Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-28
AWAKEN TO YOUR DUTY AND TO
OUR OPPORTUNITIES.


two miles from Americas. was sold to
a man OF high character and intelli
gence, who viii prove an undoubt4d
acquisition TO the white citizenship Of
Sumter county. Next week he viii
remove here from West Virginia,
where he IS closing up his affairs, AMI
viii heneeforth be a citizen of Sumter
county.
This gentleman made this invest
-ment and removes to Sumter county.
solely and directly as a result of the
work Of the Americas Board of Trade
in advertising the opportunities Of
fered here.
This is only one concrete example
Of the good resulting from the cam
paign Of advertising on which the
Board of Trade has entered.
Last spring the Board of Trade plac-
ed advertisements in several papers,
directing attention TO Sumter county
as Georgia's five million dollar crop
county, as the county of good roads
and great opportunities. From this al
vertising it was brought into commun-
ication with a considerable number Of
home seekers. men Of means, large and
small, looking to the South, and par
ticularly to Georgia, for places on
which to locate. Several of these par
ties have since visited Sumter county,
OTHERS are coming on later to see fer
themselves.
Yesterday one of these parties
bought place here involving alto
gether probably $4,000, and expects
to make further investments in this
vicinity. Furthermore, he will remove
here, as stated, within a-few days and
become a permanent addition to sum
ter's solid citizenry.
The Board Of Trade was forced to
abandon its advertising campaign 70
lack of funds. Members were SLOW
in paying their dues, many not mem
bers did not have enough public spirit
to join in the movement to advertise,
some couldn't see any use in adyertis-
ng, and SO on.
As a matter Of fact, hundreds of
settlers can be brought to Americas
and Sumter county within a year o.
two if the people give their substan-
tial and solid support to the Board If
Trade in its efforts to bring the ad-
vantages Of this city and county to
the attention Of the American people
at large.
Just as results were coming in, Just
as people were becoming interested
just as the mails were bringing in sew
eral letters every day asking for
information about Sumter county anJ
Americas, the Board of Trade foun /
itself without funds and compelled to
desist.
That meant lost ground. There
should never have been any cessation
in its advertising. It should have
been continued right along.
We have got the greatest cpportun.
ity here ever offered to any people to
build up the richest county in the
United States, to make every acre of ii
produce to the limit, to fill the county
with high class of white residents
and to make Americas vastly increase
in population and prosperity.
That is what the Board of Trade
staIfds for, that is what it appeals to
the people to support. And yet. strange
as it may seem, some citizens with
large property and other interests
here, the very men who would derive
.undoubted benefit from the incoming Of
high class people, refuse to assist.
refuse to become members.
Let US get together. let us pull to,
gether, let us keep on advertising Sum,
ter county and Americas as they de-
serve to be advertised, and the results
will be such as to astonish even our
selves.
Florida expects this year 10000 70
10000 incomers, looking for home 10
cations. They are passing througl
Jacksonville now, the Jacksonville
Times-Union states. at the rate of 100
to 200 daily. And, as that paper says.
it is all the results of persistent al
vertising of a good thing.
And Florida hasn't anything to Of
fer that equals Sumter county.
Won't you Ia yaside your indiffer-
ence, put your apathy on the shelf
forget your personal preiudices against
some one else, rise to higher appre-
citation of public duty, and for the sake
of Americas, Sumter county, and your
own business interests, give helping
hand to an organization whose pur.