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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1921
Page
5
Easter news piece urges readers to dress up for the holiday and visit Myers store. It highlights spring merchandise, low prices, and easy buying, with millinery drawing interest for young ladies. Emphasizes small items like notions and ribbons as affordable home comforts.
Our extensive assortment includes candies eggs rabbits chicks ducks and other novelties just arrived. We will feature Haster goods heavily this year in our store lineup.
Union Academy School at this place continues to flourish under the management of Trof Thompson. Several community sick are improving while others are not. Rev Cole filled his regular appointment at Center last Sunday and a singing in the afternoon drew a large crowd. Plowing is the order of the day as farmers work the fields. A large crowd enjoyed a rock party at Mr Harry Rooks last Saturday night.
Sunday singing drew a large crowd with attendees from Carrollton and nearby areas. Local clergy visits, hospital news, and social visits fill the Bowdon Junction column, noting schooling, illness, family trips, and plans for a school play.
In Gibson Georgia on March 14 two youths Frank Cato sixteen and Henry Shelton nineteen drowned while bathing in Barks Comfort Creek near Todd's bridge. Their bodies were recovered by Charley Brown a nearby Black man.
The Meriwether Vindicator rails against the Supreme Court ruling deeming the Lever Act unconstitutional. It decries profiteering, warns of rising sugar prices, and predicts broader hardship for farmers as wholesale and retail markets adjust. The piece reproduces a farmer’s autographed morale poem about national labor and food production.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for services and kindness during illness and death of our wife, mother, and grandmother. Special thanks to Dr Baskin for untiring services. May God bless you all. Signed by J F Driver and many Drivers and Threads. Leander Johnson noted.
A report notes a persistent shortage of legal blank forms at the Free Presa office. Officials warn delays in processing may occur as departments scramble to secure supplies. The piece highlights administrative strain and ongoing procurement challenges.
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