Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-23
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GEORGIA NEWS


President-elect Harding has been
invited to visit Camp Benning en-
route to Florida.
After lingering thrte months after
a blow on the head by men intending
to rob him, Charles K. Barr, of CO.
lumubs, died at his home there.
Marshall Garrett, who escaped
from Worth county Jail few weeks
ago, was captured Sunday night by
federal officers near Reynolds. The
officers had gone to the Garrett resi-
denee to arrest relatives of Garrett
in connection with the killing of
evenue officer in battle with moon
sinners last week.
Two white men entered the Bank
of Byron last night. held up the
cashier and escaped with $1,000 in
cash. They escaped in Buick car.
Bibb county commissioners have
decided to have the county do the
paving of its three main highways
itself instead of private contract
for the work.
Hugh ]. Mcintyre was elected may
or of Townsville Tuesday by large
majority. A. B. Milten was reject
ed chief of police.
The Terry shipyards at Savannah,
employing about 700 skilled work
men, win close down this week. IT.
will resume operation the latter part
of January.
The fake coffee bean agent, who
fleeced many farmers near Sumter
county, is now operating in Monroe
county and warning has been issued
by the county agent.
Charged with embezzling $4,000
from the Acworth Cotton Mills, in
Cobb county, W F. Ketrick, has been
captured in South Carolina. He will
be brought to Cobb county for trial.
According to statement issued by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
1884 square miles of Georgia ter
ritory are still infested with cattle
ticks. Counties infested in 1906 were
1852. There are now 81 infested.
Lawton A. Miller has been elect
ed treasurer of the Macon hospital.
A Tatnall county project costing
$4,000, is to be started Immediately.
A big celebration with a Christ
was tree, community sing and page
ant is planned for Christmas day in
cambridge.
A motorcycle officer has been en-
ployed by Waycross to curb violation
of the traffic ordinances.
While going to a fire, an auto
driven by the assistant chief of the
Rome fire department, ran into
truck. The truck was not damaged
but the car lost a front wheel. No
one was hurt.
Max Meyerhart was reelected
Worshipful Master of the Rome Ma
sonic lodge for the seth time Tues
dav.
The Chickamauga Feed company
store and warehouse. one OF the larg-
est bushes houses in Chickamauga,
was destroyed by fire Monday.
In a dispute over cotton, Charles
Howell shot j. T. Worthington at the
latter's farm near Kingston Monday.
A bullet lodged in each leg.
DratSic steps to break up crime
in Atlanta were taken by Chief of
Police Beavers Wednesday following
a series of robberies that reached a
climax Tuesday night in one muir
der, four burglaries, one attempted
safe-crackings, two holdups and sew
eral minor thefts.
The Cuthbert Board of Education
has employed E. Dennis, architect, of
Macon, to prepare plans and super
wise the construction of the new
school building which will be erected
during the spring and summer.
While hunting mistletoe on their
fathers plantation on Flint river,
Misses May, Grace and Dolly Coch-
ran, of near Concord, Ga, saw ne
gro carrying load Of dead limbs
on his back When the negro saw
the girls he dropped his load and
ran. The girls walked down further
and found two more negroes operat-
ing a still. These negroes also ran
The girls then destroyed the still and
poured out large quantity of beer.
Call RaUpold, an Atlanta mer-
chant, was shot and killed by one of
three masked men who entered his
store Tuesday night. Rappold tried
to rout the men when one shot him.
At meeting of county commits
sioners representing Crisp, Turner
and Tiff counties, held in Cordele
Tuesday, plans were made to turn
over the maintenance of the Ma
tional Highway in these counties to
the state highway department for the
year 1921.
Shorter college has commenced a
campaign for $4,000 to bring its IL
brary equipment up to ten thousand
volumes as required by the Southern