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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA.
Carroll Free Press.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
tnterd nt imcinnrt cjlne* In ti»e post
offloo nt Carrollton. RttOrgln.
PAUL F. BROWN,
Editor uno Proprietor.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
CARROLL COUNTY.
10C-U AND LONG DISTANCE ’PHONE NO.
249
Carrollton, Ga., September 21 1911
Announcements
We are authorized to announce
the names of the following gentle
men as candidates for re-election:
For Mayor:
Ed. A Merrell.
For Councilmen:
G. A. Hogan,
.1. H. Burson,
W. S. Campbell,
A. J. Baskin,
Primary, September 23,1911.
FOR RENT OR FOR SALE.
One dwelling house on Alabama
street. Close in. Apply at once to
L. C. Mandeville.
Mr. Thomas Jones, of Clem, was
badly injured Wednesday morning
when his horse became frightened
on the square and threw him out of
the buggy. Mrs. Jones was in the
buggy with him but she escaped
unhurt.
Mrs. F. B. Merrell, of Atlanta,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. J. R. Adamson.
LOST—A pale red Jersey bull
about 2 years old. weighs about 800
pounds. Missed from my pasture
about 10 days ago. Finder please
call 305, or write J. H. Moore,
Carrollton, Rt. 4.
Among the girls who will go away
to college this year is Miss Elina
Boykin, who left this week for Col
lege Park, where she will enter Cox
College.
Miss Lee Beck returned Wednes
day night from a visit to friends
and relatives in Atlanta.
Miss Essie Burns, of Wedowee,
Ala., is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Calvin Webb.
Miss Tucker, of Atlanta, arrived
last Wednesday and will be one of
the milliners at Heaton Bros, this
season.
Miss Mamie Power, of Griffin, is
visiting in the city.
Mrs. J. R. Griffin entertained a
number of little girls at the Vau
dette Theater last Friday. After
the motion pictures they were en
tertained at Brown & Chandler’s
fount.
Harry Brown, of Brooks, spent Sun
day here.
Thursday
the A. &
Mr. J. W. Stone spent
in Newnan, in interest of
M. Fair.
FORSALE-
Leghorn eggs, $1.00 per setting of 15.
Henry Williamson,
Carrollton, Route 7.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Hicks Chandler regret to learn
that they have moved to Carrollton.
Mr. Chundler has opened a soda
fount and ice cream parlor in that
city, and, though we . regret to see
him leave Newnan, we wish him
the great success that a young man
of his sterling worth deserves.—
Newnan News.
beasts representing a complete chain
of all animal creation now extant, i
The main tent is the largest spread
of canvas ever lifted into the air.
It is the most remarkable audience
room in the world, seating 15,000
persons: j
The organization of this year:
numbers 1,000 people, of whom 350
are the picked stars of Europe, Asia
and America. In the stables are j
600 horses. The show covers ten
acres of ground. The parade in it-1
self cost 1,000,000. It is a compre- j
hesive panorama of the whole
world's history from the ancient days
of Egyptian pageantry up to the I
military spectacles of modem times.;
It is a world’s fair of knowledge and |
diversified interest, a horse fair, a!
congress of nations, a garden of my
thology, a gallery of sculptury, a
musical convention, a congress of
myths and fairies and a tremendous
zoo, all rolled into one grand line
three miles long.
March of the Boll Weevil.
Unless the farmers of Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks Chandler and _ i, eec i the warning of the coming of
the boll weevil to this state the cot
ton tragedy of Mississippi will be
repeated in two years. This is the
opinion of J. D. McGee, of Knoxville,
Ga„ one of the sixteen demonstra
tors named by the United States
bureau of plant industry to tour the
boll weevil belt this summer and
report the progress of the ravages
of the pest.
The demonstrators met in Meri
dian July 16 and traveled over the
infected - regions of Mississippi, vis-
their mother, Mrs. M. E. Chandler,
are now occupying the Hood home
on Cedar street.
For Rent—House and lot on cor
ner of Cedar and Newnan streets.
Apply to Mrs. L. A. Jackson.
World’s Best Circus Coming
The Great Adam Forepaugh and
Sells Brothers circus will give two
performances in Carrollton on Thurs
day October 12. Addedglory attach- i Ring Natchez, Jackson, Port Gibson,
es to this show because ofthesplen- Vicksburg and many smaller towns.
did impression it has made 3ince
it opened early in April with its new
$3,200,000 equipment.
For more than fifty years this
great enterprise has expressed
to the minds of everybody who cares
for the circus methods of amuse
ment the superlative degree of every
thing that pertains to the show busi
ness. It has moved steadily onward
and upward year by year. No other
circus has ever advanced to within
sight of it. Though an American
institution, it is of the world and of
all times. It is known in every
country on the earth. Crowned
heads, royalty, potentates, the inid-
Thorough’ored Brown | die class and the peasantry of a
hundred kingdoms have applauded
it. Its magnitude and brilliancy have
never ceased to be a source of
wonder.
After an absence of several sea
sons it now comes, clothed in new
splendor. In every particular it is
more attractive than ever before.
Its long trains, stretching out over
one mile of track, groan and creak
under the burden of world-wide won
ders that have been gathered from
every corner of the earth. The men
agerie tent is the home of 780 wild
In speaking of the ravages
wrought by the boll weevil in Mis
sissippi and southwestern Alabama
and the likelihood of its reaching
Georgia within two years Mr. McGee
says: ■ >
"I want to issue a solemn warn
ing to the planters of Georgia, those
who have not heeded the approach
of the boll weevil and even to those
that have.
“If the farmers of Georgia do not
diversify their crops and do not
take ail the precautions possible to
begin a fight on the weevil the mo
ment it makes its appearance on the
Georgia line the tragedy of the Mis
sissippi cotton grower will be enacted
again.
‘‘They didn’t think that the boll
v/eevil would ever get to Mississippi,
and the result was when it came a
number of small farmers were wiped
out. Some of them have turned to
oorn and early cotton, but the ma
jority are still bankrupt.
"The farmers of Georgia should
begin right now to plan for the di
versification of crops and for plant
ing early cotton and for using the
most approved methods in fighting
the weevil. It is the only thing that
We Announce 'Cur
Jail Opening
, ’ and
Millinery SHsplay
beginning
Thursday, September 28th
—1911—
Decidedly unique and attractive will be the new Fall Hats shown by
Bradley, Hyatt & Co. Their quality and chicness are the very
—and their rich good taste is sure to please.
Fashion,has decreed many changes in hats for this season
smaller—they are quaint—they are charming. Come and see for
yourself how entirely new end fetching they are.
much pleasure to show them and we know
give you pleasure.
best
-they are
and
It will give us
that seeing them will
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A Aeartif Welcome Await# Xjou
Carrollton,
can save the state and the small
grower from going the way of the
Mississippians.
“I cannot speak too strongly upon
this subject. I have seen the con
ditions and the rest of the demon
strators have seen them and they
are serious."—LaGrange Graphic.
LIONS AS PETS.
It
A & M. FAIR
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(H) The A. & M. Fair will be bigger and better!
jgg) said it before, but it is still true. More
^ hibits, more amusements and a bet-
P*' ter time for everybody.
LISTEN: We have closed a deal for the dandiest free attractions
to be found. It alone is worth more than the price of ad
mission. The grounds are being improved for
your comfort and pleasure. The Central
Railroad will give reduced rates and
everybody is coming. Make
i early for your exhibit—
however small it
may be.
'Tllill II III— lllllllll BB
OCTOBER 24 TO 2i
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ex*
tass
Bonh.ur Handled Them a*
Though They Were Dogs,
is relnted that at a dinner
given by Landseer, the artist, the
guests were startled by the entry of
a butler who inquired respectfully:
‘Beg pardon, sir, but did you or
der a lion? There’s one down
stairs that’s just come, sir.”
Investigation proved that there
was indeed a lion downstairs, but it
dead. The carcasB had been
sent from the zoological park as a I
complimentary offering to Sir Ed
win.
Bosa Bonheur elected to main
tain live lions for use as models.
Rosa made friends with her felines,
caressing and handling them with
fearlessness. At one time she ex
tended to her great pets the free
dom of her house and garden at By,
just as if they had been dogs. This
freedom she was later obliged to
curtail.
A friend of the great painter used
to declare that it was distressing to
the casual caller to arrive expect
antly at the gates of the chateau,
only to behold as soon as the latch
clicked a big yellow lion rear itself
upon the terrace, stretching in a
sleepy and amiable yawn a pair of
jaws that could easily bite off a
man’s head.
An alarmed visitor was once re
assured by a facetious neighbor of
Rosa’s, who had observed the stran
ger hesitating on the safe side of
the fence. “Monsieur need feel no
alarm,” the neighbor said. “It is
only one of Mile. Rosa’s lions.
Monsieur need only he very care
ful not to step on its tail. The tip
of the tail is black, and one does not
readily perceive it. It is a friendly
animal, I assure monsieur, though 1
do not know how it would behave
if stepped on. One might do well to
go on tiptoe.”
On another occasion an admirer
of the artist's work, a distinguished
man not personally known to her,
sent a note to the chateau.
“I had, mademoiselle,” it read,
“promised myself in passing
through By the pleasure of seeing
the lion of the place. I have seen
the lion of the place, mademoiselle,
and I therefore offer upon paper
the tribute of my profound regard
to the lion of the nlace I no longer
expect to see.”—Harper’s Weekly.
A
How The Lyceum Course Helps a Town
The Lyceum develops good taste and appreciation.-v
Towns with Lyceum Courses learn to t enjoy gcod pictures, "
good music and high thinking.
The Lyceum raises the sentiment in regard to entertain
ments. Towns with Lyceum courses offer a poor field for
street shows, etc.
The Lyceum brings ‘our town’ into touch with the out
side world.
The Lyceum stirs up enthusiasm among the young
men and women to get out in'^the world and do something
worth while. A Lyceum course brings to the town men and
women of achievement who inspire by example and precept
Why Wc Should Attend The Course
pleas-
Because in no other way can we obtain so much
ure, entertainment and information at so little cost.
Because it gives us the means of keeping in touch with
the progress of the age and the trend of human thought.
Because working hand-in-hand with church and school
it is today one of the most helpful and inspiring educational
movements of the age
Because it inspires men to "a greater and better man
hood, and women to a nobler and sweeter womanhood, and
young people to grander effort
how to Get a Lyceum Course
Tell C A Lyle or J O Newell you will take a Season
Ticket. Ask your friends to take tickets and Carrollton
will have a better course than ever before
TO THE PUBLIC
of Carrollton and Carroll County.
We have opened up a branch house at
Robinson & Harmon’s stand on west side
Public Square and will handle a full line of
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Mobile Emit Co.
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