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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
8
A letter from Roger Meeks offers weekly purchase terms for Hong and Roosters at 21i and 12 cents per pound with Fryers at 600 per pound and Rugs at 400 per dozen. He invites bringers to deliver on Romy Street when in town.
Myers Shetoethu offers a bargain labeled special data at half price, unclear in context, with garbled phrasing and missing clear entities or location. The readable portion suggests a promotional note or classified style teaser.
A flurry of social visits and trips fills Carrollton and nearby towns. W E Braswell spent Sunday in Atlanta while Mr and Mrs Henry Huggins toured Carrollton. Several families hosted guests from Atlanta and Villa Rica, with others traveling to Detroit and Akron for work or health. The Young Peoples Missionary Society plans a Rome Street meeting, and delegates from the local society will attend the Villa Rica district gathering.
Two hundred improved farms for sale ranging from eighty to nine hundred acres. Located in Colquitt Brooks Mitchell Worth and Thomas counties. Write C L McNhissack Moultrie Ga.
Young men and women ages 18 to 15 invited to apply for railway mail clerks with salaries from 1300 to 1900. Experience not required. Examinations set for June 16. Address inquiries to R. Terry, former Civil Service Examiner, 906 Continental Building, Washington DC. Stepd
Miss Tin Steele hosted a birthday party last Saturday night with guests including Misses Jessie Scaggins Forsyth Annie Williamson Mill Creek Oklahoma Eunice Upchurch Annette Bullard May Belle Scudder Quynn Toney Agens Borders Mable Warner Rubie Watkins and Jim Steele. Conversation and old games preceded refreshments.
Mrs Wylie Creel hosted Friday afternoon in honor of Mrs R A Jolley Mrs F M Camp of Atlanta and Mrs Ware of Hogansville The decor featured roses and peonies The guests included M rs Jolley Camp Ware Boykin Flournoy Foster Chapey Cheney Craine Bass Basa Long Boykin Roop Turner Smith Griffin Snead Power Holderness Goodwyn Holmes Millican Hyatt Voal Haile McClellan Sims and others.
Mrs R A Jolley is guest of honor as sewing party at Mrs Foster's home marks her forthcoming move to Anderson Indiana. Guests include Mrs S C Boykin, Mrs B F Boykin, Mrs Wylie Creel, Mrs Camp, Mrs Now and many others with pink roses and crystal vases decorating living and dining rooms.
Editor Free Press I thank friends for kind thoughts and encouragement during our affliction. Names include Rev G W Elliott Mt Zion M E church G V Ashmore J G Creel E M Johnson W J Nixon J F Akin Tom Harrold Bro W S Trimble and others from Cullman Alabama Reuben Trimble was hospitalized May 1 and operated May 2 1920 I am well at 63 and send best wishes to all. Cable advices say food prices in Japan are coming down.
The Lit-Mu Club gathered Friday afternoon with Miss Slade and several guests. Members and guests heard a program including stories on Lester Adolescence, Flow Gently, Sweet Afton, and The Gold Tug. Violin pieces by Clare Holderness and Sara Gray featured The First Roses and The Legend of the Lavender, with more works and readings. The discussion touched on aging political oratory, and a note on rising sugar prices and potential return of dried fruit traditions. Old fashioned dried apple pie was mentioned in closing.
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