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*WTItE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY.
GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA,' FRIDAY. JULY 18, 1913.
A news item in the Macon
. Telegraph says that Macon cot
ton men and, in fact, all parts
‘ { ‘of the South are greatly agitated
Jjover the recent action of the
^steamship and railroad fines in
adopting resolutions, relative to
the condition in which cotton
must be placed' before a clean
bill of lading will be issued. The
resolution becomes effective
September 1, 1913, and affect all
cotton growing states.
In substance the resolution
states that bales of cotton- must
measure by a standard size of
27x54 inches, must be thorough
ly covered, must not be wet, soil
ed or staided and second-hand
bagging cannot be used. If any
of these rules are not complied
with, notation will be made of
the violation on the bill of lading.
The farmers of Georgia and
all cptton growing states will
suffer moye than any other class,
as they will be forced to make
, changes over their forwer meth
od marketing their cotton. They
can go only to a gin ^having a
standard size box; must use cot
ton bagging that is not soiled
’ and comply with other conditions
' The farmer will suffer finan
cially for the reason that bills of
lading that bear fixed notations
fixed by the Shipping lines will
not be negotiable as far as banks
concerned. E
)e penalized and the farmer will
have to stand the.los .
- The Georgia Bankers’ Associa
tion, through President L. P.
Hillyer, of Macon, arid Maynes
McFadden, the Secretary, of At
lanta, has issued a circular set
ting forth the new rules and urg
ing everyone interested to act
quickly in the matter^ Some of
the barkers of Georgia went to
Birmingham and went before a
conference ojf railroad and steam
ship men, and urged that if these
rules.wodld be enforced, to post
pone it until 1914, so as to offer
sufficient time for-the farmers
and cotton men to make plans
for complying with them.
Mr. Hillyer says that it comes
so .late that he is afraid it will
cause much ill convenience and
loss to the farmers. He says we
all realize that a standard size
bale ought to be adopted and
that cotton ought to be protected
from the weather, but the peo
ple ought to be given more time
in which to prepare- for the
change. ' . ‘ '
Every farmer Should see to it
*t once that a gin is sufficiently
Washington, July 14.—Cotton
consumed in the United States
during June amounted to -166,-
914 running bales, compared
with 563,677 in April.
Cotton on hand in manufactur
ing establishments were 1,296,-
657 bales as compared with 1,-
505,257'on May 31, and 1.746,-
611 on April 30. On hand in in
dependent warehouses 611,519,
as compared with 938,809 on
May 31, and 1,355,785 on April
30. Imports were 8,023 as com
pared with 13,890 in May and
29,732 in April. Exports 223,
121, compared with 469,929 in
May, and 534,581 in April.
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The Penelope Club.
The Penelope Clxb met with
Miss Mamie Love Burts last
Thursday afternoon at four-thir
ty. Ail the members except
one were present and all brought
their needle work, spending a
very pleasant and industrious
afternoon. After a short busi
ness meeting an ice course was
served.
Grady County.Medical
Society to Meet July 18th
The membei-s of the Grady
County Medical Society are re
quested to meet in the County
,t.the. Court
Mr. Editor:-
You may be interested in two
or three observations made on a
flying visit to Houston, Texas.
Cairo is getting ready for the
fleecy staple and all of us are
hopeful that there Will be a good
crop and that the price will be
. And first as to cotton: The! e "S ely *^ isfa * tory '
present outlook is that Texasi., , ie Grady ginnery is being
will make this year the largest M° v ^ U ^ ^ u ° ver i i f u an< ^ f ut
crop in its history. An. automo-!
bile ride of seventy-five miles
through the country showed this
crop in excellent Condition, with
in better shape than it ever has
has been heretofore and will be
able to give the best of service.
Mr. J. D. Layman of Lowndes
a probable yield of one-half to coan , ty ’ an experienced gin man,
a bale per acre.' wlU be 1,1 char & e thls season -
next Friday me'iatri
m. Let all members be present
as business of considerable im
portance has to be looked after.
\V. A' Walker, Pres.
M. M. McCord, Sec.
Former Pelham Citizen
Dies in Jacksonville
Pelham, Ga., July 14,—Mr.
John Hollingsworth, for years a
prominent citizen of Pelhom, died
at his home in Jacksonville, Fla.,
late Saturday night. The body
,s bi’ought here for enterment
this morning. Mr. Hollings
worth was for several years en
gaged in the live stock business
in Pelham and only a year ago
moved away, going from here to
Thomlasville and later to Jack
sonville.
He leaves a wife and several
children to mourn his loss.
near for him to have his cotton
ginned and packed as per direc
tions.
Mr. Z. R. Jones and son, Tom,
were visitors to Albany Thurs
day. .
On 12 months time certificates we pay. 5 per cent interest
On 6 months time certificates w e pay 41-2 per cent interest
We also solicit your active account which sliajl
have our prompt and careful attention at all times.
We keep a complete record of every transaction
made with this institution, and same is filed sys
tematically for the protection and convenience of
our customers, and we are always glad to give you
a history of any transaction which you make with
us. If we can be of 'service to you call on us
whether our customer or not.
“Make Our Bank Your Bank”
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
W. -T. Crawford,
President.'
J. E. Forsyth,
Thomas Wight, V-president. Cashier
two-thirds of
And not a pound of guano was
used on it. In this they have
the advantage of us. But it is
not all their way. The land I
saw was level prairie, with a
stiff gumbo soil, almost rich
enough to fertilize ours. When
this land is wet it is wet; when
dry it is almost as hard as a
brick. It would not suit the
Georgia farmer with his light
one-mule plow.
Furthermore, in the seventy-
five miles referred to above, we
only crossed one stream of water.
Wells and an occasional pond are
the chief. dependence for man
and beast.
Years ago, when the boll wee
vil first came to Texas, they
thought it meant ruin to their
agriculture. Now they fear it
but little. At least in the sec
tion visited, the, damage this
ter methods of cultivation, and
by the assistance of natural
agencies of control. But the
conditions under which the wee
vil is most harmful are favorable
with us, and it is not likely that
we shall recover so quickly from
its raVages. . i
The first bale of the 1913 cot
ton crop was marketed in Hous
ton on July 10th, while I was
there. The bale sold at auction
on the floor of the cotton ex
change, and brought $805.00.
The immediate occasion of my
visit to Houston was one of a
Committee of three from the Na
tional Nut Growers Association,
that went on invitation of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
city, to arrange the details for
the holding of our next annual
Convention in that city on Nov.
5, 6, and -7th. The people of
Houston (and the same true of
the state) do not do things by
halves. The Committees con
sisted of Col, C. A. VanDju-
zee, Mr. Theo. Bechtel of Missis
sippi and myself. As an indica
tion of how they do things, this
committee had every expense
paid fropi the time we left home
until we again reached home on
our return. T,he same spirit will
be manifested at the Convention
next fall, which premises to be
the best yet held., A most inter
esting program was arranged,
and many from Georgia and
Florida are planning to attend.
Three or four froYn Cairo expect
to go.
J. B. Wight.
Mr. Layman knows the business
in every detail and the owners
of this'ginnery are to be congrat
ulated in securing his services.
This ginnery has a capacity of
60 bales per day and gives a good
sample.
Special conveniences for the
accommodation of farmers have
been provided. Bring your cot
ton to Cairo every time and get
th i tip top of the market for it.
A Harmless
Soothing Syrup
One of the best things' that the
Food and Drug Law has d me is
to expose the dangerous sooth
ing syrups that contain morphine
We don’t believe in dosing
children with medicine evei-y
time they cry anyway. But when
a child is fretful and riervoue in
>pi toftA >t»l (■■■tyh'e-(^i'e<feri-atfeen*iw>r
it is sometimes desirable to
a harmless sedative.
' The safe'and harmless one
PELHAM 8 HAVANA R. R.
AT WORK OR SHOPS
The Pelham & Havana railroad-
lias begun the erection of their
machine shops and round-house,
which means that soon now that
road -will have its own shops and
machinists to do any repairing
needed.
The round-house is 30 x GO,
and the machine shop is 40 x 20,
giving ample room for all pur
poses needed for the present.
The shops and equipment will
cost several thousand dollars'and
will give employment to several
high-priced machinist's, as well
as sevpral laborers. .
In this connection we may-
mention that the new car for the
P. & H, is now ready, and Gen
eral Manager Stephens will go
over and inspect the car prepara
tory to shipping it out.
HEAR NEW COUNTY
ON JULY 24TH
A wire from Judge H. W. Hop
kins this morning was in effect
that the Hansell county hearing
would be had before the com
mittee of the Legislature on the
twenty-fourth of this month,
which is Thursday, of next week.
A delegation of citizens from
Thomas county are planning to
be present at that time to oppose
Xbe-movement and to d<
Camp Powell was alive with
fishermen and fun for two days
this week. Messrs. Torn and
Will Wight, Gus and A. E. Bell
and W. T. Crawford, and six lit
tle boys were in the party. All
report the biggest time on re
cord. •
Soothing Syrup
which contains only anise and
wintergreen—but not the faint
est trace of any opiate or other
harmful drug. Price 25 cents.
This is a great advantages
about Penslar Remedies—you can
see exactly what you are using ;
The full formula is printed on
the label.
All the Penslar . Remedies
(there are over 100) are strictly
pure, of standard strength, and
scientifically prepared in the
great Penslar laboratory at De
troit. ’Nothing less than the
best is good enough for you is if?
Grady Pharmacy
THE PENSLAR STORE
adv
Mayor R. R. Terreil of Whig-
ham came over Wednesday on
legal business.
sible to prevent the formation of
the county.. It is hoped that the
bill 'will meet its'death before -
the' committee.
Messrs. W. M. Hudson and D.
Fain of Spence, were here Wed
nesday. “JNo news,” said Mr.
Hudson, “except that we are
needing rain.” Mr. Fain savs
thereis lots of new County talk but
that there were hue few in his
section who were not against the
movement.
Mr. J. M. McNair returned
Wednesday from Atlanta, where
he spent a week with friends.
Good Horse For Sale
I want to sell a good old plug
pony; about 10 years old; poor,
but a good work animal, and
only needs plenty to eat. Has
plenty of life and is a >ood driv
er. If fat would be worth S125.
will take S50. cash or good note.
See Blanton at the Progress
office. Am going to sell her
Saturday.
Statement of condition of Citizens
Bank of Cairo, Ga.
At close of business May 22, 1913 published under call from
State Bank Examiner
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
Time 1 .oans ... $ 178.930.97
Banking House 7,975.53
Furniture and fixtures 5,530.37
Due from Banks and Cash in
Vault 65,239.84
Total §247,676.71
Capital Stock § 50,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 25,345,74
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Cashier’s Checks
Deposits
Time certificates 47,012.24
Subject to check 125,179.95
138.78
Total Deposits...1.....
172,192.19
Total $247,676.71
Upon the strength of. the above statement we solicit your
account, it is the policy of this bank to, at all times take care of
the needs of it’s customers, and this fact together witn .courteous
treatment to all has made our business what it i ?.
If you are not already one of our customers we would be glad to
have you open an account with us and, be satisfied with your
banking connection.
W. S. WIGHT, Pres., W. H. SEARCY, Vice-Pres & Cashie
H. G. CANNON, Vice-Pres.
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