Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-27
MEN AND INSTITUTIONS IDENTIFIED WITH ANlERICJS

Americas has always been called
The City Beautiful and we'll ,nt rit-
ed is the appellation in the opinion of
those who have viewed its broad and
we'll graded streets, its handsome
homes surrounded by we'll kept lawns,
ever a source of beauty and attrac-
tiveness. Like Italy's capital, the
Eternal City" the beautiful Capital
City of Southern Georgia is builded
upon the hills, the typographical eff
feet enhancing the otherwise natural
beauty of its surroundings.
Americas has a great deal at which
to point with pride to the visitors
within her gates for few other South
ern cities of even larger size and pop
ulation possess handsomer public
buildings, including church, schools.
postoffice, banking houses, her beau
tiful tourist hotel of Moorish architec-
ture, and other stately edifces, but
the chief charm of Americas lies in
her beautiful homes and we'll paved
highways. Payne, the author Of
Home, Sweet Home" surely could
have caught the inspiration of his i'm
mortal song had this homeless wan
derer ever beheld the beauties of a
home in Americas.
Americas possesses all kinds q3
homes fro mthe viewpoint Of cost and
altractlveness and here side by side
with the vineclad cottage of the toiler
ris.zS the princely mansion of the
man Of greater means; homes that
would prove an ornament to Atlanta's
boosted Peachtree or Avenue st.
Charles, the pride of the Crescent
City.
Nor are the pretty homes confined
to any one locality. Taylor Hill, the
highest point in the city boasts many
attractive private residences, as does
Lee street, that brOd eXpanse known
as the Southside; College street, Pros
pect Heights, Church, Jackson, the
Rees Park section, while in recent
years East Americas has We'd in
friendly rivalry with other localities
in making it's homes attractive There
are no stately mansions over there.
it is true, but growing community
of modest, clean, Wellkept and attrac-
tive dwellings. WhiltaaooOoOtttaETl
tive dwellings. While Americas boasts
stately mansions, some of them the
ante-bellium homes of wealthy citi-
zens who came as pioneers to this
Eden OF Georgia and builded for them
selves aristocratic homes that exist
long after the proud owners of other
days have passed away, the more
modern style of architecture is in evil
Gence as well.
Among the new homes, the pictur-
est,ue bungalow is much in evidence
and more favored, perhaps than any
other, both for attractiveness, econ
omy of construction, convenience and
comfort These pretty bungalows are
being built all over the city and es-
pecially out on the Southside. On
beautiful residence thoroughfare,
Harold avenue, built up wholly in
bungalows, which has given to it the
suggestive name of Bungalow Row"
Americas, happily, discarded the
unsightly picket fence many year
ago A fence of any description is
rarely to be seen here now, and the
natural beauty of the landscape i
not married and disfigured thereby.
Trim hedges, or cOpings of concrete
ana granite mark the pavement line.
while lawns Of perennial verdure
blend in harmony with the well kept
gardens which they so well adorn.
The private lawns are indeed beau
tifuI and add vastly to the general at
Effectiveness of the residential sec