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PHONE NO. 229
HIGHER INTEREST
Georgia farmers pay $9.98 in
terest per year for every $1C0
they borrow from the banks.
They pay higher interest than
the farmers of any other state in
the South, with the exception
•nly of Alabama, where the rate
a 10. 20 per cent.
North DaKota, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, Arizona and Ala
bama farmsrs pay higher rates
of interest than Georgia. It may
be noted that all of these, except
Alabama, are comparatively new
states.
Against lessened interest our-
dens in many states Georgians
are paying higher rates this year
than in 1912. Last year the av
erage rate of interest was 89.67
per $100. The average for the
nation is $7.75.
These figures are compiled by
the bureau of statistics of the
department of agriculture. To
country banks of the United
States 3,000 letters were mailed
asking-:
“what is the average of the
current rates of intererest paid
to banks by the farmers for three
to six month’s loan? (Rates
which will represent as nearly as
possible the average of all such
loans, secured and unsecured )
“What was the average for
similar loans a year ago?’’
About 90 per cent of the banks
replied.
Average rates of interest for
farm-loans -via, sSouthern States
follow: Virginia, 6.21; North
Carolina, 6.39; South Carolina,
8.Q6; Georgia, 9.98; Florida, 8.80
Kentucky, 6.86; Tennessee, 8.28;
Alabama, 10.02; M ssissippi, 8.26
Louisiana. 8.33; Texas, 9.97; Ar
kansas, 9.67.
ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES
May 23, 1913.
An election to fill - the various
vacancies in the Board of Trus-
ttes for Grady County Schools
was orderted by the Board of
Education to be held on Friday,
May 23 from 9 to 12 o’clock, A.
M. It is hoped that all the
schools will elect the full number
of trustees for their schools and
report the persons elected to the
County Superintendent ot Schools
In order that commissions may
be issued at the next meeting of
the-Board. No commissions will
be issued to trustees elected on
any other day than that ordered
by the Board.
J, S. Weathers Supt. Schools.
Mr. T. M. Whigham of Whig-
ham district, was here Monday.
THE CLOSING OF
Friday was the closing day of
the Woonland High School, an
event which the community had
looked forward to for several
weeks with.considerable interest.
Woodland is six miles north
west of Cairo. That section, like
all of Grady county, is the home
of the small farmer. We mean
that there are no large farms;
the land is cut up into small
farms and is owned by white
farmers who, as the old saying
goes, live at home and board at
the same “'place. Some of the
very best citizens of Grady coup-
ty live in the Woodland neighbor
hood.
They have a nice school house,
reasonably well furnished and
equipped and neatly painted. In
fact everything about Woodland
has an air of prosperity, peace
and comfort.
We found the exercises already
on when we arrived, with Mr.
John Wynn acting* master 'of
ceremonies. The program was
just about the right length and
carried out without a hitch. All
those who took part in the pro
gram did very well indeed.
The Rev. Mr. Dell spoke at
1.1:00 o’clock. He made only a
short speech, but it was real good
and to the point.
-Mr Blanton spoke at 11:30.
He had a large audience-an in
spiring audience-and an atten
tive audience.
And then-DINNER-spread
upon the ground-(as the table
was not long enough) under the
shade of the towering pine trees.
Everything good to eat was there
and there were more than twelve
basketfulls left. The welcome
was characteristic of Georgians,
cordial and sincere.
At 2:00 o’clock p. m., Hon. J.
S. Weathers, county school com
missioner of Grady county, was
the speaker. He made a very
strong, practical speech, closing
with an appeal for local taxation.
Prof. McDaniel, president of
Norman Park College, followed
Mr. Weathers, making a good
speech.
Mr. J. A. Wynn, chairman of
the board of trustees of the Wood
land school, followed Mr. Mc
Daniel, and made an earnest talk.
The patrons of the Woodland
school and the patrons of Golden
Rod school, are trying to consoli
date the two schools into one,
with the hope of getting still bet
ter results.
JUDGE HERRING jGOOD ROADS MEETING
DAS BIG CASE
Monday was a busy day in the
court of Ordinary, and it was 10
p. m. when Judge Herring at
tached his signature to his last
order for the day.
The principal case was that of
Miss Pearl Moore vs Mr. A. Par
ker, her guardian.
It appears that Mr. Parker was
dismissed from his guaidianship
some months ago in due form.
On the first Monday in March
Miss Moore, thought her attorn
eys, Messrs. Cain and Sellers,
filed a petition, claiming that
fraud was practiced by her guar
dian in obtaining letters of dis
mission.
Some 23 witnesses were sum
moned and most of the number
were examined.
Hon. M. L. Ledford represent
ed Mr. Parker.
After hearing all the evidence
and the argument of counsel
on both sides, Judge Herring
rendered the following opinion
and order:
“On hearing'the within case,
it is ordered that the judgement
of dismission in the within case
be set aside. This further order
ed that the Ward, Miss Pearl
Moore, have and recover of the
Guardian, A. Parker, the sum of
four hundred forty three and 50
100 dollars, and that said guard
ian execute to the said Ward a
deed, conveying the 75 acres pur
chased by said guardian for sai
ward. Fot recovering of wmc
let execution issue.”
Mr. Ira Dekle, J. H. Brown
and Mrs. J. A. Dekle, of Och-
locknee, were visitors to Cairo
Tuesday.
WOMEN PRAISE
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.
Y } \ We credit our growth to the assistance we have
een able to give our customers. There are many
//ays in which a bank can assist the people of the
, ommunity in which it is located. You will find
hat our officers take a pleasure in advising and in-
tructing you in matters pertaining to banking or
, ther forms of business.
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V. T. Crawford, J. E. Forsyth,
! President Thomas Wight, V-president. Cashier
THIS REMEDY.
For the relief of various forms
of female weakness there are
certain standard remedies that
are prescribed by the leading
physicans everywhere.
These remedies are combined
scientifically in
CRAMP BARK COMPOUND
which is used with the greatest
satisfaction by weak, nervous,
run-down women. You yourself,
if you are a woman, probably
know that there is no better pre
scription than this, for such
troubles—
Cramp bark, 40 grs., Black haw, 40
grs., Blue cohosh, 20 gn*., Black cohosh,
20 grs., Cascara, 10 grs., Hyoscyamus
4 grs., in each ounce.
Anyone who knows can tell you
that this is a splendid formula,
but the best evidence we have is
the praise of the women who
have used it. They tell us that
it has done them great good, and
they recommend it to their
friends.
The makers know it is good
and that is why they paint the
above formula on the label.
Try Penslar Cramp Bark Com
pound and learn how good a wo
man’s remedy can be. One dol
lar buys a large bottle,
Last Tuesday one month ago
was the day of the big mass
meeting at the court house, which
resulted in the resignation of
three members of the board of
county commissioners. When
that mass meeting adjourned it
did so to meet again last Tues
day-one month from then.
The meeting last Tuesday was
not so large, still it was quite a
respectable meeting. Mr. P. H.
SEC. WARD WRITES
ABOUT
COUNTY FAIR
Notice to officers and members
Farmers Union, Grady county:
At the last county meeting,
the county president appointed'a
committee on a farmers’ fair
proposition; the president of each
local was instructed to appoint
a committee of two from his
community, not necessarily mem
bers of the Union, but men who
are willing to work end help put
a move in operation to have a
Waid was elected chairman, and , permanent county f air .
iVl 1* I .GI11Q W t fVOK l» n — ,
I am instructed to notify this
secretary.
The speeches were extempo
raneous and some of them very
pointed. It was a noted fact
that the same crowd that came
a month ago, was not present
this time. For an example,
Spence district was the chief
kicker a month ago; this lime it
was Blowing Cave district, only
three citizens from Spence dis
trict being present.
Hon. Walter Roddenbery made
a stiring speech, counseling con
servatism and loyalty to the board
of commissioners. He intro
duced the -following resolutions
which were unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved First: That this mass
meeting express it’s confidence in
the Board of County Commission
ers and pledge to them the loyal
support of all good citizens.
Second: That we urge upon
lard of County Commission-
thegheat necessity of rigid
economy in the conduct of all
county affairs and that they work
out and adopt such details and
such policy as will give the larg
est possible result for all money
expended.
Third: That they continue the
general policy of first repairing
and of keeping in repair all roads
throughout the county and after
this is done to do all the first class
construction work that may be
possible.
Fourth: That we urge upon
all the citizens of the county that
they pay their commutation tax
in accordance with the law.
Another resolution was adopt
ed, but was not reduced to writ
ing, and we failed to get a copy
of it for this issue. The weather
together with some road work,
combined to help matters con
siderably, and a better spirit
prevailed with the meeting.
Car Buggies just received.
Price and terms to suit.
W. G, Baggett & Son!
committee to meet at the court
house in Cairo on Friday, May
16th, at 9 30. This, is our regu
lar county meeting day, and all
delegates and committees are re
quested to meet an hour earlier
as the days are getting long and
this will give us more time for
business.
P. H. Ward, sec’ty.'
How Many More Roman Cath-
olices Do We Want in Our
State University at
Athens?
Professor Soule is an unnatura-
ized foreigner. He can’t vote, lie
can’t serve on a jury.
Yet he has been holding one of
the responsible offices of trust in
this State,
This foreigner, and Romanist,
cast the decisive vote against a ,k
native Georgian—Ira- Williams—
in the recent contest for Superin
tendent of the Agricultural Ex
periment Station.
He virtally dictated the elec
tion of another Athens professor,
DeLoach.
Is DeLoach also a Romanist?
Prof. Joseph Lust,rat, of the
Athens faculty is a Romanist.
Prof. T. H. McHatton is a Ro
manist.
Prof. Soule is a Romanist.
How many more do we need?
There is not a singie Roman
Catholic school on this, earth that
has a Protestant, or a non-Cath-
olic teacher on its faculty.
We are a nice, sleepy-headed
people, weai'e!
v We turn down- our Protestant
teachers, and give preference to
to Romanist teachers, and then
wonder at the growth of Popery.
We deal the trump cards to our
natural enemies, and then marvel
that they are winning they the
g& We are a nice, sleep)y-headed
lot, we are.
You don’t each the Romanists
making stupid mistakes of that
sort.—Watson’s Jeff.
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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
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f place same with us, we will be glad to pay you interest ac-
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This bank always conducts its business absolutely on a ba
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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 satisfiied with your
& Banking Connections.
3 W. S. Wight, Pres
T II. G. Cannon, Vice-Pres. W. H. Searcy, V-P. & Cashier.
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