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BJ6c Grady County
ress
Robert L. Kincaid, Editor.
B. M. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Office Manager.
Entered at Cairo. Ga. P. O. as mail matter of second class July 22 1910.
$1.00 per year, 6 months for 50 cents, 3 months for 25'cents,
Advertising rates reasonable, prices submitted on request.
One Man’s Opinion.
As our neighbor editor has said through the cpTlitnns
of his paper, “An editorial is only one man’s opinion,”
and he is right. So with this before you, this, week we
ask you to accept another man’s opinion in place of our
own as an editorial, and feeling assured that you, will be
glad to do this, we present to you .the following “protest.;”
Messrs. Editors:—
I wish to enter a protest against the trend of your
article in last week’s Progress on “The Negro of Today. 1 ’ -
Had you said that there is too much lawlessness,and that
it is time for all right thinking men are Uniting to slip-
press it, then you would have been on the right line. But
when you advise white men to get their guns and shoot
negroes when they have a “good chance,” you are coun- ;
seling that which would bring ruin. to both races. The
negro may not be any too good; anc[ the same thing can
be said of many white men, but it is. unjust to heap upon
him the entire responsibility for the too great prevalence
of crime.
Liquor drinking is the great cause of the commission
of crime. The negro Isaac was In Cairo a few hours be
fore he shot Mr. Williamson, and he wa&' partially, intox
icated. Whether he drank alcohol, or juhaw, or whiskey
or something else is not known ; to .the public; but whoever
sold him the liquor did so for the paltry _,profi,t , there was
in the transaction. Futhermore,.. someone, ^lade* Jthe.
quor. There are three links in the chain that led Up to
the murder of Mr. Williamson: The maid wh : 6 ihadb the ;
"• -M- ! i ; ' i-i
liquor, the man who sold it, and the, man whp, drank jit.;
and it may be that a negro constitutes each link,.and ne
groes, therefore, solely responsible for the crirrie. But
it is not likely that such was tbe.cdse.. Tln/tli^.qye^.'pf.the
Jaw the third link in the chain i&held responsible fpr the
crime.
It is well, however, to'recall tii&yn the $y<es bf
the“Great Judge,”he, who for the sake'oi.mq]^
es his fellowmen and renders him more liable.to co it
rl.r
crime, must share his part of the .Yiespottsibiil jfcyv r i
than one man had a hand -in>ljalU»g
though only one so far has hadj.t6;iUffiCt.f^b;cpnsequences.
We just as well look this whole question squarely in
the face, and let the white man' share' his ’ palrt of - the
blame for the crimes that are being committed. ‘ When
white men quit committing crimesj it - will ; be . easier . ,to
make the negro do so. In some 'placed in .the county,
white men have stood behind the. negrp.aud made a. cat’s
paw of him in dealing out the damnable stuff: Since
white men have led the way in their disregard for . and
eontempt of law, is it very strange that the - negro has
shown himself a ready pupil?
Let the responsibility for crime be properly placed.
Let our courts do their cuty in the punishment. of crime
without fear or favor. Let the people see that those who
have been elected to office and who have sworn to per
form their duties, come up to tljeir [obligations. ^ If this
is done, then crime in our midst will be greatly diminished
and these terrible tragedies will become rare, . .
J.B, Wight.
IT PAYS
to Advertise in The
Grady County Progress.
■ When you make your own clothes you want the very
beat quality of goods for your money, don’t you?
And you want an attractive line of patterns and colors
to select your own special design from, don’t you?
Well, these wants of the home dressmaker are just
what we had in mind when we bought our new stock of
dress goods. _
When you make your own clothes you can afford the
best materials. The labor cost on good material or poor
material is just the same.
YoU can get trimmings to match in oUr store.
MILLINERY
We are offering special prices on our millinery and
want 1 every lady in Grady 1 County to see and price our
.hats for‘.jUdies and girls before buying.
JiSL. OLIVER'S SON
DRY GOODS AND MILLINERY
^ L - •. V - * . 1 Pi"©' .Luyeh , .
ijaWHarrison aw JphifGainS
I___rrison : &\ .. II. ,
was 1 selling syrup in Cairo Satur-
Berl^' Seile^ &nd Mr.
LucWs':.V(Dfbffifn f happily
piarnecl *>i
the iridp'i parents,Mr, andMrs."
W^Seljeik Can-
\Ve Wish, totcangcatulate and exr
. 3. W 1 .-* Miilts aeteiiddd^to'busi-.
heas:•h»^^S!^^ ! Wa£:'’ -'h■ ■"
business iri Eairibridgedne day
last week.” “ •
• ..Pr^p/^bpesJ.of ;Cairp,. was up
SatOrday^pairing Rube McAfees
■ f ..." < ... .....
gasoline iengi*ie, ... .
•Mr,' a|4 'Mr&v• J: ; Ei^Vhigham,
pf near Ochloeknee, visited rek
atniW' here since our last wri-
K 1 #-
Messrs Hiram Collins, Drew
Mills ' and Grover Wamble was
callers at I. N. Butlers Saturday
night—too many at a time boys.
The little infant son- bf • Mr.
Doyle.. 1 Gainers djed Saturday
night' at the home of his Uncle,
W. A. Horton, of Cairo, and was
buried at Pine Level cemetery.
We join in sympathy with the
beriev^d'jcmeS.’v
' Dallas Moss went to Cairo Sat
urday. - *- ; • ... .
Julius, ppilar, o^ ^Hear, Cairo,
attended \ 1 the Sellers—'DrPffln
wedding Sunday*
Dave Seilers visited Cairo Sat
urday.
Robt. Kirkiand attended to
business m Cairo Wednesday -
Asnews is ; acaree we wjli close.
s . ^ i Kiddo.
BOATHAN SOCIETY, THANKS-
; ; I __ JIVING PROGRAMME.
' Oh .Thursday evening' Novem
ber 30th. at 7:15 the Boathan So
ciety of. the Baptist Churph will
meet arid carry out a programme
of thanksgiving; Everybody is'
invited to come. It will be de
livered as follows: • ...
Doxologv,
Invocation.
Selection by Choir.,
Scripture reading--Dr. Harris.
Song-Congregation.-
Address-A. C. Roddenbery.
Selection by; Chc^fv ,. ‘ -
Address-^Hi'; S^rc^.J'',
Violin 1 ? SdlO-Prof. Cbfemain.
•Song-Congregatidhri.;
Reading-Miss Arisley. ’ %
Song--Congregation. ,,
Benediction.
Notice.
The Tired Creek Musical As
sociation will convene in its first
quarter session for this associa-
al year with f the Cross Roads
Church, 4 miles north of Whig-
ham, Ga. on the first Saturday
and Sunday in * December (next
month.) Everybody cordially
invited to attend.
P. E. Gilliard,
Sec. <& Treas.
’-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. M
Fourth “ .at7:30o’clockP.“
Sunday Schools.
Baptist*- • “ ; 3:30 P. “
Methodist—Sundays at 3:30 P; “
Presbyterian—Sundays at 10 A. “
Prayer Meetings.
Baptist-Wednesdaysat 7:30P. “
Methodist-Thursdays at7:30P. “
Missionary Meetings.
Woman’s Missionary 1 Society of
the 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,
v OWli. F-t
2nd & 4th Thursday Nights 8 P. “
Train Schedules.
A. C L.
WeaitiEIpbnd Arrivals. . /
Day Train . ? 10:25 A;, M.
Night Train. :/■■ .*
Short, i • 5:42 P. M.
. ^ Erist Bound Arrivals.
Day Train . ; \ 1:15 ^ “
Night Train ......-L 1:25.: A. M.
Short 5:32 “ “
Pelham & Havana.
Arrivals 9:50 A. M. & 5:30 P. Mi
Departures 7 “ “ “ 2:15 “ “
Demonstration with Dynamite
There Will be d demonstration
of blowing up stumps, digging
ditches, etc. by dynamite on next
Monday at 11 o’clock. Partic
ulars may bk had of the Wight
Hardware Co., Those who are
interested in the use of dynamite
for commercial purposes will find
this interesting. There will be
a similar demonstration at Whig-
ham on the following day.
THESE ARTICLES
ere a necessity in every well or
dered house. We. have 'on sale
an especially fine, assortment of
Brushes, Bath Sponges, Toilet
Soaps, Hot Water-Bags, Syring-
es,.&c.- ■ ..jL\ i
Prescriptions
entrusted to us will be carefully
filled by a competent Pharmacist.
Wight & Browne
Lending Druggists
Phone 14. Ga,