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The Grady County Progress.
T. JUT. MAT OKS, E33XTOK.
Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady County.
Published Weekly, Every Friday, by
THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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UNITING TO ADVERTISE.
At the recent term of Laurens county
superior court the grand jury, in the gen
eral presentments, recommended that the
county commissioners, the city council of
Dublin, board of trade and the railroads
running into Dublin co-operate in advertis
ing Dublin and Laurens county.
Some such steps as above mentioned
should be taken tq advertise Cairo and
Grady county.
TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL.
Diversified farming as the efficient foe
of the boll weevil will be urged upon the
farmers of Georgia as the cardinal principle
of a campaign of education decided upon by
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
The boll weevill, it was stated, is sched
uled to make its appearance in Southwest
ern Georgia within the next four years.
Committees were appt i .ted to mdfi out de
tails of a campaign in which it is hoped to
enroll the assistance of all civic and indus
trial organizations in the state.
It was decided to raise a fund of $5,000
to defray the expenses of the corn show fo
b) held in Atlanta next month.
MANY KIND OF IERTILIZER SOLD.
has been advanced and exhausted, after
deep plowing, heavy fertilizing,.warehouses
and all the rest have had their say—old
Hog and Hominy gets up at last to close the
argument and win the case.
“Yes, here, indeed and in truth, is the
key, and the only key to independence on
the farm. Show us the man who has had
corn and meat to sell, year in and year out,
and we’ll show you a man who is absolutely
independent of the manipulations of the
cotton speculators, and who can hold this,
his surplus crop until it suits him to sell it.
“We need to keep this lesson before us.
We should look after the cotton part of it—
for it is important and is our great money
crop; but it should not be the chief end and
aim of the farm. We need to make Corn
the King—and then we will live in the hap
py and prosperous realm of Hog and Hom
iny, sitting under our own vine and fig tree
in peace and content, and none daring to
molest us or make us afraid.
“When the price of cotton goes down,
and we ar Q in the hole for twenty-cent
meat, these truths come home to us with
peculiar force. It should be the prayer and
the pride of every tiller of the soil in the
South to be a Hog and Hominy farmer.”—
Albany Herald.
TO YOU, MR. MERCHANT.
Subpose you knew a man who kept his
shades drawn tight all day ana burned ker
osene instead of letting in the sunlight.
Suppose you knew a man toiling along
a dusty road who would not accept a lift—
when there was plenty of room in- the wag
on.
Suppose you knew a miller—with his
mill built beside a swift-running stream—
who insisted on turning the machinery by
hand.
All foolish, you say? And yet look
aroupd you—how few retailers take advan
tage of the great advertising campaigns
run by food, textile, cloth and every other
manufacturing line that you can name!
fen years ago there were pnly 640 dif- - Think a moment! What was the last
ferent brands of fertilizers sold in. Georgia,
and the aggregate sales,then were 482,571
tons of straight fertilizers and 58,076 tons
of cotton seed meal.
The report of the Department of Agri
culture, just out, shows that for the year
just ended, Oct. 1* the number of brands of
fertilizers sold in the state has increased
more than three times, numbering now 2,452
brands, and the aggregate sales are more
than twice as much or 1,022,048 tons of
straight fertilizers and 91,152 tons of cotton
seed meal.
^•hese figures simply show the number
of tags sold; it is said that sometimes fer
tilizers are sold in the state without tags,
and that the real aggregate of fertilizers
used during the year is considerably larger.
HOG AND HOMINY.
We don’t know where the following ar
ticle originated, but it is good and timely.
We find it in an exchange with the indiffer
ent and indefinite credit, “Ex,” We would
be glad to give the paper ifi which it origi
nated due credit for it if we knew what pa
per to credit:
“After all is said about farming prob
lems in the South, after every plan has been
discussed and every argument~pro and con
advertisement you read and wondered just
which store in town would be progressive
enough to have the goods in stock so you
could see them—and purchase?
More goods are sold under the evening
lamp at home than you dream of.
Practically every live retailer advertises
in his local papers. But HOW?
Put up your lightning rod. Let 'your
customers know that you can deliver to
them the goods which great advertising,
paid for by manufacturers has interested
them in.
They will get the habit—and you will
get the business.
Practically every manufacturer stands
ready to help you help yourself? Ask them
for electrotypes suitable to run in your own
advertising. Hook their trademark to your
store.
Consumers demand for advertised goods
is now divided broadcast among all the
stores in town.
Use your advertising in local .papers to
focus this demand upon your store—and
don’t forget to send for those helpful elec*
trotypes.
Read this again, for it means money
to you.—Robert Frothingham, Advertising-
Manager, Butterick Trio.
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NOTICE!
I am strictly in the market for
Long Staple Cotton
both in bale and in the seed.
Will pay highest cash price for
same. J. J. COPPAGE, Cairo, Ga.
Bishop H. C, Morrison, D. D.
Bishop H. C. Morrison, D. D., a
synopsis of whose sermon at the
education of the Calvary church
was published in the last issue of
Tub Progress, is a native of K6n-
t ;cky, where he lived for a number
o 'years. He is no iv a resident of
Leesburg, Fla.
Bishop Morrison is in his sixty-
nightb year. Has been in the min-
w.r of the Methodist church nearly
fifty years and for the past twelve
years one of the bishops of the
church. For.eight years he was
missionary secretary of the church,
after which he was chosen for his
present high and' important field of
service.
Bishop Morrison has been long
known as one of the ablest and most
attractive preachers and successful
pastors of Methodism. Most of his
time was spent in charge of churches
in such cities as Louisville. Ky.,
and Atlanta. Personally, Bishop
Morrison is a very genial gentle
man and one who would he picked
out in a gathering as a man of pow •
er and ability. Tall, erect, digni
fied, with grey hair and piercing
block eyes and a most pleasing
countenance, he stands as a man of
mark among bis brethren. Bishop
Morrison will hold the ensuing ses
sion of the South Georgia confer-
AT REDUDED PRICES
I’m selling out my entire stock consisting of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING HATS and CAPS, and
LADIES TRIMMED HATS.
On account we have to vacate the premises.
We also give you special inducements with every purchase
of $10.00. We will give you a present. A handsome $3.00
clock. Don’t miss the opportunity to purchase in my store be-
you go elsewhere.
.CORNER BROAD ANJ? BRYAN STREETS
I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor.
ence, which convenes at Columbus
on November 30. This is his first
visit to that conference and he will
. be warmly welcomed by the preach
ers and laymen who will compose
that annual gathering.
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