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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
6
The Times Recorder establishes its Lovelace Eve editing staff and copyright notes. It lists Associated Press rights and disclaimers about republication and dispatches, with national advertising representatives in New York and Chicago.
The excerpt contrasts biblical and classical views, noting how affliction reshapes understanding. It cites Psalm 119:67 about being taught by suffering and Terence urging learning from others' lives as guidance for imitation.
The Times-Recorder voices concern for South Georgia farmers facing ruin as they move away from cotton after three failed crops. Diversification rises despite risk, with editors urging caution to protect the region’s key cash crop and livelihoods.
George T. Betts of Ashburn, president of the Georgia Association, attacks the credit system and tenant farming in a public address. He argues independence in crop raising is essential for Georgia farming, believes cotton farming under credit harms profitability, notes strong farm schools, and urges marketing systems and continued farm-side discussion in The Times-Recorder.
Governor Cameron Morris of North Carolina urges unity against class domination and calls indifference to voting a betrayal of citizens. He argues citizenship is a sacred privilege and that voting strengthens the rights and benefits of all Americans.
The Times Recorder extends congratulations to Editor Howell and his Cuthbert Leader for 33 years of service. It notes his quarter century leading the Leader from Lumpkin, improving typographic neatness and constructive editorial policy. Also mentions Henry Ford on timber lands and forest management ideas.
The Savannah Morning News notes poultry raising in South Georgia gains form and favors pragmatic, material gains over old ideas. The Thomasville Times-Enterprise cites a jurist on kissing in Chicago as not disorderly when viewed dispassionately. The Jacksonville Times-Union suggests orderly conduct. Brere’s Brazil mentions possible revolution and Brazil nuts not all growing on trees.
A Times-Recorder recap notes McGarrah’s four acres of wheat on Friendship road impressing locals, visits by Miss Mattie Sue Taylor and other residents, council actions to telegram Seaboard shops, and upcoming engagements and travels. Also includes 30 years ago items such as Lester Windsor’s North Dakota plan and Wesleyan Commencement events.
The Times-Recorder reports N A Ray, a Sumter planter, sent a basket of Alexander peaches described as large and luscious. It also notes an upcoming early June wedding between Stella Webb and Joe Poole at the Webb home and mentions a marriage license issued to Miss Annie by Judge Allen.
A poem by Berton Braley contrasts presidents from Washington to Harding with the vow to live like common men yet notes they always run again. It satirizes the clamor, pomp, and strain of public life while highlighting the appeal of the job and the cycle of re election.
A compact collage of cheeky lines and social quips on kissing, politics, fashion, Cuba, Stillman, sugar, dancing, and travel. It mixes playful proverbs with sharp one liners about spring, luck, and modern life, capturing a breezy, insouciant tone.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt features a humorous dialogue about a wife vamping her husband to help choose an expensive hat while the millinery department staff are wary of a particular vampire. The quip contrasts practical hat buying with playful gothic wit. A second joke imagines a baby born in a Ford becoming a runabout, while a dirigible birth would yield a high flyer.
A lecturer declares sedentary work reduces endurance while a clever student reframes it as less ability to stand. The exchange ends with a sharp agree/disagree tease about behavior and perseverance.
Mr Lovelace Eve editor Times-Recorder Americus Ga receives a gracious letter from Thomas Gamble praising Americus and the Times-Recorder. He recalls pleasant memories of Americus and notes the city’s growth, calling the paper a credit to a town larger than Americus and wishing continued prosperity for both.
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