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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
6
A devotional reflection on Jesus calming a leper forgiving sins and healing a paralytic, with emphasis on faith and the wonder of his acts. The piece invites readers to imagine being present at the crowded house and to cherish the promise of eternal fellowship with Jesus.
The state board replaces Seeley's History of Education with Colgrove's The Teacher and the School for first grade Primary and General Elementary license renewal. The Reading Course for 1913 lists Address Manual for Georgia Teachers, Hodges Nature Study and Life, and Colgrove The Teacher and the School with postpaid prices. E. T. Steed signs as C.58.
Advertises generous loan terms for farmers in Carroll and Haralson Counties. Offers six month loans at favorable rates through R. D. Jackson of Carrollton, Georgia, inviting qualified applicants to apply.
A short quotation notes that without faults there would be no pleasure in noticing others faults. It attributes the idea to La Rochefoucaul d. The line reflects a paradox about human judgment and amusement in detecting flaws.
A bankruptcy trustee warns all creditors to settle debts with D. F. Pearce. If unpaid, the matter will be placed in suit by order of the bankruptcy court. The notice urges prompt payment to avoid costs and trouble. The note also contains a moral commentary about a North Carolina shooting and a question about choices between sin and punishment.
An advertisement touts Dr rers Antiseptic Healing Gil as the solution for stubborn sores and other ailments. It promises rapid healing and relief, with prices listed as 2 cents, 2 cents, and $1.00.
Plant sellers offer cabbage at 20 cents per hundred mail postpaid and 1.25 dollars per thousand express prepaid. Varieties include Charleston Weefield Early Jersey and Succession. Also at residence 15 cents per hundred or 1.25 per thousand with discount for large clubs. Mrs W T Henry Carrollton Ga Rt &
Georgia farmers face costly mistreatment of soil nutrients as the Georgia State College of Agriculture reports floods of fertilizer questions but cannot offer individual soil analyses under current funding. The college cites sixteen acres of test plats across the state and urges more appropriation to extend soil surveys.
The Georgia College of Agriculture demonstrates crossing pure bred Hereford, Angus, Short Horn, and Red Poll bulls with ordinary cows to show rapid gain in beef traits. Sixty cows will be bred to four bull types, with U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry support. The program aims to convert the Georgia pine woods cattle into better beef producers, noting tick-free conditions.
An old orchard should be disked three to four inches and cultivated. Plow early in spring and go an inch deeper each year until ten inches.
Prof. Horticulture explains a fallowing and cultivation schedule for orchards. Start by plowing 8 to 10 inches early in spring, then cultivate every ten days or after rain using a spring tooth harrow or similar implement until early August when a cover crop is sown.
Georgia law requires burial or burning of carcasses from contagious diseases. Buzzards stray dogs and other animals access to carcasses spreads infective material and numerous diseases. Elimination of buzzards and stray dogs, plus proper disposal, could improve livestock conditions and state prosperity. Prof. J Phil Campbell is agent in charge of Georgia farm demonstration work.
President Andrew M. Soule announces a restructuring that merges the state college of agriculture with the U S Department of Agriculture. Prof J Phil Campbell of the college becomes state agent in charge and the demonstration program expands. Farm demonstrators will operate as part of the college's field force across the state.
Georgia horticultural and dairy and live stock groups pass resolutions urging the legislature to fund expansion of the Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens. They request authorization for building, demonstration work, teachers institutes, and extension activities to accommodate a growing student body and rising agricultural activity.
The Georgia general assembly is urged to allocate a larger share of state revenue to agricultural advancement led by the State College of Agriculture. The appeal asks lawmakers to support the measure, promising broad constituent approval if enacted.
Guidance on applying fertilizer to 100 peach trees, recommending 1-2 lb cotton seed meal and nitrate of soda plus 3 lb acid phosphate and 1 lb muriate of potash per tree, scaled to 500 pounds per acre.
In the matter of J. C. Bass & Co and J.C. Bass in Bankruptcy trustee D. F. Pearce orders sale of three Carrollton lots at the Carroll County courthouse on April 4 1913. Lot descriptions include two Dixie and White street parcels with seven and twelve room houses. Sale to be cash with fee simple title, free of liens, under Hon. Alvan D. Freeman U S Referee in Bankruptcy Newnan Georgia order.
The Illinois Good Roads Association adopts resolutions praising improved roads for benefits across society. It argues better roads boost school attendance, health, agriculture, transport, economics, social life, church participation, postal service, business, industry, and overall state and national welfare.
Cecilton Maryland resident George Johnson details a 12 year battle with stomach troubles and multiple doctors. He claims dried peaches and buttermilk gave relief for years but raw eggs finally helped along with Thedford’s Vegetable Remedy and Kidney Pills from Johnson Drug Company.
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