Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-27
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GEORGIA NEWS

Miss Olive Kline, one of Americas
premier concert sopranos, visited Mrs.
Fred S. Singer of Lumpkin for few
days this week. Miss Kline is on
southern concert tour. She was 4
schoolmate of Mrs. Singer at the
Connecticut School of Music.
A temporary injunction has been
granted the A. c. L. railroad at Syl-
vester against the mayor and city
council, restraining them from the
paving of a part of the railroads
right of way on Front street.
Mrs. Emma brennan, 65 years Of
age, dropped dead in front of s..
Joseph's Infirmary, Atlanta, after a
sit to the Fulton county jail to see
@ser daughter, Wilma Leinewebber,
charged with bigamy and violation
of the Mann white slave act. The
mother is said to have remarked to
the matron before leaving the Jail,
1T is more than I can stand, my
heart is broken"
Atlanta's postoffice receipts for
1920 were S2,76O, 1845S, an increase
of $127, $4,000 over 1919.
Atlanta retail coal dealers Wed
nesday reduced the price of coal rs
cents a ton, making the new price
$11.50 per ton for the best grade
This is the third reduction made by
Atlanta dealers within the last As
days.
Fire of unknown origin Tuesday
destroyed the warehouse of the At
lanta Cotton Bag company and bad
" damaged several negro houses
near the plant. The total losses
amounted to $4,000.
Shooting at A. R. Sanford, whom
she asserts had hit her on the head
with a revolver, Miss Elizabeth Nc
Elmuway, of Augusta, missed him
and hit Stanford's brother, Earl P.
Stanford after a quarrel Tuesday
night on the streets. Earl Stanford
was her escort He was wounded
in the jaw and will recover.
John C. Sheehan, of Macon, tried
to commit suicide Wednesday short
ly after leaving the home of young
woman he had called upon. He was
taken to the hospital where he told
doctors that he wanted to die on
account of his trouble" He will
recover.
Three unmasked men robbed the
Bank of Suwanee late Wednesday
Of $4,000 and escaped in an auto.
A reward of $500 has been offered
for their capture.
Three men were badly injured at
Culloden Wednesday by the eXplos-
ion of a dynamite cap carelessly
swept into a fire in front of the Gull
loden Warehouse. The men were c.
A. Holmes, W. A. Chatfield and W.
H. Castlen.
Fire which broke out in the A. c.
l.. warehouses at Savannah Wednes-
day caused property damage esti-'
mated at $25O,000.
A mineral spring has been found
in Monroe county by Golden Evans,
negro. 1t is said to rival Indian
VI9pring.
Mills at Griffin are on full time
operation. Two of the cotton mills
there did not cut down operations
and the other has resumed full time
after cutting down to four days a
week for some time. The oil mill
there began operation this week aft
er shutdown of several weeks and
the Forsyth Hosiery mills will soon
resume manufacturing hose.
Calhoun county claims the oldest
justice Of peace IN the state in Har-
per Daniel. He was first elected
in 1876 and has held office con-
tinuously and was recently qualified
for four years. When this con.mis.
sion expires he will have served AZ
years.
Two dozen Atlanta sportsmen
Monday night staged fox hunt
riding in automobiles intead of hors-
es. They were able to follow the
fox a long way in their autos but
when the fox took to the woods they
left him to the dogs.
That a more or less organized et-
fort was made in sections Of Han,
Lumpkin and White counties to drive
out the negroes, that the leaders OF
the movement are well known that