Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-01
The Realty Board
and Other Things


became a FACT and not a Wis
ION when more than 100 Amer
icus business men and Sumter
county farmers became stock
holders.
At a meeting last night of
number of the subscribers to the
realty board stock, the lists
showed something like 10 sub
scriptions of $l25.00 each and
the temporary officers issued a
call for payment Of tie first in
stall-lent OF $500.
F.obal!y this action means
more to Sumter county than any
other movement since the estab-
lishment of Souther Field. 1t
means that more than 100 busi-
ness men will be actively pro-
noting the sale of Sumter lands;
it means that the man who
comes to this county seeking
farm lands will have large, en-
ergetic and efficient organiza-
ton to aid him in securing just
the type and size of farm he de-
sires; it means that connections
will be made Immediately with
concerns bringing farmers into
Georgia; it means that other con-
nections will be formed with
real estate agents in Florida who
will turn farmers this way.
But above all else it means
that the men of Americas and
Sumter county believe in their
own lands and are putting up
their money and giving their
time to settle these lands with
high class farmers.
And more than that, it means
that a square deal will be given
buyer, seller and agent. The man
who attempts to sell a piece of
land by knocking and criticizing
other lands will be about the
most unpopular individual in
this county.
The Sumter Realty company,
represented by Stephen Pace;
the Atlanta Trust company and
the Farm Dew m n
company, represented by Luther
Allison, and other concerns deal
ing in real estate are members
of the Americas Realty Board
and will work with the board.
There is no division of interests.
All have as their one object the
sale of Sumter lands.
Credit for the vision which
has made this board possible is
due first to M. H. Fletcher. of
the Seaboard Air Line; Hollis
Fort and Harvey Mathis, temp
orary officers, and Luther, Haw-
kins, the present agent for the
corporation. Aiding them are
a dozen or more other citizens
who gave literally of THEN time
for the past few weeks in max
ing this splendid vision into a
reality.
With this movement out of the
way, it is now the duty and the
privilege of Americas and Sum
ter county business men to COM
plete the reorganization of the
Chamber of Commerce, which
no doubt will be done during this
month.
A handful of business men
already have subscribed to a
fund sufficient to secure a train
ed high-class chamber of com
merce secretary and a commit
tee. of which Herbert Hawkins
Is chairman, is searching for the
right man. A decision from this
committee may be expected
within the next week or ten days.
Numbers of applications have
been considered and several APP
plicants interviewed. The COM
mittee is moving with consum-
mate wisdom, neither rushing
nor marking time. AS the chair
man expresses it, We are de-
termined to find the right man
the most valuable man; the man
who is big enough to handle this
job in a big way, and until that
man is found we will continue
to search.
The next IL months will de-
termine the future of Americas.
IF every man does his duty,
this section will witness its
greatest prosperity and advance
n1ent; if our citizens fail to put
their shoulders to wheel now
Opportunity will have knocked
at our doors in vain and she will