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1 he Grady County Progress.
T. A.-J. MAJOES, EDITOE.
Leading .Weekly Newspaper in Grady County.
Published Weekly, Every Friday, by
THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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One year $1.C0
Six months 60
Three months .■ 26
JBnterwi ns Second-class mail matter July 22, l!tl(), at tl;o Post
office at Cairo, (in., under the act of Congress of March :!
jsro.
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Not Responsible.—The editor of Tim I’nnoitiiss is not respon
sible- for the views of correspondents. Correspondents solic,
tied.
For the benefit of those who have taken
It upon themselves to charge three or four
citizens of being the author of the edito rial
in last week’s issue under the head “The
Late Lamented.”
We have not, as yet, gotten into that
state of mind where we are f:rced to call
■vilpon our friends to write our opinions.
We are not an orphan; therefore do not
need a guardian to direct or supervise our
our actions. When that time comes we will
step'aside and let others take up [our work.
The Greater Georgia Association met
again last Thursday in Atlanta and put an
agent m the field to raise funds to carry on
the campaign in the west. From the press
report it is learned that only towns of 3,000
are to be invited to join in the movement.
Why this discrimination to the unfortunate
•towns? Isn’t the money from the smaller
towns as good as the larger ones? From
the action of the Greater Georgia Associa
tion it is up to towns smaller and larger
than Cairo to get busy and go out after bus
iness, as it were.
lature. It was published immediately after
the primary, and when the grand jury pur
sued the course it did we were led to believe
that that body was in the same frame of
mind, hence our conclusions. We prefer an
open enemy to a secret one. and the sooner
we draw his open fire the better;—a “bush
whacker” is dangerous to life and liberty.
For the benefit of some we desire
BRYAN SECONDS NOMINATION
OF HOKE SMITH FOR PRESIDENT.
From an editorial in the week’s issue
of The Commoner it is apparent that W. J.
Bryan does not expect to run for president
in 1912. He says:
“The Georgia convention in ratifying*
the nomination of ex-Governor Hoke Smith,
who recently won the gubernatorial nomi
nation at the primary, suggested him for
the presidency. And why not? In 1900
and 1908 whenever Mr. Bryan’s nomination
was suggested the corporation papers of the
East insisted that the nomination ought to
go to the South. Why not give the South
a chance now? Hoke Smith is from the
South. He is a big man, too. He was in
the cabinet.
“He has been governor and will be
governor again. Why do the corporation
papers not boom Smith? Why?
“Well, just read the following from his
speech at the convention and you will see.
He said: “The great corporations in Geor
gia must keep out of politics. They must
not be allowed by hired politicians’ agents
to dominate or control lefislation or admin
istration.”
“That seals his doom so far as the cor
poration papers are concerned, but it ought
to strengthen him with the people.
“And the gold democrats. Why don’t
they fly to the support of Smith? He was
a gold man; he was not ‘tainted with free
to!silver,’ Why don’t they start a boom for
known that, as I am informed, all
the editorial matter, written by Mr.
Majors himself, is already in .the
hands of the printers, as they tell
me; that I have neither seen nor
heard a word of it and that the
the writer of it does not expect me
to have anything to do with it, ex
eept to read and correct proofs, in
accordance with his '.manuscript.
And let it be farther known that, as
I am doing now, I deliberately in
tend to do, hereafter, for the editor
of this paper, or for anybody else
that calls on me for help of any
reasonable kind, whenever I am
able to render it; even if I do “get
into it, again’’—and again.
Robert H. Harris.
Tax Levy County Purposes.
G eorgi a—G rady Con n ty.
Notice is hereby given that the
following tax levy for county pur
poses for the year 1910 was made
and collection ordered to be made
accordingly on Sept. 20, 1910, viz:
Seventy cents on each Hundred
Dollais worth of property returned
for taxation, which is sub-divided
as follows: (i) Fifteen cents to pay
TENT MEETING
The Location Changed From lag!
side to Grady vlile. The Interest
Is Increasing Every at Meeting
The Tent meeting at Ingle3i.c’e
announced in our last issue has
been moved to Gradyville.
This has been done in answer to
an earnesi written request made
by Mr. Felton, on behalf of the
people at the big mill, the ladies
of some of the families, because
of their little children, not being
able to attend. Messrs. Massey,
Felton & Co., very kindly fur
nished a free car for the trans
portation and about twenty hands
for the work. The new location
is immediately noath of the resi
dence of the mill and located on
the-hmd leased by them. This is
just one quarter of a mile south
of Ingleside.
The meetiug is increasing in
interest and the prospect is very
the legal indebtedness of the county encouraging. Theieare Iwoser-
due or to become due during the ^kesa day, one at 3 in the after
year or past due; (2) twenty cents [ loon anc ^ °. ne pas ^ seven
to build or repair court houses or
jails, bridges or ferries, or other
in the evening. On Sunday there
will be also a service in the morn-
public improvements according to ^ eleven o clock. AM of
state that the editorial in its entireity, in him? Because he made the \ fatal mistake
last week’s issue of The Progress was not of voting for Mr. Bryan. [That ended it
altogether directed at the grand jury; which with them. He forfeited his claim to
CCUld readily be seen by those desiring to statesmanship.
be fair and honest. “But Hoke Smith’s boom has been
The grand jury had not been guilty of
launched by his own state and we shall see
South.”
publishing what purported to be the law in whether it was a Southern man the corpor-
regard to the legal advertising, nor had it ! ation papers wanted or simply a represen-
been appealing to the prejudices and pas- j tative of the corporations living in the
sions of the people. It was not a criticism
upon the body as a whole, but upon that
part which prejudged a case yet to be tried
in the courts, and there was only one view
to be taken and that view was that by their
power as a body—the influence of that body
—was against The Progress. It has been
published that one of the members of that
body had denounced The Progress and we
ha/e never seen a denial of that statement
from him or any of his friends. We have
reference here to the nominee of the legis-
THE VALDOSTA TIMES.
The “Trade Issue” of our esteemed
Valdosta contemporary is a magnificent edi
tion of thirty-two pages and does credit to
business manager, editor, printers and all
connected with the office establishment as
well as to the bustling, thriving city rep
resented.
Long live Valdosta and the Valdosta
Times.
A Few Remarks Which I Hope
Everybody Will Read.
When the editor of The Progress
and his corps of assistants came to
Cairo they were strangers to every
body here and everybody here was
a stranger to them. Thus they
were at a great disadvantage in the
way of gathering up personals and
.-other local items for their paper.
In that strait, ^ome of the direc
tors, in connection with the editor,
asked me to render such assistance
as I could. To that request I cheer
fully acceded, although my com
pliance involved a good deal of la
bor and much more time; for neith
er of which did I receive, nor would
I have accepted any compensation
whatsoever. In that I did what I
have repeatedly done before, in this
town and elsewhere.
Under the above arrangement I
“foraged for news,” in a strictly
legitimate way, publishing many
items of interest, “adorned by,” or
interspersed with sundry and divers
.jocularities and harmless pleasan
tries; thus practically filling up the
local news columns in every issue
for about four weeks—possibly five.
Then, as the paper folk had become
somewhat acquainted with people
and conditions here,I stopped; fur
nishing thereafter, (wit l the ex-
epption of a few personals, by spec
ial request, last week), only my
church notes and occasional funeral
or obituary and marriage notices, I
think. I have never published
complimentary notices of myself;
nor said a word for nor against any
candidate for any office, nor assum
ed any editor.al functions of any
kind. And in doing what I did, I
was simple enough to suppose that
readers might possibly enjoy my
complimentary personals and the
little jokes upon which I here and
there ventured. The like from my
pen have been relished in other pa
pers, elsewhere.
In all the doings I have men
tioned, never once did a suspicion
occur to me that malevolent eye3
were watching me, that malignant
minds were devising ways to hurt
me, and that malicious tongues or
pens, were framing false accusations
against me. But alas, I sadly mis
took. I have been charged with
having written editorials that the
editor himself, has never denied
writing; and have in my possession,
now, a letter accusing me of being
“a stumbling stone” “the cause of
men sinning” in this newspaper
connection, and of “for the Devil’s
sake, working in opposition” to
another paper!
Whew! Am I not a dreadful fel
low? And all because I lieve en
deavored to help others;—as, in
some way, I am always ready to
do.
Well, I am “into it again.” The
editor is absent this week, and at
his insistence, I have consented to
’ forage” for local nows again—
grievously criminal as such miscon
duct may be—and to correct com
positor’s proofs, as, at the editor’s
request, I frequently have turned
into the office to do. But be it
the contract; (3) Jen cents to pay
sheriffs’, jailers’ or other officers’
fees that they may he legally enti
tled to out of the county; (4) two
cents to pay expenses of the county
for bailiffs at court, non-resident
witnesses in criminal cases, fuel,
servant hire and the like; (5) ten
cents to pay jurors a per diem com
pensation; (6) six cents to pay ex
penses incurred in supporting the
poor of the county; (7) seven cents
to pay any other lawful charge
against the county.
Also in compliance with the re
commendation of the grand jury at
September Term Superior court,
1910, of said county, the following
special levy was made and ordered
collected, to-wit: Thirty cents on
each One Fund red Dollars returned
for taxation for the purpose of
maintaining and working Grady
county’s quota of convicts on the
public roads of Grady county.
Upon report of County School
Commissioner of agreement be
tween him and the authorities in
the several school districts, the fol
lowing levies for local school pur
poses have been made for the en
suing year and the tax collector or
dered to make collection according
ly:
Woodland School District 3 1-2 mills
r ine Union 4 mill.
Golden Rod 4 mills
Greenwood 3 1-2 mills
ElP.ino V 2 1-2 mills
Walker 4 mills
Cairo. .....5 mills
Whurham 2 1-2 mills
Sunnyslde 3 mills
Providence 2 mills
Calvary 4 1-2 mills
Bald Spring 5 1-2 mills
Pleasant Hill 3 1-2 mills
Pleasant Valley 3 mills
Thomas Wighl,
J. W. Sasser,
L. L. Barwick, •
Albert Powell,
Henry Mitchell,
J. S. Peebles,
County Commissioners.
M. L. Ledford, Clerk.
these services of song and prayer
of a half an hours duration. Rev.
Mr. Ratcliffe who is conducting
the meeting will begin a series of
Bible readings from fq-night on
various important subjects.These
Bible readings will be about
twenty minutes long and will
start about quarter past seven.
He requests the people to bring
their Bibles and to examine them
with him in these studies.
A Card From Prof: Wright
To the patrons of Cairo High
School:
Our school is now in its third
week. So far as I can see condi
tions are favorable for a good
year’s work. Parents seem an
xious to give their children the
best advantages. It is the duty
of the teachers to co-operate
with the parents in the interest
of the children. Experience has
shown that the best schools owe
their success chiefly to systematic
work. The teachers in our school
have pledged themselves faith
fully to do this kind of work.
Systematic regulations will be
put into use as rapily as possible.
Just now we have some pupils
who are frequently late for some
reason. This seems to be due
chiefly to carelessness of the
pupils. We have decided that
that after this month, which
closes next week, no pupil who is
late and does not have a written
statement from his parenl s,show
ing why he is late, will be allowed
his seat, unless in the opinion of
his teacher the hindrace has been
E rovidential. By this plan botn
oth parents and teachers will
know when the pupil has been
careless about getting to school
on time. We believe this plan
to be reasonable and promise
faithfully to carry it out.
Most respectfully,
J. E. Wright.
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TO THE PUBLIC! I
H AVING recently bought out the uiercantite interest of K.
Powell, I extend an invitation to my friends and the gen
eral public to call and see me. It will be my purpose to carry
a stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
ALSO BUY COUNTRY PRODUCE,
I am now making a special sale on “PANTS,” having
just received a new lot. Come soon, fhat you may be able to
get a fit in number of selection.
yours truly, C. E. Vanlandingham,
| CAIRO,
GEORGIA. £
