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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1894
Page
3
Railroad times for Jackson arrivals and departures, social notices, ads, and local society items. Mentions of trains, Institute activities, births, marriages, religious notices, and shop sales with numerous names and places in Jackson and surrounding areas. Contains references to Cohen’s store, Orange Blossom cures, and local political reminders.
The Monroe Advertiser reports that Owen Ogletree, a Black man about 30, accused of raping Mrs. Wright near High Falls, was seized by a mob eight miles from town after a late commitment trial. He was found hanged from a water oak with two bullet wounds, the mob taking him before sunrise. An inquest found no clues about the lynchers.
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The writer portrays a black assailant Ogletree as a demon, praising lynching in Monroe County and urging immediate death for rapists. The piece endorses vigilantism, claims judges and governor cannot deter crime, and rejects mercy for the offender.
A sequence of anecdotes from Ellijay and Dalton depicts printers and publishers chasing overdue subscriptions. One note ends in a selfdestructive act title and a corpse found near McCord’s mill pond with $300 in the dead man’s pocket.
Report recounts a small animal roaming Jackson drawing crowds and chasing it through town. The piece uses a parable about lies and a boomerang effect on its “daddy,” noting the moral atmosphere and repeated brush with such tales.
At the fifth annual meeting held at the Wigwam in Indian Spring, Leonora Beck of Atlanta was elected president of the Woman's Press Club of Georgia. Other officers include Marie Louie Myrick Americus as first vice president, William King Atlanta as second vice president, Ellen Dortch Milledgeville as secretary, and E. P. Penn Monticello as treasurer. Beck, noted for prolific contributions to northern papers and magazines, will head a club linked to the Capital Female College project and a new Loyd street building.
Cupid works around Jackson as four marriages are planned for the 28th. Despite few invitations, at least four couples are to wed, likely two gentlemen and two ladies, with a select circle to witness the neptials.
A letter urges Jackson to establish a public library similar to towns of its size. Proposes subscription funds, book donations, and a shared hall to run at low cost. Seeks citizen contact, a meeting, and committees to advance a beneficial, well patronized community enterprise.
Seventy nine new volumes arrive at Jackson Institute Library including Shakespeare Gibbons Macauley and Irving works for all grades. Pupils may borrow from 10 to 11 am Saturdays with two week renewals. A safety bit advert follows the library notes and a humorous room incident is recounted. 65 cents buys a dollar Orange Blossom at Bryans Co.
Real estate notice offers a five room dwelling on 1.5 acres in Flovilla with outbuildings, fencing, and water. Owner seeks trade for Jackson or Jackson Banking Co. stock or sale of nearby farming land. Property lies four hundred yards from the courthouse with 95 by 210 foot lot. Apply to Harmon & McDonald.
Mr E G Gilmore travels with widower Harmon Harvey toward Jasper county while suitors are warned to beware. The note closes with Harmon McDonald offering a private real estate advertising service and rental or sale of properties from their office.
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