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The Grady County progress VQL.‘ 6 ~ I: V- XU.Halr 1 IE CFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY. CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18. 1915. NO. SPECIAL! Another Mew Lot of FIV DOLLARS. Higdon-Herring Company, “MERCHANDISE OF QUALITY" 1THOUSAND PEOPLE OWE US ONE DOLLAR EACH. MoYe than one thousand people owe us $1.00 each. —We peed the money. Persistently v.o have striven to give these people a good raper every week—and charged them less than two cents per week—and they have jn>i;lecte:l to pay even this amount. I lc is neglect-- people have a habit of neglecting subscriptions— some seem to I'eel that an ediim never needs what is due him. We I need went is due us and need it badly. We know, too, thnt when i .vo send you 02 papeis that wo have earned your dollar, just the 'sameas when the groeoryman sends his something to eat. We would appreciate it if omjj of ydh delinquents would pny j iw your dues—it would hurt no oiie-vbut d.< us great good. ' Week | after week we labor to give you a good piper and week after week j you neglect to pay ns for it. • if we neglected y ou as you do us. you would be in the of lice every day to s<e "what is the matter with nty paper.” Come in and-pay something- to show ukVoqr '‘heart is right. It takes m n’ey to run a newspaper anti we earn eye y c nt 11 at we charge you. Yon get. a good dollar’ .-worth, t hen why not. pny? Two cents a week is all wo ask and anybody can pay that; Two ceti's a week is n big thing tons, for wc> have so many, (if we can get. the money J Up as square with us as wo-,have with you, wo have given you a good dollar’s worth, now come on and give us the good doliar. Don’t put i.s oil’, put come to the office today, and pay us what you are duo or send us check or money order TO-DAY. Judge E. E. Cox Operated • . f On For Appendicitis. “Reports'today from the Phoe be Putney.Memorial Hospital are to the effect that Judge E. E. Cox, if the Albany circuit super- i or court, w ho was opera ted on yesterday for appendicitis, is do ing just as .well as could be hop ed for; that his present condition indicates a rapid recovery, which will be gratifying news to his mauv friends. ” The above from the Albany Herald of Saturday will be t ead with regret by the many friends of Judge Cox in this section but they are glad that he stood such a successful operation and is get ting along so nicely. Judge j^ox was holding court at Morgan $ Calhoun county when he Was taken ill on Thursday of last wee£ and the Judge of the city court of Morgan presided* in his place for the balance of the week. •'■■■ Judge Cox’s many friends over the circuit-wish for him a speedy return to health. WHIGHAM ITEMS. Mrs. H. F. Smith and little Miss Dorothy Dickerson returned Tuesday from a several days vis it to Mrs. Smith’s sister, Mrs, H. A. Logqe, at Madison, Fla. Miss Hollingworth and brother ‘ofValdosta, are visiting their father, Mr. Jim Hollingworth, in north Whigham. Miss Atnie Pie, o'; Madison,Fla is the gtoest of Mrs. G. B. McEI- •vy, this'week. Col. Terrell spsnt -Monday in Some One Should Enter This Contest From Grady. H. G- Fastings, the Atlanta seedsmai, h s offered a scholar ship in the J. A, Knapp School of Country Life to the Georgia boy who has distinguished himself in practical agriculture, or to some country teacher, faun demonstra tion agent, canning club ..rganiz er, county school superintendent, rural school supervisor, or other ural worker, who has aeheived success as a community organiz er. •>. Notice that Mr. Hastings had offered such a scholarship has been received by state superin tendent Brittain from the George Peaboi y College for Teachers of Nashville, Tenn. The scholar ship.is valued at $101) per year and becomes available at the op ening of the fall term in October. It is to be awarded on nomina tion of the state school superin tendent and state director of the Boys’ Corn Clubs, Phil Campbell. They'are now ready to receive applications for this scholarship and will make their nominations July 20th. GRADY’S REPRESENTATIVE VISITORS ARC PLEASED WANTS PURCHASING ft Judge W. D, Barber was a re cent visitor to Pelham and in an interview with the editor of the Journal at. that place, is quoted as follows: “Judge tV. D. Barber, repre sentative.elect from Grady caun ly; was in the city Saturday and gave expression to some of thej. what j ie gaw _ plans which he has in mind to try | j n an interview to put through when he Mr. J. W. Knight, a wealthy and prominent citizen of North Georgia, residing at Cartersville in Bartow- county, was a recent visitor to Cairo and Grady county. While here Mr, Knight was shown over a pnrt of our city by the Progress editor and he was more than charmed with NOTICE. If you have a farm to of- fei at a bargain, see me at once. M. G. McManeus, Cairo, Ga. Mias Ruby Thorpe, of Climax, is spending a few days with Miss Hollingsworth in south Whigham. Miss Myrtle . Bush and lite’e brother, of Colquitt, spent the week end with Miss Ruby and Master Carl Chambers.' Mrs. Patterson mgde a business trip to Milltown this week.- Mr. B, H. Simmons, of States boro, was the guest of Mr. Wal ter Quinn last week. Mrs. P. E. Dorsey spent Mon day in Cairo. ' - Mrs. J. H. Spence, of Thomas • vine', was in town Tues'dav. . Miss Lillian Trapnell,.of 'Met ier, is the guest of- Miss Alma uinn. Miss Annie Bell.returned home last week from the G. N. & college at Milledgeville. Rev. I. K. Chambers made a business trip to Thomasville last Tuesday.: Mr. J O. Williams spent a day or so in Tallahassee last week. Col. Sam Cain, spent the week end in Alabama with Ivomefolks Mesdames Willie and Forsythe of Cairo; spent Thursday with Mrs. Walter Quinn. Dr. W. E. Simmons, of Metter, is spending^, few days with Mr. Jind Mrs.' Tom Maxwell near town. . . Miss Lena Belcher spent Tues day in Thomasville. having den tal work done. Mr. Lias Harwell spent several days at Madison., Fla.,- With his daughter, Mrs. Abb Logue. The younger society- set enjoy ed a trip to Lime Sink Monday evening. We invite you to look' at our Va nous lawn mowers; We can (it y< out in any siz? and the low price will -surprise vou. Come _ to i< them. Wight Hardware Co, meets with the legislature in Atlanta the latter part of this ffionth. This is Judge Barber’s first term and judging from his ex pressions he intends to be an ac tive member of the legislature. Tt may seem superfluous to the uninitiated to draw a distinction as to active members of the leg islature, but to the observant one it, is apparent, that many of those who go to the General Assembly do not even profess to he active or even very much interested ip legislative matters. Grady’s representative is nurs“ ing as his pet scheme a local hill to provide fora purchasing agent whose duties it would be to pur chase all of the supplies for the county, and especially the sup plies for the convicts and road working crews. He contends that such an officer disinterested and not connected with any mercan tile concerns would be able to save to the county from 15 to 20 per cent, upon its purchases, basing his estimate as to the sav ing in a measure upon the ma ture opinions, of practical busi ness men-who have given some thought to the subject. Judge Barber also contemplat es rearranging the commissioners districts of Grady county so as to give a commissioner to the Spen ce district. Another bill he is contemplating is one abolishing the office of county treasurer. Another of his plans is of state wide interest in that it is to pass a bill providing for a constitution al amendment making possible a combiningof the offices of tax re ceiverand tax collector, so that by local legislation any county can combine these two offices and fix the compensation-.” J. L. Oliver’s Son Grady County’s Largest Store Millinery and Mens Straw Hats. We must clear away if possible everv hat in our-Milli nery Department and etery'straw Hat in our Mens partments^ * ° Iff are goin £ to eut Prices in both de- MILLINERY—Every Hat One-Fourth Off. Fire Alarm Signals. The fire alarm signals reeom mended by the Fire Department and adopted by the Mayor and Council are as follows:—' For Practice, 2 short blast of the fire whistle. • Signals for fire. First Ward—1 long blast after general alarm. Second Ward—2 long blast af ter general alarm. Third Ward—3 short blast af ter general alai m'. Fourth Ward—4 short .blast af ter general alarm. in his home paper “Tha Bartow Tribune” Mr. Knight gave the following account of his visit to this sec tion. ‘J. W. Knight, owner of the Knight Mercantile Company and vice-president of the 'Bank of Cartersville, has recently return; ed from a visit to South andffias broughtTiohi.e wk memories of a visit which has gi ven him many subjects upon which to i effect. Mr, Knight first went lo Al bany, Ga., where lie spent some time with . his nephew, Collins Knight, a prosperous contract ing engineer of that thriving Georgia town. Leaving Albany the two motored to Bainbridge, Cairo, Thomasville and Moultrie. In this way Mr. Knight was given a splendid opportunity to see and to judge of the resources of the country through which lie passed. At Bainbridge Collins Knight has a contract to which he is devoting much of his pres ent attention. To a representative of The Tri bune Mr. Knight said he was amazed to find so- much acreage devoted to the cultivation of corn and stock raising. To him it ap peared that South Georgia' had much else to depend upon as a source of wealth than cotton. All crops are in fine condition and of course both cotton and corn were far in advance, of ours towards maturity. The small towns greatly inter ested and pleased him. Each city through v/hich he passed ar.d in which he spent much time were actively devoting themsel ves to public improvement. Every town .is building school houses, some of massive propor tion. In two of these federal buildings were in course of con struction but these were neither so large or so architecturally per fect a3 our own. All these town3 had paved streets, excellent sewerage sys terns and permanent sidewalks The streets were kept clean and the homes and places of private citizens were fresh, green and spotless. There was an air of prosperity pervading the atmosphere at each plnce he visited and in inter views with citizens he met the MENS STRAW HATS-.1I Knox $2.50 • Values $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 You cannot afford to miss this opportunity to buy just the hat you want at these.low prices: J. L. Oliver’s Son On Friday afternoon the. local Mr. .T. T. Sellers this week sold to M'- ninelin.es up against.the fast Dean \\ i l ams and he has taken Camil)a tea , n and u gDod ;nime is harge ot the business. Mr. Williams is experienced in this business and will devote his whole time to this work and he guarantees prompt attention and best of service tn his customers. Messing Club. Baseball This Afternoon. progress made was due to co-op eration and “pulling together.” The sum total of Mr. Knight’s observations were that the citi zens of the countios and towns through which h? was carried were of one mind concerning the value of public improvements, good roads and highways and the placing of the community above every personal and selfish pur pose and acting together for the common good of all. In other words there was a civ ic pride in which every body joined and made common cause. Public spirit and a purpose to make each town the best seemed to be the highest aim of every citizen from the highest to .the lowest-if indeed any such differ ence existed. Mr. Knight is convinced that it would do us a lot of good to absorb some of the elements which go to make up South Geor gia citizenship.” assured to the patrons of r tiie team. We intended to plav them last Friday but were prevented from coming by illness of some of the Camilla players,. The Ca milla team is reputed to be very 1 strong and ,ve hope to have a good game. We will have a- lull line-up and will be stronger than at any other time this season. Let everybody come out this afternoon, Friday, and help cheer the boys to another victory. Agents Wanted. Old Hats made new at a small cost. Write for price list.' A trial is all we want. Qur work will speak for itself. Send hats by parcel post. We pay it one way. Havana flat Co., 145 Broad Street, Jacksonville. Fla. 1 Ice Cream Supper. The White Pine Camp No; 826 W. O. W. will give an ice cream supper and social entertainment at the Dickey school house next Friday night June 25; Every body is cordially invited to at tend. ABSOLUTE SAFETY When you have money deposited with us you can always rely on tJ.e fact that your money is safe at all times. We observe the laws governing banks, and always conduct our business on safe and sound business principles.' Ollr officers and Directors are men with business experience and bur policy is always SAFETY FIRST. We offer you an absolutely safe place to deposit your Money. Citizens Bank,Cairo,Ga W. S. Wight, Pres. W. H. Searcy, V. Pres, and Cashier H. G. Cannon, V. Pres,