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The Grady County ProgrIss t VOL. CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY,! GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1911. ). 30. UK HIDE «_«ESI School Boys Will Cultivate Acre Instead of 1-4 Acre. RULES OF, CONTEST More Land to be Cultivated so Boys Can Compete lor all Prizes Ottered on Corn. In order that all boys may become thoroughly acquainted with rules gov erning the state and national contest The Progress prints below the com plete rules as sent out by the State College of Agriculture. 1. Boys must be regularly organized by the teachers into local s school clubs, and the school clubs into county organizations, with a president, vice- president, secretary, and treasurer. Where no club is organized by the county school, commissioner, local school clubs will not be debarred from entering the state contest. 2. No limit should be placed on the number of boys belonging to a club; they may be few or many. 3. All boys between the ages of ten and eighteen are eligible as members of the club, and no boy will be allowed to compete for a prize that is not a mem ber. If a boy in a community has not the opportunity to attend school, he should be allowed to join the club, and enter the contest, as it enables him to obtain some educational benefits. 4. The inembers of the club muat agree to read the instructions sent out from the State College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture. Teachers should set aside certain times fori periodical meetings of the club, during th^ school session \ when instructions'for grbwing crav# way be discussed. f * 15. ' Each boy must dan his own crop, and do his own work. A boy not strong enough to handle a large implement may employ help in preparing his land. 6. The measurement of the acre and yield must be made by a reliable com mittee of two or three members, ap pointed by the county commissioner of or the principal of the school, education 7. After the corn has been measured, a written report of the ’crop, and a ten-ear exhibit must be sent at once to the county school commissioner, for the contest in the county fair. 8. In awarding prizes, the following basis shall be used: (a) Best yield per acre. 30. (b) Best showing of profits on investment 30. (c) Best exhibit of ten ears 20. (d) Best written account, show ing history of crop 20. Note.—The written account, of not over five hundred words, should be in the language of the boy, giving a care ful description of his method of growing the crop. 9. The foregoing rules should govern the acre contest. All boys shouid cul tivate an acre of com if possible, as the state and nationai prizes are given on acre yields, but where a boy cannct secure as much as an acre of land, he will be allowed to cultivate only a part of an acre (not less than oiie-fouth apre will be accepted in any contest,) and prizes may be given in the county to meet these conditions. In addition to the acre contest, prizes should .be given in each count) for; (a) Ten ear exhibit of prolific com. (b) Ten ear exhibit of non- prolific com. (c) Best bushel of corn. Five stalks with ears attached, should accompany each ten ear exhibit in this class. 10. The winners of the county con test shall be eligible to the state con test. In counties whore no contest is held before the time ofthe state contest individual jpembers the club may enter for the stpte prizes. 11. Boys competing for the scholar ships to the State College of Agricul ture must be between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years ?s no boy can ehter the institution under fifteen years of age. 12. Directions for measuring. (a) Th- committee measuring the The Progress’ Big Contest V Begins With This Issue. Everybody is Invited to Enter This Contest. This is the Best Offer You Will Ever Have Chance to Take Advantage Of. Commencing with this issue of The Progress, we are inaugurating a Great Popularity Contest, for the most popular ladies in the county and vicinity, and are offer ing very handsome and valuable prizes, amounting to $610.00. This contest is being conducted by the United Contest Adver tising Co., of New York, Chicago and Jacksonville, the largest and most experienced company in the world. They have placed in charge of this contest one of their most experienced managers. In this manner the contest is conducted by people who are absolutely disinterested and non-partisan, insuring a fair count of the votes to all, and who is here for the purpose of giving the nominee every assistance and full informa tion relative to the contest. The Grady County Progress has gone to an enormous expense in entering upon this contest and the premiums offered are well worth your efforts to win. As first Grand Prize is offered A Magnificent Seminole Parlor Grand Piano, value $450.00, manufactured by on of the largest piano concerns in the world, and backed by a Twenty Year Guarantee. As second Grand Prize is offered A Beautiful Three-Piece Parlor Suite, value $1 00.00, finished in mahogany and upholstered in velvet plush. TO THE PUBLIC. This content is to be the greatest ever inaugurated in this section by any paper, We have spared no expense to make this a “live-wire proposition” that will keep the community much interested in the out come. We are endeavoring to give the people of Cairo and Grady and surrounding counties the moSt up-to-date weekly paper in the State and we solicit the hearty co-operation of the citizens in this contest. To the merchants who advertise with us, we wish to say that we expect by this contest to double our circulation and our advertisers will realize that it is to their advantage to help this work by supporting thecontestants. Y -If: '.'Tv ■ ' ' VUM TO G. A. Wight Introducer of Vaccination Ordination. MUST BE VACCINATION The contest begins with this issue, the time to enter is now, don’t wait. Get in the race before the others get in lead. See page ad vertisement in this issue. For any information or particulars write or call at the office of The Grady County Progress and same will be gladly given you, and at all times the management and the contest manager are waiting to aid you in any way. com should first measure the size of plot, giving length and width in yards and feet, and the area in acres, or parts of an acre therein (b) When the corn has ripened to marketable condition, harvest, shuck, and measure in the ear, using the basket or barrel, or some other unit of measure. Shell and weigh at least three units of measure, and strike an average per unit. Multiply this average of weight per unit of measurement by the num ber of measurments of com in the ear, and the results wili give the yield per acre. (c) After the p)ot has been measured and the com weighed, the committee shall sign the following which will be found on each report blank furnished by the State College of Agriculture. “We, the commitee of measurment hereby certify that we have measured the com of... of Georgia, on this day of 1911; and that the following statements are correct: Length of plot, yards, .feet; width of plot, yards feet: area, 1—.acres, or parts of an acre; amount of measured com obtained;.. bushels, pounds in the plot. Committee.' The Young Ladies Prayer Meeting The Young Ladies Prayer meeting was led Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Weathers. A very impressive service was held. The meeting next Saturday afternoon will he hold by Miss Sallie Belle Cooper. The subject being “Self Denial.” All aire invited to attend those services which will meet with Mrs. George Wight <:h 'Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Athens Boasts Haying 35-Year-Old Grandad. Athens, Ga,, February 6.—Athens has the youngest grandfather of which there is a record in this part of the cot ntiy. P. M. B. Y. Davis, a barber, who is now lying quite ill at his home here, is just a few weeks past the 36-year milestone. His daughter Mrs. J. W. More, whose home is in North Carrlino, but who has been visiting her parents here for several weeks past, has given birth to a dainty little babe. The grandfather is eighteen years older than the mother of the babe and the- mother is just seventeen years older than the little one; Mr. Davis’ father is living and his grandfather is also living. The great-grandfather of the babe bom is 67 years old and the great- great-grandfather is nearing the eighty third anniversity of his birth. Strawberries for Desert. A letter from Mrs. Mamie Burts to her father, Dr. Harris, says that at Master Edgar’s birthday dinner, last Sunday, they had a vase of orange blossoms in the center of the table and strawberries for desert! All grown in Lakeland. Dr. Harris is going down there, next week and he says he is planning to have his birthday anniversary shoved forward from April to February. Grist Mill at Barber’s Old Stable in Cairo We have a new mill and will keep fresh meal at all times.. Our motto is to 1 please our customers. Calver Taylor Miller. Barber & Taylor. Have you nominated some one in our Grand Voting Contest? For the Protection ol the Citizens Against Small-Pox—F ee Ser vice by Physicians. .‘ Owing to the prevalence of small- t ox, hot only in Grady county, airo, but in the entire country, from the Great Lakes to the Coast, the city fathers of Cairo intend to orotect the people,and at a meeting 'Monday night passed the following ordinance. , Introduced by Councilman G. A. Wight, Whereas, The disease of small pox is prevalent in the City of Cairo, Ga., and vicinity, and there is great danger of the rapid spread of the disease within the limits of said city unless proper measures are adopted to prevent the same, as far as may be practicable, now, therefore, the City of Cairo, by its mayor and coun cil, to the end that the spread of said dis ease may be checked and for the sake of the safety, comfort and health of the cit izens of said city, docs enact and ordain an ordinance as foilows: An ordinance to provide for the vacci nation of the citizens of said city with certain exceptions, to prescribe the man ner in which said vaccination may be ac complished; to make it penal for persons to go upon the streets, sidewalks or other places whatsoever in said city, except upon their own private premises who shall not be vaccinated in accordance with this ordinance pto require a red flag posted at each hpme where the disease .exists; to prescribe other penalties for violations of this ordinance, to designate a city physician and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Beit enacted and ordained by the mayor and council of the city of Cairo that from and after the passage of this ordinance each and every person resident in said city or employed therein or in attendance upon any of the schools of said city, or who daily comes into said city for any purpose, between the ages of two to fifty years,shall submit themselves to the physician hereinafter appointed for vaccination ut the city’s expense, for the prevention of the spread ot small pox. in said city, whonever such physician shall call upon such persons at their res idence or place of business, or at any other place in said city, or whenever such person.s shall be requested by the mar shal or any police officer of said city to repair to the office of such physician for the puroose of being vaccinated as afore said. Sec. 2. He it further enacted and or dained that any nerson may be excused from sneli vaccination who shall produce a physicians certificate that lie or she lias been successfully vaccinated since 1901 or that lie or she is an immune from said disease ; or that be or she is in such state of health that vaccination would be dan gerous; provided further that any per son shall have the right to be vaccinated by the physician of his own choice at his own expense. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted and or dained that any jierson not coming within any of the exceptions of section Two above, who shall refuse to lie vaccinated by the physician hereinafter named when called upon either at his residence or at his place of business or at any other place for such vaccination, or who shall refuse to go to the office of such physi cian for the purpose of being vaccinated when requested either by the physician or any police officer of said city, and who after having so refused shall go upon the streets, sidewalks or upon any other place in said city, excepting upon his own pri vate premises, until this ordinance is suspended, shall, apon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding $60.00 or be imprisoned in the city guard house not exceeding 30 days or be sentenced to work upon the streets of said city not ex ceeding 30 days. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted and or dained that Dr. T. J. Arline is hereby designated as the city physician to do the vaccination under this ordinance, and ho n. ju-iviy iv-j ifsted and authorized to make'a house to house canvass in said oity and to vaccinate all persons who do not .:omo within one of tho exceptions set- forth in section two above, and to re port promptly to the mayor all persons who refuse to bo vaccinated in accord ance with the regulations of this ordi nance. ' Any other physician may bb designated as city physician at any time in addition to the above appointment with all tiie uutliority of the city physi cian appointed above. Sec. 6. Bo it further enacted and or- 1 dalned that it is hereby made the duty of the city marshal to call upon the busi ness men and their employees,' of said city, and tho other persons not oxcopted under this ordinance, at their respective places of business and request them to go to the office of tho city physician to be vaccinated and promptly to report to the mayor the nunies of all persons who refuse to go to such office and bo vacci nated upon being requested. Sec. 0. Be it further enacted that ft shall bo the duty of the city physician to report to the mayor immediately upon discovery all cases of small pox in said city, and thereupon the mayor shall re quire the niurshal to fix u rod flag before each home where such disease exists, and any person who shall remove tho samo so long as such disease exists in said home shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding $50.00 or be im prisoned in tho guard house not exceed ing 30 days, or be sentenced to work upon tho streets of said city not exceeding 30 days. rieo. 7. Be it further enacted and or dained that all ordinances und parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance lie and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, this the 8tli dafeof Febru ary, 1911. W. J. Wii.t.ik, Mayor. Certified and entered on the minutes this tho 8th day of February, 1911. B. M. Johnson, Clerk. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true: and correct copy of an ordinance enacted at a meeting of the mayor and council ol said city on the ,8th day Of Fdbi’uirjr, 11)11. : • ' \ * - B. M. Johnson, Clerk. SECOND EDUCATIONS TRAIN COMING FED. 10 Consists ol Six Cars and Is Fall Interesting and Educational Agricultural Exhibits.; The second educational train under the direction of the department of agri culture at Athens will be m Cairo, Feb ruary 16 (Thuraday of next week) for three hours from 11 o’clock A. M. As far as possible, all the people of the county'should visit this train and get whatever of benefit you can from it. The train will oarry seven cars, of which six are used for exhibit purposes. There will be some live stock consisting? of horses, cows, sheep and hogs, all of the finest breeds, and discussions by experts on the subjects of breeding etc. Tnere will be a car load of machinery, exhibits of com and cotton, poultry, boys com club work, models of farm buildings, outline of fanners reading course, and many other things to num erous to mention that will interest you. About twelve experts on different lines will accompany the train and will will lecture on live stock, deed selection, commercial fertilizers, farm crops and rotation, diseases of farm animals, in- jurous insects and plant diseases, soil, and fertility, boys and girls ihdustrial eulba. Every person visiting the train should cgster his name in order that he may get ie touch with free literature which the college of agriculture distributes. Co-operation is essential to success in all movements. It will help you to come out ahd fee vyhat these people have to exhibit. Of coprae, it is not expected that you can follow in every detail the plans and outlines given but if you get one good suggestion on any one topic, it may be of untold benefit to you in the yeafrs to come. If you can find out a plan to save your live stook in an epidemic of any kind, this information will be worth thousands of dollars to the people of our section every year. It will not hurt and it may do you good. Be sure to be in Cairo, Feb ruary 16; 1911, at 11 o’clock and see the train. Bring your wives with you and the children who are old enough to appreciate what these e>hi '.ts mean*