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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1922
Page
4
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Governor Hardwick calls out the lobbying “third house” during the session and pushes for an income tax and tax reform. He urges unity between the state college and department of agriculture while warning that many former boom millionaires now face poverty. He argues prosperity depends on fair prices for farmers and strong support from bankers and business. The Cobb County Times urges farmers to plan 1922 crops, markets, and joint meetings to ensure money making yields and steady commerce.
The article advocates strengthening cooperative marketing of cotton across Ceorgia with several states already signing onto the plan.
The article promotes selling cotton on a cooperative basis, noting farmers earn 15 to 18 dollars more per bale than under the old plan. It cites California Florida Georgia fruits and peach growers as examples and argues a cooperative will give farmers a voice in setting prices. It urges sign ups to improve market power and outcomes.
The Atlanta Journal urges Southerners to ponder growth in higher education as a report shows one million dollar plus endowments. Massachusetts leads with fourteen such institutions while the South, Maryland and Kentucky total seventeen. The piece argues wealth, gifts, legacies, and church support shaped earlier access and calls the South to invest to advance its own colleges.
Jackson adopts 1922 tax schedule by business type with fixed license fees and per thousand charges. Registration deadline March 15 1922 and penalties include fines street labor or jail for noncompliance. The ordinance covers dealers in hardware, groceries, clothing, meat, chairs, and many trades plus street tax and prohibitions on illegal sale of alcohol.
Davis Kinard of Jackson praises Doan's Kidney Pills after kidney troubles improved quickly. He reports lasting relief over three years and urges others to try the same remedy, priced at 60 cents and available at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. endorses the product.
The note defines politeness as treating others as one wishes to be treated, describing it as a universal accomplishment. It asserts polite conduct is learned through heedful practice and ranks sincere politeness as a core achievement in life.
George L. Tessey a Buffalo mechanic reports gains of twelve pounds for himself twenty six pounds for his wife and daily gains for his daughter after using Tanlac Carmichael Drug and Book Co advertises the remedy as a daily health aid.
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