Jackson Schools Set to Close June 3 Amid Simple Commencement
Jackson public schools plan a simple graduation week with a sermon by Rev. L. G Johnson and an address by Hon. E. A. Pound. Twenty three seniors, four boys and nineteen girls, will receive diplomas Friday night after examinations conclude.
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Jackson Public Schools
Board of Education
L. G Johnson
Griffin
Methodist Church
E. A. Pound
Court House
Rosa Franklin Bailey
Marion Bailey
Frances Carmichael
Bertha Conner
Ruby Conner
Elsie Curry
Mary Downs
Mattie Fletcher
Julia Fletcher
Carrie Foster
Homer Gaston
Jessie Hale
Lucile Jackson
Dollie Kimbell
Ethel Merritt
Frank Moore
Lois McClure
Mary Ruth McMichael
Aris Newton
Ruth Norsworthy
Flora Robison
Erma Thomas
Jim Barth White
Jackson High School
Indian Springs camp meeting heads to 1921 session
Rev G W Matthews president of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meeting visited Jackson Friday with trustees R P Lasnett and J M Glenn of Dublin. They inspected the camp ground and noted a new Junior Tabernacle and Annex as substantial buildings and prepared for the 1921 session which begins in August.
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G. W. Matthews
Indian Springs
Jackson
R. P. Lasnett
J. M. Glenn
Dublin
Board of Trustees
Singing at Worthville Church May 29
Worthville Methodist Church will host a Sunday afternoon singing on May 29 inviting all lovers of music to attend.
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Worthville
Worthville Methodist Church
Watson to push mandatory parcel post reach and truck routes
Senator Thomas E. Watson of Georgia, author of rural free delivery, plans a bill to mandate parcel post delivery to interior points not reachable under current law. The measure would expand truck delivery to include rural post offices off railroads as origin and destination in parcel routes.
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D. C
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Watson
Senate
Committee On
Tax Board Set To Complete Work This Week
The board of tax assessors is nearing completion of its work with districts checked and many returns received. Property owners have been slow to respond. hundreds of cards were mailed. Assessments are to stay at last year’s valuation, with expected declines in personal property and overall returns. State officials urged a 40 percent increase for 1920, a move delayed by court action and now pursued via correspondence. Final outcome awaits legislature action.
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Board of Tax Assessors
Woodward
H. J. Fullbright
Fullbright
Man Shot While Trying to Escape in Spalding County
Jeff Goolsby, a Black man, was shot in the leg by County Policeman D M Thornton Friday morning last week as Goolsby attempted to flee while being taken toward the jail on Spalding county authorities orders. Thornton fired twice after a dash for liberty, injuring Goolsby’s leg. Walter Futrall had been on Goolsby’s bond but had come off.
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Jeff Goolsby
D. M. Thornton
Thornton
Goolsby
Spalding
Neero
Walter Futrall
Spalding County
Largest Cabbage of the Season Seems To Claim 13 Pounds
G W Allen of Butts County shows a 13 pound cabbage to The Progress Argus on Tuesday morning. He notes several cabbages range from 7 to 10 pounds and that his garden produced many large plants this season.
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Butts County
G. W. Allen
Hon S J Smith Called by Death
Hon S J Smith longtime Butts County leader dies at 68 after a Georgia Baptist Hospital stay. A farmer, writer and public servant, he chaired local bodies, supported diversified farming and peach culture, and leaves six sons four daughters two wives plus siblings and relatives. Funeral at Towaliga church with six sons as pallbearers.
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S. J. Smith
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Atlanta
Smith
Butts County
Ir. Smith
Middle Georgia Argus
W. F. Smith
D. J. Thaxton
Jackson
Argus
Butts County Products Company
Farmers Union Warehouse Company
Georgia
Baptist Church
Macedonia
Miss Hale
Messrs
Pratt
Blakely
Walter
Charles
Robert Lee
Monticello
O. A. Andrews
Georgia Alumni Visit College for June Reunion
Athens event marks first alumni day at University of Georgia with invitations to graduates from 1871 through 1921. Reunion chair W O Payne leads plans to entertain attendees and promote the million dollar memorial fund and a $3,500,000 building program deemed essential to maintain the school's standing.
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Athens
Georgia
University of Georgia
W O. Payne
Mass meetings condemn Governor Dorsey in Georgia
In Atlanta on Saturday a large gathering passed resolutions condemning Governor Dorsey with speeches by Dr. Ridley and R. B. Blackburn and a letter from Governor-elect Hardwick read. In Macon on Sunday Judge C L Bartlett presided, comparing Dorsey to Benedict Arnold as talks on his pamphlet The Negro in Georgia continue. Impeachment talk grows as investigation potential rises.
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Dorsey
Atlanta
Dr. Ridley
R. B. Blackburn
Hardwick
Macon
C. L. Bartlett
Sixth
Judge Bartlett
Benedict Arnold
Georgia
General
Farmers Can Get Loans From Bond Issue
The farm loan board begins distributing the $40,000,000 bond issue to fund loans for farmers. Land banks have resumed lending and officials aim to spread the funding widely among farmers as reports come in.
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Farm Loan Board
Lobdel
Advertising Shows Large Growth in 1920
New York reports newspaper advertising nationwide rose to more than 200 million dollars in 1920, up 50 million from the prior year. The American Newspaper Publishers' Association bureau notes ad space gained favor as a measurable and economical medium.
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New York
Bureau of Advertising
The
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Methodist church ready to start education drive in county
The Jackson church launches a may campaign running May 28 to June 5 with a $8 000 Jackson quota and a county wide goal of 33 million dollars for education. W M Redman leads Jackson church drive with team captains and a plan to fund endowments and loans for students while aligning with southern Methodist schools.
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Methodist Church
Jackson Church
Griffin
Tom Scott
Forsyth
W. M. Redman
Jackson Methodist Church
Mr. Redman
Messrs
W. W. Jamerson
C. L. Redman
E. L. Smith
R. P. Lasnett
Hugh Mallet
Smith Settle
Elwood Robison
Redman
United States
Southern Methodist Church
Christian Education Movement
Southern Methodist
Wigwam Hotel Set to Open Next Saturday at Indian Springs
The Wigwam Hotel at Indian Springs will open next Saturday May 28. Ben Cleveland heads the amusement features department and J More Watts returns as manager. The Wigwam, owned by Hooks Jacobs and Hart of Macon, is a leading Georgia resort with recent repairs and a pumping system to handle overflow.
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Wigwam
Indian Springs
Ben Cleveland
Cleveland
J. More Watts
Wigwa«iam
Wizwam
Messrs
Georgia Supreme Court Invalidates 1915 Auto Speed Law
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled the 1915 extra session auto speed limit law unconstitutional, granting new trials for manslaughter and homicide defendants. The decision, written by Judge W H Fish, voids the statute for driving while intoxicated and 30 mph limit, reversing Fulton superior court in Charles Jones’s case.
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Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Fulton Superior Court
Charles Jones
Young Hoke Smith Lee
Hapeville
Supreme Court
W. H. Fish
Jones
James K. Ilines
General Assembly
Hines
Bequest Establishes Loan Fund for Jones County Girls
The will of Mrs. Addie Redding provides $20,000 to Jones county to educate worthy girls. Principal invested, interest at 4 percent used for loans to female students, with boy relatives allowed to use the fund. Joe C. White acts as executor and trustee. The fund, part of several local educational trusts totaling over $50,000, will yield about $2,000 annually for the county’s students seeking education.
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Monroe Advertiser
Addie Redding
Monroe County
Round Oak
Jones County
Jamves “Ounty
James
Mercer University
K. H. Conner
Central of Georgia Railway
Largest blue catfish of season caught at High Falls
Forsyth Georgia reports the largest blue catfish of the season exhibited on Thursday. The 15.5 pound blue catfish, nearly three feet long, was caught at High Falls on a set hook by M. M. Stokes Jeptha Castleberry Charles Maynard Jim Harper and Sam Anderson.
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Forsyth
High Falls
M. M. Stokes
Jeptha Castleberry
Charles Maynard
Jim Harper
Sam Anderson
Georgia Soap Company Consolidates Two Firms
Announcement says Georgia and Alabama soap firms merge under the Georgia Soap Company name with headquarters in Jackson. The consolidation was recommended at a Saturday stockholders meeting and unanimously ratified by a Tuesday directors meeting.
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Georgia
Alabama
Georgia Soap Company
Jackson
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