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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
1
Columbus authorities this week elected Superintendent Johnson of the Public Schools to a Jackson principalship at a salary of 1200 dollars per year. The piece urges the board of trustees to retain him in Jackson as one of the state’s ablest educators.
Commission issued by Gen Evans grants J O Beauchamp of Butts county the rank of Major on the staff of the Major General commanding the Georgia division U C V. He is assigned to duty in his county and at conventions and reunions for the year 1900 in Louisville and related events.
Closing exercises at Jackson Public Schools take place at the Institute today. The program shows a lively closing ceremony and the school’s success under Superintendent Johnson and his capable teachers.
The program lists performances and speeches by Mary Will Brown, Wade Hammond Watkins, Tallie Virginia Jolly, Annie Le Verte Pope, Marguerite Outhouse, Thomas Newton McKibben, Mary Emily Barnes, Leonora Brock Nutt, Nannie Lizzie McKibben, Annie Lou McCord, Viola Slaughter, George Edward Mallet, and Mary Will Brown with Lucy Hendrick. Prizes and diplomas will be delivered, concluding with a benediction by Marion Land.
Receivers of the Jackson Institute Co. announce sale of the two acre Jackson Institute lot and two story building in Jackson on the first Tuesday in June. Fixtures, desks, and seating to be sold. titles issued on court confirmation. sale may affect future school use or possible conversion to other uses.
The Tabernacle Baptist Church of Atlanta plans a new three story institute behind its current building. It will house a Bible Institute and Training School for Christian Workers, include a nursing training feature, and be run by a mixed board with two thirds Baptists. Nurses will sign two year study contracts, may serve as nurses during study, and earn diplomas after further clinical work.
Commissioners Mallet and Fletcher went to Atlanta and bought four large mules for about $600 to power a road machine. The plan is to install the machine next week, signaling the adoption of a modern road-working system.
The Presbyterian Assembly in session in Atlanta this past week is described as one of the most splendid bodies of men gathered in Georgia in some time. The hosts represent a conservative, preserving force upholding truths honoring to God and beneficial to man.
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