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The Boll Weevil Makes Its, Ap
pearance in Pike County, Not
Far From Troy, Ala. Stead
ily Coming Eastward.
The following article is from
he.Louverne Journal, published
'.. Louverne, Crenshaw county,
abama,, which is the adjoining
unty to Pike, cf.which Troy is
county seat. The appear-
nke of the weevil in this section
arks a considerable progaess
the course of a,year, and’ifciis
lot to be considered as the limit
f its eastwai'd travel for' the
eason, as the cold weather has
tot set in sufficient to check its
pread. |
Married at the residence of
idge P. H. Herring, at 8 o’clock
mday night, Nov. 10th, Miss
ell Matthews'and Mr. Jack Ma
rs, the ■ ceremony, being, per
il'med by the Judge. The bride
the. beautiful and accomplished
ughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
it. thews, and j numbers her
ends by . her acquaintances
roughout the county.' / Mr.
yors is well-known in this sec-
n. havinghcen-connected with
/■Crady County -Prgress for
V'e a while after its establish-
nt. Tlje maVriage was a sur-
:ste to the ijlany friends of the
Aihg cop))lq,;as well as to the
inily of the bride. Their many
lends Unite in wishing for
ini much happiness and pros-
rity in their matrimonial ca
rt,'. o
l J. I WIGHT
TIES PRIZES
\t the recent meeting of the
ttional Nut Growers Assoc.ia-
n, held' at Gulfport Oct. 30,
J. B. Wight, was , successful
ompetition for several prizes
red by members of the asso-
,ion. The awards made to Mr.
ht were eight in number,
.if a total of 30 prizes award-
iyhich shows that our fellow
In is producing some of the
t pecans grow,n in the Unit-
State's. The awards were giv-
as follows: . Alley, ; Curtis,'
ssell, Schley and Van Deman.
ond premiums in same group
DelnUi and Stuart varieties.,
'competition for the besc
•e- of'five varieties Mr. Wight
S;also successful- in winning
•prize. Out of she total num-
Far, The Cairo Public School
For Second Month End
ing October 25th 1912,
First Honor Roll.
First Grade.—Vannie Mae Ar-
line, William Bryant, Rudolph
Clark, Geraldine Coleman, Leon
ard Coleman, Spurgeon Dunn,
Pearle Gaineous, Herschel Grif
fin, Free Hart, Lucy Jones, - Eth
el Massey, Polly.Pyles, Martha
Robinson, Jim Wood, Rena Loye
McCorkle, Crawford Gaineous.
Rricond Grade - Hillis Warnell
Leo Lewis, Mae Muggridge, An
nie Peacock. *- " 1 1
Third Grade.—Loulie Forres-
ter, Ruth -Oliver, Beiilah'McDan-
iel,.-Gladys McCorkle, John
Wight, Jewel Houze, 1 Lessie
Smith.
Fourth.Grade-—Eulah Collins,
Alva Willie, George Forrester,
Sumpter Martin Kelly.
Fifth. Grade.—Hobson Black
mon, Hugh Mauldin, Camm'e
McManeous, Grace VanLanding-
ham, Edwin Wilkinson.
Sixth Grade.—William Wight.
Ninth Grade. —Roseleen- Pow
ell.
Tenth Grade!—Walter Jones ;,
Second Honor Roli.
i jof prizes awarded for nuts
j |m in.the south, not including
L, n/r,. Wight won seven out
_M_ f _ ,. u ■ L
“'^nty, which is a fine record.
? } county;was well repre-
®Id ip the legal line at the
Itferm of Decatur Superior
airo members of the- bar
Bainbridge this Week.
court were Messers.
Rail. Carlisle, Smith
NfqndWeat hers.
First Grade.—Agnes . Briggs,
Ila Busbee, Jim. B.usbie, Mattie
Lou Clay, Mary'E. Daughtery,
Manella Hancock, Alma Lewis,
Leonard McRory, Milton McMa-
neus, William Oliver, Rufus'
Peacock. Dewitt Ponder, John
Powell, Wayne Walker, Clara
Wiliiams, Ida Busbee, Bruce
Thomas.
Second Grade.—Arthur Bag
gett, Wayne Baggett, Louie
Briggs, Gladis Copeland, Ozie
Carlyle, Trudie Cone, Joe Davis,
Mellie Ferrell, Maude Ferrell,
Orena Godwin, Marie Jones,
Leucretia. Jones, Curtis Ledford.
Ben Moore, Alton Nicholson,
Lois Ratcliff, Mary Singletary,
Hunter Thomas, Frank Williams,
Carl Vanlandinghairi, Annie Mae
Watford.
Third Grade. — Carson Merrett,
Winona Godwin, Guy Nicholson;
Joseph Jones, Lannis Poulk,
-Mattie Lee Cbppage, Mortis ^.r-
line, George Smith, Walter
Khight; Emmett Pope, Kathe-
lene Bell, Audie Busbee, Homer
Morgan.
Fourth Frade.—Burton Wight,
George Alden Wjght, James
Maulden, Roscoe. Williams.
Fifth Grade.—Nellie Mug
gridge, Eilleen Bussey, Margaret
Wight, Maidie POnder, Russell
Williams, Vera Barber, John
Henry Maxwell, Sam Murphy,
Doffie Briggs, Annie Mae Ever,
Raymond M uggridge.
Sixth Grade.— Gussie Mae
Singletary, Reid Speres, Powell
Jones,-Mary Smith.
. Seventh "Grade.—Grady Booth,
Jewel vBrown, Lois Higdon, Onei
da Maxwell, Thelma Maxwell,
Alvin Wight. Edward. Wight. ..
Eighth Grade.—Grace Higdon,
Alma Ilurst, Gladys Poulk, Myr
tle Poulk, Wesley Smith.
Ninth Grade.—Ivy Bussey,
Lottie Baggett.
The Thomas County fair at
Thomasville Wednesday and
Thursday of this week was
quite a drawing card for the peo
ple of Cairo and Grady county,
and a large number went over, to
see it. The exhibits were good;
but on an average did not sur
pass the exhibits at the Grad.y
county fairin' October. In some
respects, notably the live stock
exhibit, the. local fair was :far a-
head. The arrangement of the
exhibits at 1 the Thomas country
fair was riiOst' excellent, and ,a
good midway was provided with
a large number ofi Shows. Nd
less than five thousand attended
(the fair yesterday. - \ ’
THE PECAN.
Fail not to consider the pecan,
Mr. Statistician, when you go tcs
make up your tables of wealth
producing crops and industries.
The pecan, developement in
Southwest Georgia is as. yet
barely out of its- infancy. The
tens of thousands of acres plant-
en to paper shell pecans in this
section of the stati will not come
into full bearing for several
years, and other' thousands of
aci-es have not borne their first
nuts, Planting,; goes steadily
forward and the industry is at
tracting investors from all sec
tions bf the country.
One hears it remarked, not in
frequently, that “pecans are
bringing fancy prices.” So.they
are—and they will continue . to
bring “fancy prices” almost in
definitely. While the socalled
commercial pecans, such as have
been sold for many years in the
city stores, , are in little demand
at 20 and 25 cents per pound,
paper shell • pecans of all sizes
sell rapidly at 35, 50, 60' and 75
cents. y The fancy variety,
such as only grow in this section
of the country, bring as much as
$1 per pound, and are in demand
for use by nursery-men or to
grace the dinner tables of the
wealthy; The fact that Georgia
paper shell pecans bring fancy
prices is due to the superior qual
ity of the nuts, and the existing
condition will not be materially
charged as producing, ihcredses.
The whole country is a market
for the superior pecan,, and a
very small part . of the country
has as yet been touched. The
pecan acreage in this section ie
being rapidly increased, but
there is no prospect, that pro
duction will ever' come within
hailing distance of the demand!
Two tons of-fancy pecan nuts
from budded and grafted trees
were shipped from Hardaway,'
'in this county, to, Chicago .last
Thursday. . These were from
several Dougherty and Mitchell
county orchards.- A number- of
investors, The, Herald is in
formed, • gathered . their crops
themselves from their individual
tracts. The first of the compan
ies referred- to was organized in
1906, so that the oldest bud is
therefore only four seasons old.
There- are, as fs well known,
Tenth Grade;.—Kathleen Dunni- , u ,, • .
•, ,. r .. vr many vei’y much-older groves in
•Sammie Stubbs, Marian this and neighboring counties.
Landingham, Ruth Wilkinson, iThe past four seasons have- been
Mr. Millard E. Llghtfoot, the
new assistant postmaster at the
Cairo office has arrived to make
his home here and to take up the
duties of his office on the 15th.
Mr. Lightfoot has had several
years experience in this line of
work, and can be depended on to
give the patrons of- the office' a
continuation Of the good service
they, have hitherto received. The
many friends.of., Mr, Jim Maul
din; the retiring assistant, will be
g^lad to know.'thatwill con
tinue to reside'in Gtiif^, and will
devote |his time to the brokerage
b'usi ness. After years of good
work in the ■ local postoffice,
where hg has made many friends,
he will bje greatly missed by the
patrons, but their wishes for his
success go with him into his new
work.
8EU
It ‘SOULLESS”
One Corporation That Will Take
Care of Its Employees in a
Very Liberal Manner.
■
II PAYS TO RAISE
E
A friend has handed us a pa
per published in Oklahoma and
which contained the market re
ports of. the products o at there
A perusal of them ought to set
Our. farmers to thinking ahu Tfiey
ought to resolve not to bay much
more feedstiiffs, wheat, etc.," in
the West. For instance, hay. is
quoted at from $5 to' $8 per ton
out there, whereas it is shipped
here'and sold for $35 to $40 per
ton. Oats is quoted at 23 cents,
less than a third of what they
sell for in the local market.
Wheat is quoted at 75 cents per
bushel; We have as'fine a coun
try us there is anywhere, but wo
need to produce our oats, hay,
ete., here. We will never getto;
the point of independence As'
long as we continue to enrich the
western producers and transpor
tation companies.—Adel New.e.
Amateur Club.
On last Saturday afternoon
Miss Lilia Bell entertained tho
Amateur Club qt her pretty home
on the Heights. Rook was the
game of the day, in which Mrs.
Joe Poulk made 1 i jh score. A t
the conclusion of the game a de
licious salad course, with hot
chocolate,, was served. The
guests;present were: Mesdajnes.
R. E. Wilson, G. 6; Reddick, Joe
Poulk, R. 6. Bell, Misses Mai;y
Bell, Addie Lou‘ Powell, Irma
Powqll, Carrie Powell, Mamie
Bennett, Kate Dunn and. Annie
MaeOats.
abnormal, in that, there was a
deficiency of rainfall in 1909,
1910 and 1911, ' while in .1912
there was an Unprecedented ex
cess. With- the return of nor
mal conditions, the' pecan crop is
expected to increase.'by leaps and
bounds^ — Albany Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., —One corporation
the Southern Bell Telephone sys
tem—is anything but soulless,
if one jmay judge of plans which
haVe just been announced for
caring for its employes. Pensions,
sick benefits, and life insurance
will be provided Without the cost
the/employees
of a sinefle cent to
themselvjes.
A fund, of ten million 1 dollars
will be set aside for the 175,000
employes of the American Bell
Telephone Company, and allied
compainies,’ the Southern Bell
being one. About 10,750 employes
of the Southern Bell are included
in the listof persons to be benefit-
ted by the fund.
Directly affected by this plan
are 4,500 employes of the South
ern Bell in the States of North
and South Carolina, Georgia,,
Florida and Alabama, and 6,250
employees of h Cumberland Tele
phone Company, in.theStates of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi and. Missouri, Col.
W. T; Gentry of Atlanta, is
President of both combanies.
Male employes who have reach
ed 60 years of age and who have
been twenty years in the service,
may retire on pensions, the
amount to be based on salary and
length of service. Women em
ployes may retire at 55 years of
age.
Payments for disability from
accident, are provided, and in
case of death from accident in
performance of duty an insurance
amounting to three years pay
will be paid the dependents of- •»
the dead eiqplqye, the maximum
payment to.be $5,000. '
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Notice.
All state arid-county taxes "are"
due "rind must be paid ' by' Dec.,
20th .• The 'law fnakes ^.it ipy *
duty to issue executions, on Dec.-
21st, against all delinquents. !
respectfully ask that all persons'
comply with, the' law and save.
themselves and''this office incon-,
venience. I ,nbw, .forewarn all
that the law ,relating, to -delin
quent tax payers will be'rigidly
enforced. ,
/faxes can be paid by mail.
All communications addressed to
this office will receive prompt'at-
tention.
Respectfully,
Roy Ponder, T. C.
Mr. W. B. Lawhead, an -1 opti
cian of long-experience, was-a
Serious danger threatened the
plant of the Cairo Messenger
Tuesday evening when . In- .some
manner the gasoline tank caught
fire,- arid'•burned, fiercely for a
few moments until- promptly ex-
visjtor in Cairo Wednesday, look-A- • . ^ i - -
, itingpished by the office force
ing o,v„er the situation with a TT TT / A ■
view of locating here. He ex-| Wlt ^ ^ arr >’ .Hart s assistancp.'
pressed himself as well pleased Prompt action saved the plant,
with the town, rind expects to and no damage of consequence
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open up liis busiricris here shortly, resulted.
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