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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
2
Steamer lines and cotton shippers reach a compromise ending the demand for fully covered bales and rescinding bills of lading restrictions after September 7. Ships will not assume liability for damage not caused by their negligence and imperfect coverings need not be blamed.
A man described as Black rampages across Yampa, killing three, wounding two, and injuring a white officer during a spree. He takes refuge in a woman’s house, barricades doors, uses gasoline to burn film, and is eventually subdued by police.
The Georgia House approved a bill requiring county officials to disclose all office fees to county grand juries, covering sheriffs tax collectors receivers clerks coroners surveyors and solicitors. Proposed limits on judges and solicitors joining liquor clubs faced opposition. Multiple candidates vie for railroad and prison commissioner seats as reform sentiment grows and plans surface for a biennial session.
Salem residents report Mrs. A. D. Tyson improving after illness. Visits include Mrs. Bud Garrett with Tyson, Temple’s Mr. Lewis Connell with A. D. Nixon, Prof. McHattan from Athens, Dr. Bradley of Cedartown, and Jackson and Williams from Carrollton. A large crowd attended Sunday singing.
New York gambler and boss of a gambling house, Rosenthal, was shot dead in front of the Hotel Metropole by five men who fled in a large gray automobile. He was to meet District Attorney Whitman to substantiate graft charges against police.
Anglo-French aviator Hubert Latham was killed by a wild buffalo during a hunting expedition in French Equatorial Africa. The governor general reported Latham was with locals in the forest when a buffalo charged after being wounded and gored him to death near the Chari dyer region.
Reader notes catalog of medical advertisement by Dr Shelfer on page four promising relief for catarrh neuralgia and headache, urging patients to seek treatment. The snippet hints at early 20th century marketing of health remedies.
The Boys Corn Club of the Fourth District is assured premium lists will include valuable prizes for members. The premium list will be issued this week. The A and M Fair invites all boys contesting in the current Boys Corn Club to prepare for an exhibit.
Interest grows for the October 7 to 12 fair in Carrollton by the Fourth District A M Fair Association with plans for top agricultural land and livestock exhibits plus new daily attractions. Exhibitors urged to apply for space immediately. live stock to be shown one day, horses expected in large entries.
The Latimer Singing Convention was held at Cross Plains Sunday with good order. Several locals attended the all day singing, while farm tensions rise as army worms threaten corn crops.
County residents report several days without rain and extreme heat hindering work. A large Sunday crowd gathered at the church area with orderly conduct yet alcohol consumption noted. Local deaths, visits, and family moves appear among community notes and greetings.
Multiple local figures announce candidacy for the Carroll County House of Representatives seat with August primaries. Beck Watkins Spence Hogan Harper appear among names, pledging support and re election aims in the lower house.
The Atlanta Journal reports Capt Jim Bell the oldest passenger conductor on the Atlanta and West Point railroad has retired on full pay after fifty two years of continuous service. He began conductor work at 23 and never had a serious accident. The railroad’s action is praised as generous and graceful. Bell may still make trips occasionally.
The Progressive Farmer advises not starving dairy cows around calving. A cow milking 10 to 11 months should be fed liberally during the dry period to build body and nourish the calf. Do not cut feed too much before calving. after calving feed should be light for 7 to 10 days, then gradually increase to a strong ration as milk production peaks about six weeks to two months after freshening.
The Albany Herald notes regional contrasts in business outlook with the South tied to cotton and the North optimistic due to a busy steel trade and rising prices. It reports steel leaders overwhelmed with orders and says politics influence is minimal this campaign year, predicting a prosperous fall if cotton prices stay favorable.
The house committee on expenditures urges standardization of government buildings and removal of draughtsmen to curb extravagance and fraud. Since 1902, 721 buildings have been erected with 750 more planned at 70 million dollars, risking 1,520 buildings in fifteen years and 11 million annually in maintenance.
Washington reports a state committee on post offices and roads agreed on a zone based parcel post system ending a long dispute. The plan sets per pound rates by distance with a maximum 11 pound domestic package capped at 12 cents per pound up to $1.32, detailing eight zones and rates as Bourne and Pristow proposed.
A cloudburst wipes out Seven Trouhs near Lovelock Nevada. twenty people are believed dead. Mazims Hotel was overturned by flood waters as communications fail and roads wash out. A Nevada and California railroad track between Mino and Keeler is washed away, crippling transport.
The house passed a prohibition bill banning transportation of moving picture films between states and territories and from foreign countries. Violations carry heavy fines. Southern congressmen backed the measure amid race tensions stirred by the Jeffries Johnson moving pictures.
Charles M. Hayy president of the Grand Trimk tall road perished in the Titan ic disaster after taking signed contracts into the spa. The deal meant 39,000 peres of coal in Belmont County Obla with $10,000,800 paid to a Pitt a fure man holding options on the property. Directors authorized Mr Hayy to close the deal. panels were in Have pocket when the Titanic went down.
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