Directory of First Baptist Church Programs and Officials
Directory lists morning and evening preaching on Sabbath, Sunday School at 9:40 a.m., Sunbeam and Gideon Bands on Sundays, Willing Workers and Prayer Meetings midweek, Teachers and Woman's Missionary Society meetings, and a biweekly Young Woman's Auxiliary. Includes officers such as J. C. Bass chair, Humber Cheney clerk, Bi L Garrett treasurer, H. C. Louvain collector, and WM and YW leaders. Announces publicity contact and Saturday pickup for church transportation.
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Sunbeam
Gideon
J. C. Bass
Humber Cheney
Bi L, Garrett
H. C. Louvain
R. Mullins
George Lee Hamrick
Roop
F. A. Weems
W. W
F. M. Camp
Hi H. Brooks
A. K. Snead
Glenn Holmes
Eldred C. Bast
Holmes
Carroll County Essay Contest urged by Annie Wheeler chapter
Mrs E B MeadApows, president of the Annie Wheeler Chapter, urges Carroll County teachers to promote the annual Historical Essay Contest among students. Prize funds from teachers and school superintendents are proposed, with programs and parent invites on Fridays. The piece recalls Confederate heroes and notes the contest's origins in Carroll County by Eugenia Mandeville and calls for a record number of essays this year.
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Southland
Annie Wheeler
Moses
Carroll County
Carrol County
Eugenia Mandeville
Carroll
E. B. MeaApows
Rules and Regulations For Contestants
Rules and regulations for a Georgia war essay contest open to white children under 18. Essays 1000 to 1500 words written with fictional pen name, sealed envelope with real name and address. Preparation may use references at home or elsewhere, typed preferred, in presence of teacher or local committee member.
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Georgia
Free Flower Seed Hastings Catalogue Brings Offers
Hastings & Company of Atlanta Georgia invites farmers and gardeners to request their free annual seed catalogue. The brochure promises five free flower seed varieties and a cash prize for Corn Club boys, plus details on corn cotton and seed varieties grown on their 8,200 acre farm.回复
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Great Southern Seed House
H. G. Hastings & Company
Atlanta
Corn Club Boys
H. G. Hastings & CG
Advt
Sketches of Carrolls Civil War Heroes
Carroll Free Press presents brief sketches of Carroll County soldiers who answered the last roll call. The first entry honors Coon Stamps of Buck Creek, enlisted in Capt Burke’s Co F 7th Georgia, a youth at First Manassas, who fell early in Virginia. His brother Tom Stamps survives in Buck Creek.
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Carroll Free Press
Carroll County
Qoon
Burke
Co. F. 7Th Ga. Reg
Manassas
Young Stamps
Coon” Stamps
Virginia
Coon" Stamps
Tom Stamps
Buck Creek
Appointment Procedures for Confederate Essay Contest
The text outlines the process for grading historical essays including dress and school details, the role of the president of the local Daughters of the Confederacy, and the appointment of chapter committees. It defines county and state committees responsibilities, selection of best essays, and rotation for examination and grading by state committee members.
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the Daughters of the Confederacy
South African Diamond Mines Fenced In Against Labor Strife
Photographs show Kimberley diamond mines guarded by heavy barbed wire fences and patrols during a flare in labor unrest. Miners are seen leaving pits as troops enforce order amid renewed tensions following railroad strikes and national unrest in South Africa.
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Kimberley
South Africa
Essays Announcement and Reference Books in Confederate History
The committee directs essays to be sent by chapter chairmen to the chairman and then distributed to members. Best essays from each county go to the state committee by April 1, with the top two per member forwarded by April 15. Recommended books include Derry's Confederate trilogy, Knight on Georgia landmarks, and Gordon's reminiscences.
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State Committee
J. T. Derry
Georgia
Lawton B. Evans
Lucian Lamar Knight
Atlanta
E. Y. Clarke
W. P. Read
John B. Gordon
Charles Edgeworth Jones
Correction sought on General Gordon's role at Chickamauga
A letter from multiple Georgia residents seeks a correction in Georgia's Land-Marks stating General Gordon commanded a brigade at Chickamauga. The author asserts Gordon took no part in the engagement and asks page 205 line be amended to prevent prize-essay competitors from repeating the error.
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Chickamauga
Knight
Georgia
Gordon
Who Succeeds and Who Fails in Life’s Callings
A reflective piece quoting Vice President Marshall on five hundred thousand graduates each year and four hundred thousand failures. It argues that most people, from king to cobbler, contribute to society and that success is not limited to the famous. daily virtues shape Heaven’s approval and the world’s progress.
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Marshall
Thomas
Five installment loan offer to Carroll county farmers
A notice from L Z Dorset, attorney, inviting owners of improved income farms in Carroll County to contact his office in the Racy building, Carrollton, Georgia, to discuss a payment based loan plan designed to solve their money problems.
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Carroll County
Mr. Farmer
Carrollton
L. Z, Dorsett
The Automobile an Evangel of Progress
The automobile has grown from luxury to practical industry and utility. It spurred a nationwide road and highway movement, boosted employment, and expanded exports, with 1900 to 1913 car production rising from 4,000 to 500,000 and total U S cars estimated at 1,260,000.
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Wisenrres
United States
I Geardia
Albany Herald
Moves to Carrollton end Bowdon marshal recalled
Jesse Elking and family recently moved to Carrollton where he will pursue blacksmithing. Mr. Elkins lived in Bowdon about a year after coming from Tyus where he was raised and earned many friends who regret his departure. He served as Bowdon marshal late last year and was an efficient officer.
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Jesse Elking
Carrollton
Mr. Elkins
Bowdon
Tyus
Elkins
Cardui touted as remedy for female suffering in Draper NC
In Draper North Carolina a woman describes years of pain and near suffocation, crediting Cardui the woman’s tonic with restoring her health. She urges others to try Cardui and notes friends who benefited, while urging readers to obtain a bottle and seek relief from “a million others.”
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Draper
Helen Dalton
Cardus
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General Contractors
Boykin Building
H.J. Goodwyn
Br. T. P. Goodwyn
Goodwyn & Goodwyn Physicians and Surgeons
Roopville
L. J. Brock
M. W. Hancock
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J. Roland Hughes
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Telephone No. 154
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Boykin & Boykin Building
Georgia Loan and Trust Co
City and Farm Loans
Drs. Ridley & Pearce
Doctors of Veterinary Medicine
T. C. Bledsoe
Bowdon, GA
First Baptist Church
Jesse M. Dodd
Woman's Missionary Society
Young Woman's Ausiliary
Free Flower Seed
Hastings’ Catalogue
American Press Association
John Armistead Selden
Macon
L. J. Bradley
Cartersville
Dan ©. Harris
R. L. Walker
Cuthbert
James F. Lewis
Thomaston
Everett Daniel
Moultrie
Rey Chatiannaes Medicine Co
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