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THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS
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J. P. MONTGOMERY
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THE
CAIRO, ORAt)Y COUNTY; GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1910.
Big Contest Closed Last Friday
A Big Success From All Points of View
ady County Live Stock
sociation Held Reguls
Meeting Last Saturday
Big Parade, Speaking, Refresh-
menlR, Ball Game, Water
Fight, Torchlight Parade
i n spue oi tne rain which came
down with considerable energy at
various times during the day the
program which had been arranged
for the celebration of the annivers
ary of our independence was car
ried out witho.ut serious interfer
ence, and the exercises as arranged
mul carried out, constituted the
most elaborate and patriotic 4th of
July celebration in i the history of
ingday for tlje Grady ‘.County 'Live-
Stock.Association, and also their
time for electing iflieers for an
other year. All old officers were
re-elected.
Mr. W. B. Roddenbery, presi
dent of the Association told of the
many things that, the Association
hid accomplished during the year
just-closed and.of the many things
that they hoped to accomplish dur
ing the ensuing year. He stressed
the fact that the Association whs
for the good of feyery man iii the
county, and-.that, its crops of use
fulness would be much greater if
more-of the farmers would identify
themselves with it.
Matters that urc discussed at
the meetings are of interest to all
and'everyone is welcome to come
and take part in the discussion,
whether they are a member or not.
It is not a secret society.
MR. CHASTAIN TALKED ON
• SHORT HORN CATTLE
After the electiori'of officers, Mr.
Chastain, of. Atlanta, talked on
short horn Qattie... Mr. Cliastaifi
represented the Short Horn Cattife
Association of America, and *is also
a breeder of Short Horns at his
home near Atlanta. He recommen
ded this splendid breed of,'cattle
■ very highly, but warned us that no
' matter what ( breed we adopt we
"must'first prepare feed for them.
He; says that we must have mote
silos if we expect to make a success
raising cattle. ' It is easy to make
scrfibs out of pure breed animals
"J byptarvfifg mem, "IsjjSe alj other
cattle men he says thgt ticlc cradf-
cation is the coiner stone |in the
cattle business'. Tliaialk was very
interesting throughout and ^highly
appreciated by,the unusually large
crowd present.
Many new members weje en
rolled Saturday.
Cairo, v;
The exerpises began at ten
o’clock with a parade of .decorated
floats' iuhI automobile^. These
made the round o'f the town and
were.fo ligvc massed rit the. Court
House, hiit the rain interferred
with this-part of the Program. The
Blue, Ribbon for the best decorated
i:ar was was awarded by the com
mittee appointed to make the
award ,to- the ,W. C.. T. U., for
their beautiful float in ' white with,
the Stars, and Stripes bnterming-
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At the coriclusion of the parade
patriotic songs by "a bhorus of chil
dren and others by a chqrus of
male and female voices, were sung
on the court house lawn, after
which the crowd Went tp the Court
House auditorium where the speech
of the day was delivered by Hon.
R. R. . Ferrell of. Albany. The
speech of Mr. Ferrell was a mag-
nificicnt dne>nd should result in.
jn^'cae-ing the-V-patriot;si* ,o.i >dur
citizens. Mr. Ferrell made what
of the Progress Office Just After They Had Been Awarded to the Winners.
All the Contestants Take the Results in Best of Humor
Miss V^nLandingham Won First Prize
Miss Carol YanLandingham who has hden a steady and'earnest
worker from the start and kept it up \yith vigor to the closing: day' of
the/centeSt, wpn the Ford Automobile, the 1st Prize with a total vote
of 2,406,925. & , . '■ " j?
Miss Fulford Won Third Prize
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■ Miss Alice Fulford did som<} most excellent work ilQthe contest,
and but for thd fact-that, her family was sick duririg' ; a large part of the
contest,^hr —'•• IJ *-*—* u -
contestarits
the contest and who was a close second in the contest,, won tlie Hobart
with a.vote’of 2;049,175. *..
Miss Dickejr Won Fourth Prize
Miss Elizabel Diokey lives in the Beachtori district, which is quite
sparsely settled, but by-some energetic work ' she- gainrid foiffith-. place
and won the Royal Blue Set of China with a vote of 308,950. '•
Congratulations
We congratulate the winners on their success in this ; contest, j. Be
sides the fact that they have won some- very valuable prises, Swe trust
that they have each otic,gained some Valuable lessohsi that will be of
She won the splendid Buck Range with y,’vote of 467,500.
Commission Winners
' * Several of our contestants di,d some faithful and energetic work for
'Inch we are duly grateful. Wqregret that we could not offer enough
in, another place in this issue. At
the .elos'e of this there was a water
fight between opposing teams from
the Cairo Volunteer Fire Company.
Beginning at eight o’clock that
evening, there was a torch light
procession that wound up the day’s
features.'
Refreshments were served on
the Court' House Lawn at noon
of 10%, which was promptly paid over to them. An examination of
the report of the comnfittee that is printed in this issue will show just
how many votes each contestant that remained in the race-received.
Satisfactory Contest
For our own part the contest is aq entirely satisfactory one. Sat
isfactory from a monetary standpoint, and also it has given us a wide
circle of readers, and with the cooperation which we expect from these,
we intend to push tha Grady County Progress as a paper that stands
for all that means the upbuilding and advance, of our county.
\Ve especially rejoice that there is no spirit of ill will engendered by
l a «l/-\crwl Tlinun hn.Tn norflio pnnfdQl- m nlmmn .1
We Thank You
• We want to sincerely and heartily'thank' every person who has
either directly or indirectly added to the success of this contest on which
we largely staked the success of our paper. We pledgh You I that we
shall do all possible to warrant the confidence you have shown.- •. We
have no higher desire than to serve our fcllo.wmnn, and through' the
years you shall ever find the Progress battling for those things that in
our judfeenierit mean the lifting of out people toward the best; in ideals
and aehievments.
. • No dissatisfaction with the result
that the contest was a perfectly fair <
work reaped its just regard.
Mr. Tom Hall who lives on the
Hawthorn place north of Cairo,
has had the misfortune: to lose
three head of cattle during the last
few weeks.
He says that from tno best infor
mation he can get from parties who
know and from Veterinarians,
thebe cattle died of tick fever:
' m,.. „e
contest just closed. Those having the contest in charge have done
fytliing : possible to keep the contest on.q really high plane arid ’ the
lit is one'that gratifies us exceedingly.
shown by anyone. All realize
me, and,one in which steady hard
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Tfie symptoms were loss of ap
atite, sluggishness, running a t
ose, slobbering, bloody Urine and
loody actiqps.
Thos cattle had not been dij>
Mr. Faulton Sutton also lost last
week, a good heifer from ijorghum
poisoning he thinks.
ing tho bases; Here’s where the
fun started. Powell took the first
one Stuart offered and put it over
the right field fence for three bags,
scoring Mpslcy, Smith and Spciicc.
It was all over for Quincy then, as
Mosley wris going goo^l and every
body hndjtheir eye on*’em.
Quincy got one, in the seventh
and Jairotone each inltho seventh
and eighth. .
The gaihc was at‘.‘Hum Dinger”
from start to finish, and Cairo’s
new iinc-up looked lik£ it was good
enough for anything ;t jat wants to
the Association or C. R. Beale,
County Inspector, when they have
cattle to become sick or die and
assistance will be. rendered where
possible and post mortem examina
tions will be made upon dead car
casses to determine cause of death.
Prompt co-operation along thb
line may result in the prevention
of the spread of some infections or
contagious diseases.
W. II. Clark, W. D. Clifford,
James Brown, ,1.1. Vunlaiylingham,
J./C. Outz, W. L. Pdrklrfs, C. E.
Barrincau, E. II. Lang, J, W. Lee,
W. R. Wynn, W. S, Lane, G. M.
Jones, A. L. Miller, R, H. Hum-
phries/Alex‘ Maxwell, E. P. Tru-
lock, M. K. Vanlandingham, H. R.
Belcher, W. T. Willis, W„ C. Bell,
Rj L. Gwaltney, D. F. Oliver, W.
B. Roddenbery, W. E. Wamble.
The above is a list of the jury
drawn on the 1st. day of July to
serve at the July term, the same
being the "3rd Monday" in said
month,
Yours very truly,
J. M. McNair, Jr.
Mr. Ernest Harper has lost two
from some unknown cause, and
still has three that are sick now.
None of the above cattle have
been dipped and the trouble may
or may not | be tick lever, but the
main pointlthat we -need- to take
into consideration is: that cattle
.die of variqus diseases and some
will no doubt die after being dip
ped, but wri should be careful and
not say thfey wore killed by dip
ping, for dipping does not JcilJ cat-.
Cairo 11 Jo 0, but not so dnj tlie
gnmc the Fourth of July; v ■
'The grime looked* like a good
oiie from the start;' Everybody
was in itnvitli plenty of life and it
looked like three runs would win,it
In the thirdjnning Cairo began
to get after Stuart with two- or
three pretty singles. “Red” Mos
ley hold 'cm tight, and everybody
wns saying, “look out for Stuart,
they are going' to jump on him
with, both feet, and give the
Quincy outfield some exercise chas-
ingballs.”
In the sixth inning Mosley beat
of the Treasurer of Grady County,
rind to provide’ by whom it shall be
fixed.
W- D. -Barber.
With a heart full of gratitude,
am thanking each and every one of
you,.who by your liparty co-opera
tion and encouragement, made it
possible for me to be the success
ful contestant for*the first iirize in
the recent contest.
I Carol VanLandingham.
-it simply removes one of tho
of death and that is why
RUB-MY-T1SM
Will cure Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic
SprainSjBruises, Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm. Ec
zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne,
used internally or externally. 25c,’
causes i
we dip.
Notice
I- have two Large Jacks for
service. Fee S13.00, $5.00 cash bal
ance" at birth of edit.
Joe Herring,
Calvary Ga.
Mr. A. L. Kelley, of Cairo,'
was a
visitor here today.—(Tuesday’s)
Valdosta Times.
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