Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-03
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWS

The first Georgia cantaIonros
were shipped from Valdosta Wednes-
Hay to New York, J. c. Ulmer shin
Npng one car and Mcleod brothers
inother. Lowndes county watermeI-
pns are on the market, several wag-
Ion loads coming to Valdosta from
he little John Dashcr place near
bake Park. 1t is unusually early fo,
Bwatermelons, and shipments will
hardly start under two weeks
4 Sentiments expressed lbv Gover-
Enor-elect Thomas W. Hardwick and
ENlayor Key at the regular monthly
#uncheon of the. Atlanta Film Elk
change Managers ASSOCIATION, indi-
cate that motion picture censors for
4ieorgla are not favorably REGARDED
@Smce we Georgians propose t%rust
l. treat us well in Georgia was
e expression used by NJ. Hard
swick to admonish the exhibitors
against abusing privileges now ac-
corded them by the state.
Eunlce Dukes, the 15-year-old
Daughter of Mark Dukes, was drown
i led Thursday while bathing in Little
Hpiver.
Joseph M. Solomons, 90 years old,
4 n business in Savannah for more
khan seventy years, died at an early
.hour Thursday at his home there.
Marshall Holmes brought to Moul-
stre Wednesday afternoon the first
bipe Georgia watermelon seen there
.this season. 1t is the first time in
/ many years that a ripe watermelon
.has been reported in this section in
eJUne. Mr.. Holmes declares that he
bias the best and earliest crop he has
Fever produced and will ship his first
fear during the early part of next
week.
One-eigth Of an acre of turnips
planted on the truck farm of H. +.
Edwards near Dublin yielded at the
pate of $500 per acre this spring, or
|he has already sold turnips for cash
Ito the amount of $40 from the patch,
|and still has good many left.
Fire on the third floor of the f.
IT, Parker Motor company in Macon
Thursday badly damaged fifty-one
new Cleveland and Chandler auto
mobiles and practically ruined seven
secondhand cars left for repairs, do
Iing damage totaling around $4,000,
lin addition to injuring the building
Ito the extent of $4,000.
Two ordinances were placed on
first reading by the Columbus city
council this week which provide that
women are eligible as members of
the police commission and the board
of trustees of the public schools.
This action was taken following the
appearance of Representatives of the
Parent Teachers Association of Co
lumbus, who made a short talk to the
council, asking that the ordinance
be changed so that women would be
eligible on the school board.
Bandits Tuesday night held up
Postmaster Foster D. Smith of
Greensboro, while he was at work and
secured several hundred dollars in
money, money orders and stamps.
The valuablcs were removed from .
safe in the office. After leaving
the pcstoffice the bandits, four in
number left the city in an automo
b'it, SOlHB JOWdltio 0pal "a my
were followed, but their tracks were
lost in the latter city.
: Miss Ruth Spillers, student in the
Aprt Valley High school, has been
Ncthcr absent nor tardv DOING the
seven years she has attended school.
Because of the accidental discharge
of an army rifle at the funeral of
Bryan Shaw at Abel, several persons
narrowly escaped death. A detach- |
ment from the Valdosta Post of the
American Legion went to Abel to |
take part in the funeral services for
the young man and when the firing
squad took its place by the side Of
the grave for the ~ salute the gus
of one of the members was dis
prematurely. The gun when
it was fired was being held low and
the bullet just missed the heads OF
the people on the opposite side OF
the race, causing considerable fright
TO those who so narrowly escaped
death