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For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
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COUNTY PROGRESS, A.
farmers’ Union Plan to Move ti
Douglas.
A report is in circulation to the
effect that the state nnd national
headquarters of the Farmers Un
bn will be shortly located in
Douglas, Coffee county.
Union City, near Atlanta, was
established some years ago, as
headquarters, but it is under
wood the organizations desires
headquarters in South Georgia.
National President Barrett hat
valuable farming interests in Ba-
oon county, near Alma.
Earned on Title Commission.
Gov. Slaton has appointed Ar
thur G. Powell, former judge of
the state court of appeals, as a
member of the special commission
to investigate land title systems
and recommend to the next Gen
eral assembly a new system for
the state of Georgia.
The committee was created by
i resolution of the general assem
oly passed at the 1914 session and
onsists of one appointed by the
governor, one appointed by the
speaker of the house and one ap
pointed by the president of the
senate.
R. N. Holtzclaw, of Houston
county, has been appointed by
Speaker W. H. Burwell.
For Rent.
Nice house on a beautiful large
lot convenient to post office and
depot. Apply to John F. Stone,
Thomas Negroes To Have Fair.
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As the holidays approach the
correspondence of the fluid shops
broadens.
A Christmas gift from a
heart is more blessed than
from a full pocket book.
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Lets all resolve, and do all that
within us lies, to make this a sane
safe and sober Christmas season.
Dear delinquents, help us in
those warring and needy times,
that we may be able to help those
calling on us day by day.
If people skimped and econo
mized when times were good as
they do when they are hard,
there wouldn’t be so much hard
times.
Anyone desiring a large wall
calendar can secue one bv send
ing postage, 6 cents, to Mr. E. M.
North, A. G. P. A., A. C. L.
Ry., Savannah, Ga.
New subscribers and renewals
are coming in nicely. Every citi
zen in Grady county should take
and read the Grady County Pro.
gress. It will cost you only one
dollar a year,
One thousand and two hundred
barrels of pure Georgia cane sy-.
rup was marketed in Cairo last
Saturday and at the average price
of $10 per barrel there was some
thing like $12,000 paid out. In
addition to this amount for one
day, from 300 to 400 barrels have
been brought in every day for
several weeks past and sold at
to circulation about $3,500 a day.,
The tact is the magazines we
sell with the Progress for 25
cents extra represents the big
gest reading value ever offered
the public. Have you sent in
your order? If not, send it or
phone us today.
Some remarkable com yield-
in Georgia counties are shown in
a report of the record yields ol
each county for the years 1911,
1912, 1913 and 1914. Pickens
county this year tops the list with
the remarkable record of 227 on
one acre, grown by one of the
Allred boys. Grady shows a yield
99 bushels per acre for 1914, while
Decatur shows. 103 and Thomas
170.
For 1914 the total amount nec-
cessary to pay approved pension
claims totaled $1,123,873.81,
against $1,173,000 for 1914. There
is still due and unpaid 1914 pen
sioners the sum of $49,505, but it
is doubtful if this amount can be
paid before Christmas. The ap
propriations for Pensi ns is $1,-
070,000 and Commissioner Lind
sey is hopeful that this amount
will be adequate to pay all claims
for 1915, although his figures are
are not complete yet.
Would you like to make this
Xmas just a little different and
a little better than all others of
the past? Would you'like to feel
just a little better satisfied with
yourself? Figure up about the a-
mount of money you expect to
spend, and then send about
one-tenth or one-twentieth of the
amount to your church treasurer.
If every person in town did that
it would save the ministers a good
deal of pleading for - funds. Of
course the suggestion is rather
startling, but it would be quite in
keeping with the Christmas spirit.
Notice.
Fi Fas will be issued for all
City Taxes not paid by or before
B. M, Johnson, C. & T.
The negro population of Thom
asville and Thomas couuty has
fallen into line and will hold a
fair there the last day of Decern
ber and the first day of January,
This fair will be for the display
of the progress made by the mem
bars of the race along all lines
and prizes will be given to thosi
making the best exhibits. An ag
ricultural and Industrial paraci
was held by the negroes there
the iirst day of last January an
so creditable was it as showing
what had been done by the ne
groes there that it has been de
cided to hold a regular fair, The
Colored Farmers Association and
other bodies will be in charge of
the arrangements and will work
for the success of the first negro
fair ever held in Thomas county.
Lest you torget—we say it lest
you can get three magazines for
one year by renewing your sub
scription to the Progress. We
want all of our old subscribers to
get these magazines. We send
the Progress with three maga
zines all one year for only $1.25
Read our ad on another page.
Cairo City Court Jurors.
The following is the list of the
jury drawn at the regular Oct
Term, 1914, on the 20th day oi
said month to serve at the Regu
lar January term, 1915, of said
Court.
D. L. Williams, J. G. Rehberp,
A. U. Wilder, Wm. L. Hill, J. E.
Cobb, A. M. Holton, L. R. Fer
rell, H. G. Cannon, J. P. Pelham.
T. A. Bartiet, Harmon Harrell,
J. B. Butler, W. H. Waldron, Jr ,
H. M. Wilder, O. H. Banks, D. P
Bass, B. M. Johnson, A. G. Lew
is, A. E. Whigham, J. R. Gar
land, Sam Collins, E.O. Alligood,
T. P. Bri wn, and H. A Vanlan-
dingham.
To quiet the apprehensions of
some who may be curious and an
xious to know, it is explained that
the recent constitutional amend
ment abolishing the office of
county treasurer really is not
made effective until after the
legislature passes a special act for
each county so desiring the
benefit so provided under the a-
mendment. Hence, present coun
ty treasurers will continue in of
fice and elections be held in each
county as heretofore until the
provisions of the act are by spe
cial legislation applied to any par-
.and not compulsory.
Not much sport in spending your hard
earned cash in constant repair bills for ybur
car, is it?
Now, there are repairs and repairs
Some stay fixed, and some don’t. It de
pends largely upon who does the repairing.
We guarantee our repair
work. When we fix a car we
fix it. And the best part is
that we don’t soak you.
Yes, this may seem a mira
cle, friends, but it’s true.
(Ill MM
G. H. SASSER, Gen. Mgr.
B. H. Me MANEUS, Head
W. G. SHEPARD, Expert Electrician)
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