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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
2
The speaker argues that the best interests of the town require leaders to shoulder most burdens, sacrificing time money and heart's blood for the community. He asserts services are a free premium on investments that yield sure results and urges businessmen to share the load equally.
A speaker argues that a weekly newspaper worth $8,000 annually is a public good worth $100,000 in community growth. Advertising funds town progress, boosts business, and yields direct returns for advertisers while benefiting all residents, contrasting with views of publishers as burdens. The country editor is portrayed as aiming for profit, not idealism, and the public owes debt and cooperation to their newspaper.
The piece argues that Cuba seeks retaliation through high duties on American products in response to U S tariff law. It predicts sweeping tariff increases, sharp drops in imports, and reduced exports as nations respond with higher duties or gold payments, worsening an already weak business climate.
A metropolitan paper argues women have long experimented with draped garments dating to Mother Eve and evolving toward practical sanitation and freedom of movement. The piece says new fashion attracts comment until accepted as custom and urges men to stop policing women’s skirts.
The Cordele Dispatch attacks moonshine liquor traded for peanuts in Crisp county. It cites deaths of three men and argues such illicit liquor proves prohibition sermons more powerful than lecturers. The piece condemns makers who do not supervise production.
A fragmentary diary like entry laments selling goods here with uncertainty about quality. It hints at danger and bleak mood, noting three dead men and a jug as a grim refrain. The piece treats the item as a commodity with fraught prospects.
In a heartfelt Atlanta Constitution column C B Wilmer lauds Thomas B Watson for taking responsibility past his years and urges him to use his position to heal racial tensions. He argues Watsons influence as senator editor and speaker can foster law order tolerance and justice in Georgia.
A reader recalls the best thing he did while away from home. He quickly says his ticket back to Carrollton was the highlight and prompt end of the visit. The remark hints at a simple act that restored him to his hometown.
Mr and Mrs J J Johnston and children dined with Mr and Mrs John Smith and family Sunday. Lillian Harper Lucy Treaslee Mosley Kilgore guests of Rosa and Homer Smith Sunday. Sua Johnston stayed with relatives in Villa Rien Minsea Beatrice Orwell and Sue Johnston visited Jewell Burks Tuesday afternoon. W B Willingham East Point spent the week with relatives here. Mamie Minnie Grizzardi guests of Ona and Bernia Couch Saturday evening.
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