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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
6
The Times Recorder Co published 1879 issue details and editorial leadership Lovelace Eve, with information about copyright, republication rights, and national ad representation in New York Chicago and Illinois offices, noting post office filing and Associated Press credits.
Coffee County farmers, especially near Douglas, shift from cotton to trucking cucumbers as a main money crop, with English peas, strawberries and celery also in demand. Aimed at Sumter County prospects, the article notes potential earnings around $100,000 and urges studying trucking markets and improved freight access to Atlanta and beyond.
An editorial argues that industrial and agricultural development sustains prosperity, warns against disruptive agitators, and urges citizens to protect stability as legislators increasingly rely on laws to enforce change. It stresses communities suffer when a mine or factory closes, affecting schools churches and workers.
The passage argues that the best government runs with minimal law and machinery. It warns that reliance on autoenforcement weakens respect for government and allows endless government expansion. It notes the high cost of creating new bureaus and predicts voters may back candidates who repeal more laws than they create.
A midwestern letter describes a curious new fire making device using small wood splinters and bursting tips. Advertising spreads such news across the country, informing farmers and city folk alike. Ads in the columns promise comfort and value, urging readers to spend time reading them.
A June 6 1913 Times Recorder item lists local arrivals departures and weather notes. Mrs N R Sanborn and Miss Myrtle Sanborn now reside at 226 Jackson Street after moving yesterday. Crops suffer drought despite rains. corn poor and peach yields later. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Macon Albany Pelham Aberdeen and Sumter. The piece also recalls events from June 1903 including Judge S Montgomery’s accident and a berry market thriving scene.
The board of county commissioners let a contract to W. W. Poole for building a bridge over Muckaloochee creek at Seal's Mill. J. A. Hixon was elected county attorney after the death of Col. B. F. Hollis. Steve Small surfaced a fifty acre cotton field sample two and a half feet high and fully covered with blossoms. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Borum leased the new cottage on Jackson street beside the Athletic club. Mrs. W. H. Allen of Atlanta visited her daughter Mrs. John T. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cheeves of Forsyth stayed with Col. R. L. Maynard on Barlow street.
A midcentury editorial notes 1818 imagined limits of population but could not foresee 20th century advances in agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and especially advertising. It argues ads now drive choices, save time and money, and keep readers up to date with valuable goods and guaranteed satisfaction.
Tom Sims riffs on heat and leisure in a breezy column about summer at the shore. He riffs on fashion, drinking, laziness, reputation, and the quirks of tourists, noting Missouri designers, war blame, and Palm Beach suits.
A light verse counsels bearing foot pain with resignation by imagining worse ailments from a centipede to an octopus. It notes throat soreness, rheumatism, toothache, and compares dental woes to sharks, ending with a playful admission that the philosophy might not help. Copyright 1923.
A witty exchange from Topics of Day covers newlyweds and a missing button leading to a sewn buttonhole. The punch line features a playful misuse of poison ivy as winter coat material and a light jab about spring overcoats and supply houses.
The Columbus Enquirer Sun imagines Decatur Ala near a prime ministerial home if Lord Curzon had become premier noting Lady Curzon once lived there and daughter of J Monroe Hinds. It also jokes that a Possum Scuffle might have become president, highlighting a rural pride in unlikely figures.
June 6 report from Moultrie notes South Georgia cotton growers seek boll weevil control insights. The Florida Plan, developed by George D. Smith, associate state entomologist of Florida, has been tested for several seasons before public details were released.
During a Valdosta fishing party, W. T. Doty heard a frog near Brown pond and rowed to aid it. He discovered the frog clinging to a dead limb while a fish tugged its hind leg, and he pulled up a four pound trout as the frog's adversary.
The first cotton bloom of the season arrived in Tifton on June 6 carried by Eli Ellis from Henry Tift's Urbana farm, seven miles southwest of town. Tift owns 160 acres, much planted in February. Most was saved from frost by the larger portion escaping. The bloom comes from the February planting.
John C Beverly, of the Monticello road, was struck by a severe paralysis stroke Sunday afternoon. The ailment affected his entire right side. A later report indicates slight improvement in his condition.
J A Kelly, an Atlanta commission merchant, bought a car of chickens at the cooperative sale in Moultrie. Fryers sold for 35 cents a pound, hens 20 cents, roosters 10 cents. His bid surpassed those of merchants in Philadelphia and New York. The article notes the Transcontinental road is the longest railroad in Russia.
Churchwell invites families to a Friday afternoon gathering from 2 to 6 o'clock offering a free souvenir to attendees. The event emphasizes remembering the kids and providing a token of appreciation to participants.
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