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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1922
Page
2
Sunday visiting has spread in country towns with four Sundays of the month featuring many cars in front of homes and gatherings on porches. Automobiles allow distant friends to maintain social ties, replacing older horse era calls. Previously Sunday calls were seen as boresome by youths, but sentiment has shifted to socialize and share cheerful talk, aiding morale during the workweek.
The article notes per capita meat consumption rose from 181 pounds in 1900 to 194 pounds in 1920, then likely dipped in 1921. It attributes changes to high meat prices, wartime substitutions, and lingering reluctance to adopt a vegetarian stance. It suggests lower prices could restore prior consumption levels.
The New York College of Agriculture study found farm income rises with education. Uneducated farmers average about 1100 annually, short course attendees around 2200, and state college graduates about 4900. Winter courses attract older farmers, though many hesitate to leave home. The report argues thorough agricultural school training offers superior knowledge beyond reading or local lectures.
A New Yorker suggests a levied noise tax to curb the surrounding tax discourse. The proposal argues noise creates economic distortions and would fund public services.
The Christian Banner argues country churches lag modern progress while schools and roads advance. It pleads for better church buildings and higher preacher salaries, noting towns invest in cars and schools but neglect church support, urging balanced community development and spiritual strength.
A historical note on teacher appearance and conduct stresses that bobbed hair or makeup are discouraged in applicants while acknowledging not all young women violate norms. It argues teachers should project propriety, wit, and kindness, as parents rely on their example to shape pupils’ behavior.
Nejaye argues swift trials deter crime as delayed justice allows suspects to evade accountability. Chicago’s push to clear the murder docket led to 12 deaths and 12 prison terms, with murder rates dropping about half. Long delays in justice can be as harmful as revisions, urging swift and firm action.
South Georgia tomatoes start moving to market with first shipments earning about 500 per sere. The region’s produce aims to sustain steady flow to growers year round if producers study production and market methods. Several crops planned for South Georgia may net growers from 100 to 500 dollars per acre, per Coffee County Progress.
A concise note defines a bachelor as a man who had n g jauto in his youth, reflecting a dated colloquial usage.
Judge Richard B. Russell of Winder announces candidacy to replace Chief Justice William H. Fish in the Georgia Supreme Court. A longtime state figure, Russell has served as solicitor general, judge of the Western Circuit, and chief justice of the Appellate Court, with a career spanning the state’s legal and legislative branches. The Walton News.
A Rome Tribune Herald reprint laments a decay in morals amid prosperity. It blames rising forgeries and crimes on lax social standards and calls for traditional family and self discipline to restore safety and virtue. The piece warns against overreaching reform and urges personal responsibility.
A Seccess Magazine vignette about a man who sacrifices family, friends, health, and culture for money. He neglects relationships and personal growth until he dies, and only then do others realize they were too busy to attend his funeral.
A dramatic dispatch chronicles brutal clashes as 7500 strike sympathizers confront 14 mine workers leaving a closed mine near Herrin Illinois. Bodies are described as burned and shot, with accusations of mass execution of strike breakers in a turbulent era.
Jud Tunkin says the man who always wants the most ends up no better off than the boy with a ukulele, as Washinton Star notes.
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