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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1895
Page
3
The notice boasts that the Jackson store offers unmatched prices on shoes clothes dress goods and domestics with up to date styles and large stock. It invites country merchants to visit before ordering while assuring customers that hard times can be beaten by buying there.
Dr Gardner preached three funerals in one day last week. Butts county treasurer notes improved treasury. Thompson’s eight measles affect his family. Dr R G Bryans praised. jail sermon by Rev Cary aided inmates. The Constitution is lauded. politics discuss Grover Cleveland and silver debate. school concert features Miss McKie Miss Jones and Miss Badgen.
A comic column recounts Jackson happenings from missing quotes about ducks sending corn bread to sweethearts to a council moving buildings in the streets. It notes a legal clash and a quail dining joke, mentions a grand jury possible act against an ex teacher, and ends with Tom and Jerry as a combined political duo.
A January 23 1895 notice requires all persons firms and corporations operating within Jackson to register their trade and pay the special license within ten days. Issued by order of the mayor and council. Clerk M M Mitts signs the notice.
A large county turnout in the court house chose H C McCandless president and W M Mallet secretary. They discussed forming Butts county into the Southern States Cotton Growers Protective Association and adjourned to March. A county resolution urged cutting guano use by half in 1895 with payment in cotton, with several members pledging to use none.
The Griffin News reports Spalding superior court opened for its first session with Judge Marcus W. Beck presiding. He was welcomed by Judge Boynton and the Griffin bar and assured of cooperation from Col. O. H. B. Bloodworth and Sheriff M. F. Morns, as local officers begin their duties. The scene featured a hopeful atmosphere among solid citizens regarding state interests in Spalding's highest court.
W L Carmichael advertises a wide stock of garden seeds available in the city. The note highlights quality and variety for planting seasons.
Frank Z. Curry argues the county court abolition in Butts County rests on a local law not a general one. He contends Section 279 of the Code makes the establishment by grand jury local, and the repeal by local act is constitutional until Legislature acts. He offers to cite authorities on request.
Local notices indicate Callon W L Carmichael ensures a complete stock before buying Garden Seed. The entry notes readiness and business prudence in agricultural supply.
Mr. Joel Newsome died at his son's Hawkinsville home aged 79 after years in the community. Funeral at Jackson Baptist Church led by Dr Gardner, burial in local cemetery. Frank Ridgway died suddenly at Mr McElhany’s residence. services by Dr Gardner at Fellowship. Mrs Hightower, a devout Newton County Christian, died of consumption with husband O G Hightower and children in grief. Shirey family mourns infant loss from measles after prior bereavement one month earlier.
A Forsyth Georgia church, built at twelve thousand dollars and wrecked by a December cyclone, seeks external help to rebuild. The letter to Rev C C Cary describes prior storm damage, recent losses from the cyclone, and the abnormally low business mood hindering repairs.
A written appeal asks for sermons or lectures to aid a charitable collection. Signatories include J. 8. Bryan Presiding Elder, J. M. Bowden Pastor, and other church leaders such as E. T. Mallory and J. T. McGinty requesting consideration and blessing for their work.
The remedy is praised as widely known and popular with users claiming Electric Bitters purify the blood and cure liver and kidney diseases. It is said to drive malaria from the system and treat headaches constipation and indigestion with a money back guarantee priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
A lender advertises more than $12,000 available for real estate loans in Butts county at 6 percent. Applicants are directed to Harmon & McDonald at the office for arrangements and approval.
Landreth's Garden and Field Seed offered at W L Carmichael's. readable line shows jan18-41 date fragment and shop listing, indicating a seed and garden supply notice with limited legible text.
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