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The Grady County Progress, the August primary t0 g010 the polls on
next Wednesday and vote for the nominees
of that primary. Every good citizen and
Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady County, loyal Democrat who participated in the pri-
i mary is in duty bound to vote in the gener-
al election, and is in honor bound to vote
! for the nominees of that primary—every
on down the
T. -B~ T. MA; OSS, EDITOR.
Published Weekly, Every Friday, by
THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. „ ,, „
one year $i.oo one of them, from governor
Six months 60 l nr ,rr lied-
Three months 25. 10n & 11St *
Entered ns Srconrt-elassmuil matter July 22, 1010, at the Post-
nfllec at Cairo, Ga., under the net of Congress of March !!,
1870.
| “Our state primary was held under Dem
ocratic auspices for the purpose of ascer
taining the will of the majority. In the
Advertising Rate*.—Depends on position,''numberof insertions call for that nrimauv nil whifp vntpre i*o.
and nuintier of inches—will lx 1 given on application. | tail 1U1 Uiat primary ail WllKe VOterS, re-
Obi tileries and cards of thunks will be charged for-5c a line gai’dleSS Of past party affiliations, who Were
I willing to pledge themselves to abide
Not Responsible.—The editor of Tjik Prog mess is not rosj^bii- 1 ” * & ^ — - — by
sihle for the views of correspondents. Correspondents solic, the 1’eSUlt and Support the nominees, Were
■ ]Ul1 ' — — i invited to participate, and those who went
AS A MATTER OF DUTY AND GOOD FAITH into the primary accepted the terms* and
Under the above caption The Albany ^ ther ® t ? r bound themselves a* honorable men
TT ,, ,, i , ... , ,. i , 'to abide in good faith the will of the ma-
Herald urges all loyal citizens to stick to j Qrity &
the nominees. The Progress regrets toi
see the disposition of some to want to bolt
and vote for some one else. In Grady
county we notice that the ticket,, which was
printed in a local print shoo, and whose man
ager was opposed to Hon. Hoke Smith, has
so arranged the ticket that a blank space
is left under Mr. Smith’s name so another
can be easily substituted,,while the balance
of the ticket is printed so no name can be
substituted. This may be honest.
Every man who participated in the pri
mary is in honor bound to vote for the nom
inees. Below is what The Herald has to
say:
“Our state general election will occur
next Wednesday, October 5, and in view of
the fact that persistent effort is being made
to drive a dissenting, dividing wedge into
the body of the Democratic party of the
state, The Herald begs to submit a few
thoughts and suggestions on the subject of
duty, and good faith from the standpoint of
those who participated in the August pri
mary.
Pin the first place, let us say that it is
the duty of every voter who participated in
“Mr. Thomas E. Watson, who is going
about over the state making speeches and
urging the people to disregard their pledge
and dishonor their party loyalty by voting
for governor for another than the nominee
of the primary in which they participated
by common consent for the purpose of as
certaining the will of the majority is offer
ing an affront to every honorable Demo
cratic voter whom he approaches with his
demoralizing proposition. His arraignment
of the “steam roller” method adopted by
the majority faction in the state convention
following the primary should not be accept
ed by honorable men and loyal Democrats
as a justifying excuse for breaking faith
with the party organization. The Herald
is not going to undertake to defend all that
was done and the manner in which some
things were done in the state convention.
We have already expressed our opinion on
these things, but there is nothing in the
situation which .lustifies a Democrat who
participated in his primary in bolting his
party and refusing to accept in good faith
the verdict of the majority of the party
family as rendered at the ballot box.”
T9 RAISE FUNDS
ARE HOMESEEKFERS
Prospectors Coming In Every
Week Looking Over Grady
County’s Farm Lands.
The evidence is fast accumulating
that Grady county’s farm lands are
in demand by parties living in
other states and other sections of
of the state.
The various real estate agencies
report that hardly a day passes but
what parties nut in their appearance
who arc in search of farm lands, and
frequently farms are sold.
Just at this'tiiiM t lore is consul
erable activity iirfarm lands even
among our own people. There has
been several important transac
tion made within the last few weeks
Recently Wm. Allen bought of
the South Georgia Land & Loan Co.
the Prince place. Mr. Allen will
move to the place about January 1.
Smith & Coppage have purchased
from S. M. Beach G00 acres of fine
farm lands and will cut it up into
small farms which they will sell to
home seekers. This land is located
in one of the best farming sections
of G v ady county.
Mr. E. My Maxwell has been do
ing considerable trading in real es
tate recently.
Baptist Church Notes.
A fair congregation attended the
morning service, last Sunday. The
subject of the sermon was ‘‘Systema
tic Beneficence. ’’ “The Lords sup
per” was observed, at the conclusion
of the discourse.
The Sunday school was moderate
ly well attended and a very pleas
ing feature of the occasion was the
“Temperance Day” program, ar-
anged and carried out under the
direction of Mrs. W. IT. Robinson.
The congregation at night, was
fine hut the choir, singers were few.
The pastor preached aljout “A Good
Soldier.”
The Woman’s Missionary Union
held the usual semi-monthly meet
ing, Monday afternoon.
The prayer meeting, Wednesday
night, had a fair attendance, most
ly of young ladies and little girls.
In the neccessary absence of the ap
pointed leader, the pastor conducted
the service. The subject for the
evening was “The two Foundations
—Rock and Sand.
CITY COUNCIL
IN CALL SESSION
But the Crop Is Short—About
1,250 Bales Received Here—Pay
lug All Market Affords.
Cairo established herself as a cot
ton market for several years and is
continuing to increase each year.
This is due to the fact that the bus
iness men of'Cairo are paying all
that the market affords.
The receipts in Cairo this year
are considerably short. The re
ceipts up tq date Thursday evening
was 1,250. against 2,100 bales same
time last year.
The long staple or Sea Island, is
not being put on the market here
yet on account of ginning facilities.
This will soon be remedied as
Messrs. Carr & Coppage are now
installing their gins. They have
been delayed on account of some
parts being missing. The parts arc
now on the way.
More soap aul
Browne’s.
or soap at Wight S:
Act Upon Some Important Mat
ters—Clerk’s and Mayor’s Sal
aries Changed—Tax Rate Fixed
The council held a special ses
sion Monday night in which sev
eral important measures were
acted' upon.
The special occupation tax or
dinance was amended. The li
cense on some were increased
and on others reduced.
The tax rate for the city of
Cairo for the year 1910 was as
sessed.
The rate is 70 cents on the
hundred, making the state, town
and county rate $2.20.
An ordinance was introduced
granting the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company a franchise or
right of crossing Central avenue
and Powell street for the purpose
of a siding or spur to be run by
the railroad company via the
Electric Light Plant.
A resolution was passed fixing
the clerk’s salary for next year.
The salary was cut from $520 to
$15, but was given 10 per cent
on all business licenses collected
by Anordinance was introduced
fixing the mayor’s salary for
next year at $15 per month.
Pine Park, Ga.
Crystal Optical Co., of Atlan
ta, will have an Optician with 20
years experience fitting their fa
mous Clear Cut Crystal Lenses
in Pine Park on October 3, 4
and 5, at Dr. J. G. Kincaid’s
drug store. A perfect fit guar
anteed.
Grady County So Far Has Not
Contributed to the Fund-B. M
Johnson Will Receive Sub!
scriptlons.
At the first meeting of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of the
Second Congressional district of
of Georgia, after the demise of the
late James M. Griggs, of Terrell
county a movement was inaugurated
to erect a monument at Dawson to
eommerate the memory of tins dis
tinguished Georgian, a n omument
was committee appointed the
same being the Democratic Con
gressional Committeeman from each
county in the Second Congressal
district, to solicit and collect from
tiie citizens of his county such
sums as they wished to contribute
to this worthy cause and they were
directed to forward the amounts
to the chairman of the chairman of
the Monument Committee most of
the committeemen reported and de
posited with the chairman of the
monument committee the several
amounts which they had collected
for the purpose above mentioned.
The other counties in the district
contributed amounts ranging from
$100 to $1,500. Grady county has
not as yet given anything to this
worthy enterprise and patriotic
citizens should now come forward
with their subscriptions that she
may do herself proud and not be
eclipsed by her sister counties in
the second district.
Mr. B. M. Johnson is our com-
mitteman and will cheerfully re
ceive and dispatch to »the proper
parties any amounts you desire to
give.
Davis-Connell.
Married, Wednesday evening
September 28, at the Methodist par
sonage by Rev. W. E. Towson, Mr.
Abner B. Connell and Mrs. Mary
F. Davis.
Just as the board of stewards of
the Methodist church were gather
ing at the parsonage for their
monthly meeting, and in the pres
ence of most of them and of a few
friends were said the words that
united, in marriage, Mr. Connell
and Mrs. Davis.. Hearty and warm
were the congratulations of the wit
nesses that much joy and many
blessings would he with the happy
couple.
Mr. Connell is known to every
body as one of Grady county’s most
worthy citizens, Besides being a
local property owner, he is the effi
cient superintendent of the Rodden-
bery cane plantation.
Mrs. Davis has been living, since
coming to Cairo, with her brother,
Mr. J. R. White. She is a most
estimable lady; attractive both in
manner and character.
The good wishes of a large circle
of friends will follow Mr. and Mrs.
Connell, who have been life-long
friends, that great joy and blessings
innumerable may follow them along
the pathway of life.
Tax Notice First Round.
Duncanville Oct. 17
Higdons “ 18
Whigham “ 19
Spring Hill.... “ 20
Lime Sink “ 24
Blowing Cave “ 25
Spence “ 26
Pine Park (afternoon) “ 27
Ragan (G. W. Rehburgs Gin
afternoon) “ 28
Second Round
Duncanville ! Nov. 14
Higdons.-. “ 15
Whigham “ 10
Spring Hill “ 17
Lime Sink “ 21
Blowing Cave 1 “ 22
Spence “ 23
Pine Park (afternoon) “ 28
Ragan (G. W. Rohburg gin
afternoon) “ 29
Popes store (forenoon) Dec. 5
Rigsbys (afternoon) “ 5
Whigham “ 12
The dog tax law has not been re
pealed and everyone owning a dog
or dogs are supposed to pay the tax.
I am reliably informed by good law
abiding citizens of the county that
a great many dog owners have not
returned them for taxes, if my
friends throughout the county will
co-operate with.me in finding out
who these parties are I will do all
in my power to see that the taxes
ire paid. Not only are there dog
tax dodgers but people who do
not. own dogs try to dodge tax every
year, I have caught many of these
in the past. Get a list of all hands
working at these mills and turpen
tine stills turn over to me and I
will guarantee over half of them will
be tax defaulters. *
Respectfully,
R. W. Ponder.
Special Sermon.
To the members of Dixie Lodge No.
150 Knights of Pythias.
The lodge has arranged for a
special Knights of Pythias sermon
to be preached at the Baptist church
on Sunday morning October 2nd.
It will be the purpose of the lodge
to attend this service in a body and
mcmer of the ladgc is requested to
be at the lodge hall at 10:30 o’clock
Sunday morning.
Wh. Searcy, V. C.
Eyes Tested Free.
Crystal Optical Co., of Atlanta
will have an Optician with 20
years experience, fitting their
famous Clear Cut Crystal Lenses
in Cairo at the Grady Pharmacy
on October 12th to 16th. Satis
faction guaranteed.
Fall Style Show
S UITS and Overcoats for ev
erybody. An array of new
models in fine fabrics attractively
priced.
Every man with clothing trou
bles should call and examine this
display. It will put you in a buy
ing mood, whether you need new
clothes or not. '
These garments are the best ef
forts of Michaels, Stern & Co.—
that is a guarantee of perfedt satis
faction. Let us show what a little
money will do—here.
J. L. Oliver’s Son
Your money’s worth or your
money back.
New things in every branch of
our Gent’s Furnishings. We have
never had a more complete line
than awaits your inspection for Fall
and Winter,