Jackson Opens Fall School With Strong Enrollment and Improvements
The fall session begins with 206 pupils and expects over 400 for the year, up from 348 last year. Buildings have been improved with two new recitation rooms, walls plastered and painted, boosting capacity and morale. Supt. Bruce leads an experienced faculty including Miss Gardner, Miss Hodges, Miss Lasnett, Messrs Bruce and Taylor, Miss Ingram, and Miss Humphreys as music director. Citizens show unity and optimism for continued growth and wealth.
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Jackson
C. H. Bruce
Jennie Gardner
Mable Hodges
Eva Lasnett
W. G C. Taylor
Bennie Mae
When In Doubt About Painting Consult J M Moore
An advertising notice from Jackson Georgia promoting painter J M Moore. It touts reliable services and assures best results using premier materials and skilled workmanship. It emphasizes Moore as a trusted local painter for painting needs.
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J. M. Moore
Jackson
County Sets Tax Rate At 10 Mills And Faces Costs
County commissioners adjourned last Friday to fix the tax rate at 10 mills with state taxes totaling 15.20 per thousand due to rising expenses. Increased jail, court, and farm costs strain the treasury, and an adjourned term in November may cost 1500 to 2000 dollars while an added ad valorem tax of 2 mills is anticipated to cover new obligations. The board vows to keep rates low despite deficits from prior years.
Legal notes on homestead rights and promissory clauses
A set of Georgia cases discusses who may claim homestead, waivers in notes, and usury limits. It also covers seal notes, endorsements, landlord liens for unplanted crops, and void mortgages on unplanted crops.
Hubby Returns to See Child After Wild Tale
A faded tale recalls Claud Hammond, once jailed for jail-breaking, who abandoned wife and infant in Butts County. Years later a New York letter sparked rumors of his death. His wife remarried Brooks and lives near Jenkinsburg. A visit to Parson McKieroy reveals a town moralizing on love and fate.
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Claud Hammond
Butts
Kittie McKleroy
Hymen
Hammond
New York
Brooks
Jenkins
McKieroys
We Department of Business
Opening Cotton Season Boosts Jackson Trade
Jackson opens the cotton season with 154 bales weighed at Farmers Union Southside Pintners Railroad and total receipts surpassing prior years. Prices ranged from 97 to 10 cents per pound, bringing about $7,000 into local commerce as merchants report a busy cash trade. Tomorrow’s receipts expected between 400 and 500 bales.
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Jackson
Farmers Union, Southside
Pidnters Railroad
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Butts Co
City of
John Wanamaker
Philadelhia
Jackson, GA
Gram
Margaret Humphreys
Hubby
Scott
Scott's. & Bowne
Southern Prize
Ruta Baga
Fiat Dutch
Amber Globe
Red
Harris Drug Co
Jackson Banking Co
Georgia
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R. P. Lasnett
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R. P. Sasnett
A. Mecmichael
S.C
Sees Weneess
J. B. Guthrie
District Court of the
United States
Alexancer Proudfit
Macon
Court House
W.T.C. Redman
Barnes & Saunders
C. L. Redman
C.L. Redman
J.O, Bea’ Hamp
J. J. Thornton
J. L. Mapp
J.M. Ball
J, L. Mapp
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