Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-13
FEBRUARY MONTH
OF BIRTHDAYS
BY MISS CARRIE sPEER,
City Librarian.

lily LIBRARIAN.
February is the birthday month.
Tuesday, the seventh day, was
Charles Dickens birthday and Sun
day the twelfth, is Abraham Lincoln's
birthday and Georgia day as well, be-
cause the colonists arrived at Yama-
craw Bluff February II, 1888, under
James Edward 0glethorpe. Then
comes st. Valentines day the 14th
and we wonder how many boys and
girls remember Sam Weller's Valen-
tine in Pickwick Papaers?
We ali know, however, that both
Oglethorpe and Dickens worked for
the reform Of English laws IN regard
to debtors and imprisonment for debt,
the latter through the medium OF
his books In his childhood, Charles
Dickens underwent many hardships
while his father was in the debtors
prison, and Oglethorpe was a wise
and good man and founded The Col
ony of Georgia in order that the poor
might have a chance in new coun-
try.
February % is our great holiday,
the birthday of George Washington.
In celebration Of the day, little play
is to be staged at the library IN the
afternoon. Rehearsals are going for
ward every day under the direction
, OF Mrs Oscar English. In addition
to the play, there will be artistic
dancing, directed by Miss Emma
Chapman, who will introduce the
minuet as danced by Martha Wash
ington. A parade will feature the
afternoons entertainment in which as
many OF the smaller children are in
vited to take part as wish to dress in
the Martha or George Washington
costumes. The parade of children
will end in a sadeau on the stage of
library auditorium and the singing Of
patriotic songs.
Lowell's birthday, which is Febru-
airy 20 also, must be remembered. lie
is best known, perhaps as the author
Of THE Vision of Sir Launfal
The library is celebrating a month
Of gifts although it does not claim
an official birthday in February.
Through Miss Lula Hay, reader Of
the Christian Scientist church, a do
nation OF $1,000 was made to the
library, a part of this money to be
expended in lovely book of Shake
speare's plays in the form of stories /
The Foundation Library for boys and !
girls, reference library in ten vol
umes, was presented by Frank Shelf |
field, Jr.
Through the courtesy Of Mrs.
Frank Harold, the library is in pos /
session of the membership list of the |
Georgia Division, United Daughters
Of the Confederacy and the year book
of the division as wen. Hon. Chas r.
Crisp has sent us the year book Of t
tire United States Department of Ag-
riculture for 1920. This is very /
comprehensive and will aid in every
department of farm work. There
have also been gifts of books, four |
boys books from B. w. Rouse, Jr.,
and several books from Sergeant
Kennedy this month, and one from
Mrs. Lawson Stapleton this month.
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is to reduce acreage, concentrate !,
fertilizers and cultivate thoroughly.
Raise food stuffs; build up the lands,
rotate crops and cultivate deeply"
said he.
Mrs. Mollie Jackson, wife of Engi-
neer Jackson of the Sam road, died
very suddenly last night of congestion
Of the lungs. Funeral services will
be held at the family residence on
Jefferson street, with interment in
Oak Grove cemetery.