Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-20
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWS

Dr.. Scion B. Cousins will boo;n
his new pastorate At Richmond Va
September l, and will leave Colum,
bus August l on a months vacation
He is attending the International Ki-
wants convention at Cleveland this
week.
Several hundred curious nersors
motored Sunday to the scene Of the
Burning of the negro, John Henry
Williams, in Colquitt county Sa1,n.
day, finding the charred remains
still chained to the stump at the side
Of the pond where the crime was
committed.
Charles Henry Macintosh. of Chi
AcagO, last week elected president Of
Ahe Associated Advertising Clubs Of
|the World at the Atlanta convention
addressed a luncheon Of Macoa busi-
ness men Monday on the Neosho plan
Of community sales.
Plans have been completed Tor q
new 100000 court house for Bibb
county.
Attorney John R. highsrith. c. c.
Arthur and his wife, of Atlanta. and
Robert MendenhalI, a soldier from
Fort Mcpherson, were arrested Sat
urday charged by Mrs. NJ. J. Glenn,
a wealthy visitor from Norfolk, Va,
with conspiring to rob her of So
5000 in jewels Friday night in a fake
automobile hold-up no, far from
Buckhead.
Telegraphic authority from Wash
ington has been received by D. J.
CAN'T, federal prohibition director for
the Southeast, to Immediately rein
state rs per cent Of the "dry" agents
in his territory, who were temper
arlly laid off five weeks ago at the
direction Of the commissioner of pro
hibtiOn.
The new Wiliacoochee river bridge,
joining Brooks and Lowndes counties.
was opened to the public last week.
The structure which has been under
construction for nearly a year, is one
Of the most beautiful pieces of archi-
lecture in the state.
DR.. T. D. Ellis, of Macon, chair
man Of the committee on entertain
ment for the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, has announced that the next
Quadrennial conference of the church
will be held at Hot Springs, Ark, the
first Wednesday in May, 1922. The
announcement followed the compile
ton of tour of the cities that were
making a bid for the conference,
these including Hot Springs, Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, and Asheville, N. C.
The Waycross canning plant, for
merly owned by the Georgia Preserv-
ing company of Atlanta, has been
purchased by W. H. Bailey, presi-
dent and manager Of the Waycross
Packing company. Mr. Bailey states
that he will make extensive improve
monts to the already well-equipped
plant, installing new machinery and
increasing the factory's capacity.
Work has already started.
The Athens Daily Herald and Att
ems Daily Banner have passed into a
merger company, and hereafter win
Me- published by the new company,
(which will operate both papers. An
drew c. Erwin heads the syndicate
nerfecting the consolidation H. J.
Rowe. for twenty years editor and
publisher of the Banner Is vice-presi-
dent and director in the new cor
poration. Bowdre Phinizy, owner
and publisher of the Augusta Herald
and the Athens Herald, will still re-
tain an interest in the company as
sccretary-treasurer. Both papers
will continue to operate as formerly,
the Banner a morning, and the Her
aid an afternoon daily, but will be
enlarged.
The South Georgia conference of
the Epworth League. after a spirited
and hard contested fight on the floor
or the assembly at McRae, voted to
accept as place of permanent assem-
bly, the South Georgia College at Nc
Rae.