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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
6
The Macon state convention endorsed President Wilson and moved to withdraw Tom Watson from the tenth district race after debate. A new state Democratic executive committee was selected, with members from Jenkins Chat ham Burke and other counties.
The document lists candidates by district for a state election. Named officials include Tattnall Kelly. Parker Colquitt. Bowers Thomas. Rich Miller. Perry Mitchell. Turnipseed Clay. Whitley Ben Hill. Hayes Macon. Rainey Schley. Jeff Taylor Marion. Dismuke Muscogee. Boykin Carroll. Freeman Coweta. George Jones DeKalb. Almand Rockdale. J S Jones Douglas. Bullard Campbell. Emmett Barnes Bibb. Dorsey Clayton. Hardin Monroe. Hardy Uposa. Vandiver Floyd. Brown Cobb. Lee Walker. Ledbetter Polk. Gordon Clarke. Bolton Wilkes. Tweedy Putnam. Roberts Walton. McCandless Cherokee. Stark Jackson. Quillian Hall. Barrett Stevens. Bell Baldwin. Carroll Wilkinson. Phillips Jefferson. Evans Warren. Quincy Coffee. Lastinger Lowndes. Sirmans Ware. Henderson Irwin. Patterson Wilcox. Giles Toombs. Millner Dodge. Bashinski Laurens.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as the pleasant candy cathartic that cleanses the bowels and liver. It claims relief from headaches biliousness bad breath coated tongue and sour stomach and encourages both adults and children to use Cascarets nightly for gentle, non griping relief.
Leonard Dodson and Leonard Mce Michael will attend the Southeastern Fair school in Atlanta starting October 14. They will leave Jackson Sunday. The trip was arranged through the county agent. Chalmers Lanier Ridgeway George Hughey Willie Slade McMichael and Andrew Waldrop will exhibit their pigs at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta. The pigs are among the best in the county. the agent expects to win.
A Paducah merchant reports selling a hog cholera remedy to 12 or more hog raisers last season and guarantees payment if any hog dies. Buyers later praised the medicine highly as the best they had used, with one customer purchasing five dollars worth after an initial small package. Carmichael Hardware Co., Dealers.
The Boston Globe notes President Wilson's brief, decisive answer to the Austro-Hungarian matter and urges supporting Liberty Bonds as wartime loan drive continues.
A wartime message notes allies have suffered bravely three years before entry, with courage unfaltering. It states U S casualties are fewer than the English in the last four weeks, praises the President and calls civilized nations to support, while warning of more battles and months of fighting before victory.
Worthville residents report visits from Bertha Williams Helen Swint and relatives to uncle J J Hammond. Mrs J H Pope and Mrs L L Washington spent Monday in Atlanta. Alex King and children visited G W White on Saturday. J J Hammond and W A Aiken traveled to Tift county for business last week. Lilibell Smith spent the weekend with family. J H Pope and R A Thaxton were in Jonesboro Monday. Glen Maddox and family announce the birth of a son. W J White and Frances visited Harrison Cawthon family Sunday.
An old fashioned physic touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as mild and gentle relief for indigestion biliousness and digestive discomfort. The copy claims they cleanse the bowels sweeten the stomach and tone the liver giving a light free feeling and is from Carmichael Drug and Book Company.
Father Frank Kelly of Albany New York joined American troops on the British Front and went over the top three times in the recent engagement. He returned with hair turned white as snow, carrying only a prayer book.
Groves Tasteless chill tonic purifies and enriches the blood to restore strength and energy. The advertisement promises an invigorating effect and lists a price of 60.
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