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THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS
THF OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY,
PUBLIC DRAY
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J. P. MONTGOMERY
Day Phone 144, Night 147
VOL 7.
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1910.
NO. ©
Hon. W. D. Barber
Returns To Atlanta
Hon. W. D. Barber, Grady
county's representative in the
Legislature which met iu annual
'session last Wednesday, left Tues
day in order to be present at the
opening session.
Mr. Barber during the interval
since the close of the last session
has been giving close thought to
some of the problems that are to
come before the body this time, or
that ho desires to bring before the
body, und he recently stated to
the Progress some of the things to
which he expected to give particu
lar effort during the present term.
Mr. Barber believ.es that it is
necessary that something be done
in Georgia toward the improve
ment of our present election laws,
and has under» consideration the
effort to have passed this session a
modified form of the Australian
Ballot Law. This Mr. Barber
thinks would go far towards cor
recting many of the abuses that
from time to time have crept into
the elections in this state.
Mr. Barber is very much inter
ested in everything that means the
advancement of the agricultural
interests of Grady county and of
the entire stnte. He believes that
one of the most important things
toward that development right
now would be the wiping out of
hog cholera. / To that end he ex
pects to make a fight for a measure
that will result in the furnishing
by the state, under proper restric
tions of hog cholera Bcrum free of
charge to any hog grower in the
state. He is quite confident of be
ing able to get this measure through
promptly.
Another measure that Mr. Bar
ber expects to champion with vigor
is pne to provide a means by which
every child in the state will be pro
vided with school books either free
or at a very nominal cost.
He expects to press to a passage
a law regulating the sale of am
munition for pistols. The purpose
of this bill will be to make it prac
tically imposible for irresponsible
parties to secure cartridges for use
in pistols.
A matter that will likely come
UP at this session' and that Mr.
Barbpr believes will result in great
help for our public sphools is to
change the method of appropria
tions for our public schools, sub
stituting what would be known os
a mill tax for the present annual
appropriation.
Among a few of the oilier mat
ters that Mr. Barber expects to
take a share of his attention are
the State Warehouse Bill. The
condition Of the State Sanitarium
at Milledgevillp and the necessity
for relieving the present unsatisfac
tory congestion there, A bill look
ing toward the providing for a
state auditor. The Biennial Sess
ions matter that is almost sure to
become a law this summer.
Mr. Barber was asked as to his
attitude on the proposal to remove
the Capital to Macon, but said that
he had not yet reached an opinion
gn that matter.
As will bo UPOD from the above
hfr. Barber will be qtilte a busy
man this, summer. However, he
has expressed his wish tp hear from
the people, of this courty on any
matter pertaining to his duties ns
their representative and assures
US that it will be h(s greatest
pleasure to serve his constituents
in any way that he possibly can.
Mr. Barber since, becoming a
member of the legislature has given
more thought to matters relating
to our state pemtenitary system
than to any other matter connect
The Realm
Of Balldom
During the past week, Cairo
took three fast teams into camp,
the Monticello, Whfgham and
Quincy teams. On last Thursday
afternoon Monticello was swamped
by tl« score of 13 to 1. Mosely
and Lang did the pitciting. The
largest crowd of tho season wit
nessed this mediocre contest.
Friday the home boys journeyed
over to Whighnm and brought
back the bacon by the score of 4 to
2. Mosely hurled for Cniro and
deserved a shutout. The hitting
of Ansloy and Upchurch was a
feature of the game.
Cairo played a return game in
Quincy Tuesday and niter an ex
citing struggle came out the victor
by a 2 to 0 score. Mosely pitch
ing for Cairo, held Quincy to one
scratch hit, and won his game with
a binglo. The homo boys played
the best game they have played
this year.
The following are the official
batting averages of the Cairo team
including Tuesday’s game with
Quincy.
AB R H
Arline
18
7
9
.500
Upchurch
12
4
6
.500
Roddenbery 31
9
14
.452
Ansley
17
2
7
.412
Powell
27
8
11
.407
Austin
9
2
3
.333
Wight
25
4
7
.280
Brown
28
6
7
.250
J. Bell
4
0
1
■250
Thrower
25
3
5
.200
Mosely
18
2
3
.167
Singletary
14
0 /
2
.112
Dunn
18 .
4
2
.111
Lang
15
2
1
.C67
There are others that only played
in parts of games or played in one
or two games and then played no
more.
Thus far the home team hpa
made a very creditable showing,
having won 7 games and lost 2.
Superior
Court to
Be Adjourned
Upon the request of the mem
bers of the Bar of the Court rn(j
many citizens, and upon all di.
fendants In criminal cases who
have filed demands for trial can
celling and withdrawing said de
mands altogether, no cases will be
tried at the* Adjourned Term of
court which will be convened next
Monday July 3rd, except such
matters as may be disposed of by
the court without a jury.
All jurors, witnesses, and parties
are therefore pxpuspcj f[-ofn attend-
ance upon the Court at said time
and for the term,
The court will be opened, how
ever, on Monday July 3rd, 1910,
as previously ordered, for the hear
ing of demurrers, certioraris,
motions and the like.
Let council be governed accord
ingly.
This June 27th, 1916.
E. E. COX, Judge S. C. A. C.
THIS CONTEST IS GOING
TO CLOSE TODAY, 12 P.M.
COMING SOWN THE HOME STRETCH.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE A LUCKY ONE?
After First Prize
The Ford Automobile for 1st Prize is being warmly contested for
by Miss Versic White and Miss Carol VanLnndingham, with Miss Alice
Fulford following closely.
H. M. Cable Piano
The contestant missing first prize nnd winning second will have a
splendid piano with which to console herself.
$85.00 Buck Range
And that Buck Range for third prize and Royal Blue China Sot
for fourth prize are not to be “sneezed at.”
Today Is The Last Day
pd ffi h the wqrk of j,hp legislature,
He was a prominent member of the
Penitentiary committee at the last
session, and he expects to secure
the appointment to the Chairman
ship of that committee this term.
He has soma very depicted views
as to some changes and reforms
that can be accomplished through
this department of our state govern
ment, and he expects to put in
some very energetic work towards
getting these underway.
Remember this is the last day you will have to help your favorites
in the race, as the contest positively closes tonight at twelve o’clock.
Do It Now
Do what you CAN to help the contestants now. Don’t wait until
tomorrow and say, “I wish I had done more for so and so."
Don’t Hide Your Light Under A Bushel
Let your light shine now for your favorites. Even make your
pockets “light” for them. NOW is the time they NEED you.
CONTEST CLOSES TODAY
The Grady County Progress’ Subscription Contest closes today,
Friday June 30th at 12 p. m.
Don’t Wait Until Night
Don’t wait until the last minute to turn in your votes—they count
as much one time as another.
TWELVE O’CLOCK
The contest does not close until twelve p. m., as the month of
June does not expire until that time and subscriptions will be received
up to that hour. But it will be better for us and for the contestants to
tum in all their votes early.
Nothing Gained By Waiting
One contestant cannot bar others by keeping the contest manager
busy until tho closing hour, for all contestants present at the time of
closing, who have subscriptions to turn in, will be entitled to do so.
MISS VANLANDINGHAM WON 1st PRIZE LAST SATURDAY
Miss Carol VanLnndinghnm won 1st Special Prize of 50,000 votes
last Saturday for turning in the most cash subscriptions from Saturday
June 17th at 4 p. m., to Saturday June 24th at 4 p. m.
MISS WHITE WON 2nd PRIZE LAST SATURDAY
Miss Vorsle White won the 2nd Special Prize of 25,000 votes last
Saturday for turning in next to the largest number of subscriptions
same dates as above mentioned.
Fair Contest
This contest has been conducted perfectly fair to all contestants up
to the present time and will be to the-END, and we can PROVE IT.
Honest Defeat
The contestants that arc defeated will loso fairly as we have an
absque eheek on all subscriptions and votes turned in and our ‘ books
Will Lo open for inspection.
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS
A committee of representative citizens will make the last count cf
votes Saturday morning.
Contest A Success
The Contest is now an assured success for us, and wo feel a pleas
ure in knowing that it is also a success for our contestants, because,
every one of them that has really tried to win will receive either a prize
or a per cent commensurate with the amount of work done.
Frizes Awarded
The Prizes will be awarded in front of Tho Progress office at 3
m., Saturday July 1st,
PHOTO OF CONTESTANTS, THEIR FRIENDS AND THE
PROGRESS FORCE
Immediately after the Prizes havo boon awarded, Mr. L. M. Sulli
van will photograph tho contestants' and their friends and the Progress
foree.
No Unpleasantness
When we have the photo struck we want everybody to “look
pleasant.” We expect the defeated contestants to take their defeat
like MEN, or in this instance like LADIES.
Goes To Moultrie
Grady county received some good
boosting last Tuesday when some
thirty to forty cars of Grady coun
ty folks went to Moultrie represent
ing the Grady County Live Stock
Association. This conference had
been widely advertised and was
one of the most widely attended
affairs of the kind ever held in the
south. This conference was pro
moted jointly by the Moultrio
Chamber of Commerco and the
Georgia Branch of the southern
Settlement and Development Or
ganization. People keenly inter-
estec in live stock and other kind
red subjects were in attendance
from practically all the south
ern states. Mr. W. B. Rodden-
bery of our county and president
of the Grady County Live Stock
Association had been asked to pre
side at the sessions of this confer
ence, and promptly at. 9:30 Tues
day morning he called the confer
ence to order. Mr. W. C. Vereen
Mayor of Moultrie delivered the
address of welcome which was re
sponded to in a stirring address by
Mr. S. D. Warfield of Baltimore
Md., Chairman of the Board of
directors of the Sea Board Air Line
Railroad.
The decided feature of the morn
ing session Tuesday was tho ad
dress of Mrs. G. H. Mathis, Field
Agent and Agricultural Lecturer of
the Alabama Bankers’ Association.
She pleaded in tho most forceful
manner that the south should
awake to the necessity for getting
out of the all cotton ruts into which
we have fallen, and sounded a toc
sin call for us to awake to the
wonderful opportunities that lie in
our own southland. With humor
pathos and convincing logic she
held her audience through her re
markable address and at its close
she was given an ovation and a
rising vote of thanks by the great
audience.
As most of the Grady delegation
had gone only for the day very few
of them attended tho afternoon ses
sions of the conference. The Moul
trie Packing Plant wns visited by
most of the delegation, a few of
them went out to tho Battle Farm,
and they all visited the great dis
play of breeding cattle that had
been shipped to Moultrie for dis
play. This was-a' wonderful dis
play of cattle and respresented
many thousands of dollars in in-,
vestments. It is worthy of note
that our neighboring county of
Thomas, in the herd of Mr. E. E.
Mack, had what would by most
people have been declared the best
foundation herd in the aggregation.
The banners and placards of the
Grady delegation attracted the at
tention of the thousands of visitors
to the big conference. The Grady
County Live Stock Assocation
through tho energetic chairman of
tho Moultrie Trip Committee,
Mr. \V. J . Miller, ex
tended an invitation to the crowds
to visit Grady county next fall
when our Colt Show is held.
We feel that Grady county and
the Grady County Live Stock As-
sociotion aro to bo congratulated
for the splendid showing they made
on this booster trip.
May it be but the first of many
such trips that sluill be made to
Boost Grady. Great is Grady.
Later reports from Moultrie in
dicate that the Conference improv
ed as it moved along. On Tues
day night after a splendid concert
by Prof. Jennison’s Famous Moul-
tvio Band and a display of Georgia
Motion Picture, President H. S.
Mobby of the Arkansas Farmers
Union made an address on the Re-
-atbn of the Business Man to Di-
Fourth of July
Celebration Program
Has Been Arranged—Opens
With Big Parade at
9:30 O’clock
Interest in the celebration on tho,
4th, is increasing every day. Tho
Program Committee have com
pleted their wor.k The celebration
will begin with a parade of decor
ated cars at ton o'clock and all
parties having automobiles are
hereby requested on the behalf of
tho committee to decorate them in
the National Colors and assemble
them at 9:30 Tuesday morning on
Monroo Street east of Walnut
Street from which point the parade
will begin.
The following Program will be
carried out:
Parade.
Song..America—Ry Audience.
Song—By Children.
Invocation—Dr. J. A. Wynne.
Address—Citizenship.
Mixed Chorus.
Male Quartette.
A good game of ball and a water
fight will bo among the features of
the afternoon.
Torchlight procession at 8:00
o’clock p. m.
Refreshments will be sold on the
grounds at Noon, 12 to 1 o’clock,
and also in the afternoon following
tho ball game.
AH business houses and as many
residences as possible are requested
to decorate with the national col
ors.
Mr. Jas. D-. Jones and wife, were
among the visitors to Cairo last
Saturday, and made us a pleasant
social call at our office. While
here Mr. Jones read over tho copy
of tho Declaration of Independence
we have on file. “Uncle Jim” be
sides being a prosperous farmer
and a jolly fellow, is a good fisher
man, and the writer has spent
many happy days with him and his
good wife at their home near the
old Ochlockncc river.
It makes a fellow fee! blue to
know that ho is intellectually too
small to bo>a big man and too large
to be u small man.
versified Agriculture in which he
placed a full share of the responsi
bility of improving our agricultural
conditions upon the business man
where it certainly very justly be
longs.
Wednesday’s session wns marked
by a remarkably strong appeal by
Judge Carpenter for an awakening'
and revolutionizing of our one crop
system in the south. Judge Carp
enter is the Farm expert of the
International Harvester Company.
By special request Mrs. G. H.
Mathis again addressed the Con
ference, this time on the boll wee
vil. As evidence of the interest of
the audience in her address it was
at tho noon hour and all thought of
dinner, was dismissed until the
close of her talk. One of the most
instructive addresses of the entire
conference was that of Dr. Piper of
tho Department of Agriculture on
Pasture and Forage crops.
Among other resolutions that
were passed at the close of the con
ference wns one introduced by Mr.
W. C. Vereen providing for the ap
pointment of a committee consist
ing of the Chairman of the confer
ence and a representative from
each of the organizations in the
state that are interested in directly '
advancing the agricultural interests
to provide for holding similar con
ferences to tho one at Moultrie at
various other points throughout the
state.