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METE HOUSE i IS ATTRACTIVE Substantial and Durable and Easily Built. WILL “DRESS UP” YOUR TOWN Modern Science Has Given Us a New Type of Home to Take Place of Mod-' < est Workingman's Abode and Pre- ■ serve Our Depleting Timber Supply. [ By JAMES A. EDGERTON. Are we approaching the age of ce ment? Is concrete the answer to the decreasing timber supply? Are we to have ready made houses Just as some of us now buy ready mnde clothes? By standardization the cement houses of . the Edison and other patterns are as suming much the same relation to ar chitecture and building as hand-me- down suits bear to tailoring. The -standardizing process is that of mak- ilng many houses from the same molds, thus materially reducing the cost. The Edison method of building con crete houses is the one above describ ed. To save time and to prevent too .much sameness in type he recommends ‘the use of half a dozen different molds by each construction company. To %#ld an Edison house the mold is put til place, and the concrete, consisting of a mixture of sand, gravel and Port land cement, is poured in. After the concrete hardens tlMt mold is removed, sand there is your rouse. During the {hardening process a second mold can ibe set up and another hjjuse built while iyou wait. He estimates that one out fit consisting of thirty-seven men can thus erect 104 houses each year at an average cost of §1,200 per house of six rooms, with a Slightly higher expense dlans that made"the dobes would have put up ugly houses even if they had possessed unlimited quantities of ma- hognny and Circassian walnut. Thoso Indians did not run to the aesthetic. Nowadays concrete houses can be mnde as attractive as one's taste, brains and pocketbook will permit. The societies for beautifying cities and villages should look Into this. Concrete houses In various tints and patterns could be made Infinitely moro picturesque than the wooden shacks that disgrace most of the towns. Also, they would retain their beauty. WOMEN TAKE PICTURES TO RID CITY OF SMOKE. Unsightly Places In Your Town Can Bo Ramoved by Camera. “"Clubwomen, tho wives and daugh ters of wealthy St. Louisans, armed with cameras, recently made pictures of chimneys thut smoke in tho cam paign to rid the city of its murky at mosphere. All photographs will be presented to Smoke Inspector Parker. An army of 350 women participated. It has been suggested that this meth od might be tried advantageously and effectively with the many eyesores to be found in nearly every town. Take pictures of the ugly billboards, tumble down shanties, insanitary “UNCLE JOE” LAYS DOWN GAVEL HE HELD SO L HOUSE BUILT IN SECTIONS—BDISON HOUSE. per additional room for those of larger size. For variations in pattern he does not depend alone on the different molds, but has changes of porches and other slight details in the same mold; also difference of color. Thus a house of a given pattern looks very different in green from one in purple, red or yel low. The paint is a mixture of cement and practically lasts forever, like the smile that won’t come off. Even the roofs are made of cement. Jfot only are these domiciles fireproof, .flood proof and wind proof, but rat proof and mouse proof. The concrete is harder than granite, and a rat has about as much chance of getting through that a man would have of drilling a hole through a twelve inch steel plate with a wooden' toothpick. The only thing that can injure a concrete house is an adult earthquake, and even it would have to be some shakes to make much of an impression. There are cement houses In Italy that have stood for a thousand years. The Mexican adobes are so ancient that nobody knows when their ugliness first took form. The Edison typo is not the only one. Another is the house built of immense concrete blocks or sections. These sec tions are so large that they have to be handled with a derrick, and it is proposed to make them larger still, including the whole side of a house in one block. The plan for these dwell ings has been perfected by those, con nected with the Sage foundation, which is not the foundation of a house, by the way, but of a charity. These estimable people had designs to help the laboring man by giving him a cheap house to live in, but the labor union objected unless the concrete sec tions could be put in place by masons with mortar and trowel. This especial wilift had an especially rocky road. As • for beauty, we should not be discouraged by the Mexican dobes. ■ ®he homeliness of these domiciles was Otfet not to the material, but to, the builders. The finri&BlM UUie. otf In- BEFORE AND AFTER BEAUTIFICATION. [Courtesy American City.] places, etc., then publicly exhibit them, showing what a disgrace to the town they are. Public feeling should soon become aroused, and the objectionable spots Will be removed. In the illus trations one can see the possible good that can be accomplished In cleaning up your town. They show how an un clean, insanitary, unbeautiful spot was cleared of Its debris and with a little masonry Work was converted into a really handsome section. GOOD BUSINESS ADVICE. Make it so pleasant and agree able for your customers that there will be no “Ifs” and “ands” about where they are going to make their purchases, consider ing all other things equal, but will come to your store, where they are assured of courteous treatment Pari# to Be More Beautiful. Paris, already conceded to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, recently has borrowed $200,000,000, with which immense sum It proposes to put on some more architectural and scenic frills. Half of the sum will be devoted to the upkeep of municipal buildings, for new buildings, for parks and promenades. That single Interest ing unit In the scheme Is an “X" bridge over the Seine, one drive con necting the Rue de Rennes with the Rue de Louvre and the other connect ing the wharf ofi. the Louvre with the wharf Conti. A single river pier will serve as . the bridge support. Out of Door Advertising. “What Can Be Done to Eliminate Ob jectionable Out of Door Advertising?” was the principal topic discussed by the Associated Billposters and Distribu ters, who held their annual meeting in Chicago a short time ago. The chair man of the censors’ committee said in his report: “Our aim is to eliminate everything objectionable from out of door advertising. We are in harmony with all the organizations which arc working for this end. We have co operated with the Woman’s Christian Temperance anion, the art leagues and the civic leagues of the different cities in which vro work.” He Says That Congress Is the Greatest Body With Power On Earth. The valedictory of Speaker Can non in laying down the gavel after bis eventful term in the speaker- ship referred to his selection,. eight years ago, after nearly thirty years’ service in the House. Four times, he said, he had received the vote of a majority of the House and become speaker. He recalled when he first marched down the aisle to become speaker when the- present Senator John Sharp Williams, of Missouri, introduced him. “From that time te this,” said Mr. Cannon, “I have never forgot ten that my duty to the House was to obey its will and enforce its rules and preside with courtesy and im partiality.” | Suggesting that all legislative bodies are controlled by a majority, he spoke woe to that man or to that majority that refuses to abide by and confirm to the will of the ma jority. “Because,” he said, “until a new majority is made, the present majority voices the will of the peo ple—subject, yes, to criticism, but such criticism leaves with me no heartburnings, and in life, whether it be in church or state, or in legis lative bodies, the seeming troubles of those clothed with power and re sponsibility come not from the ma jority, but from the minority. “T have served in this body for almost a generation,” said Mr. Cannon, “and to rhe it is the great est body clothed with pewer on earth, and with its co-ordinate limited 'by? the: constitution, the fixed law,/and by the vote of the executive. I have abiding faith that whatever political body is in power the privileges of the House will be maintained as defined in the constiti^jpn against all comers. In their maintenance rests the freedom, the security and the liberty of 90,- 000,000 of people. “I leave this place not with re gret. I have performed the duties of the office according to my best judgment under the rules >^f the House. I do not leave the 5{ouse with malice in my heart toward my colleague, toward any member with whom I have served. “My friend, the speaker-to-be, ,he gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Clark, believes that my departure is my finrl departure as speaker of the House. I agree with him. At the age of almost 75,, in the course of nature, I could not hope to oc cupy this great place again and would not if I could; hut I am so fond of my friend from Missouri, the speaker-to-be, that I mean to serve under his gentle rule as a member of the House and to look on. F.M. BRANNON, W.S. WIGHT, Wh. SEARCY, j President. Vice-President. Cashier CITIZENS BANK \ .! Capital $50,000.00| Surplus and Undivided profits $22,000.00 | Total Resources, One Quarter of a Million. ■ 1 ^ We pay 4 per cent interest Compounded Quarterly in our Savings department. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED Notice to Farmers. All parties wanting Planting Seed from my Fine Long Cotton can get them now. I only have a LIMITED amount and the fir»t comes is the first served., Price for Planting Seed, selected with great care, is $2.50 per bushel. J. J. COPPAGE. Better watch, be careful who you let have your clothes to be cleaned and pressed, be sure that the house that does your work is SANITARY and that no germ and filth-laden negro’s clothes are piled on top of yours, con taminating them and bringing disease into your home. CITY PRESSING CLUB, a white club, by a white man for white folk '‘ 0 ™oTno*2®"™ City Pressing Club - j Gdod for 25 VOTES in vem count as 25 votes in The Prog ress Piano Contest, if cast before noon, Thursday March 16, 1911. Every coupon clipped and sent in will be counted. Contestant’s Name, M...A - - Address..—. Georgia Georgia Negro is Lynched in Florida Marianna, Fla., March 5. Cal vin Baker,-a negro-who came here from Georgia recently, was shot to death by a mob at Cypress, a small town near here last night. Baker had threatened to shoot up the town, it is said, and attempted to shoot the town marshal when that officer went to place him unde? arrest on the charge of disorderly conduct. Later he was arrested by a posse and placed in the lock-up. Sometime in the night a mob battered down the jail and poured a fusillade of shots into Baker’s body. Read the rules, regulations and conditions of our contest. You will find them on the last page. $100,000.00 TO LOAN On five years time, at low rate of interest. Privilege to pay back any time and stop interest. ri NO LONG DELAY, Vj V NO RED TAPE. J Best Terms offered by any one in the South. Will lend about half the value improv ed farm property. Correspondence solicited. R. C. Bell & Ira Carlisle Attorneys-At-Law CAIRO, , - - GEORGIA. W. J. Willie Attorney-At-Law Will practice in all Courts, State and Iederal. Collections a specialty. Oilice in Li. B. Powell building. Phone 73. - - CAIRO, GA P- C. ANDREWS: Attorney-at-law. .CAIRO, GA Office in Parker Bnilding. R C. BELL ATTORNEY*AND COUNSELLOR IRA CARLISLE . Associate General Practice: Office over Post of fice. Five Year FARM LOANS prompt ly negotiated at low rate of interest. CAIRO, GA. ave Your Family Time Table No. 2 Effective Saturday, October 1st, 1910,12:01, A. M hotogra p h e d Between CAIRO AND CALVARY Sooth Bound North Bound Zclssl 1st Class A series of pictures of the children at different ages prove price less as years pass. Le' me make them now while they are with you. E. WOODY Studio Brvan St. Cairo, Ga PELHJtH&HAVAM R, R. GO. if Passenger IMixd Daily le P^M 4 00 3 12j 3 27 3 34 3 44 j 3 50 3 00 STATIONS AM 7 00 7 12 7 27 7 34 7 44 7 49 8 00 Central Stand* ard Time PM 2 15 2 27 2 42 2 49 2 59 3 05 3 15 Mixdl Passffngeg i Ar9 Lv Cairo Gradyville . Cranford pBooth Reno... pMax^ell Ar Calvary Lt|8 Daily AM 60 9 38 9 21, 9 13 9 06 8 56 ,60 Sun Only PM 5 15 5 03 4 4 38 4 31 4 21 4 16 pm: -is _ 03 4 48 4 38 4 31 4 21 4 IS K Trains stop on signal.