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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
8
Real estate ad describing Richland in Stewart and Webster counties with multiple farm tracts for sale. Details include 150 to 1400 acre parcels, timber, timber value, farm buildings, wells, fences, schools, and adjoining roads, priced from $2,500 to $60,000 with terms, in a humid climate on the Florida Short Route and Seaboard lines.
A long list of residents and visitors names the week in Carrollton Georgia. Many individuals from Atlanta LaGrange Temple Tallapoosa Greenville and other places were seen visiting relatives attending events or traveling. Several were noted staying in town or leaving for teaching assignments or Florida revival.
Fiddling John Carson with Bud Bilroy Tom Stokes Rei Neck Winn headlines a fiddlers contest at Carrollton city hall on Friday night September 10. Banjo pickers and fiddlers invited. Admission 2 cents for children and 5 cents for adults.
Center Point hosts a four day program from September 9 to 12 with preaching each evening and Saturday night. Rev. J. R. King will lead services as presiding elder with a noon meal and a post dinner conference. All are invited to attend and help make Sunday special.
Rev Raymond Rigdon of Columbus will preach Wednesday night at seven thirty at the Baptist Tabernacle. The public is invited and all members are urged to attend.
Despondent patients with indigestion grow discouraged but Chamberlains Tablets have permanently cured hundreds, enabling them to eat what they crave. The tablets strengthen the stomach and help it function naturally.
The Carrollton Public Schools report severe overcrowding across all grades with teachers often handling over thirty pupils. College Street will add a temporary room, Maple Street may absorb fifth and sixth graders, and transfers are urged to maintain education quality while a new high school is proposed. The plea emphasizes immediate action to avert crisis and build the state’s greatest school system.
Auction set for September 14 offers forty six acres of田 land with a four room house and small barn. Ten percent cash and balance due November first. Also to be sold are cattle tools and household items on the farm including two yearling cattle and farm equipment. Located along Tallapools and Bowdon road near a community with a school church grist mill and blacksmith. Sale begins at 10 o clock. Marion W Teague acting as agent.
Appealing for support, Tom Merrell announces his candidacy for city council. He notes the time sacrifices required and pledges to govern in a prosperous and progressive manner, hoping for backing from friends and enemies alike.
Mrs A H Hall of Caseville Michigan thanks Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for saving her baby and keeping fever away in the house. Mrs Mary Carrington of Caseville Michigan says the remedy gives prompt relief for colic and diarrhoea in worn and ill babies.
The document urges residents to unite behind a new building project to boost school quality in Ontroliton and the county. It argues that neglect risks falling behind rival towns and stresses the town as a pennant-winner in undertakings, aiming to secure education as a beacon for democracy and future prosperity.
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