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W JMIM Of 1010 HOT
25 per cent off on Men’s and Ladles’ Ready-to-
Wears, Dress Goods and Trimmings, Blankets
and Comforts.
Higdon-Herring Co
HOUSE OF QUALITY.
Personal
County fair.
Better watch us grpw.
(Subseribe for The Progress.
of (Calendar
Fresh garden seed at theTen Ceait gampleg you order for 1912 .
<Our prices will make them inter
esting and besides it keeps your
money at home.
Store.
Get your early seed «om at the
Tien Cent Store,
Monday J. J. Coppage sold |6.,000
wortl) of property.
Get ycjur Red Bliss seed potatoes
"•at the Ton Cent Store.
Mrs. Yaney Bryan was a visitor
in Whigham Sunday.
F. M. Brannon made a business
Arip ’fctfPavo Thursday.
Say, this reminds us! How
about that County Fair?
Get your Early Seed Oats at the
Ten Cent Store,
Better know what you are about.
Advertise in the Progress.
Wateh for the Valentines at the
T*en Cent Store this season.
Talk the County Fair and sub
scribe for The Progress.
10,000 fancy post cards (one cent
.each) at the Ten Cent Store.
While you are talking to your
friend boost the County Fair.
Miss Annie Lee Dekle attended
the meeting at Whigham Sunday.
Dr. Robert H. Harris is in demand
.■as an orator for various occasions of
late.
The editor’s family has at last ar
rived and we are boarding at home
now, thank you,
Lillie Mae, the little daughter of
Rev. and Mrs- F. A. Ratcliffe, is
sprite ill this Week,
Mm J. F. Stone formerly of Cairo
but now of Fitzgerald, is the guest
of Mrs. W. H, Robinson.
Better goods cost very little more
—the improved appearance counts,
too. Get your printing liei e.
Garden seed are advertised by
Wight & Browne and it will pay
anyone to get theirs from them.
Read the ad of Abe Poller in this
issue. Mr. Poller is clearing off his
interst goods to make room for his
wock of spring goods.
The Grady County Furniture Co.,
the new furniture store, has an
ad with The Progress. Go to see
these folk and bid ’em welcome.
FOR SALE—One GO-Kgg incuba -
tor and one 120-Egg ineubator. -See
me at once.
Walter L. Wight.
Too much “booze” got infixed up
with one of the city court jurors
Monday evening find as a 'result ’he
was the guest of the city <ealaboose,
The Progress job department 'has
been kept busy since tbe mew year
arrived, necessitating the employ
ment of more help and woriting
overtime.
Better see<our line
LOST—Tuesday afternoon, on
Broad street, a gold brooch. • ‘Cres
cent with womarPs head and email
diamond. Finder return to this
office and receive -reward.
Pryor .Tones has Issued a challenge
1o some of his neighbors to a corn
growing contest which has been ac
cepted. Now wateh out for some
large yields. Let others do like
wise.
Rev. Wi E. Towson was absent
two days of this week on allying trip
to Montgomery to meet Mrs.
Towson’s mother, who returns to
Cairo after an absence of a half a
year.
W. L. Skelton, one of the rural
carriers out from Cairo, has been
called to Atlanta as a witness for
tbe government against the Atlanta
papers, charged with defrauding the
government.
City court has been grinding away
this week. The case of Elliott vs
P. tfe H. Railroad will not be tried
until the fifth Monday. This is the
case in which Governor-elect, Hoke
Smith appears for the plaintiff.
Dr. Guv. S. Selman, of Donglas-
ville. has located in Cairo. Dr.
Selman is a young man well up in
his chosen profession, and is the
son of Dr. J. L. Selman, one of the
oldest and most successful physi
cians in Douglosville.
ITp to December 13tb them were
f>,542 bales of cotton ginned in
Grady according to the information
sent to the census bureau in Wash
ington . Total for the state was 1
706,816 bales as compared with 1,-
766,070 in 1908 and 1,867,963 in
1908.
There's a peculiar odoV in the air,
that scent’s 1 " awfully like coming
A good wagon : is one of the most
essential things to the mordern
farmer, and with this in view you
should anvestigate the Mitchell
wagon, ilhe strongest and longest
wearing wagon on the market.
These wagons are sold by Wight
Hard wane Co. Read their ad else
where in ithis issue.
Oak Grove.
C. E. Brinson and wife, of Paw
nee section, visited their sister, Miss
CasBie Kagerton last Sunday.
Miss Annie McClelland visited
home-folks the latter part of last
-week, returning <to her school duties
Monday.
Albert Powell, made a business
itirip to Pelham Monday evening.
Miss Bessie. Lee Wilder, of this
place, attended preaching at Har
mony Saturday and Sunday last,
Mrs. A. U. Wilder visited her sis
ter, Mrs. W. D- Taylor last Mon
day.
L J. Wilder, of this place attend
ed court in Camilla Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wilder
viisited relatives near Harmony fast
Friday and Saturday,
Messrs, A. J. Fain arid Dave
Hudson of Oehlochnee called on the
Misses Powell Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Pennie Cobles visited her
friend, Mrs. I. IT- Wilder Monday.
A. C. Jordan is still on the sick
list. We hope he will soon recover.
The farmers of this section are
quite busy getting their fields in
shape for planting. We wish for
them a successful fanning year.
Blue Eyes,
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7 ..
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up in in the answer. There is but one answer to the question-
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Every one who has attended Bagwell’s Business College
and did faithful work, now has a good position with a good salary
and a bright future. If others succeed, why not you?
We have the leading Business College in the state; the easiest,
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WRITE TODAY' for catalog anp full particulars, Address,’
.Bagwell's
198 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, Ga
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MUSTN’T WEAR
TIGHTS—EVEN
beans, peas, onions jjnd other garden
‘sass.” We are always glad when
this time of the .year arrives for the
country editor usually gets a chance
to break his winter fast a little
later. ..
Kaiua* Legislator Doth Seek to
Control Woman’s Skirts.
A Topeka, Kan., dispatch says
the first freak bill made its ap-
peajfariee in the house of repre-
senatives on Thursday, It would
prohibit the wearing of tights on
the stage or in public by any
woman.
It provides that the skirts of
all women who appear in public
must be not less than four inches
below the knees.
Henry F. Lippitt
Succeeds Aldrich.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 1.—Henry
F. Lippitt, Republican, was elected
United States senator today to suc
ceed Nelson W- Aldrich.
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The Wagon that has stood
the test of time for durability.
Mitchell wagons have un
equalled records for long ser
vice,; there are hundreds of
them that have been in daily
use for more than
20 Years
and these wagons are good for
many more years yet.
Buy a Mitchell and you will
settle for all time your wagon
troubles.
P. S. Our Hardware Stock is Complete.
Call on us when you are in CAIRO.