Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-12
MACON TELEGRAPH TELLS OF IN.
DUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL
FORWARD MOVEMENTS IN AMER
ICUS AND THIS COUNTY.

The Macon Telegraph in its Sunday
issue carried a long story of the
growth and prosperity of Americas
and Sumter county. This information
was especially requested by the Tele-
graph. 1t was supplied by Mr.. R. C..
Moran, of the Times-Recorder' staff.
The story is as follows:
Americas many industrial and
building activities have featured &C.
velopment in Americas and Sumter
county so far this year, and prospects
are bright for continuation of the
excellent conditions now being enjoy
ed Americas is the heart of an es-
sentially agricultural country, and its
whole prosperity is based upon this in
dustry. Duding the past year there
has been organized here the Farm
Produhts Company of which ]. Ralsto1
Cargill is manager, and other officers
are prominent business men, the stock
being owned principally by local
wholesale distributors of the products
manufactured. This concern has al
ready proven a potent factor in agTi-
cultural development, besides adding
substantial sum to the weekly pay
rool of the city.
Another industrial development in
volving the expenditure of approx
imately $4,000 in this community is
the installation of duplicate machinery
by the Americas Lighting Company,
and improvements which are now UNI
der way in their gas plant Superin-
tendent Joseph A. Johnson states that
when the improvements are COM
pleted, Americas will have plant
sufficient for all local needs during
years to come, the company having
installed machinery sufficient to sup
ply current to numerous small indus
tries which will undoubtedly spring
up here Electric power is used in
Americas by many small concerns, the
rate here for industrial purposes be-
ing unusually low.
Streets Are Paved.
Under the administration of Mayer
L. G. Council, Lee street, the principal
tnoroughfare of Americas, has been
paved with concrete practically its
entire length, and portions of Church
Taylor and Brown streets have also
been paved with this material The
work was commenced just year ago
and all of the paving projects except
one are now complete.
Twelve thousand dollars was eX-
pended by the Central railroad in the
construction of the passenger depot
at Americas, and the Seaboard All
Line, seized with the same spirit OF
progressiveness erected a handsome
train shed, and added much needed
facilities to its passenger terminals at
The Third District Agricultural and
Mechanical College of which J. M. Col
lum is Superintendent, and Crawford
Wheatley, treasurer, has added anoth-
er handsome building to those already
standing upon its campus at cost of
100000 This structure, known as the
u dtAOll BulluAllEy ltpIdCN6 az
old building destroyed several months
ago 1t was built partly with funds
appropriated by the legislature Of
Georgia, and partly through the sale
of bonds, these securities being taken
by Frank Lanier, one of Americas
progressive citizens, who has inter-
ested himself in the welfare of the
college
District Fair Assured.
The Third Agricultural District Fatc
Association here with a capital of $50 :
600, and a half-dozen handsome fair
buildings were erected on the campus
of the Aggy school on the outskirts
CT Americas. These buildings were
used during the winter season by a