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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
3
The Georgia agricultural guidance warns that the boll weevil will appear in May on southern state cotton. It urges early daily picking of weevils from buds, rewarding labor, with costs around 25 cents per acre, and recommends burning fallen squares and shallow cultivation to protect the crop until August.
Mr and Mrs A E Lee were guests of Mr Millard Hendon and family Sunday. Everyone is invited to attend the Sunday practice at Lees Chapel every Saturday night. A large crowd attended the singing at Bethesda Sunday and had a good time with a nice dinner.
Mr Charley Adams and family visited Tal lapoosa with Mr J H Jackson and family. Bethesda singing drew attendees from here though the after Pion session failed for lack of leaders. Mrs Asman Pruitt and children visited Mr William Pruitt. Joe Kuglar and family spent Sunday with Mr J S Bietcher. George Eason and wife visited Mr Teg Eason.
The Macon News denounces an $885,000,000 federal road appropriation as a corrupt pork barrel scheme. It warns it would set a dangerous precedent for districts to demand road projects regardless of need, inflating costs and expanding graft beyond pensions and rivers and harbors.
Barrett urges Southern farmers to decorate land with trees shrubs and flowers. Beauty adds value and attracts buyers, as shown by California Paradise Valley farms at about $1000 per acre. Our climate offers better land and rainfall, suggesting a stronger local effort to enhance properties for personal and family benefit.
Representing a large Life Insurance Co we have £500 000 to lend. Applications promptly considered. Write Shewmake Bros O Atlanta Ga.
Public sale listing for June 1916 in Carrollton includes multiple property items and personal effects. It details real estate in Bowdon with three acres, a pair of horses, fodder, corn, cotton seed, and cotton, plus other parcels and a north half of a land lot, all to satisfy various city court liens and mortgage executions with the sheriff as the sale official.
By order of the Carroll County court of ordinary the estate of Mahaley K. Houston will sell at public auction for cash on the first Tuesday in June 1916 at the courthouse door. The property covers 155 acres on the east side of land lot 116 in the 4th district and will settle debts and heirs at law. Admr H. Strickland signs the notice on May 1, 1916.
Citizens named as applicants seek an order establishing a new public road laid out by appointed commissioners. The route runs from Curtiss Creek bridge on the Carrollton and Villa Rica road, with specified bearings and distances, ending near Cedar Street in Carrollton. If no good cause is shown, an order will be granted.
The undersigned records a June 6 1916 meeting at the Office of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues Carroll County Georgia establishing a new road. Dated May 2 1916 J A I Broom Commissioner Roads and Revenues Carroll County Ga.
Notice to Villa Rica voters of a city bond election on May 2 1916 to approve $6000 in bonds for a City Hall. Details cover bond amounts 1000 each, 5 percent interest, maturity from 1940 to 1945, payable in gold, election rules, eligibility, and ballot wording for or against the issue.
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