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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
7
Carroll county hosts a voting contest with prizes including an Obermeyer piano and other valued awards. Rules ensure fairness and secrecy while outlining votes, subscriptions, and ballot procedures across a 60 day period with counting at a bank and sealed ballot handling.
The Atlanta Bible Conference will convene in Atlanta Georgia from March 7 to March 16. Six services daily will be held at the Baptist Tabernacle. Noted speakers include G Campbell Morgan Len G Broughton James R Gray John R Sampey W R Widderspoon James J Vanes Lacey Moffett W M Morrison and Prof W Pierce. Conference secretary Rev John W Ham reports indications of the largest out of town attendance in fifteen years with railways offering reduced rates.
Circuit Judge Shipp upheld convictions of buyers who transported contraband whisky from a blind tiger. He ruled buyers knew the liquor was contraband and that its status did not change when handed to them. Appeals from Anderson recorder court dismissed may go to the state supreme court.
The article notes rising opposition to the death penalty with jurors in Carroll County, Georgia, increasingly disqualifying themselves for conscience reasons. It mentions a Carroll Superior Court session in April 1913 involving divorce and other civil actions, including notices and court orders, plus a classified sale ad for a used piano and organ.
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