Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-10-08
BRIGHT REPORT BROUGHT
FROM EAST BY BANKER
{. vi. Council Finds Sentiment
Greatly improved And
Business Better
WORST TROUBLES OVER,
CONFIDENCE RETURNING
Tells OF Feeling AS He Found 1t
Sees South's Situation
Growing Better


Our worst troubles are over. The
people up East are feeling better
Business is improving and factories
are resuming. Unemployment is de-
creasing, strikes have been settled,
confidence is returning. We have
notAlng to worry about if we keep
at work md spend less than we
make.
Thls, boiled down, was the message
brought bae!, to Americus this week
by Charles III. Council, vice presi-
dent of the Planters Bank, who, with
Mrs. Council, had spent nearly three
weeks IN Pittsburg and New York. He
was highiy optimistic tAat better Il
tlmes have set in and that conditions
viii steadily, although slowly, i'm
prove.
During his absence Mr.. Council had
an opportunity to get in close per
sonal touch with big men "on the
inside, men whose tingers are con-
stantly on the financial and business
pulse OF the nation and the world
Although he makes his home here
ana spends practically all of his time
IN AmefeuS IN actual management
WORK IN the Planters Bank, Mr..
oouncllS principal property interests.
extensive as they are here, now are
IN PlttSburg. he owns a great deal
OF business properly there. and
among his other valuable l1oidin orc
are e, several producing oil and gas
weilS IN the Pittsburg district. He
MAINTAINS offices in Pittsburg where
ms business there is handled during
his absence. ~ l''s
<, Worst Troubles Over.
we are around the corner, our
worst troubles are over" said Mr.
Couhcll, when asked wha1 he had oh
served on his trip that might he of
interest or of value to the neonIo &c
thls section of Georgia to know,
"Flttsburg is feeling better The
sLeel people and the big business men
mere al feel that we are pettino IN
aef better Roadway. Thev feel tbat
rally. = w mig ll@Ce- F.!
:, There has been a good deal -
ldle labor in the Pittsburg district
with the big steel and other mills l,,,,
w. e, l1iile. But now the
haI % VINO want to work are going
pack as the plants are getting started
up AGAIN all over that section and
LLesuning full operations. There have
i' peen labor disputes, too, and these
Ia'G Ia peen pretty generally settled
III rlIlspurg, which has a pavrou of
considerably !, ~ more than two million
uoliarS day, rents have not nar.
ceptlbly declined. NV PSI
An look for still furtg7er ;r,,,,,
ment when the railroads pet ta r. Inv NV
ing steel equipment of many kinJs
as they are going to be forced to da
soon' ana that we Shall have truIU
normal times shortly. u 'iS
Some Worry Over Cermanv
Some of the big men in fnonoo
dread the international ei+nnfiaa .,fle'
They view German conditions "',on nn5
me II le, constant co depreciation of German
a,oHey nndy with apprehension. The fin.
ahcial columns have reflected pooa
deai OF this fear and sentiment re-
Gently as most people know. In INV
own opinion | doubt that there viii
ne ne any serious trouble in GERMANY
me Germans are hard at work. and
| oeheVe those hard-headed neonle
nave too much sense, when thew Get
INTO hard lines, not to get by with #
In the North they think we down
mere IN the South ought to be IN
beautiful shape. If we had the cot
ton we would be, but the trouble is
we haven't the cotton. However +
we are able to get 20 to 25 cents
Tor all we have, we will not he do,
ing so badly, and soon work oursa,Vos.
OUT OF our troubles, pay our debts
ter for all of us.
=, mat IS the way l see it. I feel
Ghat t our troubles are disappearing.
Inc worst is behind us. 1t now is
largely matter of hard work and
confidence. -'
Must Believe Again.
Confidence, of course. is tho ba.
Sis of all credit, and it is the basis
OF business. We have to believe in
one another. That confidence has
suffered a severe setback during the
last year or two, but it is returning.
and with it better times. | don't
think we have anything to fear now.
if we go to work"
Mr.. and Mrs. Council made the trim
both ways between Savannah and
New York by steamer, and expert.
enced delightful trips, with the ocean
as smooth as a lake. It was Mr..
Councils first trip by water in sew
eral years, he said, and both enioved
it immensely. A couple of DAYS go.
ing and coming were spent in New
York and Morrisfown. N. j. they be
ing the guests at beautiful estate
over last Sunday at Morristown.
The Pbilinnine Telosode avpn,d