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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28, I912.
NO. 29
WILL YOU SEE THE
Editor Blanton, of Boston, Stirs
Up Interest in Special Train
From Bainbridge and
Other Points.
JEM STOLEN:
Considerable comment hasbeen
a roused by the plan proposed by
Editor Blanton, of Boston, in
.getting a special train from
South-West Georgia points tQ
run to Washington for the com- ,The prisoner was tried before
mo- inaiicruration of Wilson in Judge Singletary, of the City
Ida Sanders, colored, loves
jewelry, therefore she appro]
priated several articles of jewelry
from the residence of Mr. U. A.
Clifford, taking some belonging
to him, and his brother's also
But she reckoned without her
nemesis, who in this instance
proved to be Chief Horton, whe
not only found out the guilt.x
party but recovered some of tht
missing articles at Gradyville.
BIG CORN SHOW
NEXT WEEK
Girls Canning Club Will Take
Part. Show Will Be Held in
State Capitol, Atlanta,
Dec. 8 fo 6th.
ing inauguration of Wilson
March, 1913. Mr. Blanton wrote
to Mr.’ T. P. Green, traveling
jsassenger agent of the Coast
Lint, regarding a special train,
and received the following let
ter :~
Dear Sir:-
Referring to matter of special
Pullman cars, or the operation
of “The South Georgia Home
Special Train” to Washington
and return, account the above
occasion; I beg to advise that
■V > Tariff of individual and party
rates.is now being complied and
P.'P until same is issued I cannot
? *> quote exact figures but give' be-
*•,' low approximate cost of private
P Pullman cars, special train, etc.
|Y The Pullman Company will
charter Pullman sleeping cars,
for movement’- m one direction
site direction on same baises
- charging regular b’erth rates foi
accommodation contained in
the car, or cars. In other vvords,
the charge for a Pullman sleeper
standard style and size, to
Washington, will cost about
$130.00. This car will accomodate
as many as 50 persons, doubling
up two persops to most of the
berths, which are double and will
comfortably accommodate that
siumber, making the per capita
charge, about $2.60, or $5.20 foi
the round trip. The larger the
party, of course, the less the
per capita charge, for the Pull*
man. •, ,
The railroad fare will be about
3 cents per mile, for individuals,
dr about $25.00 for the round trip.
We are figuring on party rates,
However, and hope to be able to
Tiiafce a rate of about $16.75 per
if capita, for parties of 25 or more
i . traveling together on one ticket.
| It is probable that the entire
Y cost, of railroad transportation
, and sleeping car fare, to Washing-
!,V ton and return, will be about
$30.00, or if party rate is granted
about $22.00 .
I For as many as 100 we will op
erate special train through to
Via
Court of Cairo, on Saturday, and
was adjudged guilty, 'and fined
$40 or 6 months in the county
prison.
The attention 6f the people of
the county is called to the fact
that on Saturday, December 7th,
will be held the regular election
for the office of Justice of Peace
in Georgia, and also at the same
place and at the sa i e time, will |
be held the election for consta-|
oles of the various militia dis-
ricts
'or a term of four years, begin- ,
,ing Jan. 1st. 1913. and the con A"™ Bnuw .*““*( be
stables for a term of two “'“I 1 *; 1
beginning tKe same date. The A 4 . 6 and 3
Ordinary has sent out to the dif-
Watching By Sick Daughter's
Bedside, Father is Killed
By Son-in-!aw.
4-i-lanta, Ga November 23
WARNING!
The sudden cold snap of Wed
nesday night caught many of the
farmers off their guard, in that
their cane had not been cut in
anticipation of cold weather. One
of the county’s prominent citizens
Thursday morning called-the at
tention of the Progress -»to the
fact, that unless this cane is CUl
RIGHT AWAY and. placed, in v e
suitable form for preservation
the first warm weather will fine
hundreds, and thousands of. dol-
Kit.
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Ife
lags worth of cane ruined b\
curing in the field. Quick actioi
Will prevent this loss; it is tht
chance 'of the cane growers, who
have not yet cut all their cane,
to do so at once, and salve the re
mainder of their crop. The time
to act is NOW.
School Trustees to be Elected
Washington, via Savannah
Charleston, Ric hmond, etc , and
provide dining :ar service, meals
alacarte, and give first clasp ser
vice. We expect to have a. large
number of private car parties
and run a number of special
I 'y trains and will handle the- busi
ness' as 'it should be handled,
ifi ■ H r mm
p|
iij-ur~es as soon as received
; , \Y Yours very truly,
L. P. Green
Traveling Passenger Agent
Owing to the intense interest
To the Trustees of . Grady
County Schools:
At a meeting of the Board of
Education of Grady County held
on Tuesday, November 26 inst,
an election t > fill the vacancies
in the various boards of trust'e s
for the schools of the county,
was ordered for Saturday, Dec
14th from 9 to 12 o’clock, A. M-
It is important that all vacancies
now existing as well as those
that will exist by reason of com
mission expiring -Dec. 31st be
filled. Let the returns of this
election be mailed to me in order
that commissions may be issued
at the next meeting of the board
No commissions will be issued
for any one except these elected
on the day ordered by the board
Yours very truly,.
J. $. Weathers.
Supt. Schools.
with representatives of the A. G
L. to look after comfort oi all
passengers. I will giveyou Axact
The justices are elected ‘(SP^ai) Everything;is in prac
tical readiness tor the Georgia
ferent justices in the county
blanks for holding the election,
and it is urged that these elec
tions be held in every district,
so as to provide the officers
needed for the next two and
four years.
DEATH OF MRS. ED GRINER
There will be between 2,500
and 3,0i)0 exhibits here, repre
senting nearly every county in
the state, all attractively arran
ged on tables, pet up in lobbies of
the capital building.
One entire lying of the capitol
will be devoted to the Girls, Can
ning Clubs under the direction
of Miss Mary E. Creswell. Eigh
teen counties will be represented
in. this display with nearly 1,000
individual exhibits.
The community north of Cairo special low races of one fare
wherein Mr and Mrs. E1 Griner piua 2o cents.ior thei- round trip
esided, and the friends of the hajve been gr-nced- by the rail-
amily in -and arpprr'^ Can'", a.i putts of .uepiaia
Were shocked to hear of her luo w.o... ‘. uae . uy UK?se
ieath at her daughter’s ho e tnuuaauus of Georgia boys and
n Cairo,- last Friday m.Oru n • & ,%la Av ‘“ unuouoteuly attract
Heart failure was the immedia e.j.uk* L ‘‘ J
cause of her death. T,h,e fu.ii.er4l j. S,unie 600 to 70i> of the Georgia blow was serious,
r e
a n’t. Grove Church’ on llaWTr-l t,\ j tin’o... ;i. . a:i.l iiin-le their crap
morning,.and were aUen.e-TY under the.rules and ‘ regulations
laid ciAyii b/ the Gill ted States
BIN RESULTS
FINN FIGHT
a large number of sorrowing rel
atives and friends.
Mrs. Griner is survived by her
husltand, a well known farmer
living about 6 miles north of Cai
ro, and also by five children:
Miss Rona Griner, Mrs. Grover
Posey of Cairo and Mrs. H
Smith and John Griner, of this
county, and Charles Griner of
Pelham. The sympathy of this
community's extended to the
bereaved family.' 1
United States Still World’s
Bread Basket.
would gladly gvail tnemselyes of
the opportunity to make the trip
and to have a special train from
this section would add much to
the pleasure of the journey. It
would facilitate matters if the
people of Cairo who contemplate
Washington,
The United States still is the
bread basket of the world,” ac
cording to the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, which to
day issued a export showing that
this country is furnishing food
stuffs to other nations at a steady
rising rate. While the reports of
corn and meat fell off sharply,
more than 100,000,000 bushels of
wheat were sent abroad during
the last ten months, as against
83,000,000 during all of last year.-
The heavy wheat exports were
off set somewhat by the decline
in other farm products. - The
making this trip would confer
with Mr. Lawson, the local agent.
«o that the company may have
ini ormation upon which to base
their plans for the special train
or trains, and in that it may, be
in the inauguration next year pf' able to meet the demands of the
, Governor Wilson, as Preside,,', people along the line, if the idea
there will'be many people . who i takes with them.
United States as a provider,
howevf r, maintained its position,
for the reports proceeds:
While the products of the farm
will show but little change-in the
department of agriculture, will.
Visit .vv.anta on this occasion,
and a special program has been
arranged in their interest.
These boy s'are expected to be
gin reaching Atlanta? Wednesday
December 4 but. most of them
will co e on the 5th and,remain
through the exH.cises of Friday,
December 6. They will;be special
ly selected by thei£county school
superintendents wife have, charge
oi the corn clubs in their respec
tive counties, and., who have done
splendid work. The boys will be
chosen upon a basis c f merit, in
dicated by the results they have
attained, each with'. hisf aofre of
corn. Sleeping Quarters will be
provided for them ill the homes
of Atlanta’ citizens and in some
of the local hotels.
The visiting boys and girls will
be given a big corn show dinner
by the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce at the state capitol, where
tables will be placed to accomodate
700 boys.
At a meeting on the 5th or 6th
speeches .will be made by Gover
nor Jos. M. Brown, State School
Superintendent M. L. .Britton,
L. O, Martin of the United States
department of Agriculture, J.
Phil Campbell, Georgia corn club
agent'an.I Dr. A. M. Soule, presi
dent of the state college pf agri-
cuiture.
Saturday night occured one of
the worst tragdeys in the his
tory of the county for some
months past, when, in an alter
cation with his son-in-law, R. L.
Burns, while watching at the
bedside of his sick daughter,
Dave Mashburn was struck by a
chair wielded by Burns, and
instantly killed.
Reports of the occurance are
meagre and conflicting, but the
main facts gathered from wit
nesses of the affair show that
both Burns and his father had
been drinking, and it is alleged
that Burns was more or less in
toxicated. Both were at Burn’s
house, where his wife, formerly
Miss Hattie Mashburn, was
seriously ill. It seems that the
father had come over to watch
at his daughter's bedside • and
after some dispute, about a tri
vial matter, they engaged in ' a-
figiit, during which Burns picked
up a chair an.I stsuck the older
man felling him I o the ground/ '
Burns did not realize that the
but.;/seeing
' that.the Strickpn man did not
snow signs of consciousness,
tried to get a physician to attend
him, but was unsuccessful in his
attempts. Later it was found
that Mashbnrn was dead.
Burns is.confined in the county
jail. He made no attempt to escape?
He seems unable to make a clear,
statement of the facts in the
•matter, due probably to the fact
that he was under the influence!
of liquor at the time the tragedy
occurred. ' ’' '
tiWa
/ T,-rt-avT.-iHlwtff.EitlJ .
; The Decatilr 1 cob trty'Gr sftV3”J'tt2 J
week actediiO%theiimatteEiiofintthe>i
disapearanii&’ofkHbWegfd, Bfen't 1 -".
ley. and«M« l bjS| mmsf l
the.three men placed under ar
rest prion nii'o to r* the -13 Session
•tniHl laid On.y 4 .min XV'I'UGO «ST
of „ ,.tfi8 r . fboply, ; ..jJniAi'm postm
imb
there .were, several gun- ora .-pistol--?
shot 'wounds on thepMjf.’ the:'
negro, besides other mutilations > '
Any of the wou.pd.s ; inflicted
would n. have been sufficient to' ^
cau^e.the death of the negro. A*4
positive identification of the body ’
was.ipade,! and it was proven to ;
Fiiilowihg the dinner on 'Fri-! be the-body of the missing negro,
Bentley.
day there will be a big parade of
general export record of 1911,-the Georgia corn, club boys
those of the factory show a mar- through the stress of Atlafe t0 cty lized;coi , ntry ’
kedMvance, the value of the, headed by Governor Brown and, . ‘ '• , '
manufactures exported in- the escorted by the Fifth -infantry I to s ^°' y anc ^ te l' the world what /
n
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period for which figures are now
available exceeding by more than
$100,600,000 those of the corres-
regiment. In this parade the boys
from each county will cgrVy a
banner showing the record /yield
ponding months of last year an :1 G f corn in theih county. '•*•
indicating that the grand total! Moving pictufesYf this great
of manufactures exported in the C qrn show parade will be taken
the Georgia ’ boys have accom
plished and howthey a-re-building^
ite ggr.i :ulturaily and J ,
up
financially.' Ea'ch, county will
ca^ry its record in the parade
full year of 1912 will considerably fry Pa-he F-reres-, one of -the' most '; and iheSe reouGs from /5 tt 200, i;
exceed $1,000,000,000 and form famous moving picture concerns. bushels per acre, will be showri
about one-half of the total exports! in the world, and these pictures, in the moving pictures.
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