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The Progress. T. A. J. MAJORS, Editor. One Dollar a Year in Advance. Published Weekly by Progress Publishing Co. ' t*\ Application made for admission ns second class mail matter. Obibpary notices ,cards of thanks aha locals five cents per line each insertion. Advertising Rates.—Depends on position, number o f insertions and number of inches, will bo given upon application. 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. = 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- — 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.’’ - T