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Official"Organ .of Grady County,
ft. R. BLANTON, Editor & Publisher?
One Dollar Per Year, In Advance
Adverting Rates Reasonable and
Made Known on Application.
Entered at Cairo, Ga. ( Postoffice
as'Second Class Mail Matter.
TELEPHONE - - a NO. 200
A GROWING MENAGE.
Tht Editor of this paper
is not one to find “b jggars”
and scare-crows, nor does
he make a specialty of look
ing for hidden mysteries and
difficult problems. It .has
always been—and always
will be--our policy to lo.ok
fqp the bright side of every
thing—an optomist—a pro-
We cannot-, howevfcfjhelp
from taking note. of one
gi^w^mepace to'^ie vital
interests of .Cairo—and that'
be satis-
Come to Cairo
Red.
By Hockey—We forgot to say
merry Xmas. “Shore did”.
Mrs. T. W. Jones spent the
first of the week in Columbus.
Stock taking time and pay day
comes mighty close together
this time.
Miss Etta Jones of Whigham
is the guest of Mrs. L. C. Gra
ham.
We are giving you the Progress
on the half shell this week.
Christmas comes but once a year,
Mr. W. G. Baggett attended to
matters of business in Calvary
Saturday.
County Commissioner Powell
of Blowing Cave was here Satur
day mingling with the busy
hrong.
Wh. Searcy, vice-president of
the citizens Bank, left Sunday
afternoon for Savannah on a
business trip.
Mr. D. P. Ward of Pine Park,
one of Grady’s best farmers,
was circulating among his Cairo
friends last Monday.
B^oad street* ■*«■***
pressing is in the yeJrjf
he^jk of the business district
arid there is scarcely hour
in the day that a .. freight
train is not passing, or
switching cars, . , loading
and unloading freight,
while all traffic is halt
ed on either side, waiting
for the train to get out of
thd ; ^^wa^.:As j . .’.the.• *&wn
town in all the state’ greWi
ing-faster than
menace grows with ^^n--
dangering the lives of:the
people, hindering^traflK4 ^ e "
laying business—ia Red'* Sea,
as it were, in front of a mo:
ving miltitude. We can
not, like Isreal of old, wait
for a miracle to remove the
barrier, but, with modern
methods and in the spirit of
modern progress, we must
work our own, and move
unhindered and unharassel
either above or below this
-mighty menace to _ physical
life and material ^advance
ment. : ‘v - '
\\ e are not without a
remedy. The grade from
the trestle on the east, is
quite' pronoUri’ced, V By cut
ting down this grade, the
road bed, would be lowered,
and. Broad street could be
bridged’ -$j| no great cost.
There is stilb another rem-
ed^'—to : move the depot
either east or west of the
present . iocation. Either
remedy is practical.
We have no doubt but the
railroad people will be glad
to do their part in the mat
ter, but it is for the people
' of Cairo to make the ifirst
move—and that move should
be made at once..' This (is a
difficulty that MUST bb. re
moved sooner or later;.- and
now, before innocent lives
have been crushed out by
moving monsters of steely be
fore business is'mor 5 -
My hampered—
fne task.
' bn .ned hom’eta^frend" the holidays, rpas Candies in work baskets,
you know. j Ladies hand bags, make a splen-
N. L. Beckwith, a good farmer I did present, We have them,
of near Pavo in Thomas county j Wight and Browne,
was here Monday and rented a: j R R ose ncrans of route 1,
fax-m in Grady. He isagopd; was a caller at this office Mon
citizen and we will be tflad tq d ay afternoon. He was feeling
. - v. goo.d and had a .right to feel
* J .K—i:* .. - ‘.wwl *«■£ kaJ ,
“hiiss|?essie^Ttfurin, ‘wljo^:if .ydodi' He had just paid every
teaching school at .Metcalf, has dojlar,he owed except $15, and
returned home^to^pend the holi- he.had.the “doe” on him to clean
days with home'folks. * «’• ' ',:i i *'"^ i t'ha,t.jpp. vThat boy is 0. K.
' • Miss.Eunicft.Bussey hasv'-x^tur.vi'^hrTmeof ' Nunnally’s Christ-
Julien Roddenbery, student of
Mercer University, is at home
enjoying the pleasures of good
old Christmas times.
with home folks.
C. *i>;\
'THapdkerchief boxes; Tie Boxes
Ira Carlile, attorney .at will arive .about the 20th'.
spent-the - first of thg~ week’atj Wight and Browe.
Sylvester on'legal business.-' Prof. J. E. Penland, a teacher
Mr. jjind 31rs. F. M. Brannon 1° the public schools of Lowndes
of Gainsville, Fla.,'are here to county; Prof. R. M. Penland,
spend the holidays with old principal of the Carnegie High
friends. They were once resi- School) and Miss Sallie Penland
dents^of Cairo and it is a pleasure of Lake Park, are guests at the
to welcome them back even for home of Col. and Mrs. M. L.
a short visit. , , . Ledford.
• Miss Alma,Bell, who has benn t - See our line of Toilet and Man-
Caching school at Lakeland;f ; Fla.;j.!? u re,sets,.'Cut.Glass, hand paint-
i§'ift i CSn?o to‘Sp6nd3he*holidays 1 ^ ;£ d China, Perfumes and Toilet,
the i-?delight of -her ' many’; Waters. Wight and Browne,
ends. '*-/ ■'
I Miss WS-.Wi^wr^bne’pi.-iSal"' >: J&cDonald of Modltrie.
esteemed' teachhrS- in - the Gariiifc Y va ? Monday. _ Charley
la High -'School, is’home’ & st thousand dollars
hblidavs ' ”' in Cairo when he he was a crack-.
•’ er and Cairo was a village. -HS's
Messrs. -Weathers and And- "big rich” now and wears store-
rews attended to matters legal bought “duds” every day and
in Whigham Saturday ; ‘ Sunday too. He says Cairo is
Lawyer Ledford went to Val- the busiest town south of Atlanta
dosta Tuesday on legal business. Charley always would fell the
Attorney Terrell of Whigham
was here Tuesday afternoon;' TO LET Farm to let for 1913.
representing a client in matters , One 10 room duelling, with.four
of law. . to ten horse farm to suit lessor.
B. C. Books and shortstory Also will lease smaller farms not
Books..fol-children at Wight and “ ctaa «« dwe ' h " g - '■}*$**■
’•••• ' J. E. Craigmiles.
Miss Eva Hall, another Cairo
college girl, is at home for a
week or two, to enjoy the holi
day season with friends and
home folks. She is attending
Shorter at Rome.
Miss Lucy Bell is here from
Rome, where she is attending
Shorter College.
L. Baggett and C. Rushin
who are attending the Atlanta
College of Physicians and Sur-
geona,' are at home enjoying the
holidays with the home folks.
'Brovn’s'.'
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Exaggeration^; the Truth}
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,;t(^eii.^6u.yin€kW : a ? tKhg; andyou- know you
krfbw' ; it}*>;^-;ere: 'is^-ho' - harm ; in saying so,
; althoughi,jt imay-seem alittleegotistical.
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Has been Searched by. us Tor the very best of everything
that goes to make , up good glasses—the lenses, the
frame, the material, the spring and adjustable no
pad—everything with a view of pleasing our customers
both as to quality and prise.
Our’Service is also THE BEST
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WIGHT & BROWNE.
Loading Druggists.
Qmq,. : : - . Georgia.
BACK FROM GOLLEGE
Roscoe Powell of the Senior
class at Emory, is at home for
the holidays.
Slater Wight of the ‘ senior
class at Cornell, is spending the
holidays with home folks.
Martin Powell, who is in jun
ior Class atTeck, is enjoying the^
Christmas festivities with the old
folks at home.
Audrey Powell, civil engineer
with the Water Power Develop
ment Co. of Ala. headquarters
at Montgomery, is at home on a
Christmas vacation.
M, A, Barber wno is attending
Gordon Institute, Barnesville, is
here spending the holidays with
his parents.
Call Poulk, of the Senior class
at Gordon Institute, is at home
for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Lucile Stringer, a stu
dent of Brenau, Gainesville, is
with the home folks for the
Xmas season.
Miss Sallie Belcher who is at-
tendihg the’Georgia Normal and
Industrial College at Millidge-
ville, is at home for the holidays.
farm For Sale
331 acres, 75 cleared, 8 room
residence, 4 room tenant, 6 miles.
S. W. of Cairo, 21-2 miles from
railroad statiqjx. Price and
terms easy. Address, Southern
fome and Farm Co., Tifton, Ga.
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For.Cl^n-Toyels ^4,.
Sharp Razor* Go'To
W. H. P. Oneal’s
f Barber Shop
I South Broad Street,-
I Cairo -= - Ga.
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J. M. SELLERS W. 8. MCDANIEL
SELLERS & McDANIEL
ATTORNEYS- AT-1.AW
Office in new Davis Building
Broad St., Cairo, Ga.
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P- C. ANDREWS.
Attorney-at-Law.
CAIRO, GA1
Office in Richter & Ruabin Building.
IRA CARLISLE,
LAWYER. /. ’
CAIRO, . . . GA.^ v
C^refuJ jMd ,prqmpt_ attention
given to all lejfM matteraenti$»t-
ed to my charKer ' ^-’^^ ^ ’sV.
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Attorney-At-Law
Will practice in’ all CoArte, State «nd|-
federal. Collection a.* specialty. | \
Office in L. B. ’’oweil building. ’ A
Phone 73. - - CAIRO, GA'l
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FARM LOANS
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We are prepared to negotiate :
five year loans on improved ~
farm property in Grady county.; /
We can offer attractive term$||
especially on large low. W<p’
*ball be pleated to have you tal| |>
and invcstiipRte oajr .preposition.^ |
Bell & Weathers ,/
CAIRO, GA.
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J. R. SINGLETARY,
Attorney-at-Law.
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Cairo, - - - Georgia.'
Fees Reasonable. Practice in Super
ior Court, Court .of Appeals and Sup
reme Court.
Office: Judge’s chamber, Court Hous
Xo the Public:
We beg to announce that on and after January
1, 1913, we will pay interest on deposits as follows:
Time Certificates of 12 months / . - 5 per ct.
Time Certificates of 6 months 4 1 -2 per ct
Savings Deposits, compounded quarterly 4 per s ct.
CITIZENS BANK
CAIRO BANKING CO.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
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EXCURSION RATES
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Via Atlantic Coast Line
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“r^te Standard Railroad of the 3cMth7
Christmas Holiday Rates
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Atlantic Coast Line
✓ “THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE SOUTH’
TIOKETSION SALE; December 13th, 14th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st
22nd, 23rd, 24th, 24th, 25th, 31st, 1912, and Janu
ary 1, 1913. V
FINAL LIMIT: v To reach original starting point Wturhmfi
not later than midnight of Janu«s?y ?6th', il9l®L J f ‘
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