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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
12
The speaker urges towns to awaken, form an organization, and boost cooperation. They criticize political shifts around Hoke Smith Palmer and note Jackson needs a housing loan and building association to address growth and vacant homes.
A casual line asks which group you fit in boosters or knockers or neither. The phrase plays on social labels and invites self reflection without a fixed answer.
Extracts outline a Communist Party program promoting mass action to overthrow capitalism and destroy the bourgeois state. It argues industrial unionism as revolutionary, urges shop committees and councils, and links strikes to the conquest of political power and workers’ control. It stresses organizing unskilled and agricultural workers.
The tale recounts John O'Reilly finding a pebbly stone in 1867 that proved a diamond of 2214 carats. He shared profits with the Boer host Van Nickerck and later sold the gem for $500 before another buyer acquired the famed Star of South Africa for $56,000 after purchasing from a witch doctor.
The period of campaigning surrounding the preferential presidential primary remains intense as candidates push to secure support before the vote concludes.
A public appeal calls for strict enforcement of speed limits amid rising reckless driving and concern for vulnerable pedestrians. The writer stresses protecting pedestrians and urges authorities to act decisively to curb dangerous speeding.
A promotional piece urges a one week regimen of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion clearer skin fresher face and relief from headaches backaches bad breath and a sallow complexion.
Public sale of about 200 acres in the 8th land district of originally Henry now Butts County Georgia. Lands include parts of land lots 162 and 165 bounded by J O Maddox South River and Elizabeth Maddox to the north and Col M Dickerson lands to the west. Sold for distribution among heirs. Administratrix Z A McDonald signs.
The court of Ordinary sets next Monday in April 1920 for objections to Mrs W H Arnold's year’s support claim from the estate of W H Arnold deceased. Appraisers have filed their return and all interested persons must show cause why the application should not be granted.
Mrs Mack Goodwin has filed for twelve months support from the estate of Mack Goodwin deceased. Appraisers were appointed to set apart the support and will report by Monday in May 1920. This appears in an April 5 1920 notice.
In Jefferson County Circuit Court No. 5778 Rosabel Singley was granted a divorce from Hudie Lee Singley on grounds of actual violence. The decree allows Rosabel to remarry after costs are paid and imposes a 60 day waiting period before any remarriage, with conditions during an appeal. Judge Hugh A. Locke signed with Register Hunter Armstrong on April 3, 1920.
Community leaders urge formation of a chamber of commerce or board of trade to boost welfare. They call for concentrated efforts and a mighty push to attract enterprises and spur regional growth.
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