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HAVE BEEN SOLD To The McCrary, of Atlanta, Last Week PRICE PAID FOR THEM WKS PAR Contract For the Improvements mode in Issue Have Been Let and Work Is Progressing. The city of Cairo has recently sold its mew bonds, being the $15,001? voted on last May. The pnvehers aae The McCraiy (Company, of A$J#tju the price paid was par. The entii'c pjtooeedings leading up , ito their issue have betm approved J iy an expert bond attorney, and onds will be iw hand .within ajrery dew days. Meantime, however, The J. B :McCrary Couyiany .have Ixjan let the contracts fbr .and are now ac tively engaged in, the -installij-ig of the improvements provided "Jar by the issue of the l<o v.k- We understand stae delay .in dis posing of the-bonds and getting the ^improvements \vas chuse of so . .much delay in .disposing -«>f the bonds and getting theiimprovoments was caused by a gretut slumpin the bond market soon niStor they were voted on. dent in the nation but iii her annual address she went far beyond any thing we ever imagined. Many letters and telegrams of greetings, love and cheer were re- ceiv 1 but none was so enthusiastic cully as those from our own Mrs. Armor who for several weoks has been has been helping in the fight in Oregon. After getting several letters threatening her life Mrs. Ar mor stood liefore thousands of peo ple and dared the enemy to kill her. 1 She savs she will gladly give her life for the cause of righteous- uuks and they know it would mean death to their business. Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Ath ens, in a few well chosen words pictured the horror of impure litera ture. She gave words of love and cheer to the White Rioboners every where, who M working and pray ing for a higher atandard and an equal ore for boys and girls. She highly •commends our work in try ing to lift fallen humanity and sounding the mote of warning to our young people. A reporter was in the (convention church the .entire time and sent the news rtoidght daily paper’s. The address of Dr. L. ‘<sL Hard man, .®f ’Commerce, on “is there a Proper rose ifer Alcohol, ’ ’was listened to with great interest 1 . The state .banner was .given to Moinitiieello f«r the largest increase »n iheonhership and Kastman the watch for iGntajader work; .also five dollars in gdldjor the best report in L. T. L. this .year.- The Pioneer service was one to be Over Four Thousand Cars Handled Here This Year IS fflis AN ASSETT, WELL YES. Competent and Clever Are the Men Who Look After the A. C. L. Depot at This Place-Some Approximate Facts. * By K. M. Should you ever have the occasion to answer the questien “How many loaded cars are shipped from Cairo?’[ Could you tell? Well honest, we couldn’t. The other day a man from an upper county in Georgia was in our ollice, and about the third question he asked we have just named:: We wire stamped, so we hazarded a guess at long remembered. Friday was th*e fv.'n $1)1,500 for tlftte §l.JijW)6 issue. We may note that the improvc- •ment of the bond iwarket since that ■time indicates a better condition in .the financial and business Jifejmf the tcountry. W. C. T. & Met The 28tfc Annual Convention of .the Women’s Temperance (Union convened at Madison Oa., on iGeto- her ill, 12,13 and 14 last. It .would be hard to find a more hearty wel come or a move hospitable people than those whom it wasour pleasure to meet on this oecamon. The welcome from the Mayor, Ministers citizens and “White Ribboners” were all genuine. It has been said that when the “Keys of the City” and the “Latch String of the Homes” are given to a delegation, those who give them disappear, but the W. C. T. U’s. did not find it go, for the same cordiality that greeted us on the fist clay continued throughout the entire session. Miss Emma Tucker, who with her sister established the first Door of Hope in the South, gave daily bible readings. The first was a consecration service and the princi pal subject was*‘Christian Heights. ” She tells us that the needs of today, are Christian mothers. “A happy thought to be able to get on tfio mountain-top of God’s blessings. The second reading was on “Per fect, Character Building.” “Know ing God brings Peace.” Trying is human strength, Trusting is Spirit ual. ” And'one thought she would impress upon her hearers was“Only those who hear the inaudible can do the impossible. ” , Mrs. Cunyers of Cartersville fa vored us with a number of beautiful solos. She stirred the hearts of all who heard her for she seemed to feel every word as she sang it IP __ m iogham. Ala., who was the first W. 0. T, ill. president of Ghrgga,led the service. Mrs. Wtibb; of Savan nah led the opening prayer. She having led the first pi'ayer of the first State Convention. Mrs. Jemnie Hart Sibley, of Union Point, Mrs. Moore, of Oxford and Mrs. Smith Ellaville contributed to the pleasure on this occasion by reading papers torching on the work in clays gone by.i As I looked into the faces of those pioneers I felt that “Lives of great women now remind us, Weshould make our lives Bubliine.” Mrs. Neel led the memorial ser vice which was solemn yet beauti ful and her words sank deep into the hearts of her hearers. Th’ere were a number of invita- eions received from different parts of the state for the convention of 1911. They were from Mayors, Councils, Churches, clubs, and Societies and Organizations of Various kinds. Af ter a discussion of tho various invi tations' it was decided to hold the next convention at Savannah. The Diamond Medal contest was quite a., success. .Miss Mild red Thornton, of Tallapoosa, winning the prize. The Madison Band and the Methodist Sunday. School Or chestra furnished music and ^every thing was done in royal style. The White Ribbon Circle formed an af ter song and benediction, Mrs. Pat terson declared the convention ad journed. One Who Attended. Have you ever heard the old saw- that a carpentar is known by his chips? Well.it ce.tainly must be so for the job department of The Progress has rec-ieved several orders from places of considerable distance Among the more notable of these were orders for three sets of invita tions that came from north of At lanta. Somebody’s carpenter is about 2,500 per annum, was” that enough? well, hardly.. We asked tliat clever gentleman, Avftio is the head of affairs at the At lantic Coast LfriiB at this point, bet- tei known to the most of us as “de pot agent”, Mr'. H. W, Lawson, we told him oar giiess amd be smiled, after a little figuring he came at us tike this. The law doesn’t allow me to tell iu exact numbers so iif you put it over 4.000 handled through this depot from the 1st‘o|f January 1910 until NoA’embcr 80 ai will be in close neighborhood of tl^'rvutct figures.’’ ’ Ob' coiMe ! the' iu id Sever (don't forget the “and ovef’V it may mean 500 or (500 ‘Vover”, 'who knows) includes softie 4 wi* 5 brought in daily ovei the Pelham'^’..Havanna which has its terminus at |his point and is operating entirely within Grady county. “Is Cairo a shipping point?” an swer from the above it’s true. The clever gentlemen, who con duct the business (some business too) here are namely: Agent-MV. H, Lawson. Clerk—M. A. Brown. 1st operator—W. T. Whitehurst. 2nd operatoi'—W, S. Huey. 3rd operator—G. Posey. Ham operatoi'—W. V. Drew. Nice lot, all good looking some married and others aer not, which ought not to be counted against the unmarried oiies, as they are young The parlor was beautiful with its Christinas decorations of holly, crimson bells and forns, while tho red candles in the crystal candela bra suffused the lovely picture with their mellow light. Tho im provised tea room was indeed de lightful, It was formed of festoons o^)\nxthorp smilax, twined with tiivfijfc, with a back ground of holly, wly® Japanese lanterns and Christ- masbells were suspended with gilt Cords. Tho table was lovely with silver* candelabra • containing , red candles and red shades, and the beautiful silver tea service which was one of Mrs. Browne’s wedding gifts. - wMa The dinning room - Avails were paneled Avith holly ant) draped with smilax. The polished table Avas beautiful Avith its point lace center- piece and large cut glass vase filled with pink Enchantress Carnations Festoons of pitik inalinc extended from,'the chandelier and were caught atjthe comers of the table Avith bows of maline and with bunches of carnations. The [charming pic turc was completed by tho candela bra with the pink candles and dainty pink shades anil Avith pink and white mints. Mrs. Brown Avas charming arid gracious in black jetted chiffon. Mrs. Harris Avas queenly in yvis teria silk. Mrs. George wight’s beauty was enhanced by her lovely gown white chiffon. Eighty-live guests Avei'e enter tained. REV. W. E. RETURNED TD CAIRO Returned For Third Year to Cairo. ■ V" ' OTHER APPOINTMENTS Of CONFERENCE Rev, J. M. Outler Succ'eediji Rev. A. M. Williams, as Presiding Elder [of the Thomasvllle Dis trict— F. A. Rateltlie Appointed Conference Missionary—Moses Register Goes to Calvary, J. S. ‘ ' Jordan to Whlghatm -ii> • -( i f ' *' ' , Columbus, Ga., Dec.. (i,—After Avhat'Bishop Morrison declared yus 6ne of the smoothest and xnost har monious conference sessionfj'he had ever held, the meeting of the South Georgia Methodist Conference end ed last night,, the reading of 1 , the ap pointments for the follOAvittg yeiiV being the concluding feature, f. n .... • , The following appointments for the Thomnsville. district were an- 116 FiAME \ ' i 1 T wo Feed and S/ales Stables and Cotton Warehouse Burn to the yet C-A-T-R-O, in big black caps if you please, and it spells Cairo,the home of pearly everything good that ieaii he grown. We knew xve had the best presi • certainly making pretty fine chips. Mrs. Browne Entertains The reception of ' Mrs. Thomas Jefferson BroAvne, this afternoon in honor of mis. Henry Harris, of Union city, Ala., and mis. George Wight was one of the most delight ful ever given iu Cairo . The guests were met at the i' door and ushered into a veritable fairy land by little William Wight where they were received by Mrs. BroAvne andpresonted to Mrs. Harris and xti-s. .Wight. Mi's. Will Wight and Mrs.Eugene Clower then invited the ladies to an iinproyis’ed lea room Avhere Mrs. Mack Johnson and Mrs. R. C. Bell served delightful - Rus sian tea. In leaving the tea table they Ave.re conducted to the dinning room by Mrs, Keder Wight Avhere they were served delicious cream and cakes and were entertained by Mrs. F. m. Brannon, Airs. Tom Avight and mi's. J. 15. Aveathers. Ground Entailing Heavy Loss. The sales stables of J. D. and Al bert Holman and a Mr. Candy were burned Tuesday night, destroying many thousand dollars worth of property. vV'e are informed that between 40 ax al 50 head of horses and mules wire burned, of the value of, about $0,000. On them avus $4,000 in surance. Mr. Albert Holman’s famous be duty, Gold Coin, with four or five other horses were saved. With all their stock was destroyed the building of Evans . A , Son in which they were kept, and also the business of Evans A Son, worth sev eral thousand dollars. We do not know whether Evans A Son had any insurance. Also the old stable building just north of the Pine Woods square,, not. occupied, was burned the same night. line tank across the Holman A Gandy, shnrttering glass fronts, knocking off a corner of the building and shaking Aip things gen erally. All these happpnings AA’cre in no Avnyrelated except in point of time, so far as known. Though bo many stables have been burned in Thom- asville of late years that there are grave suspicions that these disasters originated by some incendiary hand V NOTICE! The case pending in the courts to determine which of the Cairo papers is the official organ of Grady County has been appealed to the Supreme court. If the judgement of that C<furt shall be that The Progress is the official organ, then this paper will be entitled to pay for all le- nounccd: J. M. Outler, presiding eider. Thomnsville, G. W. Matthews; Albany, I. P. Tyson; Biunbridge, C. T* Clark; Blakely, J. M. Loyett; Cairo, W. E. Toavsou; Camilla; F. McCullough; Arlington, E. K. Rose Colquitt and Damascus, T: F. Drake, Boston circuit, W. T. SteWart;- Brinson circuit, I-I. j. Graves; Jffi]o. in and ^jimaldsom-ille, lb, M. Lwl- bettov; Pelham,./. W'- Lillcy Wlligb ham. Si Ji.n’an; 'Pavo' ciivuil, .1/ Sliiiah; Racimtoi) ciicuit, Stjp. O’ljre Attapulgus circuit, W. S- Johnson, Climax iiml FapeviUe, A. I’. Segal's Mayhajy circuit, B. C. Matteson; Dixie circuit-, L. W. AValker; Och- lochnee circuit, Gii'B. S. Johnson, supply ; Calvary circuit-,' Morfes Reg ister; Meigs circuit, Waltoi: Williams Alilton circuit, L. E. Brady; Met calf circuit, J. W. Nines, supply; Duffle circuit, C. C. Roland; Bab cock circuit, T. A. Mbsely; Recov ery circuit, M. J. Buri'ett, supply; Faircloth circuit, J. M. Clark, sup ply. Conference missionary, F, A.Rat* cliffe; foreign missionary, secretary board of missions, Ed F. Cook. <# ", Death of Miss Elvie Dickey. Mr. and Mis. Arthur Dickoy have the sincere sympathy of the people of our town and County in the loss of their daughter Elvie, who died at Sparks last Tuesday and whose fune ral took place in Cairo Thursday of this Aveek. The young lady AA’ns attending while the fireB were raging a ga3q-- -Sparks Collegiate Institute, and exploded in a building jfist was 1111 nniisual bright girl of about i street from the stable of A5 years, tho pride of her parents and a favorite among relati ves ami friends. Her death was a great shock to them all. There are no better peoppjy nny- Avhcre than Mr. and Mrs. ''Dicker, and their friends who may nol have even known the young lady xVill yet by reason of their love and regard for the parents feel the loss as a personal one. gal advertising done in the mean time, notwithstanding parties may have already paid the Mes senger therefor. Justice demands, therefore, that all persons be warned that when they pay the Messenger for legal advertising, they do so at the risk of what the final de cision may be, and they may have to pay again to The Prqg- rress. V*:iV