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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
4
The Jackson Argus lists local reading notices at five cents per line per insertion and obituaries at a fixed rate. Full schedule available on request. Remittances should use bank draft, post office money order, or registered letter. currency or postal notes sent unregistered are at owner's risk.
The Argus is hailed as a top Georgia weekly by S S Smith of Franklin Printing and Publishing Co and Ed Guthrie of the Weekly Telegraph, with praise for its artistic advertising and type. Additional quotes come from W M Bairman of the Savannah Dispatch and E Christian, a veteran weekly-paper journalist.
A Georgia job printer, J D Dehil, lauds The Argus and its ads as neat and up to date. He notes the paper reflects well on Jackson and Butts County and pledges The Argus is at the front and there to stay.
The Argus moves to Bank Hall with a long partitioned hall for light and three times more room. The note says the paper is expanding due to growth and will maintain its leadership and high standards. It reflects pride in the paper’s past and plans to keep energy and judgment in its work.
The Griffin News comments on E. P. Speer’s dismissal from the treasury by the Republican administration. It notes Col Jim Flint purchasing the J. P. Hammond farm near his father’s, and fears Frank Flynt may return to farming after four years in Washington.
A recent cyclone struck Arlington Calhoun County blowing down the academy housing 82 students. Eight were killed instantly and sixteen badly mangled with Dudley Killebrew and Professor Walker mortally injured. Funeral after funeral follows as residents mourn losses and townspeople face a season considered routine by some.
The Jackson Argus criticizes Col. Buck of Maine as a frost-bitten potato who has sprouted in Georgia politics. The piece condemns Georgia voters for seeking favors from him and contrasts this with calls for native manhood and independence. The Atlanta Constitution notes the Argus editorial and praises Jackson's publishing quality.
An old marketing line traces Castoria from infancy to motherhood, noting the remedy’s use for babies and children and its continued presence as a product across generations in a nostalgic promotional voice.
In Messina Bay we tour Tarsus to view the birthplace of Paul. The group notes narrow streets, an open courtyard house, a lime water well, animals, and a bustling Christian Debbas family home. They reflect on Paul’s youth near the Cydnus river and snow‑capped Taurus mountains.
The tax receiver announces dates and locations to collect state and county tax returns for 1897. He will visit Buttrill Jenkinsburg April 6 Towaliga Kinard’s April 7 Blackankle Elgin April 8 Indian Spring Flovilla April 12 Dublin Cork April 13 Iron Spring Stark April 14 Worthville April 15 Indian Spring April 19 and will remain in Jackson on Saturdays until further notice.
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