Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-21
A NATIONS EYES ON GEORGIA.

few months ago a commercial secretary serving
oud and learned about he could in his position and
made up his mind that he would ego west" He had
never farther than the Mississippi river but
he had heard about that country and it's opportunities
and chances for young men; of its great undeVeloped
resources; it's push and the riches to be made there
So this young commercial secretary wrote letter to an
officer of the commercial secretaries national organ
ization who lives ST. Paul. asking him what the chances
were for an opening in the west in the kind of
work he had been doing. In due of time reply
in substance like this back, opening the eyes of
the westward-looking young man:
Yes, there openings in the west for live young
men, and doubt you could find suitable place. But
before you make any move want to say this you:
1 pdzzled-I am dumb-founded-at your inquiry. Why
any man now located in the Southeast should want
go west is more than can comprehend The greatest
development in this country during the years
is going to take place in the country you in
My advice you is stay there, for you will be right
in the heart of the greatest progressive and
awakening this nation has known in decades. The
East, the North and the West know it, commercial
secretaries everywhere know it. You close
to it yourself to realize what you have at your owl
door"
And needless to say, the young stuck
If the Times-Recorder has a mission, other than tC
provide medium of information and exchange of in
formation for its readers is to people
Southwest Georgia realization of what they have
and to let the rest of the world know it, too.
Southwest Georgia has more to make it rich and
great and famous than any other section United
States-bar And Sumter county has long been
recognized the pick the Southwest Georgia
California famous but California in natural resources
and productivity of SOIL cannot hold candle to Sumter
county has been apty and truly stated that farmer
into his field pillow off seventy side by side
plant seventy different vartes of products gather
work, California soil demands irrigation Nature irri-
gates Georgia soil Climate and conditions limit the
varieties of crops that be successfully grown in
California; only mans choice limits the crops that Geor-
ga grows successfully
Persons who have lived in all parts of America re-
gard Georgias climate the ideal than any
other. The winters mild and pleasant; the summers
contrary to belief in the north where little
fore has been known about Georgia. superb in many
parts of the state and nowhere of the severe type that
makes life in the Mississippi so unbearabe during
July and August
This is just the merest outline of the wonderful
material have, right here in Sumter county to adver
tise the world And advertising it will pay, pay
WELL for it is bound to create keen demand for our
land increase its value wealth as county and
enable live better and achieve greater things
The Chamber of Commerce has taken the first real
step toward getting the advantages of Sumter county
fore the world in issuing recently small folder briefly
setting forth facts about Americas and the
county for distribution among the everncreasing number
of inquirers from other sections the beginning
it must be ONLY the beginning for truly great rewards
await really adequate spread of the truth about sum
ter county
The Times-Recorder believes that when one has
good thing he should let the whole world know it. The
TimesRecorder believes that it realizes good thing
in Sumter county and is going to keep plugging away
Gay after day and month after month to let the whole
country know the natural attractions here 1t hopes
to print columns of the good news from time to time
what is being achieved Sumter county-of our won
derful peach growing of the new pecan in
dustry, just in its infancy and which Americus will
be the CENTER of the wonderfully fine herds of dairy and