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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
6
Local items recount baptisms at Rock Springs church last Sunday with James Durrett and Mr. and Mrs. Farmer. The letter notes heavy rains, flooded creeks, and community updates from Hannah, Palmetto, and Carrollton, including birthdays, travel, and school remarks.
Ministers and deacons gather for a Carrollton Association program at Cross Plains Baptist Church of the Good Samaritan Association. Events run Friday to Sunday August 1908 with sermons, devotions, missions talks, and church discipline discussions led by named pastors.
Union B F Simpkin and wife visited J W Simpkins last week. Joe Pentecost with Fannie Fleming and Maud Gladney attended a singing at Mrs Fannie Duncan's last Sunday. Burial of Jim Jones at Whitesburg last Saturday drew attendees. Luther Jones moved into a new house. Mrs Rhodes of Douglas visiting relatives here. Some plan to pick cotton later this week. D F Driver has lumber sawed for a new house. Readers urged to contribute more correspondents to the Free Press.
The Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve is promoted as effective for cuts burns and bruises and is noted to be especially good for piles. It is recommended and sold by a local seller.
Notice offers a six horsepower oil engine in good as new condition for sale by M F Thrasher of Carrollton Georgia. Also promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pleasant pills available from all druggists.
Petition filed to incorporate the Hoek Gnalson Company as a consumer or utility venture with principal office in the city and broader county. The document names petitioners, officers, stock details, and requests authority to form a body corporate under applicable state law with rights to acquire property and issue stock. Clerk of Superior Court, Carroll County, attests to the copy of the application and records.
In Zanesville Ohio rsary Lee reports her husband James Lee was gravely ill with lung trouble when a friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery. After using it his health improved dramatically, with the product advertised as a top remedy for throat and lung ailments. Sold with guarantee at W E D Johnson's drug store. Approximately free trial noted.
Public notices announce court orders and estate actions in Carroll County Georgia. Details cover administration of estates, guardianships for minor children, proceedings for permanent habitation, sheriff sales, and deadlines for claims and appearances. The notices reference county officials, dates in September, and involved parties including executors and heirs.
The court hears a petition from Mrs Sarah Stamps estate asking for Letters of Administration. Notice to creditors and kin is given to appear on the first Monday in September to show cause why permanent administration should not be granted. The filing is made by D Avin to proper form in Carroll County Georgia for Mrs Sarah Stamps and next of kin.
Mrs M M Davison of 369 Gifford Ave San Jose California extols Electric Bitters as a superior family remedy for headaches biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She says the tonic offers more health for digestive organs than any other remedy she knows of and notes it is guaranteed at W and Johnson drug store priced at 50 cents.
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