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GRADY COUNTY-PROGRESS. CAIRO,. GEORGIA.
Mr. and Mis, L. C. Griffin,
.visited K A. Griffin and family
at Babcock, Ga., this week, re
turning home Monday.
My home for sale or rent after
January lat.
It.' W- Godwin.
Miss El lie Forsester, of Pin’e-
kard, Ala., returned a lew days
ago to spend the holidays , with
homo folks.
Mr. E. A. Spear, of Atlanta,'
is the guest, of relatives "and
frienns here this 'week..
Mr. Walter Jones, -who is at
tending' college at Meridian, Miss
has return ffi home for the holi
days, accompanied by Mr. Mor
gan who is also a student at the
same college, who will pass the
holidays as the guest of Mr.
Jones;
Mr. Oama MoManeus, of .S>i,\-
annah, returned home Thursday
to spend the holidays with home
folks.
Mr. Charlie Richter, returned
The undersigned banks will be faring thp week from Macon,
• , . .. where he attended the fall term
osed Christmas Day.. of Mercer University.
Citizens Bank, • i
Miss Ethel Parrish, of Barnes-
C/a.io LankmgCo, ville, re t urn ed a few davs ago to
Farmers &' Merchants Bank, spend Christmas with home folks;
McMillan—Griffin
J. L. Oliver 5 ;
On last Sunday afternoon.Dro
, ember 19th; occurred one of Ojc
prettiest borne marriages of the
season. The contracting oaPt-i^*
being Mbs,11a McMillan, of Deb
lock nee,-Ga., avid Mr. Ltfjcy V.’-.
Grililn, of Ouiro.
Promptly at three ,o’clock tl'.c
happy bride and groom preceded
' by Rev. Ryder, the ndw> pastor
of the Cairo Methodist church,
marched, up the spacious hail and
-took their stand on the porch, tiro
parlors not -being large enough to
accomodate the crowd, there.Jiv
ing about one hundred and ffi fry
guests present.
> The home of the bride was- tas :
tiiy decorated in narcissa-.and
roses. ,
*' The bride,-a charming- and ac
complished young woman; was
becomingly gowned m ;i hand
some suit of battleship grey cloth
with trimmings efface and braid
witii hat, shoes and glover, to
match. Tho groom wore the
conventional suit of dark blue.
Mrs. Griffin, as Miss McMillan,
was popular among her set, and
was beloved by all who knew
her. Mr. Griffin is a prosperous
and genial young business man of
Cairo, being connected, with the
firm of McManeus and Griffin.
Many handsome presents of
silver, linen, and art were re
ceived and attested to their popu
larity.
They left immediately after
the ceremony by automobile for
Cairo, and are at present with
Dr. and Mrs. Lindsay. Later
they will do fight housekeeping
at the residence of Mr. rind Mrs.’
Hancock.
GRADY COUNTY'S LARGEST STORE
Little Items of Local Interest to Our Readers
Miss Rosalene Powell,, who has J Miss Laleigli Wight, of Wcsy-
been attending college 'at Talla- j leyan Female College, at Macon,
hdss.ee, Fla., has returned home!is (ho guest of. friends and tela-
for the holidays. ! tivos during the holidays. •
JSSS^St^^T'. >'■ O- McM...l-.turn-
i , i V-1 -V K ' ,K ''. wi n few lUysugo fr°m West Fla.
iiwtte holidays with rekltvo. he .' s „“ t SBVBra , day,
■ Miss Lucy.Bel], who is teach
ing music at Haitii’4. Ga., has re
turned home to spend the holi
days with home folks. , ’ ' "
CjI M. L. Ledford, was a visi
tor to Moultrie Tuesday, where
he disposed of a large qna'nity ot-
Grady caunty pock to tho pack
ing house there.
Especial attention is called to
the full page advertisement ap
pearing on the hack page of this
week’s issue. These advertise
ments show the represent ve busi
ness houses of .Tnoitiasville, Ga.,
and will prove estimatable value
to the belated Xmas shoppers o.f
this community.
Merry Christmas
To You
Santa Clans and his dolls, toys,
and fancy goods on 2nd floor.
Busiest place in town.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
No doubt you are hunting for the best and cheap
est place. Abe Poller’s, is the right place fo
your Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Ladies’ and Gent’
Furnishings. -
COAT SUITS LADIES' CLOAKS
100 Ladies’ Taylor-made Coat 250 (o select from.
Suits. 100 Teddy Bears, from 85.00 to
$15.00 Coat Suits, Poplins, in all $10.00 values, for ....$:L95
colors. ... $4.98 25 Sport Coats, $5.00 values.
$25.00 Coat Suits, latest styles, f 0 r $1.9S
L $12.89 indies’ Long Cloaks, Skutch ma-
$18 00 Coat Suits,.. $9.98 terial, very latest make, 10.00
Men’s And Boy’s Clothing to $15.00 values for _.sG 98
i-i Ladies’ Velvet C'ordurov Coats,
$20.00 Men’s Serges and mixed $1500 values for 7 . 49
colors lor $12.or)
S17.50 Men’s Suits for....$10.98 Misses S5 ’°° Coats at ?2 ' 19
$15.00 Men’s Suits for..... .$9.90 Children’s Tedd.v Bears, all col-
Onei lot of odds and ends in Men’s ors * $L75 to $2.00 values,
Suits, to go at j. $6.98 f° r $1 25
1 save you from 25, to 50 per All these bargains were bought
cent on every dollar in ladies’and . for cash before the' advance of
gents’ ready-to-wear goods. prices.
J.-3L, Oliver’s Son
Safe, Sound and Progressive
Our Bank is officered by men of wide business ex
perience and whose watchword is SAFETY.
P. Jarnagin, Professor of Animal
Husbandry,. Georgia State Gol-
Icga Of Agriculture
SAFETY FIRST:—This is our motto, we have tho
largest Capital and Surplus of any Bank in the coun
ty, and this enables us to handle any business that is
brought to.us.
Open an Account with us and be satisfied
, with your Banking connections.
WE PAY INTEREST AS FOLLOWS;
Savings accounts compounded quarterly, 4 per cent
Six month time certificates.... 4 l-2per cent
Twelve months time certificates. .5 per cent
iFeedihg, c;iUlo Apr beef during tho
pKst two years has been fraught with
uncei tafijty because of unusual condi
tions caused by the wav, High cost ot
leod stuffs and tho foot and mouth
disease. ~ ■ • ;
During tho year 1914 the price of
fodders was higher- than during tho
full of 1915. Tho reasons assigned
are ,that there are not.so many buy
ers In tho held because of tho prlco
of foodstuff. Hero in Georgia and
northerly Florida- there were many
western buyers during tho fall of
1914, taking up thousands of cattle,
Unit during tho, fall of 1915 they did
not show'up. Asia consequence, local
caftto are bringing loss.
True.v- cottonseed mqal Is up, but.
close figuring will reveal that the Hav
ing in the buying price of tho animal
is greater,' at 'least that the tlmo this
is written, than tho increased cost of
meal will amount to in a feeding pb-
ribd of 90 to 100 -days.
fTli f > l*n nf 4 Is A t 4 liitl.n „ Ci-i,,.,,,, A A i
Citizens Bank
Cairo, : : Georgia
W. S. Wight, President II. G. Cannon, V-Pres.
WH Searcy, V-President and Cashier
ABE POLLER
GEORGIA
CAIRO,
Tift) fact that, there "arc fewer cat*
lie being foil for tho market would
indicate good prices at. marketing
lime. In view,of those considerations
it would, appear that this will b'e a
good year lo feed cattle for hoof jn
Georgia, providing tho farmer; ha?
sumo homo grown feed and a silage;
SH*H50ElK2iaiaE3BB
SWEATER WEEK
JE are showing this week the best selected line
of Ladies’ and Misses weaters to be found in
place. These goods are from the factory of the
llev Knitting Company, which insures quality
W. A. Worsham, Professor Of Agrl-
cultural Chemistry, Georgia State
College. Of Agriculture
Knitted Caps
Knitted. Shawl
Knitted Booiie
Knitted Miller
Wight & Browne
The Rexail Store
Cairo, : : : Georgia
POULIf-WIGHT COMPANY
f7 The Busy Store Ca