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STILL AT IRK
The inquest over the‘ ^ody of
William Barnett, the negro who
was shot three miles inm Meigs
late Saturday night, lias been
continued until Wednesday. The
coroner’s jury was unable to
reach a verdict until they had
further ev dence. It seems from
the testimony that Barnett was
in front of the home of Mr. • M.
R. Cooper that night and that an
alteration arose between him and
Mr. Cooper’s son, who says that
the negro advanced on him with
a drawn knife', and that he shot
him.
The negro was said to have
been drunk according to Mr.
Cooper’s story. The matter is
being thoroughly sifted and a
verdict will be reached tomorrow
morning. The negro is said to
have borne a good reputation and
lived near Meigs on the Davis
place.
A warrant was sworn out
against the younger Cooper for
taking a pistol and he was
brought to jail here by Deputy
Rehberg, who went up there
with the Coroner.
Mr. Pittman Here.
Mr. Pittman of the Southern
Cotton Corporation was in Cairo
Monday and appointod Mr. J. T.
Sellers agent for the firm here.
Mr. Pittman talked interestingly
of the Corporation and what it is
doing, and we are of the opinion
that its work has had a good
deal to do with the high prices!
cotton. This Company is hold
ing now of this crop about 500,
000 bales off the market, and is
c mtracting for more of it every
day. See Mr. Sellers and have
him explain the matter to you.
The scheme is entirely practical
and will work if the farmers will
only give ib their confidence.
Resolutions on The
Death of Mr. Walker
Adopted by the Faculty of the
Cairo High School, Sept. 17,1913.
Whereas, we. the Faculty of
the Cairo High School, have
heard of the death of Mi-. Walk
er, the father of Miss Annie
Wilde Walker, be it
Resolved 1st. That we deep
ly regret that this great sorrow
has befallen Miss Walker, our
co-labprer.
Resolved’ 2nd. That we ten
der her arid her family our sin
cere ^vmpathy and pray God’s
blegn&s upon, them in this hour
of'irieir great grief.
Resolved 3rd. That a copy of
these resolutions be furnished
her by the Secretary of the Fa
culty. Also that the'Cairo and
Cedartown local papers be re
quested to publish the same.
R. Dorman,
D.G. Whaley,
Mary Carmichael
Lucy Seale,
Roumania Barrett
Beulah Zant, .
Susie Stubbs,
Myrtle Harris,
Addie Lou Powell;
Ida Clark.
We are printing a card from
Mr: T. J. Brtinson which explains
itself. We had no desire to err
stating the disposition of this
case. We were not in the court
room when it was passed upon.
Wo merely asked someone hvho
was in the room how the case
went, and gave the news item
according to the answer given us.
We are not interested in the case
at all—not in the slightest degree.
W e gladly give space to the card.
Editor Progress.
I see in your paper an article
with bold head lines as follows:
ruled out of court: First, let me
say that your article is a clear
out misrepresentation of the case,
and your headlines demonstrates
the spirit of the writer. Second,
there was no such case in court
as you represent.. You seek to
mislead your readers by revers
ing the case so as to make it ap
pear that it was Brunson vs Hurst.
The case was a personal attack
against Brunson personally, as
you know, charging him with
trespass and asking for $1000.00
damages. As you know the
charge claimed was abandoned in
the opening ol the case. Again,
you say it was finished as if I was
forever bound by it with no re
dress whatever. You must be
ignorant of the laws of the C. M.
Church. In the future you will
perhaps be a wiser man. Again
you seek to mislead your readers
by stating that Judge Park threw
the case out of court. As you
know the case took the regular
course. The evidence all having
been taken and the case being
ready for the jury that had been
selected for that purpose, when
the Judge in compliance with a
motion made by the attorney for
opposing side directed the ver
dict in favor of the plaintiff bas
ing his opinion on a certain sec
tion of law that states that where
a church divides that the majority
that adhere to the discipline and
doctrine of the church shall be
entitled to the property, He'fur-
ther stating to. to the jury that
according to the law of the church
those people are out, but accord
ing to the law of the State they
are in, for they are in possession
of the property, “I therefore di
rect your verdict in favor of the
plaintiff.”
IS
FOR DEATH OF WIFE
Mrs. A. L. Kelley returned
Monday afternoon from a visit of
two months to her mother at
Geneva, Ala.
Mr. Sam Harrell of .. Whigham
was in Cairo Tuesday on business.
Mr. R. W, Godwin has begun
- work on a lovely home for him
self near the residence of Mr. R.
' A. Bell. He will put §2,500 in
this home and we can say here
that the plans show a neat and
attractive building. Capt. Dunn
is the contractor.
.Rev. W. L. Wright is assisting
Rev. Mr. Anderson, the . pastor,
in a series of meetings at Calvary
this week.
Thomasville, Sept. 17.—In the
city court of Thomasville today,
G. W. Ragan, of Ochlocknee,
was awarded 810.000 damages in
suit against the Standard Oil
company.
The suit resulted from death of
Mrs. Reagan over a year ago and
she dying from an explosion of
oil as she was pouring it into a
fife in her kitchen stove. The
plaintiff sued for twenty thou
sand, claiming that the Standard
Oil agent sold gasoline instead of
kerosene and it was due to this
that the explosion and consequent
death of the plaintiff’s wife oc
curred.
The case lasted for two days
Underwood of Atlanta, and Titus
of Thomasville, were represent
ing the defendant and Mr. Rea
gan’s case was attended to by
Judge Arthur Powell and Roscoe
Luke.
Mr. J. T. Drew was in a bad
runaway Tuesday afternoon on
his way home from town, and
was considerably bruised. A
young lady riding with him, Miss
Irene Dunlap, had her co|lur bone
broken by being thrown from the
buggy.
Mr. Drew was driving a young
muleusia'y gentle. While jo
ing down a.hill the girt snapped,
and the animal became frighten
ed and begun to kick >i nd run.
Mr. Drew tried lo rein the mule
and buggy into the ditch, but the
mule was too strong for him.
He made a quick turn and the
buggy went over and Mr. Drew
and the young lady were thrown
out.
It was a bad runaway and Mr.
Drew shows that he had a nar
row escape.
Poller’s Big Sale
The Progress carries a double
page adv. for Poller’s Depart
ment Store this week. Mr. Pol
ler recently returned from the
eastern and northern markets
where he found and secured the
biggest bargains that have ever
been brought to this town. A
call at his store will convince you
that he is selling this season’s
goods of quality at this cut price
sale.
Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Wight,
Mrs. Jim Poulk and Mr. Curt
Hancock made a trip to the lake
Tuesday and caught a fine lot of
trout.
Mr. M. R. Cooper of Meigs
was a visitor to Cairo Tuesday.
T m Jones, L. R. Ferrell, Carl
Poulk, Anderson Collins and Bill
.Matthews took in the show at
Bainbridge one night recently
and are stjll talking about how.
fine it- was.
Mrs. T. R. Bennett and chil
dren arid Miss Naomi Bennett
returned Sunday from Cairo,
when they visited Mrs. K. P.
Wight. While in Cairo, they
went with a party to Spring
Creek on a fishing and camping
trip. They report a very pleas
ant stay there.—Camilla Enter
prise.
An interesting array of new
ads appear in this issue. They
are interesting and important to
shoppers: We beg that you read
them.
Have You Money
• Enough?
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Singletary
of Ochlocknee were guests of
Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Wright Sun
day.
Mrs. Charles Beal of Greens
boro is the guest of relatives here
foi a week or two.
Mrs. A. B. Cooke is the guest
of friends at Pine Park.
Will you have money enough
to meet your demands this fall?
If not you should see us at once.
We are better than ever pre
pared to negotiate for you a five
year loan on most acceptable
terms. Our connections are the
strongest and the most liberal
in dealing with their borrowers.
You should make your calcula
tions now and if you are to need
a loan at all this fall, your, appli
cation should be filed WITHOUT
DELAY in order to procure your
loan in time for your require-,
ments.
Others may get you a loan as
quickly and on as good terms,
but we doubt it. Nobody can
serve you more quickly nor on
better terms.
We lend only on improved
farms and cannot lend more
half the value. When calling to
see us bring your deeds for our
examination.
If you are thinking of procur
ing a loan this season it will be to
your interest to see us at once.
Yours very truly,
• Mrs. A. R. Oliver has returned Mr. A. T. West of Pelham is
from Atlanta where she has been now with the Grady County Furn-
studing fall styles. .1 iture Co.
Bell & Weathers
Adv,
GEORGIA, Grady County:
Notice in hereby given that tho
inidorsignur’. has applied to the Or
dinary of said-county for leave to
■•oil land belonging to tho estate of
D. W. Knowls, for tho purpose of
distribution.
$aid application will he heard at
tho regular term of tho court of
Ordinary for said county to he held
on the first Monday in Octoler
It} 18.
.1. S. Weathers,
. Administrator upon tho ostate of
1). W. Knowls.
Sheriff Sale
Georgia, Grady County:
Will he sold before the court
house door in said county, tin the
first Tuesday in October, 1913. lie-
tween the legal hours of sale, the
following property, to wit:
One Studebnker wagon one top
buggy, black body and red gear,
one bay mare, one hay horso mule,
one set buggy harness.
Levied on ns the property of A.
W. Weston in favor of Cranford
Trading Co.
R. L. Nicholson, Sheriff.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Grady County.
Will-lie sold beiore the court
house door in said county, be
tween legnl hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday October, tho follow
ing property, to-wit:
One black, blind mare mule,
named Maud, nine years old, also
one black home, 10 ycn-s old,
nnmed Lapin; one brown mule, 10
years old named Henry; one gray
horse mule, named Mack, 10 years
old; one bay horse mule 7 years
old, named Bill; one cream horse
mule 7 years old, named Tom; also
one four-mule Florence dray. Also
one 4-muio Stuclebaker dray and
harness complotc.
Levied on under a mortgage fore
closure in favor of the Citizens
Bnnk of Iron City, Gn., and
against B. M. Hearn,
R. L. Nicholson, Sheriff.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Grady County.
Will bo sold at court house door,
said county, first Tuesday in Oct.,
1913, within legal hours of sale: 1-4
acre, lot 00, 19th Dis. of Grady
b unded south by Pmkie Bakers’s
land; west, Thus, Wight’s; east,
Eugene Adams’; with improve
inerts thereon. Said -land levied
on ns the proporty of Oliver Baker
to satisfy execution issued 17th day
of June, 1913, from the 783 Dis.
G. M. justieo court of said county
in favor of H. G. Turner against
Oliver Baker.
This 10th day of September, 1913,
R. L. Nicholson
. Sheriff.
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.
W. J. Willie
Attorney-At-Law
Will practice in ail Courts, State and
Collections n specialty.
federal
Office in L. B. ’’owoll building.
Phone 711. - - CAIItO, GA.
LEWIS W. RIGSBY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office with M. L. Ledford
CAIRO, GEORGIA.
LOST.—One calf, 8 months
old. White and red spots, heifer
Been gone from my place about
about 4 weeks. Will pay reason
able reward for any information
leading to her recovery.
H. V. Redfearn, Route 3.
HORSE SHOEING
I have bought the shop in rear of
Crawford-Miller CompanyVstables. It is
my in'.e.-ition to keep on hand at all times
a first class man to do the shoeing and
will stay on the premises myself to see
that everybody has the proper attention.
I will charge the usual price for first
class work and guarantee satisfaction.
Give me a trial and be convinced.
- Yours For Business,
ROBERT DIXON
ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM*:
& ATLANTIC
The Standard of Excellence in Service
Double Daily Passenger Trains between
Thomasville and Atlanta
Night Train Service Thomasville to Birmingham
Trains leave Thomasville 7:0 A. M. - 7:30 P.M.
Arrive Atlanta 7:10 P. M, - 6:30 A. M.
Birmingham 11:50 A.M.
Train leaving Thomasville 7:30 A. M. conects
at Mane hester with train for Talladega,
arriving that noint 9:05 P. M.
Pullman Electric Lighted Sleeping
Cars on night trains
Thomasville to Atlanta
See that vour ticket reads via the
A. B. & A. R. R.
W. H. LEAHY,
General Prssenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
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A New Market with Some
thing Good to Eat.
TO THE PUBLIC:
I have purchased tho business formerly known as tho ‘‘Peo
ples’Market” and have opened up for business. I want your
trade. I am an experienced market man and will give you tho
very best that money can buy of native products. I shall fill your
-orders promptly and correctly, just as you want it filled, ami I ask
you to put me to the test.
Come in and see us and let ns get
; acquainted.
H. K. CLARK, Cairo, Ga.
Phone No.. 36.