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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
1
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will meet next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the M E Church. Members and others are urged to attend to pay dues and view the program focusing on Africa including studies, hymns, questions, and missionary topics.
Miss Mildred Shaw and Mr G C Cook surprised friends with a Wednesday morning ceremony at 10 oclock performed by Rev J M Dodd. Miss Shaw, daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Shaw, weds Mr Cook, cashier of the Peoples Bank, now residing with the Shaws on Dixie street.
A confrontation at Mr Ellis Smiths place two miles east of town left Jordan Ware shooting Ben Wyatt. Wyatt died shortly after and was arrested and jailed. The incident occurred Friday morning involving residents of the Smith property.
In a special election to fill the vacancy of Commissioner of Roads Revenues, J A F Broom won by a small majority amid a four-candidate race. Final counts exclude County Line district votes not submitted by deadline. official tally follows.
A citizen argues that the eight mile per hour street limit is too low and should be raised to ten or twelve miles per hour. The author notes drivers already exceed the limit and calls for clearer enforcement and updated signage for justice to automobile owners.
Sunday night an auto carrying Russell Smith Charles Adamson Jr and Shirley Boykin collided with a buggy driven by McEwen and McClun three miles north of town on Cole hill Rome street. The buggy was wrecked and the mule valued around $200 died overnight. No blame determined for the accident.
Hon W C Adamson announces two appointments to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and requests the addresses of six or seven bright boys aged sixteen to twenty whose teachers and doctors believe they can pass the entrance examination.
J. R. Holt Drug Co offers rental services for water, ale, and ice tea flashes, cocktail and sherbet glasses, punch bowls, ices, punch, lemon ade, limeade, sherbets, and colored creams on short notice.
James Henry Hogue of Temple wins the contract to carry mail from Carrollton to Temple twice daily, with service to begin August 21.
The Georgia legislature passed the Dar sey Murphy Lord bill and it awaits Governor Hoke Smith’s signature. The act creates a state game and fish commissioner with a $2000 salary, county wardens, and revenue from fines and licenses. It restricts bag limits for quail and other game, sets dove limits, and imposes licensing rules for residents and non residents.
Peter R. Cefalu offers ten dollar reward for the recovery of a small diamond stick pin lost on Saturday August 5. The pin shows a hand clasping the diamond between the thumb and forefinger. Finder should return it to Cefalu at the Vaudette Theater.
200 acres three miles northwest from Carrollton city limits near church and school. Well timbered with fine water and pasture. Sold as a whole or in small tracts. Terms 1 4 cash and balance over two or three years. Walter L. Perry.
For sale 25 acres west of Carrollton on Mt. Zion road. New 18 room house with out buildings, 15 acres cultivated, rest woods. Terms to suit buyer. Call Henry C G Williamson Route 7 Carrollton Ga. Also listings for large and small farms in Olquit and Brooks counties near Moultrie Quitraan and Boston Ga. Attractive box stationery at J K Holt Drug.
The National Tribune announces a new three color map of Florida on 28 by 30 inch plate paper showing state growth and development. It will be mailed free to readers who send seven cents in stamps to cover postage. The offer targets property owners and investors curious about Florida's climate and opportunities.
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