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The Grady County Progress.
T. A. J. X£Jh.J OES, EDITOB.
Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady County.
Published Weekly, Every Friday, by
THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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Six months 60
Three months .... 2o
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sible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents solic,
ited.
A GREAT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
Elsewhere in this issue we publish a press
dispatch stating that the Greater Georgia
Association, which was recently launched in
Atlanta, is entering upon an extensive cam
paign, in the West and Northwest.
This movement is one that is calculated
to do untold good, and those towns and
counties who are in this campaign will be
more than repaid for the time and money
thus spent by the influx of new citizens,
with capital and new enterprises.
Just at this time the people of the West
and far Northwest are looking Southward,
■ and will naturally go to the place that puts
forth the most attractive literature and
which will stand the closest investigation.
It is to be regretted that Cairo and Grady
county have not taken advantage of this
movement. The county needs more people.
The productiveness of the soil of Grady
county is not equalled in any section of the
state, and there are thousands of acres of
virgin soil awaiting the plowman only to
add untold wealth to the town and county.
The Progress would urge upon the peo
ple to enter upon a campaign in which
friend and foe can woyk side by side for the
good of all. It would be a campaign which
would not call for a division of the people
nor would cause friends to become estranged.
Let the people who are most interested—
and it should be all—come together as one
man for a greater town and a greater county.
It will take hustling and the expenditure
of money.
By such co-operation the barren places
will bloom forth with untold wealth.
It is not too late to join in this movement
and delay is dangerous if the people of this
section desire to get the first fruits of this
campaign.
If delay, if a waiting process is the order,
our harvest will be only culls.
CAMPAIGN OF PEACE AND GOOD WILL
Whether we were for Hoke*Smith or Joe
Brown, or for one candidate or the other,
senator or representative—let us all forget
any unpleasantness that may have arisen
during the campaign, and all stand by those
elected and help them in the making of a
Greater Georgia and the upbuilding of Cairo
and Grady county.
Gov. Brown has until next June to serve
as governor, and while he serves it is our
duty to give respect to the chief executive
of our great state and co-operate with him
wherever we can.
Hoke Smith has been chosen both by a
popular majority and a large majority of the
• convention vote. Everybody who knows
him recognizes in him a man of superior
ability, and whether we agree with him in
all his policies or not we are bound to ad
mit that his course has been consistent and
shows that he is a man who can bring things
to pass.
^ TO THE GRAND JURQRS.OFGRADyT
i Next week you wilL'assen&le in Cairo to
investigate the affairs of the county. Along
with the investigation of criminals, officer?,
etc., is that of public roads, and from re
ports the roads of Grady need attention.
Under the present method of working the
same, Grady will never have roads that will
or should be a credit to a progressive peo
ple, and in order to remedy the evil of bad
roads you should exercise your privilege and
recommend that the “Alternative Road
Law” be adopted at the earliest practicable
moment.
It will do more than any one thing can to
make Grady county increase in population
as well as increase in tax values, and the
cost in saving on the wear and tear of stock,
vehicles, etc., also enabling the farmers to
haul larger loads to market will more than
offset the cost.
Patriotism alone should cause the people
to act as a unit for good roads as it did the
people of Iowa in building a good road from
river to river, across the entire state, as will
be seen elsewhere in this issue of The
Progress.
PUBLICITY.
The business man of to-day has been
trained by long and-hard experience to
know that the attention of the public is a
distinct asset in his business, well worth
paying for at market rates and worth keep
ing at any price. A. T. Stewart of New
York recognized publicity as a gold mine.
Wanamaker paid half of his clear profits to
the advertising department and an expert
advertiser the salary we pay the president
of the United States. Why? Because it's
business. " Individuals learned the fact and
then communities began to learn it; an up-
to-date city knows it must support a good
newspaper and its representative men are
willing to pay for an agent that works all
the year and carries messages into every
household; a city ,can no more thrive with
out a good newspaper just a bit too big for
its size than a business man can deny Him
self a good appearance for the sake of econ
omy.—Exchange.
advantages not possessed by the rich, some
which are thus enumerated by a Western editor:
“If you are poor you can wear your old clothes.
ers do not serenade you. No one thinks of pre
senting you with a testimonial. No store-k<
irritates you by asking you ‘Is there anything I
can do for you?’ Begging letter writers do
bother you. You are saved many a debt and many
a deception. And lastly, if you have a true friend
in the world you are sure to know it in a short
space of time. ”
Major Cummings, the Augusta attorney, rep
resenting the Georgia Railroad, has informed the
attorneys representing the interests of the county
of Wilkes and the city of Washington, Ga., that
all money due by the Georgia railroad to city and
county on back taxes on the property of the road
for the past fourteen years is now in hand and
will be disbursed within the next few days.
Reports from W isconsin indicate that Presi
dent Taft failed in his effort io harmonize the party
in the fall campaign between the regulars and the
insurgents.
Because President Taft is a Unitarian Rev. G.
Campbell Morgan, of London, Eng., refused to
speak from the same platform at Winona Lake,
Ind., Wednesday.
At the general election in November Florida
will vote on the ratification of an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors.
The independent Democrats of Tennessee will
hold their state convention in Nashville Septem
ber 14
Savannah had 8 inches of rain Monday, the
heaviest downpour the town has had in thirty-eight
years. ' ’ •
Monday cotton reached 20 cents a pound on
the New York Exchange. This was the highest
paid since the war.
Though the liquor question is the main issue,
the tariff was an important factor in .the Democratic
primary in South Carolina Tuesday.
FREE
DELIVERY!
' $
We will deliver all goods
bought of us free of charge in
the city limits, on and after this
date.
raers
For Prompt and Polite Service.
PHONE 12.
P. S.—We Sell Everything.
Pelham & Havana Railroad Company.
TJIME TABLE NO. 1.
IN EFFECT: MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1910,
A. C- FELTON,
President.
J. FRANK SIKE!
Gen’l Supt.
BETWEEN CAIRO AND CALVARY.
Southbound.
1st CLASS
Passenger
2nd CLASS
Mixed
v 3
1
Sunday
Only
Except
Sunday
A. M.
7 00
7 16 .
7 36
7 66
8 20
A. M.
7 00
7 16
7 36
7 66
8 20
TIME TABLE NO. 1.
Jn Effect:
Monday, August 15, 1910.
STATIONS
2nd CLASS
Mixed
Lv Cairo ..
Gradyville
Cranford.
Reno ...
Ar Calvary.
Ar
Lv
Northbound.
Except
Sunday
A. M.
10 10
9 65
9 36
9 16
8 50
1st CLASS
Sunday
Only
The melodious voice of the ass ih to be heard
in these parts.
Wight & Weathers
CAIRO, GA.
We have the following proper
ties for sale and invite the care
ful inspection of the public to
them:
C. W. Harper place; 21-2 miles
from Cairo, 87 acres with 57
acres cleared, plenty of outbuild
ings, dwellings, etc., with bug
gy, harness, farm implements,
cane mill supplies, mule. For
$2,600.00.
150 acres, 8 miles from Cairo,
with plenty of houses, near good
school. For $2,250.00.
D. W. Howell place, 125 acres
with 40 acres in cultivation,
dwellings, cribs, barns, etc.,
enough for the place, 65 acres
fenced, 1 mile east of Whigham
on A. C. L. For $1,800.00.
R.' M. Wadsworth place. 150
acres, 50 acres in cultivation, 2
good tenant houses, well water
ed, good school advantages, 6
miles north of Cairo. For -
500.00.
William Drew place, 265 acres,
100 acres under cultivation, 5
dwelling houses, $500 worth saw
mill timber, 11-2 miles from
Pope’s store, 4 1-2 from Ochlock-
nee, 10 miles from Cairo. For
$5,000.00.
Will be glad to show the farms
at any time. Call on or write to
Wight & Weathers,
JP .Cairo, Ga. '
Office m Court House. \
A. M.
10 10
9 66
9 35
9 16
8 60
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213 Temple Court.
ATLANTA. - . GEORGIA.
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Promptly negotiated at
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to arrange for your fall
needs. Call on or write
R. C. BELL, “
Cairo, Ga.
P- C. ANDREWS,
Attorney-at-Law,
CAIRO, GA.
Office ip Parker Building,