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:v - - ^miii=iiiii=iilii=iilit=!iiii=tiiii==iiiii=fiiii=iiiii=iiiii=iiliir^ | DON’T MISS — § Tills Opportunity. 1 WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF THE BEST MULES we have seen in a long time. They are young, average 1000 pounds in weight, are well made and clean in every respect. We also have a few good HORSES and MARES in this bunch. • Our facilities are better than ever and we are, in every way, well pre pared to supply you with HORSES and MULES and at prices that are absolutely ROCK BOTTOM. Remember that we also have the largest and best assortment of _ BUGGIES, SURRIES AND HARNESS fj to be found in Southwest Georgia. Don’t take our word for it but investigate for your- || self. SEE THE FAMOUS ELLIS BUGGV A baby in weight—but a giant in strength. FULLY GUARANTEED and an ALL ROUND HUMMER. 5 ASK FOR ONE OF OUR SOAP DISHES-THEY ARE FREE AS LONG AS THEY LAST. 0 J. D. HOLMAN, - CAIRO, GA. ^>illli=mM=Mlii=Hm=iilli=iilii=iilii=iilii==illM=illii:=illlii^ 1 I | I I T. J. suit of the lecture will be the clear ing of the educational atmosphere, ■j an UlO OJiV Mr. Brunson has had the chance ImU nlu unl he has been seeking so long, the ,, ... . people have heard both sides, things Continued from first page . - * have been explained and difficulties replied to him had no criticism to , . , . ,, , , nvil’G presented; showing thnt while the ,. ’ ... . system has its objections, the corn- very little m the school system . . , ,, . , T , J missioner and the board are open of Georgia pleases Mr. Brunson and , , . .. . ... ... , to reason and are as anxious as is nis annenl \vn« to t.ni> -mwinrlinoa nn / i.* . . * . , lU rcuoOii iiiiu tilt; us tin a it I iib tis is hi$ appeal was to the prejudices and .... . , , , u , ( . „ „ . „ (i-i , Mr. Brunson to remedy the defects passions of Ins heavers. Those who . , ,. , „ , .. . , m a system which all admit is by passions of his hearers. have read his recent articles know 1 , , about what he add on lust Satur-1" 0 ,? 0 ”!? P “.“ ' , , day, for his address was a sort of Mr. Chastam, of thocount,board rehash of that with a little more ° 'f'?' 10 "’ n, " do “ f added. Some of his statements P ‘\ to “J f were decided summing. For ii,j" ork ot tbe ‘“"L cx | ,l “' ml, ‘= stance, when he said that the third ! ™e points M, . Brunfon had at. {.....a . , , .; tacked in his articles, andlouith leaders now used had .. T w v,. t Mr. J. B. Wight, former county improper language in them and pictures that were indecent. .And school commissioner of Grady county, replied to the address of also the statement that “seventy-1 . r ,, . five per cent of the boys of Grady 1 1 Mr ’ Bl '“ ,n 8ub S ta '!f“ as fo1 ' county of sixteen years of age, who' ] °T'' ° Ur ey9tem fiave been to school cannot figure ' n0t ^ J ' et ^ 1S , as " carlv the price of five and one half pounds W f the f * he , leglshlture , at five and one half cents.” Among a,!<i soine of the l est Gators of other things Mr. Brunson held over the heads of his listeners the , scare crow of. negro rule, as the result of the school system saying that it put “the white boy into the field and the negro into the school room,” and that jt robs the white man of his liberty as an American citizen, the parents of the time of their chil dren, the children of an education and the tax payer of his money. the state have been able to make it Turning to Judge Singletary, who presided, he told him that if the educational system in Georgia was a “damnable one” as it had been represented, that he, as well as e-'ery other member of the legisla ture- is responsible for it, Mr. Wight gave a list of those who have held the office of state school com- imssioneiv^beginriing with that great Mr. Brunson did not prove these'” lan ’ ^tavnsj. 9", and naming statements; simply Pr< f nt went on to something else. I A1 f theui were m0n whose inte «' Mr, Brunson, while bringing up!"*/ *T- Z q T tione *’ and a number of objections to the sbhooF^ 0 ^ > . mak - system, failed to furnish his patientf"V? w U Z * * • audience with any Workable plan 1 1 Z *&**>"«** seyeralm.s- that would remedy the defects. His^lf* that audience went home with the feel-I^ Z™ ™ ade bythe » rovious ing that he failed to accomplish any I TfZ i“ 9?E v Z'' he 8aid «nrt,V«V..*nnd ros V l.hv h,VaddrJ thatU / iasbCen Ch r 8ed . tha * our since i f .is so easy to find fault and fij^'^^syst^n ;s educating the pe- to criti •ize, without offering a bet- 8 ro and leaving the white child ig- ..ur w j . ..e cel:eve that one re- norai t. Mr. Wight showed tha' this impetus to negro education is coming from liberal donations to their schools made by northern peo ple. This we cannot help. I t does behoove us as he said, to be up and doing if our children are to hold their own with those of an inferior race. To the charge that the country schools are discriminated against, Mr. Wight showed that this is a mistake. For example: for every dollar that is paid from the state fund to the schools of the Cairo dis trict, two dollars are raised by tax ation or otherwise t>y the citizens of the district. He emphasized the fact that the greatest weakness in the school system is with the teach ers that are employed, and said that too many of our. schools were like a certain school which had to be closed by the board of education on account of the neglect and in competency of the teacher. J. S. Weathers’ Reply. J. S. Weathers spoke for about ! twenty minutes in reply to Mr. Brunson and showed that many of the statements of ,Mr. Brunson were not in accord with the facts of the case. He pointed out Mr. Brunson’s error in regard to the average salary paid the white male teachers of Georgia, and showed by the State School Commissioner that the average salary was $58.34 in the country schools and that $104.32 was the average salary of inale teachers in local tax systems, Mr. Brunson claiming as he had written that $104.32 was the aver age salary of white male teachers without regards to districts. Mr. Weathers further showed the law in regard to the salary of the County School Commissioner and ' showed that the County School Com- [ missioner of Grady county not was getting more than the law allowed.us he had done is his newspaper arti cles. J. A. CUMBIE, AGENT FOR THE Singer Sewing Machine Company, Has opened headquarters in the store of C. E. VanLandingham, formerly the Reader Powell store. /.; He carries a full line of Sewing Machine Attachments, Needles, Oil, etc., for all makes, and will sell you a SINGER or WHEELER & WILSON on easy pay ments or for cash. <| Be sure to call and see me. Commissioner Weathers went in to detail to prove that Brunson had failed to give any proof whatever of the waste pi funds simply relying on general statements an<]»r>pealing to the passions of tho peopl^ with out giving facts. Mr. Brunson’s staunches^ sup porter could find no cause for coir gratulating the whole proceedings from beginning. All the speakers acknowledge defects in the school system but denied that the defects were sufficient to characterise the school system as being the “most damnable imposition ever imposed upon the people of Georgia.” There are defects hut they must be remedied by : tbe friends and not the foes of education. Calvary, Ga. Crystal Optical Co., of Atlanta will have an Optician witn 20 years experience, fitting their famous Clear Cut Crystal Lenses in Calvary on October 6, 7, 8 and 10 at Carr & Elarbee’s store. Guaranteed best glasses made. ** — ; — --A Did you say printing? Well, wo do all kinds. 11 POLLED LAST- I i l > • >* f-I •»re Eight Tried and Found Guilty— Three Come Clear Marshals Nicholson and Horton, raided the dance hall of Jim Dyson, colored, last Saturday nighfeuul put eleven under arrests for drunken ness and riotous conduct. Monday niorning they were*, car ried before Mayor Willie and upon; tho evidence found eight guilty and were given a fine. Three came clear. “Sooky’’ Must be Taken Off of the Streets All persons having cows running at large in the city of Cairo are re quired to take them up after Octo ber 1 or they will he impounded— Take warning. R. L. Nicholson, Marshal.. Will Pay Cash >r 50 head well bred young calve< o lifer yearlings Also L'fl or IlO-hora For heifer yearling power boiler. Sept. “0-4t. ■horse W. D. manna,"