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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
7
Lyrical reminiscence by Lynda Lee Bryan reflects on the May 27 issue of the Jackson Progress-Argus. The piece mourns vanished friends and bygone reunions at Morrison Mansion, recalling Leap Year romance and Christmas fires, with hopeful note on time’s changes.
Mr and Mrs Paul Maddox hosted a large gathering last Saturday night with many relatives and neighbors attending. The community notes list visits, family gatherings, and outings involving Maddox Williams Seymour Pritchett Garr Hammond and Jones families across Macon Barnesville Warm Springs and Jackson with frequent Sunday and Friday activities and a fish fry at High Falls.
In Commerce Georgia a Chinese laundryman Ben Lee was found severely injured with his head crushed by a hatchet and his right hand nearly severed. Two black men Perry Jackson and Chief Goss were arrested and jailed, allegedly attempting robbery to steal over 200 dollars and 400 in time certificates. Ben Lee identified Perry Jackson as one attacker. Sam Lee, another Chinese laundryman, is his nephew and traveled to Commerce to be with him.
The New York Post reports Cucuboro the kingfisher from Australia, nicknamed the Laughing Jackass for his cheerful habit of laughing before dawn and at sunset, entertaining visitors and endearing himself to locals as a daily ritual in Central Park.
A mass meeting will be held July 15 at 3 pm in Jackson to organize Butts county for large scale dairying. Roland Turner and H C Bates will speak on dairying and cream markets linking Jackson to Ashburn. Farmers plan to milk 6 to 50 cows if markets exist as boll weevil impact shifts focus from cotton to dairy.
Stark and surrounding communities share a weekend of visiting relatives with lists of names including Miss Carrie Biles Mrs H G Singley and families in Cedar Rock and Jasper county. Atlanta figures Charlie Tillman and daughters assist Rev Wilson at Stark Methodist on Sunday July 3 at 9 am and again in Worthville next week. A singing at Macedonian church Sunday July 3 at 3 pm invites all singers and music lovers.
An old legend says the Welsh daffodil became the national flower after Spaniards traded a consignment of bulbs for coal. The story links bilbao’s seafaring people, sun worship, and Wales’ anthracite fires to the flower’s rise as symbol of the country.
A youth named Barker rode across a prairie where Texas cattle grazed in scattered herds. A longhorn charged, followers closed in, he sprinted to a gate, fell after hitting a rock, and lay unconscious as the range owner and attendants sealed off the herd.
After the Kentucky Derby, the News office logged around a hundred calls. The winner was Behave Yourself in 2 04 1 5. A fan asked who won the Indians game versus the Colonels, and received the same answer. The caller suspected a joke as the operator noted the quarter split. Indianap olis News.
In a Loretto talk Charles M. Schwab recounts how a single idea transformed mining and rail work. A worker suggested rounding shovel corners to dig faster. after trial the round-shovel design spread and led to wealth for the inventor, ironmonger, and boss.
Interest in pellagra surged years ago amid fears of widespread illness. Since then medical studies clarified causes and treatment, reducing panic and shifting focus to prevention and nutrition education.
The article notes manufacturers seek European mansion inspiration while overlooking American colonial style. It argues the colonial period offers authentic, intrinsic value, being graceful, simple and useful, and that modern adaptations balance period designs with current needs.
A woman juror fainted during a malicious wounding hearing in Manchester, causing the trial to halt and a substitute juror to be found. The episode prompted discussion on whether women can effectively serve as storymen.
A wife cheers the return of the five cent loaf while the husband laments layoffs at work. The dialogue contrasts consumer relief with economic distress as workers face job losses at a local bakery or business. The tone mirrors a newspaper cartoon caption from the era.
The speaker urges the state to pay Confederate pensioners monthly rather than in lump sums. They warn that many veterans and widows are dying without timely support and propose reducing pension amounts if necessary to ensure prompt, regular payments.
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