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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY.
VOL. 3
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER i6, .1912.
OTIS 1ST IS FATALLY
CUT BY FARAT KANO
The marriage' of the negro
prize fighter, Johnson, to a white
TiT woman of .Chicago, caused quite
‘ la; stir in Congress on Wednesday
b’; , <?f last week.
^.■.Congressman S. A. Rodden-
ijjbery “embraced the present oc-
| ijasion” to utter some vital truths
respecting the intermarriage of
the races.
II#:; Among other things Mr. Roil-
vderibery said: ‘‘the case is not an
r isolated case. The records of
If 'Boston, Chicago and other cities
show .'that negroes less promi
ll'' pent, of less notoriety, are from
P time to time binding themselves
in matrimony with women of the
'.white race. That does not hap*
|f pen in the South.
’l ' “If the power, political or other-
® wise! of the African in those
■: States issdgr^at, ^he^ethe divi-
sion between political parties may 1
i he so close that yon cannot solve
Y it by State constitutional amend*
ments or Stat6 legislation, we are.
:C ready from the Southern country
with, I apprehend, not a dissent
ing voice, to join you in adopting
a resolution in Congress submitt
ing to the people of all the States
a consituationaL amendment that
will make it impossible forever
hereafter fora brutal African
■ lighter to join his name with that
of a fair American Caucasian
woman.
.“It is detrimental to the greats
est welfare of both races, if we
may refer to the whites and the
blacks as. two distinct races, for.
+uich a condition to exist'. We can
' do'nogreater- violence or injustice
to the negro than to let our statu
te's permit liim to entertain the
.hope that at some future time he
;'or his offspring may be married
to a woman of the. white race.
“It will bring conflicts." in:, the'
future years—black, dark, grew-
isome and bloody. The consequen
ces will bring annihilation to that
race ’which we have protected in’
pur land for all these years. And
the States that permitted the in
termarriage of race will bear their
just share of responsibility for
« such a condition,
i; v ‘ ‘I. challenge any man of wis-
i i dom and insight into the future
to ;<56hjecture or prophesy wheth
er er the result will be for the good
Of the country. It is debasing,
ultra-demoralizing and uh-Amer-
■Ms| Mamie Love Burts, has re
turned'horhe after a-long stay in
Tampa.
Moultrie, Ga., December 16.
Otis Hart, a prominent 'farmer
living near Berlin, in the eastern
part of the county, was cut near
ly to death Saturday night by a
farm hand on his place by the
name of McCallum. What the dif
ficulty arose over is unknown,
though both were drinking heav
ily. Hart’s nose was cut entirely
off and his face lacerated in a
most horrible manner.' He was
also stabbed in the ear, very near
ly to the brain. His wounds are
of. a most serious nature and will
probably be fatal. No arrests
have been made, though McCall
um is being searched for by the
officers. •
Notice.
Justice of the Peace commis-
§ionsjave in my office. Come in
and take 'the oath of office and
four
get your commission for
years from Jan. IstJ 1913.
Most respectfully,
P. H. Herring, Ordinary.
SHORES-GAINEY
At the residence of the par
ents of the bride, near Centen
nial church, on Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 15th, Miss Minnie Shores
and Mr. J. R. Gainqy were hap
pily married, Judge P.’ H, Her
ringperforming the ceremony.
Mr. Gainey is the son of Mi',
and Mrs. R. H.Gainey. He is a
young ,man of sterling worth,
a good farmer, admired by his
many friends. The bride is- the
beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Shores, a iady universally _ jloved
by her acquaintances; all of.
whom, together with' the Prog
ress, wish her a 'happy voyage'
on the sea of matrimony. ,
A SINGULAR CASE.
Quite a singular case of thiev
ing recently came to light in this
county.
■■ Fred Watkins, a negro convict
working orithe gang, has been
stealing weaving -apparel and
other things from .the camp’.
His wife, Mittie, was aiding, him
and taking care of the loot. Arid
now Mittie is mighty sad arid her
and Fred will soon be reunited
in chains of legal lock as well as
wedlock.
O.MAOY COIIW III
Fifteen new pensioners go on
the Grady county roll for 1913.
Of this number eight are men
and seven are widows. The list
as furnished us by Judge Herring
is as follows:
Peter Boutwell,”
Jasper Brock,
R. A.' Connell,
Green Davis,.
J. R. Maxwell,
J. A. Rigsby,
T. 6. Dugger,
W. B. Bishop,
Mrs. Kate Cooper,
Mrs. Margret Collins,' . ' _
Mi’s. Octavia Barwick,'
.Mrs. LouisaMaxweil,
Mrs. Elender Brock, 1
Mrs. Rebecca Johnson,
Mrs. Mary A. Lodge.
The old veterans and their
widows sire rapidly passing to
that .other \ land •* ‘beyond the
river” and Wri‘are ; ^13idV kribW
that these worthy ones are to feet
what iB justly due them.
Last Friday night was.thereg
ular meeting fqr the election of
officers for. Cairo lodge No. 299,
F.& A.M.,and the following were'
chosen to serve for 1913:
J. B. Wight, W. M. .
I. S. Hunt, S. W..'
G. -6. .Godwin, J. W.
M, J. Pearce, Secl’etaay.
W. S. Wight, Treasurer..
P. H. Herring, Chaplain.
J. D. Alligood, Tyler. .
Installation of officers will take
place December 27, at 7:30 p. ml
Degree work will be put on by a
select team iri the master’s de
gree. Refreshments will be serv
ed durinfe the evening. Brethren
are cordially invited to attend.
The lodge has a large’member- !
MR. CALEB DEKLE DEAD.
Mr.- Caleb Dekle, a well known
citizen who lived near Union,
died from a str ike of paralysis
on Thursday of last week.
He was about 60 years of age,
and was highly^ respected by his
neighbors and all who knew him.
He was a member of the Bap
tist church'and. a consistent fol
lower of the faith. He leaves a
family and many friends to
mourn ^is death.-
DEATH OF MRS. ADA SAPP
Col. Ira CavJile, spent the v first
of the week in Tkomasville on
business.
“Make Our Bank Your Bank’
SAVETN THE BANK, do not'hide your money around
the house, nr iri some out-of-the-way place. The || miser
likes to have his money where he can count it, but the pru
dent man entrusts it to the safe keeping of a reliable bank.
We have among our depositors some of- the rtiost suc
cessful and prominent farmers and business men- of our
county—a fact of which we. are proud, as it shows our
reliability.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
Capital Stock $30,000.00
y
W. T. Crawford, - J. N. Maxwell, J. E. Forsyth,
President Thomas Wight, V-presidents. Cashier
C A IRO ;
The -Death Angel visited our
toym on the i6.th iristrint''. and:
took from the home of-our felloW -
citizen, Council Sapp, his estima-
biA.wife;/ . .'
WTrile she had been ill for some
time, even her., closest friends
ap<j ■ nearest ; relatives. did' not
know that her eonditjomfwas se-
rious until a few days before her
death; -Mrs.. Sapp, was , iii the
meridian of life; strong.and vig
orous in appearance , and bade
fair-tb. live. many, years.
She and Mr. Sapp had been
married for fifteen years and
while she was not the mother of
any children, she acte.d the moth
er part to Mr, Sapp’s large, fairii:
ly of children. "
She was a faithful apd deyoted
member of the Baptist' church of
this place: : .
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Methodist church by
Revs. Wright, Parker, and Rags
dale, the discourse being by -Rev.
D. H. Parker, her former pastor,
who spioke in high terms of her
noble, womanly Christian char
acter. There were many .floral
^offerings which bore testimony
'to the high esteein and tender af
fection of her large number of
friends.
The greatest evidence of her
womanly qualities was shown by
her step-children, to whom she
had long^been a .kind, tender and
faithful ihother.
After the services at the church
interment was had at the City
cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss,
a husband and several step-child
ren; three, brothers, Messrs. John
L.;, H. J., and M. M. Poulk, and
two sisters.. Mrs. Kate' Johnson
and Miss Lizzie Poulk, all of
Cairo.
ELECTED NEW OFFICERS
Dear Farmers:
I am interested deeply in
better farming and want' to do
•everything possible to assist you
in bringing about the desired end.
Hence I am addressing this letter
to you through your county news
paper. I want to be of service
to you, riot only through the
Boys’ Corn Clubs, but in any
other way possible.
•I am writing to suggest that
you take advantage of the'Farm-,
ers’ Ten-Day Short Course, offer
ed by the State College of Agri-
culture, Athens, Ga., beginning
January 2nd, 1913, and cohtinu-
iufe until January 14th.. : ,
I know a farmer - in Sumter
ship and is continually growing. ®®^hty who took this course in.
1919.. Before that time. he was
SMITH, HARRISON AND
DOLLAR OUT ON BOND
**^'•7 At"'
thought of. as only a .common
fanner. As a result of that ten-
Messrs.jirn Smith, Clearance
Harrison arid Gordon Dollar, who.
day course, he has revolutfonizeff
the farming in his 1 coihrriunity
and other farmers took the course
in. 1911 and 1912.
Your railroad fare there and.
hack and your expenses while in
were confined in the Decatur j Athens should not exceed $25.00,
jail, charged, with killing the arid I know the benefit you will
negro, Bentley, are free men once receive from the. course will be
more. ' j repaid to you a hundred fold. You
They made bond Saturday see you can go at a time when
afternoon and, returned immedi- you are least busy,
atelv to their homes in Grady | Athens is a beautiful city, a,
county. .. Bjil was.fixod at $7,000 pla£e where you will be glad .-.to '
in each case, but it is said that‘visit. You are entitled to a va-'
the ‘friends who made their | cation after a hard year’s .work,
bonds could have gone to $84,000 and, there is no better place nor
■as easily as $21,000:
LIVES WITH THROAT CUT
Albany, Ga„ Dec.'16, “Sheriff,J
way to take it.
I shall be ther.e and slial.1 be
glad to be of any service to you
in making the trip for you the'
P 0S3 i bl . e - u .#
'Poe, has best, etud-
of blood. That he .is living is
ccfrisidered miraculous byphysir
dans.
: Poe is charged with murder
ing a Woman and cutting her
bead :off VyjtH: ah', axe. ; His
wound was
Sincerely,
K. ^t' v G. y. Gunningham, .
.District Agent Boys’ Corn
Clubs & School Etxension.
OUR NEW ADS., V
The ’Progress carries several
h; an. axe. His o\yn ..n^ridS/this week of more than
the public;
^ nerri ^ s ^ -® wn Reari \hem; and you will see what
"” wre tr >'*hK to' areestl thcyh4vet0otEel . you .
mm hA nrimo woa ■ .rr
him. The crime was committed
in Mitchell courity . and' Poe will
be'earried there for trial, v ,
• The Canrioh .Co.,' the largest
Mariufacturers of Syi ; up barrels
in this State,, is closing up a
haost profitable season’sbusiness.
,Miller Bros. Co. auction sale of
horses, mules, etc., Wight Hard
ware Coe, Michelin. tires, J. H»
Mitchell, everything gooff in gro
ceries; '
Mr. Willie Watkins was an out
of town visitor Sunday.
JWMmM
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requires, assistance from a bank.
In our Savings Department We pay. interest at the rate of 4 per cent ’
compounded quarterly, and if. you have money that you would like to
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account be Jarge or small.
CITIZENS BANK
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A - - W. S. Wight, Pres
H, G. Cannon, Viee-Pres. W. H. Searcy, V.-P. & Cashier
