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VOL. 4
‘ THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY,
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY. GEORGIA/FRIDAY, APRIL, 24 1914.
NO. 39
The following is the program
which will , be 'carribd oiit in
Cairo‘s on Tuesday,. Aj)ril 28th,
celebrating Memorial daV:
10:00—Camp will meet, at
Court House;
12:00 -1)injier will be served
at City Hali to the veterans ajid
their wives.
2:00--The literary program
will begin, which is'as follqws:
invocation—Dr. Ragsdale. , ..
Chorus—Bonnie blue flag.
Reading—Memorial Day—Ina
Ledford.
Chorus—The o 1 d flag: has
never touched the ground.
Address—Capt. J. F. Stone. ,
Double Male Quartette—Tent
ing on the Old Camp Ground.
After the program the public
is invited to go to the cemetery
and be present at the decoration
of the graves.
■ Those who have ioved ones
buried at Long Branch who
were ' veterans please hu've
graves prepared and marked i
JUDGE BARBER WRITES
INTERESTING ARTICLE
STARTING HOOKWORM
CAMPAIGN IN GRAOY
The State Board of Health and
the Decatur county authorities
are no\V bringing to a close a
very successful campaign against
Despite man’s triumph over
the material world, thoughtful
men are asking questions. Is
modern progress invariably.along | hookworm in Decatur county,,
right lines. Is not human hap- This was to.have been the last
piness like a Shadow whose h veek ^ coanty but /f, the
, , request of the citizens and Coun-
ll.ght is ever m an advance of L ColVimissioners an additional
pursuit. Is not the crowning Week j ias been granted. The di
glory of an age measured by the sease is known to be prevalent in
man she rears. Grady county as well, and Dr. A.
For modern progress to reach G. Fort and Di, L. W., Hackett.
the fui^ fruition of her hopes and are in town this week preparing
dreams she must not only deve- for a campaign here to open May
lop all that is best in Religion, 6th. Dr. Fort is. Director of
Government and.Science. Field Sanitation of the . State
But she must develop true Board of Health and Dr. Hackett
men that will be a represents- is on.his way to investigate the
tiye ofthe people, by the people prevalence of hookworm disease
and for the people.. Not the in Central America for the In
classes, but the masses and re- ternational Health Commission,
move the heavy hand of depres- Thedo'ctors said that, they were
si on caused by unjust laws, ex- greatly pleased with the_hqarty
cessive taxation and class legis- co-operation they are receiving
lation. Unless, she does this from the physicians, the school
proud boast of achievement is authorities and the Board of
but a sounding brass and tink-1 County Commissioners of Grady
_ . j cymbal and the splendid county,
roady for decoration late in the - XA * d JJ ^ nn \ A , f ., P!
afternoon.
1 If you want vour cane. and
stubble cane to hump and keep
humping apply Roddenbery’s
Special Cane Guano now. Spec
ially made for the successful
growing of the sugarcane.
1 The Cairo Guano Company.
A mortgage for two hundred
million dollars has been filed for
record in the Clerk’s office, ’This
mortgage was given by the At
lantic Coast Line Railway. The
record is about a hundred, print
ed pages and will put about fitty
dollars in happy Jack’s pocket.
If you want to spend d laugh
able evening go to the School
House Friday night to. see ‘ ‘Miss
Topsy -’turvy.”
Mr. C. P. Paulk left Wednes
day afternoon for St. Louis. Mo:
“Miss Topsy Turvy,” local
play, is a comedy, from beginning
to end. School Auditorium Fri-
doy night.
Misses Lucy Sqale, Myrtle
Harris and Mr.. D. L. - Williams
visited Thomasville Wednesday.
Mr. K. P. Wight is repainting
his residence which adds to.its
attraction. He has a beautiful
he me situated upon one of the
very best lots in town.
Col. J. Q. Smith is improving
his home,.
. Dr. W. A. Walker; who is. al
ready one of the most noted sur
geons in Georgia, has gone to
Rochester, MipnV, to attend lec
tures there, and also in Chicago
at another, famous surgical In
stitute. Hh will divide titne be
tween the two institues.
1IGM GIRL MARRIES
MEMORIAL SERVICE
TO
edifice of her civilization rest on I At least 5000 people will be ex-
sinking sand. Few people real-: amined in Decatur county and it
ize how -governmental burdens is hoped that an even, larger num-
have been piling up on human- her in Grady county will respond
ity during the last 4Qyears. to this attempt on part of the
The average per capita tax 1 per county and state to stamp .out a
year for the citizen of New'York disease which occurs so widely
including city, county and teder- and is insidiously causing so
al taxes amounts to $50.00. much loss of health and efficiency
For the city of Philad dphia I throughout our state arid the
$40.00. For the city of Atlanta world.
$40.00. Dispensaries where all persons
Take the country as a whole it rece > ve T r ® e examination
is safe to say that the suburban anc * treatment will be opened by
population, which is one half of I Dr. A. .\\. Wood, in practically
the total, pays an average per every community in thiscounty
capita tax of not less than S15 beginning on.May 0th. Lectures
add the two together and we illustrated with lantern \yill be
have an average f6r the whole delivered atdispensaiy points by
country of 825 per capita. . Dr. Wood who will be accompan-
If we estimate our population ^ « m 1 croscop,st.
of ninety six million we get a to- Tbe dates of tbe n ' t
tal taxation each year of two P e ™ es wdl be given next
billion, four hundred million dol- wa f v\ , . ,, ...
, While these gentlemen are in
lars, calling the average family -\ ~ .>, ,
four persons. It means 8100 per our - coaI ‘ ty let us al take adva "'
family. ±his ever family must tage of this ~ al
- f .■ •,*, Q to have ourselves examined. This
pay e ‘ ' . work is paid for by the State and
Forihe nch who pay largely Q oun ty and is absolutely free to
in excess of these figures simply | the individual!
it on in the shape of "in
Miss Eurethra Cook and Mr.
J. A. Thompson were married at
the Methodist parsonage Sunday
afternoon at five o’clock by the
pastor. Rev. H. M. Morrison,
The bride was formerly steno
grapher for W. L. & Warren
Grice and the groom, holds a re
sponsible ^position in the depot
of the Hawkii.sville & Florida
Southern railroad* Though he
has been in IJawkinSville only a
short while he has already made
many friends, as well as his
bride, and the Dispatch and
News unites with i-hem in ex
tending congratulations aud best
wishes to the happy 'couple*.
•• Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are
now at home to their IT Tends at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. FlemisKu\—Hawkinsville Dis
patch & News.
■ Miss F.uretha Cook is the dau
ghter of Mr., and Mrs, Hester
Cook of Whigham; Ga., and has
many friends, who join in their
congratulations.
• Mr. Thompson is of Thomas-
ton, Ga.
There will be an all day sing
at Long Branch churcp, !l 1-2
miles from Cairo on the 5th Sun
day in May. The Sacred Harp
book will be used only,
a lesson conducted by Prof. F.
M, Roney of Nevvville, Ala., in
honor to, and in memory of our
old friend and brother Rev. G.
T, I-Iurst. Brother Hurst was 1 II. Robinson and J. R. White,
not only a good, preacher and So|o by Miss Ida Clark,
pastor of the Baptist church for, Reading. “TheNight Watch”
many years, but loved sacred by Miss Addie Lou Powell,
songs and taught the Sacred A vocal solo by Mrs. W. . T.
Harp book for many years,' and Crawford.,
on'y a few months before his After the program •Was corn-
death he stated to friends that pleted icecream and cake were
he . thought that the “Sacred; served by the hostesses.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
CLUB MEETS
Mesdames W. A. Walker, C.
E. Mauldin and Maxie Paulk en
tertained the Sc.iool Improve
ment Club very delightfully in
the home of Mrs. Walker last
During the day, there will be ; Friday afternoon. After a short
1u ” n — e " business meeting the following
program was rendered:
Reports from the State Civic
Federation by Mesdames W,
pass
creased prices for commodites in the bi ue ribbon,
the shape of rents for pre perty, Th „ bonded indebtedness of
and so in the last analysis it the U. S. National States, muni-
comes to the point that each in- cipal, amounts to $18,004,343.-
dividual pays his full share either 820, v add to this $6,000,000,000
v n 1 h,.k nnt i ff farm indebtedness per annum
directly or mduectlv. I an( i the 86,000,000,000 borrowed
The question naturally arises each year by business men and
as to what extent this constantly you have a total of $30,004,343,-
innrpaqimr taxation can fce Diled 820, This is an aveiage or
increasmg taxation can cepuea i 15 ^ family or $ 3 . 0 o per
up without bringing about na- cap j ta) it would take nearly all
tional bankruptcy. It is P er -1 the money in the U. S. to pay off
fectly safe to assume that public this indebtedness and yet we
debts and taxation are increas- nave one of the best countries
ing faster than the compensation on.the globe. Is there not some-
benefits t. Ihe public and this
i «*■ la nkrtnifA/i • r,j* I Th© Government is spending
tendency must b6 checked if dis- per capita ior military pur-
aster is to be prevented. While poses an( j spe nds 18c per capita
no nation is free from this charge for agriculture development per
of wastefulness in expenditure annum.
the American' Congress takes | wiJ'b^Sect-
ed?
W. D. Barber.
SSchooL Items. «
On Friday afternoon the Cairo
High School engaged the Boston
team in a base-ball game. The
results were Cairo 9 and Boston
0. Boston is considered one of
the strongest teams in South Ga.
and this shows the real strength
of the Cairo team. Laing and
Blanton fought a great pitcher’s
battle up to the sixth inning,
The sebye was 1 to 0 in favor of
Cairo. After that Blanton was
batted at will by the. Cairo play
ers. 'The features of the game
was the excellent playing of Rod-
idenbery both at bat and afield.
The school days for the pre
sent tenth grade is fast drawing
to a close., The graduation, exer
cises will be held Tuesday morn
ing and night of the twelfth,
Next Friday and Saturday the
C. II. S. team will play the Nor
man Institute team playing one
game each day. A large crowd
is urged to be present, Norman
Park being a distant town and
the expenses heavy. ,
Harp” was the best song book
printed. The friends of this old
book desire that we sing this
memorial lesson in memory of
our old brother Hurst.
The body will be called togeth
er by the president at 8:30 a. m. y
and will continue in sacred songs
till 4.30 p. r m., but the memorial
lesson will
1 p. m.,
ments. Everybody invited. ; of John Harrell.
J. E. Coker. President.
There were aboht thirty ladies
present at this meeting; The
next regular meeting will be in
the home of Mrs. W. S. Wight.
The Mitchell county Grand
Jury have returned -.a true, bill
against the Pelham Chief of Po-
befrom 11 a. m. to l&e (D. C. Campbell) charging
after which refresh- him with murder for the killing
Tax Receiver Cannon will soon
Now is the time to apply Rod- c ' ose hit books and if you have
denbery’s Special Cane Guano to not given in you had better at-
your stubbles. ! tend to this important matter be-
The Cairo Guano Company. I fore you are double taxed.
BREEDERS PURE BRED STOCK
10 BE LISTED
, T|ie Georgia State College ot Agri
culture la constantly receiving Inqui
ries from all parts of Uie Btate asking
for Information as to where to buy
purs bred stock. Whenever possible
Georgia breeders are referred to.
Doubtless there are farmers in the
state who- have pure' bred stock for
snle about whom the College has not
learned.
It Is for the. purpose of encouraging
the Georgia breeder and at the sams
time help the Georgia farmer to get
pure bred Btock. cheaply near home,
FARMERS & MERCHANTS RANK
CAIRO, GA.
Picnic at Spence
There will be a school closing
and picnic at the Spence School
house at Spence, Ga., on May
1st. Everybody is cordially in
vited to come and partake with
us. i Cool drink stands will be
run tor the benefit of the school
building.
G. W. Sweat,
J. L. Prince,
J. T. Pelham,' ■
Trustees'Spence School.
There will be a large crowd ii
Cairo on Tuesday the 28th inst.
to be present at the Memorial
service.
v
Teach your children to
save their money. Let
them handle their own
Bank account. It will
educate tjiem tc depend
Upon themselves, and
teach business methods,
which may be the foun
dation of a future for
tune.
MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK
W. T; Crawford, Pres. . Thos. Wight, V-Pres.
, J, E. Forsyth, Cashier.
One. of the 3,500 houseless. Baptist Churches in the South.. This group
worships at an old saw mill in New Mexico
. P. Jarhagln r Professor of Animal Husbandry, Ga. State College Agriculture
to save freight cost, that this request
is made for- the names of all who have
such stock l’or sale:
Not only the name and address
should ho given, but also the number,
kind and full Information. No-near-
pure bred need he reported, as it.is
the purpose to obtain Information only
for those who,,want to buy pure bred
The college will gladly bring, the
breeder and buyer together In,,this
way, and whenever possible pass, upon
the quality of the animals offered ,hy
the breeders, ' •: ;
Do your Trading at
Morris Pincus Big
ISiiiS
Whigham, Georgia.
GOOD BANKING CONNECTIONS
Have you ever thought what advantage GOOD BANKING CONNEC
TIONS would givo you in handling your business.
The OFFICERS of this hank are ready at all times to give you their
assistance in any mutters that come before you, and to help you in every
way possible for them to do so.
The advantages of a checking account are numerous, you will always
find it safer to pay ail your bills by check on this bank, we keep a cor
rect record of all checks that are drawn on our bank and if at any time
during the years to come you should want to know anything about ii
check that you hove,‘drawn on us, our:records will give you this infomia
tion.
Come to see us when you are in town—Our Bank a Iways
welcomes you and it matters not whether your account is
iarge or small you will always receive courteous treatment at
our hands.
CITKENSBANK
W. S. Wight, j
; President *
WIT Searcy, H. G. Cannon,
Vice President & Cashier Vice President