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NEW HIGH UK
MADE IN SCHOOL
Of Cairo For the Year of
1909-10.
ANOEHER TEACHER HAD TO BE ADDED
The Scholastic Year of 1909-10
Had 254 Attendance—1910-11
Term Shows Up With 318 Tn
Attendance—Auditorium to Be
Erected.
Along with the upward tendency
of all of Cairo’s institutions the
Cairy High School is leading the
van.
Each year has called for more
room and now the large building is
full.
The new building was completed
five years ago. At that time five
teachers were employed. The build-’
ing had six class rooms and an au
ditorium. The auditorium was
made into class rooms in the sum
mer of 1909 to make room for the
seventh teacher in the grades. At
the beginning of the fall term of
<1910, another teacher was added
and at the opening of the present
spring term another. Including
the teacher of music, ■'wl^F has a
good class*.the’school now %s ten
teachers. . .
- It is the intention 'of the Board of
Trustees to-.erect. a new auditorium
during-thc next vacation, knnd is
3b_nad tliiit ;r ' ^IHolenti Ito
Bertha Bloodworth, Carl Brown.
Ei ditto grade, G<?orgo Moore,Wal
ter Jones. *
Ninth grade, Weyman Bussey,
Lucy Bell.
Tenth grade, Marion Bell.
The following were neither ab
sent or tafdy during the entire fall
term:
Second grade, Alva Willie,Burton
Wight.
Third grade, Eilleen Bussey.
Fourth grade, Ruth Baggett, Lois
Walsh, Dwight Browni William
Wight.
Fifth grade, r 6raey Booth, Jewell
Brown, Janie Bell, Annie Lou Coop
er, Katie Miller, Carol Van Land-
ingham,’Ed Wight.
Sixth grade, Ethel Bussey, Alma
Hurst. . - , .
Seventh grade, Lottie Baggett,
Ivy Bussey, Robert Hudson. •
Eighth grade, Amy Brdwrt, Bes
sie Forsyth, Irene Hurst; ElVa Mal
loy.
Ninth grade, Mildred Denton.
Tenth grade, Eva Hall.
Very few people realize . how few
students lose no time from school. ■'
The Board of Trustees J early in
the fall, offered two prizes-, one a
two-and-a-half .dollar gold piece to
the student who would 3pass the best,
examination on Current Events at
the close of the fall term; the other,
five dollars to the room making the
best record of attendance for ..the'
last three/fnontbs of the fall term
the money to be expended for im
provements in the room making the
best record, The grades in the at
tendance contest were from the first
to the eighth, inclusive, and in the
Current-Events contest, from the
si xth to' the tenth, inclusive,
In the Current Events contest the
following things were to be consider
ed : General knowledge of the ques
tions asked, sentence construction,
spelling, neatness, and the age and.
DOUBLES DP »
That is the Record of The
Citizens Bank
Organized Jan 1904 With $25,-
000 Capital Now Has $50,000
..Grade of the ptudent. Tlife prize
was won by Warren Wight, a .]
$
l vke’’cSre >br the school’s .future
growth will be erected at the same
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.Mfor the scholastic, year of 1909-10
■i t*ie enrollment was- 254. For the
•...yftir 1910-11 the entfbllment has al-
.-Hf* wjady reached 318, a gain of 25.2
per cent, over the previous year.
The enrollment, according to
: sjgad.es, for the fall term of the pres-
- - bnt session, together with the per
centage of attendancebased on the
enrollment, is giyen below:
. First grade,'enrollment 40, per
centage of attendance 94.4,
j Second grade, enrollment 1 28, per-
«cntagS °f attendance 96.9.
THMrd grade, enrollment 28, per
centage of attendance 93.9.
Fourth grade, enrollment 49,per
centage of attendance 87.6.
Fifth grade, enrollment 49, per
centage of attendance 89.9.
Sixth grade, enrollment 30, per
centage of attendance 84.1.
Seventh grade, enrollment 26,
percentage of attendance 89.2.
Eighth grade, enrollment, 23,
percentage of attendance 92.S.
Ninth grade, enrollment 10, per
centage of attendance 94.8.
Tenth grade, enrollment 8, per
centage of attendance 97.9.
All grades, enrollment 291, per
centage of attendance 92.5.
Since the opening of the spring
toi'-ra pupils have entered the grades
as,follows: First, 3; Second, 4;
■ Third, 3;.Fourth, 4; Fifth, 1; Sixth
3;J3esenth, 5; Eighth, 2; Ninth,2.
Total 27.
• Eelow are given the names of
thbse students who were present
-every day during the fall term of
the present scholastic year:
First grade, Leon Merritt, Leon
Powell,
Second grade, Glenn Brown, Be
atrice Gainous, Sara Higdon, George
Alden Wight.
' Third grade, Pearl Nicholson,
< Powell Jones, Lewis Moore, Mae
Nicholson, Pearl Wimberly, Ruby
Wimberly.
Fifth grade, Ida Bloodworth,Lem
Baggett, Rol ert Fi r e iter,
Higdon, Margarett Jones, Oneida
^Maxwell, Thelma Maxwell, Alvin
AVi^ht.
Sixth grade, Bryan Bell, Nellie
Dunn, Gladys Poulk, Myrtle Pouik.
Sevoif|h grade, Ollie Bennett,
pupil
of the Sixth Grade.
In attendance contest the follow
ing things were to be considered:
Five per cent off the attendance
of any pupil for a whole day’s ab
sence, or two half-day absences.
Three tardies were to be counted as
ah absence. After an absence of
five continuous days, a pupil was to
be dropped from the roll and re-en
tered on his return., This prize was
won by the Second Grade.
WANTS TO LOCATE
. A COLONY IN GRADY
Seeking a Large Body of Land In
Grkdy for the Purpose.
Dr. Gray, of South Carolina,
spent several days here recently in
vestigating the lands of Grady,
It is the purpose of Dr. Gray to
locate a large colony of South Caro
linians in Grady this fall and for
'that purpose he made this trip.,
He was well pleased with the soil
of Grady, and has several places in
view for his purpose.
He will return in the early fall to
make his selection, and will proba
bly bring a number with him on
his return.
SHORTAGE IN BOXES
FOR SYRUP SHIPPING
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Shippers Have Had Trouble In Se
curing Boxes In Which tG Ship
Their Syrup.
Owing to the scarcity.of lumber,
shippers of syrup have had consid
erable trouble in getting boxes in
sufficient quantities to make prompt
shipments. Another drawback has
been on account of the box makers
being unable to make the quantity
required, due to the fact that a
laiger quantity is being shipped in
cans.
The South Georgia Syrup Co.,
has been seriously handicapped be
Loie cause it was unable to secure boxes.
To relieve this state of affairs Mr.
E. H. Taylor, general manager,
states that he will put in a complete
plant for making boxes for the next
season crops, and will make boxes
for all comers.
INCREASE FROM IIS EARNED SURPLUS
and
With $12,500 Surplus
$6,000 Undivided Profits.
At the annual meeting of. the
stockholders of The Citizens
Banking Company a very nice
melon was cut and divided, among
the stockholders in the shape of
an increased dividend.
Besides the usual -8 per cent
dividend the managers of this
institution announced that •thbi’e
was sufficient fuhds on hand to
ddubie the capital stock arid leave
a' surplus of $12,500. and $6,000
of undivided profits;
The stockholders, after going
over the situation, decided .to
doubie the ,capital stock, and a
sufficient sum was taken from the
surplus to-do so, besides, leaving
a surplus of $12,500.
The Citizens Bank yras orgarii-
zed January 1904 with a capital
stock of $25,000 paid in. W. S.
Wight was its first president. By
the courteous treatment o^ its
officers th/3 bank''sprung into im
mediate popularity and today is
carrying a deposit of $200,000.
During the year the bank will
occupy its new home something
like $5,000 will be spent in re-
modling the building now occu
pied by R. H." Hurst*
The old officers were re-elected
with F. M. Brannon, president,
and Wh Searcy, cashier.
BRYAN ELEMENT IS
LINED UP FOR CLARK
This Is the Meaning ol Warning
Note Given at Jackson Day
Banquet by Theodore Bell, ol
California, as Interpreted by
Democratic Senators and Rep
resentatives at Washington.
"Washington, Jan. 18.—Demo
cratic senators and representatives
who attended the Jackson Day ban
quet in Baltimore last night dis
cussed with unusual interest today
the significonce of the warning note,
in the closing minutes of the dinner
from Theodore Bell, of California,
recognized as a personal represen
tative of William Jennings Bryan.
Mr, Bell did not attempt to start
a Bryan boom; in fact, he eliminat
ed the Nebraskan from furthur con
sideration as a Deniocratic nominee
in 1912 or any succeecing presi
dential year. “Fate has undoubtedly
decreed,” he said, “thatMr, Bryan
shall never be elected President of
the United States. ”
. Mr. Bell warned his hearers that,
if they were seeking that harmony
which might bring about future
Democratic success, they must not
continue the policy which omitted
by Bryan from consideration as a
leader in the party councils.
Mr. Bell declared that tee affec,
tions of millions of the American
people are still centered cn Bryan,
and his views must be given most
serious consideration.
Previous to his reference to Bryan,
Mr. Bell took occasion to pay a high
tribute to Clinmp Clark ns a-man in
whom the middle and far west had,
implicit,confidence. He did not' go
so far as to name Mr. Clark for the
presidency, but by inference his
meaning was clear. There arc
many- political watchers in Wash
ington who regard the incidetit as
tho lining up of the Br.van element
in the .party behind Clark as against
Harmon, Woodrow Wilson or
others mentioned for Democratic
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CAIRO AS A
SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES TU^BE PLANTED
About Thirty Carloads Sold in
This Section Within One Years
Time. *
Thousands of dollars have beeri
spent in Cairo : for horses and
mules through the JrD. Holman
stable the past year.
The number sold was 674 abofit
30 carloads.
This firm has also sold f opr car-
loads of the Ellis buggy besides
several carloads of other, makes,
Summers, Parry, etc. \ k
This speaks well for the liber
ality of this firm and their fair
dealings.
It will pay our readers to see
therii before buying either a horse
mule or buggy. '
Only About Sevent-five Bales
Grown in Grady During .1910
—-Eiitimated that About 1,000
Acres Will be Planted for 1911
is
400 PER CENT.
Porintytion of Jenkins Capitol i
•' 2,030 Now
Washington, D, C., Jan 16.-
Millen, the county seat of Jenk
ins countv one of South Georgia’s
typically alive and hustling
smaller cities, has Smashed
records in the matter of growth
in population during the last de
cade.
From 411 persons in 1900 she
has jumped to 2,030 in 1910, an
increase of almost 400 per cent.
The exact increase in 394 per
cent.
This information- was given out
by the Census bureau^tqday. So
far has been announced, this is a
new record among Georgia towns
Of cities of over 5,000 the high
est record is Fitzgerald with an
increase of 224 per cent. Of the
cities between 2,030 and 5,000 the
record now set by Millen is hard
to beat.
The census of Cedartown an
nounced today shows 3,551 in
1910, against 1,823 for 1900.
Off Again.
Dr. R. H. Harris went to Boston
Tuesday to attend a meeting of the
executive committee of the Mercer
Association, of which large body he
is the presiding officer.
Yesterday, by invitation of Jno.
B. Gordon Chapter Daughters of
the Confederacy, he delivered an
address'in Thomesville, on the oc
casion of the celebration of Gen.
Robert E. Lee’s birthday anniver
sary.
Maj. Christopher, Dr. Cooke, Mr.
W. J. McMillian and a number of
other people, ladies and gentlemen,
from Cairo and other points in
Grady county, attended the latter
function.
City Court
The following cases were disposed
of during the present term of the
city court:
State vs J. H. Holland, $35.00
or three months.
State vs Charlie Wright, $75.00
or ten months.
State vs Dan Frazier, not guilty.
State vs Crof. Williams: not
guilty.
State vs Anthony McDuff, not
guily.
State vs Allen Sapp; §100.00 or
twelve months,
State vs Henry Sims; §75.00 or
10 murihs.
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MIMED EOS 1911
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Large Number of Farmers to
Try Sea Island Cotton
Farmers of Grady are now
turning their attention to the
growing of Sea Island, or long
staple cotton. '
It has befen demonstrated that
the lands of Grady are better
adapted to the long than short",
and the farmei-s having become
convinced of thfs fact are going
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It js estimated'that about one
thousand will be planted
for the J9fi Crop against 150 or
200 last year.
It is claimed by those who
know more money can. be
made from long staple cotton than
any other crop. This has b^eri (
the experence of the farmers of
Lowndes county. ; *.vY:*
With long staple cotton and
sugar cane there is nothing to
pi-event Grady dirt frdm becom
ing more valuable than it is now
at present.
Just a word with those con
templating buying, now is the ac-
peted time as lands can be bought
cheaper at the present than in
six months hence.
A week never passes but that
home seekers get off the train at
Cairo.
IP
lire again free
In Less Than Two Hours a Cor-
dele Jury Returnes VIrdict of
Not Guilty lor the Accused Men
Cordelc, Ga., Jan, 17.—A verdict
of not guilty was returned late to
day in the case of W. B. and Archie
Lyens, on their third trial for the
murder of M. Fleming Smith two
years ago at Jesup, Ga,,
The. jury was out less than two
hours and the big crowd ' that had
filled the court room during the
seven days’ trial had dispersed,
thinking the jury would deliberate
much longer. Only a few persons
w'ere in the court room when the
jury came in. The Lyenses, father
and son, and members of their
families shook hands with each
juror and thanked him, Thera
was no demonstration.
This ends the Lyons case, which
has become noted,in Georgia. The
virdict came at the end of the fourth
effort at trial and the third actual
trial. Two changes of venue had
been granted.
The killing of.Smith occured in
December, 1908. The two pris-
ioners, Shcriff-and Deputy Sheriff,
of Wayne county, were taken to
Savannah for safe keeping, such
was the temper of their neighbors.
A monument erected at the in
stance of women, of Wayne county,
stands over the grave,, of the man
they were accused of killing. Their
plea was self-defense they charging
that Smith tried to shoot them as
they entered the store where he was
at work and then they riddled him
with bullets.
Gradyville Growing
Gradyville is coming to the front,
Messrs. Kedar M. Bennett and J.
H. Collins have purchased the com
missary at Gradyville apd resumed
charge Monday. Mr. Bennett is a.
popular salesman and under his
management the businejs will pros-
p'ery.
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