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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
4
Edgar A. Ghost recalls old midnight suppers at the newspaper office where reporters shared jokes, satire, and meals after deadline. He notes the gang scattered, some wealthy, some dead, while lamenting youth's end and the loss of those late-night presses. Copyright 1922 by Edgar A. Quest.
An article argues public opinion drives market success for goods and outlines how advertising and improved growing, handling, and grading boosted demand for a fruit. It notes wartime production rises, postwar European demand drops, and a 1920s advertising push helped sell a surplus crop in months, urging firms to tell their story through newspapers to win trust.
Across the South 2042 boys and girls earned money through club work to cover school expenses. In addition 1844 former members attend agricultural colleges using earnings, with 465 girls in home economics studies. Scholarships and early club activity emerged in Georgia and Alabama, including a $200 Birmingham scholarship aiding home demonstration training.
Sparks Eagle reports rapid hog and cattle sales from January to April 15 totaling over one hundred thousand dollars. H J Hall & Company bought 11 478 hogs and 51 cattle for 17 446 10, with swift circulation boosting Cook County wealth. The Sparks yard provided a single, mutually profitable market, benefiting farmers and buyers alike.
The Wayorons Community Service executive committee offers a six class training institute starting Monday evening in the municipal auditorium. Miss Tlettie Stewart directs the program with P. N. Haughtelin from the national staff guiding the sessions. The courses cover demonstrations and studies of all game types for athletic field classroom and civic use and invite the public to participate.
Mr J P Ward resides at Glen Joeh in Heard county was in Carrollton Monday for the Justice of the Peace court in the 1657th district. He finished planting cotton Saturday and this week is preparing corn. A Meriwether county native, he spent Sunday with old friends and says grain crops in the area look large and fair. He has lived in Heard county about twenty five years.
Americus May 17 Gordon Heys a Sumter county farmer marketed 660 bushels of corn at 1.85 a bushel not on the ear but fed to 80 hogs. Start weight 640 pounds end 57 days 16 020 pounds gain 7380 pounds gain per day 135 pounds. Corn per pound gain 4.25 pounds. Hogs sold for 8.71 per 100 pounds. Net proceeds show 1.85 per bushel return for all corn fed versus 60 cents local price. Feed costs include 40 for wages and 27 for grain.
Atlanta May 3 Low railroad rates have been secured for the Georgia State Sunday School convention to be held in Columbus June 13 14 15. Certificates will be sent to delegates signed by R D Webb. Round trip tickets will be sold from the starting point to Columbus. The convention is expected to bring the largest gathering of Sunday School workers in Georgia. Several out of state speakers have been secured including D A Waite W A Squires Dr W B Chalmers and P K Green. Also Miss Syaio Juden and J O Webb will have prominent roles on the program.
Engineers of the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Public Roads have devised an instrument to measure road surface smoothness. It tests surface unevenness to set a standard contractors must meet, aiding traveler comfort and reducing vehicle wear. A second instrument attached to a vehicle measures jolting from rough surfaces to quantify vertical movement.
Mr Maxwell Browne recently from Monterey County California believes Georgia will become the future dairy center of the South. He is backed by Georgia Association officials and local investors from diverse regions who press for relocation and settlement, aiming to boost the state's upbuilding.
A Nashville Gerald note recounts a Georgia soldier boy stationed in Iowa who developed a taste for sweet potatoes. His preference led to 30 carloads of Georgia sweet potatoes being shipped to his town after the war, illustrating how one individual’s change influenced local demand.
Federal Prohibition head A. J. Spence was seriously wounded in a moonshine raid in Rock Creek near Calhoun Georgia. Clashes with moonshiners left at least three men shot and one alleged killed as officers pursued two stills and battled armed moonshiners through Monday night and into Tuesday.
Thontagville Gry May 18. Mack and son shipped two carloads of Tore ford steers weighing about 1010 pounds each. Aged 16 to 14 months, they sold FOB Thompayille for high prices, praised as finest cattle seen locally. The sale underscored value of pure bred cattle this season.
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