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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
8
Local column reports numerous brief items from Carrollton including visits by Miss Kate Thornton to Newnan and Miss Alice Hodnett to Bremen. Several residents travel to Atlanta Rome Cedartown and Florida for work or visits. Community events include a Willing Workers Society concert planning and a Lyceum guest Marvin Williams.
Annie Lizzie Moore saw her mother Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Duffy visited their children Friday. Mrs. S. P. Coulson and Mrs. George Head called Monday. Fifty boys ordered uniforms. Plowing continues and the soil looks good. A fat hog was killed this week and fresh pork added to meals. Mrs. Huckaby donated fruit trees. A box party is planned for Friday night with town attendance hoped for. Seven new boarding pupils enrolled Monday. Board per pupil last month averaged six. Sample menu includes grape-nuts, pork sausage, corn muffins, soup, cabbage, steak, biscuits, pudding, potatoes, cheese, syrup, and coffee.
C B Simonton returned Saturday from Florida. Mr and Mrs Claude Smith announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday. Oliva and Julian the two little sons of Mr and Mrs J H Harris have been ill for two weeks. Mr and Mrs T W Mathews and children of Atlanta are still in the city at Mrs Mathews old home. Rev W A Parker of Whitesburg was in the city this week. Homer G Hanna and baby will move with Dr and Mrs Buford Boykin. New arrivals in mens and ladies low cut shoes in brown and black. Baskin & Baskin.
Schedule shows train arrivals from Griffin and Chattanooga Bremen and departures for Griffin Chattanooga and Bremen with times noted for each leg. Indicates morning and afternoon runs including from Griffin at 5 42 am and 1 10 pm and from Chattanooga at 1 10 pm.
Several building lots offered for sale by Mrs. Oscar Reese. The nine plots have 75 feet frontage and 300 feet depth each, located close to the city.
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