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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
4
Carrollton residents host and visit kin and friends from Thomaston, Newnan, LaGrange, Atlanta, and Columbus. Guests attend church and social gatherings, with readings, a watermelon cutting, and a Presbyterian ordination service cited among the week’s activities.
J W McLeod and daughters of Whitenburg visit relatives in town. New Hope church holds protracted services ending with two members added. Mrs Ellen Todd to visit son J T M Todd. Clint Black of Alabama to visit mother J M Todd. J M Johnson plans a new dwelling on Buck Creek farm. Several locals attend a Mandeville barbecue and Miss Kate Whitaker with Miss Kate Coats. Family visits include Homer McLeod and RK Stamps groups and trips to Chickamauga and Carrollton.
Farmers report crops thriving despite drought while community notes a day of singing at Mt Zion. Local school of about seventy students under Prof. O B Pearce shows steady progress. Several residents visit relatives, guests stay with McGuire and Styles families, and no illnesses are reported.
A sheriff sale to be held before the courthouse door in Carroll County Georgia within legal hours to the highest bidder for cash of described real estate. It includes tract No 2 with 101 acres more or less and other parcels as listed, levied on Johny Houston property to satisfy a court decree for the British and American Mortgage Company. July 28, 1907. P Webb Sheriff.
O B Harris has purchased the Parlor Barber Shop from Jim Jackson and invites patrons to call for quality grooming services. The shop will operate with F B Hood and Jim Jackson in the business. Your patronage is appreciated.
Creel Jewelry Co reports arrival of a carload of buggies and surreys along with existing stock of vehicles. Stewart & Fleming offer a five room dwelling facing City Park for sale in an exceptionally desirable location. See W. W. Baskin or Baskin & Baskin.
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