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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
7
A farmer sold potatoes last fall at 1.25 a bushel and misplaced his spectacles while packing. This spring he bought seed potatoes at 5 a bushel from a mail order house and found the spectacle case at the barrel’s bottom. He jokes that he now can see better than before.
The Georgia State Undertakers and Embalmers Association plans its annual convention at Indian Springs next week with headquarters at the Wigwam Hotel. A large attendance is expected as the program is described as the most elaborate yet planned by the association.
By order of the Butts County Ordinary the Ridges place, 550 acres in Jasper County, bounded by F. E. Jenkins W P Middlebrooks W D Baxley and Smith Brothers, will be sold at public outcry on the first Tuesday in July 1920 at the Monticello court house door. Administrator Mrs W H Arnold oversees the estate of W H Arnold deceased.
Express shipment of summer hats has just arrived at The Busy Corner offering practical price cuts near 50 percent. Shoppers are urged to act as stock moves quickly in this seasonal clearance.
Mr BD B Mutkey of Acworth Georgia and his wife describe fatigue and poor strength after spring work. They say after a week on Ziron they felt stronger and hungrier, with boils drying up, and they highly recommend the iron tonic for men women and children. They note Ziron is safe and non habit forming and urge readers to ask their druggist.
Census figures released Saturday list Jasper county population at 16 362, down from 16 552 in 1910 by 190 people or 1 1 percent. Officials expect the sixth district counties report soon.
In Richland News print, rising prices appear as a thirty cent editor pondering the era. The piece notes sugar at thirty cent, gasoline at thirty-four cent, and meat at forty cent as signs of social change.
Joseph Howard Jolly received a four year discharge from the U S Marine Corps and returned home. He served in Cuba Haiti Santo Domingo the Virgin Islands and visited ports including Galveston New London Charleston Philadelphia and Quantico. He earned an award of merit and will start a business in the states.
A Curtiss aeroplane owned by H. S. Olive of Griffin visited Jackson for three days to offer rides to locals seeking a thrill. Several residents, including Warren Furlow Spencer Woodward Harold Ham Dr. J. R. Strickland David Settle Miss Sara Smith and R. J. O'Neal enjoyed their first flights.
Peppert on and Eatonton will meet on Peppert on grounds Saturday at 4 pm in one of the season’s best games. Both teams boast strong lineups and a fast contest is predicted with admission 20 and 35 cents. Eatonton won the first meeting. Peppert on seeks to even the score.
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