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dy County Progress 'IKE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY. VOL. - CAIRO; GRADY rt^S*** J. L- OLIVER’S SON . Grady Coimty’s Largest Store. January Clearing Sale COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JANUARY, 29,' 1915. IS NO. 35 TO BE COMMENDED We Must Sell Winter Goods Now 1 that the first rush of winter trade is over we find that we are far overstocked. We bought too heavi ly of winter goods and we will be satisfied if we can just break even. To get this big stock off our hands we are cutting prices right and left, ' LOOK! Coat Suits and Coats almost at half price. Men’s Suits and odd Trousers one-fourth off. Milline.ry at half price. Skirts and Furs one quarter off. We can't begin to describe the bargains here, prices will give you an idea. DON’T WAIT. J. L OLIVER’S SON l These Solicitor R. C. Bell Is Back On The Job. VERDICT GIVEN CARNIVAL CO. IN MOULTRIE CASE Solicitor R.C.Bell-has returned from Baltimore, where for some weeks he has been in a sanitar ium, and where he underwent an operation the latter part of De cember, for an ear trouble from, which he had been suffering since about the middle of November. ' His hearing has been complete ly restored, and after a few mere days he will be able to take up the regular discharge of his offi cial duties as solicitor-general of the Albany circuit. Sea Island ' cotton seed for sale by, F. A. RICHTER. Card From Mayor Ledford. Cairo, Ca., Jan. 17,1915. Grady County Progress: The friend whose article ap peared in the Thomasville paper recently, and reproduced in last week’s Progress, gives me too large a share of the .credit of the discontinuance of free light and water to the Mayor, Council and other officers of the city of Cairo. While I made the recommenda tion, and did so heartily, and was impelled to do so from a source of official duty, yet it could only be put in force by the vote of Council, which they did and the credit of voting out free water and light's is due to their action. M. L. LEDFORD." • Albany; Ga., Jan. 23.--Thomas P. Littlejohn, proprietor of the Littlejohn’s United shows, was awarded a verdict ef $1,060.50 by a jury in the United States court here today for damages sustained by reason of a petition for an injunction in the states courts which prevented his carn ival company from exhibiting in Moultrie in December, 1912. The defendants are ten of Moul- tries most prominent citizens who, with their attorneys and witness es, returned to Moultrie at the conclusion of the trial yesterday on a special train The jury returned a sealed ver diet yesterday afternoon and it was'opened in court this morn ing. The defendants are Ben Dalsem, Thad Adams, W. C. Ve reen. Z. II. Clark, W. H. Barber, R. L. Stokes, C. H. Beall, VV. Vereen, J. R. Hall,- and B. A Autrey. Littlejohn . sued for 825,000. In another column of this issue a statement from Mayor Ledford relative to the artifcle in Inst week's issue r.produced from the Thomasville ^imes-Enterpriso, appears. Wei, think it commendable in t >e JViayor to give a due meed of credit to the councilmen for what they did in the niatter referred to in the article. The Progress has no criticism to make of any former adminis- ..tion of council, as the infor mation it has is that heretofore its affairs have been handled in a bus.iries3 like way, as we stated after the first meeting of coun- " which organized for 1916. We feel that the people can rest assured that the present council are going to handle the affairs of^the city in a conserva tive. economical and businesslike way and to put on such reforms and Retrenchments as will meet the depressed conditir m i. The matter of free lights and water to the Mayor, Council and other officials of the city was done bv unanimous vote of coun ts we reported in a previous issue of the Progress. This' in dicates that there is absolute har mony in the official family of the city. ^ ' . While we have taken no par ticular pains whatever to sound public sentiment yet we have heard much commendation of the acts of council in this particular, fact, the expressions we have heard on all have been like the action of council itself—unani mous in the approval of, its course. Th e efforts of council the reduction of wages and ciur- taitment ? f-expfh'es has likewise met the approval of the people ! and we predict a h'armon.ous and nijw nnimT lil OfQCIjlM successful administration. | III 11 uUUIvI III. uLuulUli II Wanted—we pay. highest cash price for chickens, eggs and all kinds of country produce, F. A. RICHTER. Grady County Shows Gain in Cotton Ginned Mr. L. C. Powell, represents tive for Grady County of. the U S. Census Bureau, gives us the information that up to the year ending Jan. 16th. there were 9.017 bales of - cotton ginned Giady County as compared with 6.028 for the same period last year, showing a gain for the year of 2,989 bales of cotton. 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, President V.-President <£’Cashier ' V.-Preaident, An Open Letter to The People: We have just received a car load of fine Tennes see and Kentucky MULES, HORSES AND BROOD MARES from the best markets of the United S tates, and we ate going to sell them at prices and on terms to suit the conditions of present times. They were Bought Right and S old Right. therefore can be If you are needing stock of any kind, and want to swap or buy, it will be to your interest to come to see us AT ONCE before the best selections are disposed of. Yours for fair dealing, R. L. Nicholson Stock Co., , Cairo, Georgia. Near the Cannon Barrel Factory. V; y*»> DEiSi Try This Penslar Creaiii. The January, term of the City Court of Whigham. convend at Whigham last Monday with His Honor, Judge John R. Singletary presiding, and Solicitor Willie and Women no longer use one. toil-1 Cl « rk McNairlookiug after their et cream for all purposes—that re ®P e< ? tlv ® ^“ ties ‘ . , is, if they are particular about Only a few cases were tried the little refinements of th* ah d,courtadjourned that after- foj | et J noon until, the regular A — OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP Hon. Frank Park, Congress man from this district has offered a scholarship to’the short course at Athens next January, .to the members of the pig club in his district who raises the largest purebred hog at the least expense. The scholarship is worth $25.00 . and enables the. winner to stay April; two weeks at Athens next Jan 1 uai’y and attend the short course n T i8 !” n ^^ ten ^: h ^:i' e ™s wa S the to^tevm of court, at the Agricultural College with ing and refreshing cream like i. , • , . e . , . Penslar Buttermilk Cerate is one kv^wh.ch.Judge Smgletary will thing: and a vanishing bleach' ^ cream, used also for protecting the skin, is quite another. scheduled and 'March- ,He will be succeeded by Hon.-, W. J, Wilie, the present.so licitor, who defeated Judge Sin gletary- in the primary and'.again D oxide Cream is a very c’aiity I in .the general election. .Col. Ira cream of the latter sort. It is Carlisle, of this place, will suc- really a dioxide cream, and con- eeed Col. Willie as Solicitor, tains oxygen. It is really a van —“—T * ishing cream—rub it on your Change In The Federal hand or cheek for a moment and] District to Help Them you will see for yourseif. . A great many women use .it The desire of the iriembers of before going into strong wind the bar of Thomasville that their or bright sunshine. Just a little county be placed in the Valdosta rubbed over the face and hands, district of the federal court does (hen duBtedevor so lightly with noc'come from any dissatisfaction the powder puff, protects the with the Albany circuit or oppo- skin against all sorts of weather, sition.to being inemded in it, but Of course it is fine—the Pen- is simply from a view piont of alar lable is never found on. any- greater convenience, it is claim- thing but the highest buality ed. products. It’s sure to please . As matters now stand, every you. Why not stop in and get s thing from Thomasvill really goes 25 cent jar next time you are to Valdosta, but all bills are first near our store. You might 1 as sdnt to Albany to be filled and well have the-best when it costs j then to Valdosta for a hearing before the referee there. This T’L /r% J ni i occasions great inconvenience to i QG Cxrady l narmacy the lawyers, and as- long as they THE PENSLAR STORE are to all intents and purposes really in the Valdsta district they Sea Island cotton seed for sale prefer to be there in reality. . by, — F. A. RICHTER. I Subscribe-for the Official paper. all expenses paid. Any buy between the- ages of ten and eighteen who will get a purebred pig may join and enter the.contest providing he complies with the rules of the club.; The following breeds may. be entered; Tamworths, Berkshires. Poland Chinas, and Dufoc-Jerseys. Grady county is one of the reg ular . pig club counties of the state and the boys should make an effort to' bring this prize to the county. Those desiring to join should give their names to the county demonstration agent, Mr. P. H. Ward, Cairo, Ga. Personals From The Bainbridge Searchlight. Miss Bertha Parker, of Whig- ham, waq in the city Saturday visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed Hay ward. Mr. N. F. Mallard, a prominent citizen of Grady county, was visiting here Wednesday morn ing. He has recently moved to Grady from Mitcheil county, p Miv C. W. Wimberly made a trip to Cairo Wednesday to visit his brother whose physisal condi tion is a source of much uneasi ness to his relatives and friends. Pay yopr subscription now. FIRST CAR OF MULES IS SHIPPER ID CAIRO. In-this issue of the Progress appears an advertisement of the R. L. Nicholson Stock Company, stating they have just received a car load of fine horses and mules. This car came in last night from Memphis, Tennessee, and those who have seen the stock say that that they are as fine animals as have ever been brought to Grady county. These mules and horses arc ad vertised to sell at prices commen surate with the times, and that means, evidently, at rock bottom prices, and they will ^also give you a good trade for yi ur stock. This is the first car load of stock that has been shipped to Cairo this year. A representative of this firm stated yesterday that their busi ness was opening up again and that they looked for good trading this year. Pelham Defeats Cairo 12 to 10. The basket ball team of the Cairo High School went up to Pel ham last Friday and met the team of th6 High School there in a game of basket ball. We regret to say that Pelham was victorious, as the above score shows, but our boys put up a splendid game and made quite a creditable showing in their first game. Bryan Bell fsr Cairo is said to have been the star player. The players for Cairo were Bryan Bell, Jeff Pope,' Alton AiTum,. Lawrence Powell, Guy Lain..,: and Clyde Laing. Those who went from Cairo to see the game were Arthur Bell. Harry Kelley. Geo. Dunn, t Tulian Roddenberry, Warren Wight and George Crawford.