Memorial Day Observed in Jackson by Confederate Veterans
Memorial Day in Jackson featured a courthouse program by the Larkin D. Watson Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mayor W E Watkins gave the Memorial address, with Veterans, schoolchildren, and the Jackson Rifles participating in a parade and wreath paving at the cemetery. A banquet followed at the Commercial Building with veterans and their wives, and a sham battle closed the day.
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Jackson
Court House
Larkin D. Watson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. E. Watkins
M.S. Williams
Col. Watkins
Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert van Deventer
Commercial
Jackson Rifles
Funeral for Confederate Veteran John Maddox Held at Worthville
The funeral for 74 year old John Clark Maddox, a Confederate veteran who collapsed after a veterans dinner, was held Sunday at Worthville Methodist church with Rev. Fincher officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, seven children, and one brother, Henry R. Maddox of Worthville.
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John Clark Maddox
Daughters of the Confederacy
Worthville
Death of Jess D. Roberts in Macon Hospital
Jess D. Roberts brother of Mrs. Joseph Carmichael and Judson Roberts and a former Jackson resident died at Macon Hospital Tuesday at 3 o clock of paralysis. Survived by his wife, six Macon children, and another brother Milton Roberts of Tucson Arizona.
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Jess D. Roberts
Joseph Carmichael
Judson Roberts
Jackson
Macon Hospital
Milton Roberts
Tuscon
Arizona
Roberts
Macon
Clifford Collins Interred Beside Mother in City Cemetery
The body of Clifford Collins who died in a Sanitarium in Atlanta on April 22 was brought to Jackson last Friday and buried in the City cemetery Saturday beside his mother Mrs. Robert Collins. His sisters Mesdames Brown and Harold Byston of Dublin accompanied the funeral.
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Clifford Collins
Atlanta
Jackson
City
Robert Collins
Dublin
Mesdames Brown
Harold Bay*ston
Georgia Boys Corn Club Enlistment Tops Ten Thousand
Special to the Argus from Athens Georgia May 1 Practically complete returns from the Georgia State College of Agriculture show about 10 000 boys enrolled in corn clubs and 2 500 girls in girls clubs for 1913. Twenty eight counties have girls clubs and 140 have corn clubs with Carroll County leading in boys and Bibb County leading in girls.
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Athens
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Mary Creswell
Campbell
Banner County
Carroll
Bibb
Local Personal Mentions Across Towns
Arthur McClure of Stark visited Tuesday. Henry Byron of Atlanta spends a week at home. S. D. Johnson spent the weekend in Tallapoosa and Atlanta. Clayton Thaxton travels Brunswick with Collier Drug Co. Fitzhugh L. Penn of Monticello passed through Jackson en route from Forsyth. Parham Smith of McDonough was in Jackson on business Tuesday and Wednesday. S. O. Ham and F. S. Etheridge attended the Elberton Sunday School Convention last week. Harold Bone and Eugene McMichael of Canton spent the weekend with Jackson relatives.
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Fitzhugh L. Penn
Monticello
Jackson
Forsyth
Parham Smith
McDonough
S.O. Ham
F. S. Etheridge
Elberton
Harold Bone
Eugene McMichael
Canton
Why not take stock in Street Car Company
A reader urges Jackson residents to buy $3,000 stock in the Street Car Company to fund unused horsepower and speed up an interurban line. The letter claims the city overpays for power and tax relief could follow, touting Jackson as a modern prosperity center near a premier summer resort. It cites examples in Valdosta and Waycross and urges rapid electric service within ninety days.
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Jackson
Valdosta
Waycross
Georgia
All Veterans Entitled to Respect at Death
The old veterans recall a death after Memorial services and urge universal respect at funeral for all comrades who earned the Cross of Honor. Resolutions call for attendance at funerals and burials, insisting no exceptions for honored veterans.
E H Stephens Dies in Toledo Home
Eliphalet Hoffman Stephens father of Mrs. Asa Buttrill dies suddenly in Toledo while on a business trip after wintering in St Augustine. Funeral conducted from Mrs. Buttrill's home with Masons and Knights Templar rites. born June 27 1838 in Orange County New York. Survived by wife one daughter and two sons.
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Toledo
Ohio
Stephens
Jackson Methodist Church Sunday Services and Visits
Sunday schedule includes 11:00 a.m. sermon by Dr. Walton 3:30 p.m. quarterly conference and 7:30 p.m. sermon by the pastor. Visitors from Forsyth D J Tribble Andrew Bloodworth Walter Lawson Gilbert Alexander. L R Akin’s improving condition after surgery in Macon. Miss Eileen Lanier hosted by her father W V Lanier of Millen.
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D. J. Tribble
Andrew Bloodworth
Walter Lawson
Gilbert Alexander
Forsyth
Eileen Lanier
W. V. Lanier
Millen
Noble Lady Succumbs to Pneumonia in Butts County
The Jackson community learned in Flovilla that Mrs Tennie Whitehead Elder widow of George Elder died after a week of pneumonia. Funeral in Flovilla at 1 p m with burial at the family grounds in Indian Spring. Survived by two children Lucile and Percy Elder and brother Dr William Whitehead of Atlanta.
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Jackson
Flovilla
Elder
Lucile Elder
Percy Elder
Indian Spring
William Whitehead
Atlanta
Sleeping Beauty staged by Jackson Public School third grade
The Third Grade’s Sleeping Beauty, directed by Miss Julia Thornton, closed Miss Lanier’s junior music recital last Friday. The performance highlighted precise playing and audience praise, with Mildred Wilson and Miriam Fletcher chosen as the best players to appear in the commencement recital.
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Jackson Public School
Julia Thornton
Miss Lanier
Visit Provisions and Travel Notices
Mrs J C Meredith plans a Fort Valley visit on the first Thursday to see relatives. Mr and Mrs Maurice Wright depart this morning for a trip to New York.
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J.C. Meredith
Fort Valley
Maurice Wright
New York
Vendome Theatre Presents High Class Pictures This Week
The Vendome Theatre offers six selected pictures for tonight and Saturday with good music and pleasant entertainment promised to patrons.
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Vendome Theatre
Jackson Public School Board Elects 1913 14 Teachers
The Jackson Public School Board elected staff for 1913 14 led by Superintendent W P Martin. Principal George Williams of Lawrenceville heads the high school with Miss Elizabeth Rogers of Zebulon and Miss Jennie McElroy of Lawrenceville as High School teachers. Grade teachers include Miss Julia Thornton Tallapoosa seventh, Miss Lucy Goodman Jackson sixth, Miss Bessie Waldrop Flovilla fifth, Miss Annie Lou McCord Jackson fourth, Miss Anna Waldrop Flovilla third, Miss Sarah Lu Hardin Conyers second, Miss Anna Keith Ridge Springs S C first, and Miss Izra Morrison Monticello music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Public School
W. P. Martin
George Williams
Lawrenceville
Elizabeth Rogers
Zebulon
Jennie McElroy
Julia Thornton
Singing Program at Cardis Church Planned for May 25
Cardis Church announces a Sunday school music program on May 25 with two hours of congregational singing starting at 2:30 PM. Lon Norman and Tom Rosser led last week’s singing. next lesson is Joseph Interprets Dreams.
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Sardis
Lon Norman
Tom Rosser
Joseph
J. P. Fincher
Larue Lummus
Weir
North Georgia
I. M. Wilson
Daisy Stewart
M. A. Wilson
N.A. Fincher
Doreen Horton
J. M. Wilson
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Watkins
J. D. Roberts
THE
ARGUS
Arthur McClure
Stark
Henry Byron
S. D. Johnson
Tallapoosa
Clayton Thaxton
Brunswick
Collier Drug Company
E. H. Stephens
Eliphalet Hoffman Stephens
Asa Buttrill
Jackson Methodist Church
Wal
Tennie Whitehead Elder
Mildred Wilson
Miriam Fletcher
Yorktown
Jackson Book Store
Ball
Cardis Church
Uncle Sam
Jackson Book Company
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