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The Grady County Progress
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY.
i VOL.. 3
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913.
NO. 23
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1TIFTON POLITICS
Tifton, Ga., January5, —Asen
sation in municipal politics de
veloped at a called meeting of the
city council Friday night, when
Mayor W. W. Banks tendered his
resignation, effective January 6,
and Councileman H? H. Tift
handed in his resignation, effec
tive at once. Councilman M. E.
Hendry had given notice previous
ly that he would Vfesign. As pro-
vided in the citp charter the
■“council elects to fill vacancies,
and a mayor and two councilmen
. , will have to be elected at the re-
■ u gular. January lneeting, which
pV will be held next Monday night.
$ . The resignatifios, except that
of Councilman Hendry, were the
outgrowth of differences between
. thelmayor and Mr. Tift, and the
three new councilmen elected on
the'first Wednesday in D ecember,
who will be sworn in at the Jan
uary meeting. Allied ■ with the
three new members is one of the
old members.
Three differences are over the
officers of the city to be elected
by the council* and developed at
a^aucus of the mayor and mem
b’ers of the council held Wednes
j day night.
. At Wednesday night’s caucus
"the new members of council, R.'
E. Dinsmore, Briggs Carson and
* W. W.. Bryan, and also one of the
old members, T. M. Chestnutt,
were detemined upon a clean
, sweep through all the. city de'part-
. ment. There was no serious dis
agreement except over the office
of cl ( erk and treasurer. The old
members’ with the exception of
Mr. Chestnutt, insisted that pres
ent inGumlient, W. S. Walker, be
. retained, while tfie new members
H and Mr. Chestnut t had agreed
upon another man, report says
G./W. Coleman. After several
hours discussion it was clear that
there was'no hope of reaching an
j agreement, and the resignations
followed.
FARMERS ORION HULL MEET
THURSDAY, JAR, 181
The regular meeting of the Coun
ty Farmers Uuion of Grady coun
ty, will meet Thursday, Janury
the 16th at the court house in
Cairo. ’ , ■
Friday is* the regular day, but
a representative of the State
Union will be here on the 16th,
and the offiicials of the County
Union have thought it wise to
change the date of the County
meeting for thismne time so that
all can come together at this meet
ing-
The Progress has received the
following notice from Mr. P. H.
Ward, county secretary:
“The Union Phosphate Co. of
Georiga will have a represntative
at Cairo Thursday. Jan. 16, and
I have been authorized to announc
that the County meeting of the
Union will be held on Thursday,
16th instead of Friday
“All members of the organiza
tion take due notice and meet
promptly at 10 o’clock, a. m. It
will be to your interest to come
to this meeting. Don’t let the cry
of hard times keep you away.
“P. H. Ward,
“County Secretary.”
P. C. ANDREWS ELECTED
COUNTY ATTORNEY
At Tuesday’s meeting of the
County Commissioners, Hon. M. L
Ledford resigned as County At
torney, and when the time came
toeleCt a successor, Mr. P. C.
Andrews was elected to fill the
vacancy.
Mr. Andrews is a young law
yer, talented and well read in his
profession, and we are confident
that the Commissioners have
made no mistake in their selec
tion.
DR. MCELWEY
The beautiful little city of
Tifton is serene and happy once
more. Mayor'Batiks has with
drawn his resignation; alderman
Tift has done likewise; every
thing is lovely and the goose
hangs high.
Cairo lodge, F. & A. M., will
imeet Friday afternoon in regular
DEAD
AT WHIGHAM.
News was recived in Cairo Tues
day of the death of Dr. McElvey,
an aged and highly esteemed
citizen of Whigham.
The deceased had'been in poor
health for qnite a while, and his
deatn was not'unexpected. He
leaves a wife and large family
connections to whom we extend
condolence. '
Monday was a very busy day
communication. There will be : in Cairo. A great many farmers
plenty of work, and a full turn were here transacting business
1 t ; s desired. and most of them brought syrup.
STATEMENT
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
At the Close of Business Dec. 31, 1912, (condensed)
Resources:
Loans and discounts $93,770.92
Real estate, furniture
and fixtures 6,597.71
Cadi on hand - -• 46,231.53
Liabili
Capital stock $30,000.00
Int. & discount
less expense 6,387.09
Deposits 90,150.30
Cashiers checks 62.77
Rediscounts 20.000.00
$146,6Q0.16-. 14t>,t>uu.ic>
Wishing you a prosperous New Year with the hope that
' We pay 5-per cent
Time Certificates.
on 12 months and 4 1.2 on 6 months j
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* W. T. Crawford,
J: N. Maxwell, J. E. Forsyth, 1
President
jyThomas Wight' V-presidents.. Cashier j
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MR. POWELL DEAD
Mr. Jerre Powell of C.vrene.died
at Dr. Walker’s sanitarium Tues
day morning. Mr. Powell had a
cancer in an advanced stage and
came to the sanitarium where it
was hoped he might be benefitted
with local treatment. He was
72 years of age and had other
serious organic troubles.
The deceased- leaves a wife,
seven daughters and two sons,
who are among the substantial
citizens of Decatur county. He
was in the Army of Northern
Virginia during the Civil war,
and was seriously wounded at
the battle of Gettysburg.
The remains were ' carried to
Gyrene Tuesday for interment.
When the roll was called last Mon- j The real estate firm of J. J,
day morning at the Cairo High } Ooppage and associate?,' of this
School, three hundred and seven-j city, closed :i big deal in Florida
PEARCE STAPLETON
Mr. E. B. Stapleton of Florida,
and Miss Rose Pearce of Whig-
ham; were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony at the home
of the bride on last Sunday, Rev.
E. W. Anderson, pastor of. the
Presbyterian church, preforming
the ceremony.
The bride is the loveing daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs: Oscar Pearce,
is beautiful and accomplished.
The groom is cashier of a bank
in Florida, and is a young man
of splendid.character and training
The Progress joins their many
friends in extending congratula
tions and good wishes.
EIGHT PEB CENS DIVIDEND
371 PUPILS
AI CAIRO HIGH SCHOOL
CAIRO REAL!! FIRM
PULLS OFF RIO REAL
ty-one pupils responded.
A great big bunch is 371-and
brighter-liv.elier aggregation
of young Americans never assem
bled at the spring term pf any
school.
The school is in very fine shape,
with everything running as
smooth as a 1913 Ford car-and
that’s saving something. Both
teachers and pupils have grasped
the work with remarkable en
thusiasm, and we may expect
great results at this to . A : '
lands last Wednesday.
The purchasers are South Car
olina people, and the considera
tion wets §31,000.
In view of the fact that these
are what we call “tight times”,
and money hiding out in regular
ground hog style, this is a migh
ty big deal.
MR. W. F. FAMBR0UGH DEAD
Monday evening was the annual
meeting of the directors of the
Citizens Bank, the time when the
affairs of the Bank are carefully
gone over, the years business
considered and oflicei’S elected,
quite an imporant meeting indeed
The affairs of the Bank Were
found to be in a most satisfactory
condition. An eight per cent divi
dend was d.dared. The old offi
cers were unanimously re-elected,
arid the following board of direc
tors chosen fur the new year:
W. S- Wight, Eugene - Clower,
D. F. Oliver. R. C. Bell, H. G.
Cannon, Ira Higdon. J. W. Booth,
J. B. Wight, P. H. Herring, F. M.,
Branoii, F. W. Faircloth, A. C.
Dickey.
SHOUT ON CASH
BUI PLENTY OF COLURDS
A. prominent business man of
Grady comity recived recently a
letter which read in this wise:
“Mr.- of Ga; '
“This day i drap you a few lines
to let you knofv that i have been
doin all i can to get your money.
But i don’t know where to get it
and i cant see' any further. But
h ive got an exsolent colard crop
and it wonld be a gaeat help to
me and quite an acomidation if
you could use about §20,00 of
them.”
There are lots of folks like the
writer of this humorous letter’,
in part. They haven’t the mi t \v,
they don’t know where to get it;
and they can’t see any further.
But few' of- us, we regret to
chronic ! e, have got an “exsolent”
crop of colards. And it makes our
mouth water just to think of the
old time colards boiled with back
bones and served with hoecakes
along in January.
Col. John F. Stone is always
booming Cairo. A few days ago
he sent a sample of Cairo syrup
to a friend in Macon. After the
aforesaid friend had dipped his
sop in the best long sweetning in
the world, he set himself down
and wrote Col. Stone as follows:
“It looks good, it tasted good..
From such inside and outside ev
idence any jury would convict.it
of being very fine.”
The people of Cairo were
shocked Tuesday morning when
it was announced that Mr. W. F.
F’ambrjugh had passed away.
He had been in feble health for
several months, but had im
proved somewhat and was
thought to be out of danger for
the present. Two or three days
ago, he had a relapse and early
Tuesday morning he passed
away.
The deceased was 76 years old.
He was born, in Coweta comity
where he is prominently connect
ed. In the Civil war, he served
with Morgan in the West and
was desperately wouded more
than once.
He was a member of the
Methodist church and lived the
religion he prosessed. The fu
neral. took place Wednesday
morning, Rev. Mr. Wright, his
pastor, performing the last sad
rites. ; A,
His sorely bereaved wife has
the spmpathy of the community
in this sad dispensation of Provi
dence.
Cake—four and
CASSELS -WALKER
POULK-WIGHT GO.
The Poulk-Wight Co. is the
name of a new firm in Cairo. The
Poulk-Wight Co. takes over the
Stock of Wight Bros. Co. and
have consolidated same with the
stock of the old firm of Poulk
Bros. Co. This makes one of the
largest stocks and one of the
strongest firms in all this section.
Mr. Will Wight will retire from
business in Cairo. He will re
main here for some time yet, but
not in active business. He is one
oi the cleverest of gentlemen
and a business man in whom all
people have the utmost confi
dence. Cairo will miss him.
On Tuesday last, the 7th inst.,
at the home of the bride, near
Centennial church, Miss Bertha
Mae Cassels and Mr. D. W. Wal
ker were united in 1 he holy bonds
of matrimony, Rev. W. C. Jones
performing the ceremony.
The bride is the charming
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Cassels, and the groom is a splen
did young man of this city, a son
of Mrs; Casper Walker, and a
nephew, of Dr W. A. Walker. ■
The Progress, in common with
many frierids, joins in congrat-
ulatione and good wishes.
O. A. Nelms of Gradyville was
here Saturday on business.
Scripture Cake—tour and a
half cups of 1 Kings 4:22; Half
pound 5 :25; two cups Jeremiah
5 :20; two cups Nahum 3 :13;
two cups 1 Samuel 30 :12; two
cups Numbers 17-: ?/. two teasoon-
ful 1 Samuel 14: 25,. to taste, 2
Chronicles 9 :9; six Jeremiah 17.:
11; one and a halt cups Judges 4 >
19; two teaspoonful Amos 4:5;
one pinch Leviticus 2 :12; direc
tions, Proverb§"23.: 14; bake one
and a half to' two hours. Baking
powder may be used instead of
yeast, or leaven, as it is termed
in the Bible.
OLD PAPERS
When you need old papers
call at this office. • We have
millions of them, 25c the
hundred.
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