The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, September 07, 1911, Image 1
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BIG WASH-OU
P. & H.
Heavy Rains Last Friday
Block Passage of
P. & H. Train.
CQnON CROPS BADLY
DAMAGED.
11. College March “Frat” (new)
Barth.
Star Spangled Banner.
Admission, 25 and 35 cents.
Don’t forget the time, place,
and* don’t forget to come and
bring your family.
The Cairo Concert Band is as
good as any in’ the state and
they deserve credit.
The boys have worked hard
#nd have a good programme for
the concert, and every body
should go. You owe it to the
boys—You owe it to yourself—go.
Last Friday, there fell one
the biggest rains according
the oldest citizens,that has fallen
in years. It was almost a solid
down-pour for two hours. The
train on the P. & H. railroad,
running from Cairo to Calvary,
was prevented from going any
further than Reno, on account of
a big wash-out between that
place and Calvary. Three rail
ings, .according to Captain Bailey
the conductor on the P. & H.,
-were washed up. The wrecking
crew repaired the road Friday
night so that the train made its
accustomed run Saturday morn
ing. i
Crops Badly Damaged.
Cottoh crops, especially, are
greatly injured by the excessive
rainfall for the past three weeks
It has rained almost every day
for the last two, weeks. If it con
tinues to rain like it has, the
profits! of the farmers on their
cotton crop, unfortunately will
be greatly decreased.
the strength of the English navy,
stating.that twenty thousand men
in the English' navy were total
abstipers, thus producing a navy
of men of steady nerves and clear
brain. This could not be with
men who drink intoxicants, how
ever mildly.
We have found.in these later
days that there is no case of sick
ness where whiskey is necessary
or even helpful. Evenjits use in
snake bite is discarded by physic
ians of information. Seventy-
eight per cent, of the reputable
physicians have discarded its use
in every disease, as recently de
clared by one of the best physic
ians of Atlanta. The Interna-
Commenced Monday Morning:
With Judge Frank Park
Presiding.
Grand Total of 6,500 Bales
Received During Month
Just Closed.
A TALK ON TEMPERANCE
By Mrs. Roy Ponder.
The following is the report of
the Committee on Temperance at _ ;
Tubercotas
Arlington. It was unanimously In Washington three years ago
Cairo Concert Band in Conecrt
at the Court House Friday
Night, Sept. 15th.
1. March-“Grady County Fair’
( new ) Harlow,
(Respectfully dedicated to the
Grady County Fair Association
2. Grand Selection—From the
Opera “Faust” Goundd,
3. Song for baritone- ‘‘Sing me
to sleep” -Green
Mr. W. A. Sutton,
3. Spanish Serenade “La Palo
ma ” T • Yradier,
(By request.)
5. Military March—“2nd Regi
ment” Hall,
6. Solo for Tuba-“A Memen
to” (played for the first time)..
..... Harlow.
Mr. G. A. Wight.
1. A Hunting Scene- (Descrip
tive) • • Bucalossi.
The morning breaks calm and
peaceful. The Awakening of the
Birds. The huntsman looks to
his steed and prepares for the
chase. We jump into our saddles
and our huntsman sounds a
merry blast. A,Hunting we will
go. Their off-the Chase—Bark
ing of the Dogs. The Death.
The Return Home.
8. a.— “Strolling in the- Moon
light” Beyer.
b. —“Turkey talk” (A Trom
bone cut-up).. - >• - -V U ■ Harlow.
(By request)
9. Grand Medley Overture-
“Round the world” • • • • • Mackie.
Leaving America. England (God
Save the king). Ireland (Wear
ing of the Green). Scotland (The
Campbells are coming). France
— (LaMarseillaise). Italy (Gari-
bald’s Hymn). Austria (Austri
an National Hymn). Spain (Span
ish Royal March). Germany (Die
Wacht am Rhein). Russia (Rus
sian National Hymn). Japan
^Japanese Processional Tune)
Home Sweet Home.
10. Concert Waltz Lente— “Hem
itetta”. Harlow.
adopted. ~ |
The world is making advances
in many things. But in nothing
is it making greater strides than
in its knowledge of the effects of
alcoholic stimulants on the human
constitution. While we are mak
ing great strides forward in our
scientific, knowledge, we are very
sorry to know that the masses of
the people are not keeping pace
ip their practice with such know
ledge! We very much fear' that
many of us are expecting the en
actment of our prohibition law to
do too much in bringing about a
a reign of temperance in our
land, and that we are neglecting
the preaching and practicing of
total abstinence. We are not un
aware of the great good that is
come to our commonwealth as a
result of our prohibition jaw, in
spite of its non-enforcement in
some of our cities and its only
partial enforcement ip others.
We believe that this law, how
ever, is as well or better enforced
than most any other law on our
statute books, especially those in
regard to carrying concealed
weapons and gambling.
But we must go further and
thunder against drinking intoxi
cants of all kinds. There was a
time when we thought a man
could be temperate and drink
alcoholics moderately. But that
time has past and gone forever,
and a saner day has come. To
be temperate in regard to lying
we must not lie at all; to be tem
perate in stealing, we must not
steal at all; to be temperate in
licentiousness, we must not be
licentious at all; to be temperate
gambling, we must abstain
declared that the fight on tuber
culosis must be made synohimous
with the fight on alcohol. The
fact of the business is the use of
alcoholic stimulants, in propor
tion to the amount used, prepares
the body to be the prey of all
forms of disease.
Hon. R. P. Hobson of Alabama
in his great speech on “The
Great Destroyer” has proven
■that so much drinking of alcoho
lie stimalants in our cities and
high societies is fast producing a
generation of degenerates which
shows itself in disregard of all
law'and the steady increase of
all kinds of crime.
Respecting the sale of intoxi-
canting liquors there are. two
notable errors Relieved by .'most
of our people. First, there is
a, qurrent notipn that, Wtiwfy bet
ter regulate the sale bf yjich iri-
toxicants in large cities'than in
small cities^and towns, and there
fore the sale should be confined
to-suchiarge cities. "Every one
who will study the facts and stop
to think will know that it is hard
er to regulate the sale or control
wrong of any kind in large cities
than small ones. Therefore if
we are to have the sale of whisky
anywhere it would be less harm
ful in small cities and towns than
in the large ones. {
The second * error. held by a
great many people i^ that'you can
regulate saloon keepers at all.
We had as well realize once and
for all that this gang cannot be
Government Report Had Good
Effect, and Holds Prices Up In
Face of Unprecedented Move
ment of Staple to Market-
Grade of- Cotton Better Than
Usual Tills Year.
SOL. GEN.
AFTER;.
The Grand jury was organized
by electing Hon. W. H. Collins
foreman and R. L. Vanlanding-
ham clerk. After an able and
from all gambling; and to be tem
perate in drinking intoxicants we
must abstain from all intoxicants.
The professors in the great Ger
man universities have made ac
curate and scientific investiga
tions in regard to this subject
and in all of their investigations
they found only one single man
who could take one single glass
of beer a day and not have his
physical ability to 'do work di
minished, and not one who could
do as much mental work on one
glass of beer a day as he could
by leaving it off. The general
average was a loss on one glass
a day of beer of eight per cent,
of work producing capacity. On
the strength of these investiga
tions the German Emperor has
not only turned down his glass
forever, but in a recent speech
before the naval students of
Germany he urged the total ab
stinence from even beers and
wines as absolutely necessary to
the greatest efficiency of the Ger
man navy. ; In this same speech
the Emperor gave us the cause of
regulated. They are all
on the body politic,' and
be regulated when reg
by the grace of God
their infamous business. The
whiskey business is es sentially
lawless from start to fin
leechOrs
can only
enerated
and quit
ish, hav
ing no element of righteousness
of good
is dead!
in it and no possibility
coming out of it until it
dead!! dead!!! '
May God hasten the day when
no man can be found in
broad land of ours igriorant or
base enough to run a saKoon, and
when no man can be found
thoughtless enough or disregard
ful enough of the safety and
honor of womanhood to
its sale or for any man 'who fav
ors its sale. We say this because
we know that almost every case
of assault and a large majority
of all other crime are tn iceable to
the sale of liquor
We further pray God. and beg
our people to help, to hasten the
day when no man will bd ignorant
or thoughtless enough to take al
coholic beverages into his system
at all; for as long as m en drink
intoxicating liquors this coming
generation must suffer ij rom some
form of degeneracy.
Figures compiled for the month
of August, just closed, show that
wagon receipts of cotton this year
have so far exceeded allpreviouj
records. Never has the month o
August shown receipts, of 6,500
bales of cotton, as has been the
case this year.
The unprecedented rUsh and
movement of cotton at this season
of the year is accounted for by
the fact that the staple is opening
more rapidly than before known
at this season of the year. It is
predicted that by the end Of the
month by far the biggest part of
the entire crop will have been
gathered, and practically all of it
will be in by the middle of Oct.
The prices recived for <cotton
the post month' have been very
satisfactory. The highest was
about 12 cents, and the lowest
was 111-4 cents. At the present
time the price paid is 11 1 : 2 to
11 5-8 cents. It is not believed
that the price will go below 11
cents this year, and may go high
er than it is at present. The gov
ernment report, showing less than
13.000. 000 bales, is considered to
reflect a true condition of affairs,
although European markets were
confidently expecting a crop of
14.000. 000 or more. The effect of
the government report, therefore,
has been to hold prices up in the
face of the unprecedented move
ment of cotton to market.
The crop in this section, as well
as being unusually large, is un
usually high in grade, the staple
being better than it has been in
several years.
The average price paid for a
bale of cotton during the month
of August just closed has been
about $60, the bales averaging
over 500 pounds At this price,
there has been paid for cotton in
the Albany market during the
month something like $370,000.
This gives an insight to the cause
of the unusual activity in trade
now being experienced by Albany
merchants, and which will un
doubtedly continue throughout
one of the most prosperous fall
seasons in the city’s history
Albany Herald.
impressive charge from Judge
Park they entered on their semi-
mnual grind. The Grand Jury
„s composed of 23 of Grady's
sturdy and substantial citizens,
and the county's interest will be
looked after.
At the time of going to press
only a few cases have been dis-:
posed of. Next week we hope
i;o give a full list of cases tried.
In addition to the local bar
there were the following visiting
attorneys in attendance on Court:
Roscoe Luke, Theo. Titus and
Judge Hansell of Thomasville,
R. R. Terrell of Whigham, S. S.
Bennett of Albany, Ernest Davi
es' of Camilla, Judge Harrell, R.
G. Hartsfield, Lucien and Gordon
Bower and T. S. Hawes of Bain-
bridge and J. R. Purtell of Blake
ly, Ga.
Tuesday, at noon at the Court
House, a large crowd of farmers
and business men met and after
a brief discussion as to recent
government report on the cotton
crop which was two million bales
over-estimate and which report
the speculators and spinners are
using in.effort to lower the price
of cotton. It was resolved that
the farmers and business men of
Grady County are to do every
thing in their power to resist
this effort on the part of said
speculators and spinners.
This move was not only taken
in Grady County but in every
county in the cotton belt, and
doubtless the results of same will
be strongly felt
There is no question that if all
the farmers will stick to this re
solution. which they should do
and we believe they will, we will
have better prices for our cotton.
Hurrah for our Grady county
farmers for their resentment to.
the speculators and spinners.
CAIRO HIGH SCHOOL
OPENS WITH OVER 300
ft'
Still Better Cane.
Mr. James M. Stallings
brought to The Progress Office
the finest stalk of sugar cane
that we have seen this season.
It measured full six feet and had
sixteen joints! Mr. Stallings
says that there is plenty like it
on his father’s farm. Therefore
he wears the belt pf champion
ship up to the present time. Who
next? Come ahead with your
Prof. Henry of North Carolina
has the school in charge; his corps
of helpers are Mrs. Henry, his
wife, Misses Zandt of Lake Park,
Fortson of Jackson, Seals of Don-
alsonville, Barrett of Barnes-
ville, Conder of Palmetto, Harris
of Jackson ,. Susie Stubbs of
Cairo, Lail of Fulton, Mo. has the
Music in charge.
There will be an art teacher
here in a few days which
add much to Cairo’s already good
school.
These teachers all come very
highly recommended and we feel
sure that Cairo is to* have the
best school they have ever had.
Misses Zandt and Stubbs have
taught in this school before an
we all know that they can not L .
surpassed.
School opened under very flatt
ering conditions, addresses were
made by Rev. W; C. Jones ami
School Commissioner J. S. Weath
ers,
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