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'■'Q The Grady County Progress THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY. i VOL.. 3 CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913. NO. 23 ' \ 1 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 0 * W. T. Crawford, J: N. Maxwell, J. E. Forsyth, 1 President jyThomas Wight' V-presidents.. Cashier j V'-V 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. — * Where Do You Do Your Banking? I We offer you . our services in handling yqur Bank’ng Business. We have a Bank fully equipped with modern appliances that will as- j sist us in giving the public the very best service that can be obtained. • Our Bank is managed in the most conservative manner and we guar- • antee to you an absolutely safe place to bank your money. j It is the policy of this Bank to assist its patrons and to the people | who depoit their money with us we give preference when their business 1 requires assistance from a bank. > In our Savings Department we pay interest at the rate. of 4 per cent j compounded quarterly, and if you have money that you would like to i invest safely and let it make you a reasonable income you can do no | better than place it with us on interest. You can feel at all times that i your money is safe and that you will have it when your needs require it. | Your business will be greatly appreciated at this Bank whether your account be large or small. ' CITIZENS' BANK W. S. Wight, Pres -i H. G. Cannon, Vice-Pres. W- H. 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