The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, July 07, 1911, Image 1
VOL.
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1911.
NO. 51
RENO IS STILL
II
And the Citizens are
Awake to it
Wide
ALL WORKING IFOR A GREARER RENO
Several New Business Houses
Will be Erected Within the
Next Few Days.
A representative of The Pro
gress made a trip to Reno last
Tuesday and was most agree
ably surprised at what he saw.
Reno has been in existence
only about sjx months and there
are already four stores in full
blast and the Reno Merchantile
Co,, is having a large brick
building erected.
The first building erected where
the main business part of tow is
being located was erected by Dr.
Christopher and is being used as
his office and drug store. He
carries a large assortment of
patent medicenes which the peo
ple need and saves them several
miles in going to a large place.
Whether Rerio is growing or
not the following indicates that
there is something doing.
Within the past ten days those
named below have bought lots
and will build immediately:
E. M. Thomas, of Whigham,
residence lot and will build at
once.
E. L. VanLandingham, of
Cairo, residence lot and is pre
paring to build.
Walter Brown, of Beachton,
has bought a residence lot and is
preparing to build at once.
M. G. Nutt bought a business
lot and is laying down material
to build.
The following buildings are
under construction:
R. P. Bell now erecting a post
office building.
Clyde Maxwell has a residence
well under way to completion.
The foundation'of C. F. Reh-
berg’s residence is being put- in
The Reno Merchaniile building
is nearing completion
A large number of lots have
been been sold but parties seek
ing a new location are dropping
in every week and every one
is favorable impressed with the
future outlook.
Reno is ten miles south of
Cairo, on the Pelham & Havana
Railroad. It is well situated be
ing on a high hill and has fine
natural drainage with good water
and its future is bright. The
main portion of the town is on
the land of Mr. Garland, and un
like most people who have a good
thining tries to gobble up every
thing in sight. He is very an
xious to build a town and is of
fering lots extremely cheap at
the present. Those seeking a
new location or contemplating a
change should include Reno in
their itinerary. The town is
backed by the best farming sec
tion of Grady county, the farmers
are prosperous and contented so
far as this world’s goods go, but
are enterprising and cordial in
their greetings willing to live and
let live.
Dr. Christopher takes great
interest in Reno and gives every
one a cordial greeting-
from Northeast Georgia about
the first of the year and after
looking Over the fiield decided to
locate at Reno, seeing its possi
bilities,
The government seeing the fu
ture of Rerio has made it a post-
office with R. P. Bell as postmas
ter.
Besides the business houses
Reno has two warehouses. Also
has a wagon and buggy deposi
tory which is under the immediate
charge of Mr. Algie Baggett, It
is a branch of W. G. Baggett &
Son, of Cairo. A large volume
of business is now being done at
that place and each week in
creases. The stores already in
full blast carry a large and well
solected stock enabling them to
meet every requirement of the
people.
A SAI FOURTH WAS
OBSERVED IN CAIRO.
Baseball, Band Concert, Foot
and Sack Races.
SEVERAL PRIEZS WERE AWARDED-
The Day Was Most Pleasantly
Spent by the People ol Cairo
and the People ol the County.
Not an Incident to Mar the
Pleasure ol the People.
The sourth of July wjas ob
served by the people of Cairo in
an orderly • manner this year,
All fire works were tabooded and
the day was given up to innocent
sport.
Several decorated vehicles and
floats were seen in the parade.
The best decorated team was
that of J. D. Holman.
The winner of the 100 yard
dash was Carl Brown.
The sack race was won by
George Dunn.
A box of candy was awarded
Miss Lottie Jones as being the
popular young lady in Cairo.
The most interesting feature
of the amusements was the
water fight between members of
the Fire Department, which took
place on South Broad street,
which was witnessed by several
hundred people. This wound up
the days exercises.
The ball game was an inter
esting feature. The opposing
team were members of the Fire
Department and Cairo Band.
The score was: Fire Department
11, Band Boys 6.
Everything on the program
moved off smoothly and accord
ing to prearranged program. No
one was injured during the day
and not a rnan was seen under
the influence of liquor,
CAIRO SATURDAY IS.
Picnic and Public Speaking
on High School Grounds.
ON FARMING AND EDUDATION.
T. J. Brooks, oi Tennessee, a
Noted Farmers’ Union Lecturer
and State School Commissioner
Brittian Will be the Principal
Speakes—Town and County to
on This Occasion. ™
President Duckworth, pf the
State Farmers’ Union has desig
nated Saturday, July 15fh, as a
rally day for the members of the
Union in Grady county and'upon
suggestion of leading ^farmers
made to the Board of Trade that
the town and county join in and
have a general holiday and
picnic in Cairo on thatday.it was
deciced that such an evept be
pulled off, and to this end the
stores will close their doors dur-
ing the dinner and speaking
hour, giving all an opportunity
of hearing what will be said on
occasion.
Hon. T. J. Brooks, of Ten
nessee, a noted Farmers’ Union
lecturer, will be here to address
the farmers of the county. Mr.
Brooks is considered to be one of
the best lecturers in the organi
zation and comes highly endorsed
by state officials, of the Georgia
Qrganizatjfjn-jr^ajf'p 1 ! <t^pse
home of Mr. W. D. Barber last
week where a hearty reception
was received. Mr. Barber is
running a ten horse farm this
year and has thirty acres in cane,
eighty-five acres in corn and
eighty-five acres in cotton and
will compare with the best in
Grady county which is equal to
saying that it is equal to any in
the state. Mr. Barber also has
a fine crop of peanuts, velvet
beans and sweet potatoes. —
Thomasville Press.
FIRST CLASS GINNERY
ASSURED F"S CAIRD.
Citizens Come Togeth, r and
Organized a Ginnery.
10 BE CAPITAKIZED AT $1,000, PAID IN.
NEW LIVE STOCK FIRM
MILLER RIDS. 8 CO.
Stable to Be Located on
Corner of Central Avenue.
RT BROKEN TUESDAY FOR BUILDING.
from Tennessee,
State School Commissioner
Brittain will also be here on that
day to address' the farmers upon
rural edecation. This, feature
alone is well worth coming to
hear, as the rural schools are
sadly in need of an uplifting
movement, both as to teachers
and the importance of parents
whose children are to be instruc
ted.
This will be an occasion that
all should attend. Let it be a
day long to be remembered.
facilities for handling
for several years. '
He came
League Program for Tuesday
Night July 11th.
Subject—God overrules evil for
good.
Leader—Mrs. Dugene Clower
Reference Rom. VIII; Phil, 112,
10.
Topic 1.—The relation of Suffer
ing to Progress and Survival,
Leader.
Topic 2. —The Conflict Caused by
the Wrechedness os Humanity
and the Selfishness of Self.
—Rev. W. E. Towsen.
Topic 3.—The Motive that makes
Suffering Light.—Miss Sallie
Bell Cooper.
FAIR COMMITTEES
HELD MEETING
Last Saturday and Everyone Re
port a Fine Shown for Excel
lent Exhibits—To Meet Again
Tomorrow.
The fair committees held a
meeting Saturday and all reports
are very favorable for . good ex
hibits.
Chairman Pearce appointed the
following committee on amuse
ments. G. A. Wight, Chairman;
W. D. Barber, J. S. Weathers,
Ab Logue and Donald Pearce.
Chairman Pearce called a meet
ing of all the committees connect
ed with the fair for Saturday
evenning,- July 20th, at three
o’clock at the court house; he
urges all committeemen to be on
hand as definite decisions as to
time, place and other arrgnge-
W. T. Crawford, W. B. Rodden-
berry, Walter Davis, K. P-
Wight J. J. Coppage and Ca
milla Cotton and Oil Company
Taking the Principal Stock—
The Ginnery to Handle, Both
Long and Short Staple Cotton.
There is no further doubt.
Cairo is to have a well-equipped
ginnery,first-class in every detail,
with the latest and most modern
machinery known to the manu
facturers.
The ginnery will have a capa
city of about sixty bales a day
of short cotton, and with ample
long staple
years,'
Wednesday morning a number
of citizens met in the Board of
Trade rooms and organized a
ginning company with W. T.
Crawford, W. B. Roddenbery,
Walter Davis, K. P. Wight, J.
J. Coppage and a representative
of the -Camilla Cotton Oil Co.,
taking the principal stock.
The company is to be captial-
ized at $7,000, all paid in.
All cotton ginned at the new
gin will be weighed free of charge
and farmers furnished a sample
and a receipt within thirty min
utes after arriving on the ground.
It may be a little egotistic but
we simply can’t help it and must
say “we” have “killed a bear”
for certain, along with
other scalps we have hung up
on our pole of Material Im
provement for Cairo.
Here is what The Progress
has worked for the past twelve
months and which have been
secured:
County Fair.
A Board of Trade.
Guano Factory, (2.)
An up-to-date ginnery.
An we have not lost faith in
securing the fui’niture factory,
it may
Cairo Is Proving to Be a Live
Stock Market ol Large Pro
portions—The Firm Will Handle
Buggies, Wagons and Harness—
J. W. Miller to Be the Manager.
Cairo is to have another feed
anp sales stables, which proves
that Cairo is growing as a live
stock market.
The business will be in charge
of Mr. J. W. Miller, who has had
several years of experience in
the business and knows horses
and mules when he sees them.
The style of the firm will be
Miller Brothers and Company
and is composed of Messrs. A. M.
Miller, A. L. Miller and J. W.
Miller.
Their stables will be located
on the corner of Central avenue
and Jones street. Besides horses
and mules they will handle
buggies, wagons and harness.
The firm will handle only the
best grades and at the closest
possible margin of profit. Mr.
Will Miller, under whose manage
ment the stable will be is an old
experienced live stck man, hav
ing been connected with J. D.
Holman here for several years
and is well-known throughout
the county as a man who can be
depended on. He is conscien
tious in his dealings.
Dirt was broken Wednesday
for the new building and it is
hoped to have it completed to
receive their first shipment of
stock about August 1st. The
building will have a fifty feet
frontage on Central avenue and
run back 100 feet on Jones street.
The Progress bespeak a good
patronage for this firm and it
will be well for the people to see
them be before buying their
stock, buggies or wagons.
A Corrected Statement
The comparsion statement of
the Farmers & Merchants bank
will be found correct this week.
This bank has been unusually
successful. No new bank has or
can make the showing that this
bank makes in their comparative
statement, especially when it has
two strong competitors. This
shows that the people have con
fidence in its management,
ments will be made at this meet-
ipg.
It was decided that prizes
for the best exhibit of pure
Georgia Cane Syrup would be of
fered.
A Visit to Mr. Barber’s Farm
A represenative of The Press
had the pleasure of visiting
the
take a few more weeks,
but as soon as a furniture factory
man can be secured we are cer
tain that the necessary amount
can be secured to complete the
capital stock of this enterprise.
In the meantime study on
a new hotel, proposition. This
must come sooner or later.
Sells Timber for $20,000
Last week Mr. Joe Herring
sold his timber interest, near
Maxwell to the Kelly-Clarke
Lumber Company.
The consideration was $20,000,
It is one of the finest bodies
of timber, in Grady county, and
the Relham and Havana Railroad
run? ; ,thrpug:h it.
FIVE DOLLAR REWARD—
Lo6t between Cairo and Whigham
last Saturday night one bolt on
Diamond automobile outer casing
30 x 3 1-2 and Fisk inner tube
for same; or taken from my yard
last Sunday, Will pay five dol
lars for its return and no ques
tions. If a theif has it will state
that it will not fit anv other car
in this section and he cannot
realize anything on it. If an
honest man has found it he will
not require a larger reward.
T. A. J. Majors.
Collard Seed Wanted
If you will have any collard
seed for sale this season it will
likely pay you to see me before
selling.
W. H. Robinson,
Cairo, Ga.
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