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Premium List and Rules
Eor Grady County Fair.
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OVER, EOR YOU WILL SURE
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AMISS. A PRIZE FOR EVERYBODY.
The ugliest and baldheadedest men
not excepted!
are
GENERAL RULES.
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1. All exhibits from Grady coun
ty except where noted.
2. All exhibits must be owned
by exhibitors.
8, All canned or preserved fruits
imiist be made in 1911. ... ,
4. All agricultural exhibits must
be raised by exhibitors,
6. Every person who expects to
make an exhibit must notify
the Secretrry at least ten (10)
days before date of fair, giving
him the number and kind of ex
hibits.
6. All exhibitors must deliver
their exhibits for display to the
committees at Fair Grounds from
6 to 10 o’clock during the morn
ing of the first day of the fair.
7. The Fair Association will do
all it can to protect exhibits,
will have policemen to guard at
night, but in no case will it be
responsible for loss or damage to
exhibits.
8. The action of the Judges of
the various departments shall be
final.
9. Any exhiDitor attempting to
.. interfere with the Judjges dur
ing' their adjudications' 4 Wilf be
promptly, excluded from the com-
. .petition. ■' »■»****':
„ld,. All live- stock exhibits^ yvill
be watered and cared - 'for''by
the Fair Association, but must
be fed at owner’s exp'dnse.;
11. The decision of ' the Judges
on various exhibits will be made
on the second day of the fair,
12. There will be no charges for
entering exhibits, and no charges
for admission to the Fair.
13. Every person desiring to
make an exhibit at the Fair must
secure from the Secretary a
gistration card, which card will
be numbered and attached to the
exhibt. This card must be
secured and attached to' the ex
hibit before it will be admitted
te the Fair Grounds.
M. Joe Pearce, Pres.
‘ J. S. Weathets, Secy.
J. E. Forsyth, Treas.,
Grady County Fair Asso.
.50
.50
1.00
.50
1.00
1.00
.50
.50
.50
.50
Best acre of, short cotton $10.00
Second best acre of short cot
ton 5.00
Best acres of long cotton 10.00
Second best acre of long cot-.
ton 5.00
Best, acre of com 10.00
Second best acre of corn 1 pair
Crawford $5. Shoes (Poulk Bros.
Best 25 ears com (shucked) 1.00
Second best 25 ears of corn
(shucked) .50
Best acre of cane 10.00
Second best acre of cane 5.00
Best dozen stalks cane (red) 2.00
Best dozen stalks of cane
(green) 2,00
Best dozen stalks of Sorghum
cane 1.00
Best quart of sorghum syrup
in glass .60
Best bushel of sweet potatoes 1.00
Largest individual sweet po-
tatoe .50
Best 1-2 bushel seed oats 1.00
Second best 1-2 bushel
oats
Best three sheaves oats
Best bushel pinders
Second best bushel pinders
Best 1-2 bushel wheat
Best 1-2 bushel rice
Best three sheaves rice
Largest single pumpkin
Largest single Cshaw
Best dozen pomegranates
Best exhibits of products
from one farm 10.00
Second best exhibits of pro
ducts from one farm 5.00
Best exhibit of hay (six
bales) 2.50
Second best exhibit of hay
(six bales) 1 Oliver Chilled
Plow, $5. (By Roddenbery
Hardware Company.)
Best exhibits of home grown
farm and garden seed 2.50
Second best exhibits of home
grown farm and garden
seeds 1.00
Best exhibit velvet beans
(25 lbs in hull) 2.00
Second best exhibit velvet
beans (25 lbs in hull) 1.00
Best all purpose pea (1 bu.) 2.50
Best exhibit Georgia cane
syrup (1-2 gallon in glass) 5.00
Second best exhibit Ga. cane
v; syrup (1-2 gallon in glass) 2.50
Best 50 lbs home-cured meat 2.50
Best^ 5 hands home-raised
tobacco , •*•••'■• ‘ 2.50
. HORTICULTURE.
Best, display of vegetables
frpm one. garden 2.00
Second best display of vege
tables from one garden 1
$5.00 Fountain Pen (By
Wight & Browne)
Best display of pears 1.00
Best dozen apples .50
Best collection of nuts of all
kinds 3.00
Second best collection of huts
of all kinds (By W. T.
Crawford,) 2.50
Best display of honey (12
sections) 1.00
Second best display honey
(12 sections) .50
Best exhi bit oranges (2 doz.) 2.50
Best two quarts seedling
pecans worthy of propaga
tion, $10.00 in Gold. Prize
offered by J. B. Wight.
LIVE STOCK.
Best horse raised in Grady 10.00
Second best horse raised in
Grady County 5.00
Finest horse on exhibition
open to all Blue Ribbon.
Best horse colt under 2 years
raised in Grady 10.00
Second best horse colt raised
in Grady Under 2 years 5.00
Best mule colt under 2 years
7 raised in Grady County One
set $12.50 harness. Prize
given by Miller Bros. Co.
Second best mule colt un
der 2 years of age raised in
Grady County 10.00
Best bull raised in Grady
County (any breed) 5.00
Second best bull raised in
Grady (any breed) 2.50
Best cow raised in Grady
(any breed) 5.00
Best, heifer under 2 years
raised in Grady 2.50
Best boar raised in Grady
County (any breed) 5,00
Best sow and pigs raised in
Grady (any breed) 5.00
Best display of fish from any
artifical pond in Grady 1,00
WOMAN’S DEPARTMENT.
Best collection of pickles and
preserves madq in Grady -
County by exhibitor (By
B. M. Johnson) 5.00
Second best exhibit of pickles
and preserves made in
Grady County by exhibitor 2.50
Best display of pickles, jel
lies,and preserves from any
County made by exhibitor 2.00
Best two loaves light bread
(home-made) (By J. W.
Graham) 1.00
Second best two loaves light
bread (home-made) .50
Best display cakes and pies 5.00
Second best display of cakes
and pies (Cash by B. H.
Pope) 2.50
Best display plain and fancy
needle work by any lady 1
Lady’s $5. hat (Higdon-
Herring Company.)
Second best display plain and
fancy needle work by any
lady 2.50
Best display plain and fancy
needle work from any Coun
ty by exhibitor Blue Ribbon.
Best made garment by any
lady in the County 2.50
Second best made garment
by any lady in the County 1.00
Best piece fancy work made
by exhibitor 1.00
Second best piece fancy work
made by exhibitor .50
Best display of potted plants
$5. cut-glass vase (By D.
H. Hendley.)
Second best display of pot
ted plant$3. Jardiniere (By
Cairo Furniture Company.)
Third best display potted
plants - 1.00
POULTRY
American Class.
Best pen ’ 3.00.
Best individual • ! 1.00'
Asiatic An» English Class.
Best pen ,3.00
Best individual 1.00
Mediterranean And French
Class
Best pen iV 3.00
Best individual 1.00
All Other Classes.
Best pen 3.00
Best individual 1.00
Any Variety Op Any Breed.
Awards to be made und.er Rules
of the American Poultry Associ
ation. (Open to all. (
First pen
Second pen
First Cock
Second Cock
Fjrst Cockerel
Second Cockerel
First hen
Second hen
First pullet
Second pullet
Diploma.
Blue Ribbon.
Diploma.
Blue Ribbon.
Diploma.
Blue Bibbon.
Diploma.
Blue Ribbon.
Diploma.
Blue Ribbon.
Any Breed op Any Kind, Ex
hibited From Grady County.
Best pen 1.00
Best Cock The Grady Co.
Progress 1 year.
Best Cockerel, The Grady Co.
Progress, 1 year.
Best Hen, The Progress 1 year.
Best Pullet, Cairo Messenger.
1 year.
Sweep Stakes.
All varieties competing. (Op
en to all.)
Best Cockerel 6.00
Best Pullet 6.00
Best Pair From Grady County.
1st. Pair of Turkeys 1.00
Second best pair of Turkeysi
Cairo Messenger 1 year.
1st. Best pair of Ducks 1.00
Second best pair of Ducks, Cairo
' Messenger 1 year.
1st. Best pair of Ge^e 1.00
Second best pair of Geese .50
Best exhibit of poultry from
Grady County raised‘by
exhibitor 5.00
Best dozen eggs 1.00
Best pen chickens, not thoro
ughbred 1.00
MISCELLANEOUS.
The best invention or device
made or patented by any
citizen of Grady County
during the year 1911 2.50
The best sample of wood-work
made by any Grady Coun
ty boy under 21 years of
age 2.50
Best display of Grady County
woods 10.00
Second best display of Grady
Connty woods 2.50
For any couple to be married
at the Fair Marriage
License (By P. H. Herring.)
Slow mule race, no rider on
his own mule 1.00
Bag race .50
The baldheadedest man .50
The ugliest man in the county . 50
Fiddlers’ Convention.
First prize - 3.00
Second prize 1.50
The finest baby under 12
months old bom in Grady 2.50
Second finest baby under 12
months old born in Grady 1.00
The best decorated team (1
or 2 horse) to appear in
the parade Blue ribbon.
Tne best decorated automo
bile to take part in parade,
Blue Ribbon.
* Any special display of note
whether from this county or from
any other county, though it may
not be enumerated above, will be
specially mentioned in the a-
wards, or given a blue ribbon as
a mark of distinction.
Any persons having any old
curios or ancient relics of any
kind are requested to bring them
to the fair for exhibition. The
Fair authorities will see to it that
they are under guard all the time,
and every precaution will be tak'-
en to have thenf taken care of
and returned to their owners.
For information of any kind in
regard to the fair, address the
Secretary, J. S. Weathers, Cairo,
Ga.
All persons wishing to compete
for premium offered on best acre
cotton must make application to
the Secretary at once so that the
judges may inspect same in field.
M. Joe Pearce, Pres.,
J. S. Weathers, Secy.,
J. E. Forsyth, Treas.,
Grady County Fair Association.
School Improvement Club.
The School Improvement Club
will meet tomorrow (Friday) aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock at Methodist
Church just before meeting of
W. C. T. U. Large attendance
is earnestly desired.
Wanted at Once.
Two or three good, sober, hus
tling men. Good steady position
to the right men. See S. N.
Ellis, Cairo, Ga. for particulars.
Grand Jury List.
Grand Jury drawn at the Sep
tember Term, 1911, Grady Sup
erior Court to serve at the March
Term, 1912.
1. W. R. Hawthorne
2. J. G. Moore
3. L. M. Ponder S
4. B. R. Harrison }
5. K. Powell
6. E. H, Laing
7. Clayton Ulmer
8. J. R. Bryant j
9. H. I. Clay 1
10. W. A. Skipper
11. E. P. Trulock i
12. G. M. Jones ;
13. A. C. Dickey ;
14. J. W. Lane
15. J. M. Herring
16. Orren Moore ■)
17. Ivey Brinson
18. G. L. Dickerson
19. J. D. Wimberley *
20. A. R. Sessions
21. N. Z. Trulock *
22. S. D. Oliver
23. S. P. Swicord
24. J. O. Williams
25. W. L. Pendergast
26. D. S. Swicord
27. G. W. Fulford
28. G. R. Wheeler ;
29.. J. G. Rehberg ^
30. J. D. McNair.
Traverse Jury Lists.
Traverse Jury drawn at the'
September Term, 1911, to serve
at the March Term, 1912, Grady
Superior Court.
1. A. G. Harvey
2. I. E. Malloy
3. E. L. Maxwell
4. I. P. Chapman
5. R. A. Thomas
6. Matthew Gilliard
7. Joe Lee
8. June Eaton
9. D. P. Ward
10.
J. W. Hesters
11.
J. F. Massey ,
12.
C. B. McNair
13.
W. J. Gi’iner
14.
T. H. Hesters.
15.
G. S. Johnson
16.
L. A. Ragans
17.
L. Barwick
18.
Z. F. Booth
19.
W. A. Lee
20.
T. P. Harrison
21.
R. A. Tyus
22.
T. H. Gainey
23.
D. F. Oliver
24.
T. A. Maxwell
25.
John Andrews
26.
A. U. Wilder
27.
G. J. Mckeowa
28.
, G. M. Garland
29.
J. A. Autry
30.
Jesse M. Sellers'
31.
B. W. Martin
32.
Jl R. Gray
33.
W. L. Parker
34.
J. L. Bishop
35.
A. H. Dekle
36.
T. M. Mills.
If you want
an automobile
ride, a team or
up TVS;
Copeland.
" Phone 130
J. R. SINGLETARY,
Attorney-at-Law.
Cairo, - - - Georgia.
Consultation fees reasonable. Practice
in Syporior Court. Court of Appeals
’"upreme Court.
udge’s Chamber, Court Huoee
Free! Free! Free!
Two Studebaker Wagons To Be
Given Away During the Fair.
We are going to give away
absolutely free on both the first
and second day of the Grady
county Fair a Studebaker Junior
Wagon, come in our store and
seei these wagons and learn of
the contest before the fair. Every
one is entitled to Vote and it costs
you nothing. Rules for the con
test will be in next week’s issue
of this paper. i t
NOTICE
The Trustees of all schools
having local school tax will
please call and make up a school
tax digest for the year 1911. Do
this at once as I will oommence
to collect taxes immediately after
the second Tuesday in September
Respectfully,
Roy Ponder;