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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
5
State Senator Fred Kea has introduced a Georgia Senate bill to reduce county officer terms from four to two years. The measure would take effect only after the current four year terms end, avoiding disruption for those already nominated or elected to four year terms at the upcoming state election.
Mr Owen J Martin a prominent Butts county citizen died at home in West Butts Monday after a year long decline and several weeks of illness He was about forty and widly respected A member of Patillo Masonic lodge and an Odd Fellow Survived by wife Lyda McElhenney five sons two daughters and a brother Funeral held at Fellowship church Tuesday at 10 with Masons conducting grave rites in Griffin News notes many friends attended
An advertisement for Shivar Mineral Water claims stomach illnesses disappear after drinking. It offers a money back guarantee, notes pleasant taste and low cost, and mentions delivery by Jackson agents from Carmichael Drug & Book Co.
In 1913 a Mayflower peach block was split into six plats with varied fertilizers to 1919. Plats 1–2 with acid phosphate ripened earliest. plats 5–6 with nitrate of soda ripened latest. In 1920 all fertilizers were withheld to assess fruit ripening and brown rot susceptibility. Acid phosphate slightly hastens ripening while nitrate of soda retards ripening.
Georgia led early in education and state formation with the first Southern state to ratify the constitution. It declared for free schools and established Richmond Academy as the first free school. The University of Georgia opened in 1785 as a premier state institution.
A financial snippet shows cashier's checks on own bank as outstanding with totals for demand deposits and time deposits. It lists individual deposits subject to check and certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days, along with unpaid dividends and total deposits.
The bank outlines six annual OCC reports to assess safety of funds and six monthly government examinations with no notice. Certified Public Accountants also audit twelve months of operations and report to directors. The institution pledges ongoing adherence to strict oversight.
The record highlights Georgia figures and events such as William Longstreet's steamboat voyage, Crawford Long's anesthesia discovery, Georgia's first orphanage, the first cross Atlantic steamboat, the cotton gin, early cotton exports, the first women's college Wesleyan Female College, the first sewing machine, rural free delivery, cotton seed oil, and the claim of the largest tobacco plantation in the world.
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