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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
6
The Jackson Argus offers a subscription deal: one year of The Argus plus four years of Farm Journal and any Farm Journal booklet. This promotional package presents value by extending Farm Journal access and including an additional booklet choice.
The Farm Journal advertises a 1923 Almanac offer for early subscribers. An order before stock runs out guarantees Poor Richard Revived with the subscription. Choosing both papers extends to four years, while no booklet extends to five years.
Pitts Clark was seen riding around in Jackson on Monday and looked lost. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith visited Berner for the weekend. Several local families spent Sunday with kin including Mr. and Mrs. Spicer with the Suttons and Mr. and Mrs. Reeves.
A collection of witty proverbs from Farm Journal about debt taxes success and life advice. The phrases compare responsibility honesty and prudence with humorous rural wisdom and pay homage to common sense in farming communities.
A Sardis Baptist church outlines ongoing efforts in Butts county religious affairs. The letter notes one of the largest Sunday Schools in the county and invites readers to learn weekly about guiding principles, with space requested from The Argus for signed communications up to 200 words.
President-elect Wilson rested after return from New York as heavy rain kept him indoors. He plans to send his resignation to the Secretary of State, making the coming week his last as Governor of New Jersey, with the resignation to take effect next Saturday.
State College of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture unify their farm demonstration programs. Prof J Phil Campbell remains head of the corn club. Brad ford Knapp lauds the merger as expanding the college’s reach across Georgia with sixty farm demonstrators now part of the college field force.
The Georgia Horticultural Society the Georgia Breeders Association and the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association urged the legislature to provide liberal appropriations to expand the Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens. They cited increased activity and demand for facilities and programs including extension schools institutes clubs and breeding centers.
Official records show Hastings Prolific yielding 214 bushels per acre in Georgia, 225 in Mississippi, 172 2-3 in Arkansas, 129 1-4 in Florida. The variety dominates Georgia corn club prizes and is praised for prolific, high quality grain. Price list and order details follow.
A disjointed schoolyard anecdote features a speaker asking about a parable like scene. In the fragment a father runs to meet a son and hurts himself, with a teacher asking about the source and a boy recalling the neck injury as a punchline.
A witty exchange suggests discussing weather over politics when faced with a barber’s razor. The quip highlights a preference for safe topics in intimate daily rituals.
For bearing trees use 1-2 lb cotton seed meal 1-2 lb nitrate of soda 3 lb acid phosphate 1 lb muriate of potash per 500 lb per acre on 100 peach trees. Place 50 lb in circles around each tree, wide from trunk. Broad cast 600-700 lb per acre. If under 100 trees per acre divide 500 lb among trees. If legumes were turned under previous season use above mix. if not, increase cotton seed meal.
A. H. Smith the guardian of Maurice C. Wright applies for discharge. Objections must be filed by the first Monday in March next. otherwise the guardian will be discharged. Dated February 4, 1913. J. H. Ham Ordinary Burrs County Georgia.
All creditors of the estate of W. B. Thompson deceased of Butts county are notified to render in their demands to the undersigned and all persons indebted to the estate are required to make immediate payment. L. A. Cawthon is administrator.
A Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt notes a ticket agent clarifying travel costs, saying travel may be five cents a mile but only thirty cents an hour. The exchange points to tension over pricing for doubtful transit services.
A concise epigram from the Chicago Record Herald notes that those who complain of hard work should recall that cheap hands handle easy tasks. The quotation reflects a worker ethic echoed in the periodical’s voice.
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