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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
3
Picnics are Coming. Tomlin & Harris advertise a broad stock at Carrollton including canned peaches oysters sardines salmon mackerel fresh stock of buick candies and imported cigars tobacco and teas. They offer flour sugar coffe rice hams dried goods and free delivery within corporate limits trade for cash or country produce.
Ten thousand pounds of milling for cattle and stock with free delivery. Rhody Spurlock and Ruaby Spurlock offer linens, lawns, muslins, calicoes, and ready made clothing at low prices. Coffins, flour, and goods from McConé Shaw promise value. Vendors tout discounts, new stock, and guaranteed delivery in city limits.
Local intelligence notes Mr. Upshaw's illness and new mackerel at Ben Lowe's. Mrs. West kept English peas last Tuesday. Whit Long visits Alabama. Col Fitts visits Carrollton. Merrell renovates his house. Paschal Kingsbery praises a fine milch cow. Car load of white corn and fresh meal arrive. Judge Bass family ill with catarrhal fever. Dr Knott moves office to Mabry building. Easter date explained by moon phase. Reports on stock improvement and fine-blooded breeds led by Kingabergs. A barber and legal notices, local crimes, and community updates fill the page.
A mixed local report covers rail remodeling at GPR line, a Ffilt-Davis anniversary trip, and a fishing frolic by colored residents near the railroad tank. It notes a forthcoming Sunday school picnic, a large white child population, and weather permitting, a plan to gather them. Local work continues with Fielder’s well blast bid of 50 dollars, and several residents leaving for Birmingham or Salt Springs to work. Fence uncertainty loosens farmer plans as they await final decision.
Entertainment at Miss Annie Bass's school in Stripling's Chapel drew a large crowd from Carrollton. Speeches and dialogues pleased all, with plans hinted for a summer show. A Sunday singing at Burn's school house was announced, with Rev Stallings to speak one hour. The report notes a belled buzzard seen near Mr Toyle's home and local orchard and sorghum crops. A Sabbath school organized recently. Mr Cage Christian, once in the county and linked to Reynolds place, was killed near McDade after a dispute over a church arson charge, with Mobleys and wife present. a party of men stopped Christian and shot him to death.
Local items from Whitesburg and Oak Ridge report measles closing schools for a week, jury service and a lunacy case in Bowdon, and plans for a Sunday school picnic. Updates include Measles spread among families, a move to Milledgeville for Mrs Moore, and church social notes from East End and Oak Ridge.
A nearby letter page reflects rural life with praise for visitors, farming tips, and social events. It notes gardens needing care, urges young men to learn gardening, and mentions plans for a union singing at Macedonia church. Local advertisements reference produce, candy, pickles, and sales, plus a May sheriff’s sale listing and a baseball result.
An 19th century advertisement touts durable shoes with a lifetime replacement promise. It claims tannery skins, Barbour’s thread, glovelike comfort, and various styles for all ages and foot types. Sold by local druggists and merchants with a menacing note about health remedies nearby.
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