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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
12
The passage presents a meditation that good will prevail after pain and doubt. It asserts that no life is wasted, no worm or moth in vain, and that all creates a completed divine whole. The speaker envisions winter becoming spring and ends with an infant’s cry for light.
A long list of names and origins shows visits to Atlanta and nearby towns. Residents from Macon, Charlestown, Monticello, Lakeland, Perry, Gainesville, Athens, Forsyth, Barnesville, Henderson, and Locust Grove traveled for events, opera, or family, with several attending Grand Opera and meetings.
The Woman's club of Jackson will meet Tuesday afternoon May 11 at 4 o'clock at Hotel Buchanan. Hostesses include Mrs. Buchanan Mrs. A F Whitney Mrs. W E Watkins and Mrs H Thornton. The program on Home Economics is arranged by Mrs C A Butner with a lecture by Mrs Creswell of the State Agricultural College.
The D A R chapter met Tuesday afternoon at 4 30 at Mrs B F Watkins home with Mrs J W Jones as co hostess. Officers were elected or nominated including regent Mrs J B Harrison vice regent Mrs B F Watkins rec sect Miss Lois Biles year sec Mrs A T Buttrill treasurer Mrs T G Willis registrar Mrs J B Carmichael historian Miss Bessie Waldrop. Paul Neyron roses and a tent with a Valley Forge flag adorned tables for a summer plan session. Members will resume meetings in September.
Mrs Max Land recently elected state regent of the D A R in Georgia and honored in Washington D C for her wisdom in planning and execution She attended the National D A R convention and was a guest at national capital social functions receiving flowers from the Georgia delegation Cordele Sentinel notes Savannah Chapter D A R extended graciousness to their state regent
Mrs. Bessie Waldrop visited in the city Saturday. Mrs. George Kimbell spent Wednesday in Atlanta. Mrs. Emmett Moore has returned to Griffin. Mr. Aeras Ball visits Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ball in Bronwood. Mrs. R. E. Stanfield of Atlanta was a visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Ed Carroll of Albany is guest of Mrs. W. M. Crawford. Mr. F. A. McCarrol of Albany visited relatives Saturday. Mrs. J. F. Carmichael of Decatur visiting relatives here this week. Mrs. Jewel Darden of Graymont visits her sister Mrs. T. H. Armstead. Mrs. J. T. Armstead of Atlanta guest of Mrs. J. H. McKibben Sunday.
Little Misses Mary and Doris Willis visited grandparents near Indian Spring. R P Newton and J C Newton spent time in Atlanta for Southeastern Hardware conven tion. A string of residents including Mrs N P Miller and Mrs F A McCarroll returned from visits in Covington and Albany. W F Thomas recovered from appendicitis after an Atlanta trip. Jack Price and family announce the birth of a son named David Frank. Numerous locals attended Grand Opera in Atlanta last week.
The friends of Mrs. M. J. Carson regret she suffered a stroke Saturday morning. Her left side is affected and due to advanced age her illness is serious. Mrs. Carson is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J H Mc Kibben.
Washington report says a Senate bill authorizes the Roosevelt 2 cent piece. Senator King of Utah objected but withdrew after colleagues cited business utility and a commemorative purpose behind the action.
Maj. Gen. George Barnett urges a memorial near Belleau Wood France to honor U S Marines killed there. He proposes several inscribed tablets as the quickest suitable way to commemorate the deed and mark the ground. Secretary of the Navy has approved the plan.
The article describes Bayer branded Aspirin from Bayer Company as genuine aspirin used for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes Bayer as the manufacturer for nineteen years and mentions handy tin boxes containing 12 tablets sold for a few cents.
The United States Civil Service Commission will hold an examination at the Jackson post office on May 22 to fill the clerk carrier position. Interested persons may obtain information by applying at the Jackson post office.
One New York department store advertised a 20 percent reduction on its entire stock worth 20 million dollars, excluding about 50 thousand dollars of goods bought under price restrictions. The firm cites a "conscientious sense of duty" amid government investigation reports as the motive for the sale.
An advertisement for Guthrie & Company promotes old line insurance and a humorous Sunday School anecdote about praying, with a punchline about butter prices. A separate quip features a wife scolding her husband and a line about love and Lucifer.
An advertisement for the Drug and Book Company promotes pens priced at 1.75 dollars. The small retail notice highlights affordable writing instruments from a local supplier.
A prisoner fined for cruelty to his wife is summoned to the magistrate’s private room. The magistrate cites the wife’s evidence of terror, then presses the man in a candid, man to man exchange asking how he carried out the acts. The exchange reveals terse, pointed interrogation.
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