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Newspaper

Carroll Free Press

Location

Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1911

Page

3

Local Social Ties Highlight Hackney and Nearby Families

In Banning Route 1 updates, Mr C S Hackney moves to a new home. Mrs Norton convalesces after illness. Tessie and Bessie Hackney visit Mrs Bertie Horn ley. Aaron Williams and Cassie visit aunt Mrs Jack Carr of Paulding county. Several local visits and greetings follow, noting health, travel, and kinship within the Hackney and connected households.

C. S. Hackney Norton Jmlisses Tessie Bessie Hackney Bertie Hornley Aaron Williams Cassie Jack Carr Paulding County P. S. Sticher Milledgeville H. Hudson C. A. Horsley Pauline Horsley W. T. Hackney Marion Williams Campbell County

Notice to withhold from aiding missing boy Jim Williams

Public notice warns against hiring feeding or clothing Jim Williams a 15 year old colored boy described as brown to black in complexion 160 pounds and slow in gait. Father Mark Williams of Rockmart Georgia requests information on the boy’s whereabouts and promises legal action.

Jim Williams Mark Williams Rockmart Route 3

Exemption of Personalty Filed by C E Foster

Georgia Carroll County personalty exemption filed by C E Foster to be heard at 10 o clock a m on December 18 1911 in the Ordinary W J Millican office.

Georgia Carroll County C. E. Foster W. J. Millican

Social visits and family gatherings in Shiloh area

Shiloh residents report visits including Bela and Mae Johnson with Mirriam Stephens on Saturday night. Bob Roberts visited J A Hammond on Sunday. W Harper and family visited his father near Clem Sunday. Pearl Hammond visited sister Saturday night. Lou Johnson family stayed at W A Johnson’s one night last week. Mamie Harper visited the writer Saturday night. Mirriam Stephens, formerly ill, shows improvement. W C Hammond and family spent Sunday night with J R Hammond. Laura Hammond visited her mother Mrs Williamson in Lowell Saturday, L A Hammond and P E Hammond were in Carrollton Monday.

Bela and Mae Johnson Mirriam Stephens Bob Roberts J A. Hammond W. Harper Clem Pearl Hammond Lou Johnson W. A. Johnson Mamie Harper W. C. Hammond J. R. Hammond Laura Hammond Williamson Lowell L. A. Hammond P. E. Hammond Carrollton

Georgia Breeders Association to Convene in Athens

The Georgia Breeders Association holds its third annual meeting in Athens on January 18 to discuss corn and cotton improvement. Members will present progress reports on breeding methods and seed development. The Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association meets January 16–17, prior to the breeders gathering. For details contact secretary John R. Fain in Athens, Ga.

Georgia Breeders Association Athens Georgia Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association John R. Fain Athens, Ga

Property for sale near school with land and pasture

For sale or rent a house and lot with forty five acres of land including fifteen acres in cultivation. Fine pasture near school building. Apply to William Gaston or J T Bradley at Carrollton Bank.

William Gaston J. T. Bradley Carrollton Bank

Exchange of Space for R R Mileage Declared Legal

Atlanta December 16. The Georgia Weekly Press association wins a railroad commission ruling allowing newspapers to exchange advertising space for rail transportation at value received with limits. The order applies to dailies and other periodicals and requires written contracts signed in triplicate, filed with the commission, valid for one calendar year.

Atlanta Georgia Weekly Press Association Railroad Commission United Sates Postal Department

White Men Held For Killing Negroes in Savannah Tenn

Following a confession by Lige Scott, George Shelton and John Baley, white men, were arrested for the murder of Ben Pettigrew a Black farmer and his two daughters on December 4. Pettigrew’s family was dragged from a wagon and hanged. his body was burned after being placed on cotton. The trio fled to woods near Clifton and now await trial scheduled for early next week.

Savannah Tenn Lige Scott George Shelton John Baley Ben Pettigrew Pettigrew Clifton

Report On Morse Goes to President

Military physicians at Fort McPherson sent their report on Charles W Morse to the justice department. Friends of the former New York banker awaiting parole action from Taft expect the case to be decided by Christmas. The report states Morse's condition remains unchanged since his removal from federal prison weeks ago.

Fort McPherson Chas. W. Morse Department of Justice New York Taft Morse

Money to Loan on Farm Land in Carrollton

Notice of $250,000 loan arranged for fall on first class improved farm land repayable in five annual installments. Written inquiry invited to L. Z. Dorsett Attorney Roop Building Carrollton Georgia.

L. Z. Dorsett Roop Building Carrollton, Ga

Apple Trees for Old Age in New England

A Boston Globe article notes western states grow large fruit and urges New England farmers to invest in orchards. An expert says a well-managed ten acre orchard can provide steady income after years, and criticizes short sightedness for not exploiting this wealth.

Newland Boston Globe New England

Laugh Earned Reward and the Merry Laugh Mystery

A fragment recalls a joke writer Skribbs from a Plain Dealer column. The dialogue debates why he married a woman whose merry laugh attracted him, suggesting the attraction was more about her laugh than what she saw or heard.

Skribbs Skribbe L and Plain Dealer

Also Mentioned on This Page

Banning Route 1 Jack Crawford Wayside Charlie Horsley J. T. Horsley S. M. Herrin Vera Stewart Hackney Roberta Williams W. A. Hinesley Hulett Cliff Hackney Abe Sticher Will Brannan Pleasant Hill Monroe Williams Malcom Hackney James Brannan Bowdon Shiloh Notice of Eagle& Phoenix Windsor 8C LLC Jes Jackson Griffin R.R Georgia Commission Campbell Wallace Hugh Jackson
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