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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1895
Page
3
The schedule lists south bound departures at 4 45 a m with stops 5 47 p m with stops and 10 46 p m with flags. North bound departures at 4 10 a m with flags 10 08 a m with stops and 6 45 p m with stops.
Local items report visits by Henry P. Almand Jr and A A Rose to relatives in Georgia, and Rufus Smith’s trip to Jackson. Pieces praise Red Ham tobacco, discuss railroad interests, milliner positions, and a court house plan for Jackson. Obituaries and community anecdotes close with notes on Prohibition discourse and snake-catching antics.
The February adjourned term jurors for the Butts Superior Court are listed for the regular August 1895 session. Names include David J Spencer Levi J Bally Thos A Spencer Meade Hendrick Jas L Hooten Frank M Lawson Judson J Barnes and many others. Also notice invites Bi-metallic Leagues to a meeting August 25 1895 at Jackson courthouse with noted speakers and urging the "Red Ham" tobacco.
List shows both Ladies and Gentlemen letters awaiting pickup. Names include Lula Cotton Ada Ridgeway Mattie Waters and John Henry Bentley Amos Gilbert Laurence D Graham Amos Grier J C King Jesse Jordan O W Lewis P Jester Ales Morgan Owins Thomas Taylor J M McMichael P M Hon C F Crisp noted as in Europe avoiding interviews.
The Atlanta Constitution reports the government plans another bond issue. William Green, who killed J. T. Estes near Newborn last May and wed his widow, was captured in Macon. He was jailed in Madison by Sheriff Fears awaiting Morgan Superior Court.
Advertises home job work pricing matching Macon and Atlanta to please patrons. Promotes Millers Preserving Tablets with claims of merit and urges trials. Tor sale by J. W. Crum. June 14-2m.
An aged physician touts Botanic Blood Bath as a universal tonic and purifier, claiming it cures malignant ulcers sores rheumatism catarrh and all skin and blood diseases. Price one dollar per large bottle. Smallpox outbreak among returning Black residents to Eagle Pass Texas quarantined. forty deaths reported. Red Ham brand promoted. Rev H H Parks longtime North Georgia preacher dies at 72 in Edgewood.
Editor Smith dismisses criticisms of editors advocating sound money while admitting his own distortions when Arcus discusses it. He suggests Populism and consistency never align in the same person.
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