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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
2
A reader writes that the paper can only print news if given information. The letter urges readers to share tips and topics since editors cannot read minds.
Collier's Weekly explains commission government as a city plan with a mayor and four commissioners. It argues for direct popular control, fewer officials, nonpartisan elections, and elimination of the city boss. It also claims improved administration by subordinating minor officials to the governing body.
Postoffice officials plan to send agents to county and state fairs to advise farmers on parcel post use. The idea aims to popularize the service and connect producers with consumers, mirroring England where orders for poultry vegetables and other goods move directly between farms and households.
Misses Mae Colquitt Julia Thornton and others attended Pleasant Grove singing on Sunday. Mrs Carmichael Watkins and Miss Harris entertain Miss Bailey before her marriage on the 18th. Ezra Morrison leaves Monticello for Jackson to teach next year. George Mingledorff marries Miss May Helen Crum at the Crum home in Jackson. couple will reside in Greenville.
The piece condemns stingy local capitalists who hoard wealth and hinder growth. It praises enterprising citizens who invest and share, arguing hard times come from tightfisted conduct and that broad, liberal gentry sustain a city's prosperity.
In Burts County Georgia William H Whitehead applies to be permanent administrator of Mary H Elder's estate. The Court of Ordinary will hear the application at the regular term on the first Monday in July 1913. J H Ham Ordinary signs the notice on June 2, 1913.
An ordinance by the Mayor and Aldermen of Jackson calls an election for July 8 1913 to decide on issuing bonds totaling 23000 dollars for a sewerage system. Bonds bear 5 percent interest with specified annual maturities and payable in gold at a New York bank. Publication, registration, and voting procedures are outlined with “For Sewerage System Bonds” or “Against Sewerage System Bonds” options set.
Notice to Jackson voters that a July 8 1918 election will decide authorizing bonds totaling 23000 for a sewerage system. Bonds issued from January 1 1914 in 2000 and 3000 dollar denominations bear 5 percent interest, with principal payments through 1948, payable in gold in New York banks.
Lawrence Dodson spent Friday in Jackson. Miss Alma Lavender visited Jasper county relatives. The Camp Fire Girls camp near Stark with guardian Miss Lucy Goodman and chaperones. Miss Tassie Fears recovered from measles. Walter Nelson and daughter shopped in Jackson. Mrs. Wiley Thompson nearing recovery from illness. Inman Norsworthy turned his girls out of a buggy on the Union Ridge trip. Community updates include farmers chopping cotton and residents visiting Union Ridge, Ocmulgee, and West Point and Moultrie teachers at home for summer.
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