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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
1
A Carrollton women’s meeting is called for tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock in the women’s club room. The note urges unity over factionalism to aid Carrollton’s future, address kindergarten work, school grounds, streets, sidewalks, and town upkeep, and invites all to participate in constructive cooperation.
The Currall County Trade Board met in Carrollton on June 80 1991 at 7 30 PM in the First National Bank building. J W Griffin presided. Rev Gilbert Dobbs delivered the invocation as about two hundred local leaders attended. Ruth Steed reported six months of activity and finances showed 2534 95 credit with no bills. Directors were elected: H C Lovvorn president H J Goodwyn VP C M Tanner Jr treasurer Ruth Steed secretary plus several other names. Amended motions reorganized weekly meetings and quorum. Directors from Carrollton Bowdon Temple VilI Rica Roopville Whitesburg named with additional appointments expected.
A fragment notes a borrower of a missing list and asks for its return at Citizens Bank, urging the lender to cooperate and reclaim the items.
I recount how birds, especially orioles and swallows, prey on boll weevils harming cotton. The piece argues for protecting birds, opposing slaughter by hunters, to safeguard crops and rural livelihoods amid deflation and postwar policy. Carrollton, Ga July 6 1921 by I E Smith.
A concise note observes that some men never feel full, always wondering what the next meal will bring, reflecting on insatiable appetite and constant hunger.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a reckless driver or speed obsessed figure, but the readable bits offer little of the story’s names, places, or outcomes. The fragment conveys danger and confusion without clear event details.
In Dublin Georgia Dr W B Taylor from Dexter Laurens county shares a formula to kill boll weevils and protect cotton until August. The method uses molasses syrup saccharine cream powder calcium arsenate and water applied with a mop to leaves. Taylor claims one application can safeguard up to ten acres and yield a full crop by August before migratory weevils swarm.
Sheriff Garrett and Deputies Boyd and Brown seized an about eighty gallon dry still in the Ninth district on the Barge branch. The operators were absent when captured. The recovery occurred Wednesday morning, marking a successful enforcement action.
The United States produces more Papec than any other country and leads in recording the things Congress does not do, highlighting a curious claim about industrial output and legislative omissions.
A brief line urges courteous conduct toward a neighbor, advising kindness even when others speak ill behind your back. The message emphasizes patience, restraint, and respectful behavior in daily interactions.
In a tense late game Carrollton overcame Cedartown 7 to 5 as Kelton fielded two strikes and two runners on base. Harper fouled off a strike and belted the go ahead homer as players celebrated amid chaotic plays and errors from both sides. Ted Martin and Red contributed key plays while Murphy added three hits in a rough, break-filled finish. The team, mired in a weak first half, vows to fight on and improve in the second half.
The post office department cites higher postage costs and long term print paper contracts as reasons newspapers keep subscription prices steady. Production costs remain elevated compared to wartime periods, forcing newspapers to maintain prices despite market changes.
A witty note urges townspeople workers to beat the heat with simple daily garden work. It contrasts sluggish feelings from high temperatures with a natural remedy using a garden and a hoe, dismissing doctors drugs and costs.
A Georgia Athletic League gathering at the Capitol City Club in Atlanta, led by President H P Molkehan, outlined plans for the second half of the season. Carrollton pledged readiness, Griffin supported a stronger club, and arrangements considered sending certain games to Atlanta venues depending on road schedules.
Congressman W D Upshaw addressed Groggia school teachers in Athens during their summer normal school session. He urged compulsory education as a natural ally for harmony and cooperation in education. He called for higher teacher salaries to ensure efficiency and patriotism in supporting better schools.
A Georgia senate bill proposes exchanging the current Atlanta mansion for other property near the city, with a new mansion to be built at up to 100000 dollars. A Public Property Commission would handle the swap and appraise the present mansion at no less than 450,000 dollars including the lot.
On July 6 Congressman Stutton W Summers spoke to over fifty Carrollton business leaders at the Trade Board office in the First National Bank building. He outlined the committees mandate to gather data from southern farmers about conditions in the county, aiming to report to Congress and aid farmers with crop decisions and cotton markets. A committee was asked to compile brief data, led by H O Lovvorn, president of the Carroll County Trade Board, who presided.
Evangelists Owen Still and Curtis Al Mayo will open a tent revival in Lowell next Sunday. Three services are planned that day at 11 a.m., 8 p.m., and a second 8 p.m. session with the meeting continuing for three weeks, featuring Still bringing a successful Hickory Level revival to Lowell.
Rev Owen Still will preach at Whitesburg church Saturday night and be replaced by H C Dodson Sunday. Still conducts revival at Lowell. Whitesburg revival begins the fourth Sunday this month with high expectations. Beauty that is only skin deep often vanishes over a hot choking range.
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