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she Grady County Progress Robert L. Kincaid, Euitor. B. M. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Office Manager. t,nn.-i«.-u ai Cairo. Ur. f . u. as mail matter of brcvoiui class July 21 lalO. $1.00 per year. 6 months for 50 cents, 3 months for 25 cents. Advertising rates reasonable, prices submitted on request. (f'rrO/ G/ a/ G(prlt1C; &a. CAIRO Ai HER BAND. The Cairo Concert Band has done more for Cairo than anything else that has evi r bean here, and I’ll acM without hesitation that it is appreciated by the people it has helped less than any body else. The boys organized this band a little over two yeare ago, they bought about one thousond dollars worth of in struments and employed a teacher at $60.03 a month, each member paid a membership fee of $5.00 and then paid from $3.50 to $5.CO a month for general expenses, paying the teacher, hall rent, etc., later they bought ai. outfit of uniforms at a cost of from $12.00 to$15.00 each, each member paid for his uniform personally; now, this is not all, they have worked, they have learned to make FIRST CLASS music, they have given free concert aftei free concert and always had a good crowd, how about the pay concerts, did they have a crowd then? No, and it wa. 1 not any fault of the weather either, Some of the mer chants and a few other liberal spirited citizens have giver the boys a little, I think may-be this summer they' had a little subscription list that amounted to about $20.00 and lasted about four or five months, in the mean time;\„the\ were paying the rest of their expenses themselves, which amounted to about $4.00 each per month. Most of the band is made up of boys that go to school and that age boy has a hard time scraping up $4.00 a month to pay band teacher, consequently the band has dissolved, how ever it was against their desire, it was onlv for lack of fi nancial support that they had this to do. It’s a shame, our business people should be ashamed -Of it; after the boys worked and paid their way too until they convinced the people the band would be a success and failed to get the support, you can’t blame them foi quitting, but they can blame the public for their unappre- cialiveness, and they do and we do too. There is about fifteen or twenty business men in town who are willing to pay their way through and the rest, well, the town and community' would be better off with out them, they are known as “Tight Wads,” oh! yes, if you are going to have a free concert they are always"on hand, but how about the pay concerts, oh! no, something is the matter, they are too busy, they are sick, or they are something else, there is always some excuse they can’t go, you know who I am talking about, every one of you, you know which class you are in and the other fellow knows too, you haven’t got anybody fooled. Now listen, if the people of Cairo want a band they have got to limber up, here’s the proposition, it will cost them $75.00 a month to keep going, they now have an opportunity of getting a good teacher at $60.00 and it will take $15.00 to pay rents etc.,, but the boys are not going to put up the money and the work too; it not only is hard work to learn the new pieces and keep in practice, but it takes a lot of their time, they have to meet at least two nights in each week and practice for three or four hours they futhermore have to practice a little every day, and then when they give concerts they have to be away from their work or books and the truth of it is, they are doing more than anybody else when they do the work without paying anything. What are we going to do? We can by putting up the $75.00 a month reorganize the band and retain our honor for having a good band made up of good boys and we can keep the advertising that it gives to Cairo which is fir more than you would ever imagine; are we going to put up the money and keep the band or are we going to let it go as it has? This is a matter that needs immediate attention, the longer the boys are out of practice the har der it will be to get them in shape again. If you have a speck of loyalty to Cairo or public spirit in you now is the time to show it, subscribe fifty cents, a dollar, two dollars or more to the band and let’s keep her going, of course if everybody would help it would not cost anybody over 25 cents a month, but they wont do it, there are some people ,n Cairo who have never helped for anything and never will, they let the others “pay the fiddler while they dance” in other words they let their brother merchant pay for he advertising and they set back and reap the benefits’ and they have done it so long until they tuink it is right, so we wont look for that crowd to L-Jp any, which of jourse will force the others to incite their subscriptions ;arger. Thank goodness there is a day coming to all of us when we wont get any good out of what the other fellow has done, we will get credit for that that we have cone and nothing more. j. L. Oliver’s Son. The way clothes feel on yon—the pleas ure you get from an easy, graceful fit —means a lot in a Suit or an Overcoat. Added to perfect styles in beautiful fabrics the Michaels-Stern Fall Clothes provide the, utmost sense of comfortab'e ease. Let us prove it to you. J. L. Oliver’s Son. DIRECTORY. Churches. Baptist—Dr. R. H. Harris, Pastor SERVICES Every Sunday at 11 o’clock A. M. “ “ 7:30 “ P. “ Methodist—Rev. W. E. Towson, Pastor. .SERVICES Every Sunday at 11 o’clock A. “ “ “ 7:30 “ P. “ Presbyterian—Rev. B. R. Ander son, Pastor. \ SERVICES Second Sunday at 11 o’clock A. “ Fourth “ at 7:30 o’clock P. “ Sunday Schools. Baptist— “ 3:30 P.“ Methodist—Sundays at 3:30 P. “ Presbyterian—Sundays at 10 A. “ Prayer Meetings. Baptist-Wednlsdays at 7:30 P. “ Methodist-Thursdays at7:30P. “ Missionary Meetings, Woman’s Missionary Society of he M. E. Church—Mrs'.' W. C. Jones, Pres. Mondays after the 1st. and 3rd. Sundays at 3:30 P. M. Woman’s Missionary Union of the Baptist Church—Mrs. M. H. Burts, Pres. 2nd. and 4th. Mondays at 4 P. “ Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church-Mrs. J.F. Stone, Leader. 1st. and 3rd Sundays at 2:45 P. “ Epworth League. Every Tuesday at M. E. Church at 7:30 P. M. J.S. Weathers, Pres. W. C. T. U. Mrs. J. Q. Smith, Pres. Meet every Friday after the 3rd. Sunday at 3:30 o’clock P. “ Alternates with all the churches. Secret Orders. Masons. Second Fridays at 10 o’clock A. “ Fourth “ 7:30 “ P. “ Meet at Lodge Room. I. O. O. F. . 1st. and 3rd. Friday Nights 8 P. “ Meet at Lodge Room. K. of P. 1st and 3rd Monday Nights 8 P. “ Meet at Lodge Room. Owls. 2nd & 4th‘Thursday Nights 8 P. “ Train Schedules. A. C. L. West Bound Arrivals, Day Train 10:25 A. M. Night Train 2:23 “ “ Short 5:42 P. M. East Bound Arrivals. Day Train 1:15 “ “ Night Train 1:25 A. M. Short- 5:32 “ “ Pelham & Havana. Arrivals 9:50 A. M. & 5:30 P. M. Departures'7 “ “ “2:15 “ “ Newly Weds to Charter Car. Macon, Ga,, Oct. 30.—(Special) -<A special Pullman car was to day engaged from the Georgia Southern ar.d Florida railroad for two bridal couples who will be married in Valdosta Wednesday, and who will leave together fo their honeymoons in the same Pullman coach. Misses Lama: Lewis and Gertrude Pendleton, of Valdosta, will marry Messrs. Oglesby and Harrell, of Quitman, a id as all four are close frien s they have redded to spend their honeymoons together The Pull man-will carry co ks, maids and porter-, but the four nevvl- -- » will be the exclusive pas sen ^. . They v. ill „v. | of tha nert 1 . Citation. GEORGIA—Grady County:- To all whom it may concern: W. R. Rhodes having’applied for letters of Administration upon the property of Lottie C. Rhodes late of said county, deceased. Notice is hereby given that said app’ication will be heard at my office at ten (10) o’clock A. M. on the 6th day of Nov., 1911. This Oct. 2nd, 1911. P. H. Herring, Ordinary. Notice. All our subscribers that are lehind with their subscriptions are earnestly requested to call an extensive trip i around and pay up. We need tire 1 money.