Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
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Members of the First Baptist
church of Lagrange have voted for
the erection of new $15O,OOO
church building.
Sergeant Ret Crosby, former
pitcher and umpire in the old Geor-
gia State League and writer of the
song, Remember the Girl in Your
Old Home Town." was in Cordele,
his old home town, Monday. Crosby
is walking to Indiana where he will
umpire the coming season and then
resume his walking. He intends to
visit every state in the union and
make 10000 miles in five years.
Fire Saturday caused damage of
100000 to the wholesale shoe store
! of E. A. We'll company, of Savan
nah.
Gertrude Jackson, 28-year-old ne
gress of Columbus, was shot and ia,
tally wounded by j. D. Maddox, g.
year-old negro boy, when Gertrude
tried to separate Jesse Mac Maddox
and Elsie Mae Jackson, two negro
women who were fighting. The boy
shci her with u shot gun.
H. A. Miller, Central of Georgia
station officer at Savannah, was shot
and fatally wounded by Motorcy-
Gle Officer w. f. Gerard when Mil
Ter tried to get Gerard to leave the
station as Gerard was drunk. Gerard
asked forgiveness of Miller through
Rev. Mr.. Wilder while Miller was att
the hospital and the request was
granted.
Capt. L. c. Pope, commander of
the Dublin Guards, has been made a
major and battalion commander of
the Third Battalion, First Regiment
National Guard of Georgia.
The grave of Judge Owen Ken
more, at Dalton, pioneer who was
bruied more than so years ago, was
entered and the coffin and contents
removed in search for gold reputed
to be entOmbed with the jurist. tt
is said that Judge Kenmore kept a
large amount of gold coin and it was
common gossip among the slaves that
it was buried with him. 1t is not
believed the thieves got anything for
their trouble.
George Watts, of Jones county,
aged 70 years, has been arrested and
placed under $1,000 bond on a charge
of making whisky.
Judge Hamilton McWhorter is des.
pcrately i'll at his home in Athens.
The A. B. & A. railroad will make
further reductions in the force en-
ployed at the shops at Fitzgerald, eff
fcctive Saturday. At that time one
fourth of the normal force will be
at work.
c. w. Pidcock, Sr., has been elect
ed president of the Colquitt county
fair association.
A campaign for the organization
of branch of the Federal Farm Blu.
reau has been started in Lowndes
county.
The Kincaid Cotton Mills at Crit
fin, started running full time Mon
. day after having run only SO hours
y per week for some time.
Son Barker, a Coweta county ne
gro, appeared in Federal court at
Atlanta on a charge of operating a
still. He pleaded guilty before it
was discovered that the grand jury
had returned a "no bill' against him.
He was given a fine of 800 and 60
days in pail,
At meeting of the farmres of
Butts county it was decided to limit
the 1921 cotton acreage to seven
acres to the pillow.
M. L. Fleetwood, Jr., young son of
Editor and Mrs. NJ. L. Fleetwood,
Sr., of Gainesville, died of pneu
monia at his home in Cartersvillc
Sunday.
Miss Lurline Collier will serve as
deputy sheriff of Jackson county for
the next term under B. H. Collier,
her father.
Thirteen criminal cases have been
made against U. H. Patrick, former
cashier of the Citizens Bank of Goch-
ran, as a result of his having alb
seconded last March leaving short
age of $4,000.
President T. B. Montcrief of the