, piled up lightwood all around
them and set fire to them. Tn an
instant thoy were a flame from head
to foot, and the people who remain
ed in town could see a volume of
black smoke curling towards the
heavens.
Lightwood knots were piled on as
the flames grew higher, and amid the
paid the penalty of their orime.
Just before they were bound to
the stump they were given a chance
to make such statements as they de
sired to make, and both made a full
Confession of the crime Reia
stated that ho had done all the ac
tual killing, that Cato stood guard
and that the two alone had a hand
in it. lie stated that aftor he had
killed Mr. Hodges he committed a
orime on Mrs. Hodges and then
killed her and set fire to the house.
He stated that they-did not kill the
children, but they were burned to
death in the building.
this, and just how those sleekers «bneks and groans the two negi-oea
will fix it up will be a caution. But
fix it as they may, and make all tho
political capital out of it they can,
we do not care the toss of a copper.
We have this to say here in refer
ence to lynch law; That wo are
law abiding, we have laws on our
statute book, and wo respect them,
and obey them, for the.representa
tive mon of Georgia who enaoted
them are the peers of any set of
men from anywhere. Tbe statute
books contain the written laws by
which we are govorned. But then
there are in evory country under tho
sun unwritten laws that must bo ad
hered to in order to protect our dear
.0 ics and our hemes from the rapeist
and the midnight assassin.
Just as long as such wrtitohes as
these, bent on the commitment of
the most hcuhus crimes, persist'in
their devilish commitments, just so
so long will there be lynohings in
Georgia. So it is practically left
to the perpetrators of these dastard
ly deeds themselves to stop or con
tinue these lynching, for so long as
these crimes are committed, just so
long will lynohings be in the land.
Arriving at tne place of execu
tion tbe two negroes were made to
seat themselves on a log. They
were told that th^y had but a short
time to live and that they should
confess.
A WONDERFUL INVENTION.
It is interesting to note that for
tunes are frequently made by the
invention of artioles of minor impor
tance. Many of the most popular
devices ara those designed to benefit
the people and meet popular condi
tions, and one of the m6st inter
esting of these that bus oyer been
invented is the Dr. White Eleotno
Comb, patented Jau. 1,‘99. These
wonderful Combs positively cure
dandruff, liair falling out, siok and
nervous hcadaobes, and when used
with Dr White’s Eleotrio Hair Brush
are positively guaranteed to make
straight hair ouily m 25, days’ time.
Thousands of these eleotrio combs
havo been sold in various cities of
the Un : on, aud the demand is con
stantly increasing. Our agents are
rapidly becoming rich selling these
combs. They positively sell on
sight. Send for saraule. Men's
size S6o. ladies’ 50c.—(half price
while we are introducing them.)
The Dr. "White Eleotrio Comb Co.,
Decatur, III.
CITY BARBER SHOP.
yf nen in tne city please call at
the city Barber shop, get a’ hair out,
shave, .shampoo and face massagr,
olean towels, sharp razors and polite
attention a speoialty.
BUY BURTSBORO.
An ideal country homo is for sale
23 miles north west of Gainsville.
Burtsboro is a country village and
splendid stand for selling goods.
Large roomy buildings, good farm
of 300 acres with 1600 apple trees
just in bearing age and 400 peaoh
trees now loaded, and other fruits in
abundance.
Daily mail. Post Office pays
over $50 year. Also 30 horse power
steam saw mill.
J. W. BURT,
Burtsboro, Ga.
•Reed was the first to speak, lie I Waters.
Miss Mattie Ouller, of Lake Park,
oame yesterday to see Mis6 Ruby
WILL MOVE ON CORNER.
AFTER SEPTEMBER 1
1 WILL TAKE
POSSESSION OF THE
STORE NOW OCCU
PIED BY
FELDSER & RAINBOW.
SOME SPECIAL PRICES
DURING NEXT 30 DAYS.
T. O. MOSELEY.
Vienna.
PLEAS ANT VALLEY NOTES.
Rev,. AY. Lane filled bis regular
appointment here Saturday ard Sun
day. Services will be conducted
throughout the week. Rev. B. E.
Whitington is assisting the pastor.
S. E. Lamb, accompanied by his
niece, Miss Mary Webb, of Byrom
ville, attended services here Sunday.
J. T. Smith has been quite siok
this week.
C. G. Bowers and family, who
have been visiting relatives here re
turned to their home at Fitzgerald
Tuesday.
li. M. Lewis has been quite sick
this week. '
Everett Swearingen ana wife, of
Vienna attended services, here Sun-
day.
Miss Florence Jones, of Pine-
hurst, is visiting Misses Mattie and
Nellie Lewis this week.
Miss Lucia McCall, of Vienna,
worshiped hero Suiula/. , —
Eli Thompson, of Byromville,
was hero Sunday It is quietlly
liintea that Uncle- Eli is smiling at
the fair sex onensionally.
Howard Owen and Miss Janio
Thorpe, of Byromville, were among
tho visitors here Sunday.
H. D. Smith, the jovial Progress
ma i, was hero Snnday talking about
what pretty girls lived in Pleasant
Valley. Oome again.
O. P. Ohurehwell and family
visited relatives at Bin emirs t Satur
day.
Mrs. T. J. Mason is confined to
her room this week.
Miss Lucy Cole, of Snow, is vis
iting rclatiyes hero this week.
Dr. F. E. Williams, of Vionna,
was hore Sunday attcviioon a short
time. XX, •
Dr. Carlisle’s Liver Pills.
these pills meet a want of the people
that no patent pill can supplv, being the
intelligent administration of an efficient
remedy. Whoa tho elimination ot dis
eased matter is necessary, these pills have
no superior, especially in a sonthern
climate, where the blood is so contaminated
with malarial poison.
No intelligent physiol :q will hesitate
lor a moment to recommend those pills,
tho formula,'which is invariably approved
bp the medical pri fession, being printed
on each package.
Dlrectns; - for Ti rpid Liver, Dys
pepsia, Indigestion, Sick Headache, Con
stipation, Colds, Swimming in the bead, &
c„ ono or two | ills should be taken at
bedtime, .
For Chills and Fever, Bilious inn-
termittent or continued Fever a full dose
should be taken.
Aa purg->, two'to 'hreo pills at bedtime.
Asa laxative one to two pills at bedtime
DR. R. M. CARLISLE.,
MACON, GA.
“G. R. C.”
Is Guaranteed to Cure
Rheumatism, Syphilis, Scrofula, Blood
Poison, Swellings, Stiff,-Painful Joints,
Backache, Old Sores, Boils, add. all
diseases arising from Impure or Impov
erished blood. If it falls to cure, or
does not satisfy the- purchaser ot its
worth, we will
Refund the Money
paid direct to us, or to any druggist or
dealer th medicine, (or .OoMen. Rhoiu
malic Cure; When you want a blood
medicine, Insist on haring "O. R. C."
If yottr dealer doqp not hare it, ask him
to order It for yoo; or aepd your money
to us byroad, and wo will ship “O. R.
C.” to you with all express charges
prepaid:* PHoe $1.00 per bottle? six,
ror*5.00.
THE G* R. C. CO..
(OLE MANUFACTURERS AND PROPRIETORS.
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