Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-24
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWc

Camp Benning officials, comment
ing on the criticism from Washing
ton that hospital facilities there are
entirely inadequate, stated that i'm
provements were underway and with
in d month and the situation will be
remedied.
Atlanta has suddenly discovered
that it has negro golf course, the
first in the South, it is said. 1t is
on vacant lot in the negro section
and tin cans are used for balls.
Stuart Taylor, boy bandit held in
Atlnta following drug store hold
up in Atlanta last Thursday, has
gono a hunger strike and says he
gone on hunger strike nd saws he
will not eat anything until his par
ents arrive from Minneapolis. They
are expected today.
Herbert Y. Walker, for seventy
years cashier of the state treasury,
died Tuesday morning at his home
in Atlanta.
Newton M. Killen, of Atlanta, has
been arrested in Birmingham for
violation of the narcotic law, charged
with having opium in his possession
More than 1000 people attended
the Georgia Products dinner given
in Atlanta yesterday.
]. c. Wood, 80 years old, of At
lanta, was sentenced to two years
at the state farm for entering a store
and stealing an adding machine. >
Plans are being made to have a
permanent home for the Crisp coun-
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break in money was made.
A still located half a mile from
a stream or well has been found in
Walker county. A pipe line operat-
ed by gasoline pump pumped the
water from branch half mile
away.
The railroad commission has re-
fused to grant increased rates to the
Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric
corporation of Augusta. This is the
third increase the Augusta corpora
ton has asked for in the past two
years.
All churches of Griffin joined in a
farewell service to Rev. W. P. King,
for four years pastor of the Meth
edist church there, who is leaving
for Atlanta to become editor of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
r. L. Webb, merchant of Damas
Gus, has field petition of bankrupt
CIV in the federal court of Columbus. |
Savannah has started new move |
ment to have the next national meet |
ing of the Shriners held there. The
meeting is scheduled for Atlantic
City, but E. A. Cults, who is to be
Il 3y,,orio1 rNnfpntafn at the
meeting. state that he will try toI
get it changed.
At special session. the city coun-
ell of Savannah condemned par
eel of land belong to John Wolf for
the purpose of opening Thirty-Fifth
street. Mr.. Wolf has repeatedly re-
fused to sell the property.
Plans are being made by the Ben
Hill County Farm Bureau Federation
to have the farmers of Ben Hill
county market their 1921 crop
through the Fitzgerald Chamber OF
Commerce.
Preston's Consolidated school is
nearing completion. 1t is being
built according to state plans for
school buildings and when completed
will have six teachers and an enroll
ment of about two hundred pupils.
The city council of Macon has
started an inquiry to ascertain what
has become of large sums of money
spent by the Macon Hospital; The
hospital has piled up a debt of $780,
600 for the first nine months of this
year, which is more than the entire
appropriation planned for 1871:
Kitchen expenses jumped from 1880
a month to $5.963 in one month
Two Georgians were among the
nine killed in the mine explosion
near Jasper, Ala, yesterday. They