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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
6
A mobile field artillery like tool chest designed for stress era fighting men and adaptable to peacetime industrial use. Packed with fuels axes picks ropes pulleys wire and many hand tools including mallets saws and wrenches for contractors lumbermen and road crews.
A family scene describes David and Arthur sharing a bed but fighting nightly. Their mother hears loud talking and a child complains that Arthur kicks the bed so it remains unmade, causing ongoing disturbance.
Mrs. Mary Kil of Cleburne, Texas credits Cardus for curing her six year battle with severe side pain and weakness. She describes months of agony, then relief after starting the tonic, claiming she needed only part of one bottle and later three bottles to fully recover.
In a rainstorm episode at the Union Stockyards Herrs Island Pittsburgh Mrs P J Riley of Fox Chase road O Hara township rescued four cows stolen earlier from a pasture and driven to the stockyards. Det detectives traced the cows but identification was difficult until the reunion. The cows returned home with their grateful mistress as they followed her out of the pen.
In a lively scene the foreign relations committee meets as Mrs. Comrox notes the chatter about her eldest daughter’s overseas nobility marriage. The plea to assist census efforts echoes civic pride and calls for participation.
Mr W J Garr 69 a leading citizen with broad business and farming interests died at 2 PM Tuesday after months of illness. A Christian gentleman respected for integrity he helped agricultural causes and served as a Farmers Union director. Survived by his wife and others, Friends mourn the loss of a trusted community figure.
Classified items note offering two young males for sale on terms at Stodghill Welch's Meat Market. Also an update from the Co-Operative Gin announcing daily ginning until further notice and purchase of scrap cotton, peas, and cotton seed. Hogs shoats and pigs offered by J A Knowles, Jackson Ga Rt 4, phone 2303. 1-23-11p.
Ninety Day Cotton promotes Boll Weevil resistant seed with claims of early maturity and high productivity. The ad urges farmers to plant King Cotton's Early Improved variety grown in a famous North Carolina seed district and to write for facts and special pricing from King Cotton Seed Company in Lavonia Georgia.
For sale listing from E. R. Merritt in Jenkinsburg Georgia offering hogs shoats and pigs along with a few Ray seedling clingstone peach trees. Date appears as December 5 191f in the notice.
John Pomeroy arrives in Macon to promote his theory that ninety percent of ill health stems from stomach disorders caused by poor living and eating. He urges plain meals, slow chewing, and time for digestion, warning that modern living and bolting food undermine health and digestive strength. Puratone sold in Jackson by Carmichael Drug & Book Co. and by a local druggist.
Funeral services for the deceased were conducted at Mt Vernon church on Wednesday at 2 o clock. A large concourse of friends gathered to pay tribute as Rev W O Sharp assisted by Rev J A Bonner led the service honoring the deceased and noting his character. The survivors include two daughters Misses Vallie and Marguerite Garr four sons Messrs A M Walter Wilmer and Ralph Garr one brother Mr M D Garr Sr and one sister Mrs Richard Smith.
A notice indicates Mr G W Allen plans to seek the tax collector post in the upcoming primary. He currently works as a census enumerator for Jackson district and will announce a definite candidacy after finishing government duties.
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