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WOOD and COAL Tip-Top Coni WH. SEARCY Phone 228 _ phorifT* x * THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS THF OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY, PUBLIC DRAY Tho Old Reliable 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.