Public Schools Close Mark Noted Commencement
One of the largest commencements ends Wednesday after four days of festivities. Highlights include primary grades in world themed costumes, a Sunday commencement sermon by Rev. J G Herndon, and a high school choir. The elo cution class awards medals to Laura Kytle and Annie Ruth Sewell, Lester Bass, Harry Fleming. Graduates number nine with eight women. Special Jefferson Davis Day features, Confederate decor, and diplomas presented by Dr. W W Fitts. Final plays conclude the exercises amid music by Carrollton orchestra and A M quartette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
J.G. Herndon
LaGrange
Samuel
Ethel Walthall
Laura Kytle
Annie Ruth Sewell
Lester Bass
Harry Fleming
Grammar School
Carrollton Band
Jefferson Davis
Lucile Cobb
Confederacy
Neal Moses
Marie Spence
Marie Bradley
Annie Lou Redwine
D. Leon C. Spence
Fannie Nix
Jennie Gaston
Col. S. Holderness
W. W. Fitts
Roe Turner
Adams
Davis
Lee
W. ¥. Brown
W. E. Dozier
Carrollton Orchestra
A & M. Quartette
New Shirt Shipment From Baskin and Baskin
A new shipment of men and boys shirts arrives featuring soft attached collars and plentiful white options from Baskin and Baskin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baskin & Baskin
Local Woman Praises DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills
Joan Riha of Vining Ja testifies that about a dozen people in the area have used DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for a year and report perfect satisfaction. She says she also used them with fine results and Hamrick’s Pharmacy is selling the product.
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Joan Riha
Vining
DeWitt
Hamrick
Carrollton City Council June 1 1908 Proceedings
Carrollton Georgia council met with Mayor Protem J M Burns presiding. Salaries for officials listed and various disbursements approved including feed for mules blankets prison meals and a crane for sprinkler. Public school funds partly advanced. Council adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Protem J. M. Burns
Long
Dozier
Rai A
S J Causey
J T Young
BM Thornton
Joe Walker
Carroilton Electric Co
Tollo Wing
Fleming & Robinson
J J Atwell
W Roop Part
E B Merreil
H W Long
Public School Board Chooses 1908 Teachers
City Public School Board meets to finish term records and elects staff for 1908. H B Adams named superintendent of Boys High School J Roe Turner head of Girls High School Mrs B Slade Grammar grades and teachers for seventh through first grades listed. Music department led by Mrs Mamie McDonald and Miss Ethel Carroll. Janitor Frank Brown and Principal W J Sewell named for Colored school.
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City Public School Board
H. B. Adama
J. Roe Turner
Mis
B. Slade
Grammer
Evan Thomasson
Emma Williams
Pearl Campbell
Maggie Rogers
Janett Slade
Protracted Services at Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church begins protracted services next Sunday June 17 with Pastor I R Walker assisted by Rev J W Stripling of Trent Ga The meeting features choir singing and special invitations to singers Services at 11 am 3 pm and 8 pm with additional preaching and Sunday programs announced from the pulpit attended by all who can come
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Central Baptist Church
J. W. Stripling
Trent
I R, Walker
Local Paint Compare Promises L. M. Oxide Paint Price
The notice compares Wool and Paint costs with shoddy cloth and paint. It touts L. M. oxide of zinc mixed with white lead and linseed oil to produce paint, claimed at $1.20 per gallon. Roop Hardware Co. is listed as L. M. Paint agents.
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Roop Hardware Co
Kidney remedy claims cure for kidney disease
S. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia says a Fol ey s Kidney Remedy bottle cured his kidney disease after a partial second bottle. He praises the medicine’s success where others failed and notes it is sold by Ham rick s Pharmacy.
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Ts. S. L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
Foley
Hamrick
Lit Mu Club Holds Final Meeting Before Summer
The Lit Mu Club gathered for its last session before vacation at Mrs. R F Hyatt's home Thursday. Members and guests enjoyed a mock program with games like Flinch up-jinks and dominoes. Plans for next year were discussed including study topics on state counties and geography.
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R. F. Hyatt
W. C. Adamson
Carroll County Sunday School Convention Dates
The 33rd annual Carroll County Sunday School Association convention will be held at Whitesburg Baptist Church in Whitesburg Ga on July 17 18 and 19 1908 starting 3 p m Friday. All county Sunday schools are invited to send delegates. organizers promise an interesting and profitable gathering.
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Carroll County Sunday School Association
Baptist
Whitesburg
Remarkable Rooster Hatches Chick Brood at E Church
Wm. Dunbar, pastor of E Church, reports a strange farm scene. A rooster took a nest of five eggs and hatched five chicks about a week ago, then has cared for them as a hen would. The brood now totals seven after two more hatched. The paper jokes the mother hen attended important club meetings.
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V. Wm. Dunbar
E. Church
Local Social News From Hulett and Nearby
Miss Myrl Hall visits brother Dr. W A Aderhold of Whitesburg. C L Brown and family visit Cross Plains relatives. Crawford attend singing at Temple. Reynolds baby buried at Little Vine. Boyd attend Carrollton commencement Friday night. Eliya Boggs family visit son Arthur Boggs near Sand Hill. Aderhold business trip to Hulett. Maud Carroll visited Temple. Sewell spent time with home folks. Griffis sister Ella spent night with Mrs Madison Webb near Wayside.
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Miam A Boyd
Carrollt
Eliya Boggs
Arthur Boggs
Near Sand Hill
W. A. Aderhold
Hulett
H W Sewell
Jim Griffis
Miss Ella
Madison Webb
Way Side
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Pills Sold by Hamrick's Pharmacy
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are described as small safe and gentle pills sold at Hamrick's Pharmacy.
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DeWitt’s
Hamrick’s Pharmacy
Revered G S Byrom Dies After Long Illness
The Rev G S Byrom died May 14 at Wesley Memorial hospital Atlanta after weeks of suffering. A 69 year old veteran of the Tennessee Methodist Conference he served 36 years in the vineyard of the Master before retirement. He leaves a wife two daughters Mrs L K Smith Carrollton and Mrs Dr Foster Turin and son Prof G L Byrom Pocahontas Virginia. The community notes his life of service to humanity and faith and declares the Methodist Episcopal church has sustained an irreparable loss.
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G. S. Byrom
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Tennesee Methodist Conference
Carroll
L. K. Smith
Carrollton
Dr. Foster
Turin
G. L
Israel
Methodist Episcopal Church
Resolutions Sent To Bereaved Families In Warren Meadows Era
Sympathy and love are extended to each member of the bereaved family with copies of resolutions provided. The list includes Mrs Warren Meadows, Mrs H. B. Adams, and Mrs W. W. Baskin.
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Warren Meadows
H. B. Adams
W. W. Baskin
Local residents attend Salem Sabbath School gathering and Carrollton commencement
Bowden and others joined the Sabbath School Association in Salem on Sunday. Attendees included Willie Johnson Paul Morris Otis Barrow Frank Tarpley Downs Nellie Johnson Ruth Stogner Alice Walker Nora Chambers Ruth Houston and Beulg Jeter visiting from Waco. The group also reported a joyful Carrollton commencement on Tuesday night. Mrs J B Moore and daughters visited J W Smith’s family near Carrollton last week, with Mrs Chambers purchasing Rev Eason’s home and planning to move in soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Johnson
Paul Morris
Otis Barrow
Frank Tarpley Downs
Nellie Johnson
Ruth Stogner
Alice Walker
Nora Chambers
Ruth Houston
Carrollton
J. B. Moore
J. W. Smith
Chambers
Rev. Eason
Charlie Lovvorn
Ada Walker
Brewster King
Atlanta
Cotton chopping dominates Kansas farm notes
The column notes crop activity in Kansas with cotton chopping featured. It reports Mr and Mrs J T Kings baby has pneumonia but improves slowly. J T McGuire and family visited T A Cook and family. M A Eee family visited Haralson relatives and Pearl Darnell and Ardelia McGuire visited Dora Smith. An all day singing at Shiloh church is anticipated next Sunday. Best wishes to the Free Press and readers.
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J.T. King
J. T. mcGuire
T. A. Cook
M. A. Eee
Harals
Pearl Darnell
Ardelia McGuire
Dora Smith
Shiloh Church
Free Press
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Council Proceedings
Public School Board
Carroll County
Miss Myrl Hall
Dr. W. A. Aderhold
C. L. Brown
Cross Plaire
B. D. Craword
R. E. Reynolds
Little Vine
Tne
Owe
The
Sabbath School Association
Salem
Beulg Jeter
Waco
Mrs. Lovvorn
N. J. Warren
C. A. King
Our Town
John Grice
Bremen
Earl and Bernard Adamson
Kansas
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