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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. KEUI