Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-28
THEY AGREE WITH
BUSINESS MANS VIEWS
People Weary of Wrdngling
and Doing Nothing.
Business Men and Prop
erty Owners Itis Said,
Should Get To-
gether.

The interview with prominent
business man, published yesterday,
dealing with local conditions and
pointing out the necessity and ad-
visibility of business men as a whole
taking hand in the situation in order
that there may be no further continu-
ance- of a lack of harmony, con-
tinuous pulling apart in the admins
tration of local affairs, but a display
of cooperative spirit that will tell
for the good of the community, awak-
ened a responsive echo in many
hearts.
"A number of business men cor
daily endorsed the utterances of the
man quoted and expressed a similar
desire for a joint action on the part
of the business men and property
owners looking to a more progressive
administration of city affairs here
after and an ending of the wrangling
and do-nothing policy that has held
up everything for the past year
''The present year has seen nothing
accomplished on the part of the city
government that would conduce to
the welfare of the city as a whole"
said one business man in discussing
the situation. Everything has been
hung up in the air and every meeting
of Council apparently sees hope
lessly futile discussion about some
thing that is never settled. -.
In the meantime taxes are raised
and expended, the streets are in. poor
shape to what they ought to be. the
library has no assurance OF support,
the finances seem to be in a tangle !
that promises to continue indefinitely
If there is not harmony of planning |
and working in the administration Of /
municipal affairs, and the whole fu- |
tifse. of Americas is obscured and |
hampefea /
Now, l anr'not laying the blame at
any mans door, or the door of any
man and property owner mat we can
not let this sort of thing go On for
ever. The calm, better sense. of the
community revolts at it,
What we want is a burying of past
differences in Council and elsewhere
and some plan of action that will en-
sure the development of the town. We /
have every reason to believe that if I
our people, headed by the City CouH I
Gil and the Board of Trade, get to !
work on the right lines, and stop dis
sensions, we can put Americus decid- |
edly to the front in the next year or
two. No city in the state has better
opportunities, more advantages, or q |
people who can work more aggres-
sively if they will only get together. !
For that reason | would like my
self to see the business men and
every one else really having an in
terest in the welfare of the city get
together and see to it that radical ac-
tion is taken along these lines. We
certainly must not perpetuate the
ceaseless wrangling in Council and
the continued failure to accomplish
anything by those who should be lead
ing the city on to greater prosper
ity.''
This about expressed the views Of
others. There is no doubt that the
feeling of dissatisfaction with the rec
ord of Council the present year has
been steadily growing. 1t may be that
there will be some steps taken soon
to try to bring about a movement on
the part of the business men, prop
erty owners, and citizens generally
who make their 1ivings here and are
dependent on the business growth of
the city, to alter the existing status
of affairs.
There is some talk of business
mems ticket being nominated, pledg
ed to policy of development for the
city and the harmonizing of conflict
ing interests, the cleaning of the
slate, as it were, and fresh start
having no other object in view than
the pushing of Americus in every pos
sible way during the next two years.