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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
2
The Jackson Argus notes prosperity signs with hangings and college commencements rising. It supports Mr. Glessner as state librarian and mocks McKinley era faith cures, while commenting on John Temple Graves and warm weather as the season advances.
The Macon Telegraph is accused of political bias and degeneration in its coverage. The piece describes the paper as heartless and infidel like, full of empty words and lacking wisdom or hope, claiming its messages are dead-headed over Republican lines.
The speaker condemns annexation debt linked to Hawaii and opposes partnership with Hawaii, calling for exclusion and accusing a group of using a racial slur to push the plan. The remark reflects partisan tensions and xenophobic rhetoric of the era.
The Barnesville Enterprise notes internal strife with Cabaniss and Hodges, praising the Gazette and condemning new rivals. A lively talk on women’s moral superiority follows a Bible anecdote about devils and hogs, ending with the crowd favoring the woman’s side in a heated debate.
Macon News urges parents and youths in Macon and Georgia to seek self knowledge and understanding of human nature as essential before entering life’s battles. It warns of wasted schooling without self awareness and calls for guidance from elders to prevent early failures. The Argus advertises blank Masonic limits sold cheaply by the dozen or hundred.
The Argus urges supporters to back Jackson Institute, arguing a top school will attract good citizens, boost business and manufacturing, and unite the community in a shared future. Col. Barnett’s philosophy is cited, claiming a good school is cheaper than a poor one.
The Argus notes Jol Livingston seems ready to end his bid for the fifth district, while Robt L Adamson gains support. The paper endorses Adamson as a strong candidate and predicts voters crave new blood and brains in Congress.
The Blalock committee, formed last winter to probe Georgia state departments, met in Atlanta and seeks expert accountants to conduct a thorough, sweeping inquiry. Advocates insist skilled auditors are essential to uncover discrepancies, with the need highlighted by early tax digest findings and unreported land totals. The piece urges proper staffing to ensure meaningful results and notes public health debates over board of health reporting and isolation measures for consumption.
Six hundred workmen tore down and trampled a McKinley picture in Wilmerding Penn after 400 Westinghouse Air Brake Co employees were discharged for lack of work. The riot followed a 25 percent wage cut and involved banners calling McKinley the advance agent of prosperity.
The article explains how the common granary weevil infests corn by laying eggs inside kernels, with larvae eating the heart and adults emerging to repeat the cycle. It advises treating housed corn with bisulphide of carbon at 1 1/2 to 2 pounds per 100 bushels, allowing vapor to penetrate and kill insects, noting the method is safe for grain if used as directed but dangerous if overused and never near any flame.
Flovilla items note a local visitor J O Wastleberry dubbed Knight of the Grip in town Tuesday. The column lists residents in Jackson and nearby areas with social calls and a quiet wedding of J T Gibson and Ada Heard at the Flovilla bank.
An advertisement extols S.S.S. as a guaranteed purely vegetable blood remedy without mercury or potash. It claims to cure scrofula eczema carbuncles rheumatism and other blood diseases by addressing the blood fortifying deep-seated conditions. A testimonial from Joseph C. Mygatt of Athens Georgia supports a total cure after six bottles.
The Jackson Institute closed its spring term last Wednesday with a splendid program. No commencement exercises or address were held this year, yet the event drew many attendees unable to find seats, and praise was given to the capable teachers who have earned the school a strong reputation.
The program lists Weber and Miss McKierny in recitation, valedictory, and vocal solo The Nightingale as part of a New South program. Names Weber and Miss McKierny appear among the performers in sequence.
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