J R Lasseter Dies in Atlanta Train Accident
Clarkston resident J R Lasseter, one armed and long known in Carroll County, died in Atlanta when he fell between coaches while trying to catch a bound train at the eastern end of the old union depot. Survived by wife, three children, brothers and sisters, with many Carroll County friends expressing sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Lasseter
Clarkston
Atlanta
Union Depot
Augusta
Georgia
Lasseter
Judson Lasseter
Polly Lasseter
William Lasseter
B. Lasseter
Villa Rica
N.A. Horton
3. H. Barron
Carrollton
Carroll County
Carroll County Unit Board Meeting Called for Saturday
The Carroll County Unit Board of the Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, invites every member to attend a meeting Saturday at 3 30 PM in the city auditorium. Mrs W W Baskin chairs the session with secretary Betty R Cobds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Unit Board
Woman’s Committtee
Council of National Defense
City Auditorium
Carroll County
W. W. Baskin
Betty R
COBDS
A. and M. Fair Parade Seeks Club Girls Tuesday
Home Demonstration Agent announces the Fair Parade schedule for club girls. All club girls must be at City Hall by 9:20 with cup and apron. exhibits should be ready by Monday. Bring record books and stories early. labels are available by calling the office. Admission free with cap and apron for those in the parade.
Choice Property For Sale At A Bargain
Desirable 22 acres two miles west of Carrollton on Alabama road includes a 3 room house and outbuildings plus a storehouse. Part cash balance on terms. Apply to G. C. Cook at Peoples Bank. Also good 100 acre farm near Hopewell Alabama for sale or trade for pair of good mules plus a 40 acre tract. Apply to E. J. Kaylor Carrollton Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Alabama Road
G. C. Cook
Peoples Bank
Hopewell
Alabama
E. J. Kaylor
Thanking supporters after election gives heartfelt note
Claude E. Smith sends a brief thanks to friends for support after his councilman election and urges timely payments at Red Cross Drug Store, noting cotton is high but a good time to settle accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Smith
Red Cross Drug Store
Carroll Superior Court in Session
The October term of Carroll Superior Court opened Monday with Judge J. Render Terrell presiding. A grand jury was empaneled. C. A. Burt Brock was elected clerk and H. J. Worthy assistant clerk. J. Gibson named grand jury bailiff. Next week crime docket includes State versus Jim Brown for murder of an 11 year old boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Superior Court
J. Render Terrell
A. K. Snead
Terrell
C. A
Burt Brock
H. J. Worthy
J. Gibson
Stitcher
J W. Rigs
J. W. Brown
Torrell
Carrol County
Carroll County
C. E. Roop
Grand Jury
Bar of Justice
Roop
Jim Brown
J. W. Stone
Robertson
W. A. Garrett
J. L. Webb
Farmers Urged to Gather and Dry Down Corn Soon
A farmer urges collective action to harvest and dry corn in fields, sorting damaged ears for livestock and saving the best for bread. He notes high corn prices justify saving the crop and shares his own method as president of the Food Conservation Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L, K, Smith
Pres
Food Conservation Association
Yates-Boyd Married Sunday at Lonie Yates home
Mina Dana Yates and C. IF. Boyd wed Sunday at the residence of Lonie Yates with Rev. J. M. Stallings officiating. The couple receives congratulations from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonie Yates
Mina Dana Yates
C. IF. Boyd
J. M. Stallings
Baptist Tabernacle Announces Sunday Service and Conference
The Baptist Tabernacle will hold regular Sunday services with the pastor starting a new series at 11:00. A church conference is set for Wednesday evening October 10 to elect officers and Sunday School teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun+day School
The Free Press prints late due to heavy job orders
The Free Press apologizes for a one day delay caused by an unprecedented surge in job printing work. The paper thanks readers for patronage and invites new customers to call 249 or visit the office for printing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Fress Prens
Fort Worth Cattle Buyers Advertise Direct Shipments
An extract describes buying Texas cattle at five to nine dollars per hundred pounds with price based on condition. Freight and feed per head from Fort Worth to Valdosta averaged about seven dollars. Train loads ranged from 30 to 44 head per car with minimal losses. The writer endorses buying directly from Fort Worth ranches via T. J. Ryan at stock yards for fair prices and asserts no disease danger, advising readers to prepare pasture and feed first before entering the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fort Worth
Valdosta
T. J. Ryan
Ual
Bose
Administrator's Sale in Carroll County Georgia 1917
Public outcry in Carrollton on the first Tuesday in May 1917 to sell 50 acres plus 14 acres of land from the estate of F M Buchannan to pay debts and distribute among heirs. The sale follows an order of the county court with cash terms, overseen by W R Hinson administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Carrol
Court of Ordinary
Carrollton
Said
Ebecen Car
F. M. Buchanan
Termeisale
Cnsh
W. R. Hinson
M. Banan
Administration sale in Carroll County Georgia 1917
By order of the court of ordinary Carroll County Georgia the estate of J J Morrow deceased will sell at public outcry on a November day in 1917 at the courthouse door to the highest cash bidder the north eighty acres of lot 222 in Carroll County Georgia to pay debts and distribute to heirs BR Robon administrator of the estate of J J Morrow deceased
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Carroll Hy
Turaday
Follig
Carroll County
J. J. Morrow
BR. Robon
J. Morrow
Obituary for Mr Elitofin Loftin of Trollton
The well known citizen Mr Elitofin Loftin died Thursday at the home of his daughter Claude Smith. His body will be buried in Hogansville Friday. He is survived by two daughters Mrs FE Smith and Mrs Lawrence and a son Mr I C Loftin. A brother Hon Frank Loftin of Franklin also survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loftin
Trollton
Claude Smith
Hogansville
FE. Smith
Lawrence
I. C. Loftin
Franklin
Death of George Victor Hamrick in Birmingham
George Victor Hamrick died in Birmingham Alabama on Friday September 8. The infant son of Mr and Mrs George Hamrick, the body brought to Cerro Gordo for interment. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at four, conducted by Rev J M Dodd, with interment at the city cemetery to rest until the resurrection morning. The family has the sympathy of a throng of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorge Victor
George Hamrick
Birmingham
Ala
Cerrolit
J. D. Kirk
J. M. Dodd
Carroldon to Elect Mayor and Four Town Officials Saturday
Voters will gather at the courthouse on Batlty street for the annual election to choose the mayor and four aldermen of Carroldon. The ballot lists H. W. Plaurnoy for mayor and contenders George Plamings J. Tews C. E. Smith and L. Sims as aldermen. No opposition is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Touneilmen
City of
Carroldon I
Court House
Batlty
H. W. Plaurnoy
Wilmen
George Plamings
J. Tews
C. E. Smith
L. Sims
Public sale of land under power of attorney in Georgia
Public sale of land in Carroll County Georgia under a deed to secure debt. The property, 400 acres in multiple parcels, lies between branches and roads and is bounded by Central of Georgia Railway and other landowners. Sale enforced due to default on three notes from 1911 to 1916 held by Scottish American Mortgage Co Ltd. Proceeds to pay debt, interest, and costs with any surplus to J P Westbrook or successors. Attorneys Ryals and Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
J. P. Westbrook
Thomerican Mortgage Co. Ltd
D. Geten
Sth
Arrol
Cal
Central of Georgia Ailway
Lowry
Ulinix
Westbrook
Smith
Jim Martin
Scottish American Mortgage Co. Ltd
Edinburgh
Scotland
Lst
J.P. Westbrook
Scottish American Mortgage Co
Ryals and Anderson
Three Horse Farm for Rent Near Abeling Church
For rent a three horse farm including one dwelling and one tenant house near Abeling Church in Bremen Georgia. Contact Mrs H T Sharp by phone or mail at Bremen GA. October 17, 1921 classified notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abelingthurch
H. T. Sharp
Bremen
Adamson Successor Chosen in Fourth District Primary
The Fourth Congressional District Democratic Committee set November 14 1917 as the primary date to nominate a candidate to succeed W C Adamson. Names must be in by October 15 and candidates pay a 250 assessment. only listed names on ballots will be counted. The committee held a luncheon with Garrard and Lumpkin. Heard county was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Congressional District
Democratic Committee
Frank A. Garrard
Congress
W. C. Adamson
Garrard
Frank G. Lumpkin
Adamson
Ralston
Heard County
Frank A. Garfrad
Columbus
Thorn
Fourth
Georgia
Labe Rufors
Oner
Ear
Eaid
Congressional Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Pathfinding committee to decide Route between Atlanta and Birmingham
Dr Riggs of Clemson College informs J A Mandeville that pathfinding committees meet October 16 to select the route from Atlanta to Birmingham. The report is for President Plowman and the board of directors, not for press or public release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Riggs
Clemson College
J. A. Mandeville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Plowman
Board’ of Directors
Election procedures and cotton ginning figures in 1917 district
The report notes 393 bales of the 1917 cotton crop ginned by Sept 25, compared with 8235 bales in 1916. It calls counties to fund primary election expenses, including registrars and managers. It governs congress candidate voting by county unit plan and delegates to the convention, with county chairmen to transmit results and appoint delegates. if a chair fails, the successful candidate supplies delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrard
Columbus
Georgia
Som ooMt
Vail’ Coun
Brameh
Bankruptcy Notice for James M Tolbert in Georgia
In the district court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia the creditors of James M Tolbert of Villa Rica Carroll County are notified that on September 10 1917 he was adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held October 11 1917 at 1 o clock PM at the office of the referee in Carrollton to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. Eugene Spradlin Referee in Bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Tolbert
United States
Georgia
Villa Rica
Carrol
James Tolbert
Carrollton
Carrollton On 11 Day of October, A. D
Eugene Spradlin
Neighbor Advised to Follow Crowd and Subscribe
A brief note urges readers to subscribe to The Frae Press, encouraging neighborly action and alignment with the crowd for access to local news and updates.
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A. & M. Fair
Baptist Tabernacle
the Peoples Bank
Free Press
Texas Cattle
Valdosta, Ga
Administrator's Sale
Administrato
SALE
Mr. Elitofin
George Victor Hamrick
Bankhead Highway
First National Bank
Carrollton, Ga
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