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/ 4^ ■ffi-Wi / L^' . ' The Grady County Progress the: official organ OF GRADY county. VOL. 3 CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1913. NO Six Hundred Citizens Demand Changes in System of Working Roads 38 Tuesday a Red-Letter Day In Cairo-Mass Meeting Adopts Ringing Resolution? -Sends Committee to Com missioners-Board Replies -Three Members-Coppage, Sasser and Alderman-Re- sign-Their Successors Elected. Six hundred citizens of Grady county met in mass meeting at the court house Tuesday, in res ponse to a call published in the papers last week. They came from every part of the county, but mostly from the northern and western portions of the county, where the roads are said to be in a worse condi tion than elsewhere. As a result of that meeting, three of the old board of County Commissioners resigned-Mr. J. J., Coppage, chairman, and Messrs. Sasser and Alderman. The remaining members of the board, Messrs. Harrell, Norton and Mitchell then elected three new members, Messrs. Tom Wight, Pat Ward and Tom Fair- cloth, to succeed the three mem bers who resigned. Mr. Mack Johnson, who has been secretary to the board for several years,-also resigned. The above briefly chronicles the result of the mutterings of discontent which have been go ing dh in Grady, county for some time; and which culminated in the actions of the mass meeting on Tuesday. Further resulte are yet to -be added to the history of Grady county. The Grady County Progress did a fine business among the throng • last Tuesday. Some twenty odd new subscribers were added to our list. BAPTIST MEETING Rev. T. W. Callaway of Macon will reach Cairo on Saturday to begin series of meetings at the Baptist church on Sunday. New song books have been purchased, a new piano has been installed, and choir practices are being had this week. So you may expect good music and good preach ing, and everybody should get ready. Services next week at 3:30 and 7.30 p. m. each day. THREE CAR LOADS OF COLLARDSEED FOR CAIRO Mr. D. J. Bloodworth, who has been over the southern part of Grady county recently, re ports a very fine prospect for a collard seed crop. He saw sev eral fine crops, among them those of Messrs. R. IT. Hum- phrie and Jim Gainey, two of the pioneers of the industry in this county. Mr. Bloodworth thinks that there will he three car loads of collard seed shipped from Cairo this season, one car more than was shipped last season. Some growers feel sure of realizing at least $100 per acre for their crop. v APRIL FULL OF EVENTS. The month of April is full of big events for Cairo. First comes the High School Association, which convenes this afternoon. On April 11, delegates from all the Masonic lodges • in Grady county will meet in Cairo to dis cuss the organization of a county conv ntion. April 26 is Memorial Day, and the old veterans are preparing for a great day, with Judge Twiggs of Savannah as orator of the day. April 29th and 30th are the big days of I. O. O. F. District .con vention, when many Odd Fellows will gather and spend a couple of days in transacting the work of the Convention. So you see that Cairo is becom ing quite a convention city and our people might as well begin to cultivate the convention smile and handshake. We regret to chronicle the death of the babe of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Forsyth, which occurred in Baltimore Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Forsyth went some three weeks ago to Baltimore to have the baby treated at the celebrat ed John Hopkins University hos pital, and the little one passed away there. Mr, Forsyth who remained at home, was apprised of the sad event by wire. The entire community sympathizes with the bereaved father and mother. SHOT HO IN HORSE LOT ft Cairo, Ga., March: 31.—For some time Mr. W. H. Robinson has suspected th&t som'e one was visiting his horse lot at night, and he employed Young. Harvey- Stan fill to keep a looo-out for the intruder. Saturday night, Mr. Stanfill se creted himself in, the lot, and soon he discovered some in the stable. He threw his flashligh upon the negro and he at once fled, with Mr. Stanfill in hot pursuit. Just before they reach ed the front street, Stanfill fired upon him once, and twice more after they were out into the street. The negro fell and was captured. He is very dangerously wounded and at this wirting is not expect ed to recover. The intruder proved to be a negro boy by the name of John Tvrus. The boy’s grand-father has sworn out a warrant for Mr. Stanfill’s arrest. During the shooting, one of the bullets fired at the retreating ne gro glanced and went through the bedroom door of Col. J. Q. Smith’s residence and on a direct line for his little boy, who was asleep up on the bed. Col. Smith says that Thomasvilkv. the splinters from the door were 0,f ' n " ™ shattered upon the head of his little boy, and if the bullet had not struck an in iron railing at the head ot the bed, and glanced upward, it would have killed hi3 child. CONVENES HIRE TODAY The High School Association of the Second Congressional district convenes in this city today.' (Thusrday), the first exercises beginning at 8 p. m. at the High School auditorium. This important event brings more than 100 visitors to Cairo, among them some of the best known and most progressive edu cated of Southwest Georgia. The officers of the Association are: Geo. D. Goddard. Superin tendent ot the Moultrie public school, president; 'W. H. Me Daniel of Nor nan Institute, secre tary and treasuoer; J. M. Stovall, of Cyrene, 1st vice president; Miss Mary Erjsnan, principal of the Albany High School, 2nd vice president. All.of the officers of the Associa tion are expected to attend, to gether with a number of students from their respected school, be sides a host of others interested in the contests and in the course of education. The program is as follows: Thursday evening, 8 p. m. Recitation and piano contest, Friday morning, 9 o’clock, Es say, writing and spelling contest. 9:30, Teachers Meeting; 10:30, Declomation Contest. 1:30. p. m. Athletic Events; 3:30, Ball game, Cairo vs DOING GOOD WORK. 8:00 p. m. Declomation Con test between Blakely and Sylves ter, subject: Resolved that Geor gia should grant egual sufferage to men and women.” Only one event on the program me declomatk n contest is free. For all others an admission fee of 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children will be charged. The first of the visitors will ar rive this morning, and the after noon trains will bring great crowds fr im all directions. Homes have been provided for We Pay Interest On Deposits 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. We credit our growth to the. assistance we have ; been able to give pur 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 other forms of business. “Make Our Bank Your Bank” FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK W. T. Crawford, J. E. .Forsyth, President Thomas Wight, V-preBident. Cashier Mr. P. H. Ward, county deman- strator for the corn club work, is working early and late in the in terest of the club. He hasinvitit- ed all the schools and in many of nearly 200 visitors, them he has succeeded in arrous- ing interest in the work. The Progress would be glad to assist him in the work in every possible way, and we take this opportunity to urge the Grady county corn club boys to get in the fight to stay and to win. If you go in with a determined pi r pose to succeed, you will not only receive great benefits yourself, but your neighbors, by watching your experiments, will be bene fited also. The corn clubs are doing more good than yon can ever estimate Unfurl your flag and get in the fight. MR. J. B. WIGHT ELECTED CHAIRMAN. F.. A. Richter, the produce man, shipped more than 1,000 pounds of Grady county bacon one day this week, the bacon being brought to market by our splendid farmers. That looks like bankruptcy, doesn’t it? EDITORIAL THE CALL OF DOTY SIGNALS EVERY ONE. The call of duty to every citi- zen of Grady county just at this time, is imperative—it is distinc tive—it is a call that every pat riot- will hear. Grady county needs peace, wisdom and moderation—not dis sension, disunion and strife. She is young. Her founda tions are scarcely laid. Her his tory has just begun. Let us not warp her founda tions. Let us not impair her youth. Let us not mar her his tory. She is ours. And we are hers. In the face of all the confusion and turmoil of the last few days, this paper is pleased to announce that it is well with Grady—well with her financially, industrially and agriculturally. She has in treasury and immediately avail able about $15,000.00, and a bar rowing capacity of 87,000.00, giving her •122,000.00 to operate with until taxes come again. So the county is not bankrupt. It is. regretable that three of the Commissioners have resign ed, but we we are glad to know that able and conservative men are to fill the vacancies. In ope rating the new road law, the Board may- have made some mistakes; every coun board in the State has don much Buiklm&roadsMs a ness that cannot be perfected in a month, nor in a year. But the Alternative Road Law has COME TO STAY. Liberty and progress never goes back ward, and they are not going to take the back track in Grady county. two mdTeaths Just as this paper goes to press the news of two sad deaths reaches us. Mrs. Will Godwin and Mrs. J. W. Cannon have both passed into the Great Beyond, the for mer Wednesday morning and tho latter Thursday morning. An obituary worthy of these noble women who have just gone from our community, will appear in another issue. Mr. W. S. Wight leave today for Atlanta to be gone several days. You’ll please note the new ad of the Wight Hardware Co. this week. It is important. ——d ik Monday is Ordinary, s court. ,mMOM The reguler monthly meeting of the County Board of Education was heid Tuesday, and the regu-1 lar routine business transacted, j Mr. J. B. Wight was elected chairman of the board. The only' other items of special interest] was that of ordering the school census taken, which will be done j the latter part of this month. P. C. Andrews, who is council! to the Board of Commissioners, has also been elected clerk of that I body. *<>0: inilWI CITIZENS BANK t CAIRO GEORGIA | We Pay Interest On Deposits As Follows: | On time Certificates of 12 months 5 per cent i '. On time Certificates of 6 months 4 1-2 per cent Z. Savings Deposits Compounded Quarterly 4 per cent I If you have some money on hand that you would like to i place in a good strong bank, we would be glad co have. you j place same with us, we will be glad to pay you interest ac- I cording to the above scedule. * This bank always conducts its business absolutely on a ba- ft sis of conservatism, and at the same time we always en deavor 1 to give our patrons liberal treatment. a If you are not a customer of ours we will be glad to have i you open an account with us, and be satisfiied with’ your I Banking Connections. « W. S. Wight, Pres W H. G. Cannon, Vice-Pres. W. H. Searcy, V.-P. & Cashier.