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We Can Sell You Property in the Banner County of the State and Lend You Half of the Purchase Price at a Low Rate of Interest;
Q. A. WIQHT, PRESIDENT. ... _ _ • ...
THOS. WIQHT, V'CPRE.OENT, ^ ^
THE CIRCUS CLOWN
LEADS ft HARD LIFE
Must be Clever and Original, a
Creator and Actor, and Above
All Industrious.
"Tired? Well,,1 should say I
am. This is harder than heaving
lump coal or spring moving. The
old days of much ease and great
glory are planted in history never
to be resurrected again.”
A sad-faced clown in the dressing
room of a big circus wiping off the
red lines of joy on his face and mak
ing vicious swipes at the stubborn
coating of white which seemed to
adhere like varnish says a writer in
the New York Herald.
"We work harder than any
bunch of men with the show,” the
clown continued. "I have been in
the business a long, long while now
and I know whereof I speak. I can
remember when the functions of
this great institution of clowning
were short and sweet and life was
one long rosy dream. That’s when
your granddaddy was buying the
pasteboards in the pay-as-you-enter
one-rings circus.
" All the clown had to do was to
tumble into the sawdust arena and
carry on a few silly antics while the
lady bareback was doing her stunt.
Then when the panting horse was
getting a breath Mi 1 . Clown would
step out and pull a joke on the ring
master and then beat it around the
ring as the distiguished. ringmaster
cracked a long whip after him at
every jump. But mark me here,
there is one thing that clown had to
.be able to do and do well—he had
to make himself heard all over the
tent. Then when the razor backs
were putting up the apparatus for
the spring board tumblers the
clown would come out and, mount'
ing a red and white striped pedestal,
Would Using a lively comic song
Then his work was.d np. - And he
get as much money as any man with
the troupe.
"But look at the things nowa-
. days 1 Ten times as much demanded.
Look at.the very show! We have
thirty-three clowns and every one
of them is a hardy worker, To
make good we must rank in ability
with many of the so-called musical
comedy comedians along Broadway.
Not only must we be up in the art
of pantomime, but must possess a
pair of leather-lined lungs for the
successful exploitation of our jokes.
"Butj above all, we must be origi
nal—a talent not demanded of the
man cast for a musical comedy role.
Their parts are created; their lines
are cast;they are drilled by a compe
tent stage manager, and even their
costumes are minutely described by
the author. But the live clown of
to-day must be a erector and actor
as well. Likewise it mustN^e a
creation with the breath ef to-day
in it—pertinent, topical, new and
with all broad sense of humor in its
freshness. We must consume at
least half of the rime of the entire
performance.
"There are a few things I want
to call your attention to in this very
show, and, mind you, it is not the
exception. For instance,two clowns
put on a screemingly funny bur
lesque of the Jefferies'Johnson fight
One had the white face of a lily,
while the other' is of an ebony hue.
They carry on a fake fight, and
when the round is over one of then
runs over and rings a cow bell. In
stead of pouring water on the head
of Johnson it is splashed on his big
feet. Other things equally as re-
diculous are carried on.
‘‘To be sure we have atrevestyon
Rostan’s much-talked-of play ‘Chan-
tccler, ’ One clown, representing
the moon, carries things at a high
olip, when instalks the giant rooster, •
SOUH GEORGIA LAND AND LOAN COMPANY.
CAPITAL, $10,000.00.
City, Farm and Timbered Real Estate, 5 Years,
6 Per Cent. Farms and Loans Negotiated.
Cairo, Grady County Georgia.
Grady County, the most
inviting agricultural section of
southwest Georgia. For
Corn, Cotton and other sta
ple products it stands unsur-
The Culture of Tobacco
which has proven highly suc
cessful is one of its richest
sources of revenue; $300.00
to $800.00 is the average
profit per acre.
Georgia Cane Syrup’s na
tive home is Cairo, the couh-
ty site, the second largest cyr-
up market of America; this
product yields farmers an
abundant income.
The Pecan industry, though
yet in its infancy, is bringing
investors here annually. Our
lands are acknowledged to
grow the finest quality of Pe
cans.
Grady County lands are
all well drained, no marshes, j
ponds or other sources of ma
laria. They possess the fer
tility without the unhealthful-
ness some times attributed to
this section of the State. Her
citizenship is of the highest
and most progressive type.
WE WANT TO BUY
Vour - farM
Do you contemplate buying or selling any property
in Grady county? If so, we want you to come to see us.
Invest your money in the properties that we are of
fering for sale; besides the excellent rent values af
forded by them the enhancement of value will prove
to be marvelous. The best proof of this fact that we
have to offer is the record of the past.
Remember that if you haven’t tne full purchase price
we are prepared to help you.
We are in the market at all times for good property
in this county, and especially farms ranging in size
from 50 to 500 acres. Don’t sell until you see us. We
are buyers as well as sellers.
I. R. Boyelt’s place, near Calvary, contains 225 acres, well
Improved farm land, 100 acres cleared. Price $2,750.
Geo. CookMarm, 6 miles ol Cairo, 3 miles ol Pine Park; 871-2
acres, nicely Improved, high state of cultivation, 26 acres
cleared, 15 ac^es good pasture land. A bargain at $1,500.
J. T. Cone's place, 6 miles south ol Cairo, 60 acres cleared,
100 acres good timber, well Improved; look It over. We will
sell for $3,000.
200 acres known as tbe Parnell place 3 1-2 miles ol Ochloch-
nee. Price $3,000.
The.Mose Maxwell place, 5 miles southeast ol Cairo, 500
acres well Improved, 150 acres cleared, good timber, and line
pasture. An Ideal stock farm. 6,500.
The John D. Thompson place, better known as the W. G. Lewis
plantation, 5 miles south ol town, 450 acres, well Improved,
lots of advantages not lound In the average farm. Gin, syrup
works, etc., well worth hall the price of the land; In high
state ol cultivation and It’s a bargain at the price ol $10,000.
fin see for yourself and affirm our opinion.
J.t.k.. Viotii place, near Ochloehnee, Thomasville and Cairo,
•>66 acres, 125 cleared, well improven, good state ol cultiva
tion; worth $5,000, but will sell It lor $12 an acre In order to re
invest in small farm.
Tue Whit Galnus place, six miles Aorth ol Cairo, 277 acres,
J 00 acres cleared, 175 line yellow pine timber, 5 good tenant
houses besides the main buildings, etc. Also the Odus Gainus
place of 62 1-2 acres adfoinlng It directly north. This land Is
in high state ol cultivation and desirably located. Go see it,
we will sell all or most any part of the place you want at a
price that will please you.
Sixty acres within two miles of town, 15 cleared, well Im
proved, new houses, etc. Forty-live acres good timber and a
bargain at $1,200.
Cairo, the county seat of
Crady County, is a hustling,
thriving little city of 2,000
[ people. Owns its electric
ights and water system.
Has two banks, about 40
stores and many other pros
perous enterprises.
Has doubled its size in the
past three years; and is stead
ily growing.
Ships annually 7 to 10
thousand bales of cotton, 15
to 20 thousand barrels of the
famous Georgia Cane Syrup,
several hundred cars of*mel
ons and many thousand dol
lars worth of meat.
Its educational, religious
and social advantages com-]
pare with those of any town!
its size.
Its advantages should be
investigated by those wishing
to locate or invest in a live,
progressive South Georgia
town.
We will be pleased to
communinate with those in
terested.
City Property We Have to Offer.
The two places on north side of town owned by L. G.
Merritt. We will make yon a price on this property so
low that you will find it a paying investment.
The place now occupied by R. L. Forester on Walker
street. Nice house and a half acre lot, close in. A bar
gain at $1,800.
South Georgia Land and Loan
W. T. CRAWFORD, Gen’l Manager.
CAIRO, GA.
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE.
Chantecler. A tramp, asleep on a
park bench, represents Morning.
Chantecler crows and day light is
on. A big policeman arrests the
moon and takes _ him out. The
tramp awakes and stretches his arms
and legs to the accompament of a
wooden rattler, gapes and yawns in
a stentorian fashion, and the birds'
begin toeing. Very broad burles
que, you will say, but carried out
with a degree of intellgence and
close to the text, in a way. And
it,s all done in a minute.
"Of course, we give avitation an
inning. One clown has a minature
aeroplane on the end of a pole hang
ing in front of him, the pole being
fastened to his head, and blowing
the bellows he keeps tho aeroplane
in motion as he runs wildly around
the ring in an imaginary chose af
ter it. Neither have we overlooked
the Halley comet. An ingenious
chap with our congregation has ar
ranged a comet on wires that hangs
about 1 hree feet above his head.
For a sizzing tail of cyanogen he
has an ignited piece of fireworks,
like a fuse which gives the whole a
realistic appearance. Theq he has a
large funnel-shaped telescope made
of crude tinplate, and armed w\'th
this the clown struts around tihe
arena comet gazing. It’s so brand
new that it always gets a good laugh
"Of course, we have Teddy and
his return from the African jungles
depicted in humorous fashion and
Our "Plant
Is Abloom
With tho Freshest Flowers of the Printing
Art. It is a. Complete, Up to Dste Print
ing Plsnt, Ready to Do Your Commercial
Printing Attractively. Your Law Printing
Accurately, Your Social Printing Artis
tically and All Printing Expeditiously.
and even the high cost of living
comes in for its share of ridiciule.
But you see all these things come
in for originality and hard work.
The prosperous and successful clown
of today must be up and doing alive
to every situation and exceedingly
clever in the humorous Exposition
of popular fads and fancies. And,
above everything else, he mUBt • be
industrieus.”
To give the People of Grady County
a Modem County Paper.
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