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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
7
Mr. W A Dozier and many locals spend Sundays in Macon and week-ends in Atlanta. Walter J Jones takes a new post in Corbin Kentucky. Curtis W Preston joins Progress-Argus staff. Numerous guests visit relatives in LaGrange Atlanta Covington McDonough Cornelia West Point and Athens. Catherine Malone dies in Monticello. Dated social items and travel plans.
Mrs J H Spier entertained Monday evening for visitors Misses Sara and Mildred Thomas of Adel. The home featured summer flowers and music, with cream and cake served by Miss Louise Heneely and Miss Elizabeth Nichols.
The Kiwanis and Dandy Dozen ladies gathered in Jenkinsburg school auditorium for a dinner and a village club event. Judge H M Fietcher spoke on Butts county progress under the Prosperity Program and the cow sow and hen farming plan. Trudie Moore entertained with an instrumental solo.
S H Thornton and children have come home from Bradley where they were for weeks. Mrs Thornton remains ill in Macon sanatorium and will return soon. Mr and Mrs M O McCord and children visit Rufus McCord in Sale City before going to Washington. The Sparta Ishmaelite reports Rev and Mrs J R Jordan home from Jackson. their son Urban Jordan accompanies them and will stay with them. The item expresses welcome and wishes for health and pleasant stay.
The Macon Chambers of Commerce outlined a settlement plan during a lively session. Kiwanian P. M. Coleman, who departs for Chicago on September 1, will chair the next meeting at 6 o clock Central time in the Woman's Club rooms, Jackson.
The Smith family expresses deep appreciation for loving kindness shown during their bereavement and thanks for the flowers. Signatures include Mr. and Mrs. S K Smith and Annie Edith and Virginia Smith. A separate note laments farming troubles from market woes to pests.
Lawmakers push a three cent gasoline tax as a revenue source amid broad use of the fuel. The piece argues public funds will bear the burden while noting gasoline’s varied uses beyond luxury.
The notice lists church activities including 9:30 a m Bible School 11 a m union worship led by Rev Henry H Jones of the Methodist church Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45 pm and announces pastor Dr Vandeventer’s return next week with services on Sunday August 19 including morning and evening sermons
Local visits include Miss Louise Moore of Macon seeing Miss Margaret Smith at Flovilla Campground and Mr. Lindsey Biles as a guest of Floyd and Walter Ray. Emory Duke returns from Muskegon to spend summer. Baptist church Silver anniversary noted. A mock marriage at the New Hotel Elder entertained guests with wedding scenes and a raffled suit.
A warm note celebrates pregnancy and welcomes messages for expectant mothers. It highlights support, care, and encouragement for families awaiting a new arrival.
Miss Grace Watkins and Delia Watkins of New York visit her parents Mr and Mrs G I Watkins. Mr J H McFalls formerly of St Louis died at a private sanitarium in Atlanta after seeking life going water at Indian Springs. His ailment was too advanced and he was carried to St Louis.
A public stance argues that athletics receive excessive attention in schools and calls for more rigorous classroom effort. It warns of a potential revolt if the current system remains unchanged.
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