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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
10
An advertisement claims eczema relief comes from blood treatment. It promotes a longstanding product named 5.5.5. and urges readers to write the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for expert advice on their case.
Mrs W L Little suffers a nail injury while Grandma Little remains feeble. J P Carroll and Rev T A Griffin visit relatives in Oak Grove. C Fy Eidson travels to Rome Georgia for business. Irvin Cheney and family of Carrollton visit W L Little. Johnson Yeager hosts a large crowd. Oscar Mole and baby visit Lyle Buday’s parents. Georgia Suckabn of Carrollton visits W L Little. School opens with eight scholars. Militia Wit in control aims for success. J R Brown’s new home progresses toward Christmas move. Henry Little visits Beulah and Rogers Walker near Oak Grove. Carl Story from Carp Wheeler returns with his wife to their home with James Staty family.
Roopville Route 1 residents report Friday night visits with the Aderholds and Hammonds, followed by a joint church meeting at New Springs over the weekend. Several locals traveled to Carrollton on Saturday, and others hosted relatives on Sunday. A child suffered a burn earlier in the week, and several residents returned home from work or illness.
Center region residents report a flurry of Sunday calls with My and Mrs J T Halley Ruth from Ueleman Mill visiting E B Fuller. W B Rieshy visited relatives near Garrellton while farmers sow more grain this fall than in years. My and Mrs Ben Brown from tear Whooping Creek visited their parents. Lemmie Wight from Camp Wheeler spent the weekend with local kin. QUE Smith spent the weekend in Douples visiting Hinc hher family. The second Sunday promises preaching with four preachers expected. LEverphody urged attendance at the event. P M Nuener and daughter Lorena visited KR H Meathaml’s children Sunday afternoon. Mrs W S Rigsby and daughters Colie and Christina called on her sister E Piller Thursday.
visitors from Alexandria Alg Camp Wheeler Macon Palmetto travel via Cross Plains to Carrollton for the wedding of Miss Euca Bentley and Mr Earl Brory. John Wallin and family attend Cross Plains preaching and dining with Mrs Fred Ward. Mrs Joe Brown and baby reported very sick.
The record notes Thomas Wanley held a sale last Tuesday and talks of moving to Arkansas where relatives and old friends from Carroll County once lived. It reflects on aging, values over wealth, community happiness, a death of a child, and the ongoing movement of residents as spring approaches. The Vree Press remains popular among locals.
A gin owned by Mr J. R. Cosby at Haitnak burned November 23 along with two bales of cotton, a saw mill, and thousands of feet of lumber. The blaze, likely from a hot boxing, caused heavy smoke and a high heat grade. Nearby, one bale of cotton belonged to Martanis Onear Morris. Community updates note school opening December 3 with Miss Mamie Winn as teacher and several local moves and illnesses among residents.
Mr Joseph Pentecost and Mrs Wheeler spent Thursday with homefolks. School at this place closed last week under Mina Bovie Hilton from Carrollton. Mr and Mrs Joseph Lanbert host their mother Mrs Lankert from North Georgia while she moves to South Georgia for winter. Rev J W Metheod preached closing at New Gebeen Church last Sunday. Rev J M Tallings called to preach there another year. Willie Stutmerlin and Nina Shiliutt from Contealhatchee visited Yeagers last Sunday. Horace Brown and family move to live with Charlie Fox for a year. Ethel and Eugenia Yeager at Miss Bertha Lambert last Sunday night. Miss Jchie Garrett of Striplings Chapel spent weekend with Miss Ots McWhorter. Bill Findley returned home after visiting his son Charles Findley.
A Sunday school group in Moultrie Ga held a meeting at the home of Ul to appoint a committee. The committee was tasked with arranging a program for a Christmas tree event.
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