The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, August 31, 1911, Image 1

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I' ■r M , The Grady vol. 2 CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 1911, NO. 7 GRADY OOIIRTY10 BE BIG EXPOSITION. South Georgia Land and Agri cultural Exposition to be Held at Tifton. SEPTEMBER 27—OCTOBER 1 That was the decision of a com mittee from the Board of Trade which met Saturday morning with Mr. John W. Greer of Tif ton who came to Cairo specially to interest the people of this county. This big exposition is to be the first distinct land show ever held in the South. It is the direct re suit of a movement started at Cordele two years ago for the purpose of settling up the idle lands of South Georgia. That movement fyas been in constant operation ever sir.ce and the main effort has been directed in break ing up the big tracts of land and getting them on the market, and today there are over three million acres of land on the market in Sonth Georgia. It was thought by the'promot ers that time had arrived to in vite the people of Nor th Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Ken tucky and North Alabama down to see these lands and this ex position was the plan inaugu rated. All the real estate and land owners of South South Geor gia will meet in convention on the first day of the convention at Tifton and devise plans to handle the people who come down to buy land. It is expected that ten thousand people will attend this exposition from the sections nam ed above for the purpose of buy ing land and it will require all the land men in South Georgia to take care of them, It would be difficult for a land owner to talk his county to these people unless he had an exhibit present to point to. Grady Coun ty has been asked to send a speci fic exhibit of Georgia Cane Syrup and coilard seed and pecans. This being a day of specialties, it is believed that these specialty exhibits will be more impressive than general exhibits, although the county can send anything she wants to send and there is no cost to it, since the railroads transport the exhibit free and the exposi tion gives free space in the hand some buildings that are being erected for the purpose. The special committee which endorsed the enterprise and or der the exhibit was composed of Messrs. Wight, Crawford, Hall ifmd the secretary* The commit tee appointed to conduct a cam paign for this exhibit was Mess. W. B. Roddenbery, J. B. Wight and J. F. Stone. It is the pur pose to select some one to go along with this exhibit and dis tribute literature about the coun ty, ,te)l pf its resources and carry i in the •county and send;people here who desire to settle here; ; ■ BfeStle. You should keep your eye on Itidhfer & Rtishin; They are putting on wrote more of those sales, that will do you good to goto. Published By Request. Whereas, certain reports deroga tory to the character of Rev. J. W. Cannon,, pastor of Pleasant Grove Church have gained promiscuous circulation throughout Grady County; Whereas, the promoter of said reports who is a member of said church, has been given a fair and ample opportunity to furnish evidence to said church- in regular conference in verifica tion thereof and has utterly failed to so do; Whereas, upon said fail ure, said promoter of the reports aforesaid and accuser of said pas tor acknowledged in said church conference that he had misrepre sented his pastor, wherefor be ing sorry and penitent, he asked forgiveness of the church and the pastor; Whereas, said church and pastor did accept said ac knowledgement and arant the forgiveness sought, thus vindi cating the innocence of said pas tor and closing the incident for ever, so far as the church is con cerned; and Whereas, after all of which was ended, an assemblage of people consisting of represen tatives of the entire Pleasant Grove community, regardless of church relations, has gathered on the premises after the dismission of the church: Now be it resolved by said promiscuous assemblage that the derogatory aspersions made by the self-confessed pro- motor and accuser, aforesaid, are, by his own acknowledgment ut terly untrue and unwarranted and that we take pleasure in. hereby expressing our unchanged opinion of Rev. Jesse W.,Cannon; accord ing tb wljiich' jhe is art honorable Christian gentleman and a min ister fully entitled to the undim inished confidence of all people: And be it resolved further that this entire statement be publish- in the Grady County Progress and the Cairo Messenger. J. H. Butler, G. E. Prince, J. G. Griner, Committee, Interesting Contribution ' The Farmers Union is alright, and so is its President Mr: W. C. Barrow. At least this is what the Band Boys say. V ' Everybody in the County knows our band and our band boys We have one of the best amateur bands in this state, and the Farm ers Union knew this when they invited the boys to play for them on their Picnic day. The boys of. corse were glad to play, they however made no charges for their services except a promise of something, and Mr. W. C. Barrow made the boys glad a few days ago when he presented them with $25.00 for their services. The boys need all the cash they can get to keep the band going, and they are loud in their praise of the Farmers Union and Mr. Barrow who is the President. An Apology. Announcement pf the prospec tive absence of- the pastor of the Baptist church and,the . arranged for occupation of his pulpit by Rev. A. J. Taylor,, on last Sunday, was 1 —simply •forgotten; wherefor the said‘paistdr offers .a humble apology '.to/all concerned. '.Mr. Taylor preached two very tor filled’the pulpit of the Baptist church'iri Moultrie! ■&' Be a Booster. Do you know that there’s lots b, people Settin’ round in every town, Growlin’ like a broody chicken, Knockin’ every good thing down; Don’t you be that kind of cattle, ’Cause they ain’t no use on earth, You just be a booster rooster, Crow an’ boost for all you’re worth. If your town neecfe boostin’, boost ’er, Don’t hold back, an’ wait to see If some other feller’s willin’— Sail right in, this country’s free; No one’s got a mortgage on it, It’s yours just as much as his. If your town is short on boosters, You get in the boostin’ biz. If things, don’t seem-'tp suit you, An’ the world seems kinder wrong, What’s the matter with a boostin’, Just to help the thing along; ’Cause if things should stop a goin’ * We’d be in a sorry plight; You just keep that horn a blowin’, Boost ’er up with all your might. If you see some feller tryin’ For to make some-project go, You can boost it up a-trifle, That’s your cue to let him know That you’re not a goin ’ to knock it, Just because it ain’t your “shout,” But you’re goin’ to boost a little, ’Cause he’s got “the best thing out.” I you know some feller’s failin’s Just forget ’em, ’cause *j , know- • That same feller’s • go£ some good points, Them ? s the ones you want-to show; “Cast your loaves out on the waters, They’ll come back,” ’s asayin’ true. Mebbe they will come back, “buttered,,’ When some feller boosts for you. —The Spokesman. (. H. MRD WRITES vs Emphasizes the Necessity of Owning a Home. “Takes no Prophetic eye to See it,” He Says. Notice. I wish to call attention to the fact that there are some errors in the premium list for the Grady County Fair, and that the same will be corrected in next week’s papers. These errors should have been corrected this week but owing to the absence of some of the committee it could not be at tended to. Yours very truly, J. S. Weathers, Secy. Good For Bob Majors Donalsonville, Ga., Aug. 28, 19118 Albany Herald,' Albany, Ga. Gentlemen: It might be of interest to you to learn that your correspond ent was commended from the pul pit here yesterday, for the accu racy of the report sent to The Herald in regard to the deplorable afiair at Jakin, Ga. i . Rev. Mr. Ledbetter whd lives at Jakin, stated that thdre port was. ^abscl id ely con5ec| in every respect, and that he This scribe has been reliably informed that about one-fifth of the cotton area of the United States is now owned by men of capital, principally foreign. The day is not far distant when the poor man of America cannot buy a home. Land will be too high. Capitalists will own it, who will not sell it at all. How important it is that the young men of today should sacrifice Bsome- thing, deny themselves of some of the luxuries of life that they may be able to own a home be fore it is forever too late. The once powerful middle class which is the safety of every nation is weak and every day declining. At the close of the nineteenth century America worshipped wealth. She sanctified its pos sessors. Then with trump anc drum and red banrters flying came the army of muck-rakers; anc their revelations made the nation heart-sick. The Roman - 'Republic was once the most enlightened and power ful of all the nations of’the earth. Plutarch tells us that ‘‘the rich men and money lenders acquired mortgages on nearly all the farm lands of Italy. The rates of in terest were so exorbitant and ruinous that it was impossible for the small farmers to pay off their indebtedness. This was exactly what was desired by the rich me and money lenders. They dii possessed the native farmers and took possession of the lands; thus becoming a landed aristpcracyy or “those of great estate,” as Plut arch calls them. The rich men and money lenders supplied their farms with foreign slave labor purchased cheaply from the gov ernment. These slaves were cap tives, sent home by the Roman armies from foreign lands. The small farmers, with their helpless families, after being ejected from their homes, naturally flocked in to the cities, where they became an intensely congested population of paupers and beggars. Only rich men could be elected to office in those days; and these impro- vished people, prompted by star vation and distress, looked eager ly forward to election day, when they might sell their votes to the highest bidder, Many efforts were made to suppress,iby law, the vioe=jsnd icrime of bribery; but the voters had beeome feor-T rupt and yranted b^bery to flour ish becart^eitbonfribhted to-their meagreandlimited-resources. 7TT—?—rrt into a common fund, and if he or bis supporters were detected in an effort at bribery, he was com pelled to withdraw from the race and the mohey he had paid into the common' fund was distributed among the other candidates. This stimulated each candidate to watch the others and after the election the forfeit money was returned to all the candidates Who had obeyed the law. Cato, who was the author of the law and who was getting old, much against his inclinations, was per suaded to run for a very impor tant office and was defeated by the operation of his own law. The large numbers of impover ished voters resented the restric tion upon bribery,, because it cut off one of their sources of re venue and consequently they voted against Cato. But a most remarkable demonstration occur red immediately after Cato’s de- ■ feat, as the old mart walked quietly to his home, away from the polls. A vast throng of these poor people followed him and cal led on him to speak to them and greeted him with great applause and every manifestation of re spect and esteem, many of them even being moved to tears. They knew he was patriotic and a friend to the people and to honest government; but they voted a- gainst him because under the pinch of poverty they wanted the bribe money. History furnishes no more pathetic incident of the struggle between poverty and a truthful correspondent, (NGTE-rMr.' Itoheirfc fS®! Majors, editor of the Ddn ville Enterprise, is corresp9i dent for The Herald at. that place. *— Editor.) — Albany Herald. " statesman, succeeded in having a law enacted, prohibiting the •f money by a candidate or The law also provided that every ther JeMnd candidate should pay a certain amount of money, as a forfeit, ' II poverty patriotism. The despotism of the corporations and the trusts and the cold clutch of the rich men and money lenders make crimin als out; of honest men. Are we drifting toward a land ed aristocracy? # It takes no pro- jjibetic eye to see it. Then how Important it is to own a home now in Ameriea, while you may. Education is another great prob lem. The people are passing so carelessly by. You cannot en slave an enlightened people; but illiteracy and poverty go hand iii hand.. These facts cannot be too forcibly impressed upon the minds of the people today. Yours Sincerely, P. H. Ward., In Memory of J. D. Compton. On Sunday night, Ailg. 20. 1911 the death angel visited the home of j. D. Compton, of Troy, Alabama, and took away from the circle ©f friends one who was dearly loved by all whom he had ever met. We must remember our loss is his eternal gain. “Brother Jeff,” as he was com monly known, was a true Christian and also was a lover of the Revised Sacred Harp. All the Sacred Harp singers will feel that there is one gone from this earth who was a stronghold of the cause of The Sacred Harp. He was not only a lover of The Sacred Harp but a good friend to all other kinds of books to be mentioned.. When he was where there was any kind of singing going on, he joined in, and bis whole heart seemed to as cend to a world of music. I May the Lord help the friends land rdatiyes to bear them loss. It bd'reirtetnber^l by m^ny that •he.visited-.Georgia several turd p during bis, well spent life: . Lay Cato, the venerable patriot and hw sweet wife and little >a” have the heartfelt sympathy of abont zix years ago. She. met B: - mm . ‘■Mh