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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
4
Notices of meetings and gatherings with admission fees will be issued in advertising. Funds to be raised will be charged at regular advertising rate of 2 cents per word for each insertion.
In Elberton citizens are urged to back higher wages for teachers and preachers to attract and retain qualified workers. The piece calls on legislators, school boards, and congregations to fund livable salaries and warns against bargaining for inadequate pay, noting the national shortage of educated professionals.
The article argues urban residents yearn to move to farms seeking opportunity and security. It criticizes city extravagance and profiteering, urging a national campaign to repopulate farms. It stresses that food production requires willing workers and that rural migration can restore commercial stability.
Commerce News reports Mayor W. W. Stark bans cheap shows and foreign tent entertainments in Commerce. The mayor vows no concession to such performances, urging wholesome outdoor entertainment for youth while condemning vulgar acts. The piece endorses the ban and notes backyard gardens will boost local food supply amid small acreage.
Tailors in the east discover that raising wages from 50 to 100 dollars per week for 44 hours leads to a factory shutdown. The workforce seeks more pay while management begins retrenchment.
Nationwide wave of price cuts in dry goods and clothing spreads to Marietta stores as newspapers urge more lines to join the effort to ease the cost of living. Local editorials urge higher teacher pay, school funding, and community action while observations range from paper shortages to speeding and domestic quirks.
Buck Creek brief social column records Miss Tris Griffin visiting sister Mrs A McGukin and several local visits among the McGukins. Clara McGukin and Miss Irie Griffin visited Mrs Threadgill. Gladys Smith stayed with Cordie McEwen. Maggie and Maud McGukin called on grandmother Mrs John McGukin. R A Brooks hosted with Mrs A McGukin. T P Drew digging storm pit. Witcher improving after illness.
Dr. Sam J. Parrish of Carrollton Ga accepts the role of field secretary and director of evangelistic and Bible conference work at Lanier University. He will begin at once and devote significant time to the endowment fund and new building projects, bringing experience from Alabama and Louisiana.
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