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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
7
An editorial piece urges readers to honor mothers and nurture loving hearts. It extols mothers as healers and guides, urges boys to value their mothers, and likens hearts to trump cards in life and heaven. It stresses keeping the heart pure, noting how it reflects on actions and daily conduct.
A fragmentary meditation compares the heart to a fountain of thoughts and deeds, calling it the captain of life and the force binding mothers and children through affection. It imagines the heart as a store of memory and an indestructible spiritual well within, praising its enduring bond.
Died on the18th Miss Cousilla Beck near this place aged about sixty eight. Funeral at Pleasant Grove by C M McGahety. burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. A Wheeler suffers cancer on face. Milligan King and family hosted writer and guests. A J Ward and W J Powell families also entertained. Community remodeling Benford School House to be completed with patent desks under Prof Staples. Measles epidemic waning with no serious cases. M A Moon appointed Notary Public for Mexico District and J C Mc Gahety for Tyus District. Mrs J M Ward suffering bone felon on right forefinger. Mrs Shiflet Tyus sick for weeks.
After months of anxiety and care our son Elbert died this month. We publish our sincere thanks to neighbors and friends who gave help and sympathy. May the Lord bless every one of them. F. M. Faller and family.
Two excellent offices available for rent in the vestry building. Call L. K. Smith or J. T. Bradley for details and appointment.
A weekly column will publish lodge communications from the county with notices from secretaries and interested members. The current installment features a letter from a member of Carroll Lodge No 68 F of A M praising fraternal aims and general items of interest.
Carroll Lodge No 69 F and A M elected officers in December 1907. J D Hamrick Worshipful Master, J H Croft Senior Warden, E Roop Junior Warden, George F Cheney Treasurer, W J Millican Secretary, with other appointees. The piece praises Bro Hamrick's 14th year as Worshipful Master, urges Masonry ideals, and emphasizes character over wealth, citing Forshaw and Masonry's core teachings.
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