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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
4
A Jackson Progress Argus column notes the boll weevil threatens crops, critiques governor Hardwick, and urges fiscal caution. It cautions against new counties, promotes peach growing in Butts county, and argues for centralized state education and lower car prices amid shifting industry.
Farmers urged to battle the boll weevil aggressively as the pest spreads across Georgia. Experts recommend calcium arsenate dusting and calcium arsenate molasses mixes, with two pounds of arsenate per batch. Quitting now risks a poor cotton season. legislature and education are also highlighted.
The piece lists eight reasons why newspaper advertising is effective for national and local markets and notes its low cost and flexibility. It shifts to reflections on baseball as a mass sport and ends with a warning that postwar prices will not rapidly return to prewar levels, citing cotton as an example of slow correction.
The piece notes uneven highway department support across counties and upcoming legislative scrutiny. It highlights higher postage costs for papers, criticism of teacher salaries, and county cuts in Sumter Jones Bulloch counties while urging careful expenditure as tax revenues shrink and the public bears the burden.
The Grady prose warns that liquor harms homes and nations. It declares alcohol a mortal enemy of peace, family, and government, capable of destroying children, wives, and mothers, and it urges a nationwide fight for prohibition.
A vintage ad copy claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh by internal action on the blood and mucous membranes, promising relief from the symptoms and improved health through internal dosage.
The writer argues that selling a bale or two of cotton now could ease financial pressure as a new crop nears. He notes Texas has marketed the first bale and cautions against selling the entire crop, suggesting partial disposal may help avoid a weaker market in the new year. He adds that giving advice on farm holdings is risky and reflects on past southern sales.
Kansas plans for a large harvest hiring about 30 000 extra men to gather a projected 200 million bushels of grain, with wheat at 160 million and oats 40 million. The state usually uses 25 000 to 40 000 additional workers depending on yields.
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