Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-02
ED RIAL
AMEPICus NEEDS HOMES

has received the following let
ter from travelling salesman, which.
he says, is typical Of calls ne has day
after day:
"Thought possibly would move to
your city. Have you for rent
or 5 room cottage, either furnished
or unfinished, or what have you
en- your rent list?"
This note will appear familiar t.
every real. estate man il America
not that he mas received the same
one from the same wrrer, but tina,
ne daily receives similar pleas
y simply have no rental list, SAID
the man addressed by the writer
''but l wish had l am positive
that if had fifty houses to rent
right now, I could rent them all in
side of As hours. That is how great
the demand is for more houses in
Americas. And yet we are building
none.
THE costs Of material and labor
nave greatly decreased, and now is
good time to build. If I had $50
GOO available for investment today
! wouldn't want a better thing thar
to build houses for rental purposes
I could rent them all and at rates
that would pay me good return or
the investment. The fact that At
lanta, Macon, Albany and other elite.
are building homes constantly, a
many as ever right now, proves thai
il is a good thing, The progressive
community is known by its activIte.
and development. 1t is time for us tc
get busy while others are goinf
ahead We have been waiting long
enough"
This citizen spoke q large measure
of truth when he gave utterance to
the foregoing sentiments. Americus
needs more homes and needs them
badly-it needs them as badly as any
otheg one thing. A year or SO age
when the bringing in Of new indus
tries was under serious discussion tho
cry. was raised that there was NJ
use bringing new industries because
there would be no place for the In
creaed population TO live, as the
houses were all filled and running
over. When the home building cam
paign was launched it fell flat he
cause those who had money said the
returns on the investment would no.
be sufficient to make it interesting
And so nothing was done IN a con
certed way, we have been standing
stilf, with only home here and there
built by those who intended to oc-
cupy them themselves.
Cities and towns grow not spon-
taneousiy but because of some few
fAen in them who have faith IN the
future, faith in their people, faith
ia their own ability-and willingness
10 take chance. That type of men
made Atlanta great and rich. 1t is
making other smaller cities progress
sive and greater It can make Amer
icus new place industrially and
otherwise.
Are we satisfied with our city just
rs it is? Don't we all want to see
II grow larger, finer, richer and bet
ter? Il won't do it unless we make
+. We CAN make II. 1t is up to
sail Of US.
Roll calls show they are mostly
c51gressmen at large.
Love thy neighbor" was invented
/ e9ore monographs.
Be up and doing and you won't be
down and done.
If. as fashion says, shoe tops are
lower, then bottoms are higher.
Oysters are famed for silence and
eeldom get, in the soup
sJob4 D. gave little girl two dimes
.aad, then gas vert up and made TO-
oe0 hun'ofists happy
VIC can all be thankful that taxes
ara rot based on what we think we
ara worth.
81 eSt TWO caH I'VE On ioVe IL ioNe
ms q JOB.
II these ! plifters must work they
"a GIT. run elevators.
r these uplifters. must work they
IL run elevators.
an Austrian crown is worth less
than penny and yet Charles wants
one.
1t is too bad road hogs are protect
ed during hog killing time.
The fortune teller who claims she
has found a pot Of gold must be a
happy medium.
Some men don't buy washing ma
chires because they think they mar
.ried one.
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