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The Grady County
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY.
VOL. 3
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1913..
NO. 27
SOME OF CAIRO’S
GREATEST NEEDS
FLAGLER IS VERY
There are some things that we
ought to have: some things that
we might have, and some things
that we MUST HAVE.
Some 6f the things that Cairo
must have are
A SEWERAGE SYSTEM,
A MODERN HOTEL,
A HARDWOOD MANUFACT
ORY.
No town as large as Cairo--
and growing as fast as Cairo-
can afford to do without a sew
erage system. In this matter
we speak not of a luxury, but ol
a necessity. One scourge of ty
phoid fever-and that scourge
may come any summer-would
cost as much in doctor’s bills, al
most, as it would cost to put in a
sewerage system, to say nothing
of the loss of precious lives. A
town without a sewerage sys
tem invites typhoid. Ask your
family physician.
There is no better hotel in
Georgia-so far as table fare
goes-’than the Central Hotel.
But the building is terribly inad
equate for the needs and de
mands' of a city like Cairo. Ev
erybody will agree with us in
this contention, fco then a mod
ern hotel is a necessity, and we
might as well begin to figure how
and when we are to get it.
A gentlemen said to us recent
ly, “did you know that there is a
million dollars worth of the very
best hardwood timber in Tired
Creek swamp?”
Why not utilize that timber?
Why not manufacture HERE IN
CAIRO from this abundance of
raw material the things that we
now ship here from distant
states, paying heavy transporta
tion charges thereon.
Here is a beatiful opportuiuty
for the profitable investment of
local capital-in a hardwood man
ufactory.
Let us think about these things.
St Augustine, Fla., Feb. 10.—
Henry M. Flagler, President of
the Board of Directors and con
sidered the virtual owner of the
Florida East Coast Railrdad, and
the man who built the over-sea
extension of that road, Is Repor
ted to be critically ill at his home
here today.
Friends decline to affirm or deny
the report of his condition.
WHITE WAY FOR CAIRO
SPECIAL PARTY RATES
TO WASHINGTON D. C.
Individual — Party
Bainbridge $25.45 $17.0o
Cairo 25.45 - 17.00
Thomasville 25.45 - 17.00
Boston 25.35 - 16.90
Quitman 24.90 £ 16.90
Valdosta 25.85 - 16,25
Waycross 22.90 - 15.10
L. P. Green,
' Traveling Passenger Agent
cm scon
MO PARTY DIE
III
Cairo is going to have a White
Way.
The movement is already on
foot and being pushed and the
business men are united as to
the need and advantage of one.
It is proposed to begin the
White Wav at the' City Hall on
North Broad and extend it tc
Monroe street on South Baoad.
It is believed that the City will'
do the work at actual cost of ma
teria and keep it up, the business
men paying only for the mate
rial. In this way the cost of a
White L ay would be insignifi
cant in comparison with ' the ad
vantage it would afford to the
town and to the property owners.
A White Way would necessi
tate a uniformity of awnings
and the removal of telephone
polls from the side walks on
Broad street. But this should
be done any way.
Begin to taik about the White
Wav for Cairo-write about it~
preach about it-dream about it.
Get it on your mind and never
let it get off until thd electric
glare makes white the night on
Broad street.
London, Feb. 10—A dispatch
from Christ chui ch, New Zealand
this afternoon, states that Capt.
Robert Scott the British anarctic
explorer; and all the members of
his expedition perished in the an
arctic regions.
Exploratino ship. Terranora,
which was sent to relieve the
Scott exploration, came into wire
less communication today, mak
ing the report that the explorers
and ship members had perished.
Later dispatches state that Scott
and party suceeded in reaching
the South Pole on January 18
1912.
The entire party was overcome
by a blizzard on the ret urp trip.
They lost their way and were fro
zen to death.
There were twenty-seven mem
bers in the party. Nearly all of
them were members of the Brit
ish army or navy, except the
geologist.
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 10, - It
was learned here that Mrs. G^j|-
ver Cleveland and'Prof. Thomas
Joseph'Preston are to be married
here this morning. Their en
gagement was announced Octo
ber 29th, last.
' The marriage was performed
at ten thirty, by President Hib-
ben, of Princeton University, in
the parlors of the executive resi
dence of the University. The
utmost simplicity was observed
in the ceremony.
Because of the recent' illness
of Mr. Preston, the wedding was
private, the only guests in addi
tion to the members of the two
immediate families being Presi
dent and Mrs. Hibben, Miss
Elizabeth Hibben and Miss An
drews.
PEAR TREES BLOOMING
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 9, - The
Leconte pear trees are budding
out and with no set back will be
in bloom in the course of the
next week or so. The growers
seem to be of tlie opinion that it
will be advantageous to have
them bloom now as it will give
the leaves time to come out and
cover the young fruit as a pro
tection from a possible frost in
March. They say that when the
trees bloom very late the frost
either injures the blooins or
makes the young pears drop, as
the leaves do not come out until
some time after the blooms, so
they have no protection.
WE OFFER YOU
THE BEST SERVICE IN BACKING
We seek the opportunity to prove the above state
ment. , All depositors, whether large or small,
receive our best attention. Give us an opportunity
tp serve you, and open an account with'us today,
On 12 Months Time Certificate we pay 5 per cent
On 6 Months Time Certificate we pay 4^1-2 per cent
In our Saving department we pay 4 per cent and com-
pound it quarterly.
“Make Our Bank Your Bank”
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
W. T. Crawford, 3. E, Forsyth,
President Thomas Wight, V-president. Cashier
A recent editorial in the Or
ange Judd publication.
“Southern Farming,” to the ef
fect that Georgia was bringing
in 80,000,000 bushels of corn
from other states annually at a
cost of $58,000,000 raised a storip
of criticism. These figures,; how
ever, have been corroborated by
P. A. Methvin, state pure food
inspector, who is in close touch
with dealers all over the state.
Mr. Methvin says that in 1910
this state imported 83,000,000
bushels at 71 cents per bushel,
amounting to $58,930,000. He
believes the amount was as great
for 1911. This being true, the
corn clubs still have a great
work before them.
, E.
DIED
MARRIED TODAY
CAIRO’S FIRST APARTMENT
HOUSE NOW GOING UR.
Cairo is to h&ve a 16 roomi
apartment house. It will be lo
cated on the corner of Walnut
and Decatur streets, and will be-
the property of Mr. T. S. Cope-
lane
Mr. Copeland recently purchas
ed the lot at a cost of one thous
and dpllars.
The building will be a two-
story affair and will cost about
five thousand dollars.
This is Cairo’s first apartment
house and it is coming none t©
soon.
Mrs. B. H. Pope of Akridg©
was a visitor to Cairo Monday.
Solicitor General R. C. Bell left
Monday for Bainbridge where he-
and Judge Park are holding are
adjourned term of Decatur Super
ior court.
SAVING MEAT COST
ONLY $2.25
FDR C0R1
F. B. Vickers, a successful far
mer from the eastern part of the
couhty, was in Moultrie today.
He has just finished “hanging
up!’ his meat, and as usual has
made quite a nice lot of it. Mr. ’
Vickers says he killed his hogs
during the warm weather in Jan- ■
uary, and he saved it without any
cold weather. He used ice of
course. He described his process
of hanging the meat as folows:
He first kept the meat off of ice ‘
for two or three days to take
salt. He then made a large box, |
set the ice up in the center, made
a drain way to take the water
out as fast as it melted; put a
thin corn sack over the ice and
stacked the meat around it. Just
two blocks of ice was used, and
pine tops were put over the whole
of the meat and ice. He' saved
every piece of meat from eighteen
hogs, and the cost was only $225
the value of one sholder, as he
expressed it.
After lingering for a day and
night on. the borderland, the
spirit of . Mrs. Florine Smith,
wife of Captain E. M. Smith, took
its flight to the great beyond, "at
ten minutes to ten o’clock this
morning. Her death is a great
shock to her relatives and numer
ous friends in Thomasville.
Mrs. Smith was taken sudden
ly ill about 2.30 o’clock Sunday
morning. She called to Mr.
Smith, telling him that she was
feeling very sick and asking that
a doctor be called at once, but be
fore he returned from the tele
phone where he went immediate
ly, she was unconscious and re
mained so until her death, which
was caused by cerebral hemmor-
age. She had not been in very
good health for some time past
and it is thought that the news
of the sudden death in Atlanta,
a few days ago of her brother-in-
law Mr. T. J. Kelly, of whom she
was quite fond, was such a shock
to her nervous system that it was
instrumental in bringing on the
fatal attack which caused her
death.
Times Enterprise.
MARRIED
Mr. C.' C, Belcher and Miss
Martha Clyde Kelly were happily
married at the home of the bride
on Sunday last, Rev. Charles M.
Meeks preforming the ceremony.
Mr. Belcher is a splended young
man and a prosperous young far
mer, while his bride is a pretty [
loveable young lady.
The Progress joins their many
friends in extending best wishes ;
If not why not trade with the
People’s Market? They sell the
best.
Years ago Dr. Pendleton, off
Hancock county, wrote many ar
ticles for the Southern Cultivator
ad vocal ing what is now called
“ the improved farm method.’”
He was a great chemist and scien
tist, and taught what is now be
ing advocated by our agricultural
colleges. David pickson of his.
county put into practice Dr. Pend
leton’s views. He advocated deei>
breaking of land, through pre
paration and shalow cultiation T
and taught how especially good
preparation of the soil was neces
sary to make corn, and that to
be follow6d by shallow plowing.
Corn suffers on account of the
barbaroes cultivation. Frequent
ly farmers lay by with a turning-
plow, severing the roots, and the
arael roots covered by throwing
an enormous amount of dirt
around the plants to cover weeds.
This causes “strangulation,’’ but '
the failure to make corn' is laid
at the door of other reasons-
The “Boys” who make such big
crops all break the land very-
deep, let the air into the soil, and
cultivate very shallow, dn,d very
‘often, thus preventing evapora
tion of the moisture.
The credit system has just a-
bout ruined this great country and
everybody in it. It will take three-
years with strenuous economy to
Cotton and cussedness is respon
sible. Until we all learn to do busi
ness on cash basis, we are going
to be somebody’s servants.
KMKKm-
CITIZENS BANK I
CAIRO GEORGIA I
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We Pay'Interest On beposits As Follows:
On time Certificates of 12 months 5 per cent
On time Certificates of 6 months 4 1-2 per cent
Savings Deposits Compounded Quarterly 4 per cent
If you have some money on hand that you would like to
place in a good strong bank, we would be glad to have you
place same with us, we will be glad to pay you interest ac
cording to the above scedule.
This bank always conducts its business absolutely bn a ba
sis of conservatism, and at the same time we always endeavor
i to give our patrons liberal treatment.
| If you are not a customer of ours we will be glad to have
| you open an account with us, and be satisfied with your
a Banking Connections. \; r
I W.S. Wight, Pres
1 H. G. Cannon, Vice-Pres. W. H. Searcy, V.-P. & Cashier
work out, as things now look.
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