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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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year 51-00 Six months 60 Three months .... 2o Application made (or admission us second class mail matter to the postofflee department. Advertising Rates. -Depends on position, number of insertions and number of inches—will be riven on application. Obituaries and cards of thanks will 1x> charged for—6c a line Not Responsible.—The editor of Tun Phookicsh is not respon 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 We Fit Your Eyes By mail and guarantee satisfaction Letters of highest praise. We als want live agents to handle on Clear Cut Crystal Lenses. Dru stores, preferred, We furnish ad vertising matter. Exclusive terri tory to hustlers. Write for infor mation about our popular money making assortment. CRYSTAL OPTICAL CO. 213 Temple Court. ATLANTA. - . GEORGIA. FARFToSp Promptly negotiated at reasonable rate of inter est. Now is the time 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,