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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
3
Bargain prices listed for flour barrels oats and sugar with per barrel and per bushel rates. Includes Our Bouquet and Our Daisy flour barrels, sersky wiry, fancy spring oats, rust proof oats, tobacco boxes, crockery and glassware, and granulated sugar at discounted barrel and pound rates. Jackson market noted for competitive quality.
Sundry commodity listings show sugar coffee and syrup prices. Notable items include 25 pounds light brown sugar for 1.00, 22 12 pounds granulated sugar at 1.00, 12 pounds coffee at 1.00, 412 pounds coffee at 1.00, barbed wire at 21 2 cents per pound, 100 barrels syrup from New Orleans and Southwest Georgia with rates 15 to 30 cents per gallon, and plow lines at 12 cents per pair.
Local store touts huge reductions on dry goods hats and shoves to make space for a large spring stock arriving soon. Shoppers urged to come see the bargains and hurry to beat the limited quantities.
A letter received Tuesday from an Atlanta barber proposing to relocate to Jackson and open a first class barber shop. The item appears amid staccato train times and catalog copy for The Globe Store as it promotes seasonal stock and integrity.
The M. E. Church South urges a Do Without Week to support missions. Each member forfeits a daily item for seven days and donates the savings beyond regular contributions. The program lists daily prayers and reflections March 4 to 10 leading to a missionary sermon. The Globe Store touts tobacco stock and Ayer's Sarsaparilla claims.
Mr. W. A. Newton was struck on the hand by a spent shot from Bob Lyons while hunting Tuesday. The injury is described as not serious, Newton forgetting which hand was hit.
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