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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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year *1.00 Six month's... 50 Three months 26 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. ’ Adverb ting 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—6c a line Not Responsible. —The editor of Thk Pkogkkss is not respon 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.”