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In Public Speech at Court
House Saturday
WAS A VERY. SMALL
He Brought Out Nothing New—
Was a Wandering Attack On
Hie Public School System But
Offered Nothing Better.
It was a good-natured audience
thiit greeted !'. J, Brunson Satur
day morning to listen to his adver
tised lecture on the Common School
System of Georgia. We say good-
humored” for the lecturer failed to
keep his engagement to speak at ten
o’clock and did not put in his ap
pearance till forty-five minutes
thereafter, and yet they waited pa-^
tiently. It took a few minutes to
secure a chairman, Mr. Brunson re
questing Rev. Mr. Richter, Col.
Smith and Judge Singletary to
serve. The first two declining the
honor j the Judge took the chair and
in a speech in which he said Mr.
Brunson had always stood for the
rights of the people, introduced the
orator of the day-.-
The audience which greeted Mr .
.Brunson was .^imposed of about
seventy-five gefifiemen, about half
ing from the country and
lengthy one already arid is being 1
freely signed.
Several weeks ago a request
was made of the postoffice of. •
cials for a postoffice in Gradyville,
but that request was refused.
Upon advice those interested
in the matter are getting up a
petition to send to the depart,
ment.
There are several hundred peo
ple at Grady ville who are at pres
ent dependent upon the rural de
livery for their mail.
Grady ville is about three miles
south of Cairo, and is the head;
'quarters for Masse-Felton Lum
ber Company and the Pelham &
Havana Railroad Company.
NEW BUILDINGS GOING
UP IN CAIRO
Igting lasted three hours
-five minutes; beginning
at 10:4.') apd closing at 2:10 p.
>Ir. Brunson consumed one v hour
and fifty minutes in his address and
about forty-five minutes in his
joinder. The rest of the time was
used by Messrs. Wight, Weathers
and T. M. Chastain.
During Mr. Brunson’s address,
probably fifty people left and, per
haps as many more camajn. When
the speaker closed he had, perhaps,
fifty listeners,
The address was a wandering at
tack on the entire school system 1 of
Georgia, as the speaker' put it,
elap in the face of this- iniquitous
child of the devil.” This state
ment was about the severest that
Mr. Brunson used and it brought
applause from a few of his auditors,
but he warned them to be careful
; about their applause lest he should
tread on their toes ere he- got
through. After that the audience
was comparatively silent. Mr. Brun
son’s Spirit was excellent, thorough
ly gentlemanly anil Christian. Some
of the audience had jeonie evidently
expecting a scrimmage and went
away disappointed that the expected
event did not .take place. As far
as the language and spirit of the
speaker were concerned those who
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FliRJN DUEL
D. A. Bryant, of Near Cairo,
Shot, But Will Recover.
WOUNDED
Pelham & Havana Railroad to
Start on New Depot—Several
New Residences Being Erected
Miller Bros., the contractors,
finished the depot at Calvary last
Tuesday afternoon and brought
their force of hands to Cairo,
where they will build another
depot for the Pelham & Havana
railroad under the same plans
and specifications as the one just
completed at Calvary.
Mrs. Caspar Walker will erect
a two story, eight room house on
her lot on Ochlocknee street.
Mr. J. R. White is erecting a
new house on main street and is
having the pld house on the lot
on which he is building moved
back to the rear of thelot.
Mr. J. C. Courtney, one of
Grady’s substantial farmers, is
having a nice residence erected
on Main street. E. R. Lord is
the contractor
Work will start next week on
the First National Bank building
and it is hoped to have it com
pleted in time for the bank to
open for business November 1st.
Just at present there is a great
demand for residences in Cairo,
and some of our monied men
Should start the building boom.
CITY MARKET TO BE
MADE OUT OF CITY HALL
IANTING PBSTBFEICE
- AT GRADYVILLE
A Large Petition Will Be Sent to
Postofllce Department at Wash
Eng ton—Turned Down Once.
The citizens of Gradyville, one
of Grady county’s new towns,
are getting up a petition to send
to the postoffice department at
Washington requesting the es
tablishment of a postoffice at
that place. (
It is said that the petition is a
Council Figuring on Cutting First
Floor Into Stalls For Market
Purposes.
A movement is on foot with
the city authorities to derive a
revenue from the city hall build
ing.
At present it is being used as a
sample room and the revenue
thus derived is very small.
Some of the councilmen have
Conceived the idea of making a
city market of the first floor by
cutting it into stalls. It is thought
that by so doing the town will
receive considerable revenue
from reritals.
The council should have the
upper story rearranged for an
opera house.
If this was done Cairo would
be able to get several good at
tractions during each season and
we believe, be a paving proposi
tion.
The Negro Was Hunting On Mr.
Bryant's Farm—He Had Been
Missing Turkeys—Is Not Dan
gerously Injured.
What came near to being a se
rious tragedy occurred Saturday
on the farm of D. A. Bryant, a
farmer living three miles from
Cairo.
Mr. Bryant had been losing
some turkeys and believed that
they were being killed by per
sons hunting on his place, al
though his place was posted. He
heard shots early Saturday morn
ing, and taking his gun went in
the direction of the sound. At a
small branch a half mile from his
house he came upon a negro, and
asked him why he was hunting
on his place. The negro replied
with the question, “Is this your
land?” and upon being told that
it was and that he must get off
immediately, raised his gun, a
single-barrel shotgun, and fired
Mr. Bryant, seeing that the ne
:T 1 was going to shoot, dodged
and prepared to shoot. The load
from the negro’s gun, although
aimed at Mr. Bryant’s breast,
found lodgement in the hi ck
part of his shoulder and arm.
Almost at the same instant Mr.
Bryant fired, and the smoke from
the gun of the negro being so
dense Mr. Bryant could not see
his mark, but finding that he
was shot he immediately threw
his gun to the ground and ran,
and upon his arrival at his house
he sent for help and a doctor.
The doctor arrived and dressed
the wounds. He found them to
be very painful, but not necessa
rily fatal.
Deputy Sheriff Sasser and a
bailiff went out to look for the
negro and found him lying about
thirty yards from where he had
been standing when he fired his
shot. They immediately took
him into custody and brought him
to town. He was lying with his
gun (in his hand. It was un
breeched, with the empty shell
protruding from the gun. He
was shot in the thigh and had
the two forefingers on his right
hand shot off. The loaded shells
were in his trousers pocket.
Mr. Bryant is doing well at his
home and the chances are that
he will recover.
The negro is not known here.
He came into a turpentine camp
only a few days before the shoot
ing occurred.
goodly crowd was gathered and
the fire was kindled around the
political pot and she was started
on her way to ‘‘bile—ing.”
Everybody was in a good hu
mor and jests and "jibes were 1
hurled hither and thither, and
the meeting was merry and ex
ceedingly harmonious. No one
seemed to have anything up their
sleeve and it did no*- take long to
agree on the various nominatioris.
Our genial fellow citizen, M.
B. Harrison, presided as chair
man, and handled the business
very creditably, indeed.
The following carididates were
endorsed and unanimously nom
inated: For mayor, Hon. W. J,
Willie; for councilman from the
third ward, Mr. T. F. Dyson; for
councilman from town at large,
Mr. J. M. Miller; for clerk and
treasurer, Mr, R. E. Wilson.
After the business of the even
ing the meeting adjourned; ex
pressing themselves as highly
satisfied and boosting the nom
inees, departed.
IY DOCKET
EDI OCTOBER
OF
Correspondents Wanted
We want a correspondent in every
settlement in Gradv county.
We will furnish paper, stamps
etc., to those who will furnish ns
the news from their section. Ix>t
us have the news from your section
THIRD WARBITES
SELECT
Mass Meeting Held In City Hall
Last Friday Night—Mayor Wil
lie Endorsed for Re-Election.
The citizens of the third ward
held a mass meeting in the city
hall on last Friday night. The
purpose of the meeting was to
discuss and nominate candidate
for the coming city election. A
At Calvary Friday, October 7.
Sermon and Dedication Service
By Bishop H. C. Morrison, D. D.
The Methodist church *at Cal
vary will be' dedicated Friday,
October 7, Bishop H. C. Morri
son, of Leesburg, UNfida, will
preach the sermog # ..,
The preaching ;*fj/Tcft will he
at 11 o’clock and trie ’ dedication
of-the church will occur imme
diately after the close of the ser
mon. This service will be ac
cording to the ritual of the Meth
odist church..
Bishop Morrison is one of the
ablest ministers of the Methodise
church and is a very eloquent
preacher.
As this will be, perhaps,.. the
first visit of a Methodist Bishop
to that part of Georgia, it is
probable that a large number will
attend the service from Cairo and
the surrounding country.
A double schedule will be put
on the P. & H. Railroai from
Saturday, October 1, and this
will make it very convenient for
those who wish to go by train.
As the sermon will be at 11
o’clock, it will be necessary' for
those going from Cairo to take
train No. 1, which leaves at 7
o’clock. They can return by
train No. 4 which leaves Calvary
at 4:15 p. m., reaching Cairo at
5:15 o’clock. Excursion rates
will be given by the P. & H
provided as many as fifty board
the train at Cairo,
It is earnestly desired that
those who plan to attend from
Cairo will report to Mr. Joe Hig
don or Mr. Henry Herring, at
Higdon-Herring Co., so that the
railroad people can be notified in
time. Should less than fifty peo
ple attend the P. & H. will
charge the regular rate.
Woman’s Home
Missionary Society
The Woman’s Home Missionary
Society will have a week of prayer
at the Methodist Church next week,
October 3rd to 9th, at 3:30 p
All the ladies are urgently requested
to attend regularly.
The Pnou i£sb'is the official o
gan and leading paper of Grady.
Term of City Court of Cairo
. t To Be Tried
SEVERAL;DAMAGE CASES ON HAND
Case o! Elliott vs Pelham & Ha
vana Railway Co. to Come up—
Will be Hotly Contested Gover
nor ; Smith for Plnlntlll—Feel
ings ol People Seem to be Easi
ly Injured,
From a casual observance of
the number of civil cases filed for
the October term of the City
Court it seems that the citizens
of Grady are very ligious and
if none of them are settled out
of court before the January term
of qpurt there will be a very
heavy calender for trial at that
time. The case of Elliot vs the
Pelham & Havana Railway
Co. for $130,000 for personal, in
juries received by the planfcj.it
sometime ago will likely be tried
at the next term of court and
fair to be hotly contested, Goy*
ernor eleet Hoke Smith repre
sents Mr. Elliott while Cols. M.
L. Ledford and R. C. Bell of the
local bar, assisted by Rosser &
Brandon of Atlanta, will conduce
the case for the Pelham & Ha
vana Railroad Company.
Cols. J. Q. Smith and L. II..
Foster hfyvo recently institute: 1
three darhage suits of some mag
nitude in the City Court—one for
E. S. Williams against T. S.
Copeland for $5000.00 for alleged
slander; one E.-. Copper against
Miles Whitfield for $5000.00 for
alleged slander, and one for W.
J. Wells against Dixie Chastain,
Tom Lane and Lee Butler for
personal ihjuries, the last named
case growing out of the shooting
at Pine Park which most of our
readers doubtless remember.
There is a similar suit to the last
named filed by Col. W. J. Willie
for George Knight against Har
dy Butler; this cumilated from
the shooting of Knight who was
marshal of Whigham by Butler
last summer.
There are many other cases of
lesser importance on the dockets
and the mills of justice grind on.
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CBLLARD SEED INDUSTRY
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
Government Sends An Expert
Here to Make An Investigation
Was Here Last Saturday.
Cairo and Grady county are
fast becoming known as the home
of the Georgia collard seed in
dustry.
It has attracted the attention
of the government and in order
to thoroughly place the plant
sent Hon. Leon M. Estabrook,
assistant in charge of the Bu
reau of Plant Industry, to Cairo
last Saturday,
There is on an average about
30,000 pounds shipped from Cairo
each year, divided up between
several dealers. Each year the
amount of shipment increases.
The seed are shipped to the
various seed houses of the coun
try, who in turn put them in
packages and supply the various
dealers throughout the. country-
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