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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
2
A jumbled compilation of quirks and sayings about voice and virtue, politics, alcohol, and social norms. It cites references to an eternal triangle, a Congress member, and a Jacksonville publication while mixing stray observations on propriety and daily life. The tone echoes a period column of wit and critique.
A columnist condemns women who fast while jailed for picketing or public protests. The piece notes hunger strikes are not new to militants and traces origins to Irish creditors who starved before debtors to force payment, with courts later damages for deaths.
The cotton outlook weighs government price guidance and next year’s supply amid wartime shifts. Drafts, labor shortages, and higher wages pull workers to munitions and industry, risking reduced cotton cultivation while peanuts and tobacco offer alternative crops. Local farmers face arable changes and price pressures as supply, demand, and policy steer planting choices.
Sumter ranks seventh among Georgia counties in cotton production yet shows notable agricultural progress. Farmers shifted toward corn oats peanuts and other crops reducing cotton acreage amid boll weevil impact. Emanuel county leads with a 125 percent gain while Sumter stays ahead of other top cotton counties in overall agricultural development.
A column of clippings recounts the Times Recorder editorial praising the custom of remembering the editor. It notes the delight of the tradition through seasons and quail, syrup pots, hog killing, peaches, turkeys, sweet potatoes, chitterlings, and strawberries. It quotes Grifin News and Sun and Moultrie Observer on editor appreciation and quail crops.
The Times-Recorder editor is praised for his love of a bygone custom of "remembering the editor" with a humorous note about country sausage and chitterlings for Sunday dinner as quoted in the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.
The Americas Times-Recorder dismisses concerns about short skirts, while the Columbus Enquirer-Sun echoes skepticism, suggesting readers should see as far as they ought to. The mock exchange captures a period tone on fashion controversy.
A collage of quotes from The Americas Times-Recorder and other papers discusses holiday shopping woes and looming bad weather. Editors comment on rising prices and shorter stockings while forecasts warn of disagreeable conditions after the holiday rush. Local stores urge bill reductions to save paper amid the urban chatter.
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