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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
5
A devotional poem style excerpt urging children to hide God's word in their hearts to guard against sin. It cites Psalm 119 31 and urges memory of Jesus's words, daily study, and obedience to keep faith, hope, and joy alive against temptation.
A compact weekly devotional list presents daily topics with Bible verses. Sunday emphasizes the beauty of holiness from I Chronicles 16 20. Monday promises perfect peace for those who trust in God from Isaiah 26 3. Tuesday highlights God as refuge with everlasting arms from Deuteronomy 33 27. Wednesday warns that not all who call Lord Lord enter heaven from Matthew 7 21. Thursday praises medicine of a merry heart from Proverbs 17 28. Friday values contentment with God from Proverbs 15 16. Saturday calls to forsake evil ways from Zechariah 1 4.
Hartwell pastor Rev. Homer Thompson of the Hartwell Methodist church distributed 500 circulars as he denounced illicit distillers and bootleggers. The sermon called bootleggers murderers of souls, linked them to crime, and urged citizens to shame and condemn them in a bid for a clean town and county.
Edith T Shiflett writes from Adel May 8 1922 asking Worth Georgia friends to join her band and shares rural life notes. She describes dry spring gardens in South Georgia lists crops plentiful fish and ice tea desires, comments on preachers and religion, and asks how to rid flies mosquitoes and gnats harming poultry. She promises to write again with best wishes.
Over a thousand acres near Commerce are planted in cucumbers onions beans and other truck crops, signaling a lively summer season. Last year the peach crop brought in about one hundred thousand dollars for Commerce.
A garbled OCR snippet outlines a local swap involving Corry and nearby streets. The fragment mentions a bus, home, and changes, but lacks clear names, dates, or locations to fully identify the event. The readable bits suggest a community notice about a transportation or housing shuffle.
The Home Economics Department under Miss Iris Smythe will host a spring term exhibit on Monday afternoon at the college. Final exams run May 20 through June 2. A free band concert was enjoyed by a large audience. Commencement activities include Iris Davenport’s plans at Statter College Rome. Dr George W Camp offers a psychology course at the Summer School for Teachers in Carrollton May 22 to June 3. Adelphi and Alphonian societies hosted a lawn party at Mrs W T Johnson’s home with refreshments and entertainment.
Walter E. Steed recounts the South’s post Civil War strife and long recovery from 1865 after emancipation, noting ruined economy, shattered education, and white communities rebuilding with capital found through Northern support. He honors Southern resilience and cites Senator Edward Ward Carmack praising the region’s endurance and memory.
Brief readable ad snippet notes Want Ads in the Ohio State era coverage, mentioning community notices and local classifieds.
Columbus Ga May 25 local arrangements committee led by W H Young as general chairman seeks to ensure a successful State Sunday School convention in Columbus May 19 14 2 with strong out of state speakers and about thirty leading Sunday School workers from Georgia. Hinton Both president of the State Sunday School Association will preside at several sessions assisted by vice presidents and other officers.
Atlanta May 25 Lettuce should be grown to beat the boll weevil says Charles M Tendh Cobb county planter who introduced iceberg lettuce to Atlanta. He notes Georgia ships lettuce from Arizona as freight costs rise and urges Georgia growers to meet demand to keep money at home. Georgia merchants express willingness to handle Georgia grown lettuce if supply increases.
Atlanta May 25 Tackera movement supporters say Senator Moke Smith of Georgia a Washington lawyer supports Henry Ford’s plan to take charge of Muscle Shoals. Smith calls the Ford offer preferable and says Muscle Shoals is a national asset with vast hydro power. He opposes government operation of a business enterprise.
Georgia farmers have 2,130 loan applications totaling 5,072,205 dollars pending before the Farm Loan Bank of Columbia. Of these, 1,082 applications worth 2,480,035 dollars are approved and closing, with the rest in preliminary stages as plans to start accepting new applications by allotment to local farm associations move forward, per Senate aide Harris.
Juliette Ga May 5 Potatoes and peas are being planted on large swales in Monroe county with new processing houses and a 20000 bushel capacity plant planned for Forsyth before fall. Farmers report high returns and expect substantial shipments to Northern and Western markets as acreage in cotton remains at a record low.
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