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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
2
A mail matter of the second class is entered at the Carrollton Georgia post office. The notice records a classification and filing related to mail service standards and local distribution.
The article reflects on the return to school in Carrollton, noting mixed feelings of children and mothers as school bells ring again. It urges parents to stay engaged, training at home reinforces classroom lessons to prevent fleeting impressions from fading.
Atlanta Georgia September 1 The mail order lease never has bargains for you. Trade at home merchants offer real bargains and care about neighbors. Home merchants provide service, selection, and value equal or better than mail order, helping the town and local jobs.
A quotable piece extols college as lifting individuals above toil and ignorance. It promises vistas of vision, a treasury of past ideas, self discovery, and a sound financial bet, urging investment now for life long dividends in opportunities and growth.
Richard R. Meets, close ally of Governor Small, announces Small will run again in 1924 as the governor faces an indictment for conspiracy and embezzlement while serving as state treasurer.
A Metter Advertiser excerpt argues that a town's newspaper depends on local businessmen for support. If advertisers are indifferent or slow to pay, the paper shrinks and drops community matters. The piece urges charging unpaid bills to businesses, not publishers, and ends with a plea for shared sentiment.
In a local plea, residents discuss a recent melon theft and whether self defense, even by shotgun, is justified. The speaker argues it is better to lose melons than to risk death, urging nonlethal remedies and caution while stressing love of life over property damage.
Conyers Times quotes Mrs. Rolan Chin Daniel of Quitman Free Press voicing support for copying the old Roman feast as Georgia Progs Association planning in Quitman next year. The satirical remark critiques editors relaxing at dinner and fanned by servants.
The Goings Some column in the Quitman Fray Press argues that Quitman should emulate Washington and accelerate development next year. The Jeensboro Herald Journal echoes the urge to press ahead with growth and progress in South Georgia.
The Greensboro News Journal notes Brooks County women pursuing prohibition work, urging good women to continue their efforts to save the world through restraint and virtue.
Editor Royal Daniel recalls President Wilson of the Rotary Club promising lavish treatment after Washington Wilkes editors received extraordinary welcome. The anecdote likens the event to a Roman feast with editors lounging on feather beds while ladies serve, as reported by the Greenewayboro Herald Journal.
The Milledgeville asylum for the insane is refusing new patients due to lack of funds. Those adjudged insane must be kept in county jails until a care plan is devised, a situation described as pitiful for the state. The Springfield Herald urges lawmakers to act.
The Hazelhurst News voices a blunt preference, stating it would rather meet a harmless old dog than a half witted uneducated man with a big pistol. The line conveys local sentiment with sharp humor and a rural bluntness.
The real test of character is joy. Virtue shines not in hardship but in the delight of choosing right. What you rejoice in is what you love, and what you love shapes who you are.
During a West Africa voyage the steamer Simina crew faced two hyenas that escaped capture for a week. They were finally cornered with pitchforks and restrained.
In Carrollton Route 3 names Miller Benford and Warden families visited Friends and relatives across the area. A Rocky Mount meeting drew a good attendance with plans for an association at the named place in September. Lelton Proctor and family opened weekend visits with K W Hammond and family.
Roopville Route 1 notes progress at a Welcoms meeting. Mr and Mrs A B Smith return from Mt Zion visit with family. Alva and Rothe join, Rothe to take music class at Glen Loch. W F Merrell and daughter Rosie attend Rorky Mount gathering, stay with brother R Merrell in Carrollton. Evelyn Ragland visits Lynns, Cravens two grandsons Barney and Harold Chiven with Hunner. Mrs Wille Jackson at Monday meeting. Carrie Merrell spends Thursday with daughter Mrs RagJan.
Temple and nearby communities share family visits, moves, and travel. Wren relatives travel to Cedartown Rockmart Atlanta Villa Rica and Carrollton while several locals visit kin. Olin Wren’s baby sick and Eula Wren plans a country visit at week’s end.
Mr W M Smith of Bremen visited his father L G Smith and family last Thursday. Guests included Miss Gladys Smith Miss Leila Jordan of Pleasant View Miss Inez Barrington of Pleasant Ridge and Mr John Fillman of Bold Springs. Families in Bremen and nearby towns hosted visits and camp meetings with Rev George Jones preaching at Bowden Junction. A baby boy arrived for Mr and Mrs Aaron Bearden on the 11th and Miss Ruth Partridge hosted a birthday gathering August 23 with several young acquaintances present.
Carrollton and Fine Grove residents Homer Reid and Aubry Chambers attended a dining room gathering after several games. A sweet course was served and guests extended warm birthday wishes to Miss Partridge.
Temple community reports excellent weather for saving fodder as fall approaches. Squirrels and possums feature in seasonal meals. local church events conclude with praise and many conversions. Carrolton visitors stop by, while typhoid recovery and protracted meetings mark recent weeks.
Remark suggests at least 15,000,000 women may perish unmarried if unable to emigrate. Five victims of the Brown House fire in Macon remain in Macon Hospital a week after the blaze.
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