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Grady County Progress.
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Local and Personal
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Contractor Brown is putting in
a new floor in the . County Com
missioners room in the court
house. This floor has been there
but five years and is entirely and
thoroughly rotten. It should
have last at leated 25 years.
Protracted Services began at the
Baptist church at Calvary Thurs
day night. Dr. B. D. Ragsdale
of this city, pastor of the Bap
tist church, is conducting the
meetings.
Mr. Hugh Cannon made a busi
ness trip to Florida this week,
looking after his interest in that
state.
Mr. E. E. Vann of Boston came
over Tuesday. It was his first
trip to Cairo and he was astonish
ed at finding here a hustling lit
tle city.
The district Odd fellows Con
vention met at Coolidge Wednes
day for a two days session.
Messrs. A. J. Kidd, Frank Stew
art, Judge Barber and J. I. Rob
inson were the delegates from
the Cairo lodge.
One gone—three left. We sold
one of those fine cows Monday
for $130.00. Have three others,
one $75.00, one $60.00, and one
$50.00. Each one is .worth $25.00
more than this. Also one fine
brood sow and one fine male.
If you are looking for “Scrub
Stock” don’t bother us. • If you
want fine stock and have the cold
cash, come right along. Blanton
S. R. at the Progress office.
Drs. McCord and Brawner of
Whigham were here on business
Tuesday morning.
Mrs W. B. Roddenbery, ac
companied by her mother, Mrs.
E. W. Bostwick, returned last
Friday from a short stay in At
lanta.
Mrs. M. A. Roddenbery visited
her son, Congressman Rodden
bery, in Thomasville one day re
cently.
The city council of Cairo met
Tuesday night and transacted
regular routine business. They
drooped one man from the police
force and changed the hours.
Marshal Horton will hold the fort
from noon until midnight, and
Mr. Jones will take charge and
do the stunt until noon.
The council at its last session
fixed the carnival license at SS*0
per day, so Cairo will not be both
ered with this nuisance this fall
and winter.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dunn and
children of Waycross spent sev
eral days this week with Capt.
W. E. Dunn, Mr. Dunn’s brother.
Mr. Abe Poller of Poller’s De
partment Store, returned last
Friday from Baltimore. He
came by steamer to Savannah
and was in the storm off Hat-
tress. He says it was something
fierce and he will not risk that
trip again soon.
Col. J. Q. Smith made a trip to
Bainbridge Wednesday.
Mrs. R. H. Hurst,' Misses An
nie and Allie Mae Hurst and
Miss Maud Booker, of Thomas
ville, are the guests of Mrs. C.
E. Brown.
Miss Annie Lou Griffin of Bain
bridge, after spending some time
with Mrs. C. E. Brown, has re
turned to her home at Bainbridge
Mrs. D. C. Alligood spent. Sat
urday a.id Sunday with her pa
rents in Thomasville.
Standard Oil, which heretofore
has not contributed to the success
of the city government of Cairo,
will now have to cough up $10
annually. So says <a new ordi
nance of the Council. The same
will be collected from the Gulf
people, we presume, as both com
panies peddle oil and gasoline in
Cairo.
There are several syrup com
panies in Cairo. The Honorable
City Council believes that these
concerns should help share the
expenses of the city government,
and an ordinance putting a small
tax on them, is under way. It
is said also that newspapers are
to be taxed $50.00 per year. In
that event the Council will pro
bably have two newspapers. on
its hands next year. It is sure
to get one.
Mr. W. B. Roddenbery return
ed Friday from a business trip to
Montgomery, Macon and other
points.
Mr. Ed Harrell of Cairo, was
among the visitors to Thomas
ville today.. Mr. Harrell is coro
ner of Gradv county and one of
its well known citizens.—Thom
asville Times.
The county dads of Grady were
doing business at the old stand
Tuesday. About the only matter
outside of the routine business
was the fixing of the tax rate.
They raised us “a bean” mak
ing the.rate’ this year $11.50, as.
last year.
We are printing a real news
paper this week just to show you
what we could do if Cairo mer
chants felt disposed to patronize
a newspaper. It is the busy sea
son and if our merchants will not
advertise now they probably
never will.
Mrs. W. M. Blitch of Savannah
is spending some time with her
father-in-law, Mr. E. M. Blitch.
on route 2.
Mr. K. P. Wight and family,
Mr. and Mrs. T- R. Bennett of
Camilla, and Mr. Kadar Powell,,
are at the coast, looking for .fish
Enl pleasure.
Now that the tarriff bill has
actually passed, maybe the de
pressing feeling, that seems to
hold the syrup industry in its
grip will turn loose, slink away.
About one,-fifth of the annual
output in Grady county has al
ready been contracted at 25 to 30
cents. This is not enough.
Mrs. M. J. • Ausl’ey is visit 1 ng
her mother in Tallahassee.
George Crawford left Tuesday
for Tifton to enter the agricultur
al school at that place.
Mrs. S. T. Lewis, who has
been spending sone time with
her sister, Mrs. D. F. Oliver,
has returned to her home at Mon
tezuma.
Miss Cathrinje Brown has re
turned from a vacation spent in
the mountains of Western North
Carolina.
County Treasurer E. J. Mc-
Kowan went to> Pelham Wednes
day afternoon to see his brother,
Mr. B. C. McKowan, wheisvery
ill with typhoid fever.
Mrs. J. J. Williams of Baxley,
Ga., is spending some time with
her daughter, Mrs. John F.
Stone. . s ’
Mayor W. J. Willie left Wed
nesday afternoon for Statesboro,
on business. ,
ALLUMINUM
WARE
We have now a compete stock of
PURE ALLUMINUM WARE in all staple
patterns which is the very BEST allumi-
num ware on the market. Come in and
let us show you this line. Look at our
show window.
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A full stock U M C and Winchester Loaded Shells and
Metalics ust in.
Hdwe. Go.
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Poller’s Department Store
Mr. Abe Poller, the buyer of this firm’ has just returned
from Baltimore, New York, Boston and other Eastern points.
He has bought*a magnifficient stock of goods, which are arriving
daily, and invites the public to come and see them.
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An interesting communication
from'Union came in too late for
this issue, but will keep until
our next. Please send them in
a day earlier.
Our readers will kindly . note
the new ads in this paper. The
Dixie Drug Co., of Whigham
has a new adv. on the Whigham
page; Gillmore & Turner has an
interesting half page, and Abe
Poller, the department store
man, tells you .about the big bar
gains he found while in the east
ern markets. You will always
profit by reading the store news
in thfe paper.
Judge John R. Singletary is
lust out from an illness of sever
al weeks. His friends are glad
to see him out again.
The Cairo Bottling Works have
changsd-hands again. This time
Wight & Brown. are the pur
chasers. They aie building a
home for the plant in the rear
of the drug store, a brick house
house 20 feet wide by 40 feet
long.
Mr. Billie Birown, one of our
contractors, will begin the erec
tion of a hotel at Climax next
Monday.
Conductor P. L. Bailey of the
P^. & H. and Mr. I. F. Hunt at
tended the Masonic Convention
at Boston last Tuesday.
Seed Oats. We have them.
Wight'& Browne. IL *
Misses Kate and JNell Dunn,
have returned home after spend
ing some time at Hartford, Ala.,
' v Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Grady County.
; Will be sold at court house door,
said county, first Tuesday iji Oct.,
1913, within legal hours of sale: 1-4
acre, lot 60, 19th Dis. of Grady
be tin Jed south by Pinkie Rakers’s
land; west, Thus, Wight’s; east,
Eugene Adams’; with improve-
mer ts thereon. • Said land levied
on as the property of Oliver Baker
to satisfy execution issued 17th'day
of June, 1913, from the 753 Dis.
G. M. justice court of said county
•in favor of-H. G. Turner ■ against
Oliver Baker.
This 10th day of September,1913.
*•: * R. L. Nicholson
Sheriff.
Mr. Alerson Dunn has return
ed home after spending a month
at Pensacola, Fla.