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■ '% \ ' ■ ■ The Grady Cowty Progress vol. 2 CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 1911. NO. 19 no CUTS HIS OWH THROAT. STEVE ISAAC WHO SHOT MR. WILLIAMSON DIES BY OWN HANDS RATHER THAN BE CAPTURED. Steve Isaac the negro who shot and caused the death of Mr. L. M. Williamson at Wight Mat thews & Company’s turpentime still last Saturday night week cut his throat with a razor some time lasj; Saturday night. He had made his way some how to his father, Owen Isaac’s house . eleven miles south of River Jun ction, Fla. and eight miles north of,Bristol, Fla., he arrived there soon Saturday morning so his father says, and knowing that the searchers had already been in there looking for him and not knowing but what they were still there, he hid out in a cane patch right near his fathers house and the old man served him dinner and supper and went back Sunday morning to carry him breakfast and found him with his throat cut and a razor in his hand The sheriff of Lib erty County, Fla., Mr. Bunk Forehand was on to him and had notified authorities here that he was in that section; deputy sheriff Stanfield and John Taylor went and . arrived theres Sunday ; morning and had their posse all they both ready and plans made to close in . friends here. JAMES MASSEY PASSES AWAY. Mrs. James Massey who died at her home in Pelham was brought here end laid to rest at at the Cairo cemetery Sunday morning. Mrs. Massey had been sick fcr several weeks with intestinal trouble and soon Saturday was called to pay the debt that we all have to pay. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church of Cairo Sunday morning by Rev. Mr. Collier the Baptist minister at Pelham. Quite a nunber of friends came over from Pelham with the corpse and relatives to attend the funeral. Mrs. Massey before marrige was Miss Stella Jpnes. She is a sister to Mrs. B. C. Keater and was living with her at the time she was married to Mr. Massey which was about five years ago. FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK I have been appointed Local Agent to organize the Farm De monstration work in Grady Coun ty and I wish to set forth briefly the method of procedure. To all the farmers of the county that enroll their names, the de partment of Agriculture at Washington will-send bulletins of instructions for preparing the soil, method of cultivation, pro- er fertilization, seed selection etc. Any one can secure through this department, upon request, any of the various bulletins dealing with agriculture in any way. Those who enter their names are put down as Demon strators or co-operators. Both Demonstrators and Co-operators agree to cultivate an acre of cot ton or corn, or both and to fol low as nearly as practical the instructions sent out by the De partment of Agriculture. Mor< than one acre of either cotton or corn, or both, can be entered if it is so desired. The Denson strators are visited by the Local Agent at least once each month, and for that reason not rhore 25 to 30 could be enrolled : under thi^. headr and they would? 1 be SHEESLEY AMUSEMENT CO. HERE THIS WEEK. A GOOD PER CENT OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE FIRE BOYS-BE SURE TO ATTEND. on him Sunday night, or rather to have another negro to decoy him out that they might get him without having to kill him. About noon Sunday the negro’s father.notified the sher iff, Mr. Forehand that he had killed himself, they all then went to the scene arid found him in a- bout one hundred yards of his fathers house dead just as the old man had stated; throat was cut and the razor was in his hand. In the crowd was deputy sheriff W. D. Stanfield and John Taylor of Cairo, Sheriff of Liberty Coun ty, Bunk Forehand, of Bristol, Mr. Mart Baker a prominent far mer that lives right near where the negro killed himself and sev eral other gentlemen af Britol County that we can’t name. The ' ?r$iegro’s father insisted as that was Steve’s home that he he permitted to keep and bury him down there, deputy Sheriff Stanfield feeling that it wouid be a big expense to Grady Coun ty to bring him hack here and it would do no good as he was dead and had been thouroughly iden tified, consequently he cansented ¥ .to leave him there. It is generally supposed that the negro fully realized that he was surrounded and would be captured without any doubt and rather than be captured and hung or lynched which he was also sure would happen he cut his own throat. So there be it, Grady is rid of another mean mule negro and didn’t have to pay any jurors either. Let the good work go on. Music was furnished by Misses Kathryn Brown, Allie Brinson, Mildred Denton, Mrs. W. A. Sut ton and R. A. Bell. Miss Lena Mauldin played the organ. The pall bearers were Messrs; F. Gk Brown, George Hurst, D. F. Olliver, B. W. Mauldin, J, H. Connell and M. C. McManeus. BOYS 60 TO MONTICELLO AGAIN- The Band boys went down to Monticello, Florida Tuesday mor ning to furnish music for a land sale company. They have two engagements there, one for Tues day with a land Sale bunch and one for Wednesday with some more land sale people. It is to be remembered that the boys made a trip down there in the early fall to play for Monticello’s fair, this is when and where they won their rep, and it was but a short time ’ after this that they had a call to a land sale at Talla hassee and they evidently mad good as one of the parties they play for this time is the same gentleman that had them at Tal- eahassee. The Cairo Concert Band is as good as there is south of Atlanta and with the instructor they now have there is no reason why it should not be the best band in the state, let everybody chip in and help the boys along, the con tribution basket is still going a- round. MR. ULIAni, BEAD. Mr. L. M- Williamson the gen tleman that the negro Steve Is aac shot at Wight, Matthews Company’s still Saturday night week passed into the great be yond last Thursday. He had been taken to the City Hospital at Thomasville last Wednesday and soon after arriving there a bleed ing set in up in the nose some wheres and all the medical aid that was available was there and yet it could not be stopped and late Thursday afternoon he pass ed away. He was buried at Woodville, Fla,, where he originally came from. He is survived by a wife and two children. REGISTRATION BOOKS Mr. Masse^lk that time was jn . the bai’bb^iJrKnes.?. at Cairo ^S?ec&eled as Demonstrators, who a number of are most conveniently located for supervision. The ‘ Agent makes monthly reports based up on what is seen by his visits to the farms. The Co-operators get all the bulletins and instrustions from the Department of Agriculture as the Demon- sirators do, but their farmg are not visited -and reported on monthly. However, they are ex pected to-make a report on the crop at the end of the year as are the demonstrators. For the sake of convenience, it was thought beSt to get 4 or 5 Demonstrators at each of the following points: Calvary, Pine Park, Whigham and Rigsby’s Store, and locate the others on the roads leading into Cairo. This will give all sections the opportunity to see how much merit there is in the work, and thus prepare the way for cover ing more of the territory of the territory of the county after the first year of the. organization. It is hoped that a great many of the farmers from all sections of the county will undertake this work and see what there is to the matter. It costs nothing and it is believed that it is pos sible to accomplish a great deal for the future agricultural inter ests of the county if the people generally will take hold of the work. At least, no harm can come from trying the experi ment and if it does not fully measure up to our expection we are not out anything on the ex periment. e ,m. I would like to hear from, any who are interested in the matter FELDER S|IBH|!!T$ RULING Election Probably Will Be Held January 10th. Atlanta, Nov. 18; —In a ruling concerning voters in the coming election for Governor, made at the request of Gov. John M. Sla ton, Attorney general T. S. Fel der holds to-day that within five days after the Governor issues the calf for the election the coun ty tax collectors shall close the registration books. The collectors are then given five days in which to prepare lists of voters to be turned over to the county regis trars and these will have five days to purge the list. Then the lists go to the clferk of Superior Court who shall retain them un til time to turn them over to the election managers. As Gov. Slaton, will probably issue the call for the general e- lection on Monday, the registra- tirn books will have to close all over the state next Saturday. The Attorney General holds that the voters must have paid their 1910 taxes at least six months in advance of the date fixed for the electian which will be about January 10th, The same qualifications will ap ply to the primary of December 7th., as to the general election. The Sheely Amusement Co. has on a carnival here this week and is giving a per cent to the Cairo Fire Co., which should be much appreciated by the citizens of Cairo, the fire company is a thing that we hear very little of and do very little for unless a fire breaks out and then it’s where is the fire company, and watch what I tell you they are always on hand and doing good work. Mr. Hart is chief and he makes a good one, he is always ready and there with the goods. The carnival seems to be a very nice bunch of people, and their amusements are unusually good, we can say this for them they are a very orderly crowd of people and treat everyboey nice and pleasant. We should be very glad when we have the op portunity of having a company like this to stop with us, it is so seldom Cairo has a good carnival and a good clean bunch of people until this one should be patro nized by all the people and should be remembered as a nice carni val. Limber up and go, don’t be sostiff, the carnival is alright and it will do you good. Come on out. in any way and will be glad to see you and discuss the matter, and get you to enroll your name either as Demonstrator or as Co- operator. Quite a number have already enrolled their names and otherswill do so in the near fut ure. - J. S. Weathers, Agt. , . -• *' * Subscribe for The Progress. MAYOR WILLIE GIVES NOTICE A little mayor’s court last Sat urday at which a party was up for running over the speed limit in the city and which the mar?, shall failed to prove that he was exceeding the limit, caused the mayor to talk a little plain to auto drivers, he says that here after when one is brought before him for speeding he expects to make him remember the occas ion provided he can prove he is a guilty party. He says he will give $5,00 cash to any one that, will report and prove that anybody was exceed ing the speed limit, he realizes the necessity of having them run in reason in the city limits and expects to enforce the law in every case. The mayor is exactly right, we like to ride as well as anybody, but when it comes to running a car down Broad street at the rate of anywheres from twenty to forty miles anjhour it is a shame, it does seem that anyone that will do it has not the least feeling for humanity. It is almost im possible for one to get out of the way of a car running twenty-five miles an hour unless he has plen ty of room and time and the au to drivers know it, and the ma yor is going to make them res pect the law and if he can’t do it one way he will another, so you had better keep your eye on the speedometer,