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Grady County Progress. —Special Edition.
Whigham, the second largest
town in Grady county, lies seven
miles west of Cairo, on the main
lipeofthe Atlantic Coast Line
Railway. Whigham has right
around 1,000 inhabitants and is
growing and pushing forward
with even steady strides.
There are some 20 odd business
houses, including two splendid
banks, and all are doing a satis
factory business. The destinies
of the city, for the present, are
directed by the mayor, lion. R.
R. Terrell, and an enterprising
board of Aldermen, who are just
about ready to begin a notable
improvement of the town’s sys
tem of water works and to es
tablish an el ctric light system.
Whigham has splendid possibili
ties; her people are among the
decidedly good prospects for
another railroad and that before
very long. The people are not
blowing this fact, but it is a fact,
nevertheless, that a railroad with
good connections is bending their
way.
A writeup of any town is in
complete that does not include
the churches and schools. The
churches of Whigham are alive
and working earnestly for the
spiritual wehare of the communi
ty. The morals of the people are
good and their ideals are high,
as becometh a generous, high-
minded paople.
Whigham’s school is next in
size and importance to that of
Cairo. Her superintendent bf
school, Prof. Barber, is an able
and experienced educator. The
Two scenes of the Bank of Whigham, one of the strongest banks
in this section.
best in Grady county, and the
farming lands surrounding the
town are as good as any in the
State.
Just at this' time a very large
saw mill is being erected at
Whigham. This enterprise will
give.employment to some three
or four hundred men and will
give the town a large and per
manent pay roll which will be
very helpful to all the trade. We
spring term of the school was
one of the best in its history, and
the fall term will be still larger,
as the school is growing all the
time, under the united effort ar.d
co-operation of the people and
the faculty.
No business man or home seek
er will make a mistake should he
decide to “pitch his tent”' in
may say also that Whigham has' Whigham or its vicinity.
Street Scene at Whigham,
FARM LOANS
We are prepared to negotiate
five year loans on improved
farm property in-Grady county.
We can offer attractive terms,
especially on large loans. We
shall be pleas.ed to have you cal
and investigate our proposition.
Bell & Weathers
CA IRQ. GA.
W. J. Willie
Attorney-At-Law
Will practice in all Courts, State and
federal. Collections a specialty.
Office in L. B. "Well building.
Phone 73. - . CAIRO. GA
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 House
See the Progress for anything
in the Printed Line.
The Bank of Whigham.
On another page of this paper
will be found a very interesting
announcement from the above
ojd and reliable financial institu
tion.
The Bank of Whigham, of
Whigham, Ga., this county, was
established about ten years ago
and has grown bigger, better
and stronger from the first.
The ollicers are:
President, G. B.Trulock; Vice-
President, E. M. Smith; 2nd
Vice President, 0. C. Spence;
E. B. Stapleton, Cashier; P. P.
Perkins, Assistant Cashier.
All these gentlemen are good
business men, and some of them
are men of large means and are
able financiers. The Bank of
.Whigham is liberal in its policy,
careful and conservative in man
agement. It serves a large and
ever growing clientage and has
helped materially in the develop
ment of that section of Grady
eounty.
GRADY COUNTY ROADS.
Grady county is not as far ad
vanced in the building of Good
Roads as some of her neighbors,
but at this time she is making
splendid progress with the work.
She started under the new road
law about two years ago, while
some of the adjoining counties
have been at it for ten years.
At present Grady has four good
roads to the Thomas county line;
three good roads to the Mitchell
county line; four’ roads to the
Florida line, and only one to the
Decatur county line. The other
roads are being worked up as
fast as possible.
The county officials are all good
road enthusiasts and can be count
ed on to push the work with all
possible zeal.
FARMERS MUST CO-OPERATE
Business Men Take Crops and Handle
Them Through Organization Until
Consumer Is Reached.
Practically every business Interest
fn the commercial world co-bperates
to a greater or less extent except the
farming Interests. It Is true that lq
isolated Instances farmers do co-oper
ate In certain directions but as a
whole the farmer faces the business
world as an individual. In addressing
the Tri-State meeting, Mr. R. A. Wilk
inson brought out many good points
on the Bubject of co-operation among
farmers. In part he said:
"In olden times everything was pro
duced on the farm, but the change In
conditions when machinery was Intro
duced, made it possible to produce
more food than was needed on the
farms. To make a market for this
manufacturing was encouraged. This
manufacturing became organized and
demanded protection, which It received
through the tariff, which, it received
self for the purpose of protecting the
profits. In considering the selling
price the cost of production was con
sidered and to this a sum was added
sufficient to make a good return on
the Investment. The farmer has been
selling his products for what these
organizations and interests were will
ing to pay as modified by supply and
demand. There has been no considera
tion of the cost of production and
profits In setting the price on farm
products, and why not? Why should
not the farm products bring enough
to cover cost of production, plus a
fair margin of profit? Wheat, for in
stance, in the last five years varied as
much as 50c a bushel, while the bread
which Is made from It has commanded
the same price regardless of the farm
er’s return. The cost of production on
the farm has not varied to this ex
tent.
"The way to bring, about this better
condition Is for the farmer to con
sider his farm as a business proposi
tion, that he consider the cost of pro
duction, which will bring him to a
study of farm management—consider
ation of details. It would also mean
that marketing will be given as much
attention as producing. At present
what the farmer receives bears but lit
tle relation to what the consumer
pays. The businessmen who take the
crop from the farmer and handle it
until it reaches the hands of the con
sumer are organized to pay as little
as possible and to charge as much as
traffic will bear.
“For the farmer to go up against
this organization single handed shows
a most colossal self conceit. The only
way to meet this combination is
through combination: that is for the
farmers to combine, or in other words
co-operate.
“The politics of the steel trust is
steel; the politics of the railroads is
railroading; the politics of the farmer
should be farming. To do this, they
must organize. In North Dakota the
SMOKE UP!
Wake Up! Get Up
Early In the Morning!
CJ This town has the natural advan
tages and can secure new industries
if it will only GET A MOVE ON !
fj This town will be a better town
if the people spend their money with
the Home Merchant.
(J This town will be more prosper
ous if it Advertises Itself and
draws new enterprises here.
farmer pays seventh-ninths of the tax
es and exerts less than seven-hun
dredths of the power In government.-
In the legislative policy of the country
the farmer is never considered. No-
matter how much the legislation- af
fects the- Interests of the farmer, he Is
not called Into the council. When any
measure 1b brought up that affects the
manufacturer or the transportation!
agency or the commercial Interests— 1 '
they are consulted—their Interests are '
considered.
‘‘The president of Cornell university
In a recent address contended ‘the day
of the ordinary farmer Is passing,"
that the tendency is for the larger
corporations, to take up land and that
these will be running the farms in,,
large estates and under scientific man-,
agement, much as their large corpor
ations, and that the farmer of today .,
will be the hired than of these big <
concerns. The farmers are about the
only all-round men that we have in
the United States. The men who are
engaged In industry are each'working
lu a very narrow sphere. We need
this all-round man, his home hie
children who are furnishing the ‘new
blood, that furnishes, the brains that
Is taking the leadership in our com- ,
merce and industry. * 1
"The only way for the farmer, as r
we know him today, to maintain his
position Is for him to co-operate in*
the producing and the marketing the
products of the farm and' in demand
ing legislation for his l- ierests."
Let them see our smoke!
YOU MAY -
PAY LESS
But you will not get work that is
so good.
YOU MAY
PAY MORE
But you will not get work that is
any better.
These statements refer to job
printing. Our facilities' are com-
plete. We use only the befit ma
terial, and our prices are based
on a living profit for first class
work. We will do no other kind.
WOMEN
BEAT MEN
AT FINDING
BARGAINS
By HOLLAND.
V|TOMKN spend more mon-
■ ” ey than men, and they
spend it wiser. They not only
buy most of the articles used
in the home, but they also
buy for their children and of
ten for their men folks.
.Women also read the ad
vertisements more than men
do. This makes them better
and safer buyers than men.
They have equipped them
selves with the knowledge
that makes them effective. .
They know the best stores,
the best merchandise, the
best values. By rending the
advertisements women are
enabled to shop more eco
nomically, to make the mon
ey go farther..
KNOWLEDGE IS
MONEY IN
DOING SHOPPING.