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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
2
Atlanta announces the State Bureau of Markets will open a cotton seed division on September 15. A free service will analyze oil content from car load lots, aiding buyers and sellers. The bureau aims to pair producers with oil mills, fostering closer producer mill relations county agents urged to publicize the service.
A terse directive urges settlement of debts without delay. The statement emphasizes paying as far as possible and refusing further riding or delays while demanding immediate action.
Tanlac has sold 625000 bottles in New York in under a year. Gibson-Snova Co. manager George B. Evans says trade territories see about 500000 bottles annually and may rise to over 750000 for New York alone. Carmichael Drug and Book Co. in Jackson distributes Tanlac with other leading druggists.
Prominent Georgia banker F S Etheridge writes September 3 praising the Progress Argus for constructive reporting and optimistic editorial work. He commends the paper for boosting community morale and urges editors across Georgia to continue the beneficial public-minded publicity.
A Tuskegee Experiment Station study reveals sweet potato by products including four flours and meals, syrup, vinegar, shoe blacking, library paste, starch, mock coconut, breakfast foods, inks, coffees, tapiocas, stock fodder, 14 wood fillers, 40 plus dye shades, and rubber. No commercial development yet, but planned.
Notice invites townspeople to take orchestra or band lessons with Mr. Watson and voice lessons with Miss West at the school. Superintendent L. D. Watson calls for community support of the music program to strengthen this department. Also notes a record sweet potato harvest promising large sales locally and in northern markets.
Benjamin Franklin Brown 71 died at his Indian Springs home Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock from stomach cancer. A Monroe county native, he had lived in Indian Springs for years and was well known. He leaves his wife and two daughters. Funeral was Sunday at 3 o'clock at Sandy Creek church with Rev. Ratliff officiating. interment in the church cemetery.
The notice urges readers to practice Safety as wise living and to become active boosters for their school. It connects health, accident prevention, and school involvement, encouraging participation in the school system.
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