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Grady County Progress
LEADING NEWSPAPER
OF GRADY COUNTY
Published Weekly, Every Thursday by
The Prog Hess Pub. Co.
Entered as mail matter of second-class
at Cairo postolTice July 22, 1910.
One Dollar Per Year, In Advance.
The editor is not responsible for veiws
of correspondents.
Grows Stronger and Better.
Editor Progress : I beg to
express to you some yvoi’ds
of appreciation for the most
excellent paper you are giv
ing us in The Progress. It
has been good from the be
ginning, but it grows strong
er and better.
The general makeup of
your paper is good.
Your editorial matter is
strong and convincing and
upbuilding.
You are doing an excellent
work. There is already much
fruit from your labors.
We have here in Grady
county, the best county on
earth. And with an uni
ted effort and strong pull
we can develop one of the
best counties in our state or
southland, and we can make
Cairo and our other towns
grow and prosper and
blossom as a rose. Continue
in your noble work, press the
battle, and may success
crown you in all your efforts
to publish to others beyond
■the wonderful resources of
our great county.
W. C. Jones.
A Judge who Believes
in Prohibition.
Judge Emory Speer is strong
on prohibition', as the following
clipping from The Macon Tele
graph shows:
. The first of the criminal cases
was that of W. J. Brazwell, of
Fort Valley. He pleaded guilty
on the first count of the indict
ment charging illegal sale of
whiskey, and this being satis
factory to the prosecuting at
torney, Judge Speer pronounced
sentence, stating that as the
prisinor was of previous good
record and a young man of family
he would be as lenient as possible
and would only impose a jail sen-
tance of one month and $500
with the court costs, with a
possible commutation of the jail
term on payment of the fine. At
the announcement of the sentence
the prisioner leaned forward on
the table and wept silently.
Henry W. Brazwell then started
his defence, but after damaging (
evidense from several witnesses
he changed his plea of not guilty
to one of guilty. In sentencing
the prisnor Judge Speer said:
“Stand up, Mr. Brazwell. I
am glad under the circumstances
that you plead guilty; you are
plainly guilty, and if you had
fought the case out to the end,
and in a sense defied the law,
taking all chances, I fear I should
have been obliged to send you
to the penitentury, which I
might have done for two years.
I am glad I did not have to put
that stigma upon your family.
But you have certainly done a
great deal of harm. Now take
the testimony of this friend of
yours, the last witness, who is
one of those unfortunates who
when he takes a drink must have
another, and he can not stop
until he is so soaked he can
not retain the liquor. His sense
has been deadened, his nervous
system wrecked: his stomach is
as fiery as a volcano in eruption;
the whole man changed, the
possibility of his life ruined. To
that condition you contributed;
you have furnished him the
stupifying and intoxicating po
tion which made him what he
was when he was on one of these
terriable sprees. But that does
not begin to estimate all the harm
you have done. Your __ worst
offense was selling liquor to these
negroes. I believe that our pro
hibition laws in Georgia were
made largely for the same reason
that the government of the United
States forbids the sale of liquor
to the Indians. The people of
Georgia know the effect of liquor
on the negro. Now in a majority
of the cases, perhaps in all of the
cases, the intoxicant drives the
blood into his already compressed
brain and makes him, and many
whites also, capable of almost
any crime. It is mainly respon
sible for those terrible offenses
which are committed by negroes
on white women at times, which
'would stir the fever in the blood
of the aged and make the infant
sinews as strong as steel. ’ Com
mitted by the African, when he
does commit them, his native
deference to the white person
has been destroyed by the strong
intoxicating liquor which has
made him a demon.
“I think that the terrible erime
that was committed down in
Bullock county, where a whole
white family was put to death
and where the criminals them
selves were burned by an in
flated people, can be traced
back to the fact that the negroes
who committed the crime were
under the influence of strong
drink. That crime, and crimes
like that, are made possible by
men who like yourself furnish
this maddening potion to crea-
tuures everywhere in the south
removed but little more than a
century from actual savagery.
We will never settle our South
ern problems, as long as liquor is
furnished to the African through
out the South, and ' every good
man who labors to prevent it is
laboring not only as a law abiding
man, but as a far-seeing patriot,
and the men who are resisting it
maybe unconsciously, in my
judgment] are contributing to
results which will sooner or later
make our country well-nigh like
that of Mexico, which is now
like a cauldron seething with
blood.
“These are my views on this
subject. I am deeply convinced
of their truth. But I think right
in assessing your penalty to
consider your case, in so far as
you have violated the United
States laws, that is, that you
have defrauded the public treas
ury. What I have said is as to
the incidental effects of your
crime, which might in another'
case appeal to my discreation.
You have withdrawn your plea
of not guilty and you have pleaded
guilty. I give you credit for
that. I also bear in mind that
I have just heavily fined your
brother; I will bear in mind that
perhaps the old father, who has
doubtless deplored the conduct
of both, may have to pay both
fines. I do not wish to ruin him
and I wish to give you a place of
repentance, and I earnestly hope
that you may henceforth live a
better life and be a better man.
“The judgement of tha court
is that you be imprisoned for a
term of four month in the com
mon jail of Bibb county, and that
you pay a fine of $750, and the
eosts of the prosecution. If you
pay the fine and costs, the court
will suspend the jail sentence,
Woodland.
Several people from this sec
tion attended the picnic at Union
Wednesday.
Luther Scoggins accompanied
Miss Winifred Harper to preach
ing at Bold Spring Wednesday
night.
Messrs Alfred Akridge, Walter
Taylor, Earnest and Will Harper
attended the sing at Golden Rod
Wednesday night.
Quite a crowd from this sec
tion attended preaching at Bold
Spring Thursday night,
Walter Taylor was in Union
vicinity Sunday.
News is rather scarce at this
writing as the writer has been
requested to leave out some of
the items.
Alfred Akridge was seen with
his best girl Sunday.
Earnest Harper accompanied
Miss Susie Singletary home from
preaching at Bold Spring Thurs
day night.
J. L. Akridge attended busi
ness in Cairo Saturday.
Messrs Alfred Akridge and
Walter Taylor attended preaching
at Bold Spring Friday night.
Alfred Akridge wentito Cairo
Saturday and treated > himself
to a new bicycle.
Will Harper escorted Miss
Annie Bell Singletary home from
preaching at Bold Spring Satur
day night.
Bevival services will begin at
Woodland Saturday. We ask
the prayers of the praying people
for a good meeting.
Ask a certain young man what
makes him so bashful.
Charlie Cox was in this sec
tion Sunday.
Wonder where Will Harper
went Sunday.
Guess what young lady caught
her firsT beau a£woodland Sun
day.
Who was it that carried his
best girl to preaching Thursday
night and didn’t want the old
folk'to know it? Don’t worry
they will find it out bo.
Subscribe for The Progress
if you don’t take it.* if you do
take it then renew and keep on
getting the news while it is news,
fresh and fine and from no other
source.
Miss Annie Bell Singletary
attended Sunday school at
Woodland Sunday.
Hugh Jones has returned to
his native home in North Caro
lina. 1
Booth’s Crossing.
Wei 1 as I have not seen any
news from this place in some time
I will come again.
We had a nice rain Sunday even
ing and the farmers were glad to
see it,
Mrs. G. W. Rehherg and mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Barrett, visited Mes-
dames J- W. Davis, R. A. Reh-
berg and Mrs Castleberry, Tuesday.
Most everybody attended the
singing convention at Good Hope
Saturday and Sunday and theie
was no visiting.
The writer was seen at the sing
ing convention Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. J. W. Davis, mother and
aunt spent Sunday with Mrs. G.
W. Rehherg and mother.
The measles and roseolin. are
still raging in this section.
The farmers are about done lay
ing by their crops and they have
plenty of ripe melons in this section
G. W. Rehherg is kept busy saw
ing lumber and shingles for the
Reno people.
Father's Daughter.
I am pushing
for The Ten Cent
Store where so
many people go.
The goods they
sell pleese us well
and this you see
we’re bound t o
tell.
n
500 men’s washable ties, each 10 c
100 Ladies lace border Handkerdhiefs, each 5 c
100 Dozen good Pearl Buttons, per dozen 5 c
100 Large Size Talcum Powders, box 10 c
1,000 Yards Lace and Embroidery, per yard 4 c
100 Pieces fancy Crepe paper, piece 10 c
100 Sets fancy Cups and Saucers, set 75 c
100 10 quart milk pans, each 10 c
100 3 quart milk pans, each 5 c
50 Large Steak dishes, each 25 c
50 1 pound butter molds, each 25 c
50 14 quart dish pans, each 25 c
16 pounds granulated sugar for $1 00
25 pounds good rice 1 00
100 gallons good vinegar, gallon 35 c
If you are not already patronizing my store I
invite you to become a customer at once and share
in the bargains at offering.
Very truly,
GEO. W. HURST
LITHE TEN CENT STORE.
T PHONE 89 CAIRO, GA |
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F. M. BRANNON, Pres. W. s. WIGHT, Vice Pres. Wh SEARCY, Cashier.
CITIZENS BANK.
Cairo, - - Georgia.
We call your especial attention to a comparative statement of our bus
iness for the past four years.
DEPOSITS.
March 7, 1908 $ 123,000.00
March 7. 1909 125,000.00
March 7, 1910 106,000.00
March 7, 1011 186,000.00
TOTAL RESOURCES.
March 7, 1908 1 ? 168,000.00
March 7. 1900 170,000.00
March 7, 1910 213,000.0 n
March 7, 1911 261,000,0q
Each years’ business has shown a nice increase and for this increase in
business we are grateful to our friends. If yon are a customer of this bank
we thank you for yonr patronage in the past, and assure you that your ac
count is always appreciated at THIS BANK.
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let us show you how we make SATISFIED CUSTOMERS.
We pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly, on deposits in our
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