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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
3
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The Progress-Argus announces that it will not accept legal advertising without cash accompanying the copy. The law fixes rates at 75 cents per 100 words for the first four insertions and 35 cents per 100 words for subsequent insertions. Attorneys and others are asked to note this rule.
The piece urges support for war funding and savings stamps to help the Allied effort. It predicts a late war phase with U S troops advancing toward Berlin and notes favorable crops like Georgia peaches and a rising 1918 cotton movement, signaling economic optimism for the South.
A letter accuses Tom Hardwick of press_bias for backing higher second class postage. The writer says the newspaper has always opposed Hardwick and defends its wartime tax stance. The note also critiques Hardwick's $7,500 salary and his postage payments to the author.
An editorial notes the Rainbow Division from Butts county fighting on the Marne front and earning laurels for American arms. It urges pride in those who serve and notes casualty lists reveal the true status, while criticizing the general assembly for reckless spending and ill-timed appropriations.
The Tifton Gazette reports on wartime printer paper restrictions from the War Industries Board. Rules include no returns after July 15, one copy per advertiser, no forced distribution, no buybacks, and end of free exchanges. Editors call for government economy and smaller Sunday papers to save paper.
The president calls on all Americans to sustain wartime energy and action while ensuring laws are kept inviolate and the nation’s fame remains untarnished. He condemns anyone who claims liberty yet rejects U.S. laws, aligning with enemy standards.
A cartoonish exchange shows two Tommies in a restaurant ordering Turkey with Greece but the waiter replies he cannot Servia. They threaten the Bosphorus and the boss chides them saying you cannot Rouma nia, leaving Hun gary with the crowd amused by puns.
A town grocer ran an advertisement seeking a boy helper and the next night his wife gave birth to twin boys. The notice highlights the ad’s success and the couple’s joy.
The article lauds American troops fighting in France, noting their great and glorious part and the nation's obligation of gratitude and support including material aid such as sugar and flour.
Butts county hosts the South’s largest camp meeting as the Indian Springs Holiness camp begins a ten day session Thursday night, expected to draw record attendance and interest.
Tom Hardwick shifts from critic of the administration since July 4 1917 to a supporter of most war measures. He was once presented as an administration ally at the Macon convention. Georgia highway laws need overhaul with a speed limit reduced to fifteen to twenty mph to cut fatal accidents on public thoroughfares.
Annie Woolard daughter of the late Capt. Bill Slaton of Griffin died in Clarkesdale Arkansas on July 29. Funeral held at Senatobia Mississippi. She moved from Butts county as a child and is remembered by older residents. She was cousin to J L Lyons and J R Lyons of Jackson.
Carmichael Hardware Co reports Will Wachter of this county used B A Thomas Hog Powder from Old Kentucky Mfg Co to save several cholera afflicted hogs. He paid the dealer in full after the pigs were treated and slaughtered for smokehouse meat, praised results, and sent regards.
Rube Lummus a colored man was arrested by officers McNair and Lavender Saturday night on a liquor charge. He was lodged in jail but bond was arranged Monday morning.
An advertisement for the Texas Wonder tablet promises to cure kidney and bladder troubles in men women and children. It claims to dissolve gravel cure backache rheumatism and irregularities with a two month supply sold by mail for one dollar with testimonials available from Dr E W Hall St Louis.
Friends and family of Jim Lyons note he is somewhere in England with a band after enlisting in the musicians division in Tulsa. Lyons writes two letters home saying he is well and happy and expresses thanks from Jackson friends for support and good wishes for a safe return.
The famed hunger stone in the River Elbe near Tetschen, long hidden except at extreme low tides, is visible again for the first time since the war began. An old German inscription reads When ye see me, ye will weep.
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