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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
6
Poultry guidance emphasizes shade for chicks, clean water, oyster shell, and lice control. It champions green feed at 25 percent of diet, raw when possible, with diverse green crops and winter root storage. Also notes Irish potato origin and farm-to-consumer efficiency issues.
Agricultural leader H. G. Hastings warns South farmers not to expand cotton acreage in 1923. He urges growing food and forage on home acres to cut debt, stressing that higher cotton prices tempt speculation and debt buildup, and that conserving land for crops will keep money local.
Public health work is framed as a series of angles from sanitation to disease prevention. The State Board of Health reports 14,804 Wasserman tests for syphilis at $5 each totaling $74,020 and 18,218 doses of 606 donated for charity worth $27,327, a combined value of $101,347 against a $10,000 legislative appropriation, suggesting a sharp return on investment.
County residents rally for a full time health officer across 160 counties and a state health unit. Kiwanis and Agricultural committees push the Permanent Prosperity Program focusing on cows sows and hens to boost farmer cash. Governor elect Walker honors local citizens J O Gaston and W E Watkins for campaign support.
The piece notes rising deaths from automobile accidents, organic heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage and Bright's Disease. It urges a Life Extension Service linked to the State Board of Health, arguing lawmakers should create this bureau to save and prolong lives. Dr. Abercrombie calls venereal disease education crucial to reducing cases and commitments to public institutions.
Question about whether the baby's name is filed in the fire proof vault at the Capitol in Atlanta prompts instruction to report to Dr. W A Davis of the Vital Statistics Bureau State Board of Health.
A lawyer asks a witness if he knows any jurors. The witness admits knowing more than half the panel and quips he could know more than all of them put together, mocking the courtroom process.
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