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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
GRADY COUNTY.
VOL. 3
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY. GEORGIA,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER • 17, 1912.
NO. 14.
FOR FARMERS
Tifton Exposition Will Have
.Many Practical Features of
lnterestto S. Ga. Farmers.
Tifton, Ga. Oct. 17.—Besides
the aeroplanes, the Great King
George Wild Animal Show‘and
.the mammoth midway with its
forty shows and riding devices,
which are a few of the enter
tainments and attractions, which
will be seen at the big South
Georgia Land and Agricultural
Exposition at Tifton, October
31st to November 9th, there will
be several exhibits of great
value to farmers and business
men.
One of these is to be an exhibit
by Dr. E. Lee Worsham, state
«ntomoligist, of insects and
crawling things which damage
and destroy products. There will
be in this collection those pests
which reduce the earnings o
South Georgia farmeas in their
production of cotton, corn, peas
and vegetables. By seeing these
pests farmers learn to identify
them, and during the Exposition
Dr. Worsham and his assistants
will tell all the visitors how to
provide means for killing these
pests. This in itself is well worth
a trip to the Exposition.
Tb.e State College of Agricul
ture will have a highly interes
ting exhibit* a
woliM oi i^jtopiatioi^^Jfhe ^ith
ift^SMInOTKodS of trucking and
agriculture.
Several of the punties. will
send Educational exhibits. This
department is in charge of County
Superintendent Kearsey,. of Tift
county. All exhibits will be
prominently displayed.
Then, the great exhibit of the
•Corn Club Boys of South Georgia
will be a wonder the like of
which you. never saw before.
This 1 will be an inspiring show. It
will be an incentive for our
farniers to adopt the method of
raising corn which .increases the
.yield of each acre they cultivate
three to five times in value. Also
the exhibits of the county demon
stration agents of South Georgia
as another feature which will be
worth miles of travel to see. This
exhibit will likewise be stimuli
ting and educating.
All the wonderful things of
this Exposition cannot be told in
■one short article, but there will
be a bewildering number.
And the big Midway with its
forty shows and attractions; with
the big spiral tower, which is a
pillar of colored fire at night,,the
spindle-like diving ladder 103
feet high; the music of the barjds
iind the great orchestrion, and
:tfhe thousands of lights, make it
s.ll like a fairy’s realm in Wonder-
' iand - ' , ' y ’ v .
Quarterly Conference.
The last quarterly 'conference
of the year will be held at the
Methodist church Friday evening
kt 7:30 o’clock, when Rev. -J. M.
O a tier, of Thomasville, the pr
siding elder of this district, will
meet with' the. people of the
church. Rev. Outler will remain
over Sunday, and will deliver the
...sermons at both of .the regular
services on Sunday. Everybody
' as cordially invited to attend.
Who Has the Pelhan & Havana?
For some time, in fact, since
the first bf the month, the Pel
ham and Havana railroad, from
Cairo to Calvary, has beenopera-
ted under the supervision of Mr.
0. G. , Stephens. The road was
turned over to him by the owners,
tie Massee & Felton Lumber
Company, .and it is presumed it
is being operated for the inter
ests represented by Mr. Ashley,
of Valdosta, who .was active in
getting the option for the pur
chase of the ‘road. As to the
duration of this operation, or
its ultimate results, nothing de
finite can be ascertained. Many
rumors are afloat as to the ulti
mate plans regarding this road,
the.most common being that Mr.
Ashley is working in behalf of
some trunk line railroad, desirous
of acquiring Jthe P. & H. as a
link of a road from middle Geor
gia to the. Gulf. The people of
Grady county would welcome the
purchase of the P. & H. by some
strong road, capable of extend
ing it north and south so as to
connect, with main lines of other
roads.
FOURS 10 PANAMA.
JAMACIA AND CUBA
The Evangeline Will Make Eight
Trips Through the Tropics.
Dr. Harris At Thomasville.
The universal esteem in which
our fellow citizen, and former
pastor of the Cairo Baptist chatch,
Dr. Robert H. Harris, is held in
this section, was most fittingly
illustrated last Sunday, when on
invitjAtiopof tijj£fB.al$ist church*.
11 Thomrisville preached at
that church in the morning to
large arid appreciative ‘ audience;
In the evening he delivered an
able address to the young people
of the city at a union service of
the Methodist and Baptist chur
ches of Thomasville, held at the
Methodist church. Hardly a week
passess that Dr. Harris is not
called to deliver an address, or
preach a sermon, at some impor
tant church in this section, and
very often he is called to preach
on some, week-day. The work
now being carried on by Dr
Harris has him in contact with i
large number of churches in this
section, and they are always
glad to have him return and
preach for them.
Oyster Supper at City Hall.
Next Friday at the City Hall
the Ladies of the School Improve
ment Association will sell oysters
for the Schoel. The oysters will
be sent direct from Appalachicola
and will be fresh and fine. All
are invited to come around from
moon time until late -supper and
help the cause by eating as many,
oysters as possible.
The copking and sefving will
be done by the ladies! Every
thing will be in excllent shape
Remember the place and the
time and *the occasion, Friday all
day at the City Hall and oysters
served. ,
W. C. T. U. Meeting.
As the regular meeting of the
meeting of the Cairo W. C. T. U
will fall on Friday during the
fair, there will be a call meeting
at the Presbyterian Church on
Friday afternoon, Occ. 18, at 3
o’clock. A large attendence is
desjred, as we wish to arrange
all plans for .the booth at the fair.
I|lrs. J. Q. Smith, Pres.
The Atlantic ^CoUst Line an
nounces that in connection with
its splendid through Pullman
Service to Key West, The Penin
sular and Occidental Steamship
Company will operate eight per
sonally-conducted tours with the
new Steel twin-shrew steamship,
‘Evangeline” fron t^at point to
Colon, Panama Canal Zone,
Kingston, Jamacia and Havana,
Cuba. .
Tne “Evangeline” is a modern
up to date ship in every particu
lar. She is 364 feet long, 47 foot
beam, has 5,650 tons register,
262 staterooms, equipped through
out with electric lights and -fans,
and has a speed of eighteen
knots;
This splendid ship will leave
Key west in the morning on ar
rival of the Atlantic- Coast Line-
Florida East Coast “Over-Sea”
train from the North, on January
7th and 21st, February 4th and
18th, March 4th and 18th, April
1st and 15th, sailing direct to
Colon, where a stop of two days
will be made, which will give
pasrengers ample opportunity to
inspect the Panama Canal; the
greatest piece of engineering or
other constriction work known
to man kind. On the return
trip a two weeks atop will be
made at Kingston, where the
quaint and tropical Jamaica may
be explored, and will be fully en-
joued. Tne “Evangeline”- will
sail thence io Havana to dis
charge passengers desiring to
stop there, and the tickets will
be good to return to Key West
on any of the every-week-day
sailings of. the regular line.
The tour will consume eleven
days; and the rates for the entire
trip encluding meals and berths
at sea and in port will be $110.
Tickets will permit stop-overs so
that a longer stop can be made
at Colon, Kingston or Havana,
for passengers desiring to do so;
Sailing dates; itineraries and
itformation regarding reserva
tions, connections, etc.; may be
obtained from Atlantic Coast
Line Representatives, or by ad
dressing T. C. White, the Gener
al Passenger Agent of thal line,
at Wilmington, Ni C.
Program for Graby County
Fair, Oct. 23 24 25 26.
October, 23rd.
This day is set apart for enter
ing and arranging exhibits, a-
musements.
October, 24th.
Boys and Girls Day. General pa
rade from Methodist Church to
Fair Grounds, headed by Band,
decorated teams, automobiles,
etc. Followed by school boys
and girls, at 9:00 o’clock A. M.
10:00 o’clock A. M.: Address
by Hon. J; A. Evans, of the De
partment of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C.
2:00 P. M. Address by Hon. M.
L. Brittain. State Supt. of Edu
cation, Atlanta, Ga.
October, 25th.
Judges Day. All entries will
be judged on this day, but an
nouncements of premiums will
not be made until next day at
10:00 o’clock.
October, 26th.
Premium Da*y. The premiums
will be announced and awarded
at 10:00 A. M. ^The Fair will close
at 12:00 oclock, giving ample
time for the remoyal of exhibits
during the evening.
FAIR PROGRAM
' IS
The Victoria.
The new Victoria motion pic
ture show, opened up last week
in the city hall, has proven quite
an attraction, to the people of
Cairo, and a great many people
have been attending the perfor
mances. The management has
been giving good shows, and
their patrons have been well
pleased with the quality of; the
pictures shown. It is to be hoped
that much success will attend
the efforts of the theatre manage
ment to please the public, as
good moving picture house adds
greatly to the amusement facili
ties of any town.
3ood Attractions each day of
Fair with well known speak
ers. Rules for entry of
Exposition.
But a few days remain until
the great Grady County Fair,
which will be held in Cairo Oc
tober, 23rd 24th 25th and 26th,
at the Roddenberry lot on North
Broad Street, , The Fairmanage-
have been very busy arranging
for thedetails of the exhibits, the
amusement concessions, etc., and
the officials say that this year
there will be more varied attrac
tions in the way of amusement
than at any previous fair ever
held in this section. The list of
exhibitors continue to grow, and
the indications are that a. great
deal of interest is being taken in
that part of the Fair; in fact the
local exhibits promise to be the
most interesting arid best draw
ing attraction of the whole ag
gregation.
Much interest is being taken
in the second day of the Fair,
the 24th, on which will be the
corn club boy’s parade, and the
day will be largely devoted to f
the work of the young people of
the county. Two noted speakers
have agreed to be present and
make addresses, Hon. J. A. E-
vans, of theU. S. Department, of
Agriculture "being billed to speak
at 10 ip the morning, arid,Hon. M.
L. Brit-tain„ StateSuperintendent
©f fedrication, will address the peo
ple at two in the afternoon. The
Corn Club superintendent of this
section, Prof, Cunningham, will
also be present on this day, as
will Prof. Oliver, the U. SI Ag
ricultural Department agent for
this section.
Wild West At Thomasville.
To the Trustees of Grady
County Schools.
T will thank you to notify me
whether or not your school has
selected a teacher for next term,
and if so, please write me the
name of the teacher • iri order
that ^ may know which schools
have been supplied and which
have not. I am receiving appli
cations for places almost daily
and would like to bq in position
to know where to refer them.
Your prompt attention to .this
matter will be highly appreci
ated.
Yours very truly,
J. S. Weathers.
Supt*. Schools.
Buffalo Bill, alias Col. W. F,
Cody, of wild andwboly Western
fame, and Pawnee Bill, alias
Col. Gordon Lillie, and about a
thousand of their employees in
the great Wild West show, where
the cause of several hundred
Cairo’s population making the
trip to Thomasville Tuesday to
see the aggregation perform.
Col. Cody advertised that this
his farewell trip, and hundreds
of people just had to have “orie
more look” at the old Indiari
fighter.
Cairo’s New Drug Store Opens.
The Dyson Drug Company
have opened their new store, oc
cupying the building formerly
used for the postoffice, and are
now prepared to serve their cus
tomers.,.The large store room is
quite attractive with its handsome
fittings, and when the soda foun
tain is installed will make
very creditable appearance,, and
add one more to the city's up to
date retail houses.
The Baptists of this District
are in convention this week at
Pauline, Brooks county, anil Cairo
is well represents d. Dr. R.
Harris is moderator, while the
Cairo delegates are: R6v. B. D
Ragsdale, Messrs. J. M. Shuman,
W. H. Searcy, and Mesdarhes W.
A. Stone and M. H. Burts.
Higdon-Herring Co. Organizes.
On Monday Mr. Joe Higdon,
formerly of Cairo, and one of our
most enterprising citizens, came
up from Calvary for the day, and
the organization of the new cor
poration known as Higdon-Her
ring company-was perfected, Mr.
Joe Higdon was naned as presi
dent, Mr. M. C. McManeus as
Vice President and General Mana
ger, and Mr. ,H. H. Herring as
Secretary and Treasurer. The
Progress joins with the friends
of the new company in wishing
them much success, and predicts
a successful business career for
the new corporation.
The Newspaper and the
Community.
speaking of what a newspaper
does in a community the late U-
nited States Senator, Davis, of Il
linois, made an address in
which he said: “Every year each
local paper gives, from $200 to
$1000 in free lines to £he city in
which it is located. No other a-
gency can or will do this. The
Editor, in proportion to his
means, does m° re f° r his town
than any.other man, and he ought
to be supported, not because you
like and admire him and his
styles, but because a local paper
is the best investment a commu
nity can make. Today the local
papers are doing more for less
pay than anything else on earth”
