About The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1915)
,„moi COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRU, W THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS. THE OFFICIAL PRINT SHOP OF GRADY COUNTY. ,B'KN F. PfcRRY & SON, PropriotoiM, _!J* . . — BEN F, PERRY, Jr., Editor Enloved iih matter o( the second oias3 at the Cairo, Georgia, Tost Office, under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $ 1 .CO a Year; GO cents for 0 Months; 25 cents for Three Month ADVERTISING RATES: Most Reasonable and Made Known Upon Application. CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA. MAY 21st 1915. Second District College . Commencement Now On- The Commencement Exercises of the Second District Agricultur al School at Tifton will begin, to morrow, lasting through’ iiext Tuesday. The following program will be carried out: Class Night—Saturday evening S:45 o’clock. •Sermon—Sunday afternoon, 3:30 o’clock. Annua! Debate—Monday morn ing, 9:30 o’clock, General Inspection—Monday at all hours. Alumnae Banquet—Monday ev ening, 8:00 o’clock. Graduating Exercises—Tuesday morning, 10:00 o’clock. Barbecue Dinner—Tuesday at noon. Meeting of Trustees—Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Daniel Iverson, of Tifton, will preach the Commencement Sermon. Mr, Walter R. Sumner, of Sylvester, will deliver the lit erary address Fifteen young men .and five young women will receive ‘diplo mas. This is the largest class in the history of the school. Those from Grady county who are in the graduating class are Mr. John Bell, of Cairo, and Mr John Williams and sister, Miss Carrie, of Calvary Dr. J. B. Warned, of this place is one of the trustees of this col lege ana he will go over Tuesday to attend this meeting, Quite a number of former stu dents and relatives and friends Tax Assessors in Session. The board of county tax as sessors, composed of Messrs J. F, Forester, K.Powell and Jim Van- landingham, has been in session at the court house the past few days going over the returns made to Tax Receiver Cannon. The board last year raised the returns on quite a lot of property and put several hundred acres on the digest which heretofore had not been returned for taxes, but it is thought the raise this year will not be as great as it was last year. City Tax Books Open. The City tax books are now open. Those who haven’t given in their taxes will please call at the City Hall and do so at once, J. II. Connell, Clk. & Treas Tired Creek Singing Convention to Meet. The members and friends of this singing convention are here by notified that the date of the meeting has been changed from the first Sunday in May to the fifth Sunday in Mav. The con vention will last only that day and will be held at Union Springs church 4 miles north of Whigham and everyone is cor dially invited to attend. Several from here will go to Quitman next Tuesday to attend the Give Stock Meeting. A big day- is promised all who go, of those graduating will"attend) Mr. W. H. Searcy was in Al- the exercises. bany on business last Tuesday. Whigham items Mr. W. II. Peebles spent last week in Waycross and Moultrie. Miss Susie Mills spent Saturday and Sunday With her sister, Mr?, Alexander, in Quitman. Mr. and Mis. 1). D. Perkirf were in Thomasville on business this week.. Mrs. Max Brown returned to her home in Valdosta Sunday af ter spending a while with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. t). Dar- sey, near town. Miss Jessie Parker and Mrs S. P. Swicord spent Monday eve ling in Cairo. Mr. Will Crawford, of Cairo, was in town Tuesday. Col. Custer, of Bainbridge, was in town Saturday. Misses Veda.lones.of Sale City, Grace VanLandingham and Jewel Dekle, of Cairo, spent the week end with Mrs. A. L. Harrell.’ Mr. Charlie Jones is quite sick at this writing. Mrs. Adams, of near Pelham, is spending n few days with her father, Mr. Hollingsworth, who has been quite sick for the past week with rheumatism. Miss Malissa Wilburns spent Friday in Cairo and attended the picnic. M. L. Powell, of Cairo, was here Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Harrell and children attended 'Lhe pienic£at Cairo Friday. Misses Marie Jones and Marie Swicord shopped in Cairo Satur day evening. MOORE-KEITII Miss Pearl Moore and Mr. Geor ge Keith, of Tampa, Fla., were quietly married Sunday morning by Rev. Christopher at Mr. Tom Diiggar’s where Miss Moore has been boarding while teaching school near there. The happy couple left at once ( for Tampa where they will make their home. The Progress joins their hosts of friends in wishing for them long life of sunshine. - WHEN ARE YOU GOING? Panama, Pacific, California Expositions or any of the Conventions on the Pacific Coast ? Let the ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTIC RAILROAD aid you in planning your trip. Definite information given as to cost of trip. Write me when and where you want to go, mention number of days you can devote to trip. Ask us about Personally Conducted All Expenses Paid Tours. ’ W> W. Croxtori, G. P. A., 613 Austell Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. , E. M. Fleming, Ticket Agent, Thomasville, Ga,' ^fERE you ever in a first class cannery? The dexterity, the speed, the cleanliness of the whole process is amazing. Some of the K preparation of the vegetables or fruits is done by busy hand^ 1 but most of it is accomplished by machinery. We carry only the output of the best canneries. That means you get only high class canned goods, White & Stringer, Cairo, Ga LEGAL AOS FOR Sheriff’s Sales. Georgia, Grady County. Will be sold . before the court house door in the town of Whigham said state and county on. the first Tuesday in June 1915, within the legal hour of sale to the highest bidder for cash at public outcry the following de scribed property, to-wit: All fumituit! Consisting of h'Atli- ■br goods and hnKdwnru and haul wood, fixtures and everything nmv. in the brick .building, occupied by the Wliiglnun Furniture Co., in the town of Whiglvim. Property found and being in posessioiv of D. G. McNair and N, F..tones, do ing business as t he Whiglmni Fur niture. Co. Lev.ioil on and to satisfy a distress warrant issued from the justice Court of the 720th District, (■}. M. Grady county, Georgia, in favor of the Town of Whigham vs. aid Whigham Furniture (jo. This 3rd day of May, 1916. W. A. Carr, ShcrilT. Notice About Sprinkling Lawns To all flat rate water cons ers: Remember the city ordinance prohibiting the city water being; used on lawns-, yards and gar-; dens more than one hour per day.' The hours are 6 to 7 o’clock from May 1st to September 1st and. 5 to 6 o’clock from September 1st to May 1st. Mayor and council require strict observance of this ordi? nance. U. A. Clifford, Supt. Will he sold at the court horse door in Grady County, Georgia on the first Tuesday , mi Junes, 1915, within the legal hours of sale, Ur wit: A certain parcel of land in the city of Cairo, fronting on the south side of the A. C. I,. R. R. Co light of way 131 feet, and also fronting oh the. north side of Cen- tial Avc. li!l-feet and being 177 1-2 feet wide on the cast side an'd ISO 1-2 feet wide on the, west side and hounded on the east by lands of B F. Powell estate and on the west by lands of T. S. Copeland, the same being the'lot where the South Geoi- gia Syrup Co,, has a building and operates a Syrup canning business, said tract containing three-fourths acre, more or less. Also all the fol lowing personal property, at the same time and place, to-wit: T wa ter rump, one 15 h. p. boiler, oi e lOh. p. Atlas make steam' engine, 5 syrup v.ats With, piping and fix tures, 3 soldering machines with all fixtures, 11-2 spools of solder, 448 gyriip bai-rellshTtruck, Jl pair ol scales, 1 block and tackle, 1 crane for elevating syrup, and about fOO empty syrup cans. Said property levied on ns the property of the South Georgia Syrup Co. to satisfy an execution issued on the 26th day of April, 1915,.'from the City Court of Cairo, Grady County, Georgia, in favor of T. S, Copeland vs. the said'South Georgia Syrup Co. This the 5th day of May, 1915. W. A. Carr, Sheriff, Grady County Georgia. Sacred Harp Convention to Meet The send annual session of the southwest Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention will be held at the Baptist church in Reno oh the fifth Sunday and Saturday before in May, the 29th and 30th: A basket dinner will be served on the grounds both days and two games of ball are scheduled to be played on this day. The P. & H. will run a special - train on the morning of the 29th from Cairo, which will leave here at 10:30 a. m,, and return late in, the afternoon. The round trip rate fr am Cairo is 50 cents, Gra dyville 35 cents, Cranford 30 cents, D'arsey 25 cents, Calvary 25 cents. All lovers of good sacred songs are invited. If is expected that dinner will be on the grounds each day. J. E. COKER, Pres. “MONEY” — The mint makes it and under the terms of the Continental Mort gage Company you can secure it at 0 per cent, for any legal pur-, pose on approved reab estate. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will co operate With you PETTY & COMPANY, 1419 Lytton Bldg , Chicago Children Cry for Fletcher’s Application for Guardianship Georgia, Grady County. Dr. S. E. Sanchez a resident of Thomas County, State .of Georgia,' having duly applied to be appointed guardian of the nerson ancl property of Polly Pyles, a minor under the age of’fourteen years, resident of said-Cbunty, Notice is hereby giv en that said application wifi be pass ed on at the next Court of Ordinary for said County .to be field on the first Monday-in-June-, 1916. Witness , my. band • and official signature, this 6th day of May,1915. P. H; HERRING, Ordinary of Grady County. FARM LOANS t We wish to announce the fol lowing interest rates on five year farm loans, taking effect on and after April 1st, 1915: Qn loans under $1000 7 1-2 per cent. ’ ' On loans from $1000 to $2000 7 per cent. On loans from $2000 to $5000 6 1-2 per cent. On loans of $5000 .and above G per cent. Loans at these reduced rates will be made only to the best men on well improved farm lands. Barrow Loan & Abstract Company Pelham - - Georgia The IClnd. You llavc Always Bought, and which lias been ia use for over 30 years, has borne the signature ot "j? and has been made under his per- /l? sonnl supervision since its infancy. '■&Lat £ ?y^e6Cc/uM Allow no one to docelvo you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Cnstorlft is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleasant. 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