Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-26
THE BEST NEWS SUMTER COUNTY
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THE BEST NEWS SUMTER COUNTY
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The most important news that the
Times-Recorder chronicles is that
dealing with the progress of the city
of Americas and the county of Sumter
This is the class of news this paper
prefers to publish. On this sort of
news items we place the highest value
If there is to be a big head In the pa
per we would much prefer that it be
over some piece of news that tells Of
the development of the city and county
than over a crime. no matter how SEN
sational, or over any other item, no
matter how interesting 1t may be to
the general public. The news that
tells Of new life in the community,
that rehearses the steps that have
been taken for the establishment of
some new Industry, or that chronicles
the sale OF some farm lands at greatly
increased values, or that Informs its
readers that additional farmers are
coming in the county from some other
state, or that makes its public aware
Of some further good road work on
the part of the county-these are the
items that are relished in this Office
and given the best position on the
front page. They are the items that
mean a brighter future. they are the
items that cheer up and enthuse and
encourage those who are leading the
work of development along various
lines, they are the items that bring
smiles to faces and not clouds, that
open up bright vistas of future pros
perity and confirm all the expectations
that have been awakened as to what
Americas and Sumter county will do
in the coming years.
And lately there have been many of
these items, these harbingers of glo-
rious future. Day after day has
brought its intelligence of the sale of
some farm values that few years ago
would have been deemed prepostrous,
of some one prospecting in the county
for home, of some further diversifi-
cation of future crops, of some new
industry planned or begun, or some
old one expanded. No paper in the
state has published more of such good
news items in the past few months
than the Times Recorder. with regard
to its own particular neighborhood No
district, it is safe to say. has presented
more convincing evidence of progress
and prosperity to the great public out
side than has the territory within thir-
ty miles of this. city.
Never, perhaps, has there been
more active demand for good farm
lands than there has been this fall.
The people of this section know that
there is nothing more stable, nothing
more printable. than good farms. Those
who have land want more, those who
have none want their names to go
down on the tax books as farm own
ers and to share in the wealth that
flows in every year to those so FORUM
ate as to be in this class. The value of
good roads, too, has been made IN
creasingly apparent and the greatest
increases in values have been on
lands situated along the fine highways
that now traverse the county In vari-
Gus directions. Every good road item
is watched, now with extraordinary In
terest by land owners and those con-
templating purchases. The desire to
get on good roads is becoming an
overwhelming impulse.
This year the Times-Recorder has
told and retoid, many times, the story
of the vast increase In the grain and
hay crops of the county. That has
been gratifying news to give the
world, far more gratifying than any
amount of sensations Of different type.
1t has told of the efforts to introduce
tobacco culture, successful efforts, too,
and recently it has directed attention
to the pecan culture now being made a
specially by some. Only the other day
it carried to its readers the news of
the opening Of the kaolin mines near
the city, and Of the coming of a colony
Of skilled workers from Ohio for that
purpose. This may be the forerunner
Of a pottery here Who knows? And
it also gave the news of the expansion
of the cigar industry, of its profitable
operation and probable further large
increase in the number Of its employ
es. These were capital items-news
items that mean something and were
far worthier of great head lines than
murders or scandals or tragedies OF
any sort.
Yes, this has been a season of great
news. that is news of the right sort,
news that tells the story of the devel-
opment IN all directions of "a prosper
Gus. intelligent. law abiding, fine
community; More and more newspa-
pers are looking for Just these items.
The Times-Recorder is always on the
alert for them, always eager for any
item that shows progress and tends to
promote development. That Is news
of the highegf and most valuable tyne.