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I 1 ▼ m ra* *"•?: 0 • • Phone 31 We want your trade. We will appreciate your trade and we must have your trade. If its anything in the GROCERY LINE you want, call us, we have it, and if we havn’t got it we’ll get it. And if you want it quick, just say quick and you’ll get it quick. All you’ve got to do is to PHONE 31. WHITE & STRINGER LEADING GROCERS CAIRO, GEORGIA GEORGIA—Grady County: To the Superior Court of B&id county: The petition of J. M. Sasser, J. J. Ferrell, Coy Vanlandingham. J. L. Van- landingham, and Thomas Wight, all of Grady County, Georgia, respectfully shows! 1. That they desire for themselvfes, their associates and sncceessors to be incorporated and made a body politic under the name and style of CRANFORD TRADING COMPANY for the period of twenty years. 2. The principal office and place of business of said company shall be at Cranford, a station on the Pelham & Havana Railroad. 7 miles from Cairo, in said State and County, but petitioners desire the right to establish branch offices within this State or elsewhere whenever the holders of a majority of the stock may so determine. 3. The object of said corporation is ecuni?.ry gam to itself ana its stock- olders. 4. The business to be carried on by said corporation is that of operating ss, to de The New Home of CITIZENS BANK. This building is about completed and will be occupied by us in a few weeks When in town, call around to see us. We will take pleasure in showing you through our building, which will be on x of the best equipped Banking Rooms in this section of the state, x | Your banking business is alway appre-1 I dated at this bank. | | Citizens Bank? i Cairo, Ga. 5 Officers. i i F. M. BRANNON, PrM. W. S. WIGHT, Vice Pres. Wh SEARCY. Cashier. £ you J. H. MITCHEL, Cairo, - - - - y Ga. Would like to talk to about your grocery trade. Call around and give us an order and we will satisfy you in every particular. We have Fruits, Vegetables, etc. on hand all the time. Call up Phone 97 We Do the Rest. DC DC Application lor Charter. Commercial rinting general merchandise business, to deal in dry goods, hardware, groceries and >ther articles commonly carried in a all ot! general merchanlise store" 5. The capital stock of said corpora tion shall be Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars with the privilege of increasing the same to the sum of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars by a majority vote of the stockholders, said stock to be divided into shares of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars each. Ten (10) per cent, of the amount of the capital to be employed by them has been actually paid in. Petitioners aesire the right to have the subscription to said capital stock paid in money or property to be taken 1 ' ,ti at fair valuation. 6. Petitioners desire the right to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to have and use a common seal, to make all necessary by-laws and regulations, and to do all other things that may be necessary for the successful carrying on of said business, including the right to buy, hold, and sell real estate and personal property suitable to the pur ses of said corporation, and to execute nds and notes as evidence of indebted ness incurred, or which may be incur red, in the conduct of the affairs of the corporation and to secure the same by mortgage, security deed, or any other form of lien, under existing laws 7. Thgy desire for saia corporation the power and authority to apply for and accept amendments to its charter of either form or substance by a vote of a majority of its stock outstanding at the time. They also ask authority for said corporation to wind up its affairs, liquidate and discontinue its business at any time it may determine to do so by a vote of two-thirds of its stock out standing at the time. 8. They desire for said corporation the right of renewal when and as provided by the laws of Georgia, and that it have all such other rights, powers, privileges and immunities as are incident to like incorporations or permissible under the laws of Georgia. WeiemsfORE, petitioners pray to be incorporated-under the name and style aforesaid with the powers, privileges and immunities herem set forth, am" are now, or may hereafter be, allowed a corporation of similar character un der the laws of Georgia. M. t. LEDFORD, Attorney for Petitioners. Filed in office Aug. 7, 1911. J, M. McNair, Jr., Deputy Clerk S. C. 1 ( GEORGIA^<itad> County: i W.T. CRAWFORD. President. WALTER L. WIGHT, Cashier < THOS. WIGHT. Vice Pres. 5 B. H. POPE, ! J. N. MAXWELL. FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK ) Capital Stock $30,000 CAIRO, GA. >puty Clerk id ,for I, J. M. McNair, Jr. ; of the Superior Court in and ,fbr said County, hereby certify that the within two pities is a true and correct copy of the (petition for charter of the Cranford Trading Company as appeared of file in iriy office. Given under my hand and seal of office, this 7th day of August, 1911. J. I' - "" M. McNair, Jr. Deputy Clerk Superior Court Grady Co. Save What You Reap. The harvest season is here, which is also the time for the farmer to save. Save the proceeds from your crops, in order to invest in more land when you have a good opportunity. Improvements will also be necessary on your present faim and a bank account will enable you to meet the expense of these necessities and conveniences of life. What ever your harvest may be, save at the time of reap ing, and open an account with us. “Make Our Bank Your Bank.” » ing, and opt I “M Our Advertisers are reliable. ji.iSD.iSi EE arc* ?f.tl Some Familiar Quotation*. “Alii teratore’s artful aid” spoken of by the little read poet Churchill. “The pink of perfec tion” was originated by Oliver Gold smith; so were “Measures, not men,” and “Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.” Gray, the author of the “Elegy,” is responsible for many popular phrases, among them “Full many a gem of purest ray serene ” “To waste its sweetness on the des ert air,” “This pleasing, anxious be ing,” “The paths of glory lead but to the grave” and “Where igno rance is bliss ’tis folly to be wise.' Dr. Johnson gave ns “Who lives to please must please to live.” He also said, “Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat,” in which there more sound than sense. T»ts Silk Spinning Oystsc. A mollaak that might take an important place in textile industries if it existed in sufficient numbers is found in warm seas, especially on the coast of Sicily. It is the pinna, a genus of wing shelled bivalves, of ■which one species attains a length of two feet. To attach itself to the TockB it spins a cable of strong fila ments, called collectively the bye? ■ns. These threads are wonderfully strong, silken in texture and have been woven into various delicate fabrics. A pair of gloves from this material may be seen in the British museum, and fine mummy cloths made from it by the A “ •reeervj " *- W—* ' ——A- We are Overhauling our Job Presses and Commercial Printing Department We will soon be j In a position to Do a class of High-Class Job Work and at Prices that are h er >• Progress Job Office R Cow Hides Wanted, 1= HI I pay the highest cash prices for hides. Bring them to me. Green hides bring you more money than flint. See me before you sell your beef cattle. Milk cows bought L — and sold. G. D. REDDIDK, THE MARKET MAN. I =ir== II —ir== ir=nr=U lr*N Curtain fdaga An may way to clean ptns and rings that taro become Mack wtth dm ts to put them tato a bowl with bot water and vinegar, two parta vinegar to m of water. Let them stand tor a tow boors and then rob on a coarse cloth, and they will look tike new. Stuffed Dates. Dates staffed with walnuts and then dipped in melted chocolate make a de licious bonbon. Among a saucerfal ot such dates have, for variety’s sake, a few that are staffed with raisins and dipped also is sholosate. Why Ed lUuIkoch Is Wild. Knowing tbs weaknesses of the bat-; beta too well and trying to pitch to; them is the reason Bd Renlbach of the 5 Cuba giree tor his wildness this sea-J son. Manager Chance has suggested’ that Renlbach forget the weaknesses Jl and “pal tbs hall ores.'* w . Hsmsp Hitting Ball Hard. Little Shortstop Hauser ef the Car- dtnals has developed into a ,800 hitter. •He chokes his bat SOW and CTVJVds 0*1 mssi EStij.