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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
5
Local notes praise community figures and businesses in Treadwell and surrounding counties. Highlights include J N Washington, postmaster and merchant, praise for grain genetics claim by Dr Flynt and H L Grant, Allen & Co offerings of smoked herring and Imperial raisins, roses by D L Caston, Hanes the Jeweler, and J B Guthrie’s new gallery addition.
The page compiles shop promotions and minor notes across Jackson County. Items include The Globe Store selling boy coats and vests for ages 16 to 19, linen suits and summer wear, real estate handled by N. J. Harmon of Jackson, Ga, and reports of local residents like W. H. Maddox and J. T. E Dalgo visiting town. Also features health ads for Dr Tichenor's Antiseptic and No To Bac tobacco cure, plus a quirky item about I D Edalgo noting a goose disappearance linked to impure water and a horse carcass.
J. B. Gunthere spent Sunday in Barnesville and Mr. Clarence Murphree spent Monday in Atlanta on business.
Flem Ward was appointed administrator on Miss Bradley Ward estate last Monday. Spalding county jail will begin work next Monday. Hanes the Jeweler sells clocks. Pack Watkins is praised for turning waste into wealth on his county farm. The old pond by the Griffin road is noted. Watkins owns the place with a fine oat crop. Cols Wright Mills and Bailey won $1700 in a United States court verdict at Macon for a negro boy against the Southern railroad. Col Y A Wright named as three year representative of Michigan Grand council to Georgia Grand council. Alex Saunders, 84, still plows all week and is cheerful. he is uncle of Congressman C L Bartlett.
The voter's book is open for registration at the courthouse for the bond election held soon. It will be available at Potts & Stewart's and remains open until May 29 at 4 p.m. S. D. Thurston T.C. B.C.
Judge J F Carmichael traveled to Atlanta to review architectural changes by Bruce and Morgan to the original court house plan. He aims to ensure committee specifications are followed before bids, and to consult movers on the removal cost of the old building as the project advances.
In a casual ad style notice R H Calvert promotes first class painting and decorative work. The item mentions a Jackson report that Judge Beck or Bloodworth might seek a congressional appointment and Jol Frank Curry could run for Bloodworth’s seat. Curry declines to discuss.
Sheriff Jim Beauchamp hosted a birthday dinner for members of the 18th Georgia regiment at his Third Street home. The gathering included relatives and other locals as the group, long tied by an unwritten pact, shared stories by a fire after a fine meal and wished Beauchamp many more birthdays.
Public notice promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a speedy cure for long standing piles and a household favorite for burns scalds cuts bruises and sores of all kinds from DeW. L. Carmichael & Co.
The Butts county Sunday School association met at the Methodist church on a Friday in April with smaller attendance due to bad weather. State field-worker S. H. Miller spoke on the scale of Sunday school work and Donnely emphasized Love organizing for the child from national to class level. Music by local ladies was noted as a highlight and County Line was chosen for the next gathering, set for the Friday before the first Sunday in April 1898.
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