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FIFTH WU'
People From All Around
Flocked Into Cairo.
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WAS
J- . LARGE CELEBRATIOi
Citizens of Coiualy Thai Was
Named After Henry W. Grady
Hear Eloquent Speeches and
Enjoy a Fine Olnner-Ex Cov.
Terrell. Who Signed the Grady
County Bill, Was One f o| the .
Speakers—A Memorable Occa^ $ur people
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Events here made the 17th one of
the biggest days in the history of this
section. Fully 5,000 people were
here to observe Grady Day.
On August 17, five years ago
Gov- Joseph M. Terrell signed a bill
creating .Grady county, and this
was the fifth anniversary of Grady
county.
By early daylight people began
to arrive from the country arid ad
joining counties. -The principal
speakers were Hons. Joseph M,
Terrell, S, A. Roddenbery, W. B.
Roddenbery and Eugene Black, the
son-in-law of Henry W. Grady, for
whom the county was nam&t,
In an appropriate speech, Mr.
Black presented the County Com*
mission ers of Grady cou$t*|Hra|
handsome oil* painting of Mr. Grady
which was unveiled by Henry Grady
Black, grandson of Mr. Grady. In
his presentation speech he gave a
brief synopsis of Mr. Grady’s life
and early achievements, illustrating
to the youth of the v county what a
noble and well spent life waB Mr.
Grady’s.
Mr. Black’s speech was an ad
mirable piece of chaste rhetoric,
excellent in language, spirit and
Btyle, and for clearness, discrimi
nation and good taste, co.uld not
have been surpassed.
Picture of Grady.
Hon. W. B. Roddenbery on be
half of the people of the county
accepted the painting in a speech
full of pathos.
Dr. R. H. Harris followed by re
citing a poem in which he depicted
the part each character in his poem
displayed in Working to crystalize
the sentiment of the people in the
section of Thomas and Decatur
counties for the formation of a new
county. One of the prettiest parts
of the morning’s exercises was a
song sung by ten boys and ten girls,
dedicated to Mrs. Eugene Black,
daughter of Mr. Grady, which was
composed by the Rev. \V. E. Tow-
son.
At noon, a picnic dinner was
served on the school house cammis,
of which the immense throng par
took, and of which there was an am
ple supply. The after dinner
speakers were Hon. Joseph M. Ter
rell and Congressman Roddenbery.
Gov. Terrell stated that Grady
county was one of only two counties
of the eight new that he favored
and worked for, and had given
pledge beforehand for and lie was
proud of the fact that the county
was named for so illustrious a per
son ns Henry W. Grady, and that
he was able to be here and join
Commodore Decatur and Gov.
Early, giving a; brief sketch- of the
life of each, bringing out the bril
liancy of Mr. (|rady’s accomplish
ments. He stated that Grady coun
ty worthily wore the name;.and the
peoplo were to be congratulated on
t le .prosperous appearance of- the
town and county. He said the
. rowth since becoming a county in
taxable valuesj, illustrated the wis
dom of ,the people in selecting this
section for one of the new counties.
Congressman Anderson Rodden
bery was the last speaker. He was
in his happiest moon and-delivered
' the greatest speech ever heard. A
native of Cairo and here until a few
years ago, he is still Apdy to all of
The first part of his
address was largely
reminiscental and called up scenes
of other days. The eyes of the old
er. citizens grew moist and their
faces flowed with pride as he reci
ted the virtues and merits of the
sturdy men and women who devel
oped this region.’ ’
Appeals to the Youths.
His appeal to the youths of Gra
dy to emulate the character of their
forefathers and carry out the spirit
of the illustrious Grady, was thrill
ing in the extreme, .and frequently
aroused rapturous applause. Mr
Roddenbery was at Jion^b with his
neighbors and friends, all of whom
were en rapport with Him in his
magnificent speech. '• The memory
of it will live through years to come
Hon, J. £ Weathers, pne of Cai
ro’s leading attorney?',. actgd .its
master of ceremonies, (lairo-musi
cians furnished :£lj& music. The
day was an epochal one and will
long be remembered by the people
of this section.
JOE H. HARRIS; POPULAR
SALESMAN. SAYS
All great reforms have met with
stubborn opposition and especially
is this true of political reforms
Those who oppose raise a hue and
cry againBt such change, claiming
that business will be upset and pan
ics will ensue, thus seeking to ob
scure the reason of the meaeures in
the dust they raise. Hoke Smith
in his first race advocated sweeping
measures of reform in our state gov
eminent and so impressed were the
people with the reasonableness and
righteousness of his contentions that
they decided to give them a trial.
None of the laws his advocacy had
passed have ever been repealed and
we live in greater security and en
joy the same peace and prosperity
as before though the rights of those
governing have been enlarged and
the power of the unrelenting mon
opolies controlled. Every railroad
in Georgia that so faithfully prom
ised to become bankrupt under
Hoke Smith’s government and re
duction of rates, has failed to fulfill
its pledge and each and every one
of them are still doing business at
the same old stand and all prosper
ing immeasurably and improvii
their properties . as never beffriu.
We want reform in all irregularities
of government and laWs^to protect
alike the security and pekee of both
capital and labor, and in this we
need the able counsel and -services
of Hoke Smith as governor.— La-
Grange Reporter.—Adv,
Young Ladies Prayermeeting.
JJClo Ul , w The young ladies prayer meeting
with the people in celebrating the j ,nct ^ ast Saturday aftc-rnoon arid
occasion of the fifth anniversary of I was led by Miss Roma Poulk.
the signing of the bill creating the The meeting will be led by Miss
county of Grady. j Manic Towson next Saturday af-
Grady’s Rapid Grow lb. I ternoon and all are urged to be
He compared Mr. Gtady with • present.
TION ACCOMPLISHED
IN TWO YEARS
Passed the DisfrancnisemCnt Law,
which removed the negro from* par
ticipation in the political affairs of
Georgia. The registration of whites
this year is 261,145, while that of
the negroes is but 11,285, a num
ber of counties not having a dozen
blacks on the registration lists.
Passed the law enlarging the
Railroad Commission and increas
ing its powers; sustained it in re
ducing passenger fares, so that the
people of the State are 1 now saving
a-million dollars a year on that
item alone. When Joseph M.
Brown was Railroad Commisionor
he voted against reducing passenger
fares.
Compelled the railroads to treat
shippers with fairness in the matter
of demurrage and complaints, so
that shippers are now given prompt
consideration in these matters where
formerly they were wearied out
with delays.
Cut off free passes, an insidious
form of bribery, which was the
chief stock in trade of ithe lobbyist.
Passed the law to prevent corpor
ations from contributing money to
politics
Passed the law to compel candi
dates to publish their election ex
penses.
Passed the law to prevent Bnap
judgment op the people by the call-'
ingof early primaries tlWt,
primary can be held more than two
months' before the regular election.
Passed the new registration, law
which prevents the registering of
purchased votes and imported votes
on the eve of an election, gnd gives
time and opportunity for purifying
the registration lists and for any
voter whose name is cut off by the
registrars to have his case heard
and his name restored to the list,
which was impossible under the old
law.
Abolished the Convict Lease Sys
tem and put the convicts on the
public roads despite the efforts of
the opposition to provide for leasing
part of them and putting some on
the Wimberly farm.
Saved the State nearly $100,000
by refusing to buy the aforesaid
farm, which was the only one the
Prison Commission would recom
mend, though it was wholly unsuit
ed to the purposes, and was exor
bitant in price, even if the State had
needed a farm—which it did not.
Established Juvenile Courts, in
augurated a Parole .System for Pen
itentiary convicts, pardoned and
set free many incurably sick and
helpless convicts, freeing the State
from that burden and turning them
over to their friends; established a
State Sanitarium for consumptives;
added $000,000 a year to the School
fund, and for the first time in the
istory of ;he public schools drew
warrants' on the Treasury paying
every claim due teachers before the
year closed. k
Increased the taxes paid by the
railroads half a million dollar?, thus
•lightening the burdens of the peo
ple, yet working no injustice to the
corporations which had escaped the
payment of their proportionate share
of the taxes.
Relied successfully on the local
authorities to preserve order during
the Georgia Railroad strike arid
thereby prevented riots, and blood-
•hod, forcing an arbitration between
the corporation and -its firemen,
whose places were being given to
negroes. VI '
Being a man of ideas, he an
nounced his principles. Being a
man of the people, he stood for the
people. Being a man of his word,
be kept his promisis. Being a
practical man of affaiis, lie con
ducted a business administration,
met the expenses as they fell due.
never advertised to the world that
the State was facing a deficit when
the Treasury balance shoot showed
the conditions to be two million
dollars the other way.
AND HOKE SMITH NEVER
SUGGESTED A BOND ISSUE TO
MEET CURRENT EXPENSES.—
Atlanta Journal.—Adv.
SENATOfiliir
FOR HOKE SMITH
The following Card was given out
at Hoke Smith headquarters oq
Saturday, containing the announce
ment that Senator W. D, Womble
announces that he has decided to
support Hoke Smith. The senator
now recognizes that he was mistak
en in supposing that he could se
OPEN IIP SMS
SITS "BUB,”
'll f hi;
This Will
Give the Town
Room* to. Spread.
WAYS FOR EXPARSION MUSI-BE MADE
At Present the Town Is Befiig
Built Long Like a Shoe String
Let the Council Provide Ndw.
Mr. Edit ;r’:—That was a timely
suggestion in your editorial last
week in which you cabled the city
’opuncil’s attention to the need ate
opening up some new ’'streets Sri
Cairo.
If C^iro is to continue to grow,
if it is to cravelop in a city—and
that is now its prospect—it must
have some new streets,
A city cannot be built on two
sides of one long street. That’s
the trouble just now—Cairo is a
“shoe string town. .’* No town ban
grow into city proportions with on
ly one street running through iUx
length. Cairo should have at least
m
cure any help from the administra- mii ^. iiiw BI1UUIU ll lvc at( 4VWK
tion in advocating the rights of theC ^ fi^'
more good thowugh-
Deome. nceormner in fha . ' . -
people, according to the promises
of the Brown platform. Upon the
adjournment of the legislature he
expects to take the Btump for Hoke
Smith.”
Senator Womble said:
“I am for Hoke Smith in this
campaign, although I voted for
Clark Howellin the face four, years long ts
ago, and ior Governor Brown two. str ^ ht throU gh.
years ago. My main reason for
supporting Hoke Smith is that
have learned, through my legisla
tive experience, that Hoke Smith
stands for the rights of the masses
of the people, and that Governor
Brown stands for the corporations.
I have become weaiy of the do-
nothing policy of this administra
tion. Take the income tax amendr
ment, for example; the adoption of
that amendment was really a test,
of our democracy. Yet Governor
Brown sat still in his office and nev
er opened bis mouth in defence of
this effort to make the rich men of
the country pay their proportionate
part of the taxes. I believe Hoke
Smith, if governor, would have sent
in a special message advocating it.
‘ ‘ While I am not influenced by
the fact that the people of Upson
county, and of the surrounding sec
tion, are for Hoke Smith, as I am
not a candidate for office, still l am
sure that I am representing the over
whelming opinion of my peoolc in
coming out for Hoke Smith for gov
ernor.”—Atlanta Constitution.—
Adv.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to eSpress to those who
so kindly aided us during the long
sickness of our little infant, and
who so kindly assisted after its
death our sincere thanks. In this
hour of sad bereavement and sor-
soav, the memory of the many kind
things done for us and kind offers
to aid us is a great comfort and
solace to us, and vve appreciate it all
more than words cari express, and
shall ever hold the same in grateful
rememberance.
Respectfully,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. White.
The council should proceed at
once with this important matter.
It will have to be done sonje day
and the longer it is put off the nfore
troublosomo and expensive it will
be.
Before more houses are huilf. in
the wav of these thoroughfares, let
the council condemn the necessary
land and give us four or five streets
straight through town across the
railroad. It will be cheaper now
than next year and the longer it
is put off the more expensive it
will be. *
Reader.
OTHE PEOPLE
OF
It has been brought to my atten
tion by friends that it has been
stated by some people in the county
that I was taking a part in the sen
atorial race between Dr, Graham
Cairo, Ga., July 26; 1910.
Notice is hereby given that from
and after August 31, 1910, The
Grady County Progress will he the
official organ of Grady county,
in which will appear all legal ad
vertising required by law to he pub
lished. All parties take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
E. F. Dollar,
Sheriff Grady county, Georgia.
and Mr
Max,well
I ha\
e no ban
! feelings toward
anyone
and am sure that the party
who started this i
eport did so with-
out any
mail ions
inteiit, but I wish
to state
that it is
ibsolutely false.
I hav
e t aken no
part'in this race
at all.
I have at
notime approach-
eel any
me in this
matter nor have
I at ;uy
turn* i-otig
lit any man’s po-
litical 1.
ittloH save
my owii. I was
honour
by.the goi
nl people of Grady
county'
when they
elect hr! rile to the.
high of!
ee of Tu
x Collector and
have-at
all-t imes
a idea vo red trMuj- 1
fill tl ■ (
lUties of tj
ie office. Ifwill
always 1 e my purpose' so Ion gins I
am honored with a public .office to
at.oud solely to the Untie-' of the
office and let other 'politic,- alone.
1. write this card, as I think, in
defen
se of myself
; s these
rumors
have
no.-■ foundation,. I hr
ive the
best c
f feelings to
vned both
candi-
didat
rs hut am ta
ring no s
tock 'in
the e
cation at all
I V.
i'll thank my
friends
of the
where
county to correct this rumor
ever they Vimy hear it.
Very truely yours,
. Roy W. Ponder.
fares running from north to south u
and they sho.uld lie provided f<k -
now.
One thing is sure; if Cairo is al
lowed to expand, ways must be pro
vided for getting from the northern
to thri southern portions of the place
without being compelled to make
‘ long detours instead, -of going
y.