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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
4
The Jackson Argus reports Jackson gaining new residents and promotes Yates apples and orchard planting. It mentions Police Porter’s assassination in Atlanta and three arrests, observations on poverty and class, editor Brooks marrying, and its role as a valued advertising medium.
The excerpt notes George Pullman’s disdain for society yet religious streak. It also mentions a Bibb county grand jury indicting Editor Loyless of the News for assault and Hanson of the Telegraph for carrying concealed weapons. Loyless allegedly confronted Hanson over a News critique, striking him in the face.
The Argus argues convicts should work faithfully in penitentiaries and chain gangs as a safeguard for society. It condemns sentimental views and says convicts are bad citizens who require strong discipline rather than humane indulgence.
The writer denounces the current administration for cutting common school appropriations while preserving college funding. They claim the state favors elite education and criticizes the misallocation that benefits football and high‑profile programs over reading and writing for poorer students. The piece warns voters watching the legislature risk political consequences.
The Argus criticizes Georgia pardon practices arguing that embezzlers from Fulton county may be released while North Georgia moon-shiners remain jailed. It condemns unequal mercy and calls for consistent application of justice regardless of wealth or influence.
The Savannah News argues against a constitutional convention proposing amendments to the existing constitution as sufficient, noting high costs, tax concerns, and better uses for funds like schools and pensions. It urges delaying any convention and focusing on improved plans for state convicts instead.
D J Spencer has bought the jail lot from Oak street to First street with 240 feet on Oak and 95 feet on First. He will build a splendid brick sale and livery stable, moving old cabins to the lower lot and using the upper part for the new building. Levy Spencer may join the project as a partner.
John Bostwick of Peeksville said he has been married 42 years and has 7 children and 24 grandchildren with no deaths in the family in nearly 50 years. The Argus offers best wishes for more happiness. Milledgeville lunatic asylum colored department burned on the 9th with over 100000 loss but insured.
Harmon and Company sold a 30 acre farm this week to Mr Washington on behalf of Mrs Catchings. The transaction reflects a rural property transfer completed by the real estate firm.
Brushey Nov 9 Farmers in the area near harvest corn and five cent cotton and are now setting plans to sow wheat in abundance for next year. Personal notices include Eva Barrow returning home after a week with her sister Mrs P R Head and visits by Miss Eula Chapman, Mrs W H Phinazee, Alma Ridgeway, Lucy Manley, and others.
Lawrence Crawford set a steel trap for rats in the Planters Supply Co grocery room last Tuesday night. On Wednesday the trap and chain vanished. Harris heard a rattle and an investigation found the rat snagged in shoe boxes, too large to escape.
Last Sunday's Methodist worship featured young ladies collecting offerings while men opened their pockets. The article previews the appeal of the proficient young fundraisers and notes their notable effectiveness during the service.
Poem depicts a hellish scene along Saltpeter Avenue near the Pit and Molten Hotel in Sulphuric Glade. It describes a bed in a damp griddle, a thrice heated chamber for those who write on both sides of the paper, and a blistering bath for the nameless.
A home study shows Meade Hendrick quit chewing ten years ago and saved $700. The author argues temperate tobacco use harms finances and wellbeing, noting the homeless population reflects the outcomes of persistent chewing.
Property listing by J. J. Thornton offers a well finished house and lot on College Avenue for sale at a bargain. If not sold soon, the place will be offered for rent.
Small pocket case of surgical instruments lost in Jackson Georgia. Finder will be rewarded by returning to R. G. Bryans M. D.
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