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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
3
Liberty Will Wilkerson moves to Lowell. Protracted meetings close at Shite. Attendees travel to Lowell and Yellow Dirt meetings. Local visits include Roberson, Coggins, Dorough, McWhorter, Story, and Ray families. A marriage of Fletcher McWhorter and Allie Story.
Weather permits fodder gathering as a seventh month note recalls the funeral of Mr Spencer Lowery at Pleasant Grove. The Pleasant Grove protracted meeting closes with twenty four baptisms ten by letters and restoration. Mr M A Chambers builds a dwelling foundation at New Mexico. J E A Simpkins tears down his barn and moves. Local school closes on the twenty sixth with an exhibition and invites all. L P Barnes and Fletcher Copeland traveled to Alabama last week and back this week.
We thank the many friends who assisted or comforted us during the sickness death and burial of our mother Mrs Mary Moore and the Moore family names listed.
Center Point editor invites all to a singing event on the third Sunday of September. Promises good singing with some of the foremost vocalists in the state expected to attend. F. W. Parish and W. A. Almon chair the committee with A. Drew.
The City Court published its jury list for the first week listing numerous jurors including Wesley Ballard T A Griffin J D Hudleston W D Foster J E Pierce D E Burna O C McGuire U S Tillery G P Earnest and many others. The long roster names volunteers drawn for jury service in a forthcoming term.
Up to date sayings warn against theft of reputation and copying rivals. It advises not to monopolize beauty or wealth, not to judge by clothes, and to avoid needless bravado. The piece concludes with quirky maxims on caution and restraint from September Lippincott’s.
Shiloh District Conference was held at this place Friday and Saturday. One member joined the church. Jim Mote and family visited Tobe Gurley and wife near Carrollton. Mrs. W. A. Johnson stayed with Lou Johnson and family. Wilse Harper and family of near Clem spent the weekend with J. A. Hammond. J. W. Jackson and Sam Weston of near Cullman visited J. A. Hammond and family. W. C. Hammond is building a new dwelling. Mesers. Martin and Curtis Gladney were in our town. H. E. Stephens visited near Roopville Saturday. J. A. Hammond and wife and J. W. Jackson spent Monday with Arnold Jackson and wife near Lowell. R. E. Williamson visited near Sid Williamson and wife. they attended preaching at Yellow Dirt. Prof. Claude Cosper and mother were in our town Sunday. Best wishes to the Free Press and its readers.
Local ad urges readers to call Harris Hardware Co. for tin cans can tops fruit jars and rubbers as part of a home canning push.
Mrs. Mary Moore aged 78 died August 6 1910 at 10 20 am after a short illness. She professed faith in Christ at 16 and spent her life in song and praise. Survived by nine children in Texas and Georgia, with six sons and three daughters, burial was August 7 1910 at Mt Zion Douglas County beside her husband.
Auction style notice states a good farm four miles from Carrollton Georgia is for sale in a good community near church and school. Bargain price and favorable terms offered. Interested buyers should apply to W O Perry or W L Perry in Carrollton Georgia.
Two fifty acre tracts of land one mile from Roopville eight miles from Carrollton on the Carrollton and Franklin road each with one horse farm in cultivation. Also another tract of one hundred fifty acres well improved in good state of cultivation. For further information call on Geo Tumlin Roopville Ga.
For rent store room in Roop Building on the south side of Newnan Street next to Baskin Co. Now ocs copied by Parker and Wood. Also six rooms upstairs. Apply to C. E. Roop.
A general agent declares arrangements to handle all loans on country and city property across Georgia. He states funds are ready and seeks business, offering a seven percent rate.
A nostalgic ad urges readers to restore boyhood vigor through Electric Bitters. It claims stomach liver kidney and bowels will tone up and improve appetite and health. Available at Johnson Drug Co. and W. Wy & W. L. Fitts.
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