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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”