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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CARROLL COUNTY AND CITY OF CARROLLTON CARROLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 26 1910 SAFETY We come to you as a sound, conservatively man aged financial institution and offer you, first of [all SAFETY for money deposited with us. We ask you to bank with us because your support makes our business success and a* you know, growing Banks makes prosperous communities. Our Bank will welcome your account and aid you all it can, no matter how small that account k is at the start or how slowly it accumulates, The First National Bank Capital $100,000 Surplus $100,000 J. R. ADAMSON, President, JOHN M. JACKSON. Vice-Pres. G. C. COOK, Cashier. The Peoples Bank, CAPITAL $60,000.00- Carrollton, Ga. Opens at 8)30 A. M. and Closes at. 3500 P. M, What makes our Bank better than another? Safety in handling funds, and liberality in dealing with cuntomers. We show the same courtesy to the man who handles a hundred that we do to the (man .that handles a thousand. CITIZENS BANK, Carrollton. Ga. Commencement Exercises of Carrollton Public Schools. This has been an especially good year oi hard and laithful work on the part of Prof Adams and his excellent corps of teach 1 ers, and a great majority of the pupils can all all look back upon a school year of valuable results. All deserve the irest and recre- ation afforded by the vacation lrom now until September. On Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the school (auditorium the commencement sermon for the school was delivered by Rev S. Y. Jamison, president of Mer cer University. A large audi ence was present on this occas sion, and were highly pleased with the discourse of plain die. tion and practical thought which was particularly appropriate to the occasion. The opening exercises of the schools were held Monday even ing at the |school auditorium when Mrs {Beall's class gave a recital. This is a class in music and the pupils reflected great credit to the teacher of this de partment. Tne graduating exercises were held Wednesday morning The school auditorium was crowded with visitors to hear this interesting program. All the participants in the exercises acquitted themselves well, and the address ^of Rev. Jessie M. L'odd, was interesting and in>> structive. Tne graduating class is corm posed J of the following y <ung people: Annie Maude New, Maude Fletcher, Nellie Harmon Elma Boykin, Mattie Morris, Perdue Kytle, P ml Nix, Donald Jarkson and Ab Q^ullian. The Certificate Class : Evelyn Brown, Eunice Bass, Mattie Martin, Mildred Shaw, Homer McRae, Arthur Grifiies antf Robert New. Miss Walthall’s Certificate Class: Luta Boykin, Helen Long, Lucile Shell and Alice Weems. The program for the morning was as follows: Invocation .Rev. W. E. Dozier. Song Class Welcome. • Salutatory, Paul Nix. Class History, Nellie Harmon. The Swallows Serradell, Maude Fletcher and Mattie Martin. Class Prophecy AnnieMaude New. Class Will Elma Boykin. Piano Solo Henry Sawyer The awakening of the Birds, Mattie Morris Valedictory Perdue Kytle. Presentation of Diplomas land Certificates. Dr. W. W. Fitts. Awarding Thirty Dollars in Gold to Four Pupils for highest General Excellency. Given by Mr L. C. Mandeville. Piano Solo Clara Belle Adams. Literary Address Rev. J. M. Dodd. The Place of the Young Man in the Industrial Evolution of the South. We extend best wishes for success to the graduates as they leave school duties for the va- rious vocations of life, and to Prof. Adams and to his corps of assistants and the school pupils, we wish a pleasant summer vat cation. Southern Baptist Convention. Sixteen hundred messengers from the over 22,000, in sixtem! commonwealths met in the six-1 ty fifth annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention, May 11 16, at Baltimore, Md. About 3,300 were entitled to seats, but less one half were pres ent. The work of the Ciovem tion centers chiefly around three committees, usually called Boards, namely, the S. S. Board Home Mission Board and For eign Mission Board. Add to the three the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary (Louisville Ky) the largest institution of the kind in the world, and the Woman’s Training School, also at Louis ville, aod you have a general view of the work of the Conven tion. 27,426 on the field of the Home Board, 140,980 in the South, and 295,000 in the U. S. last year. For missions Sou thern Ba nists raised $1,336,519 and for all purposes .^9,474,777, with 10,000 churches contribut ed nothing for work away from home. $488,000 of the $700,000 has been raised for enlarged Seminary endowment, Thirty new missionaries to the foreign field were sent out. The W. M. U. has 10,000 societies, 1,5000 having been organized last year. Every Board, the Woman’s Work, the Seminary and all de nominational interests report the best year in their htstory. The next convention will meet in Jacksonville next May, $1,000, 000, will ,be raised during ths year for Home and Foreign Missions alone, and the plan will be suggested to the churcheB tor the raising of $1,500,000 for 1911-12. The entirely harmon- ious session indicates that pen feet accord which is found among Southern Baptists in their co operative work {(as they are “one in hope and doctrine, one in charity,” Our Business Is Banking Our effort is to attend to that business. Our aim is to please. Our wishes, to succeed, Your patronage will be appreciated. Your interest will be cared for. Try Us And You’ll Be Pleased. CARROLLTON BANK, Carrollton, Ga. J T Bradley, Pres C H Stewart Vice Pres H N, Spence, Cashier. Airy Light Summer Clothes Best Dollar’s Worth You Can Buy=— The Carroll Free'Press One Year! ! Notice Notice is hereby given that appli cation will be made to the General Assembly for the passage of a local bill having the following caption: A BILL To be entitled An Act to prohibit the shooting, trapping.kiHing, ensnaring netting or destroying, in any man ner, any partridge, dove or other game bird in the county of Carroll for a period of two years; and to provide a penalty for a violation thereof; and for other purposes. We have a yoke of young ox en for sale, well broke. Stewart & Fleming Nashville Boosters Coming. The Seventh Annual Commer cial Tour of the Nashville Boos ter Club will leave Nashville next Tuesday, and will be made up of about one hundied mem. bers, consisting of the heads oi firms of the largest jobbing houses, rnanufactu.ing plants, banks and other prominent bush ness concerns who make this trip that they may personally meet lace to face the citizens of this section. These tours have been conducted annually fo- the past seven years, and different routes are selected each year. Mayor Long called a meeting of citizens last Tuesday after noon to arrange for the enter tainment ol the club while in our city. A committee composed of the following gentlemen : H. W. Long, L. K. Smith, J. C. Bass, Paul Brown, J. J. Tnomason, L. C. Mandeville and C. E. Smith were appointed for that purpose . It was suggested by Mr. Mandt- ville that every citizen go to the train and join in extending a welcome to the Club. The party will reach here at 8:20 a. m. Wednesday in a special train, and will probably be taken for a short automobile and carriage drive around the city. These gentlemen have taken this method of advertising Nash, ville, and it is very important that they should carry away a favorable impression of our city. Made in the inim itable Stein-Bloch fashions from the coolest, handsomest fabrics. Here are homespuns, serges, crashes, flannels, everything to de light the eye am keep the body ai mind cool. The fit, they wear they are designed for comfort, plus the best of style. M,, ONE PRICE HOUSE KEEP YOUR STOCK HEALTHY I have two 25 pound pails of the famous Wil bers Stock Tonic, which I will sell cheap for cash. It is just from the manufacturer and of course fresh. This tonic is known the world over as the best for horses, cattle. Ipoultry, hogs etc., as the market affords and retails everywhere for $3.50, but as I get a prize with my first order, can sell for only $3.00. Yku will find these two pails at G T Jacksons near the Spring or call for L C Taylor at R Lee Sharpes and it will be (j* "2 A A delivered to you. Remember only > 1— FITTS DRUG STORE. SPECIAL SALE SPECIAL VALUES O Zj RUBBER GOODS > < Syringes, Whirling Sprays-Everything you want. Infant Syringes, Ear and Nose Syringes, tr ZD O' Veterinary Syringes. A big line just received of Fresh, chean, new Goods. •H PHONE 80 EITTS DRUG STORE. PHONE 80 ^1