The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, September 29, 1910, Image 1
mm 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 Continued on last page 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. ;4* ; 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- 4