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— ^llllli=:il|li=aHli=illli=lllli=illH=illli=illii=ii||i=i||ii=ii|ii | SOME PERTINENT FURNITURE QUESTIONS IB Do you “shop around” for your furniture and get short-lived “bargains”? £2 Or do you just drop in somewhere—most anywhere—and take what the salesman gives you? “ Or do you patronize regularly a furniture store where you can get the careful, painstaking attention of those j*| who fully realize the importance to them of your good opinion and confidence? 11 Those who are interested in the permanent, substantial growth of their business? £2 Those who believe that the right kind of growth comes only through the right kind of service? 5 Those who try at leaft as hard not to sell you the wrong piece of furniture—in case they haven’t the right || piece—as they do to sell you the right pieces when they have them? 11 Those who make an honest effort to get the right piece, when they haven’t it already in stock? 12 Those who in short, show a live, human' interest in your side of the furniture proposition? • 5 There is more in furniture service than you have suspected unless you have tried the personal service of fiTHE Cairo Furniture Company £ A WORD ABOUT OUR PRICES. -—As odious as comparisons are, it is the only fair way to judge—we invite comparison because we are sure of our furniture, sure of the value, sure of the fair price. 11 • A momentous offering of Japa nese Matting Rugs. Size 9x12 feet, twelve assorted fforal and ori ental patterns at $3.50 each. Size 36x72 inches in patterns to match the art squares. 50 cents each. 45 Pound Roll Edge Cotton Mattresses $5.00. Figure the cotton at the market price and note the remarkable sa ving. Solid oak cane seat porch Rocker $1.50. Finished forest green or dark oak. A prettier and me re comforta ble chair than the home made chairs at $2.50 Large size Gent’s Wil low Rocker $2,90. Noth ing nicer for porch or sit ting room. < 7 - . Quality and Reasonable' Prices. A brand new line of Willow Rockers in styles similar to cut rang ing in prices from $3.00 to $6.00. ailli: iillllsssiigiissailw^S { THE LOCAL Phonograph A Column or Two About the Doings of Prominent Per* |j( sonages and Otherwise. M CKO Cotton is coming in rather slow. Bny your seed from Wight & Browne. The brides and bridegrooms returned yesterday. Oh! you kid. Nyals Soothing Syrup Wight & Browne. Tub Progress is the OFFICIAL paper of Grady county. Mrs. Charley Green is seriously ill at her home, near Copel. Mss Trelda Waldron was a visitor to Cairo first of the week. The brides and grooms are expected to arrive now most any day. Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Belcher, of Ak- ridge were in Cairo Monday. Nyals Fig Syrup, the -best yet, Wigh t & Browe’s. Two carloads of hogs have been whipped in from Florida the past week. Mr. and Mrs, T. A. Powell were visi tors to Bainbridge Wednesday. The schools throughout the county resumed Monday fqjv$ie fall term. T. J. Sasser loft last Sunday for Athens to attend the Stato Normal School. Mrs. Guy MeCnrlcy, of Valdosta, . is the guest,of Mrs. B. Mack Johnson. No property was sold at sheriff's' sale Tuesday on account claims being filed. It’s time to plant. See Wight & Browne. “Thelma” at Wight & Miss Bessie Dunn loft last Monday for XiTaens to attend the State Normal school- Miss Mamie Howard left- for hcr’hcnie iu Boston: Wednesday; to spend a few days. " Mr. William Stubbs left Saturday morn ing for Lola, Ga., where he expects to Butor school. , Mrs. J. S. Crozier and son, who have been visiting Mrs. T< A, Powell, left Wednesday for Floiida. As will be seen elsewhere the legal ads of Grady county appear in this issue of The PnooRuss. Mrs. Maxie Poulk has returned from Baltimore where she attended the milli nery openings. When you want a new dress look at G. S. Johnson’s goods. He sells for cash only and cheap. Mrs. W. Y. Bryan and little son, who have been visiting relatives in Pelham, have reurned home. Ask for Browne’s. G. L. Dickinson, a prominent citizen of Whigham, spent several days in Cairo this week on business. Judge W. M. Harrell, of Bainbridge, was among the visiting attorneys on Gra dy Superior court this week. Don’t fail to call and look at G. S. Johnson’s new goods. They are what; you want. All tne latest things. Mrs. J. B. Hawthorne andlchildren, who have been visiting relatives in Do than, Ala., have returned home. Miss Belle Arnold, who has been visit ing Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brannon, has returned to her home in Pelham. Miss NoibidBell, who has been in' At- Janta the past month attending u millin ery school, returned home Sunday. The open season for doer is now here, and it is-s.ud that one i-r'tv,-.. have been seen near the corporate Hinie-.oi GuTi-o.' The, bunks, the fiostGllu-e and rural carrier* were the Oiilv. people to take La-’ b ir Day last Monday by ceasing to labor The hottest weather of the year lms been this week. The thermometer has ranged between 95 and 100 allthe week! . Miss M. A. Murry, who JuUebe.-u visit ing her sister. Mrs. C. A. Oates, 1ms .re turned,to her homo in Kenansville, N,C. There is no mistake that the cotton crop is short in tills section, and the rain of last week came too late to do much good. The season for shipping pears is over and the local shippers realized a neat lit tle sum notwithstanding the fact that the crop was short. j Col. G. A. Wight made a business trip to Atlanta last Friday. It iH suia that he will probably visit Alamo, Tenin., before returning home". , Arthur.Miller is now clerking for G. S. Johnson, where he will be glad to see his friends when in need of anything in Mr. Johnson's line. - A series of meetings is being conducted at Greenwood church this week. At tendance is good and everv thing bids fair for a great ..revival. W. H. Peacock, of New Brockton, Ala., has accepted a position witli J. D. Holman and will come in daily contact with Will Miller. The School Improvement Club will meet at the school house Friday at 4 p. m. , A large attendance is requested; Mrs. R. C. Bell, President. H. G. Swatts left Wednesday evening for South Florida to see if he can identi fy a prisoner who is thought to bo one of Grady’s escaped murderers. G. S. Johnson is receiving daily his fall line of goods from the eastern markets, and it will be to your advantage to call and inspect them before buyinfi. , Uncle Tom Pyles is quite ill at his home three miles south of Cairo. Mr. Pyles is one of Grade’s substantial citizens and his friends hone to see him up again soon. M. L. Hare and family, of Tiiomas- villo, spent last week in Cairo with rela tives. Mr. Hare if an engineer on the A. C. L., it. K. He is a nephew of M. G. McManus. Mrs of the of the Jane Jones, wife of County Snr- . nes, died on last Monday. She out -{:> years of age and a member baptist •<-hurch. Another member family’ is not expected to live. We have not seen the published state ment of the expenses of the candidates yet, either of the successful or the de feated ones, and the law requires both to publish them. Only a few more days until the expiration of the twenty days allowed by law but we suppose they will be on time. Besides the local bar the following vis iting attorneys attended Grady Superior court this week: Judge H. W. Hopkins, Roscoe Luke, Senator R. S. Burch, Theo Titus and Judge Charles Hansell, of Thomasville; Col. R. R. Terrell, of Whig- ham; Earl Donaldson, Mr. Hale, J.. R. Wilson and R. G. Hartsfleld, of Bain- bridge ; E. M. Davis, of Camilla, and SumGBennett, of Albany. Now is the Time to Have Your Picture Made. Twenty-five Ping Pong Photos for 50c. Post Cards 12 for $1.00. My prices on Kodak work and large photographs are reasonable. Enlarging a specialty. Come soon and bring your friends. E. WOODY, Photographer, Cairo, Ga. A Beautiful Home Wedding On Wednesday, 7th inst, at 6 o’clock p. m., Rev. Norman W. Cox and Miss Osve Lee Mathews were happily married at the resi dence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, C. Mathews, three miles from Cairo,on the ThomaSville road. Rev. R. H. Harris performed the wedding ceremony, in a very simple but appropriate manner, in the pres ence of a few of the nearest relatives of the contracting pair. The parlor was very modestly yet, at the same time, very tastefully arranged, La the occasion, and the wedding din ner which followed was one not soon to be forgotten. Mrs. Mathews is a finnished ; housekeeper, of old j Greenwood school began its tall session Mcmday with a full attendance. /school is taught by Prof. Rejrborg and Ve.predict- that this wi!) be\ one of the mostlsiiceessfnl terms the school has ever had. , ’ , K.;L. ViibLamlingham will leave Sat- urkay for Indianapoli , Ind; 1 uring his absence l’>. P. Gainer, of Ozark, Ala., will have charge of the business of J. D. I Nor th Carolina training and when fiSSiffi WV e - 1 , ,, „ J V it will acompare favorbly with any I Messrs. Bass and ..tapleton, who con. dprea j to be enjoyed anywhere, ■ductel**-.revival, meeting in Cairo last * Mr Cox is a gifted and promis- , spring, have closed tl.cir meetings in in young Baptist minister, with a Texas and returned to Georgia. They mos t encouraging prospect before closed thoir last meeting m Texas witK ; ; bi an(i his bride is a lovely young 115 accessions to tke church. •;J5j| woman 0 f superior native ability and 1 Good garden see l at Wight&. Browne’s, far greater than ordinary intellectual .V ■ ... aptitudes; so it is safe to predict fo r him (with her co-operation) a suc cessful and eyen brilliant future. It is the purpose of the young; minister to continue his studies, al ready pursued during a year past,at Norman Park, for ayear mom, at Cyrene; then to take the full A. B. course in Mercer University ;an.d du ally to complete the Divinity course, without abridgement, at the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary,, in Louisville, Ky. That purpose will cover a period of eight years as planned; but there is no doubt that he will accomplish all he conbs n- plates, as Drs. McConnell and Gra ham and others have done uuder like conditions before hirn. In the meantime Mr. Cox wi\ serve churches on Saturdays and Sundays, as he may bo called and will do evangelistic work, for whiefa he shows remarkable aptitude, ua his vacations. The bridegroom belongs to a very excellent family. His father, Mr. I Wade Cax, resides at Climax, liis 1 sister, Miss Desa Cox, is one of the m'bxt efficient teachers in the Cains j Public School and he is related to j the distinguished, educators of ln« name, who for years were the presi dents pf and professors in the South ern Female; .or (.'ox College, in La- Grange and College Park, near At lanta. ! When in town call around and let us put your name on The Progress’ mailing list. Bring your job Prin> l ing.to I office. We have the best equipped plant in this section. Progress