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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
6
The revival meetings at Sardis were well attended both Sunday and Sunday night. Pastor Mr. Cornet is expected to receive help in the latter part of the week, with hope for a revival on par with past gatherings.
The rain helped crops and most neighbors report good health with no illnesses. Bela Wilson of Twiggs County visited friends. Bernard and Eddie Chapman visited Collie Stephens. Miss Hooks had visitors Dale Jinks and Minerva Chapman. Merrill Hardy from Jackson visits Horace Willson. neighbors enjoy social Sunday at Miss Chapman’s spot. DRINK MILK AND BE HEALTHY.
A. A. McKibben files for divorce against Annie McKibben in Butts Superior Court August 1923 term. Annie not a resident. service by publication ordered. Annie McKibben must appear at the next term, third Monday in August 1923 to answer. Witness Judge Wm. E. H. Leary Jr. Clerk J Foster. 4tp.
C C Jinks as executor has fully administered the estate of J T Goodman and asks to be discharged. Citizens of Butts County are cited to show cause why letters of dismissal should not be issued on the first Monday in September 1923. This notice is dated August 6, 1923.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in September 1923 at public outcry at the courthouse door in Butts county Georgia during legal hours to the highest bidder for cash. The property is one acre in the 616th district G M bounded by Mrs. Mattie Pope on three sides and a public road to the south. Levied as the property of Gene Williamson to satisfy a 1922 tax levy for state county and school taxes. Tenant in possession given notice as required by law. Levy by L H Gunn L C and turned over for advertising and sale.
FLOVILLA notes Miss Irene Alexander of Monticello and others as weekend guessers. A. F. White will attend Riverside Gainesville this fall. Out of town mourners for Carlton V. Smith include Col John R. L. Smith and family of Macon and Dr Wilson Smith of Juliette.
Georgia reports 900,352 children aged 6 to 18 in 1923, up 59,491 since 1918. White growth outpaced black by 52,381 to 7,110, Fulton County leads with 65,775 pupils, Atlanta 52,069. Illiteracy declines overall from 25,783 in 1918 to 15,432 in 1923. Georgia wealth rises 1.5 million as poultry industry expands capacity and coop sales reach 105 carloads.
A fragment urging Butts County dairy farmers to drink milk and improve health, linking increased cash incomes of fifty to one hundred dollars monthly to reduced distress over the boll weevil. Subscribers urged to pay promptly.
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