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GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS-PACE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS S. R. Blanton & Son, Owners. S. R. Blanton, Editor and Munager. Z. V. Blanton, City Editor & Mana ger Mechanical hepartmont. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF GRADY COUNTY One Dollar Per Year, In Advance Adverting Rates Reasonable and Made Known on Application. Entered at Cairo, Ga., Postoffice as Second Glass Mail Matter. FARMERS PAY THE PRICE "Eufaula, Aug. 29—The new regulations regaring the size of cotton bales, established by the railroads and steamship lines, is seriously crippling local business. Practically every bale is not of the standard size and shippers are not only buying by the mark et just now, but yardstick as well, making the farmer pay bale penal ty. The above news item was clip ped from one of the daily papers last Saturday. As is the case in almost every thing, the farmer, he pays the toll. Everything levies a tribute on the poor old farmer. And now comes another levy. If his cotton bale is not exact, to a hair’s breadth, he must pay a dollar, and yet the fault is not his. There is one way the farmer can get even. Let him quit cot ton; let him strike; let him plant not an acre of cotton for two years. That would bring the transportation companies to their senses. Then, instead of want ing to knock off a dollar on the bale, they would be anxious to pay him a dollar as a premium on every bale he raised. If the far mer would actually adopt this plan, and stick to it, he would be in better condition at the end of the two years than if he had plant ed cotton. There is no money in cotton at any time, anywhere, unless it is a farmer who owns hi^ own land and does his own work on the farm. Democratic Im« *gency is doing business “at the same old stand” in Washington. Some of the boys have refused to “play the game” and the tariff bill will be amended to suit them. Good boys. Go for it again. Learn One New Thing Every Day. By HERBERT KAUFMAN Copy right: HcrbertKauftnan: 1013. The Mexicans are not to get any more encouragement from this country in the matter of arms and ammunition. Let the heathens go back to the bow and arVow, the tomyhawk and the knife. They are good enough weapons for any old Mexican. That Old Dispute. “Well, after all,” she said, “you men can’t get around one fact when you try to make out that man is woman’s intellectual superior. You admit that it was a womau who caused the first man’s downfall. Now, if that doesn’t show intellectual super iority on the part of the lady, I’d like to know why. If the man had been above her men tally, how could she haye accom plished his overthrow? If he was her superior why didn’t he—” ‘ ‘Pardon me, ’ ’ the man inter rupted, “you haven’t started quite far enough back. As ir, all such cases, there was anothei fellow around to put her up ti it.” After which she scorned hin and entered into conversatioi with a boy at the other side o the room. We hope that Col. Huff of Ma cbn is not so badly hurt from hi fall but that he will be ablje t< *show up in Washington at th< Speer investigation. The Col is not afraid to talk. Sooner or later every man who owns or rides in an automobile finds himself half way on his journey because “Somebody” forgot to fill the gasoline tank. • No thing or man can proceed without power. Engines, bodies, and brains constantly require new fuel. Steady accomplishment necessitates regular replenish ment. Trans-continental traffic would be impossible without coaling stations and water tanks. The locomotive is use less the instant its tender is empty. Your door bell will fail to ring after a given length of time. Just as every battery' must be recharged when the cells are exhausted, so every mind must be refilled as its ideas are utilized. This is an age of thinkers. Progress depends less and less upon hand power. Machinery is supplanting manual labor everywhere and in everything Wheels are no longer pulled; they’re driven. The craftsman has been displaced by the mechanic. A human being can’t compete with a lathe or a power punch or a stamping die or a motor. Photo engraving has superceded the wood cut. The trolley has knocked the horse off the car tracks and the automobile has driven him from the shafts. If you think that mere industry and application will suffice for success their failure is stalking you. Men who work like machines can’t work as well as machines or as cheaply. Human automatons, however capable, are thrown in the junk heap the instant we can devise an automatic de vice to fulfill the same duties. Beaten paths lead to overcrowded places and discard ed opportunities. The old game of “follow my leader” is out or fashion; now it’s “follow my inspiration.” The new century insistently cries for originality. We want something new every day, and when you cease to respond to the call your name will be dropped from the pay roll. Your past performances have been paid for. Our rivals won’t permit us to indulge in sentimentality. We won’t maintain you in ycur present position if your ability does not sustain you there. You’re up for target practice at the opening of each day. We get your score, and, no matter how hard you aim to please, if your intention isn’t translated into per formance it won’t count. What’s the use of having an accurate eye and steady arm if you’re firing blank cartridges? There’s only one way that you can last, and that’s to put a fresh idea in your mental purse every time you spend a thought. A man is like a store: when he lets his stock run down he loses his customers. $2.75 TO BRUNSIWCK, GA. AND RETURN VIA A New Market with Some thing Good to Eat. TO THE PUBLIC: I have purchased the business formerly known as the ‘ ‘Peo ples’Market” and have opened up for business. I £ want your trade. I am an experienced market man and will give you the very best that money can buy of native products. I shall filljyour orders promptly and correctly, just as you want it filled, and I ask you to put me to the test. Come in and see us and let us get a cquainted. H. K. CLARK, Cairo, Ga. ; Phofie No. 36. 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. We Are Now Ready to Gin Your Cotton. Every piece of machinery is in good condition and we are able to promise you service and a good j sample as well as a good turnout. Located just below the Variety Works or Lewis Old Stand. Highest prices paid for cotton seed. Cairo Qinnin^ Co. T. S. Copeland, Gen. Mgr. , Cyrene Institute Cyrene, Ga. Opens Wednesday September 17th A Christian School founded and maintained for the Edu cation of Boys and Girls to the complete furnishing of the pupil to the MENTAL, MORAL and CHRISTIAN CULTURE. Full and Thorough Courses in the following by College and University trained Men and Women: Literary, Music, Voice and Expression, Art and Commercial. Expenses $125 per school year of nine months, Dormitories in charge of competent Christian meu and wo' men. President and Teachers living in close touch with the student. For catalog and particular information address Mrs. J. R. Jenkins, Matron, Girls’ Dormitory or the President's office. T. A. STANTON, President pi tm LEWIS W. RIGSBY ATTORNEY AT LAW 0ft.ee with M. L. Ledford CAIRO, GEORGIA. | wmmmwMMwiw m www] J. M. SELLERS W. S. 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