About The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1915)
The Grady County Progress INK OFFICIAL OROAN OF GRADY COUNTY. VOL 5 CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY. 15, 1915. LYCEUM AlTR'uip FOR NEXI lObum. Next Wednesday night at the Auditorium th'e local company' who are guaranteeing the Ly ceum course will present Miss Es telle Gray, Miss Florence Craw ford and Mrs. Margaret Gray as the next attraction. Miss Gray is said to be a violin ist of high rank and .critics have recognized her as being c ne of the best now appearing before the public Miss Crawford is a pianist of marked ability and has won ad miration wherever she has ap peared. Mrs. Gray, who always travel with her daughter, is a fine read er and has won success in this line. The following will give a bet ter descriptive sketch of these entertainers: Min Gray's success baa been in- ■tantansoua and universal. Although ■ atlll but a girl, she has gained a rec- ognlaed position aa a legitimate artist «T high rank. Miss Gray gave her first violin re cital when ten years old, at which time she played the Mendelssohn Concerto. Sven at that early age the San Fran cisco critics recognized her individual ity. From early childhood she has won a series of scholarships that has given,- hur an opportunity to study under the greatest masters of the west, New . York and Europe. ? Miss Gray plays with a warmth of tone and a freedom of bowing that gre masculine In breadth and yet with feminine charm. She Is distinguished for her unconscious graciousness ol manner and simplicity as much as for her merit as an artist Miss Florence Crawford, pianlste ol this company, has remarkable ability Mhe rapidly won.favor in New York, where abe studied and played In con- TO BREAK UP ESTELLE FRANKLIN GRAY. cert, appearing several times with the Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been ' before the public for many years and plays with brilliancy and buoyant mu sical feeling. She astonishes her au diences wtth her strength, endurance ■mi her manipulation of difficult and rapid passages. Mrs. Margaret Gray always travels ■ with her daughter. Mrs. Gray Is a reader of great ability and has won success from east to west . She la a great favorite with audi ences and gives readings with music, spoken gongs or character delineations at the option of the local siinsgsmsnt Hog stealing has become so prevalent of late it) certain parts of Grady county that it has be come almost unendurable. In order to check this, several citi zens met in the eitv on Monday and decided to offer a reward of ■*25 for proof sufficient to convict any one bt-the offense. The originators of this move ment are determined to put a stop to this nefarious practice. Where sufficient evidence is se cured, cases will bephshed to the limit. Information in regard to this may be obtained from D. F. Oli ver, Treasurer, or from any mem ber of the as'ociation Every honest citizen is asked to co-operate in this movement. Grady County Ginning Report The amount of cotton ginned in Grady county this season up to January 1st. was 8.663 as aginst 5,970 up to this time last year. This is the report made bv Mr. L. "C. Powell in charge f ti e ginning record of G.rv-y county for the Department of Census. Millinery Store Chinjes Haite. Mrs J. H. Spence, the well known Milliner, of ThomasviHe and who has Millinery stores located at some other places in Georgia, has bought the Mc Kinnon Millinery business here, and the many friends of Miss Julia Stanaland, will be glad to note that she has. come to take charge of the business, The new firm is daily receiving their new. goods, and they will soon liave a full house.and doing an up-to-date millinery business.' Mrs. McKinnon, has given the people of Boston entire satisfac tion in the millinery business and her many friends regret to know that she has retired, but; glad to know that Miss Julia comes to fill her place.—South Georgia Home. Jackson To Hang To-day Friday. Fleming Jackson, convicted of the murder of deputy sheriff Will Griner at a term of Mitchell Superior Court held on the 22 day of December, will pay the penal ty on the gallows for his crime at Camilla Friday, January 15th. New Enterprise for Whigham. In this issue of the Progress we are publishing an application for charter of the Georgia C rate & Manufacturing Co., of Whig- ham, which is being organized by some of the' leading business men of this enterprising city. The capital stock of the corpo ration will be ten thousand dol lars, and they expect to manu facture crates and baskets of all kinds. This plant, when erected, will give employment to many people and will be quile a help to this city. We congratulate our sister city on this enterprise and wish the promoters much success. 1910 1911'"' 1912 1913 1914 CITIZENS BANK Cairo, Georgia. Safe, Sound and Progressive We offer you a -safe place to leave your money. We are Progressive tempered with Conservatism. Any busi ness intrusted to our care will have careful personal atten tion. Open an account with us today and be satisfied W. S. WIGHT, W. H. SEARCY,. ' H. G. CANNON. Prejident Y,-President & Cashier V.-President, MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IR REGULAR SESSION. Members present: Thos. Wight, S. J. Norton, D. P. Ward, H. Mitchell, T. W, Faircloth and Arch Harrell. Minutes of last meeting read atid approved, On motion the special committee to investigate the poor farm leported that they found,everything very satisfactory, the report was accepted and the committee discharged, On motion the special committee appointed to investigate the claim of Mrs. Lentou for d images in the south Cairo district repor ted that according to measurements her lands were not effected by the cutting of the piece of roati, therefore the Board declined any payment for damages. On motion a short piece of road in the south Cairo district thru the place of J. I. Gandy’s is ordered changed and placed on the land line between the lands of J- I. Gandy and the Minnesota Co operative land Co. On motion the Clerk is instructed to draw a warrant for $100, the usual annual donation to the Georgia Industrial Home, at the rate of 550 for each Grady county child in the Home for year 1914. On motion'Henry Mitchell was appointed as a committee to in vestigate the condition of David Cannon and family and to give such assistance as he deems necessary, and to make report at next board meeting. s On motion the bill of Dr. j. F. Webb for examing the body of H. P. Powe for $20 was deemed unnecessary and bayment of same Declined. , On motion the tax collector was instructed to correct an error in the taxes of Mrs. D. A. Hendry, said taxes having been collected on *500 worth of property ancl-.it should have been on S300 worth of property. On ni vtiph the board agrees with the Meigs Lumber & Mfg.Co. i bat $650 (>er mile for the fqjl®vlng mileage of tram road owned by the sai>. lumber county- for return for taxation-: For 1908 i t 2 mil® For 1912 5 mile - “ 1909 ' 11-2 “ 1913 8 “ “ 1910 2 - 1914 10 ‘ V 1911 -12 “• And the tax collector ^, requested to accept the.se returns for taxa tion without- interest On motion the board agress with the Meigs Lbr & Mfg Co that 50 per cent without interest on lumber leases owned by said lumber company is a fair valuation and the tax collector Is hereby request ed to accept the following figures for the respective years at50 per cent without interest: For the year 1908 $ 500 00 worth of leases. 1909 1250 00 3000 00 8790 00 456i)00 5015 00 8567 00 ',■ “ On motion the report of T W Faircloth regarding a change of a public road in the Higdon district was accepted and the change will not be made at present. On motion the chairman was instructed to have the county books audited for the past two years or from the last audit to date as soon as is convenient at a price’not to exceed $150. On motion the matter of J T Sellars wanting to tap a waste water sewer to the court house was referred. to t.ie chairman to make a report at next meeting. On motion .the payment-of a claim of W G Martin’s for damages, to an automobile fpr ruhhihg into a tree in the Lime . Sink district was declined. On motion the-claim of T J Whitfield for damages.to his auto mobile was referred to Henry Mitchell to be reported on at next meeting. On motion W M Walker was elected road superintendent for the Duncanville district for the year 1915. On motion R. J. Brinson was elected Road superintendent for the Lime Sink district for the year 1915. On motion G W Connell was elected road superintendent for the Spring Hill district for the year 1915. On motion E L Maxwell was elected road superintendent for the Higdon district year 1915. On motion C H Mize was elected road superintendent for the Spence district for the year 1915. On motion J T Booth was elected road superintendent for the Raegans district for the year 1915. On motion J H Collins was elected road superintendent for the south Cairo district for the year 1915. By ballot R E Clay was elected road superintendent for the Pfne Park district for the year 1915. By ballot W A Skipper and B H Belcher were elected road su perintendents for the Whigham district for the year 1915. By ballot Tom E Willis was elected road superintendent for the Blowing Cave district for the year 1915. B.v ballot R B Belcher was elected road superintendent for tike West-North Cairo district for the year 1915. By ballot W M Prince was elected road superintendent for the East-North half of Cairo district for the year 1915. On motion the county printing ftr 1915 was granted the Grady County Progress at th j rate of $4 50 per month as agreed to in their writen application. -■ On moti mDrTJ Arline was elected county physician for the year 1915 under the same contract as for the year 1914. On motion D P Ward. Arch Harrell and Thos Wight were ap pointed a« a committee to investigate the work of the free labor gang with power to act ot take such steps as they deem necessary. On motion the following bills were read and ordered paid. Henry Mitchell one day extra as commissioner... $ 3.00 DP Ward 3 “ . ” 9 00 Arch Harrell 2 “ “ . 6 00 fhos Wight ' 9 “ ‘ 27 00 'JTW Faircloth 4 “ " 12 00 S J Norton 2 “ “ ....600 AS Singletary cutting trees from road Pine Pnak district 50 J H Collins road work South Cairo district. 4 55 “ com on road tax “ 25 Ohapman-Logue Hhrdwn e Co. tools, etc. for Camp No 3 ...3 50 Calvary Supply Co., coffin, burial robe, etc., for A1 Frazier...24 60 D P Ward paid for road work Pine Park dist . ....1 00 C E Stringer Hay fbr road mules ; .46 03 S J Norton repairing culverts. B .owing Cave dist. .AA—2 50 W J Willie, city-cour.t cost of‘convicts, to be divided between Sil cito’-, Clerk - nd Sheriff ___120 00 Farmers & Merchants Bank, loi; bills paid in December.... 362 27 Standard Oil Co. gasolene for county .......16 10 Farmers & Merchants Bank, interest on county warrants... ...95 17 The Citizens Bank . “ 102 74 Cai-o I a iking Co “ 82 17 P H Herring express and postage on anti toxin — 34 W A Skipper commissions on road tax, Whigham district 75 RBBelcher “ Duncanville dist........ 60 CITY COURT TO The January term of the City Court of Cairo will convene next Monday, the 18th, with His Hon or, Judge John R. Singletary, presiding, and Solicitor W, J. Willie looking after the county’s interest, together with Clerk McNair and Sheriff Carr looking after their respective duties/ The docket is a very heavy one and court will probably be in ses sion for several days. Next week we will give a full account of the cases disposed of. The following is the list of. the Jury drawn at the regular Oct. Term, 1914, on the 20th day of said month to sorve at the Regu lar January term, 1915, of said Court. D. L. Williams, J. G. Rehberg, A. U. Wilder, Wm. L. Hill, J. E. Cobb, A. M. Holton, L. R. Fer rell, H. G. Cannon, J. P- Pelham, T, A. Bartlet, Harmon Harrell, J. B, Butler, W. H. Waldron, .Tr , 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. Br wnf and H. A V&nlan dingham. The Progress contains oh anoth er page this week a story telling ot President Wilson’s successful efforts in thwarting the Jingo Agitation and turning it into a movement to strengthen our de fenses. Everybody is interested in this vital question. Notice to Confederate Veterans. Every member belonging to Camp Grady, No. 1650, is reques ted to meet with us at the court house at 2 o’clock, p, m. on Tues day, .Jany. 19th, next. 1 J. W. Clifford, Capt. Com. E. A. Parrish, Adjutant. Mr. J. W. Southall of Quincy, Fla., was here yesterday. Mr, Southall is prepairing to move his family to Cairo in a few days. [Conti, 1 on page 5,J Just the Thing for the Skin These Wintry Days. A soothing, penetrating cream that heals and softens , the skin, removes all roughness, and at the same time improves and beauti fies the complexion—that is what you need such days as this. And that is just why we want you to know about Buttermilk Cerate. It is made from pure butter milk combined with bland vege table oils and every ingredient is wholesome and nourishing to the skin. Yet it is quickly absorbed and is not jr-rcasy. Ever since we first offered it. we have heard the most sincere praise of its goodness—but not a single word of complaint. Pqstively, Penslar Buttermilk Cerate is our finest and most sat isfactory toilet cream, unequalled as an application for r6ugh chap ped skin, as a beatifying skin cleanser, and for massaging. Snow-white, delicately scented, and handsomely packaged, it ap peals to refined folk. Try it and learn for yourself that Penslar Buttermilk Cerate is just the thing to keep your skin clear, soft and smooth. Tubes 25 cents; large jars, 60 cents. The Grady Pharmacy THE PENSLAR STORE NO. 33 MAYOR AND COUNCIL DECLINE FREE SERVICE. At 7 o’clock Tuesday night the newly elected Mayor and Council fer the years 1916-16 met at the Clerk’s office, and the new eoun- cilmen were sworn in by Mayor Ledford, who had previously ta ken the oath, and the body for mally organized. The following officers were el ected for the term: Joe Nicholson, Chief Police. W A. Horton, Night Police. Rube Jones. Street Supt. and Sanitary Inspector. The salaries of the Chief of Police and the Night Policeman were reduced from fifty to sixty dollars per month as was also the salary of the night man at the plant, and instructions were giv en to reduce the pay ot laborers on the streets and about the light plant. Mayor Ledford read his mes sage to Council, which is publish ed below, and also stated that he wanted to see the recom.rjenda- ions proposed at the recent mass meeting carried out, and that he would refuse lo accept free wa ter and lights, as has heretofore been the custom, as a gift, or for compensation and asked that the members of Council join him in this refusal. All of the members heartily joined in this and it was ordered that his message in full be spread upon the minutes. The Mayor and Council have started off in a very harmonious and business like manner and we look for an economical and pros perous administration. The Mayor’s message to Coun cil was as follows: To the Mom hern of the City Council of Cairo; ’ '' Gentlemen: It is with pleasure that I take up the duties with you of oux prog-ros- slve and growing little city. While it In not a position I sought, yet; since my fellow citizens of our city have seen proper to placo this responsibil ity on me, I am glad that you five men or business experience and of high personal integrity are associated with me and each equally bears a share of the responsibilities of ad ministering ou(; municipal affairs. I shall not burden you with any at tempted message or long outline of details of WilliL we should or should not do, but, I thought, perhaps, It. migh he permiflsable for me toWnako just a few suggestions lo you at, this our first meeting of council for the year lfllfi. Our fellow citizens of the City of Cairo met In mass meeting and gave expression as to their desires as to how certain public matters pertain ing to the municipal government of Cairo should bo handled. I bellcto we wore all personally present, par ticipating and acquiescing In what was then done, and we are honor ably bound to take those expressions us our guide In the performance of our particular duties on the ques tions covered by the resolulions puss- ed. I am informed that, you hive by proper action disposed of one matter which was referred to by tho maos meeting and that is the matter of lotting a franchise for a telephone system In the city. My information is that you have placed about this franchise proper safeguards for the protection of the citizens of the city and I trust that the improvement in service, which I have recently no ticed, will continue. As to the matter of sewerage, E understand you have had a survey made and a report made of same to you. I am not sufficiently inlorme.fi now as to the nature of said report as to give any expression of opinion as to what is the duly o" council in the premises. I feel it our duty to pro -cod with out delay to secure an auditor upon the best terms consistent, with good business to audit tho books of the city for such period as you mry deem proper. I have some correspondence with two of the leading auditing com panies of the south which I. am now ready to submit to you for your in formation. As we are bound under our obliga tions in assenting to -hese resolu tions to publish the,.Income and «*-
