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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
5
A local ad highlights Robt. T. Carmichael & Co. offering groceries including mackerel in kits and half barrels. The message promotes other services and mentions Rev. J. A. Jackson preaching at Macedonia church last Sunday.
Several vendors advertise cotton prices and uniform 10 cent cotton pricing at the gin. Florist items from Wm I Wagner and Robt Carmichael Co promote roses plants and fresh fish each Saturday. Social notes mention J M T Mayo visiting Atlanta and a church anniversary for Dr Nelson. A lunacy case is noted with Henry Ridgeway and Dave Taylor found insane.
A Liver Trouble advert promises Dr King s New Life Pills for clear skin at 25 cents from Harris Drug Co. Gunn Co offers fresh graham crackers and roasted coffee. Warner Hale of Good Hope, 16, sets a cotton picking record with 782 pounds in 12 hours, averaging 60 pounds per hour.
Tax collector E C Robison lists October 1900 collection routes and dates in Jenkinsburg Elgin Cork Indian Spring Flovilla Iron Logs Iron Spgs Stark Towaliga Worthville Fincherville Jackson with mornings and afternoons noted and court weeks in Jackson.
A freight train near the Southern depot frayed catastrophe last Friday as cotton bales caught fire. About twenty bales burned before crews controlled the blaze, sparing a far larger loss through quick, decisive action.
A citizen offers to trade any good improved town or country property for Atlanta property and requests contact with G H Oppyxe at 8911 Atlanta Ga to discuss terms. The note seeks property exchanges and specifies Atlanta as the target area.
A G Hitchins urges all debtors to settle notes and accounts due by October 1 1900 and offers a bonus of one quarter of a cent per pound on cotton for those who owe him. He thanks past favors and hopes for continued business.
Sheriff Crawford arrested Tom King at Indian Spring last Tuesday for stealing Sid McCandless bicycle. King, living near Jackson, carried the wheel home and sold it. the bicycle was recovered and returned to McCandless. King and another named suspect remain in jail in default of a $100 bond.
J. R. Carmichael urges all debtors to settle immediately for any amount due by note or account. He notes cotton prices are favorable and cannot extend credit or wait until later. Sept. 20, 1900.
A West Avenue residence is offered for sale on reasonable terms or for exchange for a farm. The seller, D. T. Bryan, lists 150 to 200 acres as the preferred farm size and provides phone contact 84. The note promotes first class goods with low prices.
The notes accounts of the C. G. Fennell Co. are in my hands for collection with instructions to post them. Save trouble and expense by seeing me at once. 89m2 W H Whaley, Atty.
An ad for a water mill announces a new wheel elevator and fan, operated by miller J. C. McCord. The proprietor T. W. McCorp invites public patronage and promises first class condition and service.
Mayor Beauchamp receives a railroad commission update on the Jackson depot facilities dispute. Crenshaw reports that a July 24 letter to Southern Railway officials sought progress on negotiated improvements, with no reply to date and plans promised once Thompson responds.
J R Garrison cashier of the bank of Thornville Ohio was sick with lung trouble until he used Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption and praised it as the best medicine for severe cold or lung trouble. Keep a bottle on hand. 50 cents and 2 dollars trial bottles free at Harris Drug Co. Car of ice at Crawford ice house phone 44.
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