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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. ‘i v