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r We Can Sell You Properly in the Banner County ol the Stal<j and Lend You Half of the Purchase Price al a Low Rale of Interest. O. A. WIGHT, PNMsIomNT. THOS. WIGHT, Vics~Pnbidbnt, W. T, CRAWFORD, QbN'L Malt. AND s«0 , r AND TNBAS, R, O. BELL, OBNBNAL COUNSML. Will Be Given to a Georgia Corn Club Boy. The Georgia Corn Club Boys con testing for prizes are, getting their •exhibits together for the county fairs and also the State Fair at Ma con, One of the most attractive* prizes is the'8100.00 given by the Georgia .Bankers’ Association for a free trip ■to Washington to the boy growing the best acre of corn in accordance with the rules of the club. The winner can count it a rare honor to capture this prize over sev eral thousand other contestants. This, and other contests will be de cided at the State Fair, and the ■winner’s name will become histoiic tnnong the corn growers of Georgia. The bankers are encouraging thrift among these future farmers and many of thqm have bank ac counts. Boys, get your reports and ex hibits together and enter these con tests. Georgia bids you go forward in tlie good work. A Good Advertiser. Mr. W. H. Leahy, General Pas senger Agent of the A. B. it A. is one of the best advertisers of south Georgia. He writes the editor of Moultrie Observer: Mv Dear Sir: I have noted the excellent article in your issue of the 30th ult. with reference to good cit izens locating in Colquitt couhty. In our campaign of publicity and our efforts to bring good, progres sive citizens to south Georgia, my observation is that Colquitt county is fully alive to the great benefits to be derived from this development and her enterprising people have done much to exploit the many ad- ” vantages of Wiregrass Georgia. I take occasion to assure the peo ple of Moultrie and Colquit county, that the A. B. & A. R, R. will leave nothing undone lb bring about the best results in this development work. We want to co-operate close ly with the people in this great work. We have doubled our ad vertising space in the larger dailies of the north and west and inquiries are coming to us by the hundreds. We gave out about 25,000 pieces of literature at our booth in the south ern exhibit at the Ohio Valley Ex position, held at Cincinnati, and which closed on Sunday last. We had a represensative there, well qualified to speak for south Georgia and he was kept busy continuously talking for COMPANY WE WANT TO Several small farms within six miles of Cairo. If you own a place of this description come to see us and make your best price. We have sold prac tically everything we have close in and must have more to meet demands. Since our last advertisement we have bought the Wm. Allen place 7 miles north of Cairo and within 8 miles of Whigham, contains 500 acres well improved, nicely located, with 5-horse farm open, and will offer this place for a short time only at the remarkably low price of $15.00 per acre. Lands adjoining it are selling for $20.00 and upwards. We will sell all or any part of it. We have also bought the Dea’s property in the city of Cairo, contain ing 18 acres of land and two nice dwellings. We will you either of the houses, any vacant lot, or all of this|and at prices that will please you. Ilj you wamij> do anjr 'laiy^ trading see us. We have sold already this year Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars worth of land and have W. T. CRAWFORD, Business Manager, you ever asked yourself if you were 1 wbrthy of her company? Could you I tell her what you did last week! Ask yourself that question. A man can *be any thing he wants to , be. The world is open to you: the ways are open to cleaner and better ( life. Will you go? , Do your girl’s parents dislike to have you call? If so, what’s the ■ reason? Don’t know? Well, if. I were you I find out. I bet that 1 that they are good reasons, and that . you would be like them if you were in their place. The writer once had a sweetheart that lie loved'very much, and after a night’s spnie- he called and- was told that the young Izdy could not see. him. He felt that ii great wrong had been done him and-tried to get the girl to elope with him, but she was sensible and said that she wornd marry him if he would gain her parents’ good will. Then he realized that she was right and that he was about the worst specimen of human- by in t<<,wn, not worthy the love of a pure little girl and the respect of his fellowmen.’ . That lesson has ever been before the writer, and he is still umvorthy- the 16ve of the girl. ; Look at yourself. Look at vonr heart each night and see if there ■ is anything unworthy placed bn the tablets during the day—if so,cluauso i it. Your peace of mind demands that you do. ALipaaaT’.Cos. fgjjff zen and an Odd Fellow. He was loving and tender in the family cir cle, always thoughtful of others, a citizen of the progressive type, a true Odd Fellow imbued with the principle of brotherly love. Thus he lived; thus he died. Be it resolved, therefore: 1st. That in the death of Brother Hinson, Cairo Lodge No. 340, I. O. O- F., has suffered an irreparable loss.. • , 2nd. That his family has lost a faithful and loving husband and father, and the.county one- of its best citizens; 3rd. That we as a, fraternal body extend to tho sorrowing relatives and friends our heartfelt sympathy. , 4th; ' That a copy of these" reso lutions be spread on our minutes, a copy be sent to the bereaved family, that avcopy he furnished each of our local papers for publication. W. D. Clifford, M. G. McManus, P. H. Herring, Committee. WALTER L. WIGHT. J. S. WEATHERS. Wight & Weathers CAIRO. GA. our section. Aboui 25,000 people registered in a bool kept in our booth at the exposition and we gave each person whose name appears in our register, ii line of our literature. . . We are sending to the Chamber of Commerce, daily long lists of names of people interested in the South. I believe that there will be a heavier movement from the. west and north to the south, and espec ially to south Georgia during the coming winter, than at any previ ous time in our history. Tribute of Respect. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in His infinite goodness and wisdom to take from this world the spirit of our beloved friend and brother, Nathan W, Hinson, we bow in humble submission to His holy will. While this lodge is sad dened by this divine providence, yet in fraternal love we lift our prayers to the Father to come into this sad home and apply the com forting balm to the broken-hearted wife and grief-stricken children, and the many relatives and friends who sorrow. Brother Hinson shall ,be missed os a husband and father, as a cili- Cairo, be right, in Grady county, we are prepared to serve you. WE HAVE THE CASH. for Property in this section is on the increase all the time. 1 Now is the time to buy or sell your real estate. See us for farm or tim ber lands. To the Young Men Sgy, young man, did you . .ever take a good look at yourself beforo you call on that little girl friend of yours? I don’t mean did you ever look at your own face, but your character and deportment. Is your speech as clean when away from her a$ when you arc by her side? Have Wight & Weathers Cairo, Ga. Odftce ia Court House. Did you say printing? Well, we do all kinds.