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The Carroll Free Fress
BY C. A. & RALPH MEEKS
V6L. XXXII NO. 52—ESTABLISHED 1886
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 p£r YEAR
CARROLLTON, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918
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WE SHOULD VOTE FOR
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5
Protect- Our Protestant Colleges—Be
True That Day to the White Boys
And Girls of Georgia
The Catholic schools and colleges do
not pay one cent tax on their endow
ments because they invest the princi
pal outside of Georgia, and ouly use
' lie interest in our state. The endow
ments of Emory, Mercer, Oglethorpe,
Wesleyan, Agnes Scott, EnGrange, and
other schools and colleges and univer
sities of the Methodist, Baptist, Pres
byterian and the other protestnnt
churches of Georgia are taxed to help
support negro schools at Savannah and
Albnuy. Is this fair?' Will you vote
to perpetuate this state of affairs?
Worthy white boys and girls should
have the use of this money to aid them
in securing an education.
The legislature of Georgia gives the
white voters of Georgia an opportunity
to see that this is done. Our protest-
ant young people should have a square
deal.
The Catholics are pushing themselves
forward in the war and every way and
wo must awake and get busy.
Be sure to go to the [mils on Tues
day, November 5, and vote to allow the
legislature to exempt from taxation our
educational endowments. See your
neighbors and urge them to vote and
help the white boys and girls of Geor
gia. Get Georgia lie freed from the
stigma that is upon her because of the
present unjust and discriminating law.
The voters of Carroll county can be
depended upon.
TO THE REEAILERS AND
CONSUMERS OF SUGAR
AND FLOUR IN CARROLL
A COMPARISON OF
THE TWO COURTS
ANOTHER AUCTION
SALE OF LAND
Mr. T. A. Grimes, representing the
American Land Co., was here this week
planning and perfecting arrangements
to [mil oft another big land sale in
Carroll county. Von will remember
that some weeks ago this company Bold
the Nix property at Bowel!. The. next
sate will be that of the Giles place, lo
cated one and one half miles from Car
rollton, on the Villa Rica road. I?
contains 1180 neves and will be subdi
vided into small tracts. It is close to
town aud is perhaps the best property
on the market today.
Mr. G. C. Mandeville is nqw own:
of this property and it will be s Id
some time in November—date of dale
to be announced Inter. The property
will lie sold at auction and on easy
terms and everybody will have an op
portunity to buy a small home.
Watch for date of sale.
Bulletins issued by the Federal Food
Administration indicates that Hie short
age of sugar will be acute for some time
to come. All patriotic citizens are
called upon to observe literally the
regulations concerning, the sale aud
consumption of sugar.
Two pounds per perso nper month is
the present allotment, not more nor
less than fifteen days’ supply to be
purchased at the time. For example:
a family of (I is entitled to buy 11!
pounds per month, six pounds to be
bought at one time and six at another,
preferably on the first and fifteenth
day of each month. The Administra
tion desires to discourage more than
two purchases of sugar per month.
This is a now ruling and special atten
tion is called to it.
To assist the retailer and consumer,
it* is desired tnlit each family will pur
chase all of its sugar through the same
retailor. This will lessen the chances
of both retailer and consumer violating
the regulations. It is suggested that
every family prepare now to adopt this
plan on November 1st.
The attention of all retailers is call
ed again to the fact taht the certificates
upon which sugar is sold to their cus
tomers must be sent to the County
Food Adminstrntor at Carrollton at the
cud of each week. A lnrge number of
retailers are not observing this and are
apt to be embarrassed for their failure
I i do so.
Every retailer is requested to list
the certificates liv the amount only and
add the list, showing total amount of
sugnr represented by each week's cer
tificates. Attach the addition slip to
the certificates.
mi sugar is to be sold for canning
purposes after October Hist. No, ex
cuse will be accepted for a violation of
■this rule.
Tire attention of the public is again
called to the rule which requires the
sale of substitutes with straight tioui
at the rate of one pourfff of Substitutes
to each four pounds of flour. There is
most positively no exception to this
rule. It applies to farmers who have
meal on hand as well as to all others.
It is not permissible for a farmer to
sell to a merchant one or two pecks ot
meal and for the merchant to inimu
diatclv sell the same quantity back to
the customer. Any producer who has
a real surplus of meal may sell it so
long as the sale is not a subterfuge to
evade the food regulations.
All merchants and consumers who are
co-operating with the Food Administra
tion are entitled to protection, and
while the Administration docs not seek
the opportunity of penalizing anyone, it
desires to encourage both merchants
and consumers to report all violations.
We referred in last week's Free However, no “ hearsay ” reports are de
press to the unique and original idea sired. Names, dates.and other specific
of Mr. Peter F. Smith, the people's | data nrd necessary,
friend sales manager of the popular,
Records of the City Court of Carrollton
And the Superior Court of
Carroll County
Criminal cases now pending in the
City Court of Carrollton: Three hun
deed and fifty (.'1.10.)
Civil case snow pending in the City
Court of Carrollton: -Seventy-seven
(77.)
Number of cases disposed of in the
Cits Court of Carrollton during the
year 1017: Four hundred and fifty-
eight (418.)
Number of years of labor sent to the
county chain gang from the City Court
of Carrollton during the year 1017: —
Twenty-one years and six -mouths (111
years and (i months.)
Cost of Jury and Bailiff fens for the
City Court for five terms, for the ■year
1017: Two thousand three hundred and
fifty-six ($2,310.00.)
15 AMENDMENTS
TO CONSTITUTION
TO BE VOTED ON
FOOD ADMINISTRATION |a. & M. SCHOOL 1 WILL
PENALIZES VIOLATORS { OPEN AGAIN TUESDAY
Number of cases disposed of in the
Superior Court of Carroll county during
the year 1017: -One hundred and
eighteen (118.)
Number of true bills returned by
the Grand Jury during the year 1017;
—Ninety-six (00.)'
Number of “no bills;’’ Twenty-
Twenty three (21.)
Number of Cases Now Pending in tlie
Superior Court of Carroll County.
Number of civil cases: —One hun
dred and three (1 Oit.)
Certiorari cases: Fifty three (1,1.)
Cost of Jury and Bailiff fees in "the
Superior Court of Carroll county for
the year 1017: Two thousand .five hun
dred and fifty six dollars (t2.110.00.)
THE FAMOUUS HONOR
ROLL GROWS BIGGER
AND BETTER DAILY
underselling store of H. M. Tyus, Car
rollton, arranging a record of tlie many
splendid customers daily making such
“rip snorting” liig bills at this store.
There are so many this week entitled
“to honor” that he hesitates to name
them, but justly, Mr. J. C. Gammon,
with his handsome daughter and manly
bright son, living near Mount Zion, Mr.
If. M. Smith and ryife, living beyond
Bowdou, over in Cleburne county, -Ala.,
Mr. .1. H. Chappell, Hightower, Ala.,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanson, below
Hulett, Mr. Gee, near Kansas, and
scores of others who have crowded
from thd front door to rear of the store,
*o delightful music room. This store
is doing a record-breaking business
always in a rush, for the people of this
entire section realize that this strictly
CINE price TO EVERYBODY and
hl’CH GOW PRrCES AT THAT. The
people apppreeinte the genuine bar
gains, th high grade of the merchan
dise, the polite, pleasant treatment of
fhe sales force, making everybody feel
happy and their trading with H. M.
Tyus, is not only very profitable, but
ve, '. v enjoyable.
GEC/ROIA- Cnrrqll County.
I, .1. W. Stone, clerk of the Superior
Court of Carroll County and the City
Court of Carrollton, do hereby certify
that the foregoing statements contain
Hie number of eases now pending in
th -Superior Court and the City Court,
together with the number of cases dis
posed of in the year of 1917, flip amount,
paid out for jury mid bailiff fees and
the number of years of labor Sent to
the county chain-gnng from the City
Court in 1917, is true and a correct
statement that appeared on record in
my oflh'e on July 11, 1918 This the
llltli day of July,'1918.
J. W. STONE,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Carroll
County and of the City Court of
Carrollton.
GINNERS REPORT
There were 1,950 hale sof cottoi gin
ned in Carroll county from the crop of
1918 prior to September 21th, as com
pared with 393 bales ginned prior to
September 25th, 1917.
Very respectfully,
CHARL2S W. WOOD,
Special Agent.
The County Administrator would like
to make it clear that he does not de
ive a particle of profit nor pleasure
out of finding and punishing violators.
He much prefers a voluntary and ideas
unt compliance. However, if the af
fairs of the Food Administration ar.
conducted so that the public will de
rive the maximum benefits from it,
there must exist the proper respects
and a literal compliance with its rul
ings and requests and this observance
will be obtained evne if it be necessary
to impose heavy penalties.
The Food Administration was created
and operates solely for the benefit of
our people and our allies. The .people
-who handle the work do so without
compensation, including the writer.
It is the duty of every loyal citizen
of Carroll county to keep posted on the
rulings of the Food Administration (all
of which are published twice in the
daily papers and a majority in the
county papers) and to co-operate with
the Administration in its efforts to
provide essential foodstuffs at reasona
ble cost for ourselves and our allies.
There is an agent of the County Food
Administrator in every town and in
m any rural communities of Carroll
county. He, too, is serving faithfully
without pay.
Get's have Carroll county 100 per
cent patriotic in the observance of food
regulations.
FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION
FOR GEORGIA.
By F. W. WEBSTER,
County Food Administrator for Carroll
County.
CHANGES MADE IN
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Mr. John Connor has been elected
MR. WILBUR BELL DEAD
We were in error last week when we
From the above statement, made by
the clerk of the Superior and City
Courts it will lie seen that during the
year 1917, the City Court held live
sessions which cost the total sum of
$2,350.00, and furnished the county 21
years and 0 months chain-gang service,
which, if counted at $20.00 per month,
would amount to $5,100.00, or $2,804.00
more than the actual cost, saying noth
ing of ttic fines paid into court by other
defenda nts.
It will he seen that 458 cases were
disposd of in the City Court during the
year 1917, which cost oh an average of
only $4.10 a case.
During the same year, according to
the clerk’s statement, it will be seen
that the Superior Court held only two
terms of court and which cost the total
sum of. $2,510.00, and disposed of only
118 eases, which amounted to nil aver
age cost of $21.60 a case.
Thus it will he seen that it costs four
times as much to try cases in the Supe
rior Court as it does in the City Court,
and that the City Court puts twice us
much back into the county as it costs.
Another fact will lie ascertained from
this sworn statement of the clerk, and
that is, that there are now pending in
the Suprior Court 102 eases, or nearly
twice as many as was tried in one
whole year, and in the City Court, 427
eases.
If we abolish the City Court on the
5th day of November to take effect
January 1st, 1919, as proposed by the
Bill introduced at the last session of
the legislature, the City Court will have
only one more session, and it will be
impossible to clear the docket of all
the pending eases; so what will be the
remedy!? The gt-ntlemen who intro
duced the—bill made ao provision what-
evr for extra sessions of the Superior
Court, whereby this deficiency could
be taken eare of.
From the above, it would seem that
it- would be unwise to kill the court
that is more than self-sustaining and
increase the terms of thet court that is
so expensive even if it were possible to
do so at this time.
If it is the officers of the court that
we are after, let's get" them at the
ballot box, but by alt means It’s save
fliief of the fire department, and W. me “’
... c „ . . f \Bell who died of apauxsii a
’’. Spruell assistant chief.
stated that Mr. Emmett Bell, of Bre our most eeonom.cal City Court.
was dead. It was Mr. Wilbur CONSIDER THIS QUESTION C'ABE
1 FULLY BEFORE YOU VOTE.
Of the fifteen proposed constitutional
amendments to be voted on by the peo
pie lit the general election to tie held
November 0, probably none is more im
portnnt than the one authorizing the
legislature to create a state department
of iuiuks and banking for the purpose
of providing for a more frequent and
thorough examination of the state
hanks of Georgia.
At tlie present time this work de
volves upon the state treasurer. It
was given to him as a sort of inciden
tal side line to lii.k other duties, mid
since that time the regular business
of the treasurer'a office has grown to
such an extent that bank examinations
ennnot be made twiee a year, ns the
law requires. Every mnu in Georgia
who deposits his money in u state hunk
is (iminciall.v interested in frequent and
thorough hank examination and inspor
tion. If the constitutional amendment
is ratified h.v the people, the legislature
will then lie able to provide this pro
taction of the, people.
The Other Amendments.
A list of the other amendments In lie
voted on by the people on November
(1 are as follows:
1. To provide for the orention of
seven new state senatorial districts.
This will Increase the membership of
the senate from 44 to 51.
2. ' To provide $10,000 for tin- dor
icitl force of the executive ilepnrlmuet..
.1. To provide for representation in
the lower house of the general lissom
lilv for the newlv created counties. This
provision will cover Cook and Treutlen
counties to lie voted on in Ibis election,
and for Evans county, which, through
error in drawing the hill creating that
county had no provision made for leg
islntivc representation. Rat ideation of
this amendment will make the member
ship of the house 193 meni'n'M six
counties with three each, 20 with two
'i^trAind the balance.with one member
euch.
4. To provide for additional com
pensation for judges of the soprerinr
courts of the Atlanta and eastern judi
cial circuits.
~ Pension Amendment.
5. To strike out the $1,500 property
ownership limitation on pensions which
excluded a veteran owning that mucii
property from the pension list. This
amendment also extends the date ai
which the widow of a veteran may have
married suid veteran to 1881 instead of
1870. There nro two different amend
ments proposed which provide snbstnn
tinlly the sumo thing, the difference in
the other--listed lower down being
tliut it does not carry Jhe change in
date limitation. The two hills were
passed lit different times' during the
session.-
fi. To provide for payment of $7 per
day and 10 cents per mile for members
of the house and senate, instead of
$4 per duy. It also provides that the
president of the senate and speaker of
the house shall draw $10 per day in
stead of $7.
7. To strike oui the $1,500 property
limitation in the pension clause.
8. To authorize any county, mnnici
pality or political subdivision of the
State to incur any new debt with the
assent of two-thirds of the qualified
voters thereof voting at an election for
that purpose. This changes the pres
ent provision requiring an affirmative
vote of two-thirds of tlie registered vot
ers in the county for municipality.
9. To provide for the creation of
Cook county.
10. To provide for the creation of
Atkiiisou county.
11. To provide for the creation of
Treutlen county.
College Endowments.
12. To authorize the exemption from
taxation of endowments of institutions
of learning when not irtvested in real
estate and when such institutions ars
upon to the general public provided that
all endowment* to institutions estab
lished for white people shall be limited
to white people, and all endowments to
institutions established for colored peo
pie shall be limited to colored people.
13. To fix the salaries of the judges
of the supreme court and the court of
appeals at $5,004 a year, and the sal
aries of the /judges of the superior
court at $4,00^ a year, the latter except
in certain counties. In Floyd, Clarke.
Sumter, Muscogee, Chatham, Fulton,
arid Richmond the salary paid by the
sthte to be augmented by those counties
so as to make the total salary $5,000—-
which is don^ at present.
14. To authorize the general assom
tdv to confer upon municipalities con
taining 150,$00 inhabitants or more th •
,,to incur bonded debts. This pro
The Food Administration has recent ^ The A. A M. school will open
Iv started a vigorous campaign for u Tuesday, after a few day* a
\ D.
this
moiu rigid enforcement of the food reg
illations. In Carroll county the fol
lowing merchants have been found
guilty and penalties ranging up lo
$100.00 contributions to the Red Cross
assessed ns well as closing the stores
for various periods:
Robinson Cash Grocery Store, Car
roll! on.
Iree Smith .Carrollton, K. F. D.
.1. M. Morrell, Carrollton.
Gray & Co., Carrollton.
(). C. Gumsden, Carrollton, It. I
I'emylties have been assessed
week agniusi:
Hoop & Company, llowdoii.
Harris Grocery Company, ltowdon.
It is understood that quite a number
other violations hnve developed,
which are yet to he tried before the
County Food Administrator.
An inspector of the Food Adiuiuistru
tiou from Atlnntu lias been in the conn-
y in the past few days and it is mi
lerstood that lie found quite a number
ir irregularities. While the work mi
lil recently has been among nicrchnuta,
it is understood a rigid investigation is
to lie made to see that consumers also
(imply with the regulations.
FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION
FOR GEORGIA.
By F. W. WEBSTER,
County Fond Administrator for Carroll
('omit v.
on account of the flu.
THE FAMOUS TERRAPIN
VISITS CARROLL AGAIN
MRS. JOHN D. MCGOUIRK
DIED WEDNESDAY
Mr*. John 1). MoGouirk died Wcdnes
day iifleriioon at her home on West
n venue. She hud been ill from in Hu
ii/ii, lint on Wednesday morning was
thought to lie convalescing. Later in
the morning puiimonlo developed and
she died in the afternoon.
She leaves her husband and eleven
children who have the sympathy, of n
large circle of friends.
Funeral was held from the residence
Thursday afternoon and interment was
made ill the citv cemetery.
A few days ago Mr. .1. M. Kelley
had a very unusual visitor; unusual in
two particulars ngc and tribe.
Mr. Kelley found his visitor walking
about in the yard, and who nhe went
forward to extend n friendly greeting
tlie visitor, liy way of Introduction,
turned his back, presenting to the as
lions shrill hrdlu shrdlll slirdlu hrdlu
tnuished gaze of his host these two
inscriptions: 1810 and 1918.
This was his wa.v of a.viag, as hit
on Id a't speak intelligible English:
' Hnve you ever beard of me, Mr.
Kelley? I thought possibly you hid
is I made a visit to Carroll county in
ISItt, and interview some of her prom
incut citizens who believed in keeping
matters of history straight, and there
fore, they inscribed on my back tlm
date, 1018.
Early in 11*18, I grew very rest,
less over the news of so much sorrow
and denth among the children of mou,
in the great world war and I ventured
forth lignin to the ’scenes of my child
hood,' and so von see me each time into
iiiimuiilcallon with Carroll's citizens.
This time I returned home with the in
scription, I0IH, added to tnv historical
lute, msamrials of my eommiinicntiun
with inn it.
I’lie date, 1810, wa split on my lincli
when I came seeking information in
regard to the ‘ rumor* of war' that were
hotiig through the forests about the
Indian wt r -or war of 1M|2, as it is
sometimes called.
“The date, 19IH, was made when 1
came in search of good tidings of peace
n the present world war. If 1 live to
come again I hope 1 Fence on Earth,
Good Will tu Men ’ will be inscribed on
my buck, and when this is udded i
shnlll lie content to gn Mini return no
more. ’ ’
FOR SALE OR RENT
MR. BERRY PHILLIPS DEAD
Mr. Berry Phillips, one of Carroll
ton’s oldcHt citizens, died III his home
on Minis street lit about 8 o'clock
Thursday morning, after an illness last
ing for many months.
Surviving him are his widow, and
the following sons and daughters: Mrs.
George Gray, Miss Vunilie Phillips and
Raymond Phillips, of this city; Mrs,
Ella llix, of Cartersville; Mrs. Minnie
Brock, of this county, and Earuesl Phil
lips, who is in 1 he navy.
MRS. JOHN POWELL DEAD
A message was received here last Hat
ittda.v telling of the death of Mrs. John
Powell, of Birtningahiii. Mrs. Powell
nee Miss Maude Veiidergriff, spent the
greater part of her early life in Car
rnllton and was loved and admired by
all who knew her.
Hhc leaves a husband and one dniigli
ter, besides many relatives, who have
the sympathy of a large (drain of
friends.
OTIS COOK DIES IN BATTLE
Otis Cook, of Griffin, nephew of Mr.
O. Cook, of Cnrollton, route IS, wuh re
ccntly killed in action on the western
battle front.
Just before lie died lie wrote his fn
tiler saying, “You may see my name
on the casualty list, but you will never
see it on the captured list, as no Ger
man will ever take me alive”
Thus he died, showing the true Amer
lean spirit
A SIX-POUND TURNIP
202 1 2 acres. Two horse farm open.
Two good houses. Two at^l ono hull'
miles from Richland In white communi
ty. 100,000 feet good, second-growth
timber. Price for quick sale, $1,500.00;
or will real for $150.00 with privilege
of buying Inter
303 1-2 acres with about five miles
hog and cattle wire entirely around
the place, with 150 acres summer pus
hire, live separate fields for winter pus
tore, three good houses, four-horso
farm in cultivation, three and one-half
miles from Richland, three fourths milo
from school and church in white com
munity. Will sell for $5,000.00 cash or
will furnish stock for hustler eupubla
of running two-horse crop, and give
half increase on hogs, cattle, Angora
goats, etc.
For Ren* Money note. Good two
horse crop cotton, peanut, corn, peas
and velvet bean. Lund on Richland,
Buena Vista highway, throe miles of
town. Good four-room house anil hum.
Price $250.00 for the two plow*. Th(s
[dace in Carroll county would easily
rent for twice the amount. Red pub
ble land with clay subsoil. Act quick
if interested.
(1. G. MURRAH,
IO-24-2t Richland, Gu., It. 3.
Mr. J. H. Cooper, of Carrollton route
4. brought a six pound turnip and left
it with the Free Press. It’s a whop
per. Corresponds in size to an editor's
luqietite.
We have already thanked Mr. Cooper.
Now we shall eat the turnip and when
planting time comes again we shall ask
him how he raised it.
MRS. B. C. BASS DIES
AT FLORIDA HOME
SPECIAL NOTICE TO
PASTORS AND CHURCHES
A meeting of the Hoard of Health
will be held Friday night to ascertain
if it be expedient to have the Hunduy
Schools and church services next Sun
day. A* soou ns I hear from the City
Council 1 will notify the various pas
tors of the city, , W. T. HAMBY.
Cb ’in. Ministers Association.
COUNTERPANE WOVEN
DURING THE SIXTIES
Mrs. I!, f
i Dunedin,
eek.
Bass died ut her home
Fla., on Monday of this
vision is especially designed to give
authority to the city of Atlanta to in
crease its bonded debt.
Mr. Obe Cook, of Carrollton route 5,
bus a couterpaue woven by him and
his mother during the war of the six
ties.
He was then a very small boy, but
lie spun the wurp mid filling for the
spread and helped l|is mother to weave
it, and vut some folks think the “ hard
ships and privations” of the present
war are terribla. A survey of the
conditions “then” and “now’’ will
help you to appreciate the fact that we
are faring mighty well to be io. the
world war.
FOR SALE
Two brood s<zws.
off i ce.
Call at Free Press
