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■ - • ,V I C. A. Meeks Publisher VOL. XXXVI , NO. 41*—» E ESTABLISHED 1886 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR CARROLLTON, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1923 V WHAT OTHER SECTIONS THINK OF CARROLL CARROLL LODGE HELD MEETING I just had n tnlk with Dr. D. 8. Reese, ■who hns recently mnde a trip through middle nnd South Georgia. Ho men tions McRae, Jesup, Hawkinsvillo, Fitzgerald, Ocilla nnd other towns where the pcoplo were very eager to ask questions about Carroll county as soon as they knew that the doctor was from Carroll. Such questions wero ask ed and statements were made as— “Oh, yes, you are from Carroll where so much poultry is being produced.’’ “Your county leads tho state in poultry, doesn’t it?’’ “How do you sell so much poultry nnd eggs?” “Carroll county will lend in cotton production this yo.nr won’t it?” “How do you make so much cotton?” These arc samples of the questions asked by our middle nnd South Georgia friends and should make us feel very proud of our county nnd should give us inspiration to “press on to the mark” in the future as we are confi dent of doing. Dr. Reese also states that Carroll county is referred to frequently in pub lic speeches on agricultural and other subjects in the territory lie has recently traveled. Let us hope that we can always bo able to say—AND CARROLL SHALL DEAD THEM.—C. B. Ingram, County Agent. Cnrroll Lodge No. 69, F. & A. M., held a most interesting meeting on Tuesday night, the 20th inst. Tho Worshipful MnBter explained some of the changes made in the Masonic law by tho recent session of the Grand Lodge, nnd many other matters of interest wero attended to. One of the most important things the lodge hns done in many years, was the unanimous vote to subscribe for the Masonic Home Messenger,” a month ly mngazino published by the orphans in tho home at Macon, for every mem ber of tho lodge. This will plnco the paper in the homes of nbout 180 fami lies, nnd the information that may bo had from it, on Masonic subjects, could hardly bo acquired in any other wnv. At tho next regular communication, on the flrsf Tuesday night in December, wo will have work in tho Master’s de gree,. nnd expect to liavo some distin guished visitors from Birmingham, Romo and other places. This promises to be a banner meeting, nnd wc-hope to see nil our members out, and ns many others as will come.—E. A. Merrell, Secretary. PUBLIC MEETING AT CITY HALL NEXT MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, AT SEVEN O’CLOCK, TO CONSIDER FINANCIAL NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS _ PLAY to be given AT ROOPVILLE Judge T. Of Hathcock to Preach at Christian Church Judge T. O. Hathcock, of Atlanta, will preach at the Carrollton Christian •church on Sunday at eleven and again •. t night. In the afternoon ho will preach at. the Lowell Christian church. Judge Hathcock is ono of tho most prominent churchmen in tho South. Recently he has beon invited to meet in Cincinnati, Ohio, with religious workers from all over North America, as the representative of the South. He is president of tho Western District of Georgia . Board Of tho Christian hutches, an organization that is at tracting’ nationwide interest,' Every member of the church in Car rollton nnd vicinity should hear him on Sunday. Then, on Tfinnksgiving evening, No vember 20th, and on Friday evening, November 30th, Owen Still and W. G. Carter will hold special services. Bob Fitts has come back to Carroll ton. His drug storo is on Rome street —just off tho square. It’s the same Bob Fitts that has been in tho drug business in Carrollton for moro than a quarter of a century. For druggists sundric^step down to Fitts Drug Store —just off tho square. It A play, “Dusk of the Earth,” in four acts, wil be given at Roopvillo Novem ber 24th. The cast includes Eunice Parrish, Ra chel Staples, Veda Millicnn, Lucy Mor rell, Hugh Lee Ware, Loonic Johnson, Glenn Huff, Hoke Banks, Robert Gibson nnd Jimmie Commons. Good lights and comfortablo heat. Next Monday evening at 7 o’clock the people of Carrollton, who are interested in our public school system, are invited to at tend a meeting at the city hall to discuss the financial needs of Carrollton’s schools. Our schools have grown greatly in the last few years. The expense of rtkaintenance now exceeds the income for school purposes. Some remedy must be found. A careful study of the statistics submitted below will give some idea of the treatment we are giving our schools in com parison with other important towns in Georgia. Financial Statistics of City Public School Systems in Georgia Salary II. School Teachers $1400 1500 1350 1350 1500 1350 1500 1200 1080 1200 1125 1000 1500 1200 1200 1125 1500 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 900 PASTORS OFF TO CONFERENCE Popu- Assessed ' City School City lation valuation Tax Rate Tax Rato Waycross 18658 $ 7,500,000 $2.00 6 mills Athens 16748 15,000,000 1.70 7 mills .Albany 11555 10,000,0(^0 G* mills Americus 9010 5,556,887 7 mills Griffin 8240 6,000,000 8 mills Newnan 7037 7,000,000 > Fitzgerald 5870 4,250,000 1.63 7 mills Moultrie 6789 4,000,000 2.00 11 mills Dalton 5222 3,337,855 1.60 6 mills Cedartown 4053 4,000,000 1.75 Statesboro 3808 3,000,000 i.90 7 mills Toccoa 3567 2,285,000 1.67 7 mills Washington 3321 3,000,000 6 mills Fort Valley 3223 1,750,000 ‘ 1.80 9 mills Hawkinsville 2867 1,400,000 . 2.00 10 mills Eastman 2707 2,000,000 7 l-2m West Point 2136 2,262,000 ■) 1-60 >1.70 6 mills LaFayette 2104 1,200,000 9 mills Cairo 1906 1,099,648 .2.40 9 mills Monticello 1623 9 mills Cornelia 1274 2,000,000 ,2.00 • f 1.70 1.65 8 mills Abbeville 1119 1,375,000 7 mills Carrollton 4363 3,570,376 5 l-2m Salary G. Grade Tonchers $1000 1125 1080 1000 900 810 900 945 810 810 865 720 865 990 900 1000 900 720 765 765 765 720 675 Cedartown and Newnan have no rate limit for school pur poses. Blanks are left where complete data was not available. Rev. John P. Erwin and Rev. R. P. Tatum aro In attendance upon the meet ing tho annual North Georgia confer ence in Atlanta this week. Pastor Er win has served tho First Methodist church ns pastor the last tliroo years, nnd his many friends nnd admirers hope to have him returned for tho next year. He is a strong, forceful, fearless pronch- i-r, obeying the command “Go pronch the gospel.” This ho does. Mr. Tatum serves the Cnrrllton cir cuit and his work is nt tho country churches. This is his first year on this work. Ho is a good man nnd has done bis work faithfully nnd well, and his parishioners expect to see him returned. MRS. J. L. MARLOWE CLAIMED BY DEATH SOME FACTS ON GASOLINE TAX On Saturday morning, November the 17th, Mrs. J. L. Mnrlowo passed away at her homo nt Veal. Mrs. Marlowe had been in declining health 'for several years and hor death was not unexpected by all who know her. She was laid to rest in Veal cemetery fjjunday at 11 o’clock, funeral services being conducted by Rev. William Yar brough. She leaves her husband and nine chil dren, tike girls and four boys, to mourn her loss. Tho family hns the heartfelt sym- phtliy of their many friends in their deep sorrow and grief. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Premium List for Poultry , Show Has Been Mailed Baptist Stewardship Drive Is Nearing the Close GEORGIA LOST MOST THRU NEGRO EXODUS Tho promium list for Cnrroll County Poultry Show has been mnilod. In case you have been overlooked, or in case you do not get tho copy which was mailed to you, please make your re quest known to tho Secretary, C. B. The final schedule for tho Stewardship drivo in tho Carrollton Baptist Asso ciation is ns follows: Harmony, 11 A. M., Sunday, Nov. 25th—II. O. Lovvorn. . Pleasant Grove, 11. A. M., Sunday, Ilt&W^frqwTvolltoaHlav l jiav. m.wm£L REWARD Lost.—Two white and black-speckled male Llowellen setter 18 months old dogs, Thursday, 4 miles from Carroll ton. Left us at Billy Mote’s place. Finder notify tho undersigned.-^J. P. FULLILOVE, 17 West Baker St., At lanta, Gn., Telephone Ivy 2783. ltp $5 BILL LOST Lost, in Carrollton, Saturday+af tor- noon, November 17th, $5.00, or between Carrollton and Banning. Finder leave •it Freo Press nnd receive reward.—A. H. Jones, Banning, R. 1. Itpd Salem, 11 A. M., Sunday, Nov. 25tli- A. K. Snead. Kansas, 11 A. M., Saturday, Dec. 1st -Judge Leon Hood. First Baptist, Carrollton, 11 A. M., Sunday, Dec. 8th—Prof. Ernest Dillard. If for any reason any church was not favored with a speaker, if tho clerk or pastor will notify me, I shall arrange for a speaker to visit the church in De cember. A report from tho speakers will bo appreciated.—J. T, Roberts, Steward ship Leader. ■' Washington.—A study of tho nortli- twird-^nigration of Southorn negroes by tho Lahor Department indicates that ?»,706 negroes left thirteen Southern states in the year ending September 1. ;ures- were compiled from stato, -and indusljitui aowces rgfa^'Wirr'120 ,f‘' ^ states. The migration of other stntes follow: Alabama, 90,000; Mississippi, 82,000; Virginia, 10,000; North Cnroliua, 25,000; South Carolina, 25,000;, Louisiana, 15,- 000; Tennessee, 15,000; Arkansas, 5,000; Kentucky, 2,500; Texas, 2,000, and Oklahoma, 1,000. Southern observers have advised the Labor Department that during tho win ter months, in they 1 opinion, large num bers of negroes would return to the Soulh. GONE, THANK GOODNESS! A street carnival showed here last Friday and Saturday. Somo of the out fit and people arrived here on Monday preceding, but they wero unable to “put up”, wo are informed, owing to an attachment being mado on their stuff at Lawrcncevilie, where a party had entered suit against them for dam ages. . 1 One of the attaches of this show pro ceeded to get, drunk Sunday morning about 4 o’clock and created quite a stir, by knocking at residences and de manding admittance. Tho marshal was notified and after hunting for him found him in the garage of Mr. L. B. CARD OF THANKS Wo wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our many friends and neigh bors who were so kind to us during tho sickness and at tho death of our littlo son and brother. Wo nlso want to thank Dr. Hammonds for his great sym pathy and kindness, and also Bro. Yar brough for his great consoling wordB of sympathy to us. May God’s richest blessings rest upon cadi and every ono is the prayer of his parents and siAter. Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Matthews. Gladys Matthews, Baby chicks from well selected and inspected flocks. Popular breeds. Plnco orders at once. Buy at home nnd know BROWN. Mrs. Annie Brown, an inmate at tho alms house on tho county farm, died Wednesday at tho advanced ago of 75 years. The funeral was held at Glon- iocli, Heard county, on tho 22nd,. and interment in tho Glenloch cemetery. DEAN. Mrs. W. L. Dean, aged 37, died Tuos- qny at .Tones mill, north of Whitcsburg. a».v4>ft<HMW-WTiad i tt>,H»mi#a& epun- this ty nnd interred nt Union Hill, near Hon odd gallons on whie' Buchanan. According to tho records in tho state department of agriculture, 683,152 gal lons of gnsolino wero consumed in Cnr roll county during 1022. This is the amount which was inspected at tank stations by tho local oil inspector and on which tho stato inspection tax of one- half cent per gallon was collected. 'Of this amount, approximately four-fifths was* turned into tho state treasury, tho inspection work being dono on a pieca work basis, nnd the inspectors over tho stnto only getting a small part of tho total amount paid for thoir work by (lie oil companies. In this rospoct, it, is interesting to note that there was a difference of 8,350,838 gallons between tho amount of gasoline inspected, nnd tho nmount upon which the state road tax of ono- cont per gallon was paid. This is ac counted for by tho fact that the inspec tion work is done by a forco of inspec tors, none of whom aro on salary basis, while the road tax is pnid by tho oil companies to tho comptroller gonoral’s department and tho legislature has fail ed to provide any machinery for check ing paymonts. Recently, as a result of tho discrep ancy noted above, tho comptroller gon- eral’s office has beep checking their records for 1022 itom by item with tho oil inspection department. records. They have already discovered ono lot of gasoline of 1,178,105 gallons, imported by the Hercules Powder Company, of Brunswick, on which the one-cont tax was not paid. Tho company clnlmf) that it is not due to pay this tax, inasmuch ns the gnsolino wns used ns a solvent in the manufacture of cxplosivos, and not ns motive power for vehicles. The law, hoWover, makes no distinction such ns this nnd tho comptroller general will insist, upon its payment, it is said. Tho necessity for continuing this check betweon the two departments is now much higher than boforo, inaB- much us tho stato tax hns been raised to three cents per gallon. It will bo I . ' •vi - - - EIGHT OUNCE PERSIMMON paid in 1022, would cause a loss to the stnto of over $240,000. Even at tho one-cont rate tho loss was over $80,000. This week Mrs. M. E. Pullen, who resides on Whitosburg Rt. 2, sont to The Freo Press offico a persimmon that weighed exactly a half pound. It I tmeasurod ten inches in circumfer ence ono way and eight the other. Mrs. Pullen states that tho persimmon is “Eureka” variety nnd grew on a three year old tree, nnd that she knows of no others in Cnrroll county. STORES TO CLOSE FOR THANKSGIVING Tho members of tho Carrollton Ad vertising Club announco that stores will bo closed Thanksgiving Day, No vember 29th, WHOSE YEARLING? OGLETHORPE ORCHESTRA The Oglethorpe orchestra was in Car- loll ton Tuesday night and played to a full houso at tho city hall. It was a delightful entertainment from begin ning to end. They Were a good jolly set of fine boys and the audienco was highly pleased with the program. One dark, red heifer yearling came to my homo nbout November 1st. Owner can get same by paying damage and for this ad.—J. F.* TERRELL, 2 1-2 miles from CaTrollton, between Shady Grove road and highway. Itpd Bring your prescriptions to the Old Reliable Bob Fitts nt Fitts Drug Store, Romo street, near the corner. roun.i mm m rue w “ w hat you aro getting. Visitors welcome Blackwell preparing to make a fire in timcg ._F„ urt h District A. & M. the middle of the floor of the building in Howf Does Your 1924 Look To -day? Has Your 1924 Given You Hope For Your 1924? -are the Mainstay of American Homes which wore a lot of shucks stored. Ho was arrested and locked up. Mayor Boone put a stiff fine on him and al lowed him to depart wiNi the balance of the gang Monday afternoon. These carnivals are a nuisance and a detriment to out town and should not bo allowed to come here. Mayor Boono informs us that another will never bo allowed here as long as ho is mayor.—Maysville Enterprise. School—N. V. Davis. 18octtfnc HUNTING LICENSE Laying the foundation is the most important step in every undertaking. Hunting License can now be had from tho County Warden. Will bo in Carrollton every afternoon.—Geo. 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