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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
3
Forty applicants for teacher's licenses took a two day examination here with equal numbers of white and colored candidates. Twenty whites and twenty colored passed or participated, and women held the majority as only three white men and one colored man were present. Superintendent Mallet assisted by J C Newton. Fresh car cotton seed hulls arrived. urged by Smith and Carter.
The funeral for Mrs. J. B. Stodghill of Nashville Georgia was held Friday after a Wednesday death in Jackson. She was a former Miss Tiny Ray of Pickens county and a Sunday school teacher. Survived by husband Rev J B Stodghill three brothers and two sisters. Burial followed at Worthville cemetery with Rev S R England officiating.
Mr. J. H. Ezell remembered the Progress-Argus force with two watermelons of delicious flavor and excellence. One melon had a partly yellow rind suggesting a cantaloupe cross, though the flesh remained rich in flavor.
Griffin and Pepperton will meet on Griffin's diamond Saturday afternoon. This is the second meeting of the season and is expected to be close and hard fought with both teams aiming for a win.
At the city board of education meeting Wednesday afternoon the 1920 1921 public school faculty was completed. Nannie Belle Jinks was elected as high school teacher replacing Miss Carter. Pullin was elected domestic science teacher. Tate will return to Jackson in September. Fannie Henderson was re elected as head of the colored school. Plans aim to open in September with regular hours. If building work is not finished, alternate arrangements will be made.
An old Arkansas lady visited Missouri and offered a humorous weather quip about the state. She remarked that in Missouri rain never quits, sun never shines after clouds, and heat or cold never change once begun.
U S death rate declines with rising longevity as Vital Statistics Bureau notes near four thousand centenarians and over ten thousand over ninety. Births remain high with about 20 000 twins annually and more women reaching age 100 than men amid costs and election tensions.
A doctor casually notes the body contains sulphur prompting a girl in a blue blazer to joke about amounts and compatibility. The scene shifts as Max Cooper announces a senate run and Emmett Shaw contemplates a unanimous bid.
In Butts County Georgia Mrs Lula Lummus applies for twelve months support from the estate of William M Lummus deceased. Appraisers have filed their return and the court requires all interested persons to show cause before the Ordinary on the first Monday in September 1920 why the application should not be granted. August 2 1920. J H HAM Ordinary.
Application to the Ordinary to sell estate land for debts and distribution. Hearing set at the September term of the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in September 1920. August 3 1920. B F Akin administrator estate of G E Harmon.
Notice to creditors and next of kin that C H Farrar applied for permanent administration of Emma E Farrar late of the county. The recipients are cited to appear at the official office within the legal time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Dated August 2, 1920.
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