Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-18
SUMTER SEEKS
COUNTY BOARDS
1923 MEETING
Local Officials To Go To Balm
bridge Expecting To Land
Convention


ter county board, County Attorney
Dykes and Engineer John Ansley, if
he is able, are expected to go to
Bainbridge Wednesday to attend the
annual convention of county COM
missioners of Georgia there Wednes-
lay and Thursday. Although going
primarily to attend the convention as
members, they are intending to bring
the convention to Americus next
year. A few days ago N. A. Ray,
chairman Of the Sumter county
board, put every county board on
notice that Sumter county wanted
the next meeting through the fol-
lowing letter:
Gentlemen: Sumter county de-
sires to be host to the 1928 Coun-
ty Commissioners convention.
eve feel that Sumter county is
in position to offer avery inducement
in the way of entertainment to tho
delegates that could be suggested by
any ether county. We know that
Americus can offer equal, if not su
perior, facilities for making the dele
gates to the convention comfortable
during their stay.
Sumter At Top.
eve do not believe it is necessary
to call attention TO the fact that SUM
ter county stands at the head of All
the counties in Georgia in the prr
duction of agricultural products, in
the building of good roads, in the
consolidation of their rural schools,
az the construction of modern and
ample school buildings, in road paw
ing, as most Of the delegates who will
attend have heard of these things, if
they have not been to Sumter and
looked them over.
"We believe that we can make
your stay here most interesting to
you in pointing out the progress we
have made in the respects referred
to.
"We know that your coming here
will be most beneficial to our coun-
ty and we want to assure you that
every man, woman and child in
Americas and Sumter County, Geor-
gia, is exceedingly anxious to have
you in 1928 and we will not take
no for an answer. We will expect
you.
60 to the Bainbridge convention
with your mind made up to vote for
Sumter county; to work for Sumter
county and if your neghbor is unde-
ided, decide for him to come to
',mter county in 1923. Yours for
;e 1928 convention,
IN. A. RAY,
Chairman, Sumter County Commits
sioners."
Clubs Back Invitation.
The Sumter officials will take with
them the invitation, also, of the To-
cal civic clubs and other organiza-
tions.
Sumter county lost this years con-
vention at Dublin last year only by
Il combination engineered by Balm
bridge.
The big feature of the Bainbridge
convention IS expected to be discus
sion Of the proposed $75,000,000
hIghw&y bond issue. A number OF
state leaders will be present, includ~
ing John Holder, chairman of the
state highway commission; T. G.
Farmer, Jr., managing director of
Georgia Good Roads association, who
recently spoke in Americus before a
joint club meeting; w. R. Neel, state
highway engineer; Judge Howard,
recently attorney for the state high
way department; VIM. Schley how
ard, formerly member of congress
from the Atlanta district; Judge II.
B. Phillips, of the Florida state high
way commission; w. S. Keller, state
highway commissioner of Alabama,
and W. A. Grassland, federal high
way engineer for Georgia. Decatur
county will generously entertain the
visiting commissioners.