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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
2
Preparatory to the opening of the fall term on September 1, Jackson public schools undertake multiple improvements. Some rooms are being recovered, others repainted and repaired, with enhanced lighting and ventilation for sanitary conditions. Superintendent L. D. Watson leads the efforts as the current building serves until a larger future structure is built.
The general assembly passed a general tax act increasing occupation taxes for 1920. It is estimated the new inheritance tax scale will raise about $450000 in aggregate revenue annually.
An ad claim says worms in children cause poor color and stomach issues. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised to enrich the blood improve digestion and act as a general strengthening tonic. It supposedly expels worms and restores health after two to three weeks of use.
Hampton baseball beat Pepperton 4 to 1 on Saturday afternoon at home as errors by Hampton helped Pepperton stay close. Johnnie Bowden pitched for Pepperton with Nutt catching, while a large crowd witnessed the fast contest.
Dr Culpepper, financial agent of the Georgia Industrial Home of Macon, preached at the First Baptist church Sunday morning in the pastor’s absence. No services were held in the evening.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh with a one hundred dollar reward for unrecoverable cases. It claims the product works through the blood to heal mucous membranes and improve overall health, urging immediate use and offering free testimonials.
Analysts argue that if profiteers could eat one another to resolve high costs, public concern would lessen. The remark frames price pressure as a circular risk that reduces people’s complaints when costs climb.
$100,000.00 TO LOAN ON FARM LANDS AT REASONABLE RATE OF INTEREST See me before you borrow money on your farm Ww. E. WATKINS. MONEY TO LOAN At Low Rates of Interest on Choice Farms and Improved City Property H. M. FLETCHER Jackson, Georgia J. THREATT MOORE Attorney at Law Office in Crum Building Will Practice in all the Courts THE FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GEORGIA S. B. Kinard, General Agent J. H. Pope, Local Agent Phone 54
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