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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1921
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday mail by mail or carrier, including 6 per year in advance, 5c per week, 65c per month, and 7.80 per year, plus weekly at 1.50 per year in advance. It outlines various payment terms and delivery methods.
Editorial roundup lampoons Arbuckle case and theater rowdiness, notes on newspaper turmoil, and a string of wry maxims. It cites Helen Hubbard’s conviction stance, calls out public misbehavior in Waycross and Macon, and mashes reflections on politics, culture, and travel with terse quips and observed ironies.
The Georgia Market Bureau reports strong demand for shelled Georgia corn at Western prices. It urges communities to install small, affordable corn shuckers and shelters to process grain, grade it, and ship via rail. Elevators are needed across the South to enable diversification and prevent losses while waiting.
A reflective piece argues age divided by three equals years in bed and promotes sleep as essential. It urges living and sleeping correctly with a comfortable bed, proper pillow, right covers, and ample fresh air, claiming sufficient rest doubles efficiency and cools an over heated system.
A 1911 roundup notes cotton receipts reaching 38 000 bales with 4 000 to 5 000 more to market. Americas host Miss Dora Belle Gilbert and Thomas Hamilton Milner wed at Albany Baptist Church. Rural free delivery in Sumter County shows strong first year gains per Postmaster S A Smith.
Twenty years ago today a house on Forrest Street owned by James Russell and occupied by a black family caught fire causing local disturbance. The Seaboard line via Americus introduces a new passenger service with Sunday night trains carrying many passengers. Seaboard repairs its bridge over tracts at Barlow Street after delays for material. City council pushes retrenchment in municipal expenditure across council police board and education. Virginia Carolina fertilizer plant remains in use though scaled back, employing many under Supt. McKenzie.
Twenty years ago Americus locals read of Dr Roach a Columbus dentist moving to Americus to practice with Dr W P Burt. Wheelman Will Dudley Jr famed for feats on a bicycle. The Club planned a musical evening at B F Mathews residence with readings solos and a chorus. City hall project praised for armory drill space and church use. New gas plant praised for quality. Americas youths to form exclusive club The Virtilians named after the Roman epicure. Major W L Glessner returned from Ohio with plans for three excursions in January February and March.
A narrator relays a moonlit river conversation with Hutcherson Coleridge about his marriage and career. He confesses sympathy for the man yet notes his wife’s coldness may harm him, while the mother questions the tale and discusses Cissy and a suitor. The exchange hints at personal perception and missed life signals.
In a reflective piece from 1921, the narrator notes personal doubt about morals in cinema versus morale in life. Hutcheson Coleridge is depicted as lacking endurance with his chosen wife and his mother of his children inspires sympathy from a younger woman. The column hints at a serialized continuation.
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