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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
2
Georgia preserving on Awa did announces cucumber acreage contracts for 1920 at Carrollton salting station. Contracts offer $3.00 to 50 cents per hundred pounds, machine-pressed cucumbers, seed supplied free, and planting after frost. Harvest by July 1 to allow double cropping. write Atlanta home office for details.
Mrs Millie Akers spent Saturday night with her aunt Mrs Sarah Chambers. Several families report Sunday visits including Mr Abbie Crawford with Mr P Godbee and Mrs Buory. Miss Sarah Cook hosted cousins. W T Godbee visited J B Story. Allen Thompson with his father S A Thompson. Ruby Thompson with Mrs F Godbee. Grandma Thompson improving. W T Godbee of Carrollton stayed with his sister Mrs W H Crawford. Little girls Lorice and Nellie Joe Godbee visited G W Story. Balo Crawford stayed with sister Mrs Harry Wallace. Robert Story and family visited Dota Story. J B Story has had a brief illness. Velma and Ethel Thompson were guests of Miss Bessie Godbee. BR Whittle spent Sunday with G C FP Godbee.
Death Angel claimed Mrs Babe Buchanan’s companion after a period of influenza and heart trouble. She left a husband seven children and one brother Fayette France among many relatives to mourn. The community notes also mention visitors and local gatherings as well as a flu and pneumonia outbreak in the area.
J R Cosby dies at home after months of illness. Mrs Frank Hollis dies after brief illness from flu. Mrs A Watson recovering and may return to hospital. Mrs Morgan Waldrop returns home after visiting. Community notes flu status: no cases locally. Mr Tompkin Richards and son Ralph plan trip to Arkansas and Texas after visiting relatives.
The column records visits and illnesses across the area. Mr. Herman Vance’s will is mentioned alongside Ralph and Lizzie Smith plans. Sickness, influenza, and jabrippe are noted with no singing due to weather, plus reminders of upcoming Union and Mt Zion events. Local residents including Mr. John Craft, Mr. Dewey Brown, Mr. Albert Key, and Mr. Sherrod Griffin are cited amid social calls to Carrollton and Temple.
Ruthie Mac Marlow and Martin Chambers lie sick with the flu while Cantrell family mourns a son who died of the illness. Local movements include road improvements, visits to Bowdon and Piedmont, and various social gatherings with Roberds Aches in East Newton.
Sand Hill School at this place is progressing nicely under the management of Prof. A. A. Pittman and Misses Bertha Ashmore and Lucy Muse. Miss Beatrice Garst is no better at this writing. Mr. O. T. Burks and son Horace made no business trip to Villa Rica Saturday evening. Mrs. T. J. Johnston visited her daughter Mrs. Arthur Boggs Saturday. Mrs. Mattie Johnston and her little daughters Helen and Hazel Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Ada Smith. Miss Sue Johnston spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Jowell Burke. Mrs. Levi Griffion, who has been on the sick list for some time, is no better.
In a small community many residents report illness while activities continue. Miss Olivia Warren leads the local school as Misses Alice Brock and Dora Robinson visit friends. Multiple families attend gatherings and visits on weekends. a Death Angel visits for the Brown household. pneumonia strikes Willie Bates Jr. and near-accidents occur with Fus Bates.
In Waco area little farming has occurred due to extended adverse weather. If the pattern continues, field work will remain sparse and crops delayed, affecting local agricultural activity and schedules.
The ad urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds noting pleasant taste and reliable relief. It cites a wide reputation for cures and mentions deeds warrants and notes at Free Press followed by constipation.
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