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r ■ r ' The Grady County Progress THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OV GRADY COUNTY. VOL. 3 CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913. NO. 34 Convicts togWork Roads Cn Both Sides of County Grand Jury and Commission- . ers Agree on Some Chang es in Road Work—Other Recommendations. The work of the Grand Jury, last week, prove that it was a working body-a body interested in Grady county and her people. They worked six full days, cov ered every public work, fulfilled every duty. . Their recomendations are of. vital interest to the people and are here presented without mon ey and without price as a matter ot news, not in full, but the most interesting features. the TO BUILD CALLA800SE UNDER CITY HALL The City of Cairo is practically without a jail, and the Council has decided to construct some cells under the City Hall. There is ample room here for such pur- posss and there seems to be no reason why it should not' be done It is presumed that the work of making readv the. jail will be gin at once, as the City is using the couuty jail when ever it has need for such, which is not often. NEW ADS Several new ads this week which are of special interest. .T. L. Oliver’s Son, Millinery and Dry Goods Opening, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18th and 19 th. , Wight Hardware Co. removal notice. Farmers and Merchants Bank wants to assist you. Relative to the Convicts, Presentments says: “We find 26 mules, all in good conditon; we find two steel cages, three sleeping care, one kitchen car, three tents, two flys, five wagons, two road machines, two plows, one rooter and a suf ficiency of tools for the hands, also one traction engine and three graders, said to be in good con dition. “We find on the payroll W. C. Mathews, $1.00 per month; Frank • Moore, $30. per month;' C. B. Lovett, $75 per month; Jim - Mathis,$30 per month;-; Aiidrew Holton, $25 per month; Billie Williams' 830; Berry Baggett, 1 $30; A. P. Pullen, $50; R. Budges 830; Mr. Porter, $30, making a total of $430.00 per month.” Here is another item from the Presentments of vital, interest, summing up the entire cost of working tb e roads, with convicts, etc: “Paid for equipments, repair . on equipments, tools, repair on tools and freight on equipments and tools 818,711.15 Paid warden, overseers, fore men, guards, engineers and cooks 7,059.62 Paid for provisions, clothing, mediqine, medical attention, sup plies incidentals, etc. 11,370.18 : Paid for mule feed for ’ mules On roads ' ; . 8,901.21 Paid for gasoline, oils and freight on gas and oils Paid for up-keep and on wardens automotile Paid for insurance on road mules 811.76 repairs 536.15 Paid for dogs and dog house 50.00 Paid on contracts tor having s,tumps pulled from roads 100.00 Paid for crops and fertilizers destroyed in staightening out roads 92.50 Paid reward for an escaped convict 25.00 Paid for culverts ‘ and freight on culverts • . 2,044.35 Paid commissioners for extra time spent looking after roads 1,106.00 Total expenditures for and by convicts on roads $51,076.67 The above statemet does not include lumber used, by convicts .inb.hilding .bridges,theu.brid account being kept separate Jgglg* Miller Bros. Co. wants to trade horses or mules with you. !T NOT BLOCK TRAFFIC ON BROAD lowing changes be made in the matter of working and maintain ing convicts and roads of Grady *County, First - That the covicts, tools and equipments be divided into two camps. . Second - That one camp be kept and worked North of the A. C. L. Railroad and the other camp be kept and worked South of the A. C. L. Railroad. Third-Thatthe cost of main taining anil working of each camp be kept separate and pub lished once a month along with the minutes of the Commission ers. The City Council recently passed an ordinance requiring the Coast Line Railroad toceEse, “for any length of time” to stop an engine, car, or cars, on Broad street crossing, except to couple or uncouple same. This Ordi nance. does not of course refer to moving trains, either freight or passenger, when running in either direction. Another paragraph of the Or dinance makes it unlawful to run an engine, or train, across Broad street unless a flagman is at or near the crossing for the purpose of warning pedestrians of the approach of said train. This refers to switching or shifting cars. This act of the Council will greatly diminish the danger at this particular crossing, * will cause less delay to traffic, if only the Railroad will comply with the requirements. We are sure that the people will appreciate this cautionary move on the part of the City Fathers, but we believe that the time is not I? far distant when the Railroad will have to move its freight depot from the present, to some other location. BURNS GETS TEN YEARS FOR VOLUNTARY MAN a | Fourth - That the buijcling of ' fills be discontinued as inuch as makes it almost impossible to know just what portion was utie- ized by the convicts. The convicts have since Jan- uary 21st. 1911, which was the beginning of . road building by convicts in Grady County, built 71 miles of road and have. now under construction 3 1-2 miles. They have olso re-worked 70 miles of the -road that they have built.. They have built 2634 feet of bridges’, 2211 feet being on roads that they have built and 423 feet being on roads that they haven’t yet reached. Cairo, Ga., March 8th. 1913. Board of Couny Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in call On motion the following res olutions was passed and adopted: Whereas, the Grand Jury has called the Board before- them county and recomended the following: 268.75 We therefore resolve that the fol FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK CAIRO, GA. We credit our growth to the assistance we have been able to give our customers. There are many ways in which a bank can assist the people of the community in which it is located. You will find that our officers take a pleasure in advising and in structing you in matters pertaining to banking or othef forms of business. Make Our Bank Your Bank?’ , W. T. Crawford, ' J. E. Forsyth, President Thomas Wight, V-presi^cnt. Cashier Fifth - That the right of ways on all roads . being worked be cleaned the usual width and that such places on any road that is in good condition be skipped. Sixth - That the traction en gine be used in maintaining roads all over the county. Signed - J. .1. Coppage J. M. Sasser, Henry Mitchell Arch Harrell, B. A. Alderman S, J. Norton. B. M. Johnson, Clerk. A. W. Boyette was appointed N. P. and ex-officio J. P. for the 1558 district, and the same ap pointment to B. H. McNair in the 553 district. Mr. J. B. Wight was appointed as a member of the Grady County School Board to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of R. C. Eell. Here is a paragraph from the Presentments that should have immediate attention: “We find that either now during the past years the Treas urers books have not been kept and are not now being kept, so one could tell at any time the standing of any fund as per the tax assessment; we find that the books now being kept cannot be kept so as to show these accounts as they should, and respectfully recomend that the County Treas ure bqy a cash book-, and double entry ledger and open up an ac count against each head of fund, as per the tax assessment made by the Board Of Commissiners, and to keep the- books in this manner-ambthat he bring a' bal ance Cor each amount each moth and make a fepci't'to' the Com missioners as te the standing of each fundi’N'"" v * CLERK, McNAIR, PAID HIGH-COMPLIMENT Clerk of the Court, J.' M. Mc Nair,' was highly complimented b‘y’ the’Graiid.'Jury last week in their presentments. The book committee took especial pains to comment on the excellent man ner in which he kept his office and the very correct and neat system of keeping his books. The Clerk is proud of the compliment as, indeed, he should be. R. L. Burns, who was put on trial last Friday for the murder, of his father-in-law, Mr. Mar ?h- burn, some time last November, was found guilty of voluntat y manslaughter, and was senten ced by Judge Park to ten years at hard labor. The case was stubbornly fought on both sides. The Progress was irt error last • week when it said that Mr. J. Q, Smith had been appointed by the Court to defend Burns. Mr. Smith was retained by Burns himself soon after the killing, and associated with him ’ in the case Mr. Ludie Rigsby. Mr. Rigsby made the first address to the jury, and for a new pleader at the bar he did extra well. Mr. Smith closed for the defend ant in his usual able manner, making a splendid showing for his client. Attorney J. S. Weathers assis ted the State’s attorney and made a forciful speech. Solicitor General Bell closed for the State, making a masterly- argument from every standpoint of the case. . The Jury in this case was not long in reaching a verdict. Counsel for the defence an nounced that they would apply for a new trial, ahd the motion will be heard on the 2nd Monday in May. Burns doesn’t look like a bad man, and we.are of the opinion that whiskey was at the bottom of the killing. .School Commissioners Reqort One report in the General Pre sentment is worthy of special mention, that of Superintendent of Schools, Hon. J. S. Weathers. Mr. Weathers shows in his re port that some $12,000 has’been spent- during the last 12 months in Grady county in the impi-ove- mentof School houses and equip ment. He shows also that the attendance upon' the public schools has been very good and that laudable progress has been made in the greatest of all caus es, that of education. Solicitor-General Bell came in for a full share of praise by the Grand Jury, as did Sheriff Nichol son and Ordinary Herring. The Jury speaks in high terms of the way the court house is kept and the nea.t appearance of all things therein. Mr. John R. Garner, who has been spending some time with his son, Robert Garner, left this week for his home in Alabama, accom panied by his grandaughter, Miss Clyde Garner. Mr. L. F. Butler, returned Wednesday from Quincy, Fla.,- where he spent a day or two with relatives. Mr. Butler says that things are booming in the tobac co line. Now is the time to subscribe for The Grady County Progress and you will profit thereby. CITIZENS BANK j CAIRO GEORGIA l Wq Pay Interest On Deposits As Follows: i 1 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- a cording to the above scedule. K l jj - This bank always! 1 conducts business absolutely on a ba- ,1 sis of conservatism, and at the same time we always endeavor • I to give our patrons liberal treatment. If yoti are not a^customer ofburs we will be glad to have you open an account with us,- -and. be satisfied, wi^h ' your * Banking Connections. , I W.S. Wight, Pres V I H. G. Cannon, ,Vjce-Pres. W: H. Searcy, V-P.&< :' • -* i M V. ?»ft" y‘>3 V