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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
