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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1925
Page
2
Eastern Richland residents report nightly bee martins roosting in trees for years. Birds arrive before dusk, fly over the city, then settle to roost, causing loud chirping and sleep disturbance. Citizens have shot at roosts with little success. one says he collected a tub full of dead birds. Estimates of roosting numbers range from a hundred thousand to millions.
John Hays Hammond recounts 1895 96 Uitlander uprising in the Transvaal under Kruger. He explains why capital invested by Uitlanders triggered hostility among conservative Boers and details reform efforts, arms shipments, and a fatal rail wreck that thwarted plans for a raid. Tomorrow: Hammond on raid plans.
A July afternoon in Americus reports London elects a City Marshal from 200 applicants. Massy wins a 99 to 63 contest, with notes on his distinguished Indian Army cavalry career and a cautious reminder of his family. Other items include visits from Mrs. Faelish, Mrs. English, and local social news.
Tommie Avery near Montezuma spent this week with Thurman Lavelle and James Childs. Mrs M A English Carolyn English of Oglethorpe and Mrs Wash Baker of Bakerfield spent Tuesday with Charlie English. Willie Ruth English visited aunt Etta Royal at Lacrosse last week. Sara Maxie Smith spent Sunday with Clarence Justice at Andersonville. Mr and Mrs J B Mathis near Oglethorpe spent Thursday.
Beginning the fourth Sunday night in July the Mt Springs Methodists church will host a series of services with a minister to assist the pastor. The public is especially invited to attend.
A Sunday service at Rehobeth Church will feature a community sing at 3 o clock invited singers from the section and it is expected to be the largest attendance of the year with an excellent program arranged by the sing committee
A note reports the Atlantic Ocean depth at about 000 feet near a point 100 miles northwest of Ireland, indicating a shallow to mid range measure for the region.
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