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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1922
Page
4
A long community notice urges readers to support Georgia’s dairy and livestock future, promote teamwork, and back state leadership. It argues for continued effort in farming, livestock, and dairy, warns against divisive politics, and notes lower lynching in the first half of the year while emphasizing economic resilience and the boll weevil threat to cotton.
A regional essay urges breaking up large South farm tracts to small homestead parcels. It argues white settlers will rebuild prosperity through dairy livestock and truck farming, citing Wisconsin as a model and urging land owners to sell on liberal terms to home seekers.
The Commerce Georgia News argues effective ads boost town prosperity. It cites California’s flood advertising success as a model, saying a strong newspaper network draws business, rail service, and community wealth. Merchants funding local papers sustain regional welfare and build a town onto the map.
Report notes Governor Hardwick is described as being "bossed" by Clayt Robinson while Clifford Walker would accept being bossed by Tom Watson. The piece suggests influence depends on who is in control and hints at personal rivalries and public perception.
The Winder News notes Morris town Tennessee shipped over 8 million dollars in eggs, chickens and livestock last year and asks why Barrow County Georgia cannot match it. The piece argues Georgia counties could yield more out of state products raised locally and notes steady growth in livestock and diversified farming, pushing a year round money crop.
The Georgia co operative sales show markets exist for non cotton products as in Butts county. They favor central marketing over peddling, offering cash payments to producers and reducing drudgery. Georgia advances in marketing reflect a growing system to solve the large farm marketing problem. A note on Henry Fullbright’s land valuation comments appears from the LaGrange Graphic.
The recent cotton price surge signals growing world demand and the success of Georgia’s shift away from cotton toward diversified crops. The boll weevil reduced production, forcing acreage cuts, yet the South maintains some cotton potential for steady income and local living.
The statement argues the tax equalization law is sound in principle yet needs amendments for fairness. Repeal without a better substitute could reduce revenue from 1 to 2 million dollars yearly, harming public schools and Confederate veterans' pensions. It cites administrative flaws as the main objection.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine promising internal action on mucous surfaces and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The text also voices a harsh critique of the credit system and urges individuals to think for themselves.
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