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The Grady County Progress.
T, KA7QEa. EUJCCCOR.
Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady Co u nty
Published Weekly, Every Friday, by
THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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Entered as S*;cond-classmail mutter July 22, 1910, at the Post-
office at Cairo, Ga., under the act of Congress of March '3.
1879. ’
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sible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents solic
ited.
Plant chufas and raise hogs.
If you are for Cairo let it be known by your action
and not so much talk.
Ye9, The Progress’ contest was a success’ and the
winners received their prizes.
Base ball is now taking the place of the Mexican war
-in the genera! conversation these days.
Two guano factories in as many weeks is what Cairo
has accomplished, and a furniture factory is on the road.
Opportunity is knocking at Cairo’s door. Will it b§
opened to her? Its up to the people to give an answer*
The chance for ft furniture factory being located in
Cairo is very promising. A little push behind the move*
iment will land it.
Don’t let anyone lag in the movement to secure an
other railroad for Cairo. It is needed. One long, steady
jpull will land it.
The town authorities should fix the side walk at the
corner of Bryan and Broad streets—Gadsden & Co’s, store
—-before some one gets injured.
Just watch the prediction: Cairo will double her
population within the next three years. All pull together
-for a little while and it will he accomplished sooner.
Governor Elect Hoke Smith while in Cairo this week
declined to commit himself on the senatorial question. All
■believe that it is his life-long ambition to go to the United
States senate, and also that it is his heart's desire to see
some of his principles made the laws of Georgia.
J. B. Wight will start off the furniture factory move
ment with $2,000. Who will join hands with him? Come
up -to the “lick log” and let it he known how strong you
are for Cairo. Go down in your “jeans” and “cough up"
a few of those dollars on which you are trying to make
the eagle squeal.
Robert E. L. Majors, Jr., has assumed the editorship
of The Donalsonville Enterprise. He is the oldest son of
the editor of The Progress and has been reared in a printing
office, and is thoroughly capable of giving the people a good
r paper. However, a town generally gets the kind of paper
that it pays for.
Not satisfied with keeping the democratic party out
of power for years William Jennings Bryan has attempted
to dictate what the democrats in congress should do since
they have regained that branch of congress. We are one
that holds to the opinion that William Jennings’ advice
should not be heeded. He may be brilliant, and able, but
as a leader he has proven to be a failure, and that of the
rankest order.
WE CAN CROW SOME, NOW.
The Progress this; week can have a little
jollification by its self and of course its friends
are included.
For several months, in fact almost since the
first issue, we have been * advocating a guano
factory. Our efforts along this line were more
than successful. Instead of securing one factory
two will ,be the number. They will be financed
by local capital.
Another institution suggested and urged
by this paper was the organization of a board of
trade or chamber cf commerce, and our efforts
brought to a culmination this week, Wednesday
evening, when the citizens of this town met to
gether to perfect the organization of a chamber
of commerce.
Sufficient funds have been promised to fi
nance the institution, and a paid secretary will
be employed to look after the interest of the
town and county. All enquiries as to land and
locations for manufacturing enterprises will be
answered by him. It will be his duty to see that
the real estate agents are posted in regard to;
enquiries for land.
The Progress has done pretty well for the
past forty weeks, and is rather proud of its rec
ord in boosting Cairo, and instilling sufficient
pride into the people as to get them to see their
interest and the interest of the people at large.
The next move is a furniture factory, which
was taken up by this paper Several weeks ago,
and from the present outlook, will be a certainty
in a very short time. Already the people have
begun to discuss the question among themselves
which means action upon their part.
Mr. J. B. Wight authorizes The Progress to
state that he will be one to subscribe from one
to two thousand dollars in a furniture factory.
Who will be the next?
Let the people get together and go to pull
ing for a Greater Cairo.
Yes, The Progress can crow over its achieve
ments so far.
Don’t you think so?
Some of the first brick buildings erected in Cairo the
brick were madv in Cairo. The buildings speak for them
selves. And they give an answer that should be headed.
Cairo and Grady county has as fine clay for brick making
purposes as can be found. Why is it not utilized instead
of shipping bnck into the town from other places. Brick
should be shipped away from Cairo instead of info the
town.
The Albany Herald tame ottt with an edition of
sixty pages last Sunday morning brides their regular Sat
urday edition. This issue of The Herald contained a very
large bunch of neat and attractively displayed advertise
ments and will do the advertisers an untold amount of good.
1 his issue of The Herald speaks well for the citizens <$!
Albany as well as for itself... It also -contained a wrt'fe^D
of several Southwest Georgia towns and Cairo Was
conspicuous by its absence, jumping from.. Tholn^vife to
am n ge. What has Cairo done to deserve Such slight
at the hands of our Albany contemporary? g
GRADY UNDER THE FIFTEEN DAY LAW.
From the correspondence between Chair
man Wight and Attorney General Hall, published
in these columns recently, it will be seen that
Grady county is working under the old road law
system.
Under that system the people can be forced
to work fifteen days in each year. The law
which was amended at the last session of the
legislature was the “alternative road law.” Un
der the amendment the age limit was placed at
21 years. The law operative in Grady county
the age limit is 16 years of age.
The county commissioners in levying the tax
last year did not levy for road purposes but for
the maintainarice of the convicts.
Of course there are always people ready to
stir up strife and cause litigation and it comes
to The Progress that there has been such talk
indulged in over this road age limit in Grady.
Until the grand jury recommends that the roads
’be worked under the “alternative road law” boys
16 years old will be subject to road duty and the
people just as well become reconciled to the fact:
Part i e s dissatisfied With ike present eondr-
t on must go to the grahd jury for relief arid hbt
th@ courts,
Wbiri the grand jury recommended the
orkmg of the convicts on the public roads at
their session last September prevision had to be
made tor their maintainance and the county
commissions levied 30 mills for that purpose,
and tha,ti’purpose alone.
BOLL WEEVIL AND THE REMEDY.
. , °Pihion expressed b^ all conversant
With, the situation assert that s the boll weevil
will reach Georgia within tK^ next year. Last
j.ear they were reported %. .Pik& cdlMty,.. Ala.,
and from the manner in \yhicli‘they travel are
due to reach Grady county next year.
As a'warning'to the farmers of Grady we
would advise that they put no faith in the “boll
weevil resistant cottonseed” which in some sec
tions are being sold to the farmers.
W. D. Hunter of the U. S. Bureau of Ento
mology, and i^ogni^.^^j^^...world^s-^reat^e
authority on the bane of the cotton field—the
boll weevil—declares that there is nothing in
such seed. That the only way to escape the evil
effect's of their ravages is by planting cotton
that matures early. He says that so far they
have baffled the scientific mind in routing it. He
says fakers are going about the country swin
dling credulous farmers by selling them alleged
“boll weevil resistant cotton seed.” He de
clares there is no such thing, and that a farmer
who buys the seed is swindled.
Dr. Hunter declares that nothing has been
found to stop the steady march of the pest, and
that Georgia may as well prepare for the inevi
table, for the blight will be here in a year or so-
The best method is to raise food products;
and live stock. It has been estimated that
Georgia spent $171,000,000 for grain, flour, hay,
meat, lard, etc., which was more than the total
yalue of the cotton crop of the state. The farm-,
ers of Georgia can raise all these articles neces
sary for the people.
Here in Southwest Georgia the people have
sufficient advantages to raise enough meat and
grain to supply the entire state and some to-
spare.
The onportunity is here for the farmers if
they will only grasp it.
Along this line we do not have to go very
far to see the good effect of this policy. Brooks
county farmers are leying by competencies from
hogs. Thousands and thousands of pounds of
meat are shipped from that county annually.
Brooks is not one bit better situated for stock
raising than Grady.
It is true Grady is not very strong on cot
ton growing, but the high price which it has
been selling for the past few years is causing-
the people to turn to cotton more and more.
There is sufficient time given them to prepare
to fight the boll weevil and that opportunity
should be seized now.
No better range can.be found in the state
than that here in Grady, and if advantage is
not taken of it the people have no one to blame
but themselves.
* Along this line if the natural pasturage
should fail the people could plant velvet beans.
For stock it is pronounced to be the best. The
government experts make the following com
ment on the velvet bean and its growth, i
,,.^ e . ve ^ ve ^ ke&n is an annual legume * 1 re
sembling m a general way the running varieties
of cowpeas. The vines attain a great length;
ecoming from 10 to 20 feet or more long. Both*
the vine and seeds make excellent feed for ari-
mials. Owing to the dense cover it makes the)
velvet bean is a splendid legume for crowding
out weeds. As a soil renovator it is equal to
cowpeas. It is adapted only to the Gulf, states
and thrives best m sandy soil. As a green ma
nure crop in orchards they have been used quite
largely, but owing to their habit of climbing the
trees are spmewhat objectionable;
,‘f Velvet beans should be planted in iate
SpHrig when the ground U thoroughly warm,:
Iri Florida the seed is fehriimonly sown in rows. 4'
feet apart, dropping from 2 to 4 seeds every 2*
feet. Farther M they should be planted 1
Jnore thickly grilled rows 5 feet apart, 2.neeks;
^ acre * T Pj an tmg the seeds fcihehes;
apaft iri the rows. When broadcasted m. bushel:
or more is necessary.
“Velvet beans yield about the same quan
tity of hay per acre as the largest varieties , of
cowpeas. In Florida two cuttings may. be ob
tained, but farther north only on6< Owing to
the very viny nature of the plant, mowing is-
rather difficult, necessitating the use of special
devices. The yield of seed is from 20 to 25
bushels per acre. No effort thus. far has been-
made to secure better varieties of this plant by
seed selection. It is probable that great im
provement can be made in.this way.”