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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
4
The Jackson Argus lists local reading rates at five cents per line per insertion and obituaries at a separate rate. It notes full schedules are available on request and outlines remittance options including bank or post office money orders, registered mail, and currency sent at the owner’s risk.
The Jackson Argus issues praise for Jackson and Flovilla, notes growth in the South, and mentions Clark County and Augusta political appointments. It speaks of editor Parry Lee’s success in Jackson and a Dawson News label on its X list, while asserting loyalty to friends and the need to make some enemies.
Washington posts Miss Marie McMichael as post mistress and names W. E. Harp as her successor. The Argus congratulates Harp while praising McMichael’s efficiency and notes strong school attendance and good river fishing luck locally.
The Argus urges regional observance of Memorial Day and praises women in other counties for leading tributes. It laments neglect in Jackson and Butts counties and calls for formation of a live, well organized Woman's Memorial Association to keep memories alive.
The Argus announces a new telephone communication system to reach readers quickly. Readers may ring with local items or job work requests, aiming to serve people better and closer than any other, as it marks twenty-five years in the community and looks to twenty-five more.
A private letter from Dr. J Delton Fancher traveling agent for E C DeWitt & Co Chicago praises The Argus as a clean live Georgia weekly. He asks for three copies to mail to Northern friends, noting Southern weeklies in Georgia are well regarded.
The Wigwam at Indian Spring announces bustling preparations for the coming season. Calumet lodging house has hosted nine or ten guests including Miss Lizzie Slaughter of Jackson and Mr J H Lamb who have since left. Lamb was led to Slaughter during their stay.
Miss Eliza Martin has been convalescing after illness. Mr J H Kinard is improving in health. Local farmers show a strong push as favorable weather continues, signaling quick progress toward better conditions.
Locust Grove reports its school under Prof. Y E Bargeron thriving with promising commencement exercises and sermon on the fourth Sunday in May. Flovilla notes social visits, Easter decor, railroad survey talks for a river route, Wigwam opening May 1, and changes at Flo villa High School with Prof Hurst resigning and a new board of trustees elected.
Mickey Dugan narrates at a lively gathering in Rushin society about nobility, meddles, and a grand assembly. He recounts meeting Olga and a grand duchess, claims a fake a sense of humor, and teases with trivia about the word nit while promising tricks from Herrmann.
Watermelons and sweet potatoes both demand potash and follow with difficulty unless a potash rich fertilizer is used. Use a fertilizer with 6–8 percent phosphoric acid, 2–8 percent ammonia, and 8–10 percent potash when rotating these crops. Cottonseed meal plus acid phosphate misses potash. a complete cotton fertilizer should have 8–10 percent available phosphoric acid, 2–3 percent ammonia, and 2–4 percent potash.
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