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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
1
The Carrollton Bank building has been reopened not for regular business. W. H. Pickett Jr. is appointed liquidating agent and all assets have been turned over to him, remaining at the Carrollton Bank building on the south side of the public square. Depositors yet to sign are urged to do so so the bank can reopen soon.
Members of the Advertising Club are asked to meet in the Trade Board room on Friday evening January 20th at 7 30 o'clock. Matters of importance to the club are to be taken up and every member is requested to be present.
The Greater Carrollton Minstrel Show will be given at City Hall Friday night January 27 for Memorial Hospital benefit. Admission is 25 and 35 cents.
Mrs W L Kinney of Carrollton will go to Athens next Monday with Mrs W D Whatley to attend the Marketing conference in Athens. A splendid program has been announced and the farm group hopes more farm women and men can attend for help available at the meeting. Kinney is noted as a successful poultry woman and will represent Carroll county.
The Georgia Cotton Growers Association reports strong member growth with widespread farm enrollments in Carroll County. Director John Burson notes farmers are aligning contracts as markets rise, and Texas speakers like Tren F R R Shanks will tour Georgia to promote cooperative marketing as a proven success. Meetings are scheduled from January 23 to 27 at multiple towns with several speakers.
A Literary Musical Society gathering at Mrs. B. F. Boykin's home drew about thirty members. The program featured Irish ballads, poems by Yeats, notes on Irish life, and readings by members including Mrs. C. K. Henderson Jr and Miss Nell Meadows along with gatherings of songs and ballads.
Masons of Carroll Chapter No. 22, R A M, will hold a regular convocation on Tuesday evening January 24 at 7 o’clock. All companions are urged to be present. Work in the degrees. Harry Moore H P.
The piece describes the camel as the “sheep of the dessert” and notes its hump and thirst. It compares camels to men in jest and hints at endurance and behavior in a simple classroom style.
Public notice offers a free entrance ticket on January 21 permitting two people to use the pass. The text is fragmented but indicates a single date and two attendees listed above.
A year after an Armenian relief drive, Carroll County faces dire clothing shortages due to two lean crop years. Citizens are urged to donate wearable garments for families with three children waiting, to be collected at local homes and redistributed by Friday and Saturday.
A committee formed after a stockholders meeting informs stockholders and depositors that progress toward reopening Carrollton Bank stalls because a small group of depositors, possibly 12 to 15, has not signed an agreement to accept Time Certificates on the same terms as others. The committee vows to call a full meeting with names and amounts if the holdouts do not sign within days.
In the Northern District of Georgia divers creditors are informed that on January 16 1922 T W Richards was adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held January 28 1922 at the Referee office Carrollton Georgia at 9 oclock A M to prove claims examine the bankrupt elect a trustee and conduct related business. Eugene Spradlin Referee in Bankruptcy.
Small and medium shoats offered for sale by Roger Moeks. Includes a mix of seven plus animals with other small stock available. Buyers may contact Moeks for details and pricing.
After February, Creel and Harper will occupy part of Carrollton Drug Co store and J G Ruyn will open a new store where they now are. Carrollton Bakery relocates to Tanner Block on Nownan Street.
Lloyd Griffin aged 41 or 42 died at his Depot street home after a prolonged pneumonia. The funeral was held Saturday at the residence with Rev. Jean P. Erwin and Rev. W. I. Hambrick presiding. He leaves wife Myrl Fitts five children his mother Mrs. T. B. Griffin of Tampa and sisters Mrs. T. L. Walker and Mrs. William Bailey, both of Florida. He was a Carrollton resident with farming interests and Dodge Brothers auto agency. His friends extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
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