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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
8
A column denounces tainted politics driven by personal gain and party ambition. It argues for wisdom and honesty in government, urging farmers merchants and bankers to enter legislative life to restore integrity and transparency in public affairs.
The essay argues that farming carries heavy watered securities and high interest costs, draining about 200 million dollars yearly in usury on farm loans. It claims 4 billion dollars in fictitious value tied to higher rates, threatening seven million homes and national prosperity without permanent agricultural strength.
The pastor argues the church has three tasks: evangelization for the poor and rich, religious education via local church programs and Sunday School, and Christianizing the social order. He urges rural churches to act as universal centers of learning and to extend church influence beyond spiritual life into everyday relations.
The piece notes large domestic meat and crop totals but laments the American housewife buying $200 million yearly of farm products that could be produced at home. It compares the wife to Nebuchadnezzar seeking variety in foreign markets and calls for increased U S production.
An essay-like meditation argues the rubber tire will top the iron tire in a sweeping transportation revolution. It compares historical rail milestones and envisions rubber tires reshaping cities, highways, and national policy in a sweeping, speculative future.
Peter Radford reflects on the Federal Industrial Commission findings pairing capital and labor and urges justice and understanding as the path to harmony. He praises farmers for engaging across divisions and extols conscience over mandates, stressing income as sacred but justice as higher.
A Macon Telegraph reprint praises Lee's Army of Northern Virginia for its conduct in war. It argues soldiers, mostly Anglo-Saxon, faced ethics and personal pride with no moral blemish, contrasting common wartime depredations and noting civilians, including mothers, endured and children watched troops pass without harm.
Mrs Bissie Sharp of Columbia Tennessee recounts relief from weakness and distress after using Cardus the woman’s tonic. The ad claims Cardus strengthens the worn-out system and quiets nerves for tired irritable women. It directs readers to buy at druggists and to write Chattanooga Medicine Co for advice and a 64 page treatment book.
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