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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
3
Salem professor Hendon from Bowdan conducts a singing school in the area. Multiple local families and visitors are mentioned visiting relatives and spending weekends in town, including Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Scott, Prof. Connell and Maggie Vae, Mr. and Mrs. B. Nixon, and others. Visits span Alabama and Arkansas with Abner Nixon's corn patch noted.
Hulett Mrs Mollie Hughs of Franklin visits her father M R McWhorter. Mr and Mrs Lint Embry of Newnan spent last week with relatives here. Miss Kate Entrekin visited Mr Zona Boyd. Singing school with Ed Reaves as teacher proceeds. Roy Hudson visited Mr Hubert Boyd. Wesley Duncan family returned from relatives at Banning. Mrs T W Richards hosted her young brother Ernest and sister Bernice Stoval from Little Vine over the weekend.
County Line reports the protracted meeting closed at Rock Springs last Thursday night with one new member, Henry White of Atlanta visiting relatives here and returning home. W A Trapp visits Butts county this week. Dollie Byram stayed with grandmother in Campbell county last week. Protracted services begin at Mt. Zion next Friday night. Lie Alma and George Strickland visit their grandma Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Doc Davenport spent Monday with Ed Jennings.
Crawfordville notes Ella Hudson spent days in Atlanta. J X White family and kin visited J D Huggins then returned to Holland. Emily and Lou Wright of Atlanta visited relatives. W T Huggins group from Smyrna stayed with J D Huggins. Henry Tarpley visited Homer Brigman who is ill near Carrollton. Joe Penticost and Lillie Dixon of Yellow Dirt visited Russell Lambert. Shiloh Bethel camp meetings closed with hope for lasting good. Emma McCright and child of Baxley stayed with sister J D Huggins.
The singing school at Pleasant Ridge six miles north of Carffollton closes Friday August 30. Everyone is invited to attend and help sing. An all day meeting for Beulah Pleasant View and Pleasant Ridge attendees is planned on the first Sunday in September at Pleasant View near the Central railroad half a mile from Mandeville. Bring song books and dinner baskets. James Cole
A lengthy call for better egg handling outlines losses over 45 million dollars yearly from cracked dirty stale and rotten eggs. It urges producers shippers and middlemen to promote large clean eggs, proper storage and quicker market delivery with candle testing and refrigeration. It cites New York receipts data and stresses grading packing and timely shipping to protect value. A testimonial for Foley Kidney Pills follows from a Canton resident.
Governor Joseph M. Brown approves a 1 percent dog tax reform replacing the old dollar dog tax, aiming to cut annual state revenue by about $100,000. The measure shifts owner liability and raises questions from some lawmakers who urged a veto. A separate venue bill also passed, shifting where damages suits may be filed, backed by even pro-corporation opposition. Road spending for 1911 totaled about $4.13 million, with rapid road improvement and convict labor details noted by State Geologist S. W. McCalla. Army worm infestation prompts entomologist-led fight. plan to distribute arsenate at half price. Portrait selection for General Evang is underway with painter Kate Flournoy Edwards contracted for $500.
In four days of fighting rebels under Generals Mena and Zeliden clash with government troops led by Gen Emilio Chamorro over Managua. Federals suffer 14 killed and 125 wounded. rebel losses estimated 400 to 500. American Marines under Major Smedley Dutier reinforce and restore confidence as evacuations and fear grip Managua and Masaya.
Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago lawyer, is found not guilty of billing a juror in the McNamara case. The jury returned after a long session, with Judge Hutton ruling on counts one and two and instructing on corroboration limits. Darrow, signaling relief, watched as verdict was read and embraced his wife amid the crowd.
In Atlantic City a burglar stole jewelry worth over 6000 from a dressing table while Mrs. Klemm and her baby slept. In Chicago Michael Laporte warned a porter of a gun then killed Lyle LaGrasse and wounded another, before being chased by pursuing friends and stopped by police.
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