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Moonlight Picnic.
That was a delightful picnic en
joyed by by some of the young peo
ple of Cairo, last Monday night at
♦Sutton’s pond.' Chaperoned by Mr.
and Mrs. Gullit' McYluneus and Mr.
and Mrs. Hansell Hurst, the jolly
party took their departure from a
point opposite the Central Hotel, in
wagons, hay-ride fashion, just be
fore dusk, and after a gay and rol
licking drive of a mile and a half,
readied the objective point by a lit
.•tie after seven. Then, for hours,
“care (if any of the young folk had
-any) was thrown to the winds” (it
•there had been any) and such a
dime as they did have!
We have ascertained the follow
ing names of those present: Misses
Mary and Nola Bell, Mamie Ben
nett, Ruby Williams, Blanche Bish
op, Alma Parker, Bama Richter,
Kathryn Brown, Maude Sutton,
Lucile Hurst, Marie Blair, Janet
Lucas, Annie Bell Munir, Meta
Wicker, Bessie and Mary Odom,
jL'Jyde Grincr, Rachel Cole, Addie
•Lcxut Powell, Mamie Howftrd, Bessie
.Dunn, Roma Poulk, Esta Baggett-,
Frankie and Myrtis Howell
and . Lilia Beil> ’Messrs.
Albert and JuP; en Roddenbery,
Charles Ben 1 .' e> K. M Bennett, Sam
Sutton, >,iarvin Brown, W. D. Clif-
Hwrd^ Tom. Jones, R. E. W'ilson,
^.obb McManus, Jeff Odom, Char
ley Brown, Raymond Ruskin, W.
J. Powell, Herbert Wind, Marvin
Stringer, Leland Baggett, Ward
and Robert Wight, Phil Poulk,
Hammond Cooper, Nick West,
Andrews, Lucas, Voss, Bostwick,
Twitty, Little, Brinson, Hogg,
Selph, Luck and Reeves.
The writer was not present; so if
any names have been omitted, ’ti
because his informant could not re
call them.
A Lover oE Youth.
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A Gush of Applause.,,
Oh, Mr. Whistle-Tooter! you are
a tooter from away back! You
surely can toot. When, at six
o’clock in the morning, every week
day, you begin to toot, everybody
within; hearing begins to sit up and
take notice, Talented tooter that
you are, you havo by daily, pro
tracted, assiduous tooting, so strain
ed the delicate, sensitive ears of
enraptured men and women that
they respond, instantly, to your in
spiring toot'. Ah, if you just could
hear some of their responses! Es
pecially those made by sick people;
or those who, having had only a
few hours of restless sleep during
the preceding night, are not tearing
their clothes off, in their eagerness
to rise at six. Yes, they sit up,
and writhe and Bay things, as you
toot, Mr. Whistle-Tooter, on and
on, crescendo, diminuendo, through
a portion of eternity, prolonging
the first thrilling toot until every
nerve in the compelled listener’s
anatomy is aching with delight-
subsiding lower and lower down to
a barely audible toot—then rising
again, on into the second toot, and
upward until one’s bed. canopy vi
brates and the shingles on the ec
static auditor’s roof rat* 1 ' and
dance—as the elp" titor
himself does, ulst
J»** (»v>->!>*• .... 7 .rka,
the
ioua
torrid emhelishments—and on and
on, the tooting is tooted until the
performance is prolonged to a great
or length than this purposely elon
gated.sentence, (which, in all con
science, is four times longer than
enough)—eventuully sinking down,
diminuendo, until in the course of
human—or inhuman—events, it
too-oo-oots out. Oh, Mr. Whistle-
Tooter! nil honor and praise be to
you, for the charming, soothing,
soul-satisfying melody of your early
morning tooting.
An Admirer.
BARBER HAS RACE WON.
Mn. Editor: To the surprise of
many, our friend W. D. Barber has
won his race for the legislature.
He has done his own campaigning
with the loyalty of his friends. He
has been as busy as a bee. He has
won for himself a great victory over
heavy odds, and it is even consid
ered by his opponents that he has
won and won fairly and honestly.
He has won by merit. He went
info the race with that ambition
which has characterized his every
effort and that is to succeed.
Those who know “None” Bar
bed know that he is honest and will
be a friend of the common people
in the making of laws. He is from
their ranks and is one of them.
Grady county needs just such a
man in the legislature during these
diysof “graft,” to protect their
interest.
None” Barber is one of Grady’s
most successful farmers and noth
ing ci\n be found against his moral
Of political life that the people need
be ashamed of. His neighbors are
proud of his success and the inter
ests of the people, I am sure, are
safe in his hands, and that is the
reason he has made a winning fight.
J xit the people rally to his stan-r
dard on August the 23d and send
him to the legislature. While his
election is assured his friends want
to see him roll up the biggest ma
jority ever given a candidate in
Grady county. He has earned it
and is worthy of the support of the
common people. Remember and
go to the polls on August 23d and
vote for W. D. Barber for the legis
lature.
He has had no campaign mana
ger nor used “campaign fund,” but
has carried his own skillet through
out the race.
He deserves to be honored be
cause he has, by his own hands and
intelligence, won success in other
vocations of life and what he has
was gained by his own efforts be
tween the plow handles and not by
inheritance. His never tiring en
ergy will be carried in the halls of
the legislature.
adv A Friend.
WHY FARMERS*
" SHOULD VOTE FOR SMITH
♦ As one who has been in the fore-
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Caiio, Ga., Aug. 19, 1910.
I see my friend, P. H. Ward,
has a card in to-day’s issue of The
HOKE GOT THEM
OH THE RUN
There is no question about it,
Hoke has got the Brown legions on
the run. We are taking a very con
servative view of things, and have
from the start. But within the
past week v e have talked with men
from nearly every section of Hall
county, and the same story comes
from all—that Hoke Smith is stron
ger than two years ago. Every one
says he knows of men who were
Brdwn men before, but are Smith
njen now, and not a single one
knows of a man who has deserted
Smith.
Now the people of Hall county
are just like the people of every oth
er section of the state. There are
no local conditions here that would
make things different. And'^o it
follows, as logically as the day fol
lows tlic night, that what is true of
Hall county is true in a measure at
least, of each section of the state.—
Gainesville Eagle.—Adv,
front in the fight for tne betterment i Gairo Messenger in which he seems
of the fanning classes, I want to
say to my farmer neighbors in Grady
counts that it makes me tired to see
some politicians jumping up hur
rahing and gesticulating frantically
and vehemently, claiming the credit
for the prosperity of the farmer. If
the farmer is now on top ns is so
often stated how did he get there?
Did he vote himself into prosperity
or did he work for it?
My fellow farmers, how long will
you be caught with chaff? How
long will you be the willing tool of
the wily politician?
Joe Brown could just as well
claim that he was responsible for
my making a hundred bushels of
sweet potatoes per acre last year as
hfe can to claim that he is respon
sible for fifteen-cent cotton.
Farmers, don’t we know that our
efforts, through proper organization
and eo-operation, is responsible for
the better price of cotton and don’t
we know if we get reasonable prices
for our products they will have to
come by our own efforts and not
through any figure-head of' a gov
ernor.
Surely every thinking farmer
ought to be disgusted and indignant
at the outrageous and ridiculous
claims that are being made by the
Joe Brown forces as to his admin
istration Vicing responsible for fif
teen cent cotton and for the so-
called wave of prosperity which they
say is sweeping over us.
What they want is votes. What
we want is a governor, not a figure
head who will sit still and do noth
ing until election time, aid then
jump up on our platform and claim
that he is responsible for all our
success and prosperity, wheijeas you
know where our success came from.
Men, lets assert our manhood and
rebuke this arrogance and this es-
fort to steal from us the credit for
advancing our own interests.
Can we trust a man in the high
office of governor who will try to
steal our laurels in this brazen way?
I say no, a thousand times no.
Grady County Farmer.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF.
GRADA COUNTY SCHOOL
I am receiving almost daily appli
cations for places in the schools of
the county and I wish the trustees
of all the schools of the county
would notify me whether or not you
have secured teachers for another
year in order that I may know
where to have these applicants
write, If you have already elected
for another year, notify mo; and if
you have not elected, let me| know,
also, in order that I may assist you
by referring applicants to you.
Some may have notified me in perr
son, but I wish you to write me
where elections havo been made.
Yours truly.
J. S. Weathers, C. S. C.
Our citizens are complaining of
the unusualljr large crop of mos
quitoes this year. There is no doubt
but that this nuisance could be aba
ted to a considerable extent if our
Board of Health would watch con
ditions closer. Stagnant water and
rank weeds are the breeding and
hiding places of mosquitoes and
neither should ftxiat in the corpor
ate limits of the town. Kerosene
will prevent them from breeding in
the mud holes and pools of water
and this remedy could be easily ap
plied at little cost to the city.
Weed patches should not be allow
ed and the city should set a good
example by keeping the weeds cut
down in the streets.—Camilla En
terprise,
to display a good deal of enthusiasm
and feeling over certain features of
the senate race.
He says “have we not a county
attorney to advise us?”
In reply to this inquiry, will say
there is no such office as County
Attorney, but the County Commis-
siohers aro authorized under the
law to secure such legal advice, as
may be necessary, and I am em
ployed at the princely sum of $8.33
per month as the public records
will show, to give the County Com
missioners HUch legal advice as they
need in the conduct of county busi
ness, and I am not getting six hun
dred dollars a year, as I ana.' relia
bly informed that a candidate for
the senate asserted in a speech at
Union school house, recently, I
have not sought this employment,
but it sought me; but I appreciate
it just the same. I am under my
contract only to advise the County
Commissioners; I am not the guar
dian of anybody except my own
children.
No county officers or county tri
bunal can remove a member of the
Board of Education for any cause;
only the judge of the superior court
can do that upon the recommenda
tion of two-thirds of the grand jury.
Under my employment by the
County Commissioners I am under
no obligations to advise the grand
jury, but the foreman of the grand
jury and the members are expected
to see that eligible members are
elected and their advice oil legal
matters is the solicitor general.
M. L. Ledford,
Don’t judge by the low price
we name on our World Brand
Silverware. In this line as in
others, we have access to the
manufacturers and are, there-
fore, able to quote lower prices
than ever before on goods of
quality.
Roddenbery Hardware Co.
Playing Safe.
•‘Johnny,” said tho teacher, “this Is
the third time I have had to punish
you this week. Why are you so naugh
ty?”
‘“Because,” answered the incorrigi
ble youngster, “grandpa says the good
die young, and 1 ain’t takln’ any
chances.”—Chicago News.
Cups, Saucers, Plates. We
have just received a large stock
of both white and decorated
ware. Let us supply your needs.
Roddenbery Hardware Co.
Didn’t Hide His Joy.
Janet—Viola says there was only cm
drawback to her wedding. Fanny—
What was that? Janet—She says het
father looked too cheerful when he
cave her away.—Boston Globe, r
Tea and Dinner Sets. We car
ry thin ware m open stock and
can supply all the standard sets.
Roddenbery Hardware Co.
THE SCOUTS BRIDIE. v r
Brutal PunMiment to Which Worn***
Wore One* Subjaotad.
The brtinlc, or scold’s bridle, or gos
sip’s bridle, was neither more nor less
than a muzzle. It was lu general use
lu Great Britain from tho sixteenth to
tho eighteenth century, and in Scot
land as well women wero muzzled for
certain offenses, some at least of them
more Imaginary than real. The instru
ment of torture, even a dog’s leather
muzzle, Is uncomfortable. How much
more the scold’s muzzle! It consisted,
according to a high authority, Mr. W.
Jewltt, of a kind of crown or frame
work of Iron, wbicb was locked upon
the head, and It was armed In front
with a gag, a plate or o sharp cutting
knife or point, which was placed In tho
poor woman's mouth so as to prevent
her moving her tongue, or It was so
placed that If she did move It or at
tempt to speak It was cut in a most
frightful manner. With this cage up
on her head and with the gag firmly
pressed and locked against her tonguo
the miserable creature, whose sole of
fending perhaps was that she raised
her vclee in defense of her social
rights against a brutal and besotted
husband or bad spoken honest truth of
somo one high In office la her town,
was paraded through the streets, led
by a chain by the baindi of a bellman,
the beadle or the constable- or chained
to the pHlory, the whipping, post or
market eeoss, to bo subjected' to’ every
conceivable Insult and degradation,
without even the power left bar of
asking for mercy or of promising
amendment for the future, and when
the punishment was over she- was
turned out from the town hall or the
place where the brutal punishment
had been Inflicted, maimed, disfigured,
bleeding, faint and degraded, to be tho
subject of comment and Jeering among
her nelgtabora^-Londoa Family-Her
ald.
Colors of the Stars.
AJthougtr there is so relation ap
parent bet wen the t\g> phenomena, yet
It is interesting to (Wall the fact that
among tho stars certain colors ap
pear to characterize different stages of
change, or evolution. Red stars, ac
cording to the testimony of the spec
troscope, ffiffer widely In their consti
tution from white or yellow ones, and
it has been thought that varying col
ors may give a clew to progressiva
changes In the hc&Tenly bodies. Sirius,
for instance, is said to have changed
from red to white, and some have- sua- j
pected that Arctmrus is fading from
red toward yellow.
A Fairly Good Appetite.
Kaffirs, North American Indians and
the fat boy In “Pickwick” may well
be quoted as fearful examples of vo
racity, but even their grostronomlc
feats are exceeded by the full grown
Eskimo, who will dally eat twenty
pounds of flesh and oil if he has the
chance, while on the authority of Ad
miral Saritcheff a Yakut of Siberia has
been known to consume in twenty-four
hours “the hind quarter of a large ox,
twenty pounds of fht and a quantity
of melted butter for bis drink."
To Be Avoided.
’’There’s Wilson! Let ns turn back.
I’ve no desire to meet that fellow
again! Last week i asked him to lend
me five pounds.”
“Well, he certainly might have done
so; he has plenty of money.”
“Yes, I know—and—he did lend mo
the fiver!”—London Mall.
A Strategist.
“That fellow Is a greater strategist
than Napoleon ever was.”
“As to how?”
“He got a two dollar raise of salary
n yenr ago and hasn't told his wife
about It yet.”—Pittsburg Post.
“GRADY COUNTY”
BY W. E. TOWSON.
(Dedicated to Mrs. Eugene R. Black, daughter of Henry W.
Grady, and sung by twenty boys and girls, on the occasion of the
unveiling of a portrait of her father, presented by her to Grady
county.)
Our County ’tis of thee,
Land of fertility,
..Of thee we sing;
Land of our parents’ pride,
Land where our kindred died,
Froui.ev’ry hearth-stone side,
Her praise we bring.
Our native County, thee,
Land of the brave and free,
Wljose sons arise;
We love the name we bear,
We love her skies so fair,
Her sons who do and dare,
To seize the prize.
We love our County dear,
We’re glad our homes are here,
With girls so fair;
We love them ev’ry one,
Of gold they’re worth a ton.
Each soon will wed a> son,
His burdens share.
Let joy float on the breeze,
And ring through all the trees,
Love for Grady;
Let boys and girls sing out.
And make the heavens shout,
Give care a perfect rout,
Bless our Lady.
God bless our friend so dear,
And keep her in Thy fear,
For her we pray;
Around her throw Thy might,
And may her life be bright.
With God’s own holy light,
“Unto that day.’’
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