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Personal and Society Justice court wns in session yes terday. Get your seed potatoes from Wight »& Browne, Mrs. J. W. Jones was a visitor to Bainbridge Thursday. Calendars from $2.00 to 875.00 per hundred. The Progress. Wall-pockets, the nicest and most beautiful. The Progress. From the number visiting this section beggars must find the peo ple easy picking. February 12 is Georgia day and the day will be celebrated through out the state. 1 Dr. Christopher, who recently catne here from Northeast Georgia, will locate at Reno. The farmers are having ideal weather in which to prepare their land and they are taking advantage of same. We are ready to show our calc: » dar samples. We make them up here and save you the freight. The Progress. The grist mill of W. D. Barber, which he has installed next to his staple on Bryan street, is now ready for business. Only for a limited season will we take orders for the finest and most beautiful line of calendars made. The Progress. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brannon, and Wh Searcy and Miss Kathelyn Brown.autoed over to Pelham Sun day afternoon and attended the Bass- Stapleton meeting • Rev. F. A. Ratcliffe is still con ducting a meeting in the Methodist church at Meigs. The interest is quite considerable. Dr. R. H, Harris will leave next week for Lakeland, Fla., to visit his daughter and sons. He will be gone about two weeks. Hold your order for advertising fans, and all advertising novelties until you see ours. They’ll be here soon. The Progress. Rev. Moses Register, the pastor of the Calvary Circuit, was in town with his wife Monday as the guest of Mrs. Caspar Walker. ZProf. G. B. Franklin of the Geor gia School of Tech was here a short time this week in behalf of Tech. While here he was the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. B./Warnell. W, G. Baggett & Son have an ad in this issue that will be beneficial to all who use the goods that they handle to read every word of. See notice of Chairman Thomas Wight in regard to ihe smallpox scare and govern yourself according ly or be subjecte to more drastic measures. The Couit of Appeals has affirmed the decision of Judge Singletary in the case of Copeland vs Montgomery which was sent up from the City Court of Cairo. Typewriter agents have been keep ing the streets of Cairo well packed the past week. Nearly every stand ard machine has had a representa tive in Cairo recently. Yesterday was ground hog day and according to the view of the “old citzens” we will have six more week of winter. One ground hog was able to see his shadow. The damage case of Elliott vs The Pelham & Havana Railroad Co., did not come up for trial last Mon day ori'Hceount of the serious illness of the counsel of the road. 9JI3t SP ■\% ^ «.f •; IDE LORAIN STEEL RANGE “On Legs”--The Proper Way to Make Them—A Decided Novelty In Range Construction. All the Good Points of the Regular Steel Range Are Retained and In Addition New Features Which Are Found Only In , / $ 'it " The Lorain. The moft noticeable point of The Lorain Steel Range is that it is mounted on legs which is a decided departure from the established construction of steel ranges. The Range setting up as it does from the floor keeps the nicked and japan- ed parts away from the broom and scrubbing brush, the chemicals in washing powders cannot eat the base, and the range can always be kept like new. The floor can never get over-heated, nor will the floor rot under the range as ordinarily constructed. You can cook around the range without continually knocking your toes against the sidds. The simple, pleasing harmony of design of The Lorain Steel Range will ap peal to you. It’s good taste is unquestioned. ^ As closely as metal can, the severely plain lines of the prevailing mode of “Mission Style” furniture is followed. The careful and reserved use of nickel enhances the appearance without cheapening it. Wisely what nickel thereis left is smooth and plain. The range is dignified in appearance. It has a quiet elegance you find in no other make. The Test of Merit is Success. You will find a good many other ranges that will be satis factory for a time, but you will find no other which will re quire so little fuel, which is so convenient and easy to take care of, and which will last you as long as The Lorain. For the test of merit is success and the great success of The Lorain pro claims it meritorious. Furniture Company, Complete House Furnishings. •jr-aW I Grady county’s convict camp has been enlarged by the addition of several prisoners which were brought in last Tuesday. They now have 12 prisoners. They have three for life. The 104 old soldiers in Grady county who are on the pension list will have to wait a little longer for their money. The amount drawn by the old soldiers for Grady is 86,- 130. The South Georgia Land and Loan Company are advertising sev eral farms for sale and are also ad vertising for farms. If you have anything to sell or want to buy see them. The Farmers and Merchant Bank have a new ad in this issue of The Progress. The Farmers and Mer chants Bank, while young, is rapid ly coming to the front. It’s officers are capable business men. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the ad of the Citizens Bank, one of the strongest financial insti tutions in Southwest Georgia with a quarter of a million dollas assests. The Citizen Bank will apprecite your business, Mrs. C. W. Marchman,of Senoin, Ga., is the most welcome visitor to parents, and other relatives and friends in Cairo. Formerly as Miss Mac Crawford she was one of Cairo’s most popular young ladies, and her host of friends are delighted to have her in their midst again. Rev. W. E. Towson spent Mon day night in Pelham the guest of Mr, land Mrs. Atkinson, former residence of Cairo. He reports a great meeting at the Methodist church, being conducted by Messrs Bass and Stapleton. In its results and influence it is very similiar to the one they conducted in Cairo last year. Already twenty-two had. united with the ohurch.