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s The Grady County Progress." T. A.X. 2vTJLTOH3, EDS-TOla. Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady County Published Weekly, Every Friday, by THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY. SIJBSCR ip T | 0N RATES. One year $1.00 Six monthB. - 60 T^ree monthB 26 Entered as Sccond-clusamail matter July 22, 1010, tit. the Post- office at Cairo, Ga., under the act, of Congress of Ma 1879. March 3, Advertising Rates.—Depends on position, number of insertions and number of inches—will be given on application. Obituaries and cards of thanks will be charged for— 6e a line Not Responsible.—The editor of Tin? Pkoobkss is not respon sible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents solic ited. ■- ^ - —.IZZZJ WHERE THE TOWN LOSES. It is not that the people of Cairo do not be lieve in taking advantage of opportunity to ad vertise the town, nor is it due to want of hospi tality. Recently the town lost a very good adver tisement by not providing dinner for the agri- cultural train speakers when it spent the dinner hour in Cairo. # Here is where a board of trade, under proper management, would have had forethought suffi cient to have provided a dinner for the agricul ture speakers and those traveling with them. But this was not done and the crew went away with a bad taste of Cairo in their mouths, and the newspaper writers who were with the train "'gave the town a very scant notice. In other towns they were taken in charge and entertained and as a result those towns re ceived some valuable advertising. This is Only a minor instance, but if Cairo had a board of trade advantage could be -taken of. such occasions to work in some good advertising. As it now stands inquiries as to the town and county, if received by an individ ual, go unanswered. And if received by a real estate agent it probably meets the saiaJe fate unless , that particular agent has w If the to^n had a board of traded management, there would be suffi ture on hand that would answer all irt could be sent out to prospective citizen^,s . . -■— —~ probability is more people would be attracted to mone ^ been touched to defray the running ex- Cairq and Grady county than now are. Of P enses that was set aside for that purpose by ‘course it takes money to do these things; stockholders. NO ONE NEED FEAR that may be one objection on the part of a few THAT THERE IS ANY TRICKERY IN THE but not a majority. It cannot be that the cost is CONTEST NOW BEING CONDUCTED BY THE LIARS ARE PLENTIFUL. It comes to our ears that it is being circu lated throughout Grady county that The Prog ress has been sold to another company and in order to recoup themselves put on the contest now running, and as soon as the same is over with that the paper would suspend. This report is without any foundation of truth, and was put in circulation by people who have no regard for the truth in any shape. The Progress has not been sold. Its stock is held by its original owners, and a majority of it is not for sale at any price. This contest was put on for the sole purpose of extending the circulation of the paper. We have tried the personal solicitation and found that to be good. We put agents * in the field and secured a large number of subscribers. But this was not fast enough to suit, and in order to reach the people quickly we adopted this method. There are some 4,000 homes in the county and no paper published in the county reaches the number of homes it should. Piano contests are popular methods through out the state ,as can be easily learned upon in vestigation by those interested in same. Con tests are now going on in Bainbridge, Cuthbert, Moultrie, Dallas, Madison, McRae and other points in Georgia. The officers of The Progress Publishing Co. would not tolerate a fraudulent scheme, neither would the stockholders. The officers are: W. G. Baggett, president; J. B. Wight, vice- president; H. G. Gannon, secretary and treasurer. The directors are: Walter Davis, W. T. Craw ford, M. L. Ledford, J. M. Sasser, W. A. Carr, J. B. Wight, W. G. Baggett, H. G. Cannon, Joe Higdon, T. A. J. Majors, L. L. Barwick. Those who invested their money in The Progress did so for the purpose of maintaining a paper in Cairo that would represent the moral influences of the town—a paper that would stand for something besides a chronic grouch and the whiskey element," and it is their purpose to so maintain it. So far the paper has been able to defray its ovyn expenses and ha? pros pered bejyoi money in i J Not a dollar has been called for from stockholders since its first issue, nor has putting the reason nothing has been done in organizing such a body as the majority of the people feel' that it is not their individual duty to take upon their shoulders, nor lose the time, to act as an information bureau or a guide to con duct visitors around the town and county, but they are willing to contribute their money to- wards that purpose. What is needed just now is a leader—a man who will take enough interest to get. the citizens together to organize a permanent board of trade. Is there such a .person in Cairo? If so let him step forward and start the ball to rolling. There should be some one with sufficient civic pride to 'lose the time from his business necessary to do this—a man cannot live for himself alone. Is there not such a man to be found in Cairo? Congress has adjourned but an extraordi nary session has been called to meet on April 4th to consider the Canadian reciprocity bill pnd other unfinished business. Now we will see if the democrats in congress are equal to the oc casion. The democrats have the opportunity of entrenching the party in power but they will succeed in doing what General Grant said they were capable of doing, act “the d—d fool at the right time” for those opposed to their policy to regain power. The indications are that the usual amount of pears will be shipped from Cairo this season. Ducks are not the only quacks. others besides the web-footed fowls. There are THIS PAPER. We expected a certain amount of opposi tion when we started up and have not been dis appointed, but we jiid not expect to have to con tinue indefinitely^lenymg the reports of the common liar who has made it his business to pnt out reports detrimental to the paper. The Progress is a legitimate business enter prise. It is not run by a common groucher. The management does not believe that every man who differs from him is his personal enemy and wishes to. starve him to death. No honest man will repeat the report that is being put in circulation by parties who are de void of honor. Their stock in trade is lying and unless they are given that privilege would cease to exist. They have ho business of their own, therefore must attend to other people’s. Contests are legitimate business enter prises. Because one person acted the rascal about one is not proof positive that all can be classed in the same category. Because one physician is a charlatan is no reason to charge the whole medical fraternity as being made in the same mould. The Progress has net been sold, is not for sale and will continue to be published in Cairo. It is not seeking business as a charity enter prise, nor are we seeking the sympathy of the people in order to exist. Merit alone counts, and upon that we are willing to stand or fall. Give us your business and you will get dollar for dollar in return. We are not trying to tear down, but build up. We don’t expect to succeed by posing as a knocker of, our neighbors. We conduct our busi. c§. according to our own methods and let others do likewise. We are like other people in business—we want what money, there is in it and expect to try and make a profit on what we do. We are not going to resort to the undermining and sneaking method of cutting prices to get it, and if we succeeded in driving out competition would not double our rates in order to regain our losses. The editor of this paper has made no arrangements to leave Cairo, and his present lease does not expire until July 1 st. What will occur then we do not know, nor does anyone else. The stockholders may decide that they de sire to take charge and run the paper according to their way of thinking that the business should be conducted or they may elect to renew the lease to the present editor or employ him or employ someone else. That is one of the future considerations. We are not crossing that bridge until we get to it and presume that the company is doing likewise. It is immaterial to us. But there is one thing, certain, The Progress will be continued and will be a factor in the upbuilding of the town and county long after those who are fighting it are dead, gone and forgotten. The owners of the Whigham News should either cease their fight on The Progress or pay for the paper borrowed from this office last August. After extending the favors we have to that office they have proven to be nothing but ingrates, and the new editor of that paper should make a little investigation before per mitting Dr. McCord to turn his vial of wrath upon The Progress. If Dr. McCord has ever been treated otherwise than courteously by this office we are not aware of it, and if he has any grouch or kick coming let him have sufficient manhood to strike that individual instead of a stranger ■to him. Dr. McCord has proven himself to be a narrow minded bigot, who has no conception of broad mindedness. Nuf Ced. PLAYING THE BABY ACT. When the Hon. Joseph W., Bailey, United. States Senator from Texas, in a fit of passion, tendered his resig nation to the United States Senate, because he did not like the tactics of his colleague, Senator Stone, in the filibuster conducted against the New Mexico statehood bill he acted like a child, v “I won’t play with you, because yon have- made me mwl” was about the spirit of the deed according to the telegram; If the Texas people do not rebuke the “Hon. Joseph” and tell him plainly what they think of such childishness, we misinterpret the spirit and the stuff of which, they are made. Senator Bailey is an able man and while we have not agreed with him in all of the deeds, we recog nize his strength and power. But like all strong men, he has revealed, in his impulsive resignation, a weakness that is surprising in a public man and of which he will soon repent, if he has not already done so. Since this was written the papers report that Senator Bailey has repented, so we forgive him and take back the above. Several days ago a dispatch from Washington stated that Bryan, when a member of congress, was offered a bribe of $ 1,000,000 to desist in fighting the bond issue that Cleveland was trying to put through congress. Under that dispatch was one from Lincoln, Neb., denying the bribe offer, yet such reliable papers as the Albany Herald, Savannah News and Macon Telegraph have made editorial mention of the former statement and ignored the latter. The editors of those papers must not read the dispatches appearing in their papers. It is from such carelessness that so many erroneous ideas get in circulation. We are glad to see that Whigham has taken up the question of a county fair, and that one will be pulled off at that point this fall. We trust that it is not “hot air,” and that the people of that place will take up and push the en terprise. Such an enterprise will do more to help build up Whigham than any one thing they could inaugurate; be sides bringing diem closer to the farmers of the county, but if it is “hot air” talk damage will be the result. It appears that our contemporaries in Grady are somewhat jealous of the success that The Progress is making from the way they keep their hammers going knocking us. If the editors of the aforesaid mentioned papers/would expend their efforts in building up their own newspaper properties instead of trying to tear us down they wculd meet with better success. It is presumed that the mobilization of 20,000 troops on the Mexican border is to rescue Jeff and Mutt from the in- surrectors.