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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
1
A Georgia League for Law Enforcement statement calls for harsh penalties for criminals. It denounces anarchist violence, urges punishment in courts, and rejects vigilante actions. The group warns that without firm enforcement, the nation risks a rise of lawlessness comparable to Bolshevik era Russia.
A Carrollton public library benefit event staged by Miss Ions Newnan and A T E Fitzgerald of Atlanta features the Vermont Stars and a cast including Mrs H M Tyur Mr and Mrs J W Griffin Miss Helen Brown and others. The show promises a capacity audience with admission twenty five cents and aims to support the local library.
Mr. Bob Baker of Birmingham Alabama visited Carrollton last Monday. Forty years earlier he lived here with his father a mail carrier. He has worked with the street railway company for twenty six years.
In Atlanta during the first week of the legislature a two day law enforcement conference will gather Thursday and Friday June 29 30. County and state officials will discuss enforcement of criminal laws and seek a program for changes. Eminent speakers will address the need for united support of authorities, with politics tabooed. Georgia League for Law Enforcement emphasizes frank discussion to remedy crime. Jesse Mercer serves as state league secretary.
Carrollton has received an invitation from Franklin to hold a meeting there on Friday June 23 to discuss farm problems and the Farm Program for the county. The program includes remarks by Prof G C Daniel Prof T B Ingram on A Farm Program for Heard County and talks on dairying hog raising poultry banking and cooperative efforts with local agents and officials.
Mr J F Morris has moved the stock of groceries from the gam er store into a room at the Aderhold store on the same street. The former Morris building sits on property owned by A J Jackson who recently bought the John Jackson residence on Cedar Street and plans to open a general store in early spring.
Policeman John Conroy describes a tense raid in which he seized liquor from an apartment used by three women bootleggers. He reportedly pocketed a bottle and was aided by a passerby as he protected the evidence and escorted the women from the scene. A fragmentary account notes a skirt borrowed by a bystander to ease the confrontation.
Washington on June 22 the Department of Agriculture announced average corn yield of sixty five bushels per acre from more than 14000 farmers across North Carolina Texas and Virginia who grew 90000 acres of corn last year. The record is attributed to better methods and cooperative work guided by county agents.
In Hants Ontario on June 22 statisticians report April 15 living costs 54.8 percent above 1914 levels with less than a tenth of a percent rise since March 15 1922. Donleys expect little budget change and rents may stay firm while coal prices hinge on the coal strike outcomes.
The Carroll County Trade Board, with the Fourth District A and M School, plans a two to three day Farmers Short Course between July 16 and August 1. Expert instruction on poultry swine and sweet potatoes will be provided. Dates and program to be announced. efforts to secure top instructors and ensure practicality. A large turnout of farmers and business men is hoped, with updates via Carroll County Farm Bureau.
The Atlanta delegation traveled in three cars via Southern Railway visiting Cincinnati Zoo and Chicago before Milwaukee. Highlights include a welcome breakfast from the Chicago Association of Commerce, a tour of the Mitchell Plant, and a lakefront drive to the convention which ran through Thursday. The group enjoyed hospitality and memorable experiences.
Atlanta amid high expectations as the legislature opens its fourth Wednesday in Tuna. The session is expected to be heavily debated with portions of the governor's program likely to pass, others requiring hard fighting, and some possibly failing to clear. The body will be invited to weigh proposals on their merits and value.
The program for the rural meeting on June yard 1922 at Mr Jansen A Alnion near Hickory Tevel is listed. It includes Tanner Orchestra performing multiple selections, a welcome by J A Almon Jr, a ten minute talk by Roy J P Bewit, and performances by Hearn's and Young Men Quartettes, with an America-Tanner Orchestra finale.
In Birmingham Alabama on June 23 Mrs Bots Neebo of Mount Pinson was bitten by a rattlesnake during a Holiness demonstration. Witnesses say the venomous bite occurred as she attempted to handle the snake and the congregation prayed over her for three hours before a doctor arrived.
Rio Grande flood reaches Laredo and other towns. Water 47 feet over the river, flooding structures and customs houses. Laredo and nearby areas report extensive damage with towns washed out and lives endangered along the Mexican border.
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