U D C Monthly Meeting Held at Dozier Home
The U D C held its monthly meeting at Mrs. W B Dozier's home on Thursday afternoon. A post meeting program featured a talk by Miss Lucy Goodman of Jackson. Refreshments followed. Several local residents and relatives were noted visiting in or from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Dozier
Lucy Goodman
Jackson
E. L. Lawson
Lurline Lawson
Atlanta
Jonesboro
E. R. Edwards
South Carolina
Alice Smith
J. F. Chambless
Sidney Chambless
T. C. Giles
Riley Plymale
Beulah Vickers
Georgia Educators Meet in Savannah
The Georgia Educational Association and the Georgia County School Superintendents’ Convention gather in Savannah on April 25 to 27, with speakers from national and state education circles. Governor Dorsey, Supt. Brittain, and notable figures will address the event while Savannah hosts a seventy five member committee organizing entertainment and a Welcome to Savannah booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Educational Association
Georgia County School Superintendents
Savannah
P. P. Claxton
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Charles H. Judd
University of Chicago
A. Prosser
Federal Board of Vocational Education
C. £. Little
Peabody College
Lutie P. Stearns
Milwaukee
Finnareth Erwin Miller
Department of
Art
Henry E. Jackson
U. S. Bureau of Education
Herbert A. Hoover
Hugh M. Dorsey
M. L. Brittain
A. M. Soule
Georgia
Hoke Smith
C. B. Gibson
New Colorite Assortment Featured by Carmichael Drug
Carmichael Drug and Book Company announces a new Colorite assortment for customers. The advertisement promotes the latest Colorite line and urges shoppers to buy as a patriotic gesture in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Assortment
Carmichael Drug & Book Company
Wheel For Sale
ZIRON touted as a tonic for anemia and chlorosis
An ad promotes Ziron a tonic of iron and hypophosphites claiming it corrects pale complexions and anemia. It features a testimonial from St Mae Belle Perkins of Adairsville Georgia describing relief from fatigue back and joint pain and restored appetite after using Ziron. The copy emphasizes non alcohol content and a money back offer on first trial bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mae Belle Perkins
Adairsville
T. Kg
Hog cholera remedy praised by Kentucky hog raisers
A letter from W F Bartlett of Old Kentucky Mfg Co Paducah Ky reports selling hog cholera remedy for a season. He says 12 to 15 customers used it with no hog losses and all paid for it after cotton sales, calling it the best medicine they tried. Carmichael Hardware Co Dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Bartlett
Old Kentucky Mfg. Co
Paducah, Ky
Carmichael Hardware Co
Public Debate at Jenkinsburg School on Swiss Military System
A public debate will be held at Jenkinsburg School on Friday April 12. The topic is Resolved That the United States should have a military system modeled after Switzerland. Affirmative speakers are J. D. Heard Fannie Tolleson and A. L. Saunders. Negative speakers are J. B. Harper H. G. Harris and D. Coker. Speeches limited to ten minutes each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkinsburg
United States
Switzerland
J. D. Heard
Fannie Tolleson
A. L. Saunders
J. B. Harper
H. G. Harris
D. Coker
Pay Roll of Chain Gang March 1918
March 1918 pay ledger lists wages and provisions for chain gang workers and guards. Entries include H F McNair guard 42.00 Sam Cook guard 120.00 and 36.00, J T McClure warden 90.00, plus various provisions and free labor payments to multiple individuals and vendors such as Newton Hardware Co and Berry ONeal Park. Total amount shown 1 026.48. J D Gaston Commissioner and Joseph Jolly Clerk noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H F McNair
Sam Cook
A R Conner
G H Hodges
GI Watkins
J T McClure
R L Weaver
Charlie Goodwin
Walter Cole
Free Labor
Silas Doby
A C Aiken
Alex Brown
J A Burford
J L Bailey
Jackson Mercantile Co
Eernes
Newton Hdw Co
Berry O’neal
Park
R Thurston
Ham & Carter Co
T F Bullard
Stodghill
Crawford Co
Pope's Diapepsin Advertisement Claims Quick Digestion Relief
A public ad touts Pope's Diapepsin as the fastest safest anti acid to neutralize stomach acids. It promises relief from indigestion sour stomach and gas in minutes and notes a large case costs fifty cents at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Advt
Woman Enters Claim for Championship Birth Crown
Burlingame pioneer Jerome J. Myers claims his wife Martha M. Myers has given birth to the 14th son, making their family 27 children all living. Five sons serve in the U S Army. four daughters are teachers. three are stenographers. three are married. The Myers family is described as the largest in the United States with all children living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Jerome J. Myers
Burlingame
Here
Martha M. Myers
Myers
United States Army
United States
Foley’s Honey and Tar Ad For Children’s Cough Relief
Mrs. M. E. Schlarb of Ashland Pennsylvania praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for children’s coughs colds and croup saying a dose always relieves her sick child. The Owl Pharmacy runs the advertisement as part of a family medicine promotion. The notice ends with a wartime urging readers to choose a side in the divided public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
M. E. Schlarb
Oakland Ave
Ashland
Owl Pharmacy
Adv
Hearts With Soldiers Rally For Third Liberty Defense
Citizens vow strong support as calls rise to back soldiers amid wartime mobilization. Community leaders urge unity and resolve as the nation prepares for the Third Liberty campaign and related defense measures.
Georgia Wholesale Company charter petition filed 1918
J H Carmichael F S Carmichael W W Jamerson and J B Carmichael filed for incorporation in Butts County Georgia as Georgia Wholesale Company for twenty years. The business covers wholesale groceries hardware dry goods farm supplies and related lines with $25 000 capital stock paid in. The petition asks branch offices real estate and legal powers including bonds notes mortgages and corporate dissolution by two thirds stock vote. Filed in March 1918 with clerk I S J Foster and attorney W E Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Said County
J. H. Carmichael
F. S. Carmichael
W. W. Jamerson
J. B. Carmichael
Butts County
Georgia
Georgia Wholesale Company
Jackson
W. E. Watkins
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Flovilla
Certain-teed Products Corporation É
America
Jenkinsburg School
J. D. Gaston
Joseph Jolly
Sloan
I. S. J. Foster
J. B. Carmechael
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