Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-06
FULL DETAILS
Of CAMP TOLD
CITIZENS HERE
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY AT
TERNOON AT COURTHOUSE
WILL MEAN PAYROLL FOR FIRST
YEAR OF $4,000.

Full details of the coming of the
aviation camp were disclosed yester-
day afternoon at a public meeting at
the courthouse, attended by large
number of citizens.
This meeting was presided over by
Mr.. Frank Harold, who has been one
of the most active workers for the
camp.
1t developed that Americus is re-
quired to do these things: Establish
a grade of 4,240 feet for the sidetracks
at the Aries place, move all houses,
clear all ground, dig wells to furnish
100000 gallons of water daily, and
see that telephone and telegraph lines
are laid and current to the extent OF
300 horsepower is furnished daily.
The committee has obtained 407
acres on the Aries place and the ad'
joining property of John and Harris
Council. This will be bought outright
for $50 an acre, at cost of $32,54O.
1t will be leased to the government
for $40 an acre per annum.
Fiftv acres we're bought on the Free
man place for 500 an acre. On the
Freeman, MceNil, Duckworth an dSim
Allen places a total of 800 acres have
been leased for three years at rentals
of tenato fifteen dollars an acre per
year.
A syndicate has been formed to put
tlp the money necessary to buy the
land. ANY citizen may enter this syn
dicate, taking stock in sums OF not
less than $1O0. In the syndicate at
present are: L. G. Council, Frank La
nier, the Sheffield interests, Harold
Brothers, G. R. Ellis, Crawford Wheat
ley. R. l.. McMath, Arthur Rylander, T.
B. Hooks, Carr Glover.
The county is going to grade the
sidetrack.
The city will give $4,000 toward the
incidental expenses of establishing the
camp.
The incidental expenses, covering all
costs, amount to $3O,50O OF this, the
city has given $4,000, as stated, and
forty-three citizens have subscribed
$1,000. These citizens, and the
sum subscribed by each, are as fol-
lows:
l.. G. Council, $1,000; Sheffield In
terests, $500; Harold Bros, $500;
Crawford Wheatley, $500; Americus
Grocery Co., $500; Glover Grocery
Co., $500; Rylander Interests, $500;
Moreland-Jones, $500; Hooks Inter-
ests, $500; Churchwell Bros, $500;
s. F. Howell, $500; Gyles-Andrews
Furniture Co, $500; J. E. Poole Co.,
$500; ]. w. Harris, $3.50; Americus
Construction Co., $3.50; Americus Oil
Co., $3.50; C. l.. Ansley, $3.50; Pink
ston Co., 5000; Farmers Cotton Oil Co.,
5000 Allison Furniture Co. $500: H.
L. Nize & Son, $500; Gatewood Bross
5000; Coca-Cola Co., 500; W. D. Bar
ley Co., $1OO; W. H. C. Dudley, $lOO;
7 l.. Sparks, $1OO; Tillman & Brown
800: Eshton Buchanan, 500; {. }.
Sherlock, $1OO; Prather-Ansley Co..
500: L. A. Morgan, 500; G. R. Ellis,
800; w. A. Ayash, 500; S. A. Dan
ieIs. 500: W. G. Turpin & Co., $1OO;
Will Mcneil, 800; Thomas L. Bell,
s1OO; w. J. Josey, ,$1OO W. A Joyner'
500, George Duncan, 800; Windsor
Barber Shop, $1O0; N NJ. Dudley, $lOO;
Citv of Americus, $4,000.
Citizens are going to be asked to
make up the deficiency of about
a$11,OOO. :.
These exepnses will be incurred In
clearing up the ground, engineering
fees. sinking wells, cts.
The other aviation camps III INC
South are as follows: Arcadia, Fla;
Lake Charlds, La; Memphis, Tenn;
Austin, Tex; Fort Worth, Tex; San
Antonio, Tex; Montgomery, Ala.
The contract for the camp construc-
tion will be awarded in a few days.
The contractors will have 1000 men
here for about eight weeks. The
payroll will be about $4,000 weekly.
II is very probable that the contractors
will bring all their labor here.
The original committee that han
died all the negotiations for the camp
consists Of Frank Lanier. L. G. Coun-