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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
6
J H Couch of Hmisom Mule Co will be in Carrollton at Stewart and Fleming's barn Saturday August 3 to buy war mules. TB5-8t
Wanted traveling salesman with good commission and expenses. For particulars call Arthur Burrell in Carrollton, phone 363.
A scan of social notes shows residents from Qak Mountain Everyholy and nearby areas enjoying visits with relatives and friends. Guests include O T Birks, Mr. and Mrs. Howell Opto Tren, and Mrs. John Brandon’s family, with several locals attending gatherings at wayside and West View. Community meetings at Pleasant Hill School elected new W S S officers Roy Stallings and Ruth Bragwell, as families travel between Cross Plains Carrollton and Alabama.
Carrollton. R F D Huggins McCain Miss Ethel Huggins and Mr Harry McCain wed at Rev Bagwell home July 27. W A Cottle visiting Alabama. Mrs Beulah Spenge ill. Hurston siblings visited Thomas Hurston. Lizzie Cramerty with Mrs Green Burson. B T Huggins and families, Renee Gray and families vacationing with Mr and Mrs W A McCain and Mr and Mrs J H Reid. Tollison Hugging announced safe arrival in France. Revival in Saloin draws youths. R D Huggins family visited Lovelady parents. Turkey dinner at Mr and Mrs W A McCain enjoyed by large crowd.
For sale one rear axle housing for a Ford car with a 60 inch tread and one set piston for a Ford. Item is in good shape and will be sold. Contact R. B. Meeks.
Local notes reflect a heavy rain weekend that delayed mail delivery and soaked fields. Editor William Strickland and family mention visiting relatives and a Mt Zion singing event. A call for unity and restraint amid wartime tensions appears, urging stronger actions against violence and urging preparations for food security.
Prolific local social news lists residents and visitors from Palmetto Oyliman Alabama and Bremen sharing events at Miller's Academy. Mentions Miss Taovella Tolland Miss Leona Holland Mrs Carmilla McEwen and many named attendees at birthdays church visits and weekend gatherings.
An advertisement touts Foley Cathartic Tableta as a gentle thorough aid for digestion and bowel cleansing. It claims to soothe the stomach, aid the liver, and relieve biliousness and bad breath. Sold everywhere.
The Carroll Free Press is designated the 1918 legal organ for Carroll County. This notice records that the Ordinary, Sheriff, and Clerk signed the order on December 1917. A court order from July 1918 lists a public auction of 1/30 undivided interest in 75 acres of lot 380 in the 7th district to be sold August 1918 to support minor heirs C V and L M Thompson, guardian RB Thompson.
An order of the ordinary court in Carroll County authorizes executors to sell one half undivided interest in seventy two mores of land in the northwest corner of lot 210 in the sixth district of Carroll Waramon county Georgia. Sold to pay debts and for widow and minor children support as per the will. Sale set for the first Tuesday in August 1918 in legal hours at the Carroll County courthouse.
Georgia Carrail County. Mrs G A Brooks filed for permanent letters of administration to vest in J M Cator on the estate of Mrs Mary Ayers deceased. All persons concerned kindred and creditors are cited to show cause before me on or before the first Monday in August 1918 why the application should not be granted. This July 3 1918.
Mra M E Strickland applies to resign as guardian of Warner G Strickland property. Suggested replacement Mra Ballia A Rigahy. All interested cited to show cause before July 1st or before the first Monday in August 1918 why permission should not be granted. This July 3 1918.
J D Melear files for permanent letters of administration on the estate of A J Melear of anid county deceased. All concerned, kindred and creditors, are cited to show cause by the first Monday in August 1918 why the application should not be granted. July 6, 1918. Millican, Ordinary.
Georgia Carroll County. Cowtty and Spores have applied for discharge from administration of the estate of H. Adkinson, late of the county, deceased. All heirs and creditors are cited to show cause before July first Monday in August 1918 why the application should not be granted. July 3, 1918. W. J. Milligan, Ordinary.
Jon Steed applies for permanent letters of administration in Carroll County Georgia. Citations are issued to all concerned to show cause before noon on the date of application. The July 1, 1918 notice warns that the administration may be granted if no cause is shown.
Four room house with verandas, front and back, a good water well on verandah, suitable for sale or trade. Located at Chestnut Hill, offered by A Hayes.
Harbin Hardware Co offers a 1917 Ford three passenger model Fords in good mechanical condition for sale. Reliable workhorse ready for use, cash sale, inquiries welcomed.
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