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BRADY COUNTY TO HUE FAR DBT. 4-S-6. pair Committees Met Tues day for the purpose of . Making Definite Plans As to Time, Place etc. FAIR 6R0UNDS TO BE NE R BAPTIST CHURCH. M. J, Pearce Is Made Chairman of the County Fair. Chairman Pearce called a meet ing of all the Fair Committees ■ Tuesday for the purpose of mak ing some definite arrangements as to. time, place, etc. for the fair. It was unanimously decided to have the fair on October 4, 5, and 6th on the Roddenberry lot near . the Baptist Church. On motion M; J. Pearce was made *■ Chairman - of the Grady County Fair for the year 1911. Mr. Pearce has been acting as Chairman of the Fair Committees and has shown lots of interest in the fair and the crowd displayed their appreciations by unanimous ly electing him Chairman of the County Fair. Mr. J; S, Weathers was elected Secretary and J. E. Forsyth Treasurer, these gentlemen* with Chairman Pearce will have the entire afrangeinents mtl -tlie^fair in charge,’ any onwishing any information concerning the fair in any way will address any of these gentlemen. Oii motion the Chairman, retary and Treasurer were in structed to make all the rules of the fair and have same published with the premium list. The Secretary was instructed to ask the Mayor and Council of Cairo to comply with the follow ing resolutions: Be it resolved and the same is hereby resolved that the Mayor and Council of the City of Cairo be asked to grant the Amusement Committee power to accept or reject all shows, carnivals, etc., that might want to come to Cairo during the week of the fair.. On motion adjourned. M. J. Pearce, Chair. B. m. Johnson, Sec. Fair Com. LET’S EVERRONE GET TO GETHER AND HAVE A GOOD FAIR; EVERY BODY MUST REMEMBER THAT IT IS THEIR DUTY TO PUSH FOR THE FAIR. It will be ’ remembered that in last, week’s isbueof The Pro gress note was made of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wight; Mr. and Mrs. % S; Wight? and Mr. *n<L Xi*. ,,K. :.jFL Wight’s having left for Weangglad to state CAIRO BOARD OFTRABE KiSS OF SEORGIA A Move That Means Boost for r At the last meetfiig of~the Board of Trade a motion was carried and the Secretary in structed to pay the dues and have the GairofBoard of Trade entered as a-£||pifiber of the State Chamber of Commerce. This move means a big lot of advertising for Cairo and Grady County. ^ ' - J. MER NEEDS. As the head of a family—A HEALTHY LOCATION, AS AN AGRICFLTURIST—Rich; Pro ductive Lands,, Long_ Growing Seasons, Permitting rotation of Crops; Climatic conditions and Varieties of Soils which afford Diversification of Crops;. Weill Watered sections and)Rich Grai ses_fo^-.Liye'Stp <t ck, /( r®fi natural ['barriefs ih timbers Wrlf or Hills against storms and atmospheric extremes;'Good Markets, local as wiell as distant- best transporta tion and Shipping facilities; GOOD FARMING LANDS AT LOW PRICES-GRADY COUN TY OFFERS ALL THESE- ADVANTAGES. If you are thinking of changing your location and bettering your condition, write the Local Editor for full information. J. OF MR. BRYAN istHEiawnm Scored by Chairman Underwood Of Ways and Meat Committee ;N«w York ...„JBWBL this issue that we have heard was fully$wo aunutee before he Washington.—Arising to a question of personal privilege in the house today, Representative Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee, de nounced as "an absolute false hood” the statement made by William Jenniags Bryan that Underwood had stood in the way of a revison of the iron and steel schedules. *, - Underwood rectfved-<me of the greatest ovations ever accorded a mem her ef fcho house, and it from this happy fittle party and that they Arrived in New York wtiatstnd all safe and well. ;N^tRBSPONSIBLE"~Froa» this date I will not be responsible for dehtfhat ,'my wife,;lattice Mfoatraet,; July 81, Mfc % Alfred DrtIsv Was allowed to continue with a deeunctethm of Bryan. “The statement,*’ declared Underwood, ‘<is absolutely fake. If it refected upon me alone I would not Cake time to deny it. But the refection reels on the entire Democratic party in the hawse, and I would be untrue to ^ J ’ /-j WHAT’S THE MAT- TO BE HELD AT GW, THURiBAY, AUG. 17 Program: Morning Session at 10 o’clock Invocation. Introductory Remarks, Col. J. S. Weathers. “Specialized Farming,” J. Wifi. Hart, Professor of Dairy Extension, State College of Agriculture. “Seed Selection,” J. Phil Campbell, Professor of School Extension, State College of Agriculture. Afternoon Session. 1: 30 o’clock. The Problem of the Farmer,”. T. G. Hudson, Commissioner of Agriculture. Every one invited, free to all. Meeting Corn Club members, especial Iy, should attend the Institute. Don’t forget the date and bring a friend with you. THURSDAY Aug. 17th AT THE COURT HOUSE in Cairo. President Higdon called a meeting of the Board of Trade recently for the purpoi&. of de vising some plan by which our merchants could pay more than our sister cities for cotton. A committee of Joe Higdon, W. G. Baggett and J. E. Hall was ap pointed to take this matter in charge and put the scheme through as they thought best. We don’t hesitate to say that with these gentlemen behind the move our farmers may rest easy and bring their cotton to Cairo, they’ll be paid a good long price. * ». J; SPLENDID SERMON BY EDITOR-PREACHER Dr. Harris, of Cairo, Preached «t Union Service. f Rev. Dr. Robt. H. Harris, pas tor of the Baptist church at Cairo, Gsu, a nd editor of The Cairo Progress, wm the preacher at the union service Sunday night atthePresbyterian church. He preached an interesting historical sermon on Nebuchadaezzr’s vis- iea of the c owing of the king dom.—Quitman Advertiser. statement and prove the state ment to be a. ffikrflooA.V.'.; ..-. _j Mr. Underwood, amid cheers tvm the the Democrats, said this! he . had told the ways Mid mean* oommlttee that he was rfady to fake up the iron and steel schedule at. the beginning of the session, but that the eom- mittee voted to tab.? np tfoej and cottoa first.—Ex. ■ Inspired by Dr. Harris’s Ed- • itorial “What Education” in Last Week’s Paper SHOWS FIGURES THAT GA. ONE OF FO EMOST INDE6REE0FILLITERAGY Favors Consolidation of Small er Schools. Also Strongly- Urges Local Taxation. Cairo, Ga., Aug. 7, 1911. Dr. R. H. Harris, Cairo, Ga. Dear Doctor: I have read and read again with increasing interest and prof it your article in the last issue of the Grady County Progress or. What About Education?” and I Wish to thank you for it and to commend it to the thoughtful consideration of the public. It is not a 'difficult matter to say a great many . nice things about education and its advan tages, nor to beifioan the fate of individuals and nations that neglect it, but to offer a, few de finite, concret ( e v rgmedies' for ex lstirfg* evils is vastly m'ore vital concern to the people. 'It is..be cause of the fact that I think you have brought out some of the real problems in education and emphasized them so that no one need be mistaken as to what they are, that your article de serves the careful attention of all our people. That article ought to.be in every home in Grady and deeply impressed upon the mind of every thinking man arid woman among us; for it deals with problems that are go ing to force themselves forward for consideration whether we want it or not. Let me quote the closing thought and the climax to your whole article: “LET US BE WILLING TO EDUCATE; LET US SANCTION COMPULSORY LEGISLATION LOOKING TO THAT END; LET US CHEER FULLY SUBMIT TO LEGITI MATE TAXATION FOR THAT PURPOSE.” That is high ground you are taking when you use those words, but in my hum ble opinion, it is good, orthodox doctrine. The safety and per manency of any republic diepends upon the intelligence of its peo ple. The greatest drawback to t!<e material and moral prosperity of any; country is ignorance and the most powerful factor m\the building up and maintenance of any nation is mteUifrene* Locally speaking, what we need'in Georgia mere than any thing else is not an Increase in the general appropriation fcy the state for school purposes, but an inorase el the school fund by local taxation county-wide in its ssofe. Only ten states in the Unto* appropriate as much money by the legislators as does Georgia; and yet we are the FORTY-FIFTH in the nufttey of any. It Is poeeJMy true A recent report shows that 111’; counties in Georgia are working; convicts, in this 111 counties; there are 4715 convicts at work, j which if equally divided would be a little more than 42 convicts to each county. .The records show that Grady only has 24 convicts, what’s the matter? Is’ there discrimination in our Geor gia Prison Commission or is there something the matter with our local officials? J. where the people rely chiefly on the state to support their school systems, the degree of illiteracy is higher. The nearer home and the closer to the people we bring both the support and the admini stration of the schools the better results we get from - them. The people want better schools, but we have yet to learn that the state will not supply their wants as fully as the people may do for themselves. For the sake of comparison, let us notice the following; New York raises.9 times as much money from local tax as she gets from legislative appro priation, and has Only 5 illiterates , out of 1,000. New Jersey raises 1 3 times as much by local taxation as she gets from legislative ap- ■ propriation, and has only 24 illit erates out of 1,000. Ohio raises. 10 times as much money by local taxation, as she gets by legislative' appropriation, and has 28 illiter ates out of 1,000. Georgia raises about 1-2 as much by local taxa tion as she gets by legislative appropriation, and has 118 illiter ates out of 1,000. These figures are based entirely on white pop ulation over 10 years of age. You will notice from these figures that THE MORE THE STATE DOES FOR US IN THE WAY OF EDUCATION, THE LESS. WE DO FOR OURSELVES. Again, Georgia raises 30 per cent, of its entire schools fund by local taxation. Arkansas Virginia Florida New Jersey New York 68 per cent 63 “ 84 “ 66 “ 85 Georgia pays $1.56 per capita for education. Arkansas $2.01 “ Virginia $2.16 Florida $2.36 New Jersey $6.36 “ New York $6.01 “ These facts but emphasize the point made above that THE- MORE THE STATE DOES FOR US IN THE WAY OF EDUCA- TION, THE LESS WE DO FOR- OURSELVES. Finally, the most pressing and immediate need in Grady County is the consolidation of the smaller schools into larger ones. Ran dolph County, about the sarnie area as Grady, has only 17 wmfe> schools. We have - 48 white schools. Randolph has county wide local taxation, and runs it* schools from 7 to 9 months inthe year. Some pf the schools J* Grady county are realizing tn consolidation and local taxatkm are the best means that the qlato has given us to materially prove the educational situat Henry W. Grady said, “e* man’s sovereignity rests her _ his own hat.” A*(it is with Ifc: individual, so it is with timeout ty. The people may have wjmfc they wish, if they > only wish ' It hard enough. ' => Thanking you again fofjjfte article and hoping'that yon w*»y have occasion from time to rime to toueh up our educational inPuk ests, I am, Tours very sincerely, j. s; ym&m