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V'* The Grady County Progress THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADV COUNTY. VOL. 4 CAIRO, GRADY CUUIVlY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBE < 5, 1913. NO. 7 GRADY COUNTY SUPERIOR IT Iff ft Judge Park’s charge was as usual, strong, clear and to the point. His reference to the blind tigeris n was especially strong, and we may shy here that the grand jury made a vig orous and conscientious effort to get evidence to c mvict some of the many tigers doing business in Cairo and Grady county, but they failed. Some fifty or seven ty-five witnesses, were sworn, but the witnesses “knew noth ing” definite. Judge Park called the grand jury back to the court room and recharged them on some points; he told them that they had auth ority to send a witness to jail if they thought he was not telling the Truth, and one witness was locked up. On call of the Grand Jury J. B. Butler and D. C. Hare failed to answer to their names. W. B. Roddenbery, E. P. Truiock, Linton B. Davis, were excused. This left two more than were needed, and J. T. Sellers, W. J. Oates weie transferred to the Traverse Jury. Mr. J. I. Van- Landingham was elected fore man and H. J. Vincent chosen bailiff. On call of the Traverse Jury, five were excused for cause, and T. L. Bell, W. T. Hammett, W. r O.ates, E. A. White were i MS chosen in their stead. The civil docket was called and the divorce calendar called. Polly Powell Talum was grant ed a total divorce. Joseph Swi- cord granted total divorce. Prince Kelley was denied a di vorce. May Bell Davis was granted total divorce.’ Sam Hines was granted total divorce. Indictments werefound against the following; Linton Singletary for murder. Ed LeConte alias Coot Love, alias Henry Love, was indicted on eight different counts. Three charters were granted. The Cairo Construction Co., Cook-McDougald Co., Crawford- Miller Co. One criminal case of some in terest was that of John Bodiford charged with fornication and us ing profane language in the pres ence of females. The jury found not guily in both cases. Linton Singletary, charged with the murder of Haady Rawls was put on trial Wednesday af ternoon. • All of Wednesday afternoon GflYRENMENT REPORT PLACES COTTON AT 60-2 Washington, Sept. 2.—The con dition of the growing cotton crop of the United States on Monday, August 25, was 68-2 per cent, of a normal, compared \vith 79-6 per cent, on July 25 this year. 74-8 per cent, on August 25 last year, 73-2 per cent, in 1911 and 74-7 per cent., the average con dition on August 25 of the past ten years. This announcement was made today at noon by the Crop Reporting Board of the Uni ted States Department of Agri culture, the condition being esti mated from reports of its corres pondents and agents throughout the cotton belt. Since the July report growing conditions had been generally fa vorable throughout the eastern sfction of the cotton belt and the condition of the states east of Mississippi was expected to show up well. In the states west of the Mississippi conditions were not so favorable, drought in Tex as and Oklahoma, parts ot Ar kansas, Missouri and Louisiana making the early part of the per iod which today’s report covers. High temperatures prevailed throughout most of this section. The drought was partially reliev ed during the last week of the period. and until nine o’clock at night .was cousumed in hearing the evidence in this case. This case was called again Thursday morning. Mr. Rigsby, leading counsel for the defend ant, made a motion to re-open the case in order to submit some new evidence. The Court ruled that the defendant might make a supplemental statement. The statement was of a conversation between the. defendant and. Har dy Rawls previous to the killing, which presumed to show that the defendant and Hardy Rawls were on friendly terms. Argument began at 8:30. As Solicitor Bell rn^de a brief state ment of the case to the jury, Mrs. Singletary, wife of the de fendant, sobbed bitterly as did the three little Singletary chil dren. It was a sad, pitiful scene. In another chair, holding her little son in her arms, was Mrs. Rawls, wife of the dead man, in deep mourning, but with tear less eyes. But as the Solicitor addressed the jury, telling how Hardy Rawls was killed and quoting his last words, Mrs. Georgia Farmers Lost thousands of dollars last year on account of low prices. These low price were due; to a large extent, to insufficient money with which to handle the crops. Reports from over the State indicate good crops this year, and it will require a great deal of money to move same. If the farmer would deposit his money in the bank, and pay hii debts by check, it would require much less money to handle crops, and thus force prices upward. We offer you a bank though which to handle your money, strong in resorces, conservative in management, progressive in policy, using plain every-day banking methods. Our growth is shown by our increase in deposits from $64,567.43 last year to $82,999.94 this year—an increase of 818,432.51. DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH US AND POFlT thereby WILL LECONTE /PENALTY OF $1 A BALE BE TRIED HERE? FACING THE FARMERS “Make Our Bank Your Bank” FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK W. T. Crawford, President J. E. Forsyth, Thomas Wight, V-president. Cashier This is a question that every body is asking each other in Cairo today, and there is no one who can answer the question. It is said that Judge Park left the matter up to the Grand Jury, that that body could ascertain the sentiment and judge whether ur not it would be safe to bring the butcher of the Bodifords here for trial at this term of court. Rumor has it that the Grand jury recommended that Leconte be brought. This rumor is not confirmed by court officers. It is known however that a pe tition for a change of Venue was drawn by Hon. R. R. Terrell of Whigham Wednesday morning, but had not been passed upon by Judge Park when this paper went to press. It is not generally believed that a lynching would take place if the negro is brought here for trial. There are eight indict ments pending against him, and it is safe to say that he would get about ni nety years on all of them, and that would probably satisfy public Sentiment. Calvary is well and ably repre sented on the Jury this week. And, in fact, the the Jury is a representative one, with every section of the county represent ed. Try This Pens- lar Cream Women no longer use one toil et cream for all purposes—that is, if they are particular about the little refinements of the toil et. A nourishing, softening, heal ing and refreshing cream like Penslar Buttermilk Cerate is one thing; and a varnishing bleach cream, used also for protecting the skin, is quite another. Dixoide Cream is a very dainty cream of the latter sort. It is really a dioxide cream, and con tains oxygen.. It is really a van ishing cream—rub it on your hand or cheek for a moment and you will see for yourself. A great many women use it before going into strong winds or bright sunshine. Just a little rubbed over the face and hands, then dusted ever so lightly with the powder puff, protects the skin against all sorts of weather. Of course, it is fine—the Pens lar label is nover found on any thing but the highest .Quality products. It’s sure to please you. Why not stop in and get a 25c jar next time you are near our store. You might as well have the best whemit costs no mare. * Grady Pharmacy adv THE PENSLAR STORE Rawls, too,. broke down ‘ and wept. Mr. Rigsby {followed the Soli citor, for the defendant, and was speaking when the Progress went to press. Mr. Ira Carlisle and Mr. W. J. Willie, counsel for the defendant, have yet to speak, and Mr. M. L. Ledford, associate counsel for the state, will speak after which Solicitor Bell will close for the state. It is safe to say that argument will not be concluded before ad journment of court at 12 o’clock, Washington, September 2.—A penalty of $1 a bale on each bale of cotton which does, not con- form to the standard 27 by 54 inch size, will be assessed by the railroads and steamships com- j panies beginning today'. Notice of this penalty was giv-, en six months ago, and hearings have been held by the house com mittee on interstate and foreign commerce, of which Representa- j tive Adamson, of Georgia, is , chairman, with the view of secur-; ing an agreement among all par ties as to the size and density of cotton bales. Despite all this advertising, some persons only woke up today to the fact that the penalty would be exacted. Congressmen from cotton-growing states were urj,ed by telegraph to take the matter up with the secretary of agricul ture and the interstate commerce commission to see if something could not be done to avert this penalty. After looking into the matter further, seveial senators who originally agreed to join the dele gation, changed their minds. They believe the uniform bale is a good thing. They say it is a comparatively simple matter for ginners to change their gin boxes to conform to the new regula tions; that the ginners had'ample notice, and could have easily met the requirements of the transpor tation companies. A great many ginners did so, but those who didn’t will cause a loss to the farmers on the bale ginned and baled in the old way of $1 a bale. ON INCOME TAX BAPTIST MEETING SOON BEGINS AT RENO A series of meetings will begin at the Baptist church at Reno on Saturday Sept th,e6th. Rev. J. R. Biuett pf Gyrene and Rev. P. A. Caldwell of Cli max, will do the preaching. The Baptist church at Reno was only recently organized. They have erected a neat little church and this is practically the beginning of their housekeep ing for the Lord. Everyone will join us in wish ing for the little church a pros perous meeting. Judge P. P. Dixon of Ochlock- nee was here Tuesday. Washington, D. C., Sept. 1— An increase pf the income tax on large fortunes only when the incomes run above $250,000 an nually is the basis of a compro mise democratic members of the senate finance committee will re commend to the caucus tomorrow night. The attitude of the so- called insurgent democrats today was such as to indicate thejr would not accept the arrange ment without a fight, and the caucus may extend two or three days. The finance committee members have decided to leave the rates of the income tax, as at present, up to the $250,000 mark. The new taxes now proposed in addition to the normal tax above the $3,000 maximum are 4 per cent additional from 8250000 to $500,000; 5 per cent from 8500,- 000 to $1,000,000, and 6 per cent above $1,000,000. The senate will adjpurnat6 p. m. tomorrow, and the democratic caucus will then begin its efforts to agree on the remaining provisions of the bill. It is estimated there are 550 persons in in this country with incomes between $250,000 and $500,000, 350 with incomes be tween $500,000 and $1,000,000, and more than 100 with incomes above $1,000,000. The committee, democrats, probably.will recommend to the democratic caucus that the origi nal provisions of the house bill taxing the entire income of mu tual insurance companies be re tained. The finance committee had recommended the exemption of that portion of the income re turned to policy holders in the form of dividends. Another Cotton Buyer Cairo has another cotton buy er, Mr. R. S. Burch of Thornasville. He buys for export and will al- . ways pay the limit of the mark et. The more buyers we have the better it s hould be for the farmer. Mr. W. A. Sutton of Thomas- ville, visited home folks Sunda y. Mrs. A. J. Kidd has returned from a weeks visic to relatives in Atlanta. For Sale Cheap. Fine butter cow, full Jersey. Will be fresh in early spring and will give 3 to 4 gallons milk. See me quick. R. C. Hines, Cairo, Ga. LAYING BY TIME with the crops is nearly over and the HARVEST TIME will soon be here, but this is now in reality LAYING BY TIME. \ This is the time when everybody should lay by for the coming year, it’s not what a man makes that makes him independent, it is what he saves. We offer y6u an absolute sale place to lay by your money for your future needs. If you have money that you are not going to use at present, place same with us on time deposit, taking a CERTIFIFICATE OF DEPOS IT For it, we pay a liberal rate of interest on such depos its. Come in to see us we welcome the small depositor as well as the large. CITIZENS BANK, Cairo, Ga. W. S. Wight, President, H. G. Cannon V. W. H. Searcy, Vice President & Cashier.