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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
3
Rev. A. E. Lansburn preached his first sermons to large crowds. Locust Grove barber George Benton plans a move to Oklahoma for a new job. The week featured 2 Class Thirteen Sunday School hosting the new pastor and wife, plus visits from Miss Jane Stanfield and Miss Julia Wade. Marionette shows drew crowds at the Vendome. others traveled to Orlando and Tulsa for winter stays.
The Jackson Banking Company began operations on December 12 1888 as the sole bank between Macon and Atlanta along the Southern railroad. Chartered for 50 years in 1883 by Gov Gen John B Gordon, its founders included W S Witham A H Smith F S Etheridge and others. The bank details longtime leaders and directors, capital growth from 25 000 to 50 000, 1908 60 000 surplus, losses from a Butts county loan, dividends 300 percent over 25 years, and plans to convert to a National Bank to distribute surplus. Executives F S Etheridge A H Smith T B McMichael note continued public service and a 1938 charter renewal expectation.
A quiet column for tired mothers explores home life and relaxation ideas as the Evening Circle gathers. Short reflections offer comforting guidance for household evenings and family routines.
An essay-like piece contrasts a woman's thrift with passion, noting she saves pennies yet spends lavishly on gowns. It then pivots to a critique of moralizing and quirky modern proverbs about daily life, sanitation, and behavior, mixing satire with admonitions about conscience and restraint.
The writer recalls a wife praised as steadfast and cheerful, who bore family burdens, nursed the ill, and offered mercy. Her husband’s grief and praise frame a message on partnership, faith, and the power of kind words to ease sorrow and lift others. The piece urges restraint, soft answers, and hopeful trust in God.
Fragmented OCR notes outline dental ideas on food timing and prohibitions on certain pies with warnings of indigestion passed to descendants. A third command hints at baking bread wisely. The text reflects health guidance and dietary rules in archaic form.
A condensed moral guide notes that character grows from pursuing true principles, honoring women, and maintaining faith in humanity. It emphasizes being energetic and steady, living with integrity, and demanding a fair chance to work amid life’s crises as described in the Ohio State Journal.
Owners need quick cash and offer farms from two to twenty plows for sale. Under wire fence, well cultivated with good houses and water, nearby schools and churches. Part cash with easy terms for balance. Land offered for less than half price. A. P. Preway, Sales Agent, Eastman, Georgia.
Limited time sale of an 86 pound feather bed and a 6 pound pair of pillows for 10 dollars each with order. Beds use new feathers and A C A ticking. If not as advertised money refunded. Send orders to Dixie Feather Bed Co Covington Georgia via Bank of Newton County reference.
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