TUESDAY .NOVEMBER 4, 1924
City Os Americus Emergency Bond Tomorrow
City Street Paving Bond
Election Wednesday
C. J. Clark Gives New Reason Why Bonos Should
Pass—Polls at City Hall—More Than
Thousand Registered
The municipal bond election, for the ratification of a bond
of $60,000 for re-paving the wood block streets of Ameri-
will be held tomorrow—Wednesday. The polls will be at
thegcity hall and a special registration of more than a thousand
has-been made.
1 Two-thirds of the list must vote, if the bonds carry, regard
less of whether they vote for or against the issue; then more than
one-naif of those voting must vote FOR bonds or the issue will
rail of ratification.
There seems to be a decided favorable opinion for the pas
sage of the bonds from citizens who have given the matter much
study. To a reporter today, C. J. Clark said:
“In as much as tomorrow is elec-1 >
tion day for Paving Bonds, I
thought I would like to say a few
words as to why it is to our interest'
to vote for bonds etc.
“As to the legality of the issue
of bonds, this is not a question to be
discussed, in as much as the load
buyers certainly will not make the
purchase unless it, is legal in every
detail as they take no chance, there
fore we take no chance
“As to the taxes "thi.t we will
have to pay in addition to our pres
ent rate, I will say that we will not
be assessed a dime more for the
bonds, but if the bond:; should fail
to carry it is but a mattter of a
very short time until ve will be
called on, not only to replace our j
wooden floor, but to replace the]
concrete base, simply for this rea
son. The sand cussion on which
these blocks were laid to give even
distribution of weight and to receive
the first shock of traffic has about
all washed out, if not all a great
portion, leaving the dried out blocks
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DIAMOND POULTRY FARM
Phone 845
Eggs set every Monday in our mammoth incubator at 3c per
egg set in tray lots. We will be glad to sell your chicks for
you at good prices, if they are pure bred.
We also want several thousand February, March and April
hatched pure White Leghorn Pullets. See us if you care to
sell.
PREPARE NOW I
To get the election returns on Nov. 4lh. Let us install a
Radio.
Chappell Machinery Co.
COME !l b Wednesday
TO The Ik Thursday
Friday
Sumter County
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AN INVITATION
We reca 'l with a great deal of pleas- I ■
ure t^e man y good people of Sum- | I \
ter county who made our store | \
/ ;.- r their headquarters last year during I \
/df -v Fair. J t
/ if’-’’'’-” We extend to these good people, a \
I ’£■ and * n fact good people of U 1
Sumter county, an invitation to ' V A
n make our store their headquarters // H\
V\ | while here. We are very conven- /? ’ \
V ' '* iently located at the corner of Wind- r i
\ sor Avenue and Forsyth Street, just J Vl
_ \ one block back of the Post Office. -i ja g
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NATHAN MURRAY W j rtIZ
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Almost 100,000 Prescriptions Already I
Filled! /\
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- Windsor Avenue i''*"'** ARE
and WELCOME!
Forsyth Street v
■j hard on the concrete base, which
.[ base is none to good, and will not
.! bear up on the direct weight un-;
less this weight is evenly dist-ibut-;
ed, therefore instead of having to',
replace the wooden blocks we will,
have the expense of having to re-,
1 place the ccncrcto base, this would
' mean a real expense, therefore we
can not afford to pass un the bonds
from an economical viewpoint.
“Besides do you know that at
■ present it requires something like
$3,000 per year to maintain the
; itreets, as they are nearly gone,
then what may we expect the raoin-
.; tainar.ee to be the next few years,
' it will amount to much mere, which
• i expense will pay the interest and
sinking fund, supplimented bv the
■, taxable appreciation of abbutting
i property. If your streets are shot
to pieces, do you think your ad
joining property is worth as much,
; if it is not worth as much, then how
; can you tax them for the same,
5 therefore good streets will maintain
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Mounted kbnsmen galloped
through the ranks of the 30,000
members of the order who gather
ed at Niles, 0, from five states.
They organized the parade ..which
kkmsnin nosed to make thro"-'* B'* 8 '*
Niles streets, . J’('<4
property values and tr.is will ne’p
pay expenses, but with no paving
your assessments must be less.
“Another view is that the city is
laying itself seriously liable to dam
age suits that are mos‘ likely t
results by driving over these streets
I when they get on a ramping and
swell up, bust and wasa away, this
is no real joke it is a dive possibility.
| “Now as to our civic duty, how
do you like for the st-angers who
■ enter our city to kid you about our
patched up, wedged up paving do
’ you think such visitors or strangers
j would like to buy abutting property
jto such paving, or event to invest
jin our city property, h-vve you not
!the pride of wishing “you citz to
look good, and not to have to shun
our wooden eyesore streets, these
■ streets belong to you Mr, Tax pav-
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
er and should be maintained. 1 tvso
blocks were laid and paid for by; i
property owners once, now would, ;
it be'rT it ami fair to ask the same ] i
icp-'iiv oancrs to bear all the ex- i
fen.- or two thirds to do the work I I
over. v. u talk about taxation and |
inji;: tire, th.s would be it m its .
<' o.- . t manner, besides th. re is ■ I
,r d. .I property on or abutting '■
Have streets and these paopb) aro ! j
not able io pay again, therefore if ,
? i. up to this pi-oposilio\ then we ■ i
will gat back to the country and
the bud. |
“A stitch in time saves nine and |
tiuit h Wi'at it im. ans to pave ■
streets now, you will save the con-,
crete base which is a verv big it.-m,!
and it is money in the pocket ot,
every citizens in Americus to do]
the work now before y. u will be I
ea'tied on to pay much more to re-1
pair the streets.
■We nceu something to wake us
up, possibly this little paving pro- I
joct will put r. bit of lire in the old I
town, lets not go to sleep, lets
arouse and let the people know |
that we have one of the best towns’ -
in Georgia, but you can r.bt con
vince tlx.ii I-;, lmviii'7 them come
cere anti set the kind of paving wu
can not hide, and we are all anham
>_d of it. ! believe evety public
; pirilcd citizen- will go to the poles I
.".ml vote for Street Paving Bonds, ]
lets do something, don’t be a quit- J
ter. |
“I do not write this article from
a selfish motive (as I happen to
live on the street that we often
J have blocked from traffic on a‘-
1 count of the street washing away)
j but for the good of the entire city,
i-you are a part of it, we are a unit!
land without co-operaticn and work-!
ing for the good of ail, we are no I
real advantage to the ■ mmunity
in which we live. You can't have
a real up to date town without pav
ed streets.”
FIRE DESTROYS SHED
REAR CHURCH ST.JIOME
Fire Monday afternoon destroy
ed a storage house in the rear of
Mrs. R. M. Andrews home on
Church street. Household goods
Stored in the building were destroy
edfi along with some feed. The
damages amounted to apprbximate
ly SSOO.
The storage house was a mass of
flames before an alarm was sent in
to fire headquarters and but for
the timely work of the firemen se
rious damage might have been done
to the residences surreounding the
burned building.
No explanation could be learned
as to the origin of the fire.
The radio carried the V/ilisT irpo
fight as far as the artk wastes.
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. IwELCOME.
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AN EXPRESSION
It is needless to say that we welcome you to Sumter County s own Fair—it
would add another voice to the multitude that is already expressing that
same sincere welcome.
R u t —getting down to brass tacks —we do want you to come around to our
place of business, and let us do anything in this world that we can for you.
We want you to feel that the Americus Steam Vulcanizing Company is YOURS i
—to make yourself at home here, and to meet your friends here while you
are in town.
Incidentally, if you should need accessory or tire assistance while in town,
don’t forget the name, but just give us a ring, and we will answer your need
in a hurry. ,
Just an expression of welcome, and a line to tell you about our service—•
please make use of us. ' f
Americus Steam Vulcanizing Co.
JIMMIE LOTT, Manager
Balloon Tire Headquarters
LAMAR STREET AMERICUS B
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WELCOME! I I WELCOME!
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or ffite &
Don’t Forget....
The Piggly-Wiggly Store stays open in the evenings until seven o’clock—just
in order to give you service on your grocery needs. •
That the Piggly-Wiggly Store gives you values that cannot be beaten any
where in South Georgia- And that the prices that prevail here are the low
est that can be given with consistent good business.
The Piggly Wiggly Store extends a most cordial welcome to visitors to the
Sumter County Fair to come into our store and make a careful inspection of
every corner of the building, and sec for themselves how neat we keep things,
and how sanitary your foodstuffs are kept at all times.
The Piggly-Wiggly Store asks for your patronage, and that the Piggly Wiggly
Store stands behind everything they sell, and everything is guaranteed to
give you complete satisfaction in every detail, or your money wijl be cheer
fully refunded. Come in and let’s get acquainted. We want you to know our
store better, and we want to know you personalty.
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