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^ ===iiiii====Mi8B====mii=s=*iia8=5=siHi=“=i«iiis= Hiii siiii:==iiHi===igtiiiiiii: IX IS FOR YOU w\\wa THE - BIG - MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT jj UfE are now opening up and operating in Cairo, Ga. We j| i If have lots of goods to offer you now, but when our § jj stock is complete, which will be in a few weeks, we will have \\ | the most complete stock in our lines that it l ~~~ — - 1 = || your pleasure to see in Cairo. has ever been 5 II i i I !Oup _ II are such that we are able to offer you the very best mer-1| § chandise at the most reasonable prices. II Ourselves, Employes and stock is at your service, and ev il erything you buy here is sold with the understanding that it I! is right in Quantity, Quality and Price, and if it is not right | WE ARE HERE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. Ii We will thank you for your patronage. HIGDON - HERRING OO =Hin=tnii=u»i==ami=nm= mu =nn>==iina= = nn»=:tm<- = —^—■ rf WHAT SOUTH HAS IN UNIMPROVED LANDS 612,000,000 Virgin Acres in Sixteen States if ill It jj! 1*1 There are 38,000,000 Georflla Acres Virgin and Suitable lor Early Vegetables—Tbe South Must Supply Two-Thirds ol the United States With Vegetables lor Half tbe Year. 1 if it! lit The vast agricultural resources of the South, especially along the line of vegetable marketing for. the Northern markets, have been set forth in the results of recent work done by the Bureau of Soils, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture. This bureau has just completed an exhaustive investiga tion of tlie soils of more than thirty million acres in the Atlantic and Gulf states. The soils investigated were those especially adapted under, extensive, culture to early fresh veg etables, of which these states nave a clear monopoly in the ''Northern markets from January until the last of June. When it is realized that the South must supply \cgetables for more than two-thirds of the United States for more than half the year, the enormous possibilities of this industry can lie appreciated. The investigations showed that about 7 per cent, of the acroagi mentioned is capable of yielding far more per aero under seiontilh and up-to-date me. hods than by the hit-and-miss farming so com monly in vogue among the South ern truck farmers. Of the yus: area, only 1,250,000 acres are in capable of being profitably farmed; these, however, may lie put in jin if. itable';forests. Nearly four million acres are especially adapted to early and extra-early vegetables, espec ially turnips, radishes, lintuce, peas string beans, Irish potatoes, beets, cucumbers, watermelons and can 1 tuloupcs. Use lor Unimproved Lands. Nearly three million aures aru well suited for early crops of the same varieties maturing about two weeks later, especially to early squash, peppers, sweet potatoes, okra, lima berths, spinach and cab bage. Four and a half million acres are of a sandy loam adapted to vegetables which mature for market at a medium period and on which the lightest type of general farming comes in with early crop and light yields. Ten million acres constitute a fine, sandy loam which' may he used profitably for vegetables for medium late spring market and a light type of general farming. There are one and a half million acres of loam, the best general purposes soil, adapted to vegetables for the late spring market. These are the last that can be served in a fresh slate from this territory, holding a mo nopoly in the Northern market. More than two million acres are classified as silt loam, well fitted "to canning crops and heavy general farming, wifh about equal adapta tions to wheat and grass. Four million acres of clay adapted to heavy farming and ensilage forage crops, make up the remainder. 38.000. 000 Georgia Acres Virgin. In the sixteen former slave states, including Oklahoma, there are 145,- 000,001) acres planted to general crops. There are more than 012,- 000,001) acres of unimproved lands in these states. Texas has 107,- 000,000 acres virgin land, though much of it is used for grazing. Florida has more than 35,000,000 acres of as rich land as any in the aorld, now classed as worthless “everglades.” These are being rapidly reclaimed. Alabama has 38,000,000 acres not utilized, and Arkansas as much. Louisiana lias 30,000,000 acres of swamps, which, if drained, would rival the fatness of the Nile valley. There are in Mississippi, more than 30.000. 000 acres now awaiting the thrifty immigrant, and Missouri has 44,000,000 also awaiting the , ! plow, if we include rich swamps ou the river. Georgia has 38,000,000 and North Carolina 31,000,000 acres of unimproved lands. South Carolina has •20,000,000 and Ten nessee 27,000,000 acres of such lands. Virginia has an unimprov ed area as large as that of Tennes see, while Kentucky has 20,000,000 acres and West Virginia 15,000,000 Maryland has only about 0,000,000 acres unimproved. As for the swamps, most of them growing fine timber though under water for nine months of the year, they will be unfit for cultivation to much exleq! until drained. To drain tlie V swamps of the South would be a stupendous enterprise dwarfing lbs first continental rail road or the Panama canal. But the American p opie have learned that the constitution is flexible enough for any good and practical purpose, and it remains only for some logician from the South to demonstrate to Congress that the draining of the swamps will facilitate the navigation of the Southern rivers. That that section can get her arms elbow-deep into the \pork barrel” and as a result 100,000 square miles of the richest land in the world will come under the plow of the husbandman. will bo the promoter of rest.” Ask a mechanical engineer what makes noise, and he will tell you that it is wasted energy. The most effective machines—those that deliver the greatest percentage of power—are the ones that run in practical si lence. |The tug-boat with .300 horses harnessed toiler thrust-shaft, makes not noise enough to interfere with an ordinary conversation; the 6,000 ton ship’s 3,000-horse power engine is practically silent when it is pull ing its full load. But the cnc-hoise wagon bumping over rough pave ments makes noise enough to awak en everybody within two blocks. At every hump the wagon expends so much of the energy of its propel ling power without the slightest profitable return. The same is true of noisy street cars; they waste a tremendous amount of power in bumping and pounding and bang ing, to the annoyance of tlie neigh borhood. Now Dr. Hughes says the unnecessary noises shorten hu man life considerably. The state ment is easy- enough to accept. Whatever shatters nerves is a me nace to health and life, and unnec essary noise is certainly a nerve- shatterer. MMIOtMtMMMtMimiMMOWMMMM-c Cairo Bargain Store. Don t fail to call at my store and be convinced. We give you the best values for your money. We don't misrepresent aur goods. Too Much Noise. Stop the noise, and live a hun dred years,” says Dr. C. II. Hughes, of St. Louis. Dr. Hughes is a neu rologist of international reputation. “The suppression of unnecessary noises,” he says, “would promote tlie public health more than any other agency; With modern com fort and quiet, people would live beyond the century mark. The noises of civilization are more than a nuisance. They are a peril to tlie public health, because they rob peo ple of restful sleep. Few people in cities have as much sleep as they ought to have. Sleep is even more essential than the highest quality of food, livery adult should have sev en to eight hours of undisturbed sleep out of each twenty-four. To rob a man of sleep is us criminal as to pick his pockets of money, The greatest reformer of the near future Pecan Culture Booming. Pecan culture seems to lie on a boom, not only in South Georgia, but in different parts of Florida. Nursery companies have been or ganized in Pierce county and ninny sales of land have recently been made around Amerieus, Albany and Montieello, Florida. .The company here, which is de veloping lands north of this city and planting them in pecan trees, is receiving letters every day from all parts of tlie country from people who wish to buy the property and many of them say that they will probably come to this section.— Valdosta Times, SrilVvrlbu for The Progress. Let Till! Piicoimss figure on your job printing. FOK SALE.—Horse, buggy and har ness, the latter comparatively new; tin mare is live yeftrs old, absolutely gentle, work anywhere, lady ean drive her with perfect safety. W. T. Crawford, Cairo, Ga. SPECIAL SALE. PANTS -.$1.24 MEN'S SHIRTS WITH COLLARS -L— 44; MEN'S HATS ‘ |,29 LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS. 75 Remember the Placo: Corner Broad and Bryant. I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor. MHiwwwwom anwiwieiieiiwac Just Received! One car Chase City one and two horse wagons. One car Richmond Stoves. One car Alabama Lime. Come in and get our prices before buy* ing elsewhere, as we are certain \ye can please you in quality and price. Yours truly, Wight Hardware C<j Cairo, Georgia. ...CITY PRESSING ROY W. PONDER, Proprietor! YV7E clean and press your clothes for $j »y per month. Extra work done on s) notice. We Clean, Blosk and Reband Straw Hats for 50c to 75c. LADIES’ SKIRTS CLEANED and PRESSED, - 75 to 50c. IVE US A TRIAL If you are pleased tell your friends; if not tell us.