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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1886
Page
2
The Carrollton section reports a fund drive for a widow, two candidates for Georgia governor, and rising activity in state politics. Messages note editor changes at Carrollton papers, a Cobb county death, and Atlanta road plans linking to Griffin. Mermaids and pheasant-poaching anecdotes mix with local notices and a missing-person description near Temple.
Davy Crocker writes of religious duty, debts, and ministry amid hardship. He recounts leaving home to preach, losing worldly goods, and seeking support for his cause. The letter includes local news from Saluda and Coweta counties, school progress, cottonseed, medicine ads, and calls for price checks and chicken fund plans for a community gathering.
In a Roopville circuit quarterly conference report the party visits Roopville and Caney Tend, noting Roopville’s growth, new residences, a two story building planned as a store and mill, a local gardens and a desire for a railroad. The group lists attendees, elects officials, and mentions the next district meeting at Grantville in July and home return. The issue also promotes The Garden and Flower Seeds magazine with a subscription offer from Buckeye Publishing Co.
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