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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARROLLTON, GA.
Carroll Free Press
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
finterd at aeoond oIms matter In the post
office st Carrollton, (Jeorgla.
H- P. KCLLY. PAUL F. BROWN
KELLY & BROWN,
Editors and Proprietors..
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
CARROLL COUNTY.
10C/U AND LONG DISTANCE 'PHONE NO.
249
Carrollton, Ga., April, 21, 1910.
A good city hall tor Carroll
ton would meet a much felt want.
The registration list of Car-
roll County makes a gratilying
showing. There is no loss ol
white votei s.
Hear both sides ot a question
before making your decision.
Be fair to all.
Politics promise to be warm
in Carrollton before long.
The columns ol the Free Press
are always open to our friends.
Why would not the commist
sion form of government suit a
small place like Carrollton as
well as large places ? This form
of city government has been
adopted by many cities and with
splendid results.
A crying need of our county
is better roads. We can have
them only by the issuing of
bonds. Before you object to
bonds on the ground ot increas-.
ed taxes, sit down and figure
out carefully what the increased
tax will amount to for you
individually.
True honesty and the best
business efficiency pays prompt
attention to small obligations as
well as large ones. The Dews-
boy that delivers your paper, the
shoemaker, the butcher, the day
laborer needs the small (amount
you owe him, perhaps, more
than the person to whom you
owe the large sums.
Mayor Long Gives Reason For
Resigning.
To the Citizens of Carrollton :—
Having resigned as Mayor of
the city of Carrollton, to which
office I was elected by you at the
last municipal election, I deem
it right and proper that I give
you my reasons for so doing. In
order that you may fully under'
stand the reasons, I deem it es
sential that I give you a brief
sketch of the organization of the
CarrolltOD Telephone Company phone Company, Georgia Divis
and the changes made therein
The first franchise granted for
the opera'ion of a telephone exi
change was granted to M. E.
Whitehead on October 7th, 1906,
for a term of ten years. The
rales for service of said exchange
the maximum to be $2.00 tor
business and 1.75 tot res.dence
phones. On September the 5th,
1898, the aforesaid Whitehead
sold his franchise to Mandeville
and Cheney and extended said
franchise tor a term of twenty
years, commencing September
1st, 1898. On December 5th,
1904, Mandeville and Cheney
sold to the Gainesboro Telephone
Company, Georgia Division, all
theii rights and privileges at the
time of said transfer to the said
Gainesboro Telephone Company.
It was understood and agreed
that the franchise should not be
exclusive (as was the case in
Whitehead and the Mandeville
and Cheney franchise.) And it
was further agreed that the
any extra charge. This condi
tion of affairs existed prior to the
municipal election of 1909. It
being brought to my knowledge
prior to the municipal election of
1909, I announced before said
election that I was in lavor of
confining all persons, firms or
corporations, to confine their
lates as authorized under their
franchises.
On October 21st, 1909, the
Clerk was ordered to notity the
officers of the Gainesboro Tele
ion, to be and appear before the
Mayor and City Council on 28th
of October, 1909, at 7 o’clock,
p. m., and show cause, it any
they had, why they were charg
ing more for exchange service
than their franchise authorized,
and in accordance with the
aforesaid order they appeared
before said body on October
28th. 1909, and asked that defi
nite action on the same be de
terred until the 29th of October,
1909, and that a formal com’
plaint be required to be filed and
that they might have time to
answer same. Said request was
granted.
On October 29th a formal pe
tition was filed by R. W. Ad
amson, et. al., and plea by said
Company was also filed on said
date, and the same erme on for
a hearing before the Mayor and
City Council, and after hearing
evidence from both sides the
afotesaid body found that said
was luiuici agiCLU mat me n 1 • 1
Gainesooro Telephone Company C ™P™Y w * s . charging higher
. . r . r ., rates than authorized bv its fran-
should not increase the rates that
were then in force by Maude*
ville and Cheney, said rates be
ing less than they were author
ized to charge under their fran
chise at that time, which agree
ment was kept by said Company
tor a period of one year. After
the expiration of said year the
said GainesboroTelephone Com
pany raised the rates on some of
its patrons to the maximum rate.
Several years later they raised
the rates on all ot its subscribers.
In 1909 we find that the said
Co npany charged some of its
patrons for some of its business
(phones and others 2.50 per
month, although their franchise
required that before they charge
over 2 .00 per month for a busi
ness phone that they have an
agreement with their patrons lor
Candidates arc slew in an
nouncing tor office this year,
Is it the calm before the storm? petition was filed by said Corn-
rates than authorized by its fran
chise and passed an order com
pelling said Company to operate
within the limits of its franchise
and that said Company further
be required to furnish satisfactory
service, as the evidence showed
that the service they were giving
was very unsatislactory.
On November 3rd said Com
pany filed a petition with said
Mayor and City Council to grant
them a new hearing upon the
aforesaid matter, which was
granted ; the date of said hearing
to be fixed by said Mayor aod
Council, which was fixed for
December 14th, 1909. On that
date a continuance was granted
on account of the absence of
counsel tor said Company, and
said hearing was set for January
6th, 1910, at 3 o’clock, p. m.,
and on this date upon the evi
dence submitted the franchise
rates were unanimously sustain
ed. On January 24th, 1910, a
pany asking for an amendment
of their franchise rates. In
order to pass upon the aforesaid
petition impartially and intellii
gently the Mayor and Council
determined to have the books of
the Telephone Company audited.
To do this I appointed Council-
men Bledsoe and Webb to rep
resent the Mayor and Council
and Messrs. A. K. Snead and
H. N. Spence the city at large.
Mr. Spence refused to act on
said committee. The committee
made a report, which is on file
in Mayor’s office, without any
recommendation. Said report
shows that said Company is
making more than seven and
one-half per cent net on money
iuvested, and if based upou what
the officers swear as to the true
value aB shown by the Comp
troller General’s report it will
amount to over eleven per cent
net. Thus it will be seen that
the Company eliminating the
l rental that is charged to the
Carrollton exchange amounting
to 204.00 per annum and accept
ing the report of said Company
or the American Audit Company
as correct as sho-vn on Minute
book 2, page 92. On the 4th
day ot April at a regular meet
ing ot the Ma> or and Council a
petition was filed different from
any filed before asking an in
crease of rates and other concet-
sions were voted upon and
adopted, denying said increase
of rates without opposition . On
April 7th the Mayor entered the
room or office of the Mayor and
City Council without any call
meeting, it not being a regular
meeting and Dot as provided by
Section 490 of the City Code for
the City of Carrollton and with
out any warning whatsoever of
said meeting on his part, and
without any notice, so far as he.
knew, to the original petitioners
or their council, he being the
only one with power to call said
meeting, and upon the refusal
upon the part of the Council to
postpone the consideration of
the granting to the Gainesboro
Telephone Company an increase
ot rates not authorized under
their franchise, and upon the
obiection ot the Mayor, they
then and there proceeded to
pass the following ordinance :
“Section 1. Be it ordained by
the Mayor and City Council of Car
rollton, Georgia, in view of the
benefits to the city of Carrollton
and the country in the vicinity of
Carrollton by the numerous country
lines for the use of subscribers con
The Facts About Pe=ru=na.
Is Ferima an alcoholic beverage in disguise? Is it possible to use Pernna
•s a substitute for whiskey? So people buy Pernna and use it as a toddy, 01
a bitters, or a bracer?
It would be the easiest thing in the world for any one to demonstrate the
falsity of snoh statements. Let any one go to the drug store and purchase a bot
tle 0 f Pernna. Let him undertake to use it as a beverage, or take this remedy in
doses considerably larger than those prescribed on the bottle. Would the result
be alcoholio intoxication ? Nothing of the sort Let any one try it and see.
Pernna is a medical compound quite heavily loaded with medicinal ingred
ients. If taken in doses larger than prescribed it would produce a positive
drug effect No one could take it as a beverage. If any one doubts these state
ments, try it and see. We know that Peruna cannot be used as a bever
age; that it will not intoxicate; that it cannot be used as a substitute for
liquors. We guarantee that PERUNA CONTAINS NO CHEAP WHISKEY—
OR ANY OTHER WHISKEY, for that matter.
It contains a small per cent of cologne spirits, absolutely essential to dis
solve and hold in solution medicinal ingredients, but the drugs contained in
Peruna prohibit its use as a beverage. It would be the easiest thing in the '
world for any one to demonstrate this if they chose to do so.
Peruna is sold everywhere. THE INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY
PRINTED ON EACH BOTTLE. It has been said over and over again that
chemists have analyzed Peruna and found it to contain only cubebs and
whiskey. Now we challenge any chemist to demonstrate any such statement
Let any one who has even a smattering knowledge of chemistry purchase a
bottle of Peruna and see whether or not it contains whiskey, find ont for him
self whether or not it is composed of cheap whiskey and cubebs. Of course,
cubebs is one of the ingredients of Peruna, bnt there are many other ingred
ients. It contains hydrastis canadensis, corydalis formosa, collinsonia, and at
least four other medicinal ingredients. To be sure, no chemist could so ana
lyze Peruna as to be able to identify the various medicinal ingredients. Thie
is beyond the ability of any chemist. But any ordinary chemist would be able
to say that Peruna is heavily loaded with medicinal ingredients of some kind
in addition to cubebs.
Now why are these statements repeated when their falsity could be so
easily demonstrated? Simply because there is continued hostility toward Pe
runa on the part of the medical profession. Very likely the magazines which
took np the crusade against Peruna and denounced it as a cheap beverago
were misled by statements of the medical profession. Probably they were
sincere in their attitude towards it. But now, after all these things have been
said and refuted, it would seem to be in order for snoh people to use a little
fairness and common sense in the matter.
Every time any one says that Pernna is nothing bat cheap whiskey and
eubebs he is telling & lie, an absolute falsehood. Most people intend to speak 1
the truth* But the prevalent habit of repeating other people’s statements*
without investigation as to their truth, has led many well-meaning people to
say these false things about Pernna. e
Used according to the directions on the bottle, PERUNA IS A SAPS
AND RELIABLE CATARRH REMEDY, but, like any other good medicine, if
taken in excess of those doses, it will produce drug effects very unnleaaant to
the person who takes it
It is therefore np to every honest person to quit making- such
concerning Pernna, or acknowledge that he is repeating slanders about whieh
he knows nothing. One might just as well say that Castor Oil is an intoxicant’
that if taken in large enough doses it will operate as a “boose." If people
never tried to see, bnt simply repeated such statements about Castor Oil, the
majority of people would come to believe them. It is no easier to
such a statement abont Castor Oil than it would bo about Peruna. >
Any qne who takes Peruna knows that such statements are To say
that Pernna is cheap whiskey and cnbebs may constitute good material for
jokes on the vaudeville stage, but there is no excuse for any one who pretends
to be truthful saying over again this oft-repeated falsehood.
nected with the Carrollton exchange
and the efforts of the Gainesboro
Telephone Company, Georgia Di
vision. to extend and improve its
service, and in consideration of the
report of the committee appointed
by the Mayor to audit|the books of
the Company applicable to the
Carrollton exchange of said Com
pany, that the said report be ap
proved and the franchise of the
Gainesboro Telephone Company
Georgia Division be, and is amend
ed so as to authorize said Company
to charge in Carrollton, Ga., for
unlimited special line business sta
tions three ($3.00) dollars per
month. In the event that the
Company shall install a common
battery central energy telephone
system in Carrollton, then the
Company shall be entitled to charge
MARBLE AND
GRANITE
Monuments and Statuary. We have in stock ready for immmediate delivery all
styles from the smallest markers to the most elaborate carved monuments, and
while our finishing plant is equipped with all the latest machinery, and we have the
finest sculptors employed the county affords, we are in direct touch with the Sculpt
ure Marble Co. (incorporated) Carrara, Italy, the finest statuary people in the world.
This enables us to compete with our competitors in every respect, and cheerfully
guarantee our work aud material to be of the highest class.
We are prepared to furnish special designs and will cheerfully estimate any
stone work wanted, either monuments or buildings at reasonable prices,
and we respectfully offer the most courteous treatment. We want the
business and feel that home industry should be preferred.
Carrollton Marble Works
DEPOT STREET
See Our Line Of Iron Fences,
Cheaper Than Wood.
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