Report on the Financial Status of A M Fair
The Fourth District A M Fair Association reports a current deficit of 1557.46 with assets from buildings and permanent property. Secretary Matthews and President Smith released the statement noting prior indebtedness and a guarantee fund of about 500 from Carrollton businessmen that will reduce the 1914 deficit, while board concerns over ongoing viability and public cooperation persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M Fair Association
John T. Matthews
E. Smith
Fair Association
Lim
Matthews
Carrollton
Smith
Citizen
N. N. Stipe
Georgia
Carroll County
C. F., Smith
J. T. Thews
Fourth District
A & M. Pair Association
E. Smitie
John Matthews
Nothing Certain Under the Sun Mr Fowler Opinion
Mr O Y Fowler, an artist and theatrical manager, has changed his view on certainties. He once believed in dead sure things but now doubts existence of absolute certainty. He traveled from Dahlonega to Carrollton to supervise a show advertised as “positively appear” amid weathered red mud and shifting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. O. Y. Fowler
Mr. Fowler
Fowler
Ling
Dahlonega
North Georgia Agricultural College
City Hall
Carvellion
Carrollton
Georgia
Carroll County
Gainesville
Buchanan Postoffice Burglaries Hit Local Office
Burglars entered the Buchanan Georgia postoffice January 26 and took about $10 in stamps and a few cents. They cut a gap near the lock to enter and did not breach the vault, suggesting local culprits. Government officials were notified and a detective may be assigned to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
McCalman
Carroll County Ginning Totals Rise Amid Record Cotton
Government report shows Carroll County ginned 42 638 bales by January 16 1915 up from 39 517 a year earlier. The two week period in January 1915 yielded 1 356 bales, about five times the 277 bales in the same period of 1914, signaling the biggest crop and substantial on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Watkins
Carroll County
Presbyterian Church Preaches Next Sunday and Lecture
The pastor will preach morning and evening next Sunday January 31 with a prayer meeting February 3 at the church. Mr F Wade Vaughan of Atlanta will lecture and show missionary pictures with his balopticon. Services begin promptly at 7 o clock. Everyone invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Wade Vaughan
Atlanta
Young Woman's Auxiliary Meets at First Baptist
The Young Woman's Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church will meet Wednesday afternoon February 3 at 2 oclock. Subject Personal Service. Song. Scripture Lesson John II chapter. Prayer Personal Service. Miss Ione Hale vocal. Miss Bess Merrell solo. Miss Velma Morgan lead Our Service. Miss Reba Garrett poem The House by the Side of the Road. Miss Margaret Jennings reading. Business. Dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Baptist Church
John II
Ione Hale
Sala
Bess Merrell
Velma Morgan
Reba Garrett
Margaret Jennings
Show Canceled As Rain Hits Carrollton Audience
The narrator arrives in Carrollton at 6 30 p m for a Saturday show but rain keeps audiences away and box office receipts amount to only twenty some dollars. The operatic company does not perform and the hero contemplates the futility of certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Carrollton
Dahlonega
Preaching Planned at Primitive Baptist Church on Tanner Street
Elder J. M. Bagwell will preach at the Primitive Baptist Church on Tanner Street Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The service invites all members of the congregation to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primitive Baptist Church
J. M. Bagwell
Tanner Street
Sundoay
Adamson Romance: Georgia Congressman’s Son Marries in Secret
Ernie Adamson, 21, son of Rep W G Adamson, wed Katherine Cowdrey, 20, in Atlanta on December 30. The couple, who kept the secret until Washington learned, traveled to Jacksonville and then to the capital, while families handled postmarriage arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Adamson
W. G. Adamson
Carrollton
Cathrine Cowdrey
Florida
Wee
Atlanta
Aftir
Washington
Frene Adamson
Reprec
WW. C. Adamson
Georgia
Catherine Cowdrey
Ireland
Adamson
University of Georgia
Reese Adamson
Jacksonville
Capital
Letters on Bond Issue Pending Publication
The Free Press received letters on the bond issue question from D. R. Brock and T. W. Steel, with publication planned for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Messrs
D. R. Brock
T.W. Steel
Farm Planning Rewards Boost Community Farms
Farm planning across communities should be clean, tidy, and well kept to attract visitors and satisfy residents. Fair boards could boost farm improvements by offering a liberal prize for the best planned farm in a neighborhood or county.
Newt Powers Heads to Tennessee for Mules and Horses
Newt Powers travels to Tennessee to purchase a carload of fine mules and horses for the firm Bledsoe & Powers.
Ready Cash for Immediate Delivery on Carroll County Farms
Ready cash for immediate delivery on improved Carroll County farms offered by Leon Hood of Carrollton Georgia.
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Carroll County
Leon Hood
Carrollton, Ga
Carrollton in 1880 a snapshot of its townscape
A fragment from the Georgia Gapeelteer lists Carrollton Carroll County as the county seat near Newnan with a population near 1000. It names churches schools a newspaper the Carroll County Times and a flour mill. It provides a directory of local officials and numerous business firms and professionals including attorneys doctors merchants and tradespeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Georgia Gapeelteer
LP Mandeville
Carrolton
Carroll County
Newnan
Carroll County Times
M. Fields & Co
M. G. W. Roop
W. W. Fitts
Hitts & West
W. W. Fit West
Gaines & Brown
R. J. Gaine Brown
G. A. Gardner
J. Gaston
Wm. Gaulding
Mark Ghepoper
Desse R. Griffin
J. M. Yamrick
S. W. Harris
Super
M. Hewitt
Barber
Houston
Win. Johnson
J. D. Jordan
J. J. Juhan
Juhan & Pope
D. B. Juhn E. Pope
Nery
J. M. B. Kelley
J.T. Kirby
Tanner
W. P. Kirkley
Kramer
Long & Co
J. M. Lowe
McPdaniel & White
R. C. Mi
Tl. White
T. A. Mabry
L. C. Mandeville
Mandeville & West
L. P.ville
T. H. West
Mathews & Smith
P. Y
Tabernacle Church Sermons and Local Listings
Dr J T Gibson of Douglasville preaches at Tabernacle Baptist Church Sunday morning and night. The page lists numerous local businesses and residents including Merrells attorneys clerks and stores, plus notes Gazetteer facts to be republished in later Free Press issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Gibson
Douglasville
Tabernacle Baptist Church
W. W. Smith
Merrell
C. H
E. B
iMerrell
W. W
G. W
Mitchell
J. W
Harness
New
W. C
Perdue
I. B
Pierce & Lepard
M. Pierce
W. R. Lepard
Pope
J. N
Teese
John N. Shellnutt
G. D. Merrell
Simonton
C. B
Smith
Owen
Stewart
J. B
Wiley
iTanner
W. S
Thomasson
Thomasson & Bro
Emma
J. Wo
Trussett & Sims
D. L. Trussett
W. Sims
Turner & Chambers
Turner
Chambers
Wells
E. W
Monard C
Worthy & Son
Z. P
Free Press
Rally Day Observed at Methodist Sunday School
The Methodist Sunday School will observe Rally Day next Sunday with a special program. Ehrhardt's Orchestra will provide music and a large attendance is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Methodist Sunday School
Ehrhardt
Sunday School Census Planned for Carrollton
A city meeting at City Hall led by Rev W K E Dozier laid plans for a Carrollton Sunday School Census. W E Dozier was named chair, L K Smith secretary, with committees formed to district the city and prepare canvassing cards. Census day set for February 9 to count the entire white population. Canvassers from each church will work in assigned districts and meet February 8 for instruction. Church representatives attended from Tabernacle Baptist First Baptist Presbyterian Methodists Episcopal and Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K E. Dozier
Carrollton
W. E. Dozier
L. K. Smith
J. M. Daild
George Headland
AL M. Pierce
Messrs. A. K. Snead
S. C. Kytle
J. M. Harris
Tabernacle Baptist Church
J. I. Oxford
First Baptist
J. M. Dodd
A. K. Snead
The
Presbyterian
George Head
Methodis
A. M. Pierce
S. €. Kytle
Episcopal
C. G. Bradley
Christian
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. & M. Fair
Cei
Hedon
Richeotat
Is Ieee
Carroll
Presbyterian Church
Young Woman's Auxiliary
Newt
Chas, J. Merrell
Mason N
Nations
Braun
Netl
Mane Ors
Tabernacle Church
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