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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 «*-