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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
1
Last Monday night Lee Fleming fell from the platform of the 8 20 train at the depot and was picked up unconscious. He was carried home by automobile and is resting easier but not out of danger with possible internal injuries feared. It is believed he boarded the train to talk with a friend and lost his footing as it moved.
New Year services are announced for First Baptist Church on January 1 at 7 p.m with sermons by Emmett Smith A K Snead J Newell and L S Sims inviting all in Georgia Carroll County. A sale of the east half of lot No 204 in the Fifth District of Carroll County 100 acres more or less to settle rents for 1911 by heirs of James Jordan will be held at the county courthouse during legal hours on the first Tuesday in January with Jerry D Jordan acting as attorney in fact for the heirs.
Gainesboro Telephone and Telegraph Company applies to the Railroad Commission of Georgia for authority to issue 69000 dollars of preferred stock and 161000 dollars of common stock. A hearing is scheduled at the Commission office in Atlanta on Thursday January 5 1911 at ten o clock am. Company by J C Bass president.
Mules McKensie Baxter and Peak bring good mules and horses for sale at Bledsoe's stable this season located at the old Smith and Vaughan stand. See them before you buy.
The Ministers Union announces an evening program at 7 each night from January 2 through January 6 1911 with services at Presbyterian Central Baptist M E and First Baptist churches It features prayers for church revival the home religion in life and relations recreation and amusements and religion and schools The plan calls for open discussion led by pastors and lay speakers and urges all townspeople to participate.
Farmers are warned the Oil Mill Ginnery runs Fridays and Saturdays in the first half of January and Saturdays only in the second half. Bring cottons before January 28 when the ginnery closes for the season at Mandeville Mills.
The Young Men's Prayer meeting of the First Baptist Church will gather in the Sunday School Room on the first Sunday evening in January at 6 30 PM. L S Sims is the Leader.
For sale on the first Tuesday in January 1911 between legal hours, in front of the courthouse, one twelve room house with outbuildings on 134 acres fronting South Street. Lot specifics include four parcels and railroad right of way, with bulk sale option if bids fail. Central, valuable city site for homeseekers investors and builders.
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