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We Can Sell You Properly in the Banner County ol the State and Lend You Hall of the Purchase Price at a Low Rate ol Interest. Q. A. wiqht, president. w. t. CRMvroRO, gen'L mor. and seg>y and tubas THOS. WIQHT, VICE-PREIDENT, ■ p, c. BELL, GENERAL COUNSEL. Three Young Men Held On the Charge ol Killing Young Man Who Lately Disappeared. Albany, Ga., Oct. 17.—Wrapped in a blood-stained bed quilt, and horibly decomposed, the body of Earle E. Barksdale, of Tampa,Fla., who had been missing for a week, was found in an abandoned well on a cotton plantation'between Newton and Leary, yesterday. Following an investiga'i >n by the coroner it developed that one of the most revolting crimes in the history of this section of the state has been committed and three men are in jail, charged with murder, and a fourth warrant is out for a woman who is suspected of complicity in was found the homicide, in a well on the Dilldine place. Trying to Force Settlement. Barksdale went to Baker county county several w^eks ago for the purpose, it is stated, of securing a settlement from Jesse Hudgens of a financial claim amounting to sev eral hundred dollars. Hudgens, who is a young man, had worked for Barksdale in Tam pa, and Barksdale followed his for mer employe to Georgia for the pur pose, it is stated, os forcing a set tlement. Barksdale is said to have declared that forgery figured in the Tampa case, and had in his possession cer tain. checks and other papers which are expected to play an important part in further investigations into the tragedy. Barksdale followed Hudgens to the latter’s mother’s place, where Hudgens went after- coming from Thampa. It is alleged that-a settle ment of the claim was promised, WANT TO Several small farms within six miles > f airo. 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 > ! airo, contain ing 18 acres of land and two nice dwellings. We will you either of jthe houses, any vacant lot, or all of this land at prices that will please you. If you want to do any land trading see us. We have sold already this year Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars worth of land and have bought more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars worth and will continue to do both. sist in raising the money. In the meantime. Barksdale remained at Hudgens’ home. Disappeared a Week Ago A little over a week ago Barksdale disappeared; and it was given out that he had returned to Tampa. Saturday morning a negro? reported finding a body in an abandoned well in a cotton field and an investiga tion showed the corpse to be that of Barksdale. The coroner’s jury made a thor ough investigation of the case, and as a result Jesse Hudgens has been arrested, charged with Barksdale murder,. Robert Hudgens, Jesse Business Manager, WALTER L. WIGHT. J. S. WEATHERS. Wight & Weathers CAIRO, GA. Ladies’ Trimmed Hats, Three or four nice 2 to 4-horse farms from 3 to 4 miles of Cairo. Price must be right. WE HAVE THE CASH. store and examine the great values for money before you purchase elsewhere, in Grady county, we are prepared to serve you. The Demand for Property in fhis section is on the increase all the time. Now is the time to buy or sell your real estate. See us for farm or tim ber lands. RemstnSsr th e Place: orner Broad and Bryant. $ I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor. | # Ben Franklin was the best printer of his day. And we have some of the besf of this day. *JNo matter how good a printer may be he cannot, and will not, get results from old worn out material. <j|Well, all of our material is new and^up-to-date and if you are “From Misouri” we can “Show You” just try and see. €J]We are like the "Baby Elephant” an Infant in age but a “Giant” in strength and size, fljust keep on your mind that we are here to ‘‘Show You.” Cairo, Ga, Attention, Farmers, FARM LOANS Promptly negotiated at reasonable rate of inter est. Now is the time to arrange for your fall needs. Call on or write R. C. BELL, Cairo, Ga. We have now a complete stock of Chattanooga and Golden’s Cane Mills, Evaporators, Sugar Kettles, Galvenized and Black Iron Pan Bottoms, Grate Bars, and Furnace Fronts and Doors. Come in to see us when you want anything in the above lines and we are certain we can please you. We also have Just received a car Chattanooga • < > j One and Two-horse Plows and Repairs. Wight <& Weathers Cairo > Ga. Office in Court House. Yours truly, Wight Hardware Co Cairo, Georgia. Did you say printing? Well do all kinds.