Great Exposition Grounds Open October At Southeastern Fair
The front entrance to the Liberal Arts Building marks the site of the Woman's Department exhibits. The grand exposition runs from October 13 to 22, featuring displays across the fairgrounds.
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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
7
Premium list from Southeastern Pair requested by mail
The annual premium list of the Southeastern Pair contains items of interest to all readers keeping up with progress. Request by writing to R. M. Striplin, Secretary Box 1006, Atlanta, Ga. for prompt mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Striplin
Atlanta
H. G. Hastings
Times
National hog and castle show judged at Atlanta fair
Photo by Francis Price shows purebred cattle types to be judged by contestants in the International Cattle Stock Judging Contest at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta from October 13 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Cattlemen’s Association
Southern Swine Growers’ Association
United States
Atlanta
Auto Polo Featured Daily At Southeastern Fair
Auto Polo returns to the Southeastern Fair October 15 to 22 with daily and nightly contests on Ford cars built for the sport. Teams clash as cars roll over lose wheels and collide to electrify the grand stand from start to finish.
Pay Up Sparks Endless Chain of Debt
A brief proverb notes that paying prompt enables repayment from the other party, creating an endless cycle where one payment triggers the next. The saying emphasizes reciprocal obligation and the consequences of delaying debts.
Picric acid distributed to Georgia farmers for land clearing
Athens Ga Sept 29 arrangements have been completed by which one million pounds of picric acid will be distributed to Georgia farmers through the Extension Division of the State College of Agriculture. Farmers pay seven cents a pound for reworking into cartridges. up to 1000 pounds per person. Distribution through county agents nationwide supply is limited and may end soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Uncle Sam
Georgia
Georgia State College of Agriculture
J. Phil Campbell
Campbell
South Georgia
Extension Division
The
Agricultural College
United States Department
State College of Agriculture
Farmer Seeks Knowledge in Cotton Field Experience
The statement urges those seeking practical information about cotton crops to visit a cotton field to learn firsthand. It emphasizes that direct observation provides the fullest understanding of cultivation and conditions.
Persimmons Highlighted by Georgia Experiment Station
The Georgia Experiment Station notes that most farms have several native persimmon trees yielding good crops and some small Japanese persimmon orchards. Fully ripe fruits are desirable for dessert, though many still prefer the old fashioned persimmon beer.
Hard Winter Predicted Across the South
Weather prophets in Atlanta and across Georgia forecast a hard winter. Observers cite frosty indicators like squirrels gathering nuts, thicker corn husks, heavier animal pelts, and moss growth, while meteorologists point to an unusually warm year and a potential decade‑long pattern of alternating cold and mild winters. An Atlanta man adds we may be due for another arctic period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Persimmon beer recipe from old house guidance
Instructions describe making persimmon beer with two bushels of persimmons five pounds honey locust and yeast cake. Details cover barrel setup with a faucet hole below the head, straw filter, warm room 60 to 70 degrees, mixing fruit water and yeast, topping with cloth, fermentation six to ten days, cooling after for storage, and optional corn meal addition for flavor.
Tax Collectors Notice and Estate Sale Petition
The tax books for 1921 are open in the ordinary's office of the courthouse for tax collection. Georgia Butler County. Georgianne Cook administratrix seeks leave to sell estate land of Harriet Saunders Baker to pay debts. hearing set for first Monday in October 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
J. F. Lane
Georgia
Butt
Harriett Saunders Baker
Georgianne Cook
Harriet Saunders Baker
Appointment of Emma Aiken as administratrix in Butts County
Emma Aiken applies to be appointed permanent administratrix of W. A. Aiken’s estate in Butts County. The Ordinary will hear the petition at the regular October term, on the first Monday of October 1921. Witness dated September 5, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Emma Aiken
W. A. Aiken
Court of Ordinary
J. H. Ham
Year’s Support Granted In Georgia Butts County
Lizzie C. Vanzandt applied for twelve months support from the estate of William H. Vanzandt. Appraisers filed their return. The court requires all concerned to show cause before the Ordinary on the first Monday in October 1921 why the application should not be granted. This 5th day of September 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Lizzie C. Vanzandt
William H. Vanzandt
Court of Ordinary
J. H. Ham
A. McGibony
Henry Mackey, Sr
Sheriff’s Sale Notice of 190 Acre Land in Butts County Georgia
A sheriff sale set for the first Tuesday in October 1921 at the court house in Butts County Georgia will auction 190 acres in the 614th district G M. Bounded by Keaton Bryans Watkins Crawford Lawson Gunn Buchanan. Property owned by L M Crawford W M Crawford and R L Crawford, to satisfy an execution in favor of Miss Joe Warner. Sale conducted Sept 6 1921 by Sheriff W D Pope with J T Moore as attorney for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
G. M
W. M. Keaton
Bessie Bryans
Joel B. Watkins
J. M. Crawford
F. M. Lawson
Dan Gunn
C. T
C. W. Buchanan
Real Estate Sale in Flovilla Georgia 1921 Sheriff Action
In October 1921 during legal hours at the county courthouse the Green Bland property in Flovilla, Butt County Georgia, a half acre lot with bounds S L Thompson Frankhead Grover McLendon and Jack Campbell, is sold to satisfy a McKibber Co judgment. The property is in Green Bland's possession. The sale date is recorded as September 6, 1921, by Sheriff W D Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Said
Flovilla
Butt, County
S. L. Thompson
Frankhead
Grover McLen
Administrators Sale of O. J. Martin Estate in Jackson
An order issued September 1921 directs administrators A K Kimbell and T F Martin to sell the 108 acre home tract in Towaliga district Jackson county at public outcry before the courthouse on the first Tuesday in October 1921 to settle debts and distribution. The property lies south of lot 205 and borders W land, bounded north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Said
A. K. Kimbell
T. F. Martin
C. J. Martin
Said County
Court House
Jackson
O. J. Martin
Towaliga
Prime 108 Acre Butts County Farm Seeks Buyer
One of the best places in Butts county offers 108 acres more or less with modern dwelling lights barn automobile house and outbuildings. Bounded by Kinard and W L Wilder lands with one acre reserved near Wilder residence. Terms four installments? one-fourth cash and remainder in sixty days. Deeded for school purposes. September 5, 1921. Administrators A K Kimbell and T F Martin of O J Martin deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Kinard
W. L. Wilder
Butts County
Forks of Road
A. K. Kimbell
T. F. Martin
O. J. Martin
Administrator's Land Sale in Butts County Georgia 1921
Administrator J A Dodson Jr announces sale of 150 acres in Butts County to be offered in 50 acre lots plus about 66 acres near the Ocmulgee River encircled by Central Georgia Power land. Sale set for September 4 1921 in Georgia with cash terms or as announced by the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butt
Court of Ordinary
Court House
Son
Teber
Butts County
Pik O’neal
J. Matt McMichael
W. S. Cook
Viva O’neal
J. W. Andrews
J. H. Duke
I. J. Slaughter
Ocmulgee
Said
Central Georgia Power Company
John L. Barnett
J. A. Dodson, JR
John A. Dodson
Mary Elizabeth Hawkins Seeks Admin on Lydia V. Martins Estate
Mary Elizabeth Hawkins applies for permanent administration of Lydia V. Martin's estate. She cites need to be granted executive authority and calls creditors and next of kin to appear with cause within the legal timeframe. The notice is dated September 6, 1921.
Butts County Ad Valorem Tax Rates for 1921 Noted
The document records levies for 1921 in Butts County Georgia. It lists seventeen mills for public roads bridges public buildings paupers and other charges and notes a five mill special school tax outside Jackson. Signed by J O Gaston and Van Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Worsda Aes
Superior Court
Zutivehen
Cerenera
Jackson
J. O. Gaston
City of
County Board of Education
Butts
Board of Education of
van Fletcher
Lova
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Persimmon Beer
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Naomi Tery
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Sheriff’s Sale
Mary Elizabeth Hawkins
Lydia V. Martin
J. T. Moore
Butts Couny
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