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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 L 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. '