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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
1
Senator J. T. Hixon proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the state to pay teachers promptly by exceeding bonded indebtedness. The plan inserts an exception for teacher salaries, seeks committee action, and enjoys support from Governor Slaton.
The Boy Scouts of Carrollton express thanks to Mr. Carlisle of the Red Cross Drug Store for a generous set up of ice cream last Tuesday evening at the drug store. They invite him to their damp this year and promise to reciprocate with a treat. Per Luster Bass reports.
Bold Springs aggregate of ball players swamped Mt. Zion boys 22 to 7 in a poorly played game at Mt. Zion on the Fourth. Second teams of Bremen and Mt. Zion tied 6 to 6. Activities included egg race for ladies and greased pole amid a large crowd. Judge James Beall of Carrollton gave the address on the Seminary campus.
Final arrangements for the summer camp will be made at a meeting next Friday at 5 o clock on the court house grounds. Those wishing to join Pat in application should come at once as the party will be limited in number. R Lee Sharpe, Scout Master.
Dr and Mrs J R M Carter announce the engagement of their daughter Lucille Shell to Mr Amos M Stephens of Ball Ground Georgia. The forthcoming wedding is set for August 7 at the Methodist church.
A Jokers' Club gathering last week included Miss Elma Boykin and several invited guests. Honor attendees were Mrs. T. A. Herndon of Gillsville and Miss Marie Ulmer of Atlanta. The event concluded with refreshments of sandwiches and iced tea.
Carrollton boys faced Woodward Lumber Company of Atlanta in two fairgrounds games. The opener stretched to extra innings, visitors winning 3 2 in the twelfth after a tied ninth. In the rematch Carrollton secured a decisive 8 to 4 victory.
Mrs Nell Glass improves though still in Atlanta and expected home soon. Miss Daisy Brantley to Chattanooga for railway work. Mr and Mrs Owen Goodman of Ensley visiting grandparents Evins. Mr Tappan Strickland spent Sunday at Macedonia. Miss Mary Watkins visiting brother Col Edgar Watkins in Atlanta. Mr and Mrs Ben Kelley visited Parks in Newnan. Hon M D Watkins and Bob Jones visited Hulett. Loyd Griffin, Whitesburg liveryman, in town briefly. Large group from Newnan picnicked and fished at Jones mill. Road work progress praised on Whitesburg Carrollton road. More flags on the 4th reflect growing civic interest and optimism in state affairs and governance.
In checking books I find some have failed to make their tax returns. If it be you come or send at once or it will be too late, A. E. Nix, Receiver.
The Carrollton city council met at 8 p m with Mayor W H Shaw presiding. Minutes were read and adopted, accounts approved, and a general fund transfer approved to cover Maple Street School Building and City Hall costs. Quarterly reports were read and filed. A permit to build a frame residence on South Street was granted to Mrs Beile Stokely. The 1913 Texas Co tax return was accepted at 500. An ordinance required business houses to place sweepings in a covered rear receptacle or curbside in front with lid, prohibiting sidewalk deposits and interference, and repealing conflicting laws. It also forbade driving vehicles over fire department hoses. Violators faced penalties per city code. The meeting adjourned at 11 p m.
The church schedules two services next Sunday with different aims. The morning service at the Presbyterian church focuses on the elderly, featuring old songs and a Prov 16 31 text. The evening lawn service targets the youth with a performance by Miss Mary Lou New, and attendance is rising.
Dr H F Harris testified in Carrollton that traces of morphine nicotine and leg opium were found in the stomach of Joshua B Crawford during exhumation connected to the Crawford will case. Relatives allege the second wife Mary Belle Crawford poisoned him to gain wealth. estate valued at 220000.
Mary E. Creswell will lead a Monday afternoon canning demonstration at Bethel Camp Ground as part of Carroll County Farmers Institute. The Carroll County Canning Club will attend and the invitation extends to all ladies for an engaging event.
The big singing class directed by Prof. C. R. Mullins started at the Central Baptist church this week with sessions each night. Sixty members enrolled and many visitors attend. a day session may be added if enough interest. Those interested should contact Geo. W. Fleming H. F. Merrell or Mr. Mullins to join and support Carrollton’s musical development.
The Men and Religion Forward Movement of Atlanta pushes reform in state convict camps after abolition of the lease system. A 1910 census shows 6,816 prisoners in Georgia, 261 per 100,000, far above national averages. Reports of camp corruption and drunkenness prompt calls for humane reform to prevent brutalization and renewed crime.
The law requires all administrators and guardians and all executors not excused by will to make annual returns to the ordinary on or before the last Monday in July each year while their administrations continue. If you have not filed your return please go at once. W. J. Millican Ordinary.
The Carroll County Sunday School Association will meet at Temple on Saturday and Sunday July 19 and 20. A detailed program outlines devotionals, readings, welcomes, addresses by D W Sims and E T Steed, reports from district associations, and committee appointments, with a full Sunday session on July 20 including sermons and officer elections.
The Library thanks Mrs J N Johnson for Jules Verne set and Mrs M M Bradley for The American Dramatist by Moses along with boys books from Mr Leon Spence. The librarian seeks the missing Pictures of Polly by Courtney and asks anyone with the book to report it.
The Library Association will hold a meeting Friday in the library rooms at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The event is scheduled for July 11 and invites all members to participate in the discussions and plans for upcoming activities.
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