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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1922
Page
4
Texas extermination drives last year killed six hundred seventy thousand rats under a program run by county agents with the USDA state colleges and local chambers. Prizes spurred youths and schools, with notable counts by a Denton boy and a Williamson county youth. Estimated rat weight and damage imply about 670000 dollars in value saved.
Oregon plans to push its highway program past the 50 million dollar mark this year as 3721 miles have been paved or macadamized since 1917. State expenditures total 35.126 million, counties 7.134 million, and federal funds 6.590 million. Contracts let and to be completed this year push the total beyond fifty million.
Richmond Virginia prepares for the 32d annual United Confederate Veterans convention set for June 19 to 22. An estimated 5000 surviving Confederates and relatives will attend along with Sons of Confederate Veterans Daughters of the Confederacy and other affiliated groups. Reduced rail fares are offered and identification certificates are issued to ensure smooth travel and ticketing.
Calcium Arsenate offered at 9 cents per pound plus freight from Atlanta in small lots. A sample owned by the sellers was tested by Judge J H Ham and the State Chemist confirmed high quality. Sold through Carmichael Drug and Book Co and Southern Cotton Oil Co. Grow abundant crops to prepare for dairy farming hogs and poultry this fall.
Miss Bernice Higgins returns from Reynolds teaching term. Families visit and host gatherings occur across Iron Springs with several local residents. A Pleasant Grove preaching schedule invites all. Georgia school law reforms urged to standardize textbooks and boost progress. boll weevil threatens crops.
The community mourns Mrs Sallie Barber a longtime member of the Congregational Methodist church at Pleasant Grove since 1885. She died while visiting her daughter in East Point Georgia, leaving a loving family and many friends. A committee Irene Preston Ossie Preston W M Bledsoe offers condolences as part of the notice. The weather section notes heavy rains damaged local roads and urges voters to approve bonds to fund durable highways.
An advert promotes "Mother's Friend" as a safe external lotion for expectant mothers to ease pregnancy and labor. It features testimonials from Mrs. C. J. Hartman of Scranton and claims the product reduces need for doctors, with no narcotics and universal availability. It invites readers to request a free illustrated booklet from the Regulator Company in Georgia.
Mrs. T. F. Parks of Dutton Alabama praises Thedford's Black-Draught as a long trusted liver medicine. She credits it with relieving indigestion and constipation and keeping her through years of use. The ad urges readers to insist on Thedford's genuine product sold by all druggists.
C L Redman of Tennessee notes fall shipment plans for Bildad Nursery with prices unchanged from last year. He claims over 5 000 trees from last fall, now fewer than a dozen dead, all healthy and true to name, fully guaranteed for size and disease free.
Practical tips include slicing bacon rind down to avoid the rind, sliding knife under to free slices. Rinse oats in cold water and heat slowly for better porridge flavor. Dampened salt can stop itching quickly. A tablespoon of vinegar replaces an egg in takes? Use butter to remove tar stains from cotton. leave on several hours before washing.
Advice urges giving praise while alive to strengthen courage and spirit. Do not wait for death when readers of praise cannot be. Let friends express appreciation for the work and character they admire.
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