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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
7
McDonough travels to Jackson for a Tuesday afternoon game to be one of the season’s best, with locals promising strong practice beforehand. A completed game earlier Wed at McDonough was rained out while leading, and Jackson lost 11 to 0 to Forsyth on home soil.
Jackson Chapter No. 54 Royal Arch Masons conferred the Mark Master’s degree on three candidates during Monday night’s session. The chapter has several applications pending and anticipates a busy summer and fall season.
Butts county board of education selected six applicants for the fall term at Milledgeville's Georgia Normal and Industrial College. Old students Mattie Downs Sara Lester Gladys Redman Sara Bell LaRue Barnes remain eligible. Bernice McMichael to enter. A new rule caps county applicants by population, affecting only new entrants.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay $100 for a catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The affidavit dated December 6 lists the medicine as taken internally and acting through the blood on mucous surfaces.
The mid-summer session of the Sixth District Medical Society convened at the Wigwam Hotel Indian Springs with about several dozen members present. Dr. A F White presided in place of Dr. I H Adams as papers were read and discussed. a fall meeting is planned for Macon in November.
Washington announces bids for air mail service from New York to Atlanta via Raleigh and Columbia. Post Office Department expects service to begin November 15 with a twelve hour trip from New York to Atlanta.
Sam Thompson Jr of Mill Creek reports a remarkable rattlesnake sighting seen from a car. The serpent carried a half grown rabbit by the ear toward its den in a rockpile, then killed after a chase. The snake had eighteen rattles, suggesting a large brood.
Jackson postal receipts for year ending June 30 1920 totaled 9385.20, up from 8701.72 the prior year. The rise reflects a substantial year over year gain, aided by heavy parcel post and C O D packages with an average 60 percent increase, aided by a policy change on July 1 1919.
A meeting will be held at the courthouse Friday night at 8 o clock to reorganize the Jackson Rifles. Former service men and others interested in joining a military company are invited to attend the session and hear the announcement.
Georgia farmers are urged to plant fall crops of hardy vegetables and an especially strong wheat crop to meet expected winter and spring shortages. The Georgia Department of Agriculture notes rising cotton prices but cautions against overreacting to the inward turn and status of markets.
Atlanta reports indicate Governor Hugh M. Dorsey faces pressure to announce a U.S. Senate candidacy. Friends say he may relent within days despite earlier public reluctance, with several close associates asserting an official declaration is imminent.
A short verse asks readers to honor the speaker after death without elaborate funerary rites. It emphasizes simple acceptance of the earth and leaving the rest to God, rejecting wreaths flowers crepe and pomp. The speaker seeks no ceremonial display, only quiet farewell.
Report from Jackson Georgia dated 7 9 41 recalls a Methodist preacher fishing when sneezing dislodged his teeth. He attached a chicken leg on a string and dropped it in the river, hoping to retrieve the teeth, as locals joked about rural life and farming.
Revised census figures released in Washington place Macon third in Georgia with a population of 52 995, up 470 from the initial count. Augusta remains close at 52 548, with Macon now ahead by 23, and Augusta drops to fourth after a recount. The correction heightens statewide interest in the urban ranking.
The Indian Springs Holiness Camp meets August 5 through August 15 with Rev. Joseph H. Smith of Chicago and Rev. C. B. Babcock of California leading. Both ministers are familiar to local attendees and highly regarded for prior appearances.
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