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The Grady County Progress
VOL. ,'.
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911.
NO. 28.
LEE FAMILY
, HOLDS REUNION
Seventy-Third Birthday of
Mr. John Lee.
ALL HAVE A LARGE DAY
Every Branch of the Lee Family
Was Represented—Was Event
ol John Lee’s Seventy-Third
Birthday*
For several year9 past it has been
tlie custom of Mr John Lee’s rela
tives and friends to unite with his
wife in celebrating his recurring
birthday anniversary, on Jan. 24,
by spreading an elaborate dinner in
bis yard. Tuesday of this week
marked the sixty-sixth anniversary
of his birth and, in spite of the in
clemency of the day, at least a hun
dred people were assembled at his
home, about eight miles below
'Cairo, to do -him the customary
honor.
•. The tables were spread out of
.•doors, as there was no house on the
premises large enough for the pur
pose, and \yerc laden with almost
■every speices of viand that one can
think of. On being invited to re
turn-thanks, Dr. Harris, of Cairo,
i.v'kcd-the Divine blessing upon
.the hpncred. host of the occasion,
, his family arid his friends- present'
y Vod^Vnen, all of the people address
ed themselves with hearty unarii-
•, rhity, to the delicious feast <
. fr was sincerely regretted that
■sickness and other providential con
ditions prevented the attendance of
h number of Mr. Lee’s brothers and
other relatives; but it is believed
that every branch of the family was
represented. In addition, many
i friends from the country, as well as
from Cairo, were present. Mr
Passmore, the; teacher -of the di&
triot school near by, was, also, f
guest and, during a recess given for
/the purpose, quite a number of his
pupils shared with him the hospi
talities of the occasion.
Among the Cairo guests, were ob
served Messrs. P. H. Herring, John
B. Crawford, A. B. Cooke, G. A
Oates and R. H. Harris. Two oT
them, who went by rail, were met
at Booth’s Crossing by big-hearted
Byron Lee, son of the host, and
conveyed to the scene,, as , ; well as
returned in time to board the P. &
H. train from Calvary to Cairo, in
the evening.
Mr. Lee is one of the very bekt of
our Grady county citizens and is
honored and beloved by all who
know'him. He is, in many re
spects, a remarkable man. Re
turning from the Confederate army,
at the close of the civil war, with
out education or a dollar of means,
he began life “at the bottom. ” He
started to farming on rented land—
■ a process that he kept up for four
teen years, until he had “laid by”
. enough money to justify him in
a purchasing venture. In the
meantime, he had been married to
Miss Mary Williams; who was, in
deed, “a helpmeet” for him. Af
ter her death, leaving him with sev
eral small children, he was married
to Miss Nancy Broome; who was as
truly a mother in conduct toward
those children, as to her own, later
born s - ■ Afteri her death some years
. he was married the third time
to.'his-second wife’s sister, Isabel,
has been a happy onp, for, now, two
years past, and his companion is
beloved by all his people. Ho has
been uniformly popular, all his
life, and the number of his friends
is limited only by the bounds of his
acquaintance. He has always pros
pered; as a result of industry and
good business judgment, lie has
never bought a bushel of corn nor a
pound of meat, in his life! Ho is
surrounded by plenty, today; and
doesn’t owe a dollar!
Mr. Lee’s sons are well-esteemed
by all their acquaintances and his
sons-in-law, Messrs. J. M. Sasser,
Henry Faircloth, Will and Rob
Hawthorne, and Oscar Ragan, are
men who possess his entire confi
dence.
But newspaper space must bo re
spected and this sketch - with some
possible inadcuracies, for lack of
correct information, must be closed
Hurrah, f6r John Lee!
Revresbo,
THOMASVILLE TO BE
OF
1
WILLJEJT CAIRO
Train Scheduled To Stop In
Cairo February 16,
WILL STAY TWO HOURS
Fine Roads Are to Radiate From
County- Seat,
Shomasville. Ga!.’ Jan, »25.—The
new Toad which the Thomas County
Commissioners have been building
from Thomasville to the Brooks
county line is about completed and
is about completed and is oq,e of
the best in -this, section. This A'Oad
is quite a popular one for automo-
bilists and many from Valdosta,
Quitman and towns in that direc
tion come in on it. The boulevard
of eighteen miles, which extends
entirely around Thomasville, will be
well-worked.and ports of it needing
attention will be greatly improved
Most of the boulevard is in fine con
dition and is in-finb condition and is
the favorite run for machines.
After the road force is. taken out
of winter quarters the first of March
work will be begun on the road from
Thomasville to Coolidge. It is the
intention of the Commissioners to
have a good road extending to every
town in the county and to nearby
towns outside-. These roads will
make traveling’ into -Thomasville
easy work for automobilists from
all thef neighboring towns. '
Warnings
Posted at Hominy,
I
OUla., Are Obeyed. Negroes
Getting Cotton Land Leases Re
sponsible.
Hominy,Okla.; Jan 23. —Follow
ing the posting of notices threat
ening all negroes if they did not
“quit the town,” the last of one
hundred and fifty negroes have
left Hominy. Explosions .heard
in various parts of the town in
creased the negroes’ alarm. The
trouble was the outgrowth of
granting negroes cotton land
leases. White farmers obj ected,
and the posting of notices follow
ed.
Jury List
The following is a list of the jurors
drawn at the regular January term
of the City Court of Whigham to
serve at the tegular April term,
1911; which is held on the fourth
Monday of April.
J. B. Newton, J. A. Autry, H,
E, Mitchell, J. B. Butler, B. 0,
Harrison, T. M. Maxwell, J. Har
vey C&rter, C. C. Belcher. J. B.
Burns, R. L, Brown, V. S. Parker,
G. L. Dickerson,'Ooar Boyett, M.
May Make Change In Schedule,
Delinlte Announcement Later-
Second Annual Tour ol the
State.
Rapid progress is being made in
completing the final arrangements
for tke operation of the Second Edu
cational Train. Approved schedules
have, been received from some twelve
of the fourteen co-operation railroads
and It is believed that the itinerary
can be published and distributed
within the next few days.
The train will be in Caino Feb
ruary 16th and will remain about
3 hours, arriving at about 11 o’clock
a. m."
The roads co-operation in this
movement are as follows: The
Southern Railway; Atlanta Birming
ham & Atlantic; Atlantic Coast Line;
Seaboard Airline; Georgia Flordia
& Alabama; Cene.ral of Georgia; Ma
con, Dublin and,Savannah; Georgia
Southern & Flordia; Augusta South
ern; Georgia Railroad; Atlanta &
West jPpini;. Louisville & Nnphville^
■Georgia Flordia and Gdinsv.ille
Midland.
The train movement is made
possible chiefly through the co-oper
ation of these common carriers and
the friends of agricultural extension
in Georgia. The College and the
State are investing a. very small
amount of money in this movement
in proportion to the enitre cost, In
other words, for one dollar invested
by the State, about five dollars is
being contributed by business men,
industrial agencies, and the rail
roads, •
Among the factors of .importance
to Georgia agriculture which will be
emphasized are the following. Corn
aiid cotton exhibits showing best
variety and fertilizers; team of work
mares, the kind for Georgia; pre
forming dairy cows that pay; hogs
of,the money making type; sheep of
high class mutton type; photos
illustrating work of the college of
Agriculture and Boys Cora Club;
course of study at. state college of
Agriculture; outline of farmers read
ing course, practical methods of
selectingand improving corn and
cotton.; samples of fertilizing ma-
Is ^fertilizer formulas for prin
cipal crops; grades and standards
of short and long staple cotton:
diseases of fruit trees and means of
controlling same; pruning and graft
ing, with implements used; spray
ing outfits for orchards and gardens;
exhibit of dairy machinery; rations
suitable for various classes of live
stock;insect enemies and diseases of
corn and cotton plants; mechanical
and chemical analysis of typical
Georgia soils; exhibit of work of
Boys Corn Clubs.
‘ Watch for streamers, window
cards and other forms of advertising
matter which will be sent out de
scribing in greater detail the train
and its equipment,
forefront of the Georgia-Alabaixa
progress record for the beginning of
the new year. Fairburn, Ga.,
voted waterworks and electric light
bonds, Dublin, Ga., sold improve
ment bonds at a handsome pre
mium, Wihacoochce, Ga., ordered
an election on the issuance of elec
tric light and waterworks bonds,
Birmingham, «Ala., and Maeon,
Ga., awarded substantial paving
contracts, Mobile, Ala., is inviting
bids for the construction of much
paving and the building of sowers,
and Kirkwood, Ga., is inviting pro
posals for furnishing the materials
for the construction of a waterworks
and sewerag^ - system.
“New banks are reported for
Aliceville, Ala., Clio, Ala., while
banking institutions at Atlanta, Ga.
Cairo, Ga., Douglasville,[Ga., Roa
noke, Ala., are to increase their
capital stock. A building and loan
association at Decatur. Ala., in
creased its capital stock from $400,-
000 to $500,000.
TRIES TO “
D. H. Prevatt, Through the
U. S. Mails.
TELLS PLAUSIBLE YARN
Dr. Harris Addresses
Confederate Veterans
The Thomasville Time-Enterprise
has the following to say in regard to
Dr. R. II, Harris’ address in honor
cif General Lee’s birthday.
.“At its conclusion, Dr. Harris
then gave his address. Haying
been all through the war, Dr. Har
ris was able to speak f rom personal,
experience, and his talk which
made up of a great deal of reminis
cences and was'most interesting.
Ho begun with praise of General
Lee, who was, he laid, not only the
leading hero of the South, but the
leading hero of modem times, even
his enemies conceding this. While
one insignificant little individual
might oppose his statue being placed
in the Hall of Fame, the country
as a whole acknowledged that it
should be. there. He then spoke of
General Lee’s services to the Unit
ed States in the Mexican war and
at other times before the civil war.
“A touching feature of Dr. Har
ris’ speech was his recognition of
his old comrades in. the audience
and his stopping to call them by
name. He told many anecdotes of
his and other’s experiences during
the war, most of them humorous
and much enjoyed by the crowd.
He paid a tribute to Mr. Joseph
Jerger, Sr., and the late John St'ark,
who, though strangers became bro
thers in arms with the old Con
federates during the war.
Dr, Harris gave some of the old-
time war songs, such as “Lorena,”
“Lonnie Blue Flag,” ’ etc., singing
a verse or two of them himself.
Negro Represents Hlmsell By
Mall as Mr. Prevatt’s Son and
Nearly Gets Away With It—He
Falls Into Register Letter Trap.
Leonard Wilson, a young negro
was given a preliminary hearing at
Valdosta, Tuesday morning before
United States Commissioner Roy E.
Powell and placer! under bond for
his appoarence before the United
States court on a charge of using
mails to defraud.
The scheme used by the negro
was a plausible one and came very
near being successful.
A few days ago ho wrote a letter
to D. H. Prevatt, of Whigham, Ga.,
signing the name of the latter’s son,
and stating that he was' badly in
need of mbney. The elder Prevatt
has a son who is away front home, '
and when he received the appeal for
help forwarded $40 by registered
letter to his son.at Valdosta.
Afterwards ho became suspicious
and reported the matter to the post- •
master, Postoffice Inspector Brit
tain took charge of the case and
when the negro presented himself
at the postoffice here and asked for
the registered letter he was arrested.
He claimed that his name was H,
G. Prevatt, but when faced to-day
by witnesses from Whigham, who
knew hii# well, he admitted his
right name and confessed the effort,
to defraud Mr. Prevatt out of the
money.
ANOTHER ENTERPRIZE
FOR CAIRO
E. Dalton, J, Jti. Bell, J. O. Oates,
(then Mi^.’'Whitfield.) That union | J. L. Bennett, B. P, Badge,
Ife
Municipal Enterprise
In Gratifying Evidence.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 26.—The
Georgia and Alabama Industrial In
dex, says in its regular weekly is'
sue:
“Municipal enterprise is at the
Union Meeting and
Churoh Dedication
Dr. R. H. Harris left, yesterday,
for the Union meeting of the Brooks
county division of the Mercer As
sociation, in Pauline, Ga., where,
according to programme, he is to
deliver addresses today and tomor
row. A meeting of the executive
committee of the association of
which he is a memeber, is also to
be held there, today. On Sunday
morning the 29th, inst,, Dr. Harris,
by special invitation, to preach the
dedicatory sermon, for the Pauline
Baptist church.
Rev. R. H. Harris and Dr. A. B.,
Cooke, were specially invited guest*
at the Lee family reunion and din
ner,'.on the 67th birthday anniver
sary of Mr. John Lee in his home,
near Reno, Grady county, last Tues
day, the 24th inst.
\
YV. D. Barber Putting In a Grist
Mill—One Hundred Bushel Ca
pacity.
And still they come. .
By degrees Cairo is coraling one
enterprise after another which proves
that the town is growing.
This week the announcement is
made that W. D. Barber is install
ing a grist ipill with one hundred
bushel capacity per day.
The machinery is all on the ground
and is being installed near the
stable of Mr. Barber. He says that
he will have a first-class miller in
charge.
Young Ladies Prayer Meeting.
The voung ladies weekly prayer
meeting was held with Mrs. George
Wight last Saturday afternoon,
Miss Dora Wood being the leader.
Those present were Misses Susie
Stubbs Plowden, AddieLou Powell,
Miss Dora Wood, and Mesdaraes
Selman and Elliott.
The next meeting will be lead by
Mrs. Elliott, the subject being
“Faith.” All are requested to
come with a verse on faith and pre
pared to comment on same.
The meeting will be held with
Mrs. George Wight at 3:30- every
Saturday afternoon. -
News has been received here of
of the death of Mr. Claud L. Hud
son, a former Cairo bpy, at his
home in Abbeville, Ala. He was
thrown from a motorcycle. He leaves
a wife and one child.
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