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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
2
A poem by S. E. Kiser depicts life as a sermon to the preacher, a test to the joker, money to the miser, a trial to the lawyer, a song to the poet, a patient needing care to the doctor, a battle to the soldier, a school to the teacher, a drag for the man on the engine and a gamble for the gambler. It frames life as what each person makes of it as a personal reflection.
The Savannah cotton exchange warns farmers and ginners that bales not meeting 22 1/2 pounds per cubic foot face penalties. After a New Orleans conference, next season penalties rise to 1 dollar per bale. Large gin-boxes and oversized boxes make density goals impossible, so a standard 27x54 inch gin-box is urged to prevent losses amid anticipated government standardization.
C H Hines of Whitfow Ark recounts suffering constipation and indigestion and spending hundreds on medicines and hospital visits in St. Louis and New Orleans with no cure. After returning home he began taking Chamberlain's Tablets and soon felt well. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.
Mt Zion held its annual singing on July 25, 1913 with opening song by J B Entrekin and prayer by J P Morgan. Officers elected included J A Martin chair, J E Eason vice chair, C F Lambert secretary, and Entrekin, W P Bartlett, Morgan on arranging. Multiple music sections followed, a long dinner, and afternoon sessions with further hymns led by Lam bert, Akin, Adcock, Reid, Entrekin and others, ending with lessons and a memorial sermon for G L McEwen.
100 acres offered for sale in the Sixth district may be divided into 50 acre tracts or sold as a single lot. Interested parties may apply to J. A. Copeland in Bremen Georgia N. N. Baxter in Carrollton Georgia or O D Parish on the property for details and negotiations.
A correspondent argues that farming will pay only if farmers are educated to work better and harvest bigger crops and to extract more value from their yields. The piece emphasizes improving livelihoods rather than urging a return to farming.
A sufferer of colic or bowel illness is often cured sound and well after one or two doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, prompting enthusiastic praise, especially during severe attacks when life seems at risk. Try it when needed. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.
William Harman Smith born July 17 1864 in Magon County Georgia died February 14 1913 in Carroll County Georgia. Reared Primitive Baptist he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1911 at Carrollton with his wife. A devoted Bible student, he prayed often and loved to gather brethren for reading singing and prayer at home. Despite rheumatism and blindness he remained mentally clear and faithful, and left behind a friend Joan M. Jackson who cherished his memory.
Public Opinion reports the Alabama Supreme Court will reverse fewer cases on purely technical grounds. The rule requires showing that the defendant’s entire case was harmed. Lawyers serve as officers of the court, but litigants deserve justice, not punishment for counsel mistakes.
Madison Heights Virginia resident Chas A Ragland reports Thedford's Black Draught improves indigestion and stomach troubles. The ad touts 75 years of success, gentle action, and safety with no after-effects, urging use for nausea heartburn and fullness after meals. Available everywhere, price 25 cents No 17.
Senator Hoke Smith spoke to the Georgia legislature outlining his Senate achievements and policy stances. He defended child welfare legislation, warned against flawed arbitration treaties, backed an income tax, praised the parcel post, and urged road building support. He discussed tariffs, pension bills, the currency plan, and praised President Wilson while noting Bacon.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts a father boasting of his ten year old son Paddy and his sea tales. The youngster asks about beauty and value in a short, informal exchange as the elder tries to puff his boy's claims.
The text traces nitroglycerin’s danger leading to public alarm in England in 1809 and a ban on transport. It notes Alfred Nobel’s prior work with gunpowder and other substances, then his discovery that kieselguhr could absorb nitroglycerin, making dynamite safe to handle. This invention propelled Nobel to immense wealth.
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