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The Grady County Progress. JL. cr. MAOE3, Eisxroi^. Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady County. Published Weekly, Every Friday, by THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year - $**99 Six months. Three months... Enlerod as Swionil-classumil mutter .Inly HHO.at the Post- ofRee at Cairo, Ua., under the act ot Oongit’iw »f March •>, 1870. Advertising Rates. DoplUids on position, number of insertions and number of inek's—will be jjiven on application, obituaries and i-hUk of tlniuks will be elmrf?ed lor a 11m Not Responsible.—The editor of Tilt: I’iioukkss is not respon sible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents solic ited. “CAN IT BE DEFENDED?” This is the title of a forty-one page pamphlet which has just been issued by the Methodist Publishing House of Nashville, Term. The author is our well-known fellow citizen, Mr. J. B. Wight. The “It” in the title refers to tobacco and the little book is a very strong discus sion of the use of that article. It starts out with the statement from a very distin guished minister of the country that the habit cannot be defended. This indictment of “the weed” is more than proved in a char, cogent, convincing manner. The handling of the subject is calculated to at tract the attention of the reader and to hold it to the end. Medical, physiological, socio logical and experimental facts, marshal°d under bristling headlines and in logical or der, constitute a powerful appeal and a con vincing argument. The rdhding of the pamphlet—it can be done in an hour—with a mind open to truth, in view of the start ling facts presented, will surely bring the conviction that the use of tobacco cannot be defended on any grounds. This is not Mr. Wight’s maiden effort in this line. As is known to some of our older citizens, some twenty five years ago, he published a book of considerable size with the title, “Tobacco, Its Use and Abuse.” This work had a large sale, going through three editions. Five thousand copies of the present book have been published. It is having a good sale and a very favorable no tice from the press of the country. Rev. Gross Alexander, D. D., the reviewer of hooks" of the Methodist church, speaks of it in an introduction, as “worth its weight in gold.” The discussion of this subject is very timely and is much needed. The use of to bacco is a growing evil, an evil fraught with frightful consequences as the reading of this pamphlet will show. Parents should give heed to this important subject and they can do r.o better work than to get this book let, read it themselves and have their boys read it. Neglect here will bring results ter rible in their consequences; stunted growth, shattered nerves, dwarfed mind?, and a number of other serious results will come to the boy or youth who is allowed to in dulge in the tobacco habit. Parents should awake and arm themselves with the facts against this evil that is doing so much to undermine the youth af our fair south land. ' The pamphlet is sold at ten cents a copy and can be had at Mr. Wight’s office on the second floor of the Walker building, or of Messrs. Smith & Lamar, 810 Broad street, Nashville, Tennesse. NEEDS IT NOW. Several years ago Cairo had a board of trade and during its existence Cairo secured the Pelham & Havana railroad. If ever a town needed a board of trade Cairo is that town. Such an institution would revive interest in the material growth of the town and county. Such an institution could take up and successfully handle the county fair proposi tion. The officers of the old board of trade were: Rev. W. C. Jones, president; R. C. Bell, secretary, and Wh. Searcy, treasurer. Would it not be a good idea for these gentlemen to take the initiative in re-or ganizing the board? Gentlemen, lets hear from you! At this rate it will not be long before every county in Georgia has its own band of bo ys at work, heartily and effectively, f or the development of a-great staple crop. That is an end most earnestly to be de sired. The growth and prosperity of this rests primarily upon its agricultural inter ests. Whatever we, as a people, have, or as a commonwealth, become, is stored in the soil. For industry and commerce are after all only the utilization of the products of the earth. , Every citizen, therefore, in every com munity has cause to be interested in this movement which purposes to enlist the boys of the state in the cultivation of corn. For years past we have talked a great deal about the importance of diversified crops, the im portance of raising more grain in Georgia in order that we may not be solely depend ent on cotton. The boys’corn club is a defi nite and practical step toward the accom plishment of this design. If within the next half decade two thousand boys can be truly inspired with an interest in the pro duction of corn, Georgia will become one of the greatest grain states in the union. The work of organizing clubs among the boys should enlist :he aid of county school commissioners and teachers because each of these clubs is vitally educational in its influence. It supplies a specific field of interest for its members and enables the pupil to witness in actual results the out come of his mental and manual labor. In deed, it would be an excellent thing, were it practicable, for such clubs to be formed in city as well as in country schools. Boards of trade and chambers of com merce that are near farming territory should lend their active encouragement to the suc cess of these corn clubs. A number of boards of trade have already done so, with the realization that the advancement of the town depends upon the development of the surrounding country. Business men may well afford to offer prizes to the boy who produces the best acre or half acre of corn. She farmers themselves are most vitally concerned-in this movement and their re sponse has been particularly cordial. The surest way to keep a boy at home and to imbue him with pride and interest in the farm is to gwe him an independent part in its affairs. This can be done to a great ex tent by making him a member of his county’s corn club, and by helping him in his efforts to excel among nis boy competitors. The State College of Agriculture is now in tre midst of this important work. Let its officials have the earnest co-operation of every community to which they go.—Atlan ta Journal. F. M. BRANNON, President. W. S. WIGHT, Vice-President. Wh. SEARCY, Cashier CITIZENS BANK Capital $50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided profits $22,000.00 Total Resources, One Quarter of a Million. We pay A per cent interest Compounded Quarterly in our Savings department. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED FOR SALE • •• Wm. Allen place 7 miles north of 5 horse farm open. Cairo, 500 acres. The Jonathan Walden place 7 miles southwest of Cairo 4 miles southeast of Whigham. 175 acres of the Whit Gainous place. Will sell all these places at prices that will please you. Will sell you any size farm you want. § We are in the market for lands at all times. If you want to sell see us. South Georgia Land & Loan Co. | W. T. CRAWFORD, Mgr. LiaiWIMIIOlWIWWIWWWIWWIWlMWWIWWimWIWO*)^ MARDI GRAS FFB. 23 to 28, 1911. Atlantic Coast Line Offers Very Low Excursion Rates to Pensacola" M obile -New O WRITE HIM TODAY. Every country newspaper man in Geor gia should write to Senator Terrell invok ing his aid in the passage of the Nelson- Tou Velle bill which prohibits the govern ment from furnishing printed envelopes to the business men. The country printer is robbed of thousands of dollars and the gov ernment is not benefited one penny, but instead is out of pocket as the envelopes are delivered free by mail. The Senator is on the postoffice committee which has charge of this bill and unless it passes before the present session of congress adjourns the printers of the country will be robbed of millions of dollars. DOES NOT EFFECT GRADY. There seems to be some doubt in the minds of the people in regard to the amend ment to the Alternative Road Law which amendment relieves all under 21 years of age. The amendment does not apply to the law under which the public roads of Grady county are worked and is known as the fif teen day law, therefore all boys 16 years and over are subject to road duty in Grady county. rleans Tickets on sale Feb. 21 to 27 inclusive. Final limit to reach original starting point not later than midnight, March 11, 1911. Extension of final limit to March 27th may be secur ed by depositing ticket and upon payment of $1.00 Don’t miss the chance of seeing the most spectacular event of the year. For Schedule Information and Litera ture-See your Agent or write to, W. J. Craig, T. C. White, E. M. North, Pass. Traffic Manager General Pass. Agent Asst. Gen’l. Pass. Agt. Wilmington, N. C. Wilmington, N. C. Savannah, Ga. A CORN CLUB FOR EVERY COUNTY. In its movement to organize boys’ corn clubs the State College of Agriculture should have the co-operation of teachers and busi ness men as well as farmers, Each day last week one of these clubs was formed. From the description given, below < by Jesse Mercer, of The Fitzgerald Enterprise, he has evidently been down in Grady, look ing around, as it gives a good description of this section: \ “If there was one single drawback, hindrance, in pjdiment, stigmatism in the way, we would not be so sanguine of the future of this section oi tne South. But with a climate that is ideal, soil condi tions unequaled in an undeveloped region of the greatest country on earth to which men are flock ing to enjoy the bounties of nature. Who can guess whaa the future has in store for those who inhabit this laud of opportunity?” Landredth’s RED BLISS SEED IRISH POTATOES The kind that grow potatoes for a profit. Fresh seed. PHONE 14, Wight & Browne, Leading Druggists.