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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
9
An advertisement from The Swift Specific Company explains S. S. S. as a blood cleanser claimed to reach the seat of catarrh in the blood, purging stomach mucous and improving nasal passages. It touts quick purification, lists eczema and psoriasis among uses, and notes availability at drug stores.
A large crowd attended preaching at this place on Sunday. Numerous residents and visitors, including Misses Oix and Mattie Cash, Mrs. J J Driver and son Latheer, Mr. Homer Doughtery, and others, spent the day with relatives and friends across Cross Plains Grogs Plains Carrellton Gedarstown and Lowell. The ice cream supper hosted by Miss Leola Doughtery was enjoyed by all.
High Point Mr and Mrs W Proctor and family spent Sunday with Gene Moore. Mr Eth Nixon and family visited relatives near Pleasant View. Mr and Mrs Thomas Handler visited the latter's parents Sunday afternoon. Lena Williams spent Sunday near Concord church in Alabama. Heese McGuire moved to Heaton's house near Me. P P Johnson's last Saturday but found it in bad repair with flooring missing and windows broken. Wheat and oats show drought impact. two crops cilgoes and college graduates expected. Mrs Dennis Wilson and Mrs Ben Williams shopped in Tallapoosa Monday. An all day Sacred Harp singing will be at Providence church three miles southwest of Tallapoosa next Sunday the 14th.
Mr and Mrs Huntley Turner welcome a fine girl born May first. Allen Barnes attended a Rocky Mountain singing. Frank Barnes is improving. Augustus Adair and Big Bill Stephenson have died. Irrigation mail hopes ease, crops look good on route two. Voters should act. politics follow. Claimed by J W B.
Three rooms for rent with application through C My Hamrick at the telephone office. Contact for details on availability and terms.
Mr and Mrs J W Scott hosted a surprise party on May 3 for Mrs Sarah E Scott to mark her 76th birthday. Fifty five attendees included family and friends such as Gertrude Ray Zelma Scott Wright Pruitt Autry Pruitt Scott Wright and several Wright and Scott relatives.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness during three months sickness of our dear father R. Morrow especially Dr M W Hancock Lewis for his faithful attention and improving father We also thank friends for flowers God bless each and every one in our prayers Me and Mrs WH Lane
Last week about twenty five plows and thirty hands helped Mr. Monyroe Williams plant his trap. Various neighbors visited relatives across Flat Rock including J M Boyd Rater Newell and families. People traveled to Carrollton Villa Rica and Pleasant Grove for gatherings and lodging.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as an external remedy easing pregnancy discomfort. It claims to firm abdominal muscles, reduce morning sickness, and improve nerves, urging expectant mothers to use it and to request a booklet from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
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