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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
5
Editor notes political soapbox items and civic boosters urging Jackson readers to support clean-up week and school bonds. Calls for voting on May 10, praising education, building society needs, and criticizing mudslinging while urging loyalty to the community and truth.
The piece argues that paper shortages stemming from wartime waste threaten publishers with sharply higher costs and limited supply. It urges brevity, trimming excess detail, and a revamp of layouts to save newsprint, predicting a lasting impact on publishing practices and a potential industry reform.
The Commerce Observer notes delegates heading to San Francisco face six to eight hundred dollars in expenses. Many ambitious men plan to pay the price despite limited means.
The New York World notes a proposed 1 percent sales tax on items under 500 and 5 percent on higher priced goods to raise 2 billion dollars for soldier bonuses. It warns that daily life would be filled with constant taxes from morning to night across the nation.
A letter from the Moultrie Observer praises a fearless newspaper that tells real news without helping any candidate. It notes Georgia lacks such a paper and critiques Southern and Atlanta papers for partisan bias during campaigns, urging a state daily devoted to truth.
The April 20 vote is history with ballots counted and outcomes declared. The Progress-Argus congratulates the winners and pledges cooperation for county and state interests. It hopes the election passed without bitterness and calls for renewed hard work for permanent prosperity.
The Griffin News and Sun denounces the movement to wear overalls to combat high clothing costs as a silly effort. It argues such a boycott against clothing dealers is misguided and unlikely to affect prices, noting many workers already wear overalls for work.
An appeal for a live booster organization to unite Jackson and Butts County. The plan aims to concentrate effort, promote optimism, and attract enterprise, manufacturing, better schools, and housing by forming a commercial board to double the town’s population and spur regional development. A meeting is urged to start the movement.
The Progress-Argus endorses the Woman's Club of Jackson cleanup drive as a vital effort for health sanitation and civic pride. It notes reduced disease risk, cleaner streets, and improved advertising value from a neat, orderly city. Support is urged to ensure the project reaches a successful finish.
Hon. 8 S. G. McLendon sets a public example in Georgia by issuing frequent statements of receipts and expenditures from his office. He highlights automobile license funds and argues the public has a right to full disclosure. His practice fosters confidence, cooperation, and trust in state financial dealings.
The Jones County News remarks on the debate over whether politics is or are correct, noting both forms reflect the same connected subject. The column treats the language issue as a reflection of political discourse.
A Montgomery Monitor dispatch surveys Georgia with harsh critique of liquor laws crime and virtue. It notes more blind tigers lynchings and educated leaders, calling Georgia an enigma to outsiders while praising progress under a martial, reformist banner.
A viewpoint argues that a boycott or broad protest against clothes prices is ineffective. The author favors wearing old clothes and buying nothing new to force prices down, noting overalls relieve no burden on shoes or hats and urging diversification as a wiser approach.
Dr C R Jenkins president of Wesleyan college resigns his post to return to a pastorate in the South Georgia Conference. The resignation was tendered to the executive committee and board of trustees with health listed as the reason. He is noted as a leading educator in the southeast.
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