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Grady County Progress ROBERT H. HARRIS ROBERT L. KINCAID Entered as mail matter of the second-class at the Cairo, Ga.> Post Office, July 22, 1910. FI “An explorer by the name of Stefanson is said to have discovered a new race of people far up in the Arctic Circle. So far as the information goes, nobody ever saw or heard anything of them before. But now that they have been discovered, it will be incumbent upon us to carry them the benefits of religion—whiskey, firearms and the like." That paragraph is a clipping from the editorial page of one of our leading dailies. We feel impelled to make some comments on it. We are not personally acquainted with the editor who wrote those words. We do not even know his name. But we do not hesitate to pronounce such language un worthy of the man we have hitherto judged him to be. Now let us not be misunderstood. We do not mean to say we have ever supposed that editor to be a namby pam- by goody-goody. On the contrary, we have regarded him simply as an upright gentleman, without a trace of phari- sa-ism in him, but an advocate and defender of everything that conduces to the moral uplift and general welfare of humanity. Therefore, we repeat. The language quoted is un worthy of that editor; or of the gentleman whom we have, in imagination, pictured him to be. Let us weign the words. “It will be incumbent upon us to carry them (those savages) the benefits of reli gion-whiskey, firearms and the like." Those expressions are stronger than innuendo. Their un-covert meaning is much harsher than insinuation. They are tantamount to an out-right assertion that the Christian religion is responsible for the introduction of •'‘whisky, firearms and the like," among the heathen! That assertion is equivalent to the charge that whisky, firearms and other diabolical evils are the usual concomi tants, if not essential adjuncts, of Christanity! That editor might as well charge the religion of Jesus Christ with responsibility for all other vices that attend the introduction of civilization among savage peoples. Fpr it is a well-known fact that while, during all the cen turies Since the beginning of its propaganaism in the world, the religion of apostolical revelation has moved in the van of progressive civilization, new vices theretofore unknown to the inhabitants of freshly discovered regions, have kept pace with it and often even surpassed it, m ad vancement. i. With equal fairness, one might allege that improved methods of therapeutics are responsible for new forms of vice simultaneously attendant with them upon the cus tomary progress of civilized enlightenment! Or to pro claim that the transformation of a tangled wilderness in to a land of fruitful productiveness is the cause of drunk enness and murder! i But the annals of history and the records of discovery, all, show that the vices specified have prevailed in equiv alent forms in primeval wilds and among peoples of all a- ■ ges, in every quarter of the earth, long before the advent of ' Christianity into those regions; a fact that every well-in formed person is supposed to be aware of. , If such an indictment as that preferred by the editor In question be allowed to stand, what is to be said of the “pul-que” and the “mes-cal," obtained from the ferment ed juice of the “aga-ve,” found by Cortez in use among the Aztecs and the Toltecs and the Pueblo Indians that he, the first white invader, encountered in Mexico? Or the “chica,” made of chewed-up maize, that Pizarro found the Peruvian subjects of the Incas drinking? Or the “mom-be," brewed from millet, that Speke and Grant and Dr. Livingstone so often saw African chieftains stupefying themselves upon? Or the “kou-miss”, made of the fer mented whey of mares’ milk, so greedily drunk by the wild Tartars? Or a similar beverage derived by the Koords, to the southward, from camels’ milk, and by the Laplanders, to the northward, from the milk of rein deer? Or the rice beer, called “saki” by the Japanese and given other names by the Chinese and Koreans? Or the “arrack" and “jaggery," obtained by the Hindoos, from the sap .of palm trees? Or the “curacoa," com pounded of orange peel, mace and cinnamon, habitually g ulped down by the aborigines of the Dutch West Indies? rthe “alcohol” invented - so to speak-and thus named 1 , by the Mohammedan Arabs? All of which intoxicants were in use, severally, among the peoples designated, as well as similar liquors among still other peoples, long be fore the first Christian missionary that carried the gospel to any of them ever heard of one of them! . But it may be suggested that the words we have criticized were probably meant to be regarded as merely “a bit of jocular pleasantry."' Possibly. But even granting that, we must still insist that they are unworthy of such 1 a man as we have' suppos ed their author to be. The religion for which The Son of God was crucified is too serious, too solemn a thing to be joked about. That excuse cannot excuse. Nay, whether intended as a joke, or meant for a sneer—as, one or the other, it mustfhave been—the lan guage excepted to is unworthy of the high-toned gentle man (whether a professed Christian or not) that we have assumed their author to be; and in whatever.sense meant to be used, it is unfair to an institution believed in with all their hearts by thousands of his readers. Of course, no one regards the daily referred to as a religious organ, in the strict sense of that term; but it should not allow itself, purposely or otherwise, to be ad judged an irreligious publication. And the latter, thou sands of readers, without as well as within the churches, are certain to consider any paper that either jocularly or sneeringly comments on the central principle of Christi anity. There is entirely too much belittlement of religion in the world, already, without its encouragement by influen tial newspapers. H. 'Reno News. Well, cotton is holding our farm ers at home now but they can’t stay away from Reno. ReiiQ is the go. Why is Reno such a smart little town because it has such smart men and a good country and good neigh- boas around it. ■ Mr. Oliver Lee, the son of Mr. Thomas Lee has bought the business property of T. R. Whitfield in Reno and will do business right on as has been. Cool drinks and so. on. O. B. Collins made a trip to Cai- rp, last week on business. Mr. Baggett is having his store at Rt.no painted. It will help the looks of Reno* If you want all the good news,sub scribe for The Progress. Well,we have a good black-smith shop in Reno now and a' good- black smith he is. On the first day of Sept, there was one of the hardest rains ever fell in Reno. It washed up part of the P. & H. railroad, so that our Passenger Train could not make it’s entire run. Captain Bailey says it washed up three railings. Every thing is flooded out around Reno. Cotton cropj^^U certainly be short if the rain'tontirilies. ' Mr. Eugene Thomas and J. R.' Garland went up to Whigham one day last week.- We are sorry to learn that Mr, Key ton lost a fine mule by a tree falling and crushing it. Mr. Ira Higdon and Mr,-Marvin; Herring were seen on our , streets Saturday- f Mr. Leonard Hawkins and wife, visited relatives,' around Reno ope' day last week.' ."#•/ . • j Mt'.R.P. Bell made a trip to Whig- ham oiie;day : last week. Mr. Willie Shirey and family visit ed O.B.Collins Sunday Evening, Some of Cranford’s young folks' visited Reno Sunday Evening. O.B.C. here now. We are sorry to learn of the illness of Mr. Dillard Stringer. Munchausen. GEORGIA, Grady County— Whereas, T. A. Maxwell, Ad ministrator of Mrs • Annie Pop- pells’ estate, represents to the court, in his petition duly filed and entered on record that he has fully administred Mrs. Annie Poppells’ estate; this is, there fore, to cite all persons concerned kindred and creditors to show cause, if any they can, why the said Administrator should not be discharged from his administra tion and receieve letters of dis mission on the 1st. Monday in October, 1911. P. H. Herring, Ordinary. This Sept. 4th, 1911. Citation. GEORGIA, Grady County— To Whom It May Concern: Ed and C. 'C. Bruce, having applied for letters of Administra tion upon the property of Thom as Bruce, late of said county, de ceased, notice is given that said application will be heard at my office'at ten (10) o’ clock A., M. on 2nd day of Oct., 1911. This 5th day of Sept., 1911. P. H. Herring, Ordinary: Tfie Invariable Rule. In all well-regulated printing offices, there is an inflexible rule that requires evtery communica tion to be accompanied by the name of some responsible person; not necessarily fbr publication, but. for the protection of the managing editor. In many cases, such a, rule would appear un necessary; blit if anonymous ar ticles of a harmless character were allowed, the same privilege could be claimed for those of an other character. Therefore, no deviation from this universal rule can he permitted. H. is aharc- atock may so determine. 3. The object of said corooration pecuniary gain to itself ana its holders. . 4. The business to be carried on by said corporation is that of ginning cot ton, to include the buying and selling of seed, and the manufacture of cotton seed oil, and the transaction of all busi ness incident to the ginning of cotton and the manufacture of cotton seed oil. • 5. The capital stock of said corpo ration shall be Six Thousand ($6,000), dollars with the. privilege of in creasing the same to tne sum of Fifty Thousand (60,000) dollars by a majority vote of the stockholders, said steck to be divided into shares of Twenty Five ( 26.00) Dollars each. Ten (10) per cent of the amount of capi tal stock to be employed by them Has been actually paid in. Petitioners desire the right to have the subscription to said capital stock paid in money or property to be taken at a 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 regula tions and 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 poses of the corporation, aria to execute notes and bonds as evidence of indebt edness incurred, or which may be in curred in the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and to secure the same by mortgage, security deed or other form of lien under existing laws. 7. They desire for said 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 af fairs; liquidate and discontinue its bus- ness 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 the said cor poration tne 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 corporations or permissible under the laws of Georgia. Wherefore, petitioners pray to be incorporated under the name and style aforesaid with the powers, privileges and immunities herein set forth anaas are now. or may hereafter be, allowed a corporation of similar character under the laws of Georgia. M. L. LEDFORD, Attorney for Petitioners. Filed in office of Clerk Superior Court Grady County, Ga., July 26th,.1911. J.M. McNair, Deputy Clerk, GEORGIA—Grady County. I, J. M. McNair, Jr.,’deputy clerk of the superior court of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing iS a true and correct copy of the petition for charter of Grady. Ginning Company, as appears of nip in my office. Given iipdej my hand and seal of office. This Jiily25tfi, 1911. * J. M; mcNaIr, Jr. ■ Deputy Cierk Superior Court Grady Co. The editors of this paper sire putting forth every effort to give the people bf Graay county a clean, newsy paper and want your co-operation. Pine Park Items. A good many of the boys and girls left Monday to attend school at Cyrene. Among them were Messers Byron and Travis Single tary, Ben Kincaid, Arthur Green, Lewellen Barwick, and Miss Irma Pallock. Mr. Henry Jackson and family visited his sister Mrs. H. D. Pa ne the latter part of last week. Miss Fannie Ballard has been visiting her sister Mrs. Palmer near IMeigs. Mr. Julian Connay accompanied Miss Inha Pollock to Prayer meet ing Sunday night. Ask Tat Ballard and Travis Singletary if they want to go with Snode Singletary to another singing. j Mr. J. W. Barwick was in town Monday. 1 - I :<4 I 1 Judge Anderson Roddenbery has been camping hear here; last week. Our little town is still improv ing, the Garner Blakley Co. is putting up a good store store Notice to Correspondents. We again call the attention of Correspondents and Contrib utors of communciations to the necessity of having their articles in our hands, by Tuesday morn ing. Numbers of cohimunciations have been, crowded out, because of failure to observe this notice. Some communciations can be carried over; but news items thus dealt with would be too stale for publication. Application for Charter. GEORGIA—Grady county. Crawford, Walter L. Wig Wight, D. F. .Oliver; J. D. Holman, W. G. Baggett, Ira Higdon, . Wight & Browne, Joe Highdon. J.E. Hall, Wal ter Davis, W. B. Roddenbery, Walter ^ •'* ill of th'e a Cotton _ I _ thd Cohri- ty of Mitchell,. and State of Georgia, respectfully shows:.; 1 ; i That they desire for themselves, their associates and successors to be in corporated anfl madp a body politic un der, the name and style of. .. GRADY GINNING, COMPANY for a period of twenty years. 1 2.’ The principal office of said com pany shall be in the city of Cairo, State and County aforesaid; but petitioners desire the- right to establish branch, offices in the State or elsewhere, when- | rnone 14. ever the holders of a majority of the and skill avail him nothing if his prescriptions $are not carefullyfilled. The potency of a drug depends on its quality. We recognize that fact in compounding our prescrip tions. All Drugs and Medicines sold by us are of absolutq purity, fresh and of the pro per degree of strength. When used ak directed or- prescribed the result is al ways satisfactory. jj&i Wight & Browne Leading Druggists Ga,