Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-20
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWS

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Ernest Waters, 15-year-old son of
F. Walters, of Macon, disappear
id Sunday night and has not been
heard from since.
The national convention of the
Sbriners will be held in Des Moines
instead of Savannah because of the
refusal of the Pullman company 10
hermit parking of sleepers there for
fine use Of delegates and limited no.
tel accommodations.
The new Palace Theater, built at
q cost of 100000, will be open.
ed in Athens early in February.
Special Intelligence Officer Brod-
4 crick, from Washington, is in Sa-
~ nnah to institute q probe of the
eVharges that prohibition agents have
taken pay for protection of the pro-
hibition law violators there.
Dr.. Andrew NJ. Soule, presidenr
Of the State College Of Agriculture
at Athens, is the guest of the gov
erLor of Arkansas where he will adj
dress a meeting of farmers, bank
crs and business men from all over
the state.
Nominations for Georgia postmast-
crs sent to the Senate Wednesday
included Dollie Allen, EllaviIle and
Kate Harris, Leesburg.
The girls Of Bessie Tiff collee,
at Forsyth have agreed to deny them
selves their breakfast one day out Of
each week until school closes and
donate the amount it would save the
college to the starving children of
Europe. Each class has adopted"
several children.
The Georgia State Association Of
County Commissioners will meet in|
Dublin May 5 and 6 this year.
A play and rest room where chill
dren may be cared for while their
parents from out of town or from
residential parts of the city are
shopping is planned by the woman's
auxiliary of the Macon Chamber Of
Commerce.
Rev J. p. Wardlaw, of the Ingle-
side Methodist church at Macon, has
been anpointed by Bishop Warren
A. Gambler, to the pastorate of the
church at Cuthbert to succeed Rev.
C. NJ. Meeks, who goes to Atlanta.
Rev Z. c. Rosser, professor at Yves
lcyau, will serve at Ingleside.
The home of f. S. Murray at Fort
VALLEY was badly damaged by fire
Wednesday, Mr.. Murray is rostmas-
Ter at Fort Valley.
Raymond Cowart died at i Way
eros hospital Wednesday as a result
to. rriuries received when he was
tao Fed off the new Atkinson county
courthouse at Pearson, Ga by
twnirg derrick.
A mass meeting Of the farmers of
BIeckley county, held under the aus
pieces Of the Blakely Chamber of
Commerce, will be held at the
Twelfth District A and NJ. College
at Cochran Friday Severay prom
inent state agriculturalists will ad-
dress the meeting on things Of inter
- to farmers.
- The Veal Brothers Shows. carni-
val company with 400 members, will
winter in Macon next year.
A loan Of 1927, 900 to the Central
Of Georgia railroad by the govern
ment has been approved by the In
terstate Commerce commission.
Emmett Williams. negro porter on
the A., B. & A. railroad, has been
sentenced to from 4 to 10 years a
ue state farm after being convicted
il Tie Ben Hill county court of forg-
ing endorsements to three A, B. 4
A. pay checks.
The formal announcement has
been made Of the dissolution Of the
law firm of Cults & Nicholson. Of
Fitzgerald, the term Of the partner
ship contract having EXPIRED and viii |
not be renewed. Mr.. Cuts figured |
mominentlyTin the Shepard poison
mo case in Macon-last month.
Rhodes Brown, president of the
First National Bank and the Home
Savings Bank of Columbus, is the
new president of the Columbus Clear
ing House association, succeeding G. !
Gunby Jordan, resigned
Robert Wilcox, of Lumber City,
was killed Saturday by John Buc-
hanan, fisherman and alleged |
whisky distiller. Buchanan killed
Wilcox after accusing him of being