Advertising Push for The Arcus Dominates Jackson Trade
The Arcus urges Jackson merchants to advertise early for fall trade citing its wide county circulation and reader demand for bargains. Mr Guerry defends an extended campaign, promoting prohibition and political reform as essential, while critics attack Admiral Schley’s sobriety amid their push to discredit him.
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Jackson
Arcas
Arcus
Butts
Jackson Argus
Guerry
Southern Railway Company
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Advertising Rates Adopted by Georgia Weekly Press
The Georgia Weekly Press Association adopted advertising rate scales at its 1901 annual meeting. Base rate seven and one half cents per inch for 600 circulation, plus one cent per inch for each additional hundred newspapers published, with a 10 percent discount if electrotypes are supplied. Members must publish the resolution at the top of editorial columns and mail marked copies of all proofs.
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Georgia Weekly Press Association
Gubernatorial race buzz and court raids across Georgia
The Argus notes a flood of gubernatorial candidates and late campaign tempo with calls for patience. It recalls past favorite du Bignon, hints at future contenders, and mocks premature betting while reporting on a Georgia court raid fining gamblers at a fashionable summer resort and the hefty $1,218 fines.
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du Bignon
Georgia
Marietta Journal
Journal
Forsyth Chronicle and Argus Debate County Political Acumen
The Forsyth Chronicle mocks Monroe organ Spalding and Bibb as lacking political sense while The Argus recalls voting in 1880 and challenges the Chronicle to a knowledge test of Georgia and southern districts. The Argus rebukes editorial narrow mindedness and county focus.
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Forsyth Chronicle
Monroe
Spalding
Bibb
the Argus
The
Chronicle
Georgia
South
Indicted Sunday Night Gambling Raids Stir Local Outcry
Newnan News reports Butts county court raided in Indian Spring where judge Curry ordered confinement of several gamblers in a room tied to a Sunday resort scene. Prominent names were in question though withheld. controversy over officers and newspapers sharing docket identities.
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Butts County
Indian Spring
Omar
Acworth
Georg
Madison Advertiser
Wrench
Tinhorn
Macon
Atlanta
Butts
Curry
Newnan News
McCutchen
THE
ARGUS
Arcus
Grand jury adresses county court duties and costs
A discussion questions grand jury guidance on pursuing misdemeanor cases in county court, proposing equal cost allocation among sheriff, court clerk, and solicitor. The Valdosta Times credits Thomas E. Watson with pioneering rural free delivery, noting early appropriations and political hurdles before the system's inauguration and praising Watson as a capable but eccentric figure in Georgia history.
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Grand Jury
THE
Valdosta Times
Thomas E. Watson
Watson
Bissell
Charles L. Moses
Congress
W. L. Wilson
Tom Watson
Georgia
Old Nail Paring Rhyme and Political Rants Chronicle
The column quotes a weekly nail paring rhyme linking days to outcomes and notes special scissors for long strips. It also criticizes Georgia offices, the railroad mission, and a post office ruling, calling out officials and Printer’s Ink amid broad commentary on public affairs.
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Post- General
Congress
Postmaster-General
Post Office
Advertising and political satire draw sharp powerful lines
The piece critiques Dupont Guerry and reformers for rhetoric and self interest, cites the Argus as an effective reach for merchants, and rails at satire aimed at Sampson and Maclay. It notes a Waynesboro jury's financial misstep over printing reports and the Argus bearing most printing costs.
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Sampson
Maclay
Schley
Billingsgate
Waynesboro
Bennettsville Editor Praises Electric Bitters
Editor S. A. Brown recounts his wife’s dyspepsia and exhaustion from stomach troubles. After using four bottles of Electric Bitters, she recovers fully and gains appetite and strength. The tonic is praised for stomach and liver relief and gentle laxative effect. Harris Drug Co sells it for 50 cents.
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S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
S. C
Harris Drug Co
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W. I. Wagner
Florist
McDonough Street
Jackson Merchants
MR. Guerry
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Secretary Long
Capt. Sampson
Craven Administration
Butts Co
Jackson Post Office
A. H. Shaver
Addison H. Shaver
Jackson, GA
Chauncey Depew
Europe
Department
McKinley
Long
South Georgia
Atkinson
Glynn
Bio
Pulaski
Jordan
Muscogee
Supreme Court
United States
Dupont Guuerry
Dowie
Elijah
Castoria
Cee
Newton
Putman Counties
J. A. Wright
Covington,a
T. J. Cole
Callie
Oras
H. B. Mayo
T. Mayo
Court of Orinary
H. Ham
Nancy A. James
Court of Ordinary
Wiley J. James
Nancy
Jane
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