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Newspaper

Carroll Free Press

Location

Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1916

Page

3

Local Singing Gatherings Reported Around Bowdon and Antioch

SACKVILLE residents attended a Bowdon singing Sunday enjoying notably good music. Mrs E W Rowland of Bowdon Junction is ill with typhoid. Mr Florence Musick also ill. A community singing at Robert Guerett's Saturday night is noted. An all day Sacred Harp singing is announced for Antioch church on the third Sunday. Mr and Mrs T J Roberts and Emory, with Miss Fannie Lou Wyatt of Valuyville, Alabama, are traveling to Atlanta. Ernest Stith has been sick but shows some improvement.

Bowdon Florence Musick Why Fyey E W Rowland Bowdon Junction Robert Guerett Antioch Church T. J. Roberts Emory Fannie Lou Wyatt Valuyville Alin Iotorent Atlanta Ernest Stith

Stove Wood for Sale and Special Notice

Stove wood for sale with a note promising savings on gasoline engines using kerosene. Call Hagan & Moore's mill in Ce- 381 or write P. O. Box 142. Also buying cord wood in Iddartown Georgia and offering wood changes.

Hagan & Moore's Mill Ifdartown

Singing and social notes from Bowdon junction area

Walter Wallis attended Bethel singing in Haralson County. EL Duncan joined the Bowdon singing convention. M EL Reid spent Sunday in Bowdon. Sunday School enrollment reached seventy five. Next weekend brings meeting days at M P Schoolehy. Bonner Treadwell’s illness shows slight improvement. A mule struck Rev Elisha Earnest’s buggy near Pleasant View church. no serious injuries. The daughter of Mr Britt who burned severely died last week, buried at Pleasant View. Two local fire deaths in Carroll County noted. Farmers report good progress with cotton and early chopping plans.

Walter Wallis Bethel Haralson EL Duncan Bowdon M. EL Reid M. P. Sehurehy Messrs Carl Key Britt Pleasant View Church Carroll County

Antioch Singing Convention Guests and May Sacred Horn

Attendees heard a singing convention at Bowdon and various visits across households. Several families, including Roberts, Reid, Fuller, Adams, Trey, Harman, Hewen, and Smith, are mentioned visiting each other near Sandy Flat, Tyus, and Salem. An all day Sacred Horn singing is planned for the third Sunday in May with invitation extended to all.

Bowdon T. S. Roberts Atlanta Homey Reid Pine Grove J. W. Fuller Charley Adams Tom Rocks Sandy Flat Albertrook Tyus Martin Trey Little Millard Eason W. BE. Harman Salem Theo Jackson Long Ayrams Snd Mes Olmier Hewen W. W. Smith

Salem Seeks Rain as Wheat and Oats Face Failure

Farmers in Salem urge rain to save crops with wheat and oats at risk. A local singing event travels to Bowdon for a convention the second Sunday in September, despite a small church. Attendees bring friends and dinners as the day unfolds. Local residents Mr Dean Nixon and S J Nixon are noted visiting Heflin Alabama, while Maude Nixon and Ethel ine Barnes visit Bowdon for the weekend singing.

Bowdon Sun Arly Salem Dean Nixon S. J. Nixon Heflin Ala Maude Nixon Etheline Barnes Glenlock Bowdon

Fresh Potato Plants and Patterns at Bradley's Store

Porto Rico Yams and Nancy Mall potato plants offered with fresh daily shipments. Phone 400. G. M. Holmes provides Butterick patterns at Bradley's department store.

Porto Rico Nancy G. M. Holmes Bradley's

Memorial of Brother JT Q Roberts Lauded by Carroll Lodge

The committee presents a memorial for Brother JT Q Roberts born May 20 1850 in Bowdon Georgia. Deacon in Indian Creek and later Beulah Oak Grove, died March 1910 at home. Survived by wife Fannie Couglar and five children. Served in Bowdon and Carroll lodges fifty years total. Funeral April 1 at Beulah church with Masonic honors. Record space requested and local paper publication urged.

Roberts Jedve Bowiloh Baptist Lebures Bowison Beulah Oak Grove Biro. Roberts Owas Missy Fannie Couglar Messrs W. C T. ©. Roberts A. F. Johnson Bro. Roberts Wasonc Fraternity Beulah Church Judah Carrollton G. F. Cheney J. 2D. Muse E. A. Merrell Fea

Margie Grace Buried After 1916 Funeral at Macedonia

The obituary notes Margie Grace daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Boyd died March 30 1916 and was laid to rest at Macedonia cemetery. Rev. J. M. D. Stallings conducted services. The piece reflects on faith and the sorrow of her loss with verses about heaven and angels.

Margie Grace H. H. Boyd Kingdom of Heaven Macedonia Cemetery J. M. D. Stallings

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