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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
1
At a large meeting in the Butts county courthouse farmers and businessmen voted to cap the 1921 cotton acreage at seven acres per plow. The plan includes an aggressive campaign to boost food and feed crops and livestock to create self sufficiency. A committee will oversee adherence and a public list of participants will be published.
Mr J M Gaston chairman for Butts county's cotton acreage reduction committee announces a meeting in Jackson on Saturday February 5 at 10 oclock. Reports from district committees will show pledges to hold 1921 cotton acreage to seven acres and urged farmers to sign pledges. February 6 will bring other business as well as discussion on reducing cotton acreage while preserving food and feed crops.
The spring term of Spalding county superior court is in session in Griffin this week with Judge W. H. Searcy Jr presiding. The docket is light and the court is expected to be in session for about a week or ten days.
A large enthusiastic Advertise Georgia meeting convened in Macon with broad business participation. Several counties reported full quota increases, and another Macon gathering is planned for early spring.
A fragment from a likely editorial page shows residents urging the newspaper to boost advertising and business. The text references community interest and skepticism about polling and readership.
At a January 13 called meeting of the Jackson Ice Corporation directors officers for 1921 were elected. S. P. Nichols becomes president and treasurer at 150 dollars yearly. W. E. Merck is secretary and general manager. Directors named include J. B. Settle and others. Plant to operate on cash basis. storage room and other matters to be addressed later. The company aims to surpass its first year record.
A Jackson court house gathering of farmers bankers and merchants backed a plan to plant no more than seven acres to the plow for 1921. They urged each county farmer to sign a pledge in the clerk of the superior court’s office and hoped many would join. A potato meeting also decided to build a sweet potato curing house in Jackson forming a second facility for the county.
Jackson banks closed on Wednesday January 17 to mark General Robert E Lee's birthday. Congress will convene in an extra session in April. Congress has been in session so much of late years that the average fellow can hardly tell when that body is not in session.
Judge H. M. Fletcher of Jackson named to the Jurisprudence committee of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Georgia to fill a vacancy caused by Joseph C. Greenfield’s death. The two year appointment was made by Right Eminent Grand Commander Jas. C. Watts of Rome.
Atlanta dispatch reports Col William J Simmons Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan offering a $100 reward for arrest and conviction of anyone misusing the group name or acting unlawfully. He denounces lawlessness and vows to banish members who aid violence or intimidation while reaffirming the Klan as law abiding and sworn to aid officers.
Jackson will erect a sweet potato curing house with 10000 bushel capacity this year after a mass meeting at the courthouse. A Jan 22 stock meeting will elect directors and finalize organization plans with about 200 shares subscribed.
Washington reports farm price averages for 1920 show hops at 486.10 dollars per acre and corn at 20.93 per acre, with rye, cranberries, soybeans, and sorghum syrup also much below 1919 values. The Agriculture Department notes wide state variations and overall declines in most crops since 1919.
Col J Q Nolan of Atlanta will lecture at the Jackson courthouse Friday night January 28 beginning at 7 30 on the Ku Klux Klan. He will explain the aims of 100 percent Americanism before a large audience including Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the Confederacy.
A minstrel show will entertain at the Jackson high School auditorium on Friday night January 21 starting at 8 o clock. Griffin talent presents a balanced program with songs dances and jokes promising a laugh every minute for a worthy school fundraiser.
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