Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-02
&. R. ELLIS, ESQ.
BOUGHT The
IMES-RECORDER
ASSUMES CONTROL TODAY
viii Devote Paper to Up
building Of This Section

Today the TimesRecorder will be
transferred to George R. Ellis, Esq.
who secured an option on the paper
several weeks ago, ando n yesterday
closed the deal for the purchase Of the
paper which today will become his
property.
Mr.. Ellis purchased The Times-Re-
corder individually, as personal in
yestment Having confidence in the
future of Americus and the country
from which it derives it's trade, Mr..
Ellis regarded The Tines Recorder as
an excellent business proposition.
Mr.. Ellis interests all lie in the up
building of the city, county and section
served by The Times Recorder. I'm
der his control the paper will redou-
BILE it's efforts toward the development
of this part of Southwest Georgia, CIV
ing its energies and its space freely
to the encouragement of plans that
have for their end the agricultural,
industrial and commercial uplift of
the district in which The Times-Re-
corder circulates, as we'll as of the
state as whole.
AS president of the Beard of Trade,
as a director in the Anfericus, Triton
and Atlantic railway, as stockholder
in the new metal roofing plant, and in
other ways, Mr.. Ellis has attested his
confidence in the stability of Americus
as a business centre, in the perma-
nency of its prosperity, and in the
probabilities of it's continued eXpan-
sion in population and business. He
has absolute faith in the future of the
city, county and section, believing that
the wonderful improvements that have
come in all directions in the past ten
years are but meagre indication of
what may be looked for in the next
decade To make The Times-RecOrder
more than ever factor in this devel-
opment of it's section will be his am
bition and the controlling spirit Of
the paper.
The Times Recorder entered upon
it's thirty-ffth year yesterday. Its his
tory has been marked by an earnest
endeavor to be constructive agency,
assisting it's constituency in their la
bors of lifting Southwest Georgia year
by year to a higher plane of material
well being. 1t has been partner in
their adversely and has shared in their
prosperity Today it enjoys a greater
patronage and enjoys wider circula-
lion than at any time in it's history.
Dcy otion to the interests of its imme-
d;ate section will mark it in the future
as in the past
The Times-Recorder was bought six
years ago by Mr.. Thomas Gamble, Jr..
from Mrs. M. L. Myrick, who had sue
Ceeded her husband, Col Bascom My
rick. in the ownership and control of
vhe paper. During the past six years
an entirely new plant of a modern
t.pe has been put in, new and we'll
adapted home taken possession of, tho
daily increased in size from a four
page to an eight page paper, and the
weekly made a twelve page paper. I'm
der the new ownership Mr.. w. L. Du-
rree will continue as business mana
ger, with Mr. Frank T. Long and Mr.
J. w. Furlow on the editorial and local
staff. There will be no changes in the
Mechanical department, The Times
Recorder enjoying the services of one
OF the best corps of printers to be
found in the state.
Mr.. Gamble will hereafter devote
his time and energies to his weekly
trade paper in Savannah and to news
paper work there of a special charac
ter. 1t is needless to say that he viii
retain the deepest interest in the wei
fare of Americus and Sumter count!
where his associations since he as
sumed control of The Times-Recordel
on March 1, 1907 have always been o
the most agreeable character. The sey
ering of so many pleasant ties 9
friendship is to hi mthe most regret
table feature of the transfer of his en-
tire interests to another city.