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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
4
Mrs Henry Brown left Tuesday for Texas while Mr W H Carmichael visits Carrollton this week Miss Ida Wilkie of Tallapoosa visits friends here and many residents host relatives from Atlanta Decatur and Birmingham during the week. Local families visit Borden Springs Marietta and Villa Rica with several planning moves and teaching posts for next term.
Carroll County Trade Board backs a girls hiking club with a four mile August 12 hike. Officers elected include Mary Nell Burnett president and Ruth Smith assistant manager. Club plans to merge with Camp Fire Girls once qualified. first hike participants listed.
R W Richardson thanks friends for kindness shown during his wife’s illness and passing. He expresses gratitude to Drs Reese and Askew and the nurse and asks God’s richest blessings to rest on each one of them.
A fragment argues that people who criticize local efforts rarely contribute to public projects. It suggests country folk differ in dress but share a stubborn stance against work on municipal improvements, contrasting rural and urban attitudes.
The Chattahoochee Singing Convention met August 1921 at Indian Creek Church near Bowdon Georgia for three days. Led by O F Lambert and others, the gathering organized officers, conducted music sessions, memorialized deceased members, and planned to meet again at Ramah Church next year.
Rev W L Hambrick of Carrollton led the Villa Rica Baptist revival finishing last Wednesday. About two thousand watched as sixty nine candidates were baptized in the hillside pool in forty minutes. The ten day event drew crowds daily with two services and 103 members joining by letter or restoration. Participants came from Carrollton Tallapoosa Douglasville and Austell.
The church reports 103 new members and anticipates a greater day ahead. Leaders plan to extend a call for a new pastor and will decide on a candidate at an early date.
Statistics from sixteen countries including the United States show a total world wheat crop near 1.953 billion bushels, about 7 million bushels more than last year. The United States and other major producers normally yield about half of the global crop.
In Savannah on August 23 the first bale of the 1921 Sea Island cotton crop sold at auction for 50 cents per pound. The 418 pound bale set a price compared to 1920, and the early short staple bale recently sold for 68 cents per pound.
A fragment suggests themes of love and money affecting family life as parents collect beans their children reportedly plant or earn. The text hints at economic influence on affection and household activity amid unclear context.
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