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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
5
The Jackson Progress Argus editorial urges citizens to support city government, pay higher taxes for needed services, and curb profiteering. It notes widespread talk of high prices as wartime debt repayment, calls for peach farming in Butts county, and comments on political campaigns and census counts.
The article cautions Georgia farmers about a cotton oversupply risk as prices rise and boll weevil damage looms. Commissioner J. J. Brown urges limiting cotton to eight acres per plow in 1920, stressing careful planning and sober consideration to avert disaster.
Butts county banks report a year of outstanding prosperity with 3919 described as the best in their history. The narrative stresses banks as community assets aiding business, agriculture, and livestock, beyond mere profit.
A call against junking rail lines argues that Georgia Coast and Piedmont, A B Railway, and Georgia and Florida lines must be saved to avoid nationwide economic ruin. It praises railways for spurring progress and warns that losing rail access would halt communication, commerce, and development postwar.
An argument that the weekly country newspaper remains the best way to reach farmers and rural businesses. The piece warns publishers against sponsoring farm journals and forming clubbing rates that erode ad reach and limit local papers' access to national advertisers.
A drunken speedster was fined 225 dollars or nine months by Cordelo’s mayor. The Griffing News criticizes the leniency and urges other mayors to crack down. The column argues gasoline and whiskey should not mix and warns pedestrians face danger crossing streets.
A Fargo Forum editorial contrasts excess and shortage across American life. It laments too many luxuries and comforts paired with too few alarms, thrift, and hard work, urging a return to common democracy and practical effort to improve conditions.
A Montrose Colorado Enterprise piece humorously argues that newspaper workers make many errors. It notes editors, printers, and proofreaders all err and blames the public for overreacting while defending the hidden corrections and the profession’s humility.
Mrs J Alexander reports her husband suffered chronic dysentery for about four months. After trying doctors and X rays with little relief he read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser and took Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. He improved enough to resume work saying it is the best medicine he has taken.
A reader in Orlando describes severe cold with chest tightness and fatigue eased by Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. After exposure to harsh conditions and ongoing weakness, the writer credits the remedy with restoring daily function.
An old advertising fragment promotes Diamond Dyes for reviving fabrics and coats with easy results. It mentions a color card and dealer guidance, plus a separate note on inspecting tree roots for root knots and crown galls before planting, warning rejection if issues found.
Georgia Experiment Station warns that root knot nematodes attack peach trees and over 500 other plants. New land is likelier free of infestation, while soils with carrots tomatoes lettuce or beans are highly risky for peach planting. Growers unsure of infestation can send samples to the station for analysis. nurseries have occasionally introduced infested trees despite current inspection laws.
Ten million dollars of silver are being melted at the Philadelphia mint to form silver bars. The bars will later be coined into dimes quarters and half dollars as the government substitutes melting for buying silver, a cheaper process amid high market prices.
A Cincinnati inventor markets Freezone as a tiny bottle that relieves corn pain instantly and lets you lift out the corn without soreness. The ad touts the product as cheap, effective against hard and soft corns and between toes, and suitable for calluses.
Secretary of State McClendon rules that farm tractors are not required to register or pay vehicle license tax as automobiles, even when used for road travel. The decision clarifies tax status for farm equipment and avoids vehicle tax collection on tractors.
A historical ruling examines that Section 6 imposes a fifteen dollar tax on non passenger carrying vehicles of one ton capacity or less. Traction engines on highways and tractors used for farming are not required to register or pay the fee. The judge notes doubt in legislative intent and urges authorities to cite proper precedents.
Washington Georgia will receive nine army field ranges for the Georgia State Highway Department. The War Department transfer under a surplus act directs distribution to state road groups. The Bureau of Good Roads and agriculture departments acquired 1,500 ranges for 29 states for construction gangs. Georgia ranks among the states receiving the largest totals for road work.
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