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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, .FEBRUARY 3, ISJ1
NO. 29.
LEAGUE GROWING
Has Home of It’s
Own.”
‘Very
PECULIAR CONDITIONS
Leagner’s Home Also Serves As
Sunday Schoo’ Class Room-
History ol Cause.
"The” League at Cairo has a
new building that is all “its
very own.” suited in every way
to its activities. It happened on
this wise. Cairo, in Southwest
Georgia, is a splendid growing
town, a county seat of fifteen
hundred inhabitants. Our Sun
day school is graded as the best
in the Thomasville district, but
its efficiency was being sadly
crippled for lack of class room
facilities. In this emergency,
our Board of Stewards decided
to provide additional room to ac
comodate this branch of our
growing work. While debating
the question of how this should
be done, the League sent befork
the Board a committee composed
of Miss Susie Stubbs, Messrs.
in the social side of our League
work.
The hall issplendidly built and
is paid for,"having cost some
what over eight hundred dollars.
Howeyer, apart from the electric,
fixtures and chairs, the League c
has not yet beeh able to furnish
the hall, which was a part of the
original contract with our Board
of Stewards. This work is in
our League plans for the coming
year. We hope to make the hall
an efficient arm of our church
work at Cairo and as the center
of the young life of our com
munity. ,
We have a goodly number of
enthusiastic Leaguers, both
Juniors and Seniors and an
efficient corpse of officers, but
we have found that the League
work will not run itself. Energy,
consecration and genuine love for
the cause of the Master and of
needy souls, with faithful work
and prayer, will bring things to
pass in this part of our Church
Life and will produce as rich
results to the glory of Christ as' h)
any other geld of Christian affort.
—Christian Advocate.
“A perfect wonderland of the
beautiful’’ is our line of calendars
for 1912. See thetn and get prices.
The Progress,
4T5.3 PER CERT
NOW HOLDS GEORGIA RECORD-
THE EPWORTH LEAGUE’S HOME IN CAIRO.
Wilberforce Clifford aind D. L. j Epworth Ligae Program.
Williams, three of our most effi-1 Epworth League program for
cient and enthusiastic Leaguers, Tuesday evening February 7th.
with the request that they build. Subject -The Winning Race.-
the League a hall, which, while Mrs. J E. Forsyth, leader.
adapted to its needs, would at. Hymn 409.
the same time provide for the | F ra y 0r *
wants of the school. Each of Hymn—396.
the committee spoke on the sub- Scripture Lesson-Eph. 6: Heb.
ject and in her talk, Miss Stubbs; 1 "“,
expressed as the wish of the'Topic-The Time Element in
League that the building should o Storting the Christian Race,
be one that they could call “its , Special Mtisic.
very own.” The committee as-1Miss Dowd, Topic
sured the Board that the Leaguers I Knowledge of the Goal,
would contribute their share of | M ^Woody, Tepic-A Knowledge
the cost. In view of the purpose
-A Clear
of the Course to be Run Neces
sary to a Successful Race.
Mrs. G. A, Wight, Topic—Laying
Aside Weights Necessary to
a Successful Race.
Scripture Verses—Mary Odum,
Bessie Forsyth, Mildred Den
ton, Lambuth Towson, Floyd
Hudson
to erect within the ne?ct few
years a mordern church, the
steward very readily agreed to
he proposition to give the league
permanent building.
For the present, the league
all is being used on Sundays to
ccomodate the overflow from the
chool. Five classes with about
eventy-five pupils meeting in it
uring the lesson study period,
he rest of the time the League
s for “its very own.”
The building is admirably
adapted to League work having
been designed with that end in
view. It is thirty by fifty feet
with a wide porch. It has twe! meeting; subject
rooms seperated by sliding doors Searching.”
which can be thrown into one
when need occurs. The smaller
room is adapted to preparation
of refreshments and other needs
Coffee County Seat Has , Popula
tion ol|3,550.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 1.—
Douglas, Ga., has set a new record
for growth.
From a very small town in 1900,
when it had but 617 inhabitants, it
has jumped into the city class and
now can boast of a population of
3,550. k
Such increipb is regarded here-as,
wonderful but Georgians know it is
but more evidence of the rapid
strides being made by South Geor
gia.
Deuglns’ percentage of increase
in the ten years was 475.3. The
increase was 2,933.
The “capital of Coffee county now
holds the record of increase for
Georgia cities of'its size and few in
{lie United States can boast of such
rapid growth. The growth, how
ever, is not regarded as of the mush
room variety, blit seems merely to
promise as rapid . development in
the next ten years:
Velvet Beans,
Quite a quantit'ivif velvet beans
were grown by-farmers in. this sec
tion last year. This is a very prorn-
ising ci^.jjJts -two '*■
'Cages are?
1. They greatly improve the land
on which they grow.
2. There is no finer winter, feed
for’ hogs and cattle than velvet
beans.
-Those of our farmers who have
tried them are enthusiastic in their
praise, and more will be planted
this year than last. ,
In thig connection we wish to call
special attention to the fact that
Mr. J. B. Wight has ordered :
special velvet bean huller with en
gine to run it. This will be in op
eration at his farm within a few
days. Those who‘ have not tried
this crop will find it well to do so’
Concert Wednesday Night.
The ladies of the Cairo Presby
terian church are preparing to offer
to the public at the City Hall Wed
nesday night one of the best concerts
the people of Cairo have enjoyed in
a long time. A large number of
the most talented of Cairo’s young
people are on the program and this
is enough to insure an entertain
ment of the highest order.
All are urged to attend and not
only spend an enjoyable evening
hut assist in a most worthy cause.
The proceeds of the concert will
go to the Presbyterian church.
City Hall, Wednesday night
8:00 o’clock.
Young Ladies Prayermeeting
The young ladies had their weekly
prayermeeting last Saturday after-
ternoon with Mrs. G. A. Wight.
Mrs. Elliott led the service, her
subject being * ‘Faith. ” All present
had verses bn which comments were
made.
MrB. Weathers will lead the next
being “Heart
Any one who may desire to come
to these meetings will be gladly wel
corned every Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o’cloek with MrB. George
Wight. '
capital in southwest Georgia farms
and the unreported transactions
would doubtless swell the total con
siderably. Investments were made
in Sumpter, Early and Randolph
counties. For some time a steady
stream of South Carolina capital has
been pouring into that section, the
rich farm lands there proving quite
a magnet.
“A street railway company is
applying for franchise, at Albany.
Ga. A $125,000 boiler and engine
works is to be moved ficm Corinth,
Miss,. to Mobile, Ala. A paving
plant is to be erected at Birming
ham, Ala., by a new company
which will bid actively on street
dnving in Southern cities. At Col
umbus, Ga., a company was in
corporated to manufacture tqiys,
dishes and other similar paper pro
ducts devoting itself exclusively to
this line of manufacture.”
NO MONEY OR HAND
TOPAYPEip
The Governor Cannot Draw War
rant for It Until the Cash Is Col
lected.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1.—The state
executive office and state pension
office are maintaining their relative
attitude toward one another with
regard to the payment of pensions
this year. The state treasury lacks
$250,000 of-having enough money
,0c 1911 pensions.
Wherefore the pensions cannot be
paid before the 10th of February,
and perhaps not until a week or so
later than that.
The pension commissioner has put
in a requisition for over $1,000,000
to the governor. But the governor
has the requisition lying on the
desk, where he looks at it every day
and wishes he could sign it, but he
won’t. Every morning he looks in
quiringly at the treasurer, and the
treasurer shakes his head. There
isn’t enough money yet.
Over Half the
men.s Dress
Sum For Wo-
And Jewels.
E SMITH WILL NOT
Enormous Bills lor Tobacco,
Liquors, ,Art Objects, Toys.
Horses and Automobiles
New York.—Those who maintain
that the extravagance of the Amer
ican pcoplo threatens- ;the national
prosperity aro finding support for
their claims in some statistics just
compiled of expenitures on account
of various luxuries, imported during
the year. These figures show that
approximately $50,000,000 was paid
out for diamonds, precious stones
and jewelry imported, or a larger
outlay than was ever before made
on this score.- Even this: amount
seems small when compared to the
sum of $1-80,000,000 devoted to
various farms of woman’s wearing
apparel, including fqrs, laces, hats,
gnvns and toilet requisits. On art
objects Americans expended a trifle ‘
of $28,000,000, while furnishings
for wealthy homes, including china,
glass and parcefams, rugs,’hangings
and antiques of various sorts, ac
counted for $40,000,000 moro of.
the sum spent abroad. For foreign
wines and liquors another $25,000,-
600 was expended, about ono-quav-
ter of this representing the, cost ol
imported champaign.- The tobrtcoo
bill paid by Uncle Sam to other
nations amounted to $33,000,000,
and there are many minor- items in
the list, such as $6,000,000 for
foroi, n-made toys and a like sum
for horses and automobiles. Alto
gether these eight items in the list
of luxuries purchased abroad—
chiefly in Europe—in the past year
amount to over $300,000,000. Two-
thirds of this sum, say the . critics,
might better be kept at home. Its
expenditure, they hold, is not an
index of prosperity, but of a grow
ing habit of extravagance which
ultimately will injure the progress
of the country if it is continued.
at
Many New Corporations;
Large Land Sales.
The Georgia and Alabama In
dustrial Index, published at Col
umbus, Ga., says in its regular
weekly issue:
“Thirty-three new corporations
are reported in the two states for the
week ending today. These enter
prises begin life with a capitaliza
tion of $698,500, and are a sub
stantial addition to the bussiness in
terest of Georgia and Alabama,
They, represent much activity along
manufacturing and mercantile lineB
and mirror the general business
development of the two Btates,
“The week saw the investment of
about $75,000 more South Carolina
BE IN THE RACE
Will Not be a Candidate For tbe
United States Senate—Will Re
tire From Politics Alter Com
pleting His Term as Governor.
Governor-elect Hoke Smith is out
of the Senatorial contest for good
and all. He doesn’t want the of
fice even after he has finished his
term as governor. No, he hasn’t
authorized such a statement in the
newspaper, but the fact that it is
practically true is known from re
liable resources.
Mr. Smith’s ambition now is to
serve his State faithfuly and efficient
ly as its governor for the term to
which he has been elected, to aid in
increasing the material prosperity
of Georgia, particularly with regai d
to improved farming; and then
when the term is over it is his de
sire to retire to private life and to
private vocations, never to be politi-
ly resurected unless circumstances
make it necessary to serve his state
in some great emergency.
Consequently Mr. Smith has no
personal interest in the senatorial
election which will take place when
the legislature meets in June. The
situation as to the other candidates
remains about the same. The candi
dates are Railroad Commissioner
Murphy Candler, Congressman W.
G. Brantly, Congressman T. W.
Hardwick, Senator Joseph M, Ter
rel, and Hon W. A. Covington.
Mr. Covington has issued a state
ment declaring that he is positively
in the race fropo the first, that the
Btories about his being “a dark
horse” were without fundation be
cause he was openly in the race and
was asking the support of his
friends.
EXPLOSION AWAKES TOWN.
Tbe Oehlocltnee Postofitce Was
Robed ol $200 Tuesday
The postoffice at Ochlocknee,
Thomas county, was entered by
burglars early Tuesday morning
and the safe was blown open and
robbed of $200.
After midnight the town was
startled by the noise of an ex
plosion coming from the postoffice
Men hurried to the scene to find
the safe in the office a complete
wreck, as it had been blown open
with nitro glycerene.
The first comers reached there
only ten minutes after the burg
lars had flown. In cash, $40 was
taken and balance in stamps.
No trace could be found of the
robbers. The sheriff went over
at an early hour this morniag.
It is thought to be the work of
the same gang that attempted to
rob the postoffice at Meigs Satur
day night
A Cairo Pastor Honored.
Dr. R. H. Harris preached at the
dedication of tbe building of Pauline
Baptist church last Sunday. The
house was full, to overflowing, aisles
and all, and the entire occasion was
profoundly impressive. At the con
clusion of the sermon, the congre
gation, by a unanimous and enthu
siastic rising vote asked for the pub
lication of the discourse, in pamph
let form.
