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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
1
Carrollton public schools opened Monday under Prof. Knox Walker with almost a thousand pupils in attendance. A full staff of teachers is listed for the first through senior grades, with notable appointments at the high school and junior high. Several students depart this week for colleges and various schools.
Homecoming events at Whitesburg Christian Church include Sunday School at 10, Lord’s Supper at 11, sermon by W. B. McDonald at 11 15, noon dinner on the ground, long service at 2 led by Curtis Hayes, toll call of members at 2 30, Love Feast at 8, Christian Endeavor at 6, and Evangelistic Service at 7 45. All members urged to attend and everyone invited.
Robinson Cash Grocery reported sales of meat and lard totaling 10 329 71 since January first. The notice laments losses if wealth had remained at home instead of being spent, urging frugality.
Demonstration will show plowing and harrowing with an International Tractor under factory expert direction. The event runs Tuesday Sept 12 from 9 to 5 at Mandeville Mills Farm beyond Cotton Mill No 2. Price and terms available on entry.
Miss Kath Brown, 68 Cedar St, offers three connecting rooms with modern conveniences for rent. The notice cites a Sept date and a furnished option, inviting inquiries at the listed address.
A string of new cotton bale arrivals Monday signals brisk buying at local mills. Buyers include Mr. Rubs Williams of Bowdon who bought the first bale hit by Mandeville Mills at 24 cents per pound, Mr. Crider on Roop’s farm near Roopville who took the second, and Robinson Walker who bought the third bale, with Wim Hollingaworth of Lowell selling the fourth to Perdue and Helland.
The Carroll County Division of the Georgia Growers Association met at Carrollton on September 2, 1922 with Mr. Boyd Onwell acting chairman. A. K. Snead was unanimously elected chair. Prof. J. Ingram was named vice chairman. Officers and committees were appointed including W. Burnette as Treasurer and G. Allgood as other key posts. The group discussed cooperative marketing, approved the executive report, and planned the next meeting for February 8, 1922.
A brief on straw ballots indicates 323 total voters with 114 for Walker and 119 for Hardwick. The report notes participation from Mesars, T. M. Hamrick, N. P. & J. P. and J. Thompson, a cotton buyer, who took a few hours off to cast ballots.
The Criminal branch of the City Court adjourned after a busy week with over 40 cases disposed of. Fines were issued including a whiskey case at 500.09 each, some defendants sent to jail or given chain gang terms, and several acquittals reported. An ad notes a for rent store room on the public square.
Georgia farmers and leading agrarians urge wage equalization to enable general prosperity. They argue rail strikes hurt farmers by raising costs and delaying markets, noting price inflation in 1917-18 and reduced purchasing power for farm wages. They cite comparisons of wage changes for railroad workers versus farmers and warn violence harms public and freight service.
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