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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
4
The Jackson Georgia paper pleads for printer's dollars scattered in small towns. It urges readers to return any stray dollars, to help restore credit, and asks citizens to contribute so the press can sustain operations and defend financial standing.
The Atlanta News notes that Southern manufacturers push open door policy to grow trade with China and Manchuria. It argues the south will become a major overseas market as European powers are urged not to block open trade. Business drives Orient markets, with the South poised to profit from China’s exports.
The Macon Telegraph reports the burning of Fred Alexander in Leavenworth Kansas as a vastly more savage act than the Sam Hose case in Coweta county. Alexander was burned on a crowded street in front of about 8 000 spectators, and his mother was present.
The piece recalls past condemnations of Palmetto and lynching debates, noting editors and preachers once moralizing now silent. It contrasts Northern and Southern race tensions as an influx of African Americans seeks work and equality, citing deadly clashes from Virden to Leavenworth.
Mrs J S Johnson will conduct a guitar instruction class at her home residence of Mrs Pound. Call on Mrs Johnson for particulars.
Be it ordained by the mayor and council that all business and special taxes for 1901 be registered with the Clerk and Treasurer by February 11 1901 and collected by the Receiver and Collector by that date. Firms failing to register within ten days after publication face fines between one and ten dollars per day or work street confinement for five to ten days. E S Winn C T.
A good roadster mare about 1000 pounds for sale. She will work to anything. Call on or address W. M. Taylor Jackson Ga.
Cheap for cash sale advertised by J B Guthrie offering a good horse, top buggy and harness. Contact J B Guthrie for purchase details.
Sheriff Crawford returned from Birmingham after locating two Negro prisoners, Tom Buckner and Scott Harkness, linked to a jail delivery and a holiday shooting. Buckner had liberated other inmates. Harkness was tied to the Ringfield killing. Both were brought in together, boosting the sheriff's record. Gunn & Co. sell Premium lard.
Disagreeable weather and general colds persist. Mrs. W J Woodward remains ill though friends wish her speedy recovery. Several local visits and greetings as families host guests and relatives over holidays. Anconas praised by A F Taylor as superior egg producers. Various locals plan visits and meals, with social rounds among the Towaliga area families.
Dr and Mrs John Alton Harris of London and others visited friends in Flovilla over the weekend. Dr Rosser of Flovilla organized a Wednesday prayer service at the Baptist church for church members, inviting all. Miss Lula Lawson visited in Forsyth, and Mrs Laura Holt planned a Blakely trip with her niece.
The Farmers' Institute's County Fair Committee met with S. H. Mays as chair and W. M. Taylor as secretary to outline a county fair in Jackson next fall. Midway gaming features were to be excluded and each member named as district exhibit solicitor with authority to add four more helpers. A joint meeting with the city mayor and council was requested, with February 1 a court house gathering set for 10 a.m.
The new City Council sworn in and organized for business led by Mayor Beauchamp. Officers elected include Clerk and Treasurer E. 8. Winn, Tax Collector E. C. Robison, Chief of Police L. McCrawford, and Assistant W. B. McMichael. Committee assignments follow in a typed list with named chairmen and members.
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