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The Americas (Ga.) Times Recorder of
February 20 is a splendid achievement
in southern journalism, and is all the
more remarkable in that this fourishing
paper is managed and edited by wom-
an, Mrs. Marie Louise Myrick. This
special edition is a sixteen-page paper,
profusely illustrated with pictures of the
homes of Americas and of many notable
men and women of Georgia. 1t is hand
eomely printed on fine quality of paper
and throughout it's pages reflects the
genius and judgment of the brilliant
woman at it's head. AS every woman
who knows anything of her must feel an
interest in the life and work of Mrs. My
rick, l give brief sketch of her, taken
from the Times-Recorder:
Mrs. Marie Louise Myrick presides
over the destinies of the Fimes-Recorder
as business manager and editor-in-chief.
Upon the death of her husband, Capt.
Bascom Myrsck, in August last, she was
elected president of the Times-Rs corder-
company, and all will accord that she has
managed the large and tedious business
of the corporal ton with signal ability and
unusual success. Mrs. Myr.ck was Marie
Louise Scudder, a native of Shelbyyille,
Bedford county, Tenn, was married 10
Mr.. Bascom Myrick of Georgia March
3d. 1875, and a the age of IL years she
left her Tennessee home and for more
than twenty years has resided among
her husbands friends in Georgia. And
today none stand higher professionally
and none are more universally applauded
in the state than is the brilliant, capable
and fearless editor of the Amerlcus
Times-Recorder, who numbers among her
close coterie of friends most of the prom
inent men and women of the south.
Mrs Myrick is distinctly a newspaper
woman, having been actively and daily
at work on the press for number of
years. She was her husbands strong
right arm and faithful assistant during
the six years of his brilliant journalistic
career.
Mrs Myrick is the only woman who
now manages and exclusively controls
daily paper in the south. She has ever
enjoyed this unique distinction in Geor-
gia and the recent death of Mrs. N.chol-
son, editor and proprietress of the New
Orleans Picayune, has crowned Mrs. My
rick alone with this high professional
honor.
1.-The editor of the Times Recorder is
an active worker, giving her personal at
tention to every minute detail of Of
flee as well as editorial work, and it is no
unusual occurrence for her to remain
steadily engaged at her desk for eight
cen hours out of the twentyfour. Mrs.
Myrick is a conscientious journalist, and
has never been known to strike an adver-
sary without due regard to professional
ethics. 1t is part of her religion to stick
to her friends, and likewise hundreds are
loyal to her, and she enjoys the conf
dence, patronage and good will of the
people of her entire section, and unhes-
itatingly admits that she is indebted to
the gracious magnanimity, glorious and
unselfish manhood of Georgia, for any
success she may have attained
Mrs Myrick is vice-presdent of the
Woman's Press club of Georgia, and has
ever been a strong and active member of
this organization, being one of the
trainers of Its constitution and bylaws
and ranking as one of the most valued
members of the executive committee.
THE strain of Mrs. Myrick's profess
sional duties gives her very little opportu-
nifty to enjoy any of the pleasures of So
cety, but at an early time she hopes to be
relieved from a portion of her trying and
arduous labors, for she has great prom
Use in her manly and bright 17-year-old
son, Mr.. Shelby Myrick who will grad
uate from the State university in June"
Mrs. Anna Evans of Selma is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex T. London. She and
Mrs. A. P. Jones, also of Selma, and the
little daughter of Mrs. Jones, Miss Elise
Jones, came up few days ago to be pres
ent at the christening of the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs A T London
on last Saturday. Mrs. Jnnes and Miss
Elise Jones returned to their home in
Selma yesterday morning.
I received a few days ago the pros
pectus of the New Century club of Shelf
field, Ala, for 1886. 1t has for its motto,
Education. is the chief defense of ma
tious," and the course of study mapped
for the naT1harG Indicates fhic
woman's club is abreast with the best
thought and progress of the times. The
subject for the year Is the study of Amer
lean literature. The New Century club
was organized in 1892 by ten cultivated
women, first as magazine and review
club; the second year it began a more
systematic course of study, and each sea-
son a regular programme of helpful lit
erary labor has been carried out by the
members This club is not yet part of
the State federation, but it will be repre-
scented at the convention of womens
clubs to be held at Montgomery in May,
and will join the federation. The New
Century club meets fortnightly on Thurs
day afternoons. and besides the regular
course of study lectures are delivered be-
fore the club by eminent men, and there
is much attention paid to music, and
many of the programmes are varied by
musical solos from the members and
original papers upon musical subjects.
OfflcerS are elected at the END OF the SeS-
sion in June. The following are the Off
GERS and members of the New Century
club for this year:
President, Mrs. r. H. Wilhoyte.
Vice-president, Mrs. T. L. Carter.
Secretary and treasurer, Mrs. w. s.
White.
Critics--Mrs. c. H. Bell, Mrs. J. v. AL
len.
Programme committee-Mrs. c. H. Bell
Mrs. T. L. Carter, Mrs. r. H. Wilhoyte,
Mrs. w. s.. White. Mrs. Joseph
" Allen, Mrs. w. w. Allen,
Mrs c. B. Ashe, Mrs. C. H.eBell, Mrs. c.
F. Bishop, Mrs. T. L. Carter, Mrs. ]. r.
Grove, Mrs. T. L. Fossick, Mrs. j. c. Har-
ris, Mrs. L. Long, Mrs. J. A. May, Mrs.
j. II. Owen, Mrs f. L. Reese, Mrs. r. ].
Thurmond, Mrs. Elizabeth Towson Mrs.
w. R. Weston, Mrs. w. s. White, Mrs.
r. H. Wilhoyte.
Speaking of women's clubs an Atlanta
man in the Journal, thus expresses his
views about the new club just organized
in Atlanta:
1.-THE Woman's club gave their friends
a reception yesterday at their quarters in