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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
2
An analysis urges swift integration of newcomers into community roles. Citing Lincoln Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, the piece notes rapid enlistment of 180 new members in four months and warns that established locals may resist public work. It calls on Carrollton to empower newcomers to show their capabilities.
The piece argues that spending money in Carrollton supports a healthy community with education and social services, while spending elsewhere drains local enterprises, causes job losses, and pushes youth to move away. It warns that neglecting home town investments harms social outcomes and local development.
A verse recounts a young man Cartoons Magazine style with home brew using malt syrup and hops. The brew sours, Simon becomes ill and a doctor warns against further home brewing or risk to life and liberty, all hinting at a graveyard hill and a grim fate toward New Jersey.
A verbose community column records visits and activities around Jake including Mrs Z T Stone and others shopping, prayer meetings at Annis Mac Brown and Lee Barrow, travel to Atlanta and Bremen, Masons in Buchanan, and local social visits. The entry ends with a humorous Bible question about Noah and the ark.
A fragmented diary recounts a week of rural schoolyard conversations and misadventures. Entries describe classroom chatter, minor family moments, jokes about marriage roles, a girl aspiring to law, playful pranks, and a boy's attempts to explain Alaska Italian ties, with a recurring sense of mischief and growing self awareness.
In Liberty Hill this Sunday morning at 9 o clock the bride Miss Lydia Brown and groom Mr Arthur Ayers from near Mountain View wed at the bride's home. Friends extend wishes for happiness while local notices share social visits and church events from the week.
The Union reports mild spring weather as farmers capitalize on it. Joe and Wheeler Land and families from Douglas County visited relatives over the weekend. Ephriam Gladney and wife plus sister Alma Gladney dined Sunday with Otto Hudson. Loyd Williams and baby from Cross Plains stayed with D. A. Simpkins, and Misses Mattie and Ola Cash visited Bertha Davis. Loyd Williams and D. A. Simpkins families visited R. L. Key near Lowell. Mrs. Bettie Driver visited her son D. I. Driver. T. H. Land of Bowdon and Lee Land of Oak Mountain spent Saturday with their father J. M. Land. D. A. Simpkins visited his mother S. H. Key near Cross Plains. School ends next Friday and an egg hunt is feared. Hattie Harper stayed with life Acree over weekend. Mary Simpkins stayed with Manda Burks.
Miss Eloise Taylor hosted a birthday party enjoyed by many. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Green spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Smith. Miss Bessie Gordon visits Carvellton for a week. Miss Loir Eady was guest of Miss Tone Gordon Sunday. Eloise Taylor visited Miss Ila Deamon. Miss Mary Randall spent the week with her uncle Mr. Talbert. Miss Myrtle Chance visited Sunday with Miss Tony Gordon.
Regular singing at Wayside next Sunday afternoon with Mr. G. W. Flering of Carrollton set to attend alongside several Road singers. The community notes weekend visits among residents including Grady Worsley, Dewey Williams, and Mr. J. T. Horsley. Several families shared weekends and a school closure is announced due to Prof. Hinesley’s accident in Carrollton en route to hospital.
The Glenloch community reports steady school progress under Prof. Bell and Miss Flora McGraw, with Miss Tula Bell leaving for home in Waco. Social events include Willie Andrews’s pound supper, Ruby Dorough’s singing, Olin Musick and bride’s visit, and Easter playground cleanup plus egg hunt. Several locals like Prof. Gaines Ashmore and Mrs. Ida Huffman are noted guests, while Mrs. Mollie Dean recovers from a stroke.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Fleming of Carrollton attended a Sunday singing. Albert Williams and family from Cross Plains visited E. A. Latimer and family. Mauda Williams of Cross Plains and Misses Young and Horsley visited Vera Stewart Hackney. C B Hackney and family stayed with W A Hinsey in Cross Plains. Hattie Sewell of Cross Plains visited her brother Robert Morris. Laura Latimer of Carrollton visited E A Latimer. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Morvis on the 27th.
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