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The Grady CAIRO, . GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911. NO. 1 A GREAT SAL* DAY III CIO Was the Farmers’ Picnic Union Last Saturday a Day Never to be Forgotten. They were here and no mistake, And while they were here for a feast upon the substantials and delicaciesexpected to be so abun dantly supplied by the good peo ple of Grady county and Cairo town, all one in interest, as they should be in sympathy, they were were also here on business intent Don’t you forget to remember that. They likewise enjoyed a feast,in courses, of another kind. By “they”, we mean the sturdy farmers Grady county, their wives their sons and their daughters; intermingled among whom were business men and professional men of Cairo, la<£ids and young people. Aii .who were present know what is meant by the feast of • Vndnrla TTmao wpvp nrvf*. table viands. Those were not present cannot, in imagination, well exaggerate the excellence of “the spread”. ’Suggestions of the other feast— of reason and eloquence—are herewith offered, further down. Offered merely as suggestions. This reporter sought and besought .compendious notes, at least, of speeches,, but was disappointed, Mr. W. C. Barrow, president of the. county union, was certain ly the right man in ‘the right place, as director of the exer cises and master - of cere monies. As promoter and general super visor of the lemonade department, Mr. ‘W. D. Barber proved him, self 'an apt and worthy pupil of his old preceptor of thirty year- ago— to-wit, this humble scribe. . Nearly all stores in town were closed at 10:30 a. m. and re mained un-opened until long after 1, p. in'. The Cairo Concert Band ren dered some very beautiful selec tions, preliminary to the speeches. The music of the band was at it' always is, heartily enioyed by all who heard it. And they were a multitude. The speakers were Hon. T. J. Brooks, of Atwood, Tenn., and Prof. Jere M. Pound, ex state school commissioner of Georgia, now president of Gor don institute, in Barnesville. Both of those gentlemen are very impressive speakers, and each held the unflagging atten tion of the vast audience to the end of his address. The unique popularity of “Tennessee” Brooks, as he is called, was illustrated in the last legislative election in his state, when during his absence on a speaking tour in California, ’ he was nominated for the senate by both the democratic the and re publican party convention of. his district!,;* This information was urnished. by Mr. State secretary of the Georgia Fanners’ Union, who accompained the speaker to Cairo. Mr. Barrow was veryhappy in the remarks with which he intro duced senator Brooks and the latter gentleman literally “cap tured the crowd’, with his open ing sentence; after which he held the undivided attention of all, '■to the utterance of his 'finishing word. The speech waA a powerful presentation of the cause repre sented by its able advocate; but we regret the impossibility of giving more than a suggestion of its import, in this review of the occasion. He showed that the farmers of the United States, although numbering only 5,000,- 000, of the 93,000,000 of popula tion, could, as they ought to, con trol the situation in the case of Corporations versus Agricultur ists, if they would only unite and stand together.. To that end he said three things are essential; 1st, To utilize all the knowledge attained and attainable,' in im provements in agriculture; 2nd, The scientific marketing of pro ducts; 3rd, The making of the body of farmers the moral force that they can bp, in the country at large. And, then, at the ending, his perora ton was a beautiful piece of fidished oratory. At the conclusion of the sena tor’s speech, the president an nounced that our school commis sioner, Hon. J. S. Weathers, would introduce the next speaker- The commissioner, in a few chaste and ' well-rounded sen tences, then presented Prof. Pound. The Professor was at his best— which is saying a good deal—and in that, overwhelmingly convincing style of his he demon- stratedSfehe absulutemfecessity of a more general and a more thor ough course of true education among the agricultural class : of our while people, to attain the high position that thqAnglo-Sax- on is entitled to and to ayoid the serfdom that x awaits the -third gener||l$tf of bur posterity, withMt it.’ Ah, he made some hearts quake and quiver with dread, as irf*such graphic vivid ness, he portrayed the horrible impending - 'condition in which millions "of pur popple . will find themselves, if they fail to use the indicated precautions. At the conclusion of Prof. Pound’s addfesss, Mr- Barrow dismissed the people; who im mediately proceeded to spread a feast of choice edibles—some upon the tables erected in the grove and some upon the ground for more private clusters,' while numbers of others opened boxes, trunks and baskets in buggies and wagons, upon the steps of school-buildings and perhaps else-where. If any of the peo ple failed to be fed, this reporter has no knowledge of the fact, Thus ended the occasion— one long to be remembered by those who were fortunate enough to be present and see it through. Hurrah for the 'Farmers’ Union! Let there be peace and har mony between all.the people; of the country and of the town. Cairo City Court. This court convened last Mon day, with Judge J. R. Singletary presiding and Mr. W. J. Willie in charge of the State’s interests; and will probably continue in session throughout this week. Up to Wednesday night, the following-named cases had been disposed of: The State vs Peter Simon; Cruelty to Animals—Guilty. The Stote vs Joe Bond; Cruelty to Animals—Guilty. The Stats vs W. S. .McCord; Pointing Gun— Not guilty. The State vs W. S. McCord; Pointing Gun — Not Guilty. The State vs W. S. Mc Cord; Pointing Gun—Not,Guilty. The State vs John Smith; Lar ceny from h o u s e—G u i 11 y The State vs John Smith; point ing pistol—gilty. The State vs John Smith; pointing gun—gilty.. The State vs Gus Hall; larceny from House—not gilty. The State vs Jim Reynolds; obscene' lan guage—not prosed. The State, vs Waiter Ragay; selling whiskey —guilty. The State vs Byron Ragan; assault and battery—not guilty. The State vs Ira Ragan assault and Battery--Not prosejl The state vs Sam Gilbert; selling liquor—Not Guilty and cost on prosecutor. The State vs Dan Dixon ; simple larceny- -not guilty The State vs Rachel Ellis; lar ceny from house—not guilty. The State vs Enoch Neal; cheating and swindling—not prosed The State vs George Harvey, Normon Gully and John Wolf; Gambling.j^Not Guility. The State' vs C.W.J\IcMillaB: Assai ctv 'The ; S T '' vs Fayette Turner, to Anima^'—Guilty.: 7, Thomasville Vistors. There, Were several visitors from.Thomasville in attendance on Court, here, last Monday, as follows; Messrs. Tom C. Duren, W. H. Bibb; Jr., Lewis Houston, Jr., C W. McRae, Jas, M. Whiddon Tom Brandon, “Red” Tyus and Will Dopson. Visiting Lav/y^^^pf, The following?named "visiting ^titbrifeys were in.; attendance, up,? on the City.Ccdi't, in Cffiro, in the early part’of the present week: Hons. J. Epgdre.n - Mitcliell, Roscoe. Luke .ajjmj^rCraigmiles,' of ThomasvilJe,'®^3^tion. R. R. Terrell, pt. Whigham. Since the foregoing paragraph was “put in type, ” the follow ing-named additional '.lawyers have come: Judges, Av.N.Spence; of Camilla, W.H.,Hammond, of Thomasville, and John Pope, of Albany, with Messrs. O.M.Hill, of Way cross, uS.M.Bennett, of Albany, S. P. Cain, of Whigham,^ and Matt. Bennett, of Camilla. The fact that so many distin guished “furrin” attorneys have been brought here to .compete with members of onr local bar, redounds greatly to the glory of the latter. Senator Graham. Grady County is unusually honored, in the committee as signments given to Dr. L. C. Graham, our district senator. Here they are: $( Of the Academy fob the Blind, "Chairman ;,Agricultur,e; Congres sional and Legislative Re-a'p poritioment; Education;'Hygiene and Sanitation, Vice' Chairman; State. Sanitarium; Temperance Western and Atlantic Railroad, Vice Chairman. ■ r—^ Mr. Ward’s Letter. A strong communication from the pen of ' Mr. P. H. Ward handed in too late for this issue of The Progress, will appear in our columns, nhxt week. .: ... .*.c,• 1 • $ Statement Made by Board of Directors About one year ago The Prog ress was launched as a newspaper Its founders had implicit faith in the future of Cairo and of Grady county; and to forward the interests of both was the reason for starting the paper. We feel that a fair beginning has been made. A good subscription list has been secured and our advertising and job printing pa'.- ronage has been reasonably good. A few persons have persistently misunderstood our motives in en tering this field. Whether this has been from ignorance or sel fishness or anything else does not concern us greatly. This, how ever, has not in the past nor will it in the future keep us from doing what we can to make this section blossom as the rose. We look hopefully to the future. More than ever do we feel that we are here to stay. In asking for the support and patronage of all our people, we give the as surance that, to help every laud able enterprise, to give the news and to aid in building up a sec tion that is ndt surpassed by any in this fair state, shall be our only purpose. At our mast-head today ap pear two names to whom 1 are committed theinterests of The Progress. The first of these is that of a man who needs-no 'introduction to our people. His life and works of the past speak for them, selves ; and we are sur i tbit his efforts.in Hie fqtoe will 1 t^lirytevl-by we ifamA ^il motives. He.haS'hhs undertaken this. Work at our eirnest'’solicita tion!' ■*'• \'Tfie second name is that of young man, who. with some ex perience in the newspaper busi ness in another section, comes to cast his lot with us, and to .lend j Rhett Pringle; “his efforts in the development of this section! '.We as ^ S for both o f these the c o -o p era t i o n of our people. We begin this second year of The Progress with the renewed purpose of pushing the interests of our town and county; of giving the people all the news* of the section; of upholding the right; and of doing all in our pqwer to aid in the development of this section. Inquiry has been made as to who will carry out subscription and advertising contracts which have been previously made. The Progress Publishing Co. is business corporation, which makes its arrangements annually with those who conduct its af fairs. Any changes therefore, in the office force will not make the least change in any business arrangements. All settlements for amounts due op subscription or otherwise will be made with ihe new management. Progress Publishing Co. Per Board of Directors. Jointed Sugar Cane.' We were shown, last Monday, two stalks of red cane, from the farm of Mr. W. T. Crawford, one of which counted seven joints and the other, nine! We have heard of nothing bet ter, in that line. Cairo Concert Band. On account of the rain last Friday evening the band did not give its regular concert. They will use the regular program in tended for last week’s concert this afternoon. March—King K a i r o— (new) Harlow. Medley Overture—, Yankee Hash Miller Waltz Song— The Ieeal of my Dreams..-Ingraham K. of P. March—Corn- man ...Hall Romanza—A day dream (Duette for two cornets) Harlow Idye—The Glowworm. _ v Link March—Selected.' Prof. H. A. Hayes Some of our older, or rather- less young, readers will remem ber that “whole team” of a boy, Gus Hayes, a former pupil, in Cairo, of this editor. After years spent in teaching, as a college president, etc., he is now editor of The Children’sJHomeRecord,” published in Winston,N. C.,under the auspices of the M. E. Confer ence of that state. mm The Forlornestof the Forlorn About the most woe-begone looking lot to be seen, in this country, : are the" orphans novj : £ telMfo-wit, Rev. W. E, Towsyx family at Cornelia; W. J. Willie, family in Statesboro; Commi? ;■ sioner J. S. Weathers, wife iu Barnesville; Moil. W. S. Wight, family in Burke county..'. Hardened reprobates, like David Williams, Charley Roddenbery and this editor, who have grown “used to” such conditions, affect very superior “airs”, around those other orphans. The Local Editor. Mr. B. M, Etfoqnson has been engaged.as local editor of this paper, to assume the duties of the position, next week. He is at present, spending a few days, with his wife and baby, at Pan acea Springs, Local Overflow. Master Edgar Burts has named his mother’s cottage, at Blue Ridge, “Bide a Wee.” The words, taken inversely, read, “Wea- bide”—a fact' that he had in mind, when he suggested, for a name, the old Scottish welcome. Mr. Walter Bell, we are sorry to hear, sustained a very severe cut on the arm, by accidently driving his elbow through the glass of a showcase, in Wight and Brown’s drug store,last night Epworth League Progrr m July 25th. Subject-Losses More Valuable than Gains. References—2 Cor, 4;17, Mark 10-27-31. This will be a consecration Ser vice and will be in charge of Mrs. Walter Jones. Special Music. Mrs. W. M. Searcy, with her children, little William and Floyd, returned, hither, to her home, last Sunday, after a delightful visit of 1 some weeks, to her moths*, in Sylvester. J * Messrs. Joe and Remer Sapp, of Douglas and their brother, Mr. James Sapp, of Albany, have been visiting home-folks here, for several days, recently. Dr. C. A. VanDuzee was in town this week looking after hia pecan interest here. r>