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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1922
Page
2
City council reviews past year and re-elects officers for the coming year. J A McMichael reports finances are sound with strong water and light departments and taxes mostly collected. Newly elected include McMichael as Clerk and Treasurer Conner as Tax Receiver and Collector and Thornton as Police Chief.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast relief for indigestion gas sour stomach and heartburn. It claims tablets provide nearly immediate relief allowing people to eat favorite foods again and notes the large annual sales and low cost at drug stores.
Automakers must pay a one dollar penalty to the sheriff if they fail to register by March 1 1922 under a 1921 motor vehicle amendment. Receipts for the $1 must appear on the application, after which the secretary of state can process licenses in March and April. New cars or late 1922 registrations are exempt from the penalty.
A vintage health ad warns that calomel is a toxic mercury toxin causing cramps and bilious symptoms. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute that cleanses the liver without salivation. The pitch urges avoiding calomel and offers a money back guarantee if it fails.
Mrs J T Tyus died February 2 at Kite Georgia at age 65. She was visiting her daughter Mrs Q B Powell when stricken with paralysis. She long attended the Methodist church and lived with Mr and Mrs G H Ridgeway in Jackson at times. Funeral was held in Griffin Saturday at 10 AM with interment in the Griffin cemetery. Surviving are her husband four daughters including Mrs O W Farrar of Midville Georgia and Mrs Q B Powell.
The old governor’s mansion at Peachtree and Cain streets will be razed within thirty days as Ben J. Massel secures a 50 year lease. He will pay a total of 1.53 million in rent, invest 350 thousand in improvements, and plans a skyscraper style five story office building on the site with an initial clearance of the mansion and preservation of some furniture.
Powell of Kite Georgia and Mrs G H Ridgeway of Jackson Mississippi are listed among surviving relatives. Mattie Tyus of Barnesville and two sons R L Tyus of Meansville and A A Tyus of Newnan are named with two sisters and a brother listed among kin.
First Baptist church did not hold a preaching service due to the illness of Dr. Robert VanDeventer. The date marked the fifteenth anniversary of his pastorate with deacons and church workers delivering short talks in place of a sermon. Participants included J. H. Carmichael S. O. Ham C. W. Buchanan S. P. Nichols W. O. Ham L. D. Watson W. J. Wood and Mrs. J. B. Guthrie.
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