11 May 1888
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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
3
Local notes report city court activity with several guilty pleas, plans for a brick hotel, and talk of establishing a public library and bank. Mentions J. Garrett, W. Crawford, Prof. Johnston, and various local businesses and residents amid community growth and infrastructure ambitions.
A reminiscence describes a new Carrollton park funded by the city fathers. Prof Abingdon L. Barron and Miss Annie Harris are noted in a wedding mention. The text extols a spring, shaded walks, fountains, cascades, lawns, arbors, and bike and horse paths, with families and shoppers enjoying the scene. the reverie ends.
The narrator describes a vivid reverie in Carrolton, observing trains from Chattanooga to Savannah and Cincinnati to Savannah, a cotton factory with tall chimneys, bustling streets, well kept storehouses, el egant hotels, and busy business districts. He notes Carrolton's prime position for health and enterprise, ending the reflection.
A 1888 county appeal urges better roads to boost civic pride and economy. It argues repairs and levies should fund well maintained wagons and farms, proposing organized work plans and legal backing for road upgrades. A separate notice states Rich Speer, colored, left employment under contract and must not be employed.
The writer discusses rain and hail damaging wheat, limited wedding news, and a sick county. They praise Judge Harris and the Alliance, lament stock disease, and urge schools, cattle care, and education. Local figures like J. M. Widner and J. W. Stephenson are named, with reflections on country life and morality.
New Lebanon notes strong exam results in orthography and algebra with high averages and mixed scores. Church and Sunday school events, debates on slavery, and community gatherings fill the week. Weather, crops, and local names, plus travel to Atlanta and Temple, paint a busy rural district portrait.
A new correspondent writes of Cool Springs Arion noting long illness of Miss Mattie Stripling slowly improving. He mentions Lula Richards and Genie Richards from Fletchersons factory visiting relatives, and a light tale about behavior during singing.
Fragmentary list mentions sweet pot, chickens, rags, tallow, bees, bayon sides, sugar cure, salt, molasses, syrup, sorghum, brown sugar, tea, leather, green items. Disjoint items suggest a market goods tally or goods description from an era.
Last Friday week the angel of tenth took the youngest child of Mr Ed Martin after a severe illness. Ray A C Reese preached the funeral sermon at Stripling's Chapel and the child was buried. Complaints of rheumatism rise this spring with several severe cases. Freddieson of J A Lyle has been bedbound for days. Bowden circuit quarterly conference will be held next Saturday and Sunday week at Caney Head in Heard county. Tenth District road commissioners have expelled several idle negros from working public roads. they refuse court attendance, are fined, and warrants issued for arrest. Capt J B Martin reported his wife stole a brood of three day old chicks, the crowing one towering in rooster fashion. W B and J D Huggins attended a burial near Corkatti last week. Milas Lizale Goulding visits relatives in Troup county. Mrs Wollie Speer, returning from Alpharetta, to her home after visiting her father Dr Gaukling.
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