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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
3
The piece argues editors face relentless public scrutiny and must balance accuracy with accountability. It compares journalism to other professions, noting widespread errors despite careful checks. It contends editors strive for correct reporting, yet small mistakes still slip through before print.
The Harvard pension bill did not pass the senate as many believed. It never came up in the senate and stayed in committee, though it would have saved about $200,000 yearly. Opposition kept it from action and inquiries rose after the mistaken idea of passage spread. The Augusta Chronicle notes a final decision on C. B. Stevens’ successor, with Terrell set to leave as attorney general on February 1 to announce for governor.
Augusta Chronicle lauds the new comprehensive Georgia History and Industrial book by Commissioner O B Stevens and assistant B F Wright. It covers agricultural soils from Rabun Gap to Tybee light, mining, manufacturing, education, religion, and county histories, with Joseph T Derray as literary editor. The work aims to boost wealth and population and deserves a place in every Georgia home.
A poem contrasts smiling through hardship with genuine sorrow as two brothers cremated in Alabama after a fire consumes their father’s house near Atlanta. In Raleigh a miller, Dasher Morris, dies when a frozen water wheel breaks free, crushing him while he attempts to clear ice, reported December 21.
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