State road questions and bills stir Carrollton readers
The Carroll Free Press comments on legislature questions about state roads and local bills. Two measures pass to empower Carrollton mayor and council to tax to cover indebtedness. Editor Rens of the Butler Herald discusses a newborn Charles Belward and legislative stewardship, noting party divides and the issue of state versus local competition on proposed road projects.
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Carrollton
GE. Rens
Te Butler
State should sell Western & Athletic railroad for debt relief
The state should not run railroads or compete with private interests. Selling the Western and Atlantic lines could reduce debt and fund schools and other expenses, while tax reform would treat money, stocks, bonds, mortgages, and other property equally, improving fiscal health.
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Western & Athletic Railroad
Georgia
Wy & A
For Sale or Rent Two Four Room Houses Carrollton Ga
For sale or rent two new four room houses and lots on Chestnut Hill Carrollton with road barns and wells of water about half a mile from the public square Also for sale one tract of land Jat No 109 two and one half miles south of Roopville Will sell in 50 or 10 acre tracts Terms One half cash balance on terms to suit purchasers Hy Av Ways Carrollton Ga
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Chestnut Hill
Carrollton
Public Square
Roopville
Hy Av Wayes
Carroliton
Card of Thanks to Carrollton Helpers
We express gratitude to Carrollton residents for their help and kindness during our illness. May God's richest blessings be theirs. This is the wish and prayer of Mrs. Fannie Copeland, Bans Copeland, Manor Copeland, Inez Copeland.
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Carrollton
Fannie Copeland
Bans Copeland
Manor Copeland
Inez Copeland
Butterick Patterns at Bradley's and Bonita weekly show
Mr Henry Holland of McWhorter visited Bradley's Sunday. Princess Hassan appears in Under the Crescent at the Bonita every Friday for the next six weeks.
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Bradley's
Henry Holland
McWhorter
Princess Hassan
the Bonita
Denouncing law disrespect Gilbert urges enforcement in Georgia
Columbus Georgia August 7 Judge Jedge Gilbert decried the law's flouting and urged Muscogee county grand jury to act. He warned lynchings persist in the south and the nation, stressing respect for law and its enforcers as essential to Georgia's prosperity and national standing. He condemned the climate of impunity and called for stronger enforcement.
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Columbus
Seach
Pricebert
Muscogee County Grand Jury
Dodge Gilbert
Gilbert
Georgit
Tong
Georgia
Junge Gilbert
United States
Africa
Haiti
Cotton trade figures show shifting European demand during war
The report notes 8,209,616 bales shipped to Europe in the latest year, down 700,000 from 1913-14, with wartime shipments remaining strong. United Kingdom received 3,712,502 bales, France 655,421, and Italy 156,572, while Norway, Sweden, Holland and Denmark plus others sent 2,632,000 bales, offsetting declines elsewhere. The price of cotton reaching Germany surged to about twenty-two cents per pound amid disrupted Europe.
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Europe
Liverpool
United States
Sie
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
A Wonder-Working System in Germany’s War Economy
The New York Sun notes Germany’s humane approach to wounded soldiers, with government support to keep cripples employed. It highlights public campaigns to reframe disability, state railways retaining workers, and job rehabs enabling leg, arm, or hand-impaired veterans to reskill. The article argues this system honors service and boosts national welfare.
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The
New York Sun
Germany
Douglas C. McMurttie
Sun
McMurtie
Owho
Cotton prospects after war in Europe and Austria
A Mayon News report suggests the cotton market will not show a meaningful rise next year even if cartels lift prohibitions. Demand awaits postwar readjustment, with potential heavy exports only if European markets recover. otherwise American goods may flood abroad in large quantities.
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Austria
Europe
Mavon News
Griffin Returns from Chicago Market Trip
Mr J W Griff returned from Chicago where he went to purchase fall and winter goods. About 18 Georgia merchants chartered a Pullman in Atlanta and made the trip together, reporting an enjoyable journey.
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J. W. Griff
Chicago
Griffin
Georgia
Atlanta
Milling Notice At Alliance Warehouse Carrollton Ga
JONN W. BASKIN & CO offers milling for corn and feed stuf at public grind. Highest market price paid for white milling corn. Located Alliance warehouse Maple street Carrollton Ga. 2A julydt HAGAN & MUORT.
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Alliance Warehouse
Maple Street
Carrollton
Hagan & Muort
The Stanley lineage and the diamond from the sky
Roy L McCardell recounts a 1915 novelization about Colonel Stanley of Virginia, his doomed cousin Judge Stanley, a gypsy prophecy, and the cherished diamond from the sky that could crown an American heir, amid heirs to the Earl of Stanley and a looming transatlantic legal intrigue. The tale follows feuds, fortune, and a perilous path to power across Virginia and England as Marmaduke Smythe seeks the famed gem's fate.
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Marmaduke Smythe
America
Marchduke Smythe, Chareeter
Tenure Chambers
London
Cecil
Eighth Earl of Stanley
Heritage of Hate Shapes Virginia Stanley Plot in 1882
In June 1882 in Virginia two Stanley cousinsArthur and Judge Lawn Stanleymeet amid green fields and honeysuckle. Civil War background, a family feud fueled by ambition, and a legendary diamond from the sky drive a saga around the English Stanley earldom. Colonel Stanley’s childless line and a prophecy tie England and America, with a wife awaiting a possible birth as the tale unfolds.
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Chlid
Lamar Stenley
Stanley Earldom
Kingwen
Virginia
Goldier
Stanley
Judge Stanley
Andee Stanley
United States
Carrie
Mita
Fairfax
Henry Lee
Robert B. Lee
Laut Stiney
Stanley Hall
Jude
Tina
Hujl
America
Ethel
Cal
Lucy
Ned
Stanley Ball
Sinnteys
Siantey
Warwickshire
Engluel
Blair
Lawn Stanley
Arthur Stanley
Colonel Stanley
Sir Arthur Stanley
Ameries
Tadlang
James of
England
Arthur
Stanleys
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Bible of
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Jonn W. Baskin & CO
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Roy L. McCardell
Chicago Tribune
Canada
American Film Manufacturing Company
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