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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
4
Rates detailed for daily and Sunday delivery by mail six dollars yearly in advance. Carrier delivery options include fifteen cents per week and sixty five cents monthly, seven dollars eighty cents yearly. Weekly advance option priced at one dollar fifty cents per year.
A daily devotional urging believers to adopt the mindset of Christ Philippians 2 5 through 3 with emphasis on humility and valuing others above oneself in all actions.
Editorial columns praise welcome home faces, reelect Judge Meyerhart, and comment on Georgia politics and national issues. They note a shrinking cotton crop, a test flight of Roma airship, donor-wear humor, and social observations. The piece closes with wry maxims and proverbs about life, work, and happiness.
The Times-Recorder lauds Governor Hardwick for Christmas pardons and paroles made after state board review. It argues clemency shows mercy, not misuse, highlighting his discriminating, heartful approach and belief in second chances for deserving offenders. Rates past critics thus far.
An analysis by Thomas H. Briggs of Teachers College cites America spending about 23 billion dollars yearly on luxuries defined as nonessentials. He notes a 61 billion total income in 1918, with roughly two of every five dollars going to luxuries, and contrasts modern comforts with pioneer living.
The Times-Recorder recalls happenings in Americus on December 22, 1901. A Benevolent Society campaign funds Christmas cheer. salaries of teachers are prepared for distribution. Mrs. G. W. Masters dies after a fatal buggy accident. Methodist Sunday school Christmas exercises and local social visits are noted along with new artesian residences and local residents returning for holidays. Prof Davenport visits Americus, and local social guests are highlighted.
Twenty years ago today the Times-Recorder reported about 5000 gallons of whisky and beer expected to ship to Americus during the holiday season despite the town being dry. It also noted cotton bales sent to Santa Claus in Americus with a stable price of 8 cents and a mule team accident at the McGarrah street bridge that damaged a wagon.
The piece argues that luxuries grow while basic needs lag and cites Prof Briggs estimating spending on luxuries at 46 times teachers salaries. It contends a third of the tobacco bill could fund all schools, praising broader education as the true luxury and benefit for the nation.
Sumter county challenges the world on a hog raising record as J. C. Roney reports two dressed hogs at about 1000 pounds. Other local farmers near that weight are noted. Master Shelby Myrick returns from Thomaston to Americus for the holidays. Miss Dolly Long of Macon visits Americus relatives. A large congregation hears Rev. Dr. Williams preach holiness in the Methodist pulpit. The Louise private car will convey Speaker Crisp from Atlanta to Americus for the Crisp celebration. A wedding near Americus unites Will Dupree and Ida Patton at the groom’s three miles from town with Rev Ki Stubbs officiating.
In a remote camp Rosalie Bruce’s sudden wealth ends as rumors swirl about McMasters. Rose recalls a man’s choice over romance and a wife, the red dress, and a possible South America departure. The narrator frets over gossip and a matrimony adrift amid wealth and scandal.
May Scott, the highest paid member of MéMasters, endures camp drama as rumors about McMasters and Dick Barnes swirl. She defies rivals and clings to motherly longing while the troupe obsesses over who is paid and watched. The leopards add tension as the star struggles with fame.
A disjointed excerpt depicts a narrator recalling events under stress and tension. The speaker mentions Mamedoiselle attempting to quiet others, a cover up, and a pervasive earth smell affecting blood. The narrator returns to a cot anxious about sleep, with an unfinished sense of continuation.
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