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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
1
The Butts County Products Company directors met to discuss signing contracts, securing a site, and erecting a building. By-laws were adopted and stock sales of 857 shares continue as management seeks a suitable location. Charter application pending. expected to function by March with Judge Searcy signing.
Washington reports Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams says the country is now on a sounder economic basis than years past. He notes deflation has eased and prices for basic commodities and raw materials have returned to prewar levels or lower. He adds middlemen must cut profits to pass savings to consumers and labor must choose whether idle periods or lower wages better reflect reduced living costs.
Seven year old Sallie Frances Parnell of Fincherville was burned while playing with a doll beside a coal fire. A coal drop ignited her clothing. she died Friday morning after being found unconscious and burning clothes were burned off before help arrived. Survived by her mother Mrs. Obe Parnell and a brother, with funeral held Saturday in Worthville, Rev. Richard Fincher officiating.
The Georgia railroad commission approved an average 18.3 percent rise in Southern Bell Telephone rates, boosting estimated gross revenue by about $900,000 annually. Dissenting members argued the increase was too large. farmers and long distance rates saw no new hikes. New classifications place Jackson in group three with specific per-line rates for business and residence lines.
A Saturday meeting of Butts county farmers, merchants, and bankers voted to plant no more than one third of the cultivated acreage in cotton, with a maximum of seven acres per plow on a 20 acre plot. The group urged growing food crops first and discussed fertilizer prices and crop rotation. The next meeting is set for February 10 in the court house.
Mayor Fletcher presided as several defendants faced loitering charges in Jackson police court Monday. Some claimed illness or employment, others were held for investigation. The city warned of harsher penalties on a second offense as union refusal and other offenses surfaced. Pig Gordon was fined 30 dollars or 30 days for fighting. Marcellus King was fined 2.50 dollars or ten days for driving after dark without lights.
Lightning struck the smokestack of Griffin's largest mill during a Saturday storm. One man, Glen Whittle, died later. Eleven workers were rescued from debris, while the mill sustained about 10,000 dollars in damage and will close for several days for repairs. The mill employs nearly a thousand people and will reopen as soon as possible.
A Friday meeting of the Jackson Fire Department elected officers including W. E. Merck as president and C. T. Thornton as chief. New members joined and a committee led by Thornton, O Neal and Maddox will set the membership for the year. The group plans to petition the city council for rubber coats boots and hats. Monthly meetings will be the first Tuesday at 7 PM. Dr. J A Jarrell donated ten dollars for the department. Members enjoyed a chicken supper at Maddox's shop on Second Street.
Mrs. Sears Taylor, Washington rent commissioner, urged Congress to tax bachelors. She cites about 10 million unattached men in the United States and estimates a yearly yield of at least 20 million dollars. The proposed scale ranges from 1 to 5 dollars per year by age, with 20 to 24 paying 1 dollar and those over 65 paying 5 dollars.
The town braces for higher charges from the phone company yet hopes the Central line will ease its congestion as calls decline. The remark suggests residents expect reduced busy signals if usage slows with the new rates.
Citizens of Butts county sponsor a statewide push urging Georgia farmers to buy cotton at market prices rather than plant cotton under boll weevil damage. A February 10 meeting and a March 15 deadline are set to form a purchasing committee to buy or contract for cotton, while pledging to grow food crops.
The Progressive Farmer argues that price reductions force farmers to cut production. It cites fall wheat plantings: 1920 40,903,000 acres, 1919 42,081,000, 1918 50,489,000, and predicts corn and cotton will follow suit in 1921 as producers react to costs and prices.
Figures from Clerk L. M. Erwin show about $72,900 paid into the U S court for the Southern District in prohibition cases during 1920. Total fines and judgments amounted to $81,000, up $30,000 from 1919, with moonshiners contributing about ninety percent of the receipts.
Washington reports more than 200000 jobholders on the federal payroll face loss of employment by March 4 or soon after. Republicans say most highly paid, independent thinking posts will be targeted while “spoils” jobs remain. Henry Cabot Lodge defends new administration’s right to its own assistants.
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