Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-26
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWS

Mrs. Georgia Nathan. aged 1O1
of Savannah, cast her fist vote
Tuesday in the $1,5OO,OOO school
bond election there. She voted in
favor of the issue and left the poIIs
decorated with badges and flowers
which were showered upon her when
recognized.
Senator Thomas E. Watson. Of
Georgia, has agreed to make the prin-
clpal address at statewide Fourth
OF JUL celebration to the be held
at Union City, Ga. This is the onIv
invitation the senator has accented
for summer speech-making.
That he will not attempt to deal
with convlcts according to any set
formula and will favor those who
show they are capable of reasoning
- behaving themselves" is the
mise of j. E. C'Ed") Dyche, of
Oklahoma City, who will become war.
den of the federal prison at Atlanta
July l, to the men confined there.
The Butler Banking company.
which has for some time been sus-
pended, Tuesday opened for the re-
sumption of business with a capital
stock paid in of $4,000. with sur
plus and undivided profits of $4,000.
The meeting of the stockholders was
full of enthusiasm. The following of
ficers were elected r. A. Hinton.
president; |. F. PEBBLES, NJ. R. Cam
eron, j. w. Butler, r. S. West, J. T.
hart and F. R. Purvis, directors and
James L. Dent, cashier.
The Chatham grand jury has gone
on record as favoring the abolition of
the office of county treasurer for
Chatham county, as may be done un-
der the law now existing. 1t indoors
ed the proposed change which will
make it possible for Chatham county
to pay all its fee-taking officers on
a salary basis, abolishing the fee sys-
tenn so far as this county is concern
ed.
The entire membership of the Ath-
ems post of the American Legion
together with band may attend the
state convention of the legion in Co
lumbus and bid for the 1922 con-
vention, if plans being considered by
the post are carried out. The legion
convention will be invited to Athens
by every civic organization in the
citv.
D. X. Roberts, of Atlanta, one of
Georgia's Republican leaders has an
bounced that he will soon have the
first issue Of new Republican
monthly off the press. The publica-
tion is to be known as "The New
Sorth." and will deal with political
and allied subjects only. Mr.. Rob
erts said the decision to publish a
Republican paper was due to the fact
that there is not single white Re
publican paner in Georgia, and marty
leaders, both in Georgia and Wash
ington, have for some time been urg-
ing him to take this action
Brig. Cen Peter w. Meldrim, com
mander of the former Georgia State
Guard, has been presented with a
gold medal by the First Battalion
of the Chatham Home Guard in
recognition of his services during the
battalion's existence. The medal was
accompanied by letter from Maj.
Bierno Gordon, who commanded the
battalion, in which General Meldrim's
work with the home guard from 1919
1921 was highly commended.
The celebration in honor of HenU
v. Grady will be an annual affair,
according to decision of the board of
directors of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce. The Chamber plans to
bring before the people their own
great man, living or dead, and ex-
npcts to foster number of memoir
ials similar to that held in honor OF
the great journalist and statesman.
Joseph A. McCord, chairman of the
board, Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta, announces that the Farmers