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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1925
Page
8
A Chrysanthemum club led by Mrs. W. H. Bowers pursues a record display in November. The piece extols Chrysanthemums as the autumn queen and outlines science, pests, and bud selection to achieve a perfect bloom, urging eternal vigilance in cultivation.
In a survey of over 12 000 theatre owners by the Chicago motion picture trade journal Norma Talmadge is named the most popular star for the seventh year running. Mary Pickford failed to dethrone her and Laura La Plante drops from first looks to fifth as an actress. The list also includes Colleen Moore Corinne Griffith Agnes Ayers and others with John Barrymore leading the top male stars, followed by Lewis Stone Richard Lloyd Milton Sills Tom Mix Reginald Denny Richard Barthelmess Rod LaRogue.
Julius Jermy of San Antonio Texas claims his blood poisoned by twenty years with snakes kills every snake bite. He has been bitten by 52 venomous snakes and all bites proved fatal. Yet he remains in perfect health despite the dangerous venom theory. Norma Talmadge to star in The Only Woman at Rylander Monday and Tuesday.
C. H. Burke of Americus Georgia and F. H. Green of Plains Georgia are appointed crop observers in Sumter county for the Sears Roe Buck Agricultural Foundation In dex. P. W. Ewing director of research and Index editor in Chicago announces the appointments as part of a nationwide chain of county agricultural observers chosen for their first hand farming knowledge and ability to observe and interpret conditions.
Leesburg High opened Monday morning with about a hundred in the high school department and eighty five in the four high school grades. New teachers include Mrs L L Cubbedge Miss Estelle Stembridge Miss Lacey Mae Bragg Miss Myrtis Eidser Miss Mary Chaney Mrs Willis Rutland and Supt W P Folds. The opening program featured devotional, recitations by girls, a reading by Carolyn Price, and remarks from County Supt Powell. Prof Frank Long of Columbia University spoke on educating today’s American youth.
Andrew Groeschner, a fireman, credits Tanlac with restoring his health after two years of indigestion and misery. He says gas pains, weakness, and insomnia plagued him until Tanlac improved his appetite and sleep. He urges others to buy Tanlac from druggists, noting Tanlac Vegetable Pills are recommended by the manufacturers.
Detroit August deliveries total 41 500 cars, the highest August sales ever for Chevrolet and the seventh straight monthly record. The record adds to a year of rising production and dealer shipments across the United States.
Ainsworth parade of speakers lauded John Cutler for his sacrifice as Charley Council and others praised the church’s beginnings. The assembly celebrated the new house of worship with religious fervor and gratitude toward the community’s leaders and donors.
The bishop frames Christ as a red blooded revolutionary demanding supreme loyalty over family and nation. He condemns passive faith and urges Christians to accept cross bearing and active service as he notes the church’s week of continuous services marking the building's completion and thanks Professor E. H.
McNeil presided at the organ and announced gifts to Mrs C B Culpepper Mrs Gault of Albany Dr J A Thones Dr Lovett Rev B Chester Dr Bascom Anthony Bishop Ainsworth C M Council for the musical evening preachers of Americus and Mrs Anna Ketchum the organist and Time Recorder in appreciation for their cooperation during the week Rev Cutler said pews would be installed by next Sunday after two weeks in church awaiting erection.
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