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BRADY COUNTY PROM
Official Organ of Grady County,
8. It. BLANTON, Editor & t’uMishor
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Adverting Rates Reasonable and
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Entered at Cairo, Ga., Postoffice
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TELEPHONE
NO. 200
Farmers Tire of Taffy.
A writer in a 4ocal paper
wites interestingly of farms
and farmers, but, like other
writers who knows nothing
about the subject, he deals
largely in * ‘taffy. ” We take
this bit from his letter as a
text for a small sermon:
“Nature, in her great boun
ties, has dowerered the farming
class with greater riches than
any other vocation in life, with
boundless extent of fertile lands
which,
From toil he wins -his spirit’s
light,
’From busy day the peaceful
night'.’”
Sounds mighty fine, but
it’s “taffy”, the cheap kind,
two-for-a-nickle sort.
If there are any people on
this old earth who.have had
a full measure of cheap “taf
fy” it’s the farming class.
We know of no other class
that have a harder life or
who encounter greater difi-
culties than the average
farmer. And if he happens
to be a renter his lot is in
deed pitiful.
I have in mind at this mo
ment two ' Thomas county
farmers who recently had
everything they had levied
on and carted away, and to
day- they are suppor t i p g
their.families by day laboh
They are good men; they
worked in winter’s cold and
summer’s heat, denying to
themselves, their wives and
little ones actual necessities,
luxuries they never saw.
Plenty ef -other ■ i tu v t dre
same boat—and hundreds of
thousands in the United
States who are pressed' to
the uttermost limit.
Everybody’s got strings on
the farmer; and in the fall
of the year, when he begins
to gather his crop, e/jb
. body pulls those strings un
til he coughs it all u§>.
He is unable to put a ptice
m hie products, but buwStfy-
takes what is offered hfi*.
And when, he is the buy
er,. he humbly pays the jprice
We see lots and of
people in towns and cities
that wear fine clothes, look
well fed, who, like•ths lilties
of the valley, toil not, and
yet they have no vis i b 1 e
means of support.
The farmer doesn't show
up that way.. t/ His hands
prove that he is a toiler, and
we know him at a distance
by his shabby dress.
He is an humble, insigni-:
ficant looking citizen, but if
he should quit work, or go
on a strike, one half of the
world would eat the other
half, and then lie down
and die with hunger.
We admit that the farmer
himself is responsible for his
condition. He puts his neck
in the noose by borrowing
money and buying on credit.
He hasn’t got sense
enough to organize and s.tay
organized, like the workers
in every other vocation. You
can’t convince him that or
ganization and cooperation
would give him the power to
control prices, put Wall
Street on a diet of '*4pop-
eye” and dictate legislation,
state and federal.
But he is content to re
main an individual unite,
and be a hewer of wood and
a drawer of water.
No, sir, you need harp no
more of the “beauties of the
farm and the grandure of
rural life.” There’s nothing
to it but sentiment.
The saw mill, the mine,
the factory, the railroad---
either of these occupations,
is more profitable than
farming as the average
farmer farms in this coun
try.
The Greater Heroism.
Herbert Kaufman In Atlanta Journal.
This is a splendid century,
this is the world’s greatest
hour, this is the mightiest
year of history.
Nothing lies beyond the
hills of yesterday so glorious
as living reality. .
Fame.for untold ages dip
ped her pen in blood and
wrote immortality upon the
battlefield. Glory made
and.his giant guard. W e
salute them and their time.
Theirs was an older and
blinder civilization.
They were conquerors, but
destroyers. Their usefulness
has ended. We are of an-
onther age, builders and cre
ators.
We live in and for the new
truth .‘-that real glory lies in
monuments of crucifix and j the battle with menace and
gibbet and martyrs were | not with men.
torches that brought the
light of reason and human
ity.
The scalpel, the micros
cope, the sewer, the drain
pipe have achieved beyond'
But we fight in gre ate rj Theseus’ degger and Aeneas’
causes and battle with nobl-spear and Gallahad’s lance
er weapons. Valor lives to and Boneparle’s cannon.
Wells brought more to his
fellows with a bottle of ana
esthesia than did Alexander.
Carl’s miraculous knife
Jiffs him nearer to godship
than did ever falchion or
serve and no longer serves
to die.
It was a fine folly to give
and take the sword-thrust,
but it is a nobler sanity to
heal wounds~than to bestow
them. mace.
The search for the Golden; The great adventure is no
Fieece was a superb thing, * 1 * longer marked by a trail of
but not so magnificent as the ! tears and fears and havoc,
hunt for the bubonic flea, j The new soldier servesfor
The quest of the Holy; the common good. He comes
Grail s,tuddied the skies with 1 in the name of faith, to heal
jijjperjshapJe.naniqs, but,the, .and.uleanse. Doubt and sup-
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C. M. MUGGRIDGE,
The Red Front Store CAIRO, GA.
EXCURSION RATES
Via Atlantic Coast Line.
*‘T r.cJerd Rallrced of the Smth"
.67,65 to Atlsnla, Ga. cn fele Tec. 1st, to 51b, ir.ehsive, liir.lt
Dec. 7th, 1912.
§7.(5 to Atlanta,[Ca. cn tale Fcv. 3Clb, Eec, let, limit Dec.
10th, 1912. ... . •
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(let, Feb. (id, EtJh. sr.d 7tb, Itfg,.limit Feb. 121b, 1613. . Fxton-
. sicn I y de resit rrd pejment 61.CO to April, 12th 1913.
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Limit Dec. 11th, 1912,
627-65 to Louisville, Ky. cn £ale[,Nov. 26th, erd 27th,- Limit Dec.
3rd, 1912.
S6.70.lo SaAsrreb, Ga. cn sale Ncv. 24lh, to 2£tb, inclusive. L m-
it Dec. 1st, 1912.
525.^5 to Wathmgtrn, D. C. cn sale Eec lst,[2r.ci, sr.d 3rd, 1912
Limit.Dec 15th, 1912 .
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L. P. GREEN. E. M. NORTH,
T. P. A., Themasville. Ga. A. G P. A., Savannah, Ga
B. T. Morgan,.T. P. A., Savannah, Ga.
J. R. SINGLETARY,
Attorney-at-Law.
Cairo, . - - . Georgia.
Pees Reasonable. .Practice in Super
ior Court, Court of Appeals and Sup
reme Court.
Office.: Judge’s chamber, Court IIous
FARM-LOANS
We are prepared to negotiate
five year loans on improved
farm property in Grady county.
We can offer attractive terms,
especially on large loans. We
s hall be pleased to have you cal
and investigate our proposition.
Bell & Weathers
CAIRO, GA.
extermination of the mos
quito pest did more to make
this earth a cleaner and saf
er sphere.
The ancient heroisms were
specticular and dazzling: and
tretnendeous. .
Down the ghostly roads of
fibre we see them tramp—
the foyonze shod phalanxes
of Macedon—the grim hosts
of Sparta—Caesar and fei&jLo*d. w
legions, Joan «£ the Golden Reader aerial story "A Wo-
Armor, the Little Corporal man's Candidate," It’s fine.
erstition and ignorance. and
wrong living^and dirt are" his
only enemies.
Brotherhood is his battle
cry and hope his orif lamme.
He bears, but one weapon,
imagination, and where he
treads he banishes dispair
and pain,
“He fighta at Armaged-
don and he battles for the
For Clean Towels And
Sharp Razors' Go To |
I W. H. P. Gneal’s |
Barber £hop |
|sv South Broad Street, |
j... .Cairo - - Ga. X
‘’Republicans Demoralized;
. Democrats Enthusiastic.”
We have just received a letter
from our Congressman with a
bounding in hope of achievment.
I sincerely trust and believe that
our administration will be histor
ical for wise legislation and the
complete restoration of '> our
word of general interest to his-party in the public confidence.”
constituents here and elsewhere,
relative to the contending politi
cal forces at Washington.
Mr. Rodderibery says:
“The Reyublicaris are demoral
ized and blue, while the Demo
crats are enthusiastic and a-
We want, to say, as a footnot
to Mr. Roddenbery’s words o
hope, that the Democratic party
will be put on trial for its life on
March 4th, 1913.: This time no
excuse can be give^ for a failure
to redeem the paly pledges.
CHURCH DIRETORY.
METHODIST CHURCH
(Cor Broad and Ochlocknce Streats.J
REV. W. L. WRIGHT. Pastor
Preaching at IX a m and 8pm every Sunday.
Sunday School, 4 p m .1, B. wight. Supt.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening at *
o'clock,
Epworth Leaguo Devotional Meeting every
Tuesday evening, 8 o’clock, League Hall-
t\c men’s Missionary Society meets at 4 p m
Monday after first Sunday, at the church.
Sunday school teacher meetings at 8 pm wed
neaday after first Sunday, at Epworth Leaguo
hall
St Edwards meetingat 8pm Monday afterfrslt
Monday, at Pastor’s study.
Public cordially invited attend all devotion*
services, . ‘
BAPTIST CHURCH.
(Rev, B D. Ragsdale, D. D.; Pastor)
Services each Sundry morning and night. .
Sunday school 4 o'clock pm, ■ Baraca.and Phiia.«
theaciasses. •
Church Conferences second Sunday. ■
Prayer meeting Wednesday night:
W. M. S, Monday after second Sunday. .
PRESBYTERIAN .CHURCH
Services the Second and Fourth
Sabbath, 11 a. m. and 8 n. m,
Sabbaths school, ever.y c ..Sabbath,
10 a. m.
B. R. Anderson, Pastor
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i J. M. SELLERS W. 8. MCDANIEL
sellers & McDaniel
ATTORNEYS- AT-L AW
Office in new Davis Building
• Broad St.y Cairo, Ga.
wwnwmnmwnniMmix
A Democratic president and a
Democratic congress preclude
theposaibifity of an acceptable
excuse for unredeemed promises.
In the common language, of the
street, it is shoot Luke or give
up the gun. "A.
With Mr. Roddenbery, we be
lieve that those pledges made to
the people will be faithfully car
ried out, and that the trial will
be a complete vindication of the
dear old Democratic party.
We are ruunning with patience
the race set before us, looking
to Woodroe Wilson and a Demo
cratic House and Senate to lift
the veil of special privileges and
admit us all on an equality.
P- C. ANDREWS,
Attorney-at-Law.
CAIRO, gai
Office in Riclxter & Bushin Bnildinsr,
IRA CARLISLE,
LAWYER.
CAIRO, . , . GA.
^Oai’eful and prompt attention
given to all legal matters entrust 7
ed to my charge.
w. Jh Willie
Attorney-At-Law
Will practice in ail Court*, . Statj, w
federal. Co||ectioiiB : a8pccialty. . ’
Office in L. B. Powell buildinfe.
Phone 13. - • • .' CAIRO, G
Fine ea% bunch straw-
lants, 50c the 100.
iss Susie Andrews,
Carnegie, Ga,