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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
2
Flovilla will hold a Friday evening benefit for the Red Cross on March 29. The program features several strong acts and refreshments will be served. A later, fuller notice will follow.
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At a Board of Education meeting teachers were elected for the Jackson public schools for 1918 19. Two positions remain to be filled one in grammar and one in high school. Names include Annie Lou McCord Lois Biles Clara McElroy Lucy Goodman Davie Fletcher Jessie Wiggins Douglas Watson principal Jennie McElroy Ruby Thompson and Mrs R L Smith.
Publicized advertisement invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Pills, through The Owl Pharmacy.
Mrs. J. W. Harper entertained Friday night with a reception for the Senior Class. Attendees included Herschel Harris John D Heard Doyal Coker Albert Saunders Bernard Harper Robert Bankston Nelle Ingram Lillie Thurston Marge Manning Mae Childs Ida Sue Leverette Grace Bankston Leona Holmes Willie Woodward Mary Johnson Anna Reid Harper Inez Brinkley Fannie Tolleson and others. Cycle 2 gave a delightful program in the J H S Literary Society. Nanalyne Brown visited Senaca over the weekend. Mary Johnson stayed with her parents at Fairburn. War Saving Society and Thrift Club were organized along with a Club Society under Mr. Blackwell and Mrs. Butner. Visitors from Monticello and Eastman were noted, as well as a weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. H A Manning and their son Philip of East Point.
Tax Receiver J P Vaughn lists upcoming locations and dates to collect 1918 returns. March 28 Iron Springs Cross Roads and Stark. March 29 Worthville. April 1 Jenkinsburg. April 2 Cork and Flovilla. April 3 Elgin and Towaliga. April 4 Indian Springs. Meeting time urged for a single round.
An advertisement urges readers to remove children from danger and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Contains no opiates and appears from The Owl Pharmacy.
William T Stewart, a noted piano salesman, has sold 149 pianos in Butts and neighboring counties this season, reflecting strong local demand. His Baldwin piano line is used by Wesleyan Female College and was featured during the Billy Sunday campaign in Atlanta, sparking broad friendships and support.
Lieut Charles S Johnson of Butts county has moved from second to first lieutenant in the regular army and transferred from Fort Oglethorpe to Fort Sill Oklahoma. He will study machine gun tactics under a British officer and began drawing pay as a first lieutenant from October 25 last year. Local friends celebrate his success and pride in his home town.
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