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Voices Out of the Past
FOR SALE-The log
school house in the grove
near Indian Springs depot is
for sale. Ten dollars is
offered, and if no better bid is
made within 30 days the sale
will be closed. J. W. Heard,
T. J. Higgins, W. F.
Smith.—Middle Georgia Ar
gus, Jan. 11, 1883.
Notes From Black
Ankle District
Mr. Wade Hammond will
soon have his fine dwelling
completed.
Mr. W. L. Flynt says that
he has made near two
hundred bushels of potatoes
from one-half bushel last
year.
Mr. J. E. Weaver has gone
to Dr. Cowan’s to try his
hydropothis treatment for his
arm, which has been sore
and causing him to suffer
much for the last two years.
We venture that Wesley
Thaxton has the most
convenient water work about
his well of any one in the
county, all of his own
invention.
W. J. Evans’ grain crop is
the best this part of the
county affords.
Rev. W. J. Oxford will
preach at Liberty Church for
the present year.—Middle
Georgia Argus, Feb. 22, 1883.
Data From Smith’s Mills
Mr. S. L. Thompson, the
“boss" overseer, is putting
the roads in fine order this
week.
Mr. B. W. Dozier has
recovered from measles, and
has gone to Atlanta.
The ferry boat runs almost
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY
-THE CLOTHESLINE
ATHENS—Who says solar
energy is just a hope for the
future?
You can tap the sun’s
power right now, in your own
backyard, with a simple de
vice from Grandmother’s
day—the clothesline.
The savings can be sub
stantial. According to the
National Bureau of Stan
dards, the average clothes
dryer uses more energy (per
hour of operation) than three
air conditioners, four washing
machines and three refrigera
tors combined.
By substituting fresh air
and sunshine for electricity or
gas, you’ll have fresher
smelling laundry as well as
smaller utility bills. But be
fore you pull the plug on your
dryer, study up on the almost
forgotten art of line-drying.
Home economists with the
Cooperative Extension Ser
vice suggest the following
tips:
—Use plastic clothesline
instead of rope, since plastic
is easier to keep clean.
—Consider plastic pins,
too. When wooden pins get
wet, they sometimes leave a
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Save Energy . . . Ue your
oven to cook more than one
food ot a time —and resist
opening the door until your
experience or kitchen timer tellx
you the food is done. A short
preheating is necessary for
baking, but not for roasting
meat or heating prepared foods.
Cook main dishes and bake
breads and cookies in quantity;
freeze some for later use. Let
frozen foods thaw slowly in the
refrigerator instead of heating
them from the frozen state.
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as regular as the sun,
carrying the throng of
travelers to and from this
county to Indian Springs
depot.
Mr. Ed Edwards, the
miller, is up to his eyes in
business.
Mr. Sam Oxford and Mr.
McGinter have their shops in
order and are ready to do all
the work brought to them.—
Middle Georgia Argus,
March 24, 1883.
Tricky
Take a strip of paper or
cardboard thirteen inches
long and five wide, then
giving a surface of sixty-five
inches. Now cut this strip
diagonally as true as
possible, making two pieces
in a shape of a triangle. Now
measure exactly five inches
from the large end of each
strip and cut in two pieces.
Take these strips and put
them in the shape of an exact
square, and it will appear to
be just eight inches each
way, or sixty-four square
inches, a loss of one square
inch of superficial measure
ment, with no diminution of
surface. The question is,
what became of that inch?—
Middle Georgia Argus, Mar.
5, 1883.
Letter-to-Editor
This being a great day of
inventions, especially in the
line of telegraphy, tele
phones, phonograph, etc.,
which have been of such
great benefit to mankind at
large, I write you this letter
to inform the public that I
have this day demonstrated
brown stain on the laundry.
—To eliminate back strain,
hang the line at a convenient
height.
—Wipe the line clean each
time you hang out the wash.
Put dresses, blouses and
shirts on coat hangers before
you hang them on the line.
The hangers save space and
preserve the shape of the
clothes. And when the gar
ments are dry, they can go
straight from the line to the
closet.
Plastic hangers eliminate
the risk of rust stains. If
you’re using metal hangers
coated with black enamel,
make sure the paint is intact.
Hang shorts, skirts and
trousers by the waistbands.
Smooth out collars, cuffs and
hems while the clothes are
still damp.
To keep towels fluffy,
shake them vigorously before
you hang them up. Never
hang towels or bed linen by
the corners—it can tear the
hems and stretch the fabric
out of shape. Use at least four
clothes pins to support large
items like sheets and table
cloths.
Don’t leave a burden
on loved ones!
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1977,
to my entire satisfaction the
possibility of conveying the
thought of man to any
distance through the medium
of a submarine telephone
without the aid of a cord or
wire. I write this to let the
world know that I am the
discoverer of this great
invention. Simion V. Varde
man, Henley’s Mill, Butts
Cos., Ga. —Middle Georgia
Argus, April 7, 1883.
Dublin Data
Troy Vickers commenced
planting cotton on the 3rd
inst., and he is going to show
up the first bloom, if not the
first bale.
Jacob Vickers shot and
killed the old grand parent
The Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation’s
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or Plastic Pitcher With Four Tumblers.
LUNCH: A barbecue chicken lunch will be served again this year. Tickets will be available
through August 2at $2.75 each from the places listed. The Exchange Club of Jackson
will be in charge of the lunch.
CHICKENQUE TICKETS ON SALE: THE CENTRAL GEORGIA EMC
JACKSON 404-775-7857
owl the other day, with his
old Londen barrel, “off
hand.” He thinks now he
deserves a chicken pie.
John Watson and James
Leverette, having no luck on
the Ocmulgee with hook and
line, concluded to try what
virtue there was in the “bait
part of a seine.” After
exploring the deep from
Smith’s Ferry to the Lamar
Shoals, they wound up with a
few “wall-eyed” tadpoles,
and the usual fisherman’s
luck
Miss Lizzie McElhaney has
a flourishing school of
thirty-one scholars.—Middle
Georgia Argus, April 14,1883.
A $70,000 Fire at
Indian Springs
On Wednesday morning
about 2 o’clock while all were
quietly sleeping, all uncon
scious of the plot of the
incendiary, all serenely
Annual Meeting
INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK
AUGUST 3,1977
Registration 9:00 A.M.
Program 10:00 A.M.
SPEAKER: O. FRANKLIN RODGERS
Southern Engineering Company of Georgia
reposing in the trust of the
watchful eye above the
starry heavens, the torch
was applied to the storehouse
ot Cos. Lamar, (known as the
Bob Lawson store) and in a
few moments the flames
leaped heavenward, arous
ing the citizens to witness the
most frightful scene ever
beheld by our people. The
tire was applied to the steps
leading to the outside
entrance of the second story.
Ed Lawson, who was
sleeping in the second story,
was aroused to find the steps
had fallen, and he made his
escape by jumping from the
entrance without receiving
any injury. The building was
too far gone to be saved, and
all efforts were turned to the
surrounding buildings, but
despite the heroic efforts of
all present, the devouring
monster swept to the Collier
hotel, and the surging flames
so suddenly enveloped the
building that scarcely any
thing could be saved.
Passing along the stone
building the heartless flames
reached from the windows
into the Pound store, a
wooden building, where its
remorseless rage seemed to
be almost unbounded when
this almost pile of tinder was
within its grasp.
Next to succumb was the
building of Mrs. Allen, which
fronts the street just above
the Lamar store. Then
followed the brick building of
Esqr. Sanders, from which
the goods belonging to
Messrs. Sanders and Lawson
were nearly all saved in a
damaged condition.
Various estimates are put
upon the loss, ranging from
forty to seventy-five thou
sand dollars.—Middle Geor
gia Argus, April 21, 1883.
Kimbell is the new post
office recently established at
J G. Kimbell’s store,
midway between Jackson
and the Grove. They received
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COOPERATION.
their first mail on last
Monday, and we have
already received several new
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38 Macon St., McDonough, Ga.
subscribers at that place
Middle Georgia Argus, April
21. 1883.