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/ Affairs in Georgia By Paragraphs Robberies arc reported from the town of Lumpkin. Circus night there a citizen was field up. Other than a fright, no damage was done. L. W. Ford, a negro, was capt ured in Thomasville by Policeman Braswell. He is wanted in Pelham for breaking a contract. The fifth annual convention of the Geo.gia Students’ Missionary League will meet in the Bren an au ditorium, in Gainsville, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 4, !j and G. Notwithstanding the extreme drouth in Crisp county of ten week’s duration, 9,000 bales of cotton have so far been marketed at Cordele. There has been more or less dis cussion about the killing of quail at this time of the year. At the first cool spell, the hunter is threatened with a desire to kill the feathered tribe- The game season for quail does not open until November 1, not October 1, as is supposed by snnie. Under, the law recently passed by the legislature, which is now in ef fect, all pistol owners are required to register with the ordinary and secure a license. It is a misdemea nor not to do so. All persons who wish to own a pocket weapon should go at once to the ordinary’s office and investigate this new law. Atlanta citizens are worrying over the constantly decreasing size of the bread loaves. A strte law, fixing a standard weight for loaves, is want ed. Morris Brown college, the negro educational institution in Atlanta, has raised $29,200 for the school. Tobacco growers in south Georgia are out with the syndicate, At a recent meeting of the board of education of Morgan county, it was ordered t.hm. the white public schools in the county open on Mon day, October 31, and that the col ored schools open on November 28. P. B. Bush, attached to the staff of Revenue Agent Suber, destroyed in Rabun county four large copper stills and a quantity of beer. No arrests were made, but warrants have been sworn out for the alleged operators, A beet weighing five pounds and measuring twenty-seven inches in circumference, wus grown within the city limits of Atlanta by E. C. Broad well. Ira Grinned, who escaped from the Rome jail seven months ago, \vas arrested while sitting in the court room listening to a trial. Kd King, a prominent vdung man of Donalsonviile, while in- , 8pecting some machinery at the oil mill plant, had his hand bought in a seed conveyor and his arm was ground off to the elbow. He is in a critical condition. Columbus is over run with sneak thieves. Col. L. F. Livingston, defeated for ..congress by W, S. Howard in the Fifth Georgia district,' will take up the practice .of law in Washing- /' ton at the expiration of the term. Five hundred students at the Georgia Technological school in At lanta, have joined classes in Bible study. -Sir ■ - Will Pay Cash For 50 head well bred young heifers or lieifer yearlings. Also 25 or 110-horse power boiler. W. D. IUhiikk. Sept.. $0-4t, — . For first class commercial print ing come to this office. 7—■—r — . We Can Sell You Properly in the Banner County ol the State and Lend You Hall ol the Purchase Price al a Low Rale of Interest. a. A. WIGHT, president. THOS. WIGHT, Vice-Pneident, IV. T. CRAWFORD, QBN'L MON. AND SEO'T AND TRBAS R. C. BELL, CBNBRAL COUNSEL. SOUTH GEORGIA LAND & LOAN COMPANY. WE WANT TO BUY 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 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 .(PrI W. T. CRAWFORD, Business Manager, Cairo, Ga. «>-*,"* V**— When in town call around and AT REDUCED 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 BROADBAND BRYAN STREETS I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor. Attention, Farmers. | 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. I We also have lust received a car Chattanooga ' One ana Two-horse Plows and Repairs. Yours truly, let us put your name an The Progress’ audita* list. | Wight Hardware Co., Cairo, Georgia. Three or four nice 2 to 4-horse farms from 3 to 4 miles of Cairo. Price must be right. WE hAve tHE CASH. WALTER L. WIGHT. J. S. WEATHERS. Wight & Weathers CAIRO. GA. If you wish to buy or sell Real Estate Smith & Coppage, Cairo, Ga. 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. Pid you say piintiug? Well, we do kind*. in Grady count, wd are prepared to serve you. The Demand for Property in this 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. Wight & Weathers 1H& . Cairo, Ga.