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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1894
Page
4
The timetable shows arrivals for north and south bound trains at Jackson effective April 1 1894. North bound Nos 14 6 at 6 05 am 9 55 am 12 6 at 6 18 pm stop. South bound Nos 11 9 at 7 17 am 5 45 pm 13 8 at 9 57 pm flag.
The Venable brothers who own Stone Mountain have bought granite rights from several Georgia railroad suppliers and paid Johnson & Co. for small mountain. A near Jackson claims a vast mountain of high grade granite along the E T V and G railroad, suggesting future development will boost Butts county and Jackson into a sizable city, with regional gifts like Indian Spring. We are in it and you will see where we are right.
This urged reader questions about personal virtue and public spirit asking if one has brightened the town, aided the poor, supported public enterprises, or performed a single charitable act. It challenges readers to measure life by benevolence to others and to answer to God.
In 1882 a young merchant named F S Etheridge arrived in Jackson and built a modest general store. He joined the Baptist church, supported public utilities and education, and became president of the Jackson Banking Company, earning praise as a model citizen and financier. The Argus commends Etheridge to the county as an example for youth and a pillar of the community.
A local vineyard owner, Andrew McClendon, reports severe freeze damage with grapes yielding less than one fifth of a crop. Most vines are dead. peaches and pears largely killed. only a rare grape vine survived. He owns about 3,000 grape vines and around 200 fruit trees. total county losses are estimated at no less than $10,000.
The convention met at County Line church as requested by Mr. Kimbell and sang all day. There was no business transacted since the meeting was informal, not officially signed, and no object stated in the call. President H B Crumbly attended and presided.
The Walton News quotes a Georgia observer arguing third parties have lost every county race since 1892 and urging unity within the Democratic fold. It notes defections within Walton from populism, cites a Piedmont Republican stance urging Populist-Republican fusion to block Democrats, and claims Republicans would oppose Populists to aid Democrats.
A series of business notices from Jackson Georgia dated March 26 1894 and March 29 1941 announce changes in partnerships Etheridge Kinard and Co with R N Etheridge and S B Amaro thanking patrons and assuming responsibilities for old firm. The rest urges readers to submit news items and subscriptions to the local paper.
Edwards plans to supply large quantities of ice by the car load through spring and into summer, extending seasonal sales and distribution. The program targets summer heat and local demand, with staged deliveries and storage considerations to meet customers.
The 19th century magnate Peter Cooper extols newspapers as essential for towns and merchants. He argues every resident should place at least a name and trade card, saying it profits advertisers and signals a thriving business community to distant readers.
In a Rome speech General Evans attacked Glessner of The Griffin News for being born in Ohio. Parry Lee offers consolation that birthplace should not affect friendships or patronage. The Pike County Journal notes the southern minister shifts from peace to political mud and likens birth to lineage.
A satirical column targets H. F. Edwards as the summer butcher and Harp as a meat seller. It mocks Cleveland as a great man under fire from critics and jokes about merchants avoiding customers, advertising wares, and the public forgetting faces. The piece ends with a rhetorical question about dried apples calicoes and stale baking powders.
The fragment cites H. F. Edwards selling fine western beef and advertising domestic sewing machines at Yellow Store by J. W. Crum. It also swipes at the Atlanta Journal platform about gold and silver standards and coinage parity while noting Wall Street’s influence and impending bond issues.
A collage of verses and satirical pieces recounting a schoolyard romance, religious pretensions, and social commentary. It includes the speaker's nostalgic tale of a sweetheart at school, critiques of pious pretense, and humorous regional quips about editors and daily life across multiple Georgia towns.
A reader from Sand Mountain contributes notes on local growth and change over the past decade. The area now features two thriving towns, schools and churches, and the North Alabama Agricultural College with about 200 students. Land values rise, but recent cold weather damaged oats and fruit, delaying farm work.
Sparta Ismaelite criticizes Cleveland over the Bland Bill and bond issues. He argues southern congressmen who supported the Unconditional repeal of the Sherman purchasing clause regret their votes and will doubt Cleveland's confidence in future decisions.
A Rutherford New York area ad pitches System Pills as cure for constipation biliousness sick headache kidney troubles and torpid liver promising a large demand via home delivery and agency sales. Buyers sending 25 cents cash or 30 cents in stamps for a box receive one of several gifts including watches silverware town lots diamond rings or a gold piece. Edwards offers 80 cent bread tickets for 25 cents.
Public notice lists first round tax receiver stops in Worthville and nearby towns with dates from April 9 to April 17 and weekly visits to Jackson courthouse each Saturday. Also invites orders for fresh bread and cakes with Mr. Harp at Crum's store rear. Includes political commentary on the seigniorage bill and Mr. Cleveland's policy.
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