Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-02
CITIZENS FAVOR THE
ISSUANCE OF BONDS
City'S Growth Depends Upon
Results of Election

The signs of awakened interest in
the matter Of the bond election next
Tuesday leave no doubt that the ques-
lions Of civic improvement involved
therein are being carefully and broadly /
considered by the people of Americas. /
Citizen after citizen has declared .
himself in favor Of the sewerage bonds /
and dissenting voices are seldom
heard. What a number Of citizens have /
said with regard 10 the bond election /
is recorded in the following brief i'll
teryiews: (
i heartily favor the issuing of the
water and sewerage bonds" said Mr..
W. D. Bailey. Wen never have a live, I
up-to-date city until We have secured .
the best facilities in this line. The
lack Of these necessities is hampering
the progress OF the city now so that
any one can see that this is the city's .
imperative need"
Mr.. c. 4. Fricker said:
The lesson of the recent census 5
sufficient TO show clearly that Ameri-
Gus has not grown as rapidly in the
past ten years as il should have. This
would still be true, even if the obvious
injustice done the city were corrected. +
The city cannot progress and develop f.
until the water and sewerage facilities
. are increased. That is why favor the
issuing of these bonds 1t may seem /
expensive at first, but the returns that
are sure to come viii make the eXpen- .
diture a comparatively cheap one. /.
Sumter county roads have advertised
the county all over the nation, and en-
larged water and sewerage facilities
would do more than anything else -
advertise the city and to assure its
rapid growth in the next ten years"
Il favor the issuance OF the water
and sewerage bonds" said Mr.. W. p. /
Warlick You cannot make the as
|serton too strong, for I think the. i'm
provementa contemplated are abso-
|lutely necessary for the future prog
|ress of the city"
Mr.. J. A Pinkston favored the is
suance Of the water and sewerag &c
bonds. 'Americus must keep in the
swim and continue to forge to the
front. If the city is to grow, the sew
erage and water facilities must be in
creased and the streets paved. These
Improvements must be kept going for
ward. I have always been in favor cf
improving the city as rapidly as cir
Icumstances will permit"
we need better sewerage and water
facilities, said Mr.. J. J. Holiday. Any
lone conyersant with the affairs of the
city can see that at glance. To see
the needs of the city in this particular
is but to wish for the speedy realiza-
ton of better conditions than now ey-
list / am thoroughly in favor of the
water and sewerage bonds just as am
in sympathy with any movement that
win help in building up the city"
Another citizen to add his approval
to the bond election was Mr. R. +.
Allison. The city has been tagging
behind in the march of progress. Other
cities Of this section not nearly so
richly blessed in natural advantages
have outstripped us in growth, be-
cause We have not made the progress
that could have been easily possible IN
the past ten years. | am heartily in
favor of the water and sewerage bonds
and of every needed improvement that
We can make We have a chance to
move forward now, so | am in favor Of
taking advantage Of it."
q think that the water and sewer
age bonds will make for the best inter
ests of the city" said Mr. Frank Hay-
rold. Il am in favor of them now, as
I have favored them in the past
hope that the bonds will be voted next
Tuesday, and / shall work toward that
end. Where such a recognized need
as that of better sewerage and water
necessities exist, it seems that the
finger of progress points only for
ward The bonds are needed and
should be issued"
Many Of those interviewed favored
the Issuance Of paving bonds.