Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-17
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The largest poultry farm in Geor-
gia will be established near Fitz-
gerald by James Paulk. He has pur-
chased large tract of the Red Viii
large farm from W. 7. Paulk and will
devote 80 acres to chickens.
A bull belonging to Johnny Gibbs,
of Abbeville, got out of his pasture
last week and broken into another
pasture and gored to death two hors-
es belong to Colonel N. M. Patten.
Charging negligence IN failing to
keep the bridge in proper condition,
Mrs. Miriam L. Williams, of Mont
cello, is suing Bibb county for $780,
600 for the death of her husband
who was killed when car in which
he was riding fell through the Wal
nut Greek bridge, on the Clinton
road.
Rev. C. D. Graves, D. D., of Wake
Forest. N. c., has accepted the pull
pit of the First Baptist church OF
Dublin effective January /.
The 1920 convention of the Prim-
tive Baptists of Georgia opened III
Fitzgerald Tuesday for a three-day
session. DR.. I. J. Macarthur, of Cor
dele, presided as temporary chair
man at the opening session.
The city council Of Hartweli has
called bond election to be held
December Is, for the purpose OF de-
termining whether the city shall is
sue $4,000 worth of bonds to erect
a high school building.
Several thousand dollars worth OF
merchandise was lost when Geof-
pia railroad freight train from Au-
0,,sta and bound for Atlanta, was de-
rallied Monday night near Conyers,
and seven of its cars overturned. NO
one was injured.
James Barnett, who ran away
from his home near Dalton week
ago, to be bandit and stole a pis-
tol from his employer to start ms
career, is in Jail in Rome chargeu
with the theft and with carrying
concealed weapons. He is 10 years
of age and told Judge Nunnaiiy Oh
FlovS city court that if permitted 20
oo home he will stay there as ne mas
found that the career OF a oanolI %
not pleasant.
Creditors of the Exchange bank Oh
Macon, which closed its doors tnlT-
teen years ago, will receive an ao-
J;t;onal 3 uer cent dividend on De
canoher 6. it was announced yester-
dav afternoon by attorneys Tor tne
rece;vers. This makes a total pay
ment of 80 per cent IN dlVluenus
Investigation by the Gwlnnete
county grand jury of suspected IN
cendiarism in a fire early Monday,
which almost destroyed the town OF
TiIhurn. will be had when that BODY
cnnvenes the first Monday in De
,ember.
The revival at Alma closed Sun
dow niobt with fifty additions to the
churches, said to be the greatest 11 re-
vival ever held in Bacon county, t in0.
church officials burned the Sl'ooo
mortgage on the church.
The Carnegie Corporation, mas no
titled Mayor Glenn Too!e Oh macoh'
that if its conditional offer of Son.
600 to erect public library in that
citv is not accepted at an early date
the offer will be considered as laps
ed. u
The fall term of the Terrell count
+v Sunerior court opened yesterday
With Judge William C. Worrill pre-
siding Both civil and criminal dock
cts are unusually light.
A srecial train carrying lou prom.
inent business men and educators OF
Georgia left Atlanta this afternoon
on an industrial tour of the large
ceters of American business.
At a meeting of the finance COM
mittpe of the Atlanta city council,
II was voted to recommend that an
employment bureau be installed at
once and that suitable location be
found. Part of the expense VIII De
borne by the federal government.
The North Georgia conference mas
voted to award the Lagrange col
iege s35O.000 as an endowment
fnnd. The amount with the S25O,-
600 raised by the citizens OF La
Grange last May, gives the college
:, moTkino capital of 100000,
DR.. e. E. Bruce, Of Brunswick. ac-
cidentally shot while deer, huntlns
last Friday, has considerably lmproV-
ed and is expected to recover,
A loss of more than $4,000 was
tboresult of the fourth fire that
broke out in Marietta Saturday
night when the warehouse of the ALI
good Frey-Shaw company was par
f;allv burned. George Gumas, one
Of the fremen, was painfully lnJur-