The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, July 28, 1911, Image 1
The Grady County Progress
VOL 2
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911.
NO. 2
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PURCHASE SITE FOR "PURE
SOUTH GEORGIA SYRUP"
REFINERY PLANT
INTERESTED
Promoters of Industry to Have
in Operation by Jan*
&&I uary l, 1912.
A deal was closed at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon whereby At
lanta is to secure one, of the most
progressive syrup refining plants
of the South, tfie Garner-Blakely
Company, of Bainbridge and
Cairo, Ga.
John St Garner, John D. Blake
ly and K. P, Wight purchased
\ through J. T. Kimbrough & Co.
.; a centrally located tract of
j ground 180 hy 150 feet.’&t Benja-
min and Whitehall streets and
■‘fthe Central of Georgia railroad,
■{ onwed by J. R. Smith and-the
Georgia Realty Company. A sub
stantial two-story 4 brick building
is already on the lot; and it ; will
be remodeled, while the o’ther
parts of the refinery plant are
i built. The work will* be cbm-
% plste^so the firm can commence
•4bi|sin^ hereby January J. the
AtWnta ; planFtb'-be the general
headquarters of the firm. .
"U| Th4 %Gmildi--Blakeiy’''1^5ip!Sfiy
!at present does a $150,000 annual
business, but expects to double
this: in course of time after com
pleting the Atlanta plant.
The firm will this fall pack
250,000 gallons of syrup on the
:amous Ingleside and two other
big south Georgia. The pack
ill amount to 20,000 cases, be-
inning in November. They are
onnected with the Wight Broth-
rs of Cairo, Ga., and are mak
ers of the celebrated “Wire-
tigrass” and “Pure Georgia Cane”
^yrups.
The above item, taken from
The Atlanta Georgian, is a slight
idication of the spirit of enter-
rise characteristic of some Cairo
business men. In addition to the
firm named by the Atlanta paper,
every member of which is a
hereditary “hustler,” like the
father of the family, Geo. A,
K'Wight, [Sr., known and loved so
.- well by this writer, in the years
/agone, there are other merchants
'and projectors in our midst, of
whose enterprise, you will hear,
[ere the setting of many more
H.
The Finest Yet.
• Mr/ C. G. Stevens exhibited to
/'Wednesday, two stalks of red
ne from his’ fields in the low
er part of this county each
four feet six inches in length and
showing fourteen joints. One is
a-stubble cane and is reall heav
ier than the other which is from
THEN AND NOW.
Our readers may pardon a few
reminiscences. Not of the ed
itorial kind, as relates to a news
paper. At the time referred to,
we were editing boys and girls,
in the “Cairo Academy”—not
papers.
Ah, how well do we remember
those boys and girls—our beloved
pupils! Not all of either sex
were holy angels; but they were
all belolVed, nevertheless. And
few, if any, have turned out
badly.
Not many of those boys and
girls—or the men women into
whom they developed—are to be
found hereabouts to day. We
cannot locate possibly a tenth of
them, anywhere. But some are
settled in or near Cairo, and they
are all associated in our mind
with pleasant memories. We
mention some of their names as
they recur to us, off-hand. And
that, without any trimmings to
them—except as may be necces-
sary to distinguish them.
Here they are: Walter Rodden-
bery, merchant-farmer; Byron
Wight, planter-pecan - grower;
John Crawford, post-master; Ke-
dar Powell, merchant; “Sime”
and Jim Vanlandingham, far
mers; Lou Vanlandingham, now
Mrs. ^ach Booth; Lem Powell,
merchant; Mellie Powell, now
Mrs. Walter Jones; Jim Hurst,
planter and magistrate; his Wife,
'then Annie Rvnwiv 'her sist-m*
m
is spring’s planting
H.
Still Finer.
Mr. Hibe Butler brought toour
office Monday, a stalk of red cane
from the field of Mr. Emory Max
well, which showed twelve joints!
'Mr. Butler reports plenty of cane
in that field over four feet long.
The one shown us measured four
feet and a half. H.
then'‘Annie Brown; her sister,
.Missouri BroWn; their 4 brother;
Will Brown, contractor; another
■bvother^fahlt, Blown, the orig-
'inal “Buster,'” salesman; Annie
Dunbar, now Mrs. John Poulk;
her brother, Tom Dunbar, sales
man; Tom ' Wight, Chm. Co.
Com’rs.; Carrie Wight, his sister;
Sallie Hurst, now Mrs. J. M.
Dekle; Jesse Caiman, Tax Recvr.;
Nathan Malloy, merchant;
Charley Cannon, Farmer; Wal
ter Connell, farmer; Lina Hall,
now Mrs. Hal Mitchell; Greene
McManus, Co. Tr.; Emmie Rich
ardson, now Mrs. BenMcManens,
Sr.: George Helton, farmer; Jim
Carter, farmer; Frank fRicther,
Sr., merchant; Jim Chester,
farmer;. Tom Whigham, farmer;
Murray Maxwell, salesman; Ben
Pope, merchant; Tom . Stanfil,
farmer; Dudley Stanfil, Dept.
Sheriff; Lula Watts, now Mrs.
Joe Nicholson; “Bud” Watts, Co.
Bailiff; Lula Watts, how Mrs.
Joe Nicholson; and Neil Mug-
gridge, farmer. In addition to
these, we mention the names of
some residents of Cairo, who
were our pupils in the Calvary
High School: Joe itigdon, mer
chant; his wife, “Scrap” Her
ring; Ira Higdon, merchant; and
Jennie Maxwell, now Mrs. Jim
Carter.
“Well, what of it?” asks some
one ■ at this point.
Oh, nothing—except that we
are proud of our boys and girls
and. want to say _ so. Just as
proud of those living in and near
Cairo, as we are of Congressman
Anderson Roddenbery, Judge
W. M. Harrell, of Bainbridge,
Prof. O. A. Chester and Col.
Louis Chester, of Washington,
Rev. Oscar Chester, of the South
Georgia Conference, and Dr.W.N
Ains-worth, President of\ the
Wesleyan Fern. Coll., who made
his first speech in our school-
room.That’s all. H.
P. H. Ward’s communication
is in type; but so much adver
tising has come in that a portion
of valuable matter has been
left out that will appear next
week.
HONEST BILL COLLINS
Grady County and Grady’s Rep*
resentative Honored.
Hon. W. H. Collins, for whose
appellation above, this editor is
responsible, has been si
honored, by Speaker Holder,
his committee assignments, ne
is a member of the following im
portant committees: General Ag
riculture, Appropriations, H State
Sanitarium and Penitentiary, be
sides others less prominent.
,H.
THE fcLIND TIGER
QUESTIpN.
We mean in Cairo. We’i$iaf-
ter “the beam in our own eye.”
What about it?
Last Saturday afternoon, in
passing to the rear of a block,
in this town, this editor saw
more than one group of young
men drinking—something—pve-
sumytively, liquor. People are
not likely to go out behind stores
to drink water from’ bottles.
And men do not, probably “step
round” to the rear, to drink coca
cola, in private.
Now, the question presents
itself, Where did those boys get
the liquor?
On mentioning the above fact
to a merchant into whose store
we passed, immediately after
witnessing the scene described,
he said substanially this: “I was
a member of the last grand jury
and, as a result of our investiga
tions I was convinced that there
are white men in this town who
furnish.Jiquor to negroes to sell;
guaranteeing that if they, the
sellers, are- caught and f...
they., the- fnr.%h^, wCl!pa/-!
fities. The only trouble was,
added the merchant* “that we
could n’t get positive proof of
names.”
Since tnat statement was made
we learn that a gentleman who
is drawn for the next grand ju
ry sayes he has the names! ‘ ‘So
mote it be.”
Now, a suggestion. Judge
Park and Judge Singletary “are
of age” and competent. But we
venture modestly and respectful
ly to suggest that instead of im
posing a fine in such cases,
which can and will be readily
paid by the furnishers, they in
variably sentence a convicted of
fender to TWELVE MONTHS
ON THE CHAIN-GANG! That
will put a stop to the nefarious
business; as the white man will
not agree to bear that penalty,
as a substitute for the negro.
H.
were received a few days ago.
We now find that due to the fact
that several other buildings will
be going up in the town and im
mediate vicinity at the same
time, that it will be impossible
to put up the bvilding this sum-
mer. The Board has therefore
ally Very reluctantly decided to put
this work off until the close of
the next spring term, and have
everything in order so that work
may begin immediately after the
close of the school.
While the school will be crowd
ed to some extent for lack of
space, yet we can with eight
large rooms and one small one
accomodate 300 to 325 pupils. The
fall term will begin as usual on
the first Monday in September.
The Trustees have done their
best to secure the Very best
teachers possible, and we ask the
hearty co-operation of all our
people to make the school wnat
our children need.
Board op Trustees.
Mr. Julian Roddenbery.
We are glad to note that this
yonng gentleman is doing fine
ly with his broken leg, He has
reached the point at which he
can walk a little without his
cruthes H.
Special Attention
Is called an article in another
lAllimW J -fiaAnu. Tnl
A. Remarkable Case
Mr. Hibe Butler, one of ou
best and most responsible citi
zens, related the following facts,
in our office, the other day:
The first week in October, 1909,
some hogs were put into a field
of his, to be fattened. The sec
ond week, one of them was
missed, and was thought to have
escaped. The first week in Jan
uary, following, that hog was dis
covered in an old dry well, on
the premises, and was supposed
to be dead. The following week,
some Iboys, in passing, threw a
missile down upon the hog, When,
to their amazement, the poor
creature struggled itself to its
feet and staggered about in the
well. The beast was immediate
ly extracted and cared for. ^t
lived and throve and, the suc
ceeding fall was. fattened and
killed, for meat.
citizens. She has a host of friends
who unite in the wish for a “bon
voyage” for the happy couple.
Rev. B. R. Anderson, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church, will
occupy his pulpit, in Cairo, next
Sabbath morning. At night he
will preach in the Methodist
Church.
Cain—Underwood.
Last Sabbath morning, at the
Methodist Parsonage, by Rev. W.
E. Towson, Mr. Josiah Un
Cairo Concert Band Program.'
Be low we publish another one
of the popular, programs of the
Cairo Concert Band for their con
cert Friday evening. All music
lovers and others are cordially.
Mr. Harlow and his programs
are growing in popularity every
week.
1. March—“Grady County Fair”
(new), Harlow
2. Overtue—“Golden West”
Beyer
3. Paraphrase—“Silveo Threads
Among the Gold” Danks
4. Waltz diConcert— ‘ ‘Henrietta’ ’
Harlow
5. College March— “University of
Maine’ ’ Crosby
6. Spanish Serenade — “LaPal-
oma” Yrandier
7. March—“American Million
aire” Brown
Star Spangled Banner.
Our School Building.
As is well known, it has been
the purpose of the Trustees to
enlarge our present school build
ing so as to make it adequate to
our present needs. It was pur
posed to do this work this sum
mer. Several difficulties have
been in the way; but the Board
considered that these could likely
be overcome, and so plans for
the enlargement were ordered
three or four weeks ago, and
of God.”
:9!ni<fi Mentis) £
The Uniori Meeting of the
Campbell (Baptist) Association
will be held with Magnolia
Springs church, a few miles
southeast of Cairo; beginning to
morrow and continuing through
Sunday. The friends and admir
ers of Elders T. A. White, A, C.
Stephenson and G- W. Carroll
will have an opportunity to hear
them—as they are all on the pro
gramme of exercises. H.
Ah, There!
Teat big, bouncing, baby boy i
He’s no joke, that boy. And
Tom Dunbar is going around
town with an annual smile on
that truly celestial. Why? The
arrival was at his house, Tuesday
night. We congratulate pogsy
and momsy. H.
- Our rublication Day.
Thursday i 3 publication day foi^
this paper and from this time,
onward, it will be issued on that
day. Advertisers and subscrib
ers may count on that. H.
League Program
On next Tuesday evening the
Senior Leaguers will be enter
tained with a program by the
Juniors.
We are certain this will be an
interesting program and we cor
dially invite all.
A Gretna Green Affair.
Mr. Ivey Taylor and Miss Mittie
Sasser, drove quietly over to
Whigham, last Saturday, and
(■Were united in marriage, by Rev.
J. S. Jordan.
I The bridegroom is a son of Mr.
George Taylar and the bride a
a daughter of Mr. Albert Sasser
all of Cairo district.
Griner—Posey
Sabbath afternoon, in the pre
sence of a few friends, at the
Parsonage, Mr. Grover Posey,
and Miss Clyde Griner were mar
ried by the Rev. W. E. Towson.
Both of these young people are
residents of Cairo and are well
and favorably kown. Mr. Posey
has a responsible position in the
Cost Line, having moved to Cairo
less than a year ago. Miss Clyde
is the obliging and efficient op
erator of the Phone Exchange.
She is a native of Grady county,
a daughter of one of our leading
Bag®
farming near Houston in
state. The lady of choice is a
sister of Col. Sam Cain of Whig
ham. Col. Cain and. Mrs. H. F.
Smith accompanied the happy
caupleto Cairo and witnessed the
ceremony. Their trip was made
in Mr. Smith’s auto. After the
wedding, the party, returned
immediately. The good wishes of
many friends will follow this
young couple as they take up the
journey of life together.
EXPLANATORY
Owing to the unexpectedly
prolonged absence of our local
editor, at Panacea Springs, it
has fallen, to the lot of the senior
editor, again this week, as last,
to flip out the local items, per
sonals etc.
If you have any compliments,
ring us up; any scarifications,
reserve them for Mack Johnson.
• H,'
Off at Conference.
The Rev. Messrs .W.E. Towson,
J. B. Wight, Walter Jones, cler
ical, and P. Herring, D. L. Will
iams, and Frank Brown, lay del
egates from the Cairo M. E.
church, are in attendance on the
District Conference, ,at Arlington
this week. ' ' H.
Rev. W. E. Towson will be out
of town next Sabbath, attending
the District Conference at Arling
ton. The Confeence convenes
Wednesday night. Because of Mr.
Towson’s absence, there will be
no service in the Methodist
Church Sabbath morning. At
night, Rev. Mr, Anderson will
fill the Methodist pulpit.