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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
5
Cards of thanks and obituaries incur per word charges with a 50 word minimum on cards and 1 cent per word for obituaries. A cash payment must accompany the copy in all cases, with rates applying to word count.
Citizens rally for the county fair as a community builder amid election talk. Hugh Dorsey and Hoke Smith are mentioned for future races. Georgia plans a 40 000 national Democratic fund and Woodrow Wilson is praised for keeping the U S out of war. John D Walker of Sparta named state chairman.
An advertisement explains the nervous system as the body's alarm system and urges Scott's Emulsion as the corrective tonic. It claims the product delivers nutrients to the blood and nourishes nerve cells to refresh the system, noting it is free from alcohol and endorsed by Soult & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.
The act establishes twelve Federal land banks and allows many joint stock land banks to offer long term farm loans at reasonable rates. A Farm Loan Board controls, with loans limited to 50 percent of land value and 20 percent of permanent improvements. Loans run 5 to 40 years with small periodic payments.
A September 30 charity appeal promotes Orphan Work Day for Presbyterians to donate all earnings to Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton South Carolina. The piece notes Georgia Florida and South Carolina children are housed there and receive training in hand head and heart.
An advertisement warns against calomel as dangerous and salivating. It touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative that cleanses the liver, stops biliousness, and does not cause stomach upset or salivation. It claims easy use, day after effect avoidance, and suitability for children.
Col. J. B. Moore of Baxley won the nomination for state senator from the third district in last Tuesday's primary. He married Miss Ethel Walthall, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. F. L. Walthall of this city.
Governor Harris issues proclamation to submit the proposed constitutional amendment creating Bacon County to Georgia voters at the November 7, 1916 general election. The measure empowers the General Assembly to legislate for Bacon County, authorize a $100,000 bonded debt, and apply existing county laws to Bacon.
Ordinance by the Mayor and Council of Jackson Georgia levies taxes on real and personal property for 1916. Rates include 5 mills for general support and 43 mills for sinking fund and interest on bonds.
The notice outlines a city government tax levy totaling twelve and a half mills, equating to one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred dollars of property value. Signed Sept 14, 1916 by Mayor J.T. Moore and Clerk J. A. McMichael.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. Claims it acts on the liver drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the whole system for 50 cents.
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