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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
6
A sermon discusses looking beyond sight to mental and spiritual vision. It links natural perception and moral insight to the biblical call Look unto me and be ye saved. The text cites looking at Jesus as the Lamb of God and emphasizes personal faith leading to salvation.
The piece urges Georgia business leaders to back a shift from an all cotton system. It argues that farmers should grow home supplies and diversify crops, reducing out-of-state purchases and boosting state wealth by hundreds of millions. It claims higher cotton profits when soil and prices improve.
R F Duckworth president of the Georgia Farmers Union appeals to business men to explain and promote growing home supplies to farmers. He urges landlords to accept rent in food crops and tenants to plant at least one third of land in food crops, ideally half in cotton reduction, to push scientific agriculture for Georgia’s prosperity.
Macon gears up for a May 7 8 9 1912 reunion with Colonel Walter A Harris as general chairman assisted by leading local businessmen. Sons of the Confederacy will play a prominent role, led by Commandant J Marion Dunnody of Thomas Hardiman Camp No 18.
Mrs. Walter D. Lamar heads Georgia U D C and Woman's Auxiliary aid as Macon plans a 1912 Confederate reunion hailed as the South’s greatest. The General Reunion Committee, led by John J. McKay, expects to raise about 100000 dollars from local citizens to welcome veterans with a citywide effort and Dixieland hospitality.
The open season for certain game in Georgia closed Monday January 1. It became illegal to hunt kill or possess wooucock summer woodchuck deer fox squirrels and gray squirrels until next fall and winter. Possessing any of these animals now is a misdemeanor under state law.
Postmaster General Hitchcock backs removing the post office from political influence. He urges the service be depoliticized with postmasters placed in the classified service to raise efficiency and standards.
The Progressive Farmer urges immediate stump removal as best for farming. It notes dynamite stump pullers and burning as proven methods, accepting cost but stressing long term gains, larger cultivable area, and fewer losses from broken implements and weed growth.
Charles Durham of Layington Newfoundland reports a positive cure for a child’s bed wetting after using Koley Kidney Pills. He says within two days a change appeared and after two thirds of a bottle the bed wetting stopped six weeks prior, with no incidences since. For sale at Johnson Drug Co.
Georgia's militia, at the start of 1912, is larger and stronger than ever, with over 3,000 trained men ready in a day. The National Guard comprises 45 infantry companies and 11 other units including cavalry, field batteries and coast artillery. The force receives 25,000 dollars annually from the state, 100,000 dollars in supplies from the federal government, plus revenue from jury exemptions and private contributions by officers.
Advertised remedy Foley's Honey and Tar Compound praised by R. E. Fisher of Washington Kansas for curing a severe grippe attack that threatened pneumonia after three bottles. Genuine product in yellow package sold at Johnson Drug Co.
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