Prosperity Path Through Carrollton Crops and Bees
The Free Press hails Carroll county farmers, led by Mrs. V. D. Whatley, for growing strawberries and shipping large berries. Expect profits as markets shift from 35 pints to 12 to 15 cents a quart, with eggs from 40 000 White Leghorn chicks boosting income. Advocates planning acre plantings, fall planting, and diversified fruit and vegetable crops to sustain shipments and counter boll weevil impact.
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Carroll County
V. D. Whatley
Carrollton
Carroll
Cara] County
Florida
South Georgia
The Ivy Tradition In Schools Leaves Living Reminders
In colleges and towns classes plant ivy or a tree as a symbol of their year. Over time the growth beautifies the campus while serving as a living souvenir of school life. The author urges students to give back by beautifying their schools, honoring the start they received.
Partial payments and business discipline in old school arithmetic
The article argues that partial payments are a dangerous but necessary practice in business. It emphasizes that paying part of a debt keeps money moving, helping cash flow and timely balancing, and compares this to the schoolboy’s disciplined problem solving.
Honoring the Mothers Day Reflection on Motherhood
An editorial essay extols Mother's Day as a modern public observance. It lauds the mother’s lifelong devotion, sacrifice, and quiet guidance shaping the nation, urging appreciation through affectionate acts and words for those with living mothers.
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Mother Hood
Employment for Country Women
Many country women seek small money earning ventures on their own account. They can make household knick-knacks, preserves, and canned goods or raise food products like chickens and gardens. Advertising and quality goods open markets for those starting ventures.
Secrets of Success Says Inanimate Guides
A quirky exchange features personified objects offering success tips. Each item delivers short maxims about conduct and mindset, ranging from patience and calm to staying current and tackling tasks suited to one’s role. The piece reads as a playful, period-voiced proverb panel.
10 Good Reasons to Support the Road Bond Issue
A list arguing the road bond measure boosts federal aid, aids poorer counties, refunds counties already bonded, preserves federal funding eligibility, enables a 5 600 mile state system in ten years, spreads costs to coming generations, saves on maintenance, imposes no added property tax, aligns Georgia with progressive states, and creates jobs while boosting farm markets and rural schools.
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Georgia
State Highway Department
Mheane
Minneasota
California
Missouri
North Carolina
Alabama
Atlanta Chamber offers four prizes for Georgia essay contest
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce announces a contest for Georgia grammar school children in towns under 7000 population and rural schools. Prizes range from 15 to 100 dollars for essays on how cities and rural districts can cooperate for mutual advantage, with a 400 word limit. Entries must include school and student name, address communications to Mr. Barker, secretary.
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Bigte
Georgia
Atlante Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Rial
Our
Chamber of Commerce
Barker
Sceretary
Behool
Insects Wreak Havoc on Crops and Prices Soar
Commerce News notes widespread crop damage from boll weevils rust and beetles threatening cotton wheat and cantaloupe. Mentions price figures for sweet potatoes and nursery stock from Parker Farms Atlanta with quantities and prepaid mail offers.
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Gilliard
Commerce News
Porto Rico
Nancy Hall
Triumph
Vista
Parker Farms
Atlanta
We Wanted a Change and Got It War Rhetoric Poem
A reflection on postwar hardship. workers face lower corn prices and reduced wages while unemployment rises. The piece condemns wartime policy and questions prosperity, noting fewer jobs and hungry children as economic tension grows. It cites Mr. Wilson and the idea of reaction to wartime policies.
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Mr. Wilson
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Sparks Milling CO
Terre Haute
Indiana
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