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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. ' Pi ' mm ■mm Hi iXM IttSl . legal rights'to 1 redress, he, may exercise;the .'option of accepting the benefits or exercising his Ibga M • ri[jiiits. ; ." ‘ in i•’i • ■-•.wGii'A''' ;■ m. g) :, ♦ f' . ■ '■ r fri'r . I'-Aj '■'i ■•rt: 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 1' V 1 open up liis busiricris here shortly, resulted. m