Americus Recorder and Times Consolidation Notice
Legal notice from Americus Georgia dated June 16 1910 announces the consolidation of The Americus Recorder and The Americus Times, official organs for Sumter Webster and Railroad Commission districts, with post office classification and city county duties noted. The paper serves Americus and surrounding districts as a consolidated daily record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Americas
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Third Congressional District
U. S. Court
Southern District of Georgia
Justice poem by Alice Cary echoes moral path
A fragment from Alice Cary's verse asserts that true justice aligns with virtue. It contrasts harmless acts with the pains of wrongdoing and emphasizes a narrow straight path for people, echoing a call for moral accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Cary
Increasing efficiency of Negro farmers in Georgia
The article argues for direct education of Black farmers to raise corn yields, citing Georgia contests showing 75 to 110 bushels per acre possible in Southwest Georgia. It highlights Sumter County averages well below potential and praises recent Americus institute gains, urging institutes and white farmer support to boost Black farmer productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Stockbridge
Southern Ruralist
Sumter
Sumter County
Stock ‘Bridge
Jon
Laurens
Sum‘ter
Campbell
Americcus
Parks
Clark University
India
A Sailor's Prayer
A fragment from E. S. Bates in the Atlantic presents a sailor’s plea to God for deliverance. The speaker confesses he has not prayed before and asks for mercy this once, vowing not to trouble the Lord again.
Sumter as the Banner County of the South
Sumter county is described as the banner county of the South with untapped agricultural potential. The piece argues land under cultivation will expand, yields and crop value will rise from five to seven and a half million dollars in five years, potentially reaching ten million in ten years. It forecasts massive cotton, corn, oats, hay, peaches, and substantial immigration aiding growth, and asserts Americus and Sumter will prosper together with optimistic proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter
Banner County
South
Banner Counties
Georgia
Sumter County
Wen
Geogia
Banner
Americus
Sumter Welcomes New South Carolina Farmer to 850 Acre Purchase
Mr W W Hearne of near Bishopville South Carolina bought 850 acres five miles south of DeSoto for 12626 total price 10626 12 59 per acre and plans to move with his family by November 1st to develop the land as the finest farm in the area He and neighbor T M Woodham toured Sumter County inviting others from his area to consider settling here and the Board of Trade will push outreach with pamphlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter County
W. W. Hearev
Bishopville
D. C
DeSoto
Ida C. Scarborough
Heaton
South Carolina
Georgia
Allen & Crockett
Mr. Heaton
South Carolna
The
Board of Trade
Diploma Ceremony For Castle Sumter Graduates Next Week
Eighteen individuals labeled graduates at Castle Sumter are slated to receive chain gang diplomas next week, awarded by Judge Crisp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Sumter
Chaingang
Crisp
No Fishing Sign Placed on Cotton Avenue Holes
A sign reading No Fishing Here is displayed in the deep holes in the pavement on Cotton Avenue leading to Central depot. The notice warns pedestrians away from the damaged area and directs caution near the depot route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Avenue
Central Depot
Zebras on the run as county officers chase three white convicts
Three white convicts, Martin Hightower, J L Brett, and Cliff Rumney alias Henry Stanford, escaped from a county stockade during a morning rainstorm. Brett and Hightower had two-year sentences, Rumney six months for stealing chickens. Guards failed to chain them, allowing the escape, and a posse hunted through the county without recapture by day’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Christian
Feagin
Fuller
Sweet Liberty
Martn Hightower
J. L. Brett
Cliff Rumney
Henry Stanford
Brett
Hightower
Rumney
Liberty
Sumter
Macon Police Round Up Idlers In City
In Macon Georgia on June 14 Chief Walter Chapman and officers raided a business district arresting twenty two men for loitering before dark. Several employers released workers, allowing half to go free, while others were kept for the night as police moved on loiterers across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Walter Chapman
Town fills with negroes from farms amid wet fields
The town swells with Black migrant workers as fields stay waterlogged and work dries up, leaving idle men with little to do and some proud enough to pursue lawsuits, reflecting social tensions of the period.
Marriage in Columbus Final Tribune
Miss Louise Lamar of Columbus marries Dr Burr Thaddeus Wise of Plains in a high society ceremony at First Baptist church. The couple, driven to 1309 Second Avenue for a reception, plan to reside in Plains where Wise practices medicine. The wedding drew wide attention across American and Plains society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Howell B
Plains
Louise Lamar
B. T. Wise
Society
Americus
Florida
Columbus Enquirer Sun of
O. V. Lamar
Burr Thaddeus Wise
First Baptist Church
L. R. Cloristle
Munc
Miss Lamar
Helen Bagley
Atlanta
Walter Page
Americur
Wise
Clifford J. Swift
Ella Claire Cutts
Savannah
Lydia Willhithe
Anderson
South Carolina
Mary Farrish
Lyra Garrett
Allen Cutts
Holmes McGregor
Aimer
Edgar Chancellor
Tom Lamar
Second Avenue
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the Times-Recorder
Americus Recorder
Americus Times
Americas
Hos. Gamble
J. W. Furlow
W. K. Dupree
Eistorial Roow
Telephone
Americus, Ga
Justice
E. S. Bates
Atlantic
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
HUB
Macon Police
Dr. Wise
United
Howell Blandford
Cus
Burrows
Concl
Cooper Lodge
Bar Association
Lowery
Henry A. J .Allen
Frank P. H
Foleyshoney
Tar ‘Fe,eure, Wooplates
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