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LEI THEM MAKE
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GOES TO KISSIMMEE;
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
Col. M. L. Ledlord Denouoces a
lteyorl Put In Circulation to In
jure Him.
Col. M. L. Ledford, Cairo, Gn.
Dear sir:—We have heard from
various sources that you remarked
on the streets of Cairo that you were
not willing to turn the politics of
this county over to the common
people and that you were going to
run it for the next ten years.
Please publish in next issue of
Grady County Progress your denial
or confirmation of this report and
oblige.
Yours respectfully
H. J. Willis,
V. P. Pkarck,
/ G. B. Bakrktt.
Cairo, Ga., August 9, 1910.
Messrs. H. J. Willis, V. P. ‘Pearce
and G. B, Barrett.
Gntlemen:—Your recent com
munication received.- In reply to
same will say I never on the streets
of Cairo nor any other place made
use of the expression for which you
ask denial or admission, nor have 1
fever used any language that could
be construed to mean anything of
.the kind.
1 had heard some rumors of such
•a charge but thought that it was
too trivial to merit serious consider
ation—in fact I treated it lightly,
because I thought those who were
handling it were merely dealing in
idle jest, arid did not believe it
themselves nor expect others to be
lieve it. But since gentlemen like
you inform life t mt it is being han
dled seriously, I feel that it merits
the statement of the truth from me.
I say* that if any person or persons
say that this statement attributed
to me is true, let them make affida
vit to the effect, file it with 'the
■ -clerk of the superior court, and as
superior court convenes the first
-Monday in September, they can at
Uil early dat* be taught the penalty
of false swearing.
Yours truly,
M. L. Ledford.
""3^- H«*t.
Little things Hfe'hacillt will live hi
a temperature of above 211 degrees F
Experimental observations of stokers
have shown that man is a cousin to
the salamander. Dante made six fiery
circles of hell and felt constrained to
resort to ice for the seventh and last
condemnation of souls. Heat, in other
words, Is a relative term. Heat Is
benefldent if you like things hot. It
depends on the point of view. Heat Is
supposed to bo enervating The hook
worm Is engendered by it. But, then,
a race horse will go much faster on a
hot day than a cool one. The fiercest
rays of the sun appear to lubricate the
Joints. There are various kinds of
heat, such as Just common, everyday
heat, prickly heat and the heat of de
bate, etc.—Kansas City Times.
A 8partan Father.
Recently a first year high school pu-
pU handed her history teacher what
she evidently considered an exhaustive
and final study of Lacedaemonian cus
toms. In it she stated that one Spar
tan habit of strengthening youth was
to compel the boys to sleep always on
beds and thistles.
The Incident reminds one of a story
that Is told of one of the Camerons of
Lochlel.
The chief, when bivouacking with
his son In the snow, noticed that the
lad had rolled up a snowball to make
a pillow. He thereupon rose and kick
ed It away, Baying sternly, “No ef
feminacy, boyf’—lonth’s Companion.
W. Lane Poulk Resigns As As-
sistent Postmaster at Cairo—
Jus. L. Mauldin Succeds Him.
Wc are informed that our effi
cient assistant postmaster, Mr.
Lane Poulk, is to remove, at an
early date, to Kissimmee, Fla.,
where he is to occupy the same
postoffice position that he retires
from here, but at a higher salary.
We congratulate him on his promo
tion ; but wo feel that his gain is
our loss. Both he and his wife
will be sadly missed by a large co
terie of friends in this community.
We understand that ‘ Mrs. Poulk
has alMdy gone on to their new
homo, Tyhich, by the by is the old
borne of fcer girlhood and his tem-
liorary ho-ie, also, for a considera
ble period, some years ago.
Mr. Jftjft'f L. Mauldin accepts the
position of assistant postmaster of
the Cairo office, made vacant by
the resignation of Mr. Lane Poulk.
Mr. Crawford, the excellent post
master, could not have made a bet
ter selection for the place. Mr.
Mauldin is a thoroughly capable
business man, honest as day-light,
and everybody will receive • from
him the same courteous attention
accorded by his genial predecessor.
MERCIFUL CAESAR.
A Story of the Great Roman and a
Band of Pirates.
Caesar traveled with the retinue of a
man of rank, and on his way to
Rhodes he fell In with an adventure
which may be something more than
legend. When he was crossing the.
Aegean, his vessel Is said to have been
taken by pirates. They carried him
to Pharmacusa, an Island off the Ca-
rlan edast, which was then in their
possession, and there he was detained
for six weeks with three of his attend
ants. while the rest of his servants
were sent to the nearest Roman sta
tion to raise his ransom.
The pirates treated trim with polite
ness. He joined In their sports, played
games with them, looked Into their
habits and amused himself with them
as well as he could, frankly telling
them at the same time that they would
be banged.
The ransom, a very large one, about
£10.000, was brought and paid, Caesar
was set. upon the.-mainland, hear Mi
letus, where, without a moment's
delay, he collected some armed vessels,
returned to the island, seized the
whole crew while they were dividing
their plunder and took them away to
Pergamus, the seat of government In
the Asiatic province, where they were
convicted and crucified. Clemency was
not a Roman characteristic. It was
therefore noted with some surprise
that Caesar interceded to mitigate the
severity of the punishment. The poor
wretches were strangled before they
were stretched on the crosses and
were spared the prolongation of their
torture.—James Anthony Froude.
Burning a Diamond.
The diamond was first burned by
Davy and Faraday In 1814. It was
held on a platinum rod In a glass
globe of twenty-two cubic Inches of
pure hydrogen and the Duke of Tus
cany's burning glass—a lens of four
teen Inches nod one of three Inches
separated six and one-half feet—con
centrated the sun's heat In three-
quarters of an hour the stone burst
Jnto a scarlet flame. Out of focus it
biased four minutes and -was coo
•tuned to two more trials.
Too Rusty.
Lady (after singing a few rusty
notes) — Don’t you think my voice
gjttald be brought out? Manager—
QUALITY
IN HARNESS
We wish to call the attention of the farm
ers of Grady county to our HARNESS DE
PARTMENT. Here you will find everything
in Buggy and Wagon Harness, Team and Bug
gy Bridles, Saddles, Leather Collars, Lines,
Traces, and Accessories of all kinds.
Here, as in every other department of our
large establishment, QUALITY reigns
and rules. In every inch of leather and
in every stitch and buckle.
Excellence of
stands out in bold relief. We assert, with
out fear of successful contradiction, that
we have THE VERY BEST VALUES in
Harness to be found in Cairo.
. ■ - . . y y * 4 ;<
<<-.. .. .We Invite Inspection
and an opportunity to prove the truthfulness of our assertion.
OUR BUGGY
AT $12.50
will compare favorably with any $15.00 harness to be
found. Not a shoddy piece of leather in it; nothing left out
but everything there in good measure and QUALITY
SEWED INTO EVERY STRAP.
Making It Plain.
“Popper," said little Willie Billups,
what does the paper mean when It
says that when It comes to getting
next to the people. Colonel Blinks has
all the other candidates lashed to the
mast?"
"Thants the slang way of saying, my
son," r^turntti Billups, “that for keep-
Ing his eye peeled old man Blinks has
bis opponents skinned a mile.
“There are people In this world tor
whom the English lan gw go Is not
good enough when they come to the
expression of what few Ideas they
have in their mental garages.”—Har
per’s Weekly.
Highly Efficacious.
“George is not naturally a hasty
man, and as his position requires great
patience and capacity tor waiting, be
took a regular training coarse In
both."
“How did ho do It?"
"Ho always went with his wife shop,
ping to match things."—Baltimore
American.
Th. Rolling Ocean.
She—Shall I have yonr lunch brought
up to you here, dear? He (feebly)—No,
logo; bfve it thrown straight over
board. it will save time and trouble,—
London Sketch.
We Want TourHarness Business
as we
and have QUALITY and VALUES to offer such
conscientiously believe cannot be found elsewhere. The
fact that we operate five different establishments in as
many different towns and buy in very large quantities, en
ables us to get the very lowest prices and THIS SAVING
GOES TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
When in town come to see us; make our place headauarters
We have FREE HITCHING STALLS at the rear of our sta
bles where you can feed your stock and have them protect
ed from sunshine and rain.
8w«ot.
“X think yonr wife has snch a sweet
vole*,"
"So do L She gets >1,200 a year for
spllllag part of It In a church choir."—
Boston Transcript
Visit the House of Quality.
J. D.
HOLMAN,
GIRO, GA,
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