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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
3
Confederacy members meet in the club room Friday at 10 to support the Millie Rutherford Scholarship Fund. Children of C. of C. participate in age based games and refreshments will be served. Bring 25 cents per child.
Mrs W Bryant Thompson hosted a large Tuesday morning event in honor of guest Mrs C L Saunders of Fitzgerald. Lavender petunia decorations framed games and a noon luncheon attended by nine tables and many out of town guests.
The members of the Wednesday Morning Sewing Club were delightfully entertained this week by Mrs O B Howell at her Third street home. About six guests joined the group including visiting city guests. A salad course with hot rolls and iced tea followed the sewing hour. Mrs Slaton Carmichael will host the next meeting.
A party from Monticello Jenkinsburg and surrounding towns led by Mr and Mrs H S Downs along with Misses Mattie Mary Pope Smith Carrilo Harper and others spend this week at Snapping Shoals camp. They plan swimming boating and fishing with an outing promised to be delightful for attendees.
Mr and Mrs Alex Godwin hosted a six guest dinner Wednesday night in honor of Walter Godwin of Jackson Georgia visiting relatives in the city. Orchid asters and pink buds decorated the table and rooms reflecting pastel tones. Guests included Walter Godwin J James Jones Dr E P McBane Lafayette Pickard and the hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge entertained Friday evening with a six‑table rock party in Fitzgerald. The event honored Mrs. C. L. Saunders of Fitzgerald, with Misses Edna Copeland Mary Claire Moore Ruth Smith and May Julia Lasnett as hostesses and Eva Mae Smith providing music. Punch, cream and cake followed progressive games.
Mrs. L. D. Watson entertained the Larkin D. Watson chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at her McDonough Road home. The event featured fern and flower decorations, a report from Lois Biles on the Athens Confederate Children of the Confederacy convention, a salute to Jefferson Davis, and a salad course with iced tea served by Mrs. Watson assisted by Mrs. O Kelle y and Misses Rut and Mary Frances O Kelle y.
Miss Kate Glenn Arnall daughter of H. C. Arnall of Newnan and Hon A H Freeman of Newnan married Thursday at First Baptist Church in Atlanta with Rev. Charles W. Daniel presiding. The bride, a Newnan social leader, is linked to prominent local business families while the groom is a leading Fourth District lawyer and president of the Newnan Bank and Trust. They will reside at 25 College Street, Newnan, as Mrs Freeman is warmly remembered in state society circles.
Gol. J. S. Moore visited Macon during the week while Claude Spencer vacations in South Georgia. Numerous residents, including F. S. Etheridge of Atlanta and N. R. McCord, were seen in Jackson and Atlanta respectively, with many guests visiting relatives in Griffin, Americus, Winder, and Worthville.
Under the North Georgia Conference women’s missionary societies a Young People's Missionary Conference will be held at Indian Springs Camp Ground August 8 to 11. Delegates from Y M C A Y W C A and other groups will study missions, learn methods, and plan outreach with Dr L J Miller and Dr C H Honeshell leading. Fee for board and registration is five dollars, with free entertainment for trainees entering the fall term.
Dr. W. T. Hunnicutt of the North Georgia Conference preached four sermons to a large Jackson audience. Mr. and Mrs. John Cook of Elgin hosted Tuesday’s dinner honoring guests from Newberry South Carolina and Atlanta, with only family invited.
Jackson Ice Corporation warns customers and employees that short weighing or overcharging will lead to dismissal without notice. Public notice urges reporting inaccuracies in weight to office 159W. signed by manager W. E. Merck dated July 12, 1921. Lemons are too high try limes 10c dozen Carmichael's Drug Store.
Sunday schedule includes 9:30 Bible School for all ages, 11:00 and 7:30 preaching by Dr. Montague. Wednesday 7:30 Mid week prayer meeting led by brethren. Last week Strickland gave a talk on the Coming of Christ noting dangers and signs. Rev Boyce of Mercer filled Montague's slots due to illness.
Stark and Gresham families visit in Newberry and Atlanta while Miss Carrie Biles hosts a dinner party with friends. Several boys, including Horace Stewart and C. B. Biles, depart for a fifteen day military camp at St Simons Island. John Cook and son John Wesley visit Elgin relatives as Lillian Duke travels to Atlanta. Bartlett and Kimbell dine near Cedar Rock.
Dr. O B Howell will be absent from the city from July 10 to July 25. The notice notes dates and implies temporary absence.
Advertisement advises squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint lemon bleach. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands for a lighter complexion and to fade freckles sunburn and tan. Claims stage beauties use it for a soft rosy white complexion without irritation.
The article discusses how farmers face a major question of finding markets for their products and suggests diversifying beyond cotton if suitable markets are created.
A Progress-Argus excerpt extols Robinson Crusoe as a patient persistent advertiser. He posted a signal for a ship on a frayed island line and kept selling the idea despite little early response. The message urges steady effort, adaptation, and unwavering persistence to attract opportunity and business.
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