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GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS-PAGE
GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS
• S. R. Blanton & Son, Owners.
S. R. Blanton, Editor and Manager.
Z. V. Blanton, City Editor & Malin
ger Mechanical Department.
OFFICUL NEWSPAPER Of CRUDV COUNTY
One Dollar Per Year. In Advanci
Adverting Rates Reasonable and
Made Known on Application.
Entered at Cairo, Ga., Postoffice
as Second Class Mail Matter.
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Southern Highways.
We take it for granted that all
of our citizens want to learn all
there is to be learned about
“good roads'.” The following is
taken from the New York Even
ing Post. It emphasizes a fact
which th ; s paper has been press
ing home to the people, towit:
That the highways are built for
the automobile:
“Georgia’s name leads all the
rest so.uth of Mason and Dixon’s
lin^ in the possession of automo-
Diles. In fact, this only mildly
expresses her supremacy in this
respect, for she boasts nearly
twice as many of these vehicles
as any of her neighbors. More
over she is increasing her supply
of them faster than any other
southern state, the number in
Georgia having gone up in the
past twelve months from 14,000
to 20,000.
‘ ‘The Atlanta Journal endeav
ors to discover the reason foi
this distinction. Is it greater
prosperity, or • more reckless ex
travagance, or better roads;
This last suggestion is signifi
cant. -An automobile is peculiar
ly impatient of bad roadways. A
highway which a - conservative
horse and driver will accept as an
immutable decree of mysteriouf
Providence, a man in amotor-cai
"’ill denounce as a contrivanceol
Satan, .or, more likely, as an in
aication ot the shiftlessness of
the community. What the scori
and wrath of delayed outsider. 1
have not availed to accomplish ir
making southern roads more
neerly what they should be
ought to follow in the wake or
the 11,000 automobiles of Tennes
see, the 10,000 of Florida, th<
4 000 of Alabama, the 4,500 or
Arkansas, the 7,000 of North
Carolina, the 6,000 of Virginu
and the 7,500 of Kentucky.”
Get It Down Right.
There seems to be developinj
a right healthy scrap over roa<
work in Thomas county, witl
the Pavo Progress and the Thom
asville Press taking opposit*
sides. The Grady County Prog
ress comes in ever so often am
piriop Mrjth the Press—Thomas-
ville Times.
This is not correct. This pape
simply exposed the scheme tha
has been going on for some time,
of building expensive automobih
highways, for “joy riders”, wit.
tne peoples’ money,- r.eglectinj
the intermediate roads. Thei
the Press published some figure;
from Thomas county’s road ex
perience. The Progresf
p " M i s h e d those fierir<
and commented thereon. This is
t..-- way me scrap starred. 1
The mind of man runneth noi
back to the time when certaii
.interests and'certqin forces dit
not require that the people b.
kept in the dark at certain timet
Turn on the light-and those in
terests are on to you right now
Mr. E-JF. Horne of Metcal
was here Sunday, guest c:
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brinscr
aie visiting relativer in sout
You May Be Down;
But You’re Not Out.
By HERBERT KAUFMAN
Copyi-litht; 1913: Horbort Knufnmn.
Adversity has beaten you to the wall. You’re bruised,
heart-sick; the talons of doubt are kneading at your thoat;
you’ve fought to the limit of your endurance; failure is
bering from the background.
But what of it? We’ve all known the same hour. It
comes to every man. There’s brass as well as gold in the
sands of time.
It’s up to you to show your metal.
If you’re a weakling and a quitter you’ll surrender.
But if you’re a son of battle; if there’s a single surge of
vitality and endurance left, in your carcass, we’ll see a
man emerge from the trial
Fair weather doesn’t teach-seamanship; mock battles
never incubate a rtal soldier. ^
It takes storm and stress and the crash of disaster to
transmute the recruit into dependabi.ily.
Where’s your second wind? If you can’t find it you’re
lost. Anybody can smile and strive and persist when the
game is in his favor, but genius and power are born in the
brooding blackness of adversity.
Opportunity doesn’t always come with a welcoming
smile and full-laden hands. She seeks her chosen lew in
the sweat of despair and the anguish of deprivation.
If you can grin with the wolf-fangs in your soul; if you
can plan with a sorrow-drugged mind: if you can strike
with fear's shackles on your wrists; if you can invest the
last’ undecided moment with valor and tenacity, the strug
gle is won.
You arn’t “gone” until you relinquish your ambitions.
You aren’t downed until you surrender to yourself.
The world can’t cry “quits” for you. All the predic
tions and disbelief of the community are meaningless if
you estimate yourself imvanquished and undaunted.
Every generation turned a cold shoulder to its most dis
tinguished children.
Success doesn’t thrive upon lady-fingers and cafe par-
faits. It is nourished upon the black crusts of misconcep
tion and want.
There are few momentous lives that are not scarred
with the memory of meager months. •
Read biography and find how' many an inspiring pen has
fed from an ink-well of blood.
There are one hundred million of us, each endowed with
the inalienable right to be or have, as much as our ability
and stability can command.
At the outset* we are alljmbued with a common desire
to surpass—to risp to seize the most and the best.
We don’t give to our betters—we give way to them, but
only after we have opposed theijr progress and blockaded
their roads.
We are measuring you now. If there’s a yellow streak
in your make-up, we’ll find it and batter you back tc the
mass.
Hit out. Let us feel your force. We choose our masters
ind determine'our servants by the ordeal of courage.
It’s the eleventh hour.! Quail at its challenge and al]
/our tomorrows are yesterdays.
FARM LOANS
We are prepared to negotiate
ive year loans on improved
arm property in Grady cotinty.
Ye can offer attractive terms,
specially on large loans. We
'hall be pleased to have you cal.
xnd investigate our proposition.
Bell & Weathers
CAIRO. GA.
W. J. Willis,
Attorney-At-Law
Will practice in all Courts, State am
federal. Collections a specialty.
Office in L. B. ?owell building.
Phone 73. - - CAIRO, GA
r., 9 .
J. R. SINGLETARY,
Attorney-at-Law.‘
Cairo, - - - Georgia.
Fees Reasonable. Practice in Super
ior Court, Court of Appeals and Sup
reme Court.
Office: Judge’s”chamber, Court Hous
JAMES H BROWN, THOMASVILLE
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AND RETURN
VIA
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
EVERY SUNDAY
June 1st. to Sept. 7th, 1913.
SCHEDULE
Leave Cairo Going 1.25 A. M.
Arrive Cairo Returning 2.23 A. M.
Excellent opportunity to spend Sunday at the Seashore
Close connection at Brunswick for Beach Resorts. Finest
Boating, Fishing, Surf Bathing, and Hotels on
Atlantic Coast.
For further information ask Agents, Atlantic Coast
Line, or write, \
E. M. North, L. P. Green,
AGPA, Savannah, Ga. TPA, Thomasville, Ga.
Cairo Real Estate
& Abstract Co.
BROKERS IN
GRADY COUNTY FARM
AND TIMBER LAND
IF YOU have any Farm and Timber Land
lor Sale list it with us. We ai;e in touch
with home seekers in North and Middle
Georgia and in other states who will be
pouring into Southwest Georgia, looking
for homes, in the next few months. They,
have the cash to buy what they want, and
if you want to sell your farms we can pu,t
you-next.
Write dr call on
JOHN R. SINGLETARY or J.-C. McEARCHERN
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE
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ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM
& ATLANTIC
The Standard of Excellence in Service
Double Daily Passenger Trains between
Thomasville and Atlanta
Night Train Service Thomas ville to Birmingham
Trams leave Thomasville 7:0 A. M. - 7:30 P.M.
Arrive Atlanta 7:10 P. M. - 6:30 A. M.
Birmingham 11:50 A.M.
Train leaving Thoms sville 7:30 A. M. conects
at Mane hester with train' for Talladega,
arriving that point 9:05 P. M.
Pullman Electric Lighted Sleeping
Cars on night trains
Thomasville to Atlanta
See that vour t’cket reads via the
A. B. & A. R. R.
W. H. LEAHY,
General Prssenger Agent, . Atlanta, Ga.
GEM
LEWIS W. RIGSBY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office with M. L. Ledford
CAIRO, GEORGIA.
5 J. M. SELLERS W. S. McDANIEL
1 SELLERS & McDANIEL
| ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
£ Offico in new Davis Building
2 Broad St., Cairo, Ga.