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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1922
Page
4
The reader condemns cinema for promoting dissipation and crime as admirable. They argue movies influence youth negatively more than sex scenes or crime plots, lamenting glamorous rich sons as heroes and praising Horatio Alger for promoting hard work and good manners.
In Tifton on May 31 ex-Governor John M. Slaton urged courage and endurance to pursue success, urging a return to old-time principles. Seventeen seniors received diplomas from Tifton High as Superintendent Moon called the term its most successful. The event followed a commencement sermon by Dr. G. E. Rosser and a dinner with local officials and visitors.
A group from LeslieGirl Scouts of Union High School traveled from Americus to Myrtle Springs for a week long camp. The party included Miss Rubye Fillingame Scout Master Miss Dorothy Fargarson Lieutenant Mrs O W Loyd and Mrs A G Simpson Chaperones and several Scouts led by Mary Dungan Marieta Glaze Carolyn Foster Mary Hill Leila Kate Williams Lena Ferguson Jewel Loyd Hugh Loyd and Emory Cocke.
County agent George O Marshall announces a cooperative hog sale at the Plains pens on June 21 with advance notice for feeding to maximize gains. The next Americus sale is slated for June 7.
A bridge party hosted by Miss Marie Bell on South Lee street honored the Senior class of the High School. Guests included numerous class members such as Pauline Bell and Agnes Wooten, with social duties by Mrs. T L Bell and Misses Hart, Harvey, Turner and Wallis. Additional events featured dinner for Mrs Hope Strong of Brunswick, a bridge table hosted by Mrs. E J Eldridge, and a group photo at McKinstry studio.
The article reports William Jennings Bryan's backlash against evolution theory as Harvard anthropologist E A Hooten argues humans and apes share a distant ancestor. Hooten claims monkeys branched from a common stem roughly 1.2 million years ago, contrasting with Bryan's belief in a 5,000 year timeline.
Harvard anthropologist earns attention by describing Cro Magnon people as highly religious and artistic with superior brain capacity. He notes complex tribal development and wide commerce from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and from Germany to England and France. He mentions science tracing human history back 14,000 years and comments on library books and spring home repairs.
The article notes that homeowners will spend over half a billion dollars this year on replacing sheet metal work such as eaves troughs. It argues that replacement keeps demand alive, with wear and tear creating work and business momentum despite hard times.
Old Chamber of Commerce record notes a 1783 banquet bill for 20 plates charged to John Cape. Items include Madeira, beer, lunch bowls, wine glasses, decanters, totaling about 750 dollars. The document hints at era dining costs and social hierarchies of colonial New York.
The midweek prayer service at First Baptist tonight starts at 7 45 due to Thursday graduation exercises at Rylander theater, shifting from the usual Thursday night slot.
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