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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
1
President Wilson's proclamation puts the United States on a war footing and directs diet shifts. Georgia bakers must blend wheat with other cereals, target 80 percent wheat by Feb 24, and retailers must sell a pound of wheat flour with a pound of other cereals. Compliance aims to curb hoarding and stabilize prices nationwide.
The Gar field fuel-saving order prompted a second Monday closure in Jackson with all manufacturing plants and most stores shut. Some drug and grocery stores stayed open until noon with bans on soda water and cigars, and medicine only sold in pharmacies.
Georgia farmers are offered contracts to grow castor beans for castor oil to power airplane motors. The War Department pays 3.50 dollars per 46 pound bushel f o b the nearest rail station, and contractors pay not less than 3.00 dollars per bushel. Seed is provided by the government at cost, with information available from USDA officials in Washington.
Jackson banker F S Etheridge, president of Atlanta Trust Company, urges continued brisk business in 1918. He warns against cowardly retreat from prosperity, calls for brave, conservative effort, paying war taxes gladly, and using profits to support those fighting in Europe while conserving resources for future emergencies.
The article urges building a modern roller mill in Jackson to boost wheat production and supply local needs. It notes the county stockade building as a potential mill site and argues war conditions justify investment with local capital and farmer cooperation. It stresses farmers raise wheat, assist war effort, and support future prosperity.
The Butts county exemption board has completed its work for the present with all men certified for service. After orders arrive, physical examinations will begin. Many cases are appealed to the district board, with both sides expected to contest. A notable number did not return questionnaires and were placed in class No 1. The year 1917 national forest timber cut totaled 840,612,000 board feet versus 714,505,000 in 1916.
Postmaster I J Slaughter with Custis Nottingham announces February 4 to 9 as the German alien enemy registration period for Butts county. All German males over 14 must register with photos, birth date and personal details. unregistered aliens will be arrested. Contact Jackson post office for information.
Mr. Sam McMichael died Friday at his home near Jackson at 4 p.m. after weeks of illness from complications. He was 27, survived by his wife Miss Kimbell, one child, his parents Hon. and Mrs. J. Matt McMichael, six brothers and four sisters. Funeral held Saturday at Stark Methodist church with Rev. S. R. England officiating. pallbearers were his six brothers. Interment at Stark cemetery.
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