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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
1
Carroll farmers praise the new cream shipping station boosting output and price. Cream is collected from across the county, increasing from eight to about forty five shippers in three weeks, with butter fat rising from 29 to over 40 cents. County Agent H. E. Jackson plans a Bowdon station soon.
Measrs J W Griffin and A O Hale left Wednesday with their families for a camping trip. They planned to pitch between Warm Springs and Cold Springs in Georgia to cool off at Cold Springs or retreat to Warm Springs if too hot, or vice versa if too cold.
Rev Stephen Ephriam Wilson a Baptist minister died at his Cross Plains home at age 72 His body was laid to rest in Cross Plains cemetery on Wednesday.
A 24 year old Negro man named John Dewey attacked Henry Darden with a knife on Newnan Street after 10 30 p m. Darden received a cut on the left arm and a stab near the collarbone but the injuries were not serious. Dewey was arrested near his home around 2 a m and jailed.
Rome faces Carrollton on Booster Day at the ball park with everyone urged to attend.
A gathering under the Farmers Rally and Boys and Girls Club Day at A and M August 15 will feature addresses by C A Cobb of the Southern Ruralist. Topics include shipping cream and home curing potatoes while games and contests entertain youths and baskets are urged. The school offers a registered Duroc pig to the community with the largest delegation. Farm Bureau will provide drinks.
A Golden Wedding anniversary honored Prof. and Mrs. J. M. Stephenson at home on Longview with yellow color schemes and sunflowers. Guests included family and friends, with toasts from M. M. Stephenson and others. The event featured a BBQ dinner, gifts including gold coins, and expressions of a lifetime of devoted service and shared accomplishments.
The pastor is absent so no preaching services next Sabbath. Sunday School starts at 9 40. Bible Study Class meets Monday at 5 PM with Mrs. W BR Henderson to study Acts chapter 18.
Mrs W W Roop spent the past week in Atlanta where she attended the family reunion of her children and grandchildren.
Epworth Methodist Church in Savannah offers swings chairs and toys on the parsonage lawn to help mothers attend services. A team of young women under supervision will supervise children during worship so mothers can participate.
A reflective brief urges basic truths of life and money, asking for a clean conscience and fairness in conduct. It emphasizes respect for spouse, love of family, humility before truth, and kindness to others, ending with a simple farewell epitaph.
Fresh water is essential for growing chickens. In hot weather provide daily, cool water in fountains or dishes placed in the shade. Clean water dishes thoroughly each day before filling.
Isidor Gelders of The Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise calls for Georgia to adopt biennial thirty day sessions. He criticizes annual fifty day sessions as wasteful and says shorter, less frequent sessions would attract better talent to state government and improve public service.
Chicago August 10 An advertising expert Charles Henry Mackintosh argues that soap ads pushed daily bathing. He recalls a time when people bathed only weekly or during Saturdays and says the flood of ads persuaded people they must bathe daily to be proper Christians.
Atlanta August 11 reports Representative N L Howard of Forsyth wore a different color necktie each day of the 1921 legislative session. He admitted to colleagues he brought sixty ties to Atlanta and is a merchant who buys them at cost.
LaGrange won a slugging game 12 to 10 led by Greene who hit a home run and two singles and Bowden with a double and a single. Carrollton’s Barber and Moore each had strong at bats including Moore with a home run and two doubles.
Old Folks Watson pitched the shutout against La Grange as Jule contributed a two base hit and a run. The line score shows a 3 to 0 victory and bids are invited for a first class hurler.
The doctors defeated the barbers 16 to 15 in a dramatic nine inning game. Ga ble's hook slide to the plate in the sixth and Williamson's infield fielding were key moments. The piece notes a spike in drugstores selling mnica iodine and plaster.
A Lincoln Telephone News editorial urges wealth by diligent work and saving rather than luck or inheritance. It notes that true progress comes from resisting extravagance and building financial discipline.
The schedule lists home games on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with Griffin hosting Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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