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THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS
If F OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY,
PUBLIC DRAY
Tlio Old Ilcliublo
J. P. MONTGOMEUV
Day Phono 144, NIkIi 1147
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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST
ltU(
NO. 12
Important Menfr.g
Be Held Wednesday
One of the most, important moot
ings ever held in the history of
Grady county will be held at El
. Pino School, north of Cairo, Aug'
ust 10 at 10 o’clock in the morning
under the auspices of the State
Board of Entomology, for the pur
pose of denlihg with problems
which have arisen as the result of
the invasion of the Mexican Cotton
boll weevil. -
The boll weevil is now at. work
destroying the cotton of this and
some thirty other counties in
Georgia. It hns been found active
ly and vigorously at work on cot
ton squares and boll* this summer
in thirty-one bounties in the south
west and western sections of the
state. It is gnawing its way into
the, heart of business and eating up
the profits Of the farmer and the
merchant. •
If Georgia farmers hope to make
successful crops in spite of .the boll
weevil, they must-lcarn to combat
it To toll them how to do. this if
the purpose of .this meeting.
At, this meeting every phase of
the boll weevil problem will be dis
cussed and dealt with. These dis
cussions will include .the question
of the proper selection of cotton
seed for boll weevil conditions and
for resistance to diseases. Now it
the time to select cotton seed for
these purposes; the work done now
will count in the successful farm
ing of next year.
Among the speakers will be E
Lee Worsham, state entomologist:,
A. C. Lewis, assistant. state ento-
mologist - , Ira W. Williams and G.A.
McLendon, experts in cotton breed
ing, and a representative of the
States Relations Service.
Every business man and every
farmer in this section who can pc s-
sibly do so should attend this meet
ing, as it is of imperative import
ance to him. *
It is expected that all those who
attend will cary their lunches and
there will be a basket dinner at the
noon hour.
UK stock Assertion fa! Calves Profitable
Mel Last Saturday
New York
oi Fire!
*jl Ohe touch, of the button and
a mansion bums—another
pressure and the biggest bank
in the city bursts into flames.
It’s only a question of minutes
before all 1 New York will be
on fire—Manhattan is at the
mercy of a Send.
Read the engrossing details in
Arthur Stringer’s “The Iron
Claw,” the startling motion
picture serial story about to be
published in this newspaper.
§ Things happen at the rate of
sixty to every second in “The
Iron Claw.” The reader who
misses it will always regret it.
Read tie Story
Then See the Pathe Pictures at
the Theater
One man said: “The first night’s
rest I have had in weeks, was after
using your Skectcr Skoot.” It is
wonderful. A few drops sprinkled
around the bed is all that is ncecE-
sary. Sold only at Wight- &
Browne.
A good attendance was present
last Satdrday at the regular month
ly meet iiig of the Grady County
Live; .Stook Association. No set
program had bqcn arranged for the
day, hut interest in various mat
ters pe'rtnining to live stock grow
ing is so keen now among the mem
bers of the association that there is
never any lagging in the program.
Under the reports of the stand
ing conrinittees the discussion of
Feed Crops was general and timely
A number of the clovers were dis
cussed and several* indicated their
intention of planting more or less
of these the coming fall. The
purchasing committee was furn
ished with a list of the amounts of
burr Clover, Crimson Clover,
Vetch, and Rape, that the mem
bers present will likely want to
plan,t, and this committee will se
cure prices on these and will latpr
wnd in orders for the seed. An,^
persons wishing to take advantage
>f this opportunity to buy seeds at
the very best advantage would,, do
.veil to'see Mr. P. H. Ward, the
chairman of the purchasing com
mittee at once. "
Under the report of the Fair
ommittee Grady Day was dis-
ussed and the full commendation
and support of the Association was
pledged toward making the day an
assured success. • Also under this
report a motion was made that the
fair committee investigate and re
port to the next meeting of the as
sociation on the desirability, etc.
of making a display at thcTlcorgia-
Florida Fair at Valdpsta.
Mr. C. R. Beale reported, on the
progress of cattle dipping in the
county,' and'secured pledges from
a number of those present to see
Way Handling Gattle
Veal is now worth lie gross, and
this is not an unusual figure. At
this price a calf four months old
that has been pushed to the proper
finish will bring from $15.00”*'to
S20.00. or as much as the same
calf would bring if allowed to half
starve and raise ticks until, it
two years old.
A- veal must be between two and
six months old and must lie milk
fed. Besides the milk it should bo
fed a mixture of cotton seed meal
and corn meal. The whole object
in fcedinajjyoal calves is to get
them' fara^ 1 possible as quick ns
possible. Why not ship a ear load
of veal calves from Grady county
in the near future. The soiling
agent of the Grady County Live
Stock Association will be glad to
handle them free of charge.
Sallow complexion comes from
bilious impurities in the blood and
the fault lies with the liver and
bowels:—they are torpid. The
medicine that gives results in such
cases is HERBINE. It.is a fine
liver stimulant and bowel regulator
Price 50c, Sold by Wight & Brown
that the pens and covers were
built at once for some'of the vats
that have not" yet built these. Mr.
Beale reported that twenty-three
vats were dipping about fifty-live
hundred cows at this time.
A number, of new members .were
enrolled in the association and all
in all the meeting carries out our
statement often made that the
Grady County Live Stock Associa
tion is the livest organisation in
Grady county.
WHY CHANGE GOVERNORS?
Governor Harris: Confederate Sol
dier; Jurist; Christian Gentle
man; Statesman.
Shall We Dishonor Such a
Man, a Man Who Has
Done His Duty, By Fail
ing to Re-elect Him?
Your Governor, the Governor of
every man, woman and child in
Georgia, 13 on trial and stands before
the people of a state that he has laved
and served for half a century. He
asks that they re-elect him to the
office of Governor, one which for a
year now he has held honestly, fear
lessly and conscientiously; asks them
only to do -for him' what Democratic
precedent has made a custom in
Georgia—to give to every Governor
four years and which is now advo
cated by the majority of the candi
dates running.
Will you reject a man whose ex
perience and ability as an able jurist,
and whose long and valuable service
in the legislature amply qualify him
for the position?
Is it wise to substitute now an in-
experienced man, one who has never
been 'tried as Governor, for one who
has consistently devoted every day
for over a year to the position ?
Can you afford to neglect a man
who has carried on a splendid busi
ness administration, and who, for the
first time in history, had a thorough
audit made of the state’s books, thus
establishing a precedent for efficient
management -of the state’s funds ?
Can you conscientiously dispense
with the services of a man whose
work on the Western & Atlantic Rail
road Commission makes him best
able to handle the present crisis that
has arisen with respect to this, the
state’s greatest asset?
Can you afford to help defeat a
man who has thus far successfully
fought the L. & N.’s efforts to destroy
the W. & A. R. R. property? Don't
bo deceived about the opposition to
your Governor.
Can you deliberately hurt the man
who established the Georgia School
of Technology and is still Chairman of
the Board of Trustees: who is a Trustee
of the University of Georgia (his alma
mater) and of the Wesleyan Female
College, and has always been a leader
in Georgia’s educational progress?
Can you reflect on a man who has
paid the school teachers of the state
promptly and Is doing so now for the
first time in the history of Georgia,
a Governor who has fought more for
the common schools of Georgia than
any other has over done before?
Do you think for a. moment that
there can be any truth in the mali
cious charges against the courage and
backbone of a man who fought glo
riously for the South, and who made
the Prohibition acts. possible in the
face of tremendous opposition and
threats?
Will you deny to Georgia the priv
ilege of having as her Governor, for
the last time, a man who honored his
gray uniform beneath the grand old
stars and bars of the Confederacy?
• We do not believe that you can say
“yes” to any of theso questions. We
believe that you and thousands of
other patriotic Georgians, will honor
your state, your governor and your
selves by voting for Governor Harris.
Please help in this good fight by sign
ing and sending in the coupon below.
Crop Cmditas fat-
piled in 125 Counties
Tho slate department of agricul
ture lias just received, canvassed
und compiled reports of crop eo
dilions in 125. Georgia count ic
and based iipon these estimates Hu
1910 cotton crop in this slate
1,535,021 bales, as compared \vi
1,930,115 bales in 1915.
Crop shortage is already indi
cated in advancing prices. The
Georgia crop as shown by the fore
going figures, is 23 per. cent under
that of last year. With similar
conditions throughout the cotton
belt, present prices must not only
hold up, but continue to advance.
Enthusiasm Growing
In Hardman’s Ranks
Governor N. E. Harris,
State Capitol,
Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Governor—You can count on
my vote and influence.
Namo
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Address
Atlanta, Ga., Aiig. 9.—According
to reports from all sections, Dr. L.
G. Hardman still leads the govern
or’s race, and is steadily gaining
ground. Two years ago lie carried
upward of sixty counties,, and ns
indications arc "• that ho will get
every one of these and about thirty
others besides ,this time, his nomi
nation is being predicted ort the
first ballot. Dr. Hardman is jubi
lant over the outlook, ns not only
practically all his former support
ers, but great numbers of new. ones
in many eouffties,. arc rallying to
his cause, and interesting them
selves in his behalf with more en
thusiasm and zonk than ever be
fore.
What The Commis
sioners' Bill Provides
There has boon more or less con
jecture and misunderstanding ns
o just what tho bill relating to the
issioners that was re
duced by Reproscnta-
or and passed by the leg-
provides for. According
most reliable information
(hat we can obtain, tho. provisions
of llu: bill nro about like this:—
A now conimiss toner’s district, is
made of,Spence with G. il. Mize
named in the hill as commissiooner
to serve the unexpired term for
that district. A district is now to
be-composed of Blowing Cave and
Lime Sink districts. The re
mainder of the districts are to re
main as at present constituted, und
the present * .commissioners arc to
serve just ns before. The bill was
amended striking out tlio. provision
for a purchasing agent, so that in
reality tlio only change made by
tlio bill is the adding of tlie new
district with Mr. Mize as 'commis
sioner.
Work on White
Way Progressing
The stands find large globes for
the White Way have all been
placed and a coat of paint is being
added to tlie stands .this week. No
doubt by-the time of our next issue
Cairo will be resplendent with her
real White Way .
PEOPLE HAVE LOST MILLION
BY INEFFICIENCY, SAYS DOBBS
Atlanta, August 8^—State Senator
E. P. Dobbs of Cobb county, in pur
suance of promises made In the an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
office of comptroller general of Geor
gia, has Just given out tho first of
several. statements In which he
charges. William A. Wright, Incumbent
in that offico, with the responsibility
for huge losses of Georgians who In
vested their money In income, or guar
antee fund certificates issued by mu
tual Insurance companies operating
upon the legal reserve basis.
In the announcement of his candi
dacy for this office, Senator Dobbs re
fers to complaints against tho depart
ment In numerous letters from citi
zens of Georgia urging him to run,
and says: .
“The admitted record of unfor
tunate results following the ad-
mlnistratlon of this department
for the past, ten years will, in my
opinion, amply Illustrate an abso- •
lute public necessity for a new
comptroller general and Insurance
commissioner, and tho Installation
of energetic and progressive meth
ods for. these combined depart
ments.’’
Referring to his own success in tlie
manufacturing business In Marietta,
and In other enterprises and soliciting
the support of frlerids and the citizens
of Georgia generally, particularly those
“whose recent contact with this de
partment convinces them that my an
nouncement 1b opportune,” he con
cludes:
"I will, at an oarly date, furnish
the public with the official records
of results above referred to, and
which will astonish tho uninform
ed by disclosing the'amazing num
ber of'prcvontablo losses suffered
by the peoplo of Georgia on ac
count of lax administration—a rec
ord In which Georgia IcadB the
blacklist of all tho states In the
union.”
The People Misled
It Is in pursuance of this announcer
ment promise that Senator Dobbs now
proposes to give specific instances. He
charges Mr. Wriglit with an effort to
fool the people regarding Income. Or
guarantee fund certificates, In that he
makes it. appear in hls report to the
governor, dated January 1, 1910, that
MUTUAL insurance companies were
authorized to issue these certificates.
Dealing with the insurance act of 1912,
on page 8, Mr. Wright states in part
as follows:
"No provision of this statute has
been of more immediate benefit
to the public than the section
which I drafted dealing with what
is known as ‘Income’ or interest
hearing certificates, issued by mu
tual and co-operative or assess
ment industrial companies. The
State of Georgia in 1909 legalized
these certificates."
Mr. Dobbs states that the act of
1909 nmkeB no mention of mutual life
insurance companies, but confines it
self to “any mutual aid, benefit or In
dustrial insurance company incorpo
rated under the laws of this state
upon the co-operative or mutual as
sessment plan;" and that the section
of the. 1912 act, whose authorship Is
claimed by Mr. Wriglit, has no further
effect than to repeal the law of 1909;
that nowhere in tho laws of Georgia
is there pr has there ever been any
statuto authorizing the Issuance of
these certificates by Mutual Legal Re
serve insurance Institutions.
Millions Were Lost
It is chargod that one Georgia com
pany'has Issued more than $1,500,000
of these certificates, some prior to
1909 and many during the latter part
of 1912, with the knowledge and con
sent of Mr. Wright; that two other
Georgia companies have Issued moro
than $S50-,000 of these certificates,
making the amazing total of more than
$2,000,000 issued without any author
ity of law, PRACTICALLY EVERY
DOLLAR OP WHICH IS A- DEAD
LOSS TO THE INVESTOR.
General Wright admits In his report
(hat “the sale of those certificates
caused a financial loss to many, citi
zens," and attempts to relieve himself
of responsibility by stating that "the
insurance department had absolutely
no jurisdiction."
Senator Dobbs points out that char
ters granted to those companies make
them subject not only to the laws of
the state, but also to “any rules or
regulations of the Insurance commis
sioner . v . ” and that these insti
tutions could easily have been pre
vented from taking the -hard-earned
dollars of citizens in practically every
nook and corner of Georgia, without
the return pt any value, had Mr.
Wright, as Insurance commissioner,
regulated them by proper rules and
compelled them to- comply with tho
laws,
“One of the- most unpardonable and
neglectful of the acts that go to make
up...Mr. Wright’s official record," Sen
ator Dobbs stateB, “was his failure to
require tlie Empire Life Insurance
Company to make tho $100,000 deposit
as the law requires, for the protection
of its policy holders, before issuing to
this company a license when It began
doing business during 1912,”
Fifth Game of Series
Played in Quincy 1-0
A big crowd of fans accompanied
tho Cairo teams to Quincy to see
the last game of the series Friday;
Tallahassee having “hogged” the
game from our team Thursday.
Tho Quinoy folks wore more than
delighted to havo us come over to
their fair little city ns evidenced by
their enthusiastic support of our
team and their generous attend
ance. Quincy, wo think, was for
us, and'our boys *in return gave
thorn one of tho prettiest games of
tlio season in a 1 to 0, ton inning
game, with Johnson pitching and
Barrow catching.
Johnson probably pitched one of
the best games he has over pitched
lotting tho Tallahassee boys down
with 2 hits in the ten innings. The
fielding of our boys behind him in
the. pinches was sensational, as
soveral times Spence and NcSmith
by especially fast work cut oil
drives that were seemingly sure
hits. All the boys wore in the
fight to win ail the time and dis
played an unusual amount of
“pep.”
Hoke, the little pitcher for Tal
lahassee, pitched a fine game and
several, times struck out men when
a little loose pitching would have
cost him the game.
This game ended tho base ball
season in Cairo. Wo have had a
mighty good article of ball furnish
ed us by tho management and at a
small cost. Probably no team ir
this part of the state playing as
fast a game as ours and at so small
cost to the fans above the attend
ance receipts for each game.
The team gathered together by
the management were certainly a
lot of fine fellows, who gave to the
fans their very best service, and it
would please the fans of Cairo to
have them all on the job again next
Cairo Gets First
Bale Ot Cotton
Mr. C. D. Hickey, sold the fii
bale of this seasons cotton brougl
to this market last Friday mornin
It was bought by John L. Pou
and brought tho splendid price i
16 cents per pound. On accoui
of the rainy weather cotton is son
what slow in coming in. . Up unt
Tuesday noon of this week we li£
received only four bales ot our loc
warehouse. We .heard one of oi
merchants that keeps posted c
these matters remark that cottc
is bringing exactly fifty per cei
more than at the same timo la
year. With the good prices thi
it is hoped will prevail for cottc
this full it will mean much for oi
farmers. It is a well recognized fa
that a small crop at a good prii
means much greater profit to tl
Srowers than a much larger crop i
a cheap price.
Cairo Continues to Dress Up
It line with the improvements in
the business section of Cairo we
note this week that new coats cf.
paint have been added to the fronts
of the Farmers & Merchants Bank
and to Wight'Hardware Company’s
store. With a White Way and oil
our old awnings down and the vaiy
ious other improvements that are
constantly going on, we are bound
to look some spruced up yet.