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'yrTfy * ■—VK*iBMMtir 1 -- '¥■ ' y • " i • r\” VAfWpyp :’v'" ■ WOOD and COAL Tip-Ton Coal Wrf. SEARCY THE GRADY COUNTY PUBLIC DRAY The Old Rellablo .T. P.MpNTGOMERY Day Phono 144, Nlzht 147 THP OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADV COUNTY, VOL G. ■CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY,.GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 5,1910.1 ■ "• ■ --■ A Letter Presented To President Wilson The State Sunday School Convention To Break All Past Records Arpil 20, IOIG. The Prcsidoni, While House, Washington, D. C. Sir: At ii special meeting of the Exe cutive Committee consisting of tlie* otfieinl representative* of the thirty constituent, bodies of the Fedcrrl Cotmeil of the Churches of Christ in America, held on April 19th, the following.action was taken: PREAMBLE inasmuch ns the conditions of suffering and peed, in the nations directly affected by the war in Eu rope and Asia are appalling beyond, description, and are not known tc the masses of our people, who lmvo not been sufficiently informed con cerning the facts to inspire them tc interest or action; and since tin* in ability of the nations, strained as they arc, to meet these needs, con stitutes nil urgent appeal to the neutral nations, and especially to the people of tho United States, to use thpir utmost endeavors to bring relief whenever possible to all who suffer; therefore Resolved, That the F e d e r a 1 Council of the Churches of'- Christ in' America while recognizing the various relief organizations already at work, and having no purpose save that of cooperation, believes that the time has come for a relief nibvement of such magnitude as shall fittingly recognize the obliga tion of Christianity to respond to all human, need and emphasize to all t he world t he motal and spiritual consciousness and t he Christ iarvnnd philanthropic spirit of the. Ameri can people. 1. That the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America initiate a nation-wide movement for the relief of suffering in Europe and' Asia growing out of condit ions’ cre ated hy-tlie war. 2. That tho movement shall be under the leadership and inspira tion of tluvCImrchos, a preeminent ly religious appeal to the people through the churches and religious orders and organizations, endeav oring to arouse among all classes the sentiment of personal seir-sac- l'ifiee. ft. That the Federal Council of {lie Churches of Christ in America suggest for the inauguration of the movement tiie week preceding . Memorial Sunday ifoi' l-he solicita tion of funds for the suffering peo ple of Europe and Asia;' that the President of the United States be .requested to invite all the churches and religious organizations of the United States to set- apart Memor ial Sunday, May 2S, 191(5, for the Consideration of the widespread sor rows of the peoples and for most generous contributions to relieve the suffering; and that, a delegation be appointed to present in person 4 this proposal to the President of the United States. 4. That tlie movement ho un restricted in its appeal hot h in re aped to the securing of funds' and in the distribution of relief and that when individuals, churches, anil ot her organizations desire, t hey may may designate their-preference for thamse of funds. -5. That the Administration here after to be appointed shall'- follow up these initial ‘appeuls so long as T necessity may exist- or until the ] Executive Committee shall other f, wise order. The President of the Federal ■ Council, the General Secretary and •the Chairman of the Executive -Committee with others to bo asso- f eiftted with them were appointed as the delegation to wait upon the Information from the office of the Georgia Sunday School Association indicates extraordinary prepara tions are being made for -the State Sunday School Convention which is to be held in Atlanta June I3-I4- 15. The officers of the State Sun day SpIiodI Association and tin Program Committee are determined to make this the best Suiulnj School Convention o\'er held in the 5tatc and break all past records foi ittendanca. More, than GO speak ers are on the program. Among them are such men as Mr. Marion Lawrence of Chicago, General Sec retary of the International Sunday School Association. Mr. P.E. Green, Birmingham; Superintendent ol Soblmth School work, Alabama Synod of t lie Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.; Dr. Plato Durham of Atlanta, Dean of t h e, Candler School of Theology; Dr. W.L. Pick ard of Macon, President Merrei University; Miss Daisy Davies, La Grange, President La Grange Fe male College; Mrs. II. II. Tift, Tif- ton; Dr. A. W. Van Moose, Rome, President of Shorter College; and many others of qqual prominence. The music is to he in charge of Prof. E. O. Exeell of Chicago, who is one of the world's famous con vention song leaders and composers ot music. He will be assisted b,\ Prof. Alvin \V. Roper of Winona Lake, Ind., who has been pianist with Prof. -Excel for a number of years. The Atlanta Sunday School workers and church people are tak ing hold of the arrangements with true Atlanta spirit. Mr. J. V. Wellborn of Atlanta is Chairman of General Committee on Arrange ments. TJic Committee on Enter tainment is composed of Prof. Floyd Fiejd, Chairman, and 29 other prominent- church workers of At lanta.* They are securing 'homes for 2,500 delegates. All white Sunday Schools in the State are entitled to three delegates besides pastor and superintendent. ■Every Sunday School in the county is requested to gleet, three alternate delegates who can take the place of ally regular delegate who finds it mpossible to attend. In case any school, or church that has no school, fails to elect delegates, the first three adults.who register from that, school will be counted as dele gates. Each delegate will be furnished free entertainment for lodging and ireakfast while attending the con dition. This armugement was made because any church in n city the size of Atlanta is several miles from the majority of the hollies. For this reason the officers of the State Association felt that the del egates would prefer-getting their lunches and suppers at down-town cafes near the convention church. A very low railroad rate has been granted'from various parts of 4he state. The round trip rate from Cairo is $8.00, $5 IN GOLD GOES MAY 6th. RACE IS WARMING IIP mb carol mmmam MM THE IS APRIL 22ml. Closing Date Is June 30th At 12 P. M Additional Cash Prizes Offered For Best Workers In This Race. Be sides Big Prizes And Cash Com missions. Miss Carol Vanlandingham IVon $5. Miss Carol Vanlandiiigham turned in the greatest number of cash subscriptions from the beginning of tlie contest to Saturday April 22nd at 4 p. m. and won $5 in gold. $5 in gold will be given the worker in t iis contest that turns in the greatest amount of cash business from Saturday April 22nd at 4 p. m. until ^'EXT SATURDAY, May Oth, at 1 p. m. BOTH NEW AND OLD SUBSCRIPTIONS COUNT. List Narrowing Down / The list of candidates is narrowing down, and some of them will go this week unless they wake up to the fact that this is a REAL contest— and not a game of parlor ping-pong. Prizes Of Merit WheiP'olfactory gets J 100,000 carsjTohiiuUn its''orders, there is merit and want ability to its product. When June out of every three ears you meet on the road is an output of that particular factory, THERE IS A GOOD CAUSE FOR IT. The Ford is a car . that any man can operate without purchasing a bond for some garage keeper -very three weeks; a Ford will take you there and bring you , back; a Ford will do ALL THESE THINGS, and then some more. THE CAIRO MOTOR CO., sells the FORDS BECAUSE THIS STRONG ONCERN BELIEVES IN THEM. Mr. A. W. Miller has sold Fords every since lie has been in the auto business. The mnmnioth sale of Fonts is possible only because OTHER FOLKS BELIEVE IN PHIS CAR as well as the maker and agents. Besides selling ears, THE CAIRO MOTOR. CO., maintains a repair department that is right up to now, and carries a full line of parts. Music In The Air lames Morris Stovall Donalsonville, Ga., April 27, 1916. To Friendship Lodgo No. 85, Knights of Pythias: Your committee to report suit able resolutions commemorative of the life and character of James Morris Stovalt, submit the follow ing report: Brother Stovall was horn i n Franklin county Georgia in 1870, and, after completing his education in tho high schools of that county in the town of Layoniu, he entered college at the age of twenty-two. Graduating a few years later, he returned from Nashville, Tcnn., coming back to his native state, where lie entered enthusiastically into the profession of tcnching, in which profession he rapidly gnined a wide recognition and soon became one of the acknowledged lenders in the cause of education, to which work he devoted thirteen years of active, useful service, eleven years of which time was spent in the schools of this county and the ad joining county of Grady, Five yeurs of this time he served as sup erintendent of the Donalsonville High School, which institution he raised to a high state of efficiency. His mind was well adapted to tho profession he selected. He was elevated and advanced in his ideas, and his stern integrity and devo tion to truth gave great power to his lofty intellect. He was clear and vigorous of mind and strong in body, but thirteen years of unceas ing work undermined his strength and his failing health compelled There is a difference between NOlSEJnnd MUSIC. A kid witha tin can and a stick can make NOISE, and some pianos show a similarity of musical-taste, but thc'H. M. 1 Cable Piano, The Progress is giving away IS ALL PIANO. Mr. C. P. Poulk has sold pimios all over this section for YEARS, and his line is so well known it needs no more in troduction than to say that his high standard of excellent musical iutru- ment is maintained in The Progress" Second Prize. him to abondon the work to t^lich he had devoted his life and-uri Buck’s Stoves For Quality Buck’s in Stoves Stands for quality always. The 885.00 Range, with the 15 Piece Set Enamel Ware to lie given away as third prize in our contest-, speaks for itself, Look at it- in Roddcnbcry Hardware Co's Stoic Window. The Royal Blue China Set The 100 Piece Set Royal Blue China to be. given away as fourth prize in our Contest is not only pretty, but serviceable. It can be seen at Wight Hardware Co’s Store. President of the United States. We therefore convey to you in behalf of the Federal . Council ami its constituents bodies this memor ial, believing that this movement, while appropriately initiated by the Churches, should through your co operation become a nation-wide movement reaching all the people. Respectfully yours, (Signed) Shailcr Mathews, (Signed) Frank Mason North, Chinn.j of Executive Committee. Charles S. Mnefarland, General Secretary. Warming Up This Contest is growing in interest and new contestants arc enter ing the race every day. It is not too late to enter and win ns tljc can didates are just now getting actively tp work. The Contest does not end until June 30th and a live contestant has plenty of time in which to enter, work and win. EVERY BODY GEY BUSY. Anybody Can Still Win Any person of THE LEAST ABILITY, AND HUSTLING ^SPIRIT, cun WIN THE AUTO for it is a demonstrated FACT that friends of the various workers whose-names arc in the race WILL BACK THEM WITH SUBSCRIPTIONS IF THEY BUT ASK FOR TIIEIR'RENEWAL or THEIR NEW SUBSCRIPTION. It takes WORK, but work will WIN. In our-next issue will bo found the names of candidates whom we are sure will put up a fight to the finish—so BE SURE AND MAKE SOME SORT OF REPORT THIS WEEK, for every uninterested candidate will positively be DROPPED after this week, nor will the name of any candidate who is hot PER SONALLY ACTIVE, and who is not showing that interest by keeping in touch with this office,,be found in this contest AFTER this week. Every body will get a FAIR; SQUARE DEAL and all workers will be commensurably rewarded for what they do, BUT.WE EXPECT EACH AND EVERY CANDIDATE TO BE A WORKER FROM NOW ON. $5 In Gold Goes Saturday May 6th Race Is Warming Up. The Prize List A Ford Five Passenger Automobile. A $267.50 H. M. Cable Piano. A Buck Range—Best Made. A Set of Royal Blue China. $25.()() in Cash Prizes. A Cash Commission to all Non-Prize Winners. Armour Packing Com pany Buy Grady Cattle ths The biggest cattle deal of th season for Grady county was mnd this week when The Wilder Plan ing Company sold to tho Armoiir 94 head of cuttle for the round i of $4,650.40. Wo have no informa tion of tho amount of profit thn this deal gives to Messrs. Thom;; son and Wilder; but we arc that it is a neat sum, besides large amount of fertilizers they will have for use on their land. Examples like this point, the way to what is going to mean great ad vancement to the farming interests of Grady county. It is a safe prop osition that there is good profit in feeding cattlo if only the fertilizer are had for profit, and when, ns in this case, there is a substantial k profit in addition, the feeding of cattle becomes one of our most profitable undertakings, * Hi vpiiH Watermelon Growers Will Meet at Thomasville A meeting of tho watermelon growers of Thomasville and adjoin ing counties will be held in Thom asville, Monday, May 8th for the purpose of discussing marketing the crop and to listen to lectures by Government Experts on the subject of tho diseases that have caused so much loss to tho growers the past year or. two. which his life was finally sacrificed. He died April j Oth, 1916 and was buried on the following day at Whigham, Ga., wjth masonic hon ors. The large congregation of devot ed relatives and ildmiring friends that followed his funeral car to the cemetery is a strong attestation of the high respect, esteem and love in which he was hold by those who knew him best. His forty years of active life was crowded with deeds of kindness and works of love and was illuminated with a pure, unselfish devotion to duty. As of .the Master, we can sayj of Jour departed brother: "He went about doing good;” and that consolation which comes only through duty nobly done was his comfort and support to the last, as shown by this beautiful testimony of his fihal hours on earth: “I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith; henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.” On June 3, 1906, Mr. Stovnll married Miss Mattie Fundcrburkc, of this county, and four bright children came to bless this union, one of whom, little James Morris, Jr., rests with his father in a bettor world; leaving three to comfort and brighten their widowed mother’s life. We would enter with decided hesitancy and extreme delicacy into the scored precincts of his home, into which there can now come no human consolation commensurate with the great sorrow so recently befallen them. But here his genial and affectionate nature shone with peculiar brilliancy, shedding happi ness and joy over a home in which ho was greatly blessed. With his soul breathed out in prayer, wo loave our beloved Stov all with his God and submit the following resolutions: Resolved, That we extend our deepest ancl most tender sympathy to his widow and other' loved ones in this hour of sorrow—a sorrow wc deeply share. Resolved, That the hand of death Tho Thomas bounty Commoi'; mtAssociation unci''Hie. A. B. & A. arc working together co operating with the Government and State College of Agriculture in an effort to place before the growers all the information available so they may take every precaution to pre vent this season the trouble and . loss heretofore experienced, arid it is greatly hoped everyone interested in the watermelon industry will bo present nt the meeting in Thomas ville at 10:00 a. m., Monday May 8th. W. W. CROXTON, General Passenger Agent, ,A. B. & A. Ry., Atlanta, Ga. % Our good friend Dr. A. B. Cooke who has recently been suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism is much better and wc arc glad to say, nblo to circulate among his friends again. He paid us a pleas ant social call Saturday. which has so recently stricken tho name of Janies Morris Stovnll from the roll of the living, leaves not up on our records a more perfect model of a true Pythian Knight and Chris tian gentleman and leaves no man more truo in in the practice of vir tue and the pursuit and vindication of truth and none more liberal in the service of his fcllowmon nor more loyal in his church relations. Resolved, That in the death of this good man, this lodge loses one of its strongest members; the cause of education one of its staunchest friends and most liberal contribu tors; the church one of her most true and loyal supporters, and tho general public one of its most per fect models of Christian manhood. Resolved, That a copy of this re port be made a part of the records of this lodge, a copy be presented Mrs. Stovnll for the family and copies be furnished the newspapers of Decatur and Grady counties and the town of Lnvonia for publica tion. Respectfully submitted, N. L. Spongier, J. I. Porry, J. F. Brown, Otho Benton, Thos. Choson, Committee. • : ’i 'ibl'iirl ' : ■'- ,iSt.lift ••Safe?*'-• y.-:-.. , ..-v-r L >,;;vv