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ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY.
VOL. 4 '
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY.
GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913.
NO. 2
PROFITABLE 1EETING
The tegular meeting of the
Grady County Farmers Union
held last Friday, the 18th, was
one cf the best and most largely
attended meetings held this year.
Every local Urtion was repre
sented and there were many far
mers present, to'hear the pro
gram, not^members of the Union.
Mr. J. A. Wynn spoke for
twenty-three minutes on the sub
ject “making money on a small
farm.” Mr. Wynn is not a pub
lic speaker, but his talk was
highly entertaining and instruc
tive. He showed how every
farmer could make money on a
small farm, and he made it so
plain that any one could realize
that he was telling the truth.
He stressed four important fac
tors or forces necessary 10 this
success, to wit: Grace, econo
my, industry and patience, and
we all know that this is a fact,
we all know that money can be
made on a small farm, if we
farm right. Everybody enjoyed
Mr. Wynn’s talk and he was lib
erally applauded.
Judge Barber talked on the
cost of raising cotton and read
an interesting paper,
S. R. Blanton spoke on matters
of vital concern to the farmers,
setting forth the fact that agri
cultural indpendence. could be
accomplished only in two ways,
through organization and self-
sustaining farms.
In the afternoon the ware
house directors held an impoiv
tant meeting.
The following resolutions were
adopted relating to the new
county movement:
Whereas, aneffortisbeingmadeto
create Hansell county from por
tions of Grady ond other coun
ties, and
Whereas, Grady county is al
ready a small county and but re
cently created, having no terri
tory to spare; and
Whereas, a large majority of
the people living in the portion
of Grady sought to be cut off in'
to the proposed county of Han
sell are opposed to the same,
having been burdened with their
share of the expense necessary
to the establishing of a new
county, the building of a $50,-
000.00 court house and a $15,-
009.00 jail, etc., therefore, be it
- Resolved, by the Grady Coun
ty Farmers Union in convention
assembled, that we solemnly,
emphatically and earnestly pro
test against this effort to dis-
1 STORES
iy CLOSE PLANTS
.Jacksonville, Fla., July 22—A
plan of retrenchment in the pro
duction of naval stores products
which may mean the closing for
30 days or more of the larger
portion of the plants . over the
producing belt on Aug.T5, owing
to poor market conditions, was
talked over through a mass meet
ing which lasted all of today at'
the rooms of the Board of Trade,
when between two and three
hundred operators met here.
.As a final solution to the prob
lem it was decided to draft a cir
cular letter to more than 1,200
operators, asking 'them to meet
in Savannah, Ga., Pensacola,
Fla., or New Orleans, La., Aug.
5th and' render' their decision in
the matter of retrenchment, or
closing down their plants Aug.
15th indefinitely, pending mar
ket conditions; The meetings in
the three cities will be asked to
go on record as favoring a clos
ing do\yn of all. plants and send
committees back to Jacksonville
for anotber meeting Aug. 8.
Before the close of the meeting
this afternoon the body was re
solved into a committee of the
whole, a general discussion re
ported on what had been done in
the morning and a decision made
to gather the .names of all ope
rators present to be fixed to the
circular letter.
1. KING DESCRIBES
THURSDAY’S HAIL STORM
member Grady county.
Resolved second, That we ap
peal to the General Assembly
through our representative, Hon.
W. H, Collins, and pur senator,
Hon. Morton Turner, and espec
ially to the Committee on Con
stitutional Amendments, to re
frain from thus injuring our
county by dismembering the
same.
Resolved third, That a copy of
these resolutions be sent to our
Representative and to our Sena
tor to be laid before the General
Assembly, with the request that
the Speaker of.the House and
President of the Senate to
furnish the.' President
of the Grady County
Farmers Union, Hon. W. C.
Barrow, a copy of the Journa
containing the official vote of the
House and Senate on this ques
tion at issue.
Adopted unanimously by ris
ing vote, this Friday, July 18,
1913.
W. C. Barrow, Pres.
P. H. Ward, Secty.
Job printing-the-best-we do it
On 12 months time certificates we pay 5 per cent interest
On 6 months time certificates w e pay 4 1-2 per cent interest
We also solicit your active account which shall
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 jbe of service to you call on us
whether our customer or not.
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FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
Mr. J. R. King, Sr., of Spring
Hill neighborhood, was in Cairo
Tuesday morning and while here
gave us an account ol the dam
age wrought by the hail and
Win:! Thursday night of last
week.
It seems that this hail was.
equally as heavy as the one
which visited South Grady some
weeks ago, and fnm Mr King’s
accountof .it, it did more damage
On the farms of L M. Ponder,
Lem Baggett and JohnR. King,
Jr., there is utter destruction.
Nothing is left of the cotton but
the bare stalk. Corn was beaten
to pieces, even ears of com be
ing knocked off the stalk.
Messrs. J. D. Maxwell, Gor
don Ponder and John R. King,
Jr., suffered quite a heavy loss,
but nothing like as much as these
other gentlemen, Mr. King said
that corn from which he expect
ed to get 40 bushels per acre, he
will do well to get 20' bushels
now, with no fodder at all fit to
save.
Grady county has suffered
fearfully from hail and wind this
year, really more than ever be
fore in the history of the CQunty.
Smith Retrirns To Washington
tlanta, Ga., July 21.'-Afte
shaking hands with hundreds of
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his old friends and getting in
closer touch with Georgia affairs
than he had been since he left
the governor’s chair at the capi-
tol. Senator Hoke Smith went
back to Washington yesterday.
Senator Smith left behind him
through his speech at the capitol,
and also through personal con
versations, a most complete un
derstanding of what the Demo
cratic senators are fighting for
in Washington.
Prominent Georgia farmers
came to Atlanta Saturday to con-
gratulateandthank Senator Smith
for his work in fraping and put
ting through the measure creat
ing a division of markets in con
nection with the department of
agriculture. This division of
markets is designed to furnish
farmers information about the
marketing of their crops and aid
them in other ways along the
same lines.
GRADY COUNTY
The next meeting of the Giady
County* Farmers Institute will be
held at the Court House on Fri
day August 1st. The meeting
will begin promptly at 10 o’clock
and will continue about two
hours,
.The following very interest
ing program has-been arranged:
Growing Food Ci'9ps.— J-ule
Forrester, W. H. Shores.
Hog Cholera and Its Preven
tion.—Dr. Eugene Clower, D. L.
Wijliams,
Making and Marketing our
our.—W. B. Roddenbery, M. P.
Long.
Every farmer is invited to
come out and join in the discus
sion, ask questions, or do any
thing else that will help the in
terest of the farmer.
The Farmers Institute is or
ganized for the benefit of the
farmers of this county, and they
can make it to their great advan
tage if they will do so. Let
every farmer come prepared to
leach as well as to be taught,
J. B. Wight, Pres.
P. H. Ward, Secty.
GREAT FARMERS
RALLY NEXT
Mr. A. J. Troluck, of the firm
of A. J. Troluck & Son, at Cli
max, had a narrow escape from
death last Monday.
During a thunderstorm light
ning run into the store on a wire
and Mr. Troluck and one other
man were severely shocked. The
wonder is that either one is alive
to tell the story. Their clothing
was singed and scorched, and it
was some time before they en
tirely recovered from the shock.
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BUYSBUTJ.D. HOLMAN
W. T. Crawford, J. E. Forsyth,
President Thomas Wight, V-president. Cashier
A business deal involving some
$50,000 took place in Cairo Wed
nesday.
Miller Bros. Co., bought out
J. D. Holman, taking over every
thing that belonged to Holman.
The firm of Miller Bros. Co. is
to be reorganized. Under the
re-organization the firm ‘will be
known as the Crawford-Miller
Co. The new owners are mov
ing into their.new stables tdday.
The firm of Miller Bros. Co. is
one of the most enterprising in
this section of the state.' Every
member of the firm is a hustler
and everyone is on the job six
days in the week.
Mr. J, \VJ|Pope, who has been
with Holman for-some years, will
be with the new firm.
F. A. Richter, Jr. bought re
cently, probably the largest
amount of wool old in Cairo in
some years, and the best part of
it is, that the wool came from
the backs of Grady county Ahecp.
There was nearly 4,000 pounds
of it, most of which was pur
chased from Mr. E. F. Dollar,
who owns more she p than any
other one man in the county.
A good price was paid for the
wool.
At the next meeting of the
Grady County Farmers Union it
is planned to have a great rally
and put new life and new energy
into the Union. This rally will
be held at the court house and
will he open to all farmers and
business men who desire to hear.
The last county meeting was
largely attended; the program
was highly interesting, and we
feel that the Union has begun to
live in earnest.
We want every farmer in
Grady county and a? many others
as will, to join os on that day,
which is August 15th, and let us
renew our allegiance to a cause
which has already accomplished
much and which can and will, if
we will do our part, accomplish
much more.
This is not to be a picnic, but
every farmer is urged to bring
his dinner, as we are going to
make it an' alL day affair, and we
want all to stay to the end.
Remember, please, that we
want not only members of the.
Unibn, but others—all who are
in favor of greater prosperity
for the farmer, and happiness,
contentment and education in the
country home.
The program committee has
arranged the following program
for that day: The doors will be
closed at 9:30, the first business
of the Union will be disposed of,
and at 10:30 the program will be
gin ■ and the general public in
vited in:
10:30 a.m.Hogs and hog Cholera.
—Dr. Eugene Glower, 25 minu
tes.
11:00 a. m. — Stock-Raising. —
paper—E. F. Dollar, 25 minutes.
11:30 a. m.—Agricultural In
dependence and How to Obtain
It—P. H. Ward, 25 minutes. •
11:45 a. m.—Rural Civilization',
Shall it Stand or Shall if Fall-—
S. R. Blanton—45 minutes.
After dinner, there will be. a
meeting of Ehe directors of the
Union Warehouse at,which mat
ters of vital importance will be ’
attended to, and every member
of the board of .directors • are
earnestly requested tq be pre
sent. * *
W. G. Barrow,
President G.- C. F. U.
Mr. R. L. VanLandingham re
turned -Wednesday from New
Port Spiings, where he spent ten
days. We are glad to note that
his health is improved.
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 Loans.. •_ $178,930.97
Banking House 7,975.53
Furniture and fixtures 6,530.37
Due from Banks and Cash in
Vault 55,239.84
Total $247,676.71
Capital Stock..-. - •$ 50,000.00'
Surplus and Undivided Profits 25,345.74
Cnsnier’s Checks 1 138.78
Deposits
Time certificates 47,012.24
Subject to check 125,179.95
Totai Deposits ... 172,102.19
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 n.
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 & Cashier
H. G. CANNON, Vicc-Pre;.
