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THE CARROLL FREE PRE88, CARROLLTON, QA.
Recollections
KEEP COOL
USE AN
Elecric Fan
TRY AN
Electric Iron
Carrollton Electric
Company
Feath r Beds
For a limited time only we will
sell one Feather Fed weighing 36
pounds, and a pair of pillows weigh
ing 6 pounds, all for $10 cash with
order, f. o. b. Covington, Ga. NEW
Feathers only. Made of the best A.
C, A. ticking. If beds are not as
ijgvertised, we cheerfully refund
your money. Buy from the manu
facturer and save half your money
Order to day. Reference, the
Bank of Newton County. Send your
order to
DIXIE FEATHER BED CO.
CovingtonGa.
Cliff Martin has accepted a posi
tion with Johnson Furniture Co.
where he will be glad to see his
friends.
U. S. Civil Sevice Evamina-
ins
A competitive examination, under
the rules of the U. S. Civil Service
Commission, for the position of
Clerk-Carrier, in the Postoffice, Car
rollton, Georgia, will be held on
September 13, 1911, commencing at
9 o’clock a. m.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed
form, which, with necessary in
structions, may be obtained from
the Commission's local representa
tive, the Postmaster, at the Carroll
ton, Georgia, Postoffice or from the
undersigned.
Applications will not be accepted
unless received by the undersigned
hifore 4:30 o’clock p. m., on Sep
tember 8, 1911. All persons wish
ing to take this examination should
secure blanks and fill them out at
.once in order to allow time for any
-necessary corrections.
Geo. S. Donnell,
Secretary Civil Service Board,
Atlanta, Ga.
Stripling’s Chapel
Maynard, the little son of Mrs.
Fannie Copeland, continues very
sick.
Mrs. J. C. Martin, who has been
quite sick, is able to be out again.
Mr. Ben Muse happened to the
misfortune of getting his barn
burned last Monday afternoon.
Mr. Henry Almon is threatened
with fever.
Mr. Gene Lambert, of Grantville,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with relatives here.
Continuing my reminiscences of
Carrollton, I will try and give the
forty-five dwellings.
Now, you must know that it has
been a long time and T was young,
also that within the few years that
I am writing about, more than one
family lived in some of the dwell
ings.
Let us begin on Newnan street.
Where the Wells house stands was
a dwelling occupied by Jethro Vel-
vin who owned and run a livery
stable about where Lloyd Griffin's
is; then there was a dwelling where
the Southland hotel is, and one
where the church stands, in which I
was born, October 4th, 1856; next
was the Culpepper house, where Jim
Webb lives, then the Acklen house
recently removed, and the Fletcher
building where Dr. Hallum’s stable
stands. That’s all for Newnan
street. On College street, Dr. New
lived where the parsonage stands,
and a widow Fitts, mother of Dr.
Pryor Fitts, of Meriwether county,
lived where L. K. Smith now resides.
Then on the corner of Cedar and
College streets lived the widow
Broom, mother of Hon. J. A. F.
Broom, our new County Commis
sioner; after her L. J. Smith lived
there; next, on north, Dr. Morgan
lived just west of the school build
ing, and then a house where Miss
Lizzie Curtis lived—all for College
street. Rome street, from the
square, was P. G. Garrison’s house,
where Frank Weems lives, J. M.
Blalock, where Dr. Fitts lives, then
J. W. Stewart; on the other side
where Ossie Robinson lives, Judge
B. D. Thoinasson lived, and Dr.
Rogers lived where Dock New’s
house stands—all for Rome street.
Uncle Tom Chandler’s house and
the Burk, or Rodahan house, stood off
from any street some yards. There
was no dwelling on Alabama street
except one where J. S. Travis lives,
and Dr. Connell lived off the street
where New’s mill stands; the old jail
stood about at the end of Kaylor’s
store, and a dwelling facing east
just west of it. There was also a
little house south of the old Metho
dist parsonage, and a widow Parr
lived west of the parsonage. Bow-
don, or Maple street, boasted of four
dwellings, A. C. Reese, where the
Presbyterian church stands, Dr.
Fitts west a few yards, A. Mande-
ville over on the hill and the B. M.
Long dwelling. • On Depot street
you first came to the house of Dr.
Wm. Johnson, where Mrs. Griffin
lives, then aoother house, and I never
knew who lived in it, but where J.
T. Bradley’s house, or rather his
front yard, stood a double room
house in which two old crippled
maids lived awhile, Abie and Cyn
thia Wier. On the other side of the
street Dr. Juhan lived, and next was
a house where Dr. Hamrick lives,
and there was an old shack about
the front of the depot, and the Bap
tist church stood just across the
street from it. Then where C. H.
Stewart’s nice house is being built,
lived a Mr. Braeewell, and Eli Ben
son where Judge Harris lives, and
the old Meadows (J. T. and Mrs.
Benson’s father) house stood where
Wiley Stewart now lives. On Dixie,
was a one room and shed building
where Mrs. Smith’s house stands,
then farther down south of Charlie
Tanner’s, was the Hubbard Carter
home; where Mr. Shaw lives was
the Henry F. Merrell home, and
where Coalson lives was the Dr.
Tanner dwelling, and where Dr. Car
ter lives was the Shirey house.
This about, if not altogether, gives
you the dwellings in town. There
may be a few others that I don’t re
member just now. I must not leave
out the old tan yard operated when
I can first remember by John T.
Hawkins. In the two largest pools
many a boy first learned to swim,
and on Sunday, too. We would go
to Sunday school to the Methodist
church, which stood across Alabama
street, opposite the gate leading into
the cemetery, and just as soon as
Sunday school was out, here would
go, some eight or ten young boys, to
the tan yard pools, where we would
stay until nearly noon. Oh, those
happy, happy days. XX
Mrs. J. E. Martin and daughter,
Miss Mattie spent Monday in Car
rollton with Mrs. Florence Boyd,
who has fever.
Miss Bessie Denny spent Tuesday
in Carrollton with her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Bledsoe.
Mrs. B. H. Martin and Mrs. Dora
Thomasson spent a few days in
Bremen this week with Mrs. John
McDaniel.
Mr. Joe Smith, who has been suf
fering with rheumatism, we are glad
to report is better.
WANTED—A family white or
colored to move on my farm (the
Kingsbery place) and pick about 15
bales of cotton. House furnished
free. R. H. McClung.
Banker Tells Farmers
To Sell Cotton And Pay
Editor Journal: I noticed in your
issue of the 29th inst, that National
President Charles S. Barrett, of the
Farmers’ Union, advises the farmers
to hold their cotton. Of course there
is not a business man in the entire
south that would not be glad to see
the farmers get a good price for cot
ton, for what is the farmer’s interest
is the merchant’s, bankers and every
man's interest. But there must be
reason and common sense used as
we go along. Most all farmers owe
the merchant or banker, and who*
ever they owe are expecting to be
paid as soon as the cotton is ready
for market. Mr. Barrett advises the
farmer to go to his local banker and
borrow money if he is in debt. Now,
nothing would give the banker more
pleasure than to thus accommodate
his customer if it were in his power,
but there must be a limit to all
things. Remember that the banker
has been furnishing the farmer, mer
chant and every body else money
all the year, taking their notes pay
able in the fall and expecting them
to be payed promptly, which will be
done if let alone.
Yes the banker has even borrow
ed money from New York and At
lanta bankers in order to accommo
date his customers. You see, the
local banks have notes with their
corresponding banks maturing any
where from September to December,
and these notes have to be met
promptly: and in order to do so, the
farmer has to first pay his notes. It
is nobody's business if the farmer
wants to hold his cotton, PROVID
ED he owes nobody. But no farmer
has a right to hold his cotton and
make his creditors wait when they
are needing the money.
It does not take a very close ob
server to notice the difference be
tween the farmer who holds his cot
ton and the one who sells and pays
his debts promptly. The man who
sell his cotton as rapidly as he gets
it ready usually comes out better
than the one who holds and pays
interest, insurance and storage, and
then often takes less than the one
who turns it as he gets it out. Well
you may say if they would all hold
they would get their own price; but
how do you expect for all to hold
when the majority of it is owing and
expected to be paid as soon as pos
sible. There cannot be at present
(taking into consideration the pres
ent indebtedness) be enough money
secured in the south to hold the en
tire cotton crop.
Lending money on cotton is the
most unsatisfactory thing a banker
ever had to contend with. In the
first place, it takes too much money
and in the second place the party
borrowing usually makes his notes-
payable from thirty to ninety days,
and in that time, if cotton goes up,
he does not sell (wants it to go just
a little higher), and if it goes down,
of course he does not want to sell,
and will want his banker to extend
his note another thirty duys; and
consequently the banker is carrying
his note as a dead asset, as he can
not even use it as collateral to bor
row money on.
My advice to the farmer is: Sell
your cotton; pay your debts as early
as possible, and let the wheels of
prosperity roll on. Respectfully.
J. 0. RUTHERFORD.
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Importance of Salt.
Salt production is about the eld
est industry in the world. In
the cradle of the salt industry, it
has been manufactured commercial
ly for 2,500 years. Salt is so nec
essary to existence that in some
parts of the world tribes will sell
the members of their families in ex
change for salt. Salt has been the
cause of wars, and so important has
it always been considered that in
same places the passing of salt is
established as a token of friendship,
and women throw salt on a visitor
as a friendly greeting. In some
countries salt is bo scarce that it
is obtained through the ashes of
grasses and a species of palm and
other plants.—Manufacturers’ Rec
ord.
Double Springs
Fodder pulling is the order of the
day through this part of the country
Mr. W. E. Rooks had a bad acci
dent last week his mule run away
with him and hurt him pretty bad
but he is improving and we hope he
will soon recover.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Davis visited
the latters father near Mt. Zion Sat
urday and Sunday.
Miss Lula Brown spent Sunday
night with Misses Lillie and Callie
Davis.
Mr. W. C. Duncan and wife visit
ed Mr. F. M. Davis and family last
Friday.
The death angel visited the home
of Mr. Off Webb and took from him
his beloved wife, she lived an up
right, christain life and was loved
by all who knew her.
Miss Lillie Davis spent Saturday
night with Miss Zora Harris and re
reports a nice time. . v .
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Y our daily problem
of what to eat is
very eaily solved—
pass it on to us. It is not what
you eat that has alone to be con
sidered—it is the quality of what
you eat. It»is easy to say “Let’s
have some special dish for din
ner,” but the mere buying of the
materials for that dish does not
make your dinner a success. You
must have the best of everything
to get the fullest enjoyment from
the meal.
Our reput tion is built on selling
the best of groceries. We h ve studied
the “ wht to eat” problem for our own
s ke as well as yours. Come in nd
let us t Ik it over.
Jackson & Smith
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Don’t fail to bring the babies
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We take fine pictures.
Yours truly,
J. G. BUYERS.
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