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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
2
The article highlights cowpeas soy beans velvet beans clover vetch and peanuts as nitrogen fixers. It urges sowing in July using 94 inch drills, notes Virginia and Georgia soils benefit from legumes, and says expanding legume use can raise Georgia crop yields while lowering fertilizer costs.
An all day singing event is set for the first Sunday in June at Bethany Church in old Carrollton. Singers and music lovers are specially invited to attend.
Notice to horse breeders that Broadnax will be available this season at Bledsoe’s stables Tyre Watson will supervise a limited number of mares.
The piece explains how a timing irregularity of a Jupiter moon, varying every six months, led to measuring light speed. By noting light traveled 186 million miles to reach Earth in about 1000 seconds, the rate is 186000 miles per second, a conclusion attributed to the Louisville Courier Journal.
A young Hoxton lawyer about to marry chats with an older married peer. They discuss excuses and finances revealing the elder says he spends less after wedlock because he no longer has money to spend. The exchange highlights frugality and different vantage points on marriage.
In a Western Christian Advocate excerpt Farmer Corn describes his son Josh as destined to be a lawyer. He notes Josh has a strong urge to oversee others' affairs and jokes that the boy might as well get paid for it.
A historical recap of the 1757 Damiens attempt on Louis XV, detailing his fanatic background, the stabbing incident at Versailles, the torture sequence at Place de la Greve, and the brutal execution followed by family banishment. The account emphasizes royal justice and public spectacle in 18th century Paris.
The Annie Wheeler Chapter U D C Medal Committee submits findings on Carrollton area entries. Fifteen papers from Carrollton Public Schools were counted with two best sent to the state contest. medals updated to honor high standards and patriotism. Committee laments teacher engagement and urges broader future study of Southern history and figures.
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