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Watch for the One Cent Sale Next Month—Wight & Browne “THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS 1KF OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY, VOL CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,. SEPTEMBER 910. NO. 19 Work of Committees Makes Fine Proggress The work of getting every thing in readiness for Grady Day is mov' ing along at a splendid rate accord ing to the reports of the chairmen of the various committees to the Executive committee last Wedne day evening. The exhibits committee reported increasing interest in the exhibits that are to be shown, and reported that a number of the school dis tricts were very enthusiast, icallj preparing to bring floats from their districts for the parade. These floats arc to receive the.large part of the prize money for the day, and it is expected that there will be some splendid floats prepared by the various districts. A splendid brass band of twentj pieces has been secured to^furnith music for the day. A committee has been appointed to invite Hon. Roscoc Luke to lx present and to make an address. It is expected that the railroads will give reduced rates for the day. County Demonstrator Ward, re ports that there will probably be forty or more colts in the parade and forty or more pigs on display. All signs point to a great one day fair. A great many people are sorry that it is to last for only one day. It. is very likely that a move will be started at once to raise funds for the establishment of a permanent Grady County Fair to last for several days each year. Full details of the line of parade and other particulars for Grady Day will be announced next week. LET EVERYBODY BOOST FOR GRADY DAY. Attention School Dist. * Some valuable pash prizes have been offered to the school Districts getting up the best Agricultural Floats for Grady Day. These are counted on as being the most at tractive features of the day. It is desired that every district that can possibly do so have a float in the parade. The Exhibit Committee having this in charge will be glad to cooperate in any way they can with the people of the school dis tricts in getting up these floats. See Mr. C. E. Mauldin or any member of the 'committee. . Let every district got busy, build a big float and fill it with every thing that grows on the farm. k . — Attention Automobile Owners It is earnestly desired that every automol i e in Grady county take part in the parade on Grady Day. This applies whether they are dec orated on not. Wh. Searcy, W. T. Crawford and R. R. Vanlanding- hrm are the Purade Commit!e • having.this in charge and they de sire that every one having an auto mobile will speak to them in the next few days, telling them that they expect' to participate in the parade so that their name can be registered. This is important. Let everybody help: Attention Pig Club Boys Good pens are being built to ac commodate all hogs that may be brought for exhibition on Grady Day, but the Committee . Grounds makes this request of all •who bring pigs, that they will bring along a small * trough in which to feed and water them. 'The committee has only, a limited amount of money with which to prepare ^he grounds, ancl if all will School News Last Friday during the reccssess the seventh grade sold sandwiches. The proceeds are to be used for the improvement of the seventh grade room. The Executive Committee of the two literary societies met last week to make out programs for the meetings on Friday afternoon Sept. 20th, The Laniers will debate upon the following subject: Re solved, "That the United States should not intervene in Mexico.” The subject for Pliilomathepn de bate is: Resolved, “That Caesar is greater than Napoleon.” The ot her mwnbjrs on the program con sist of declamations, musical num bers and readings. We are glad to know that the two divisions of the fifth grade have organized . clubs. They will meet twice each month and render interesting and varied programs. This is excellent training for future society work and other grades would do well .to follow the ex ample of the fifth. Mr. P. F. Hinson visited the chooi during the week. Misses Turncll, Little and Tutcn went to Thomasville Thurs day afternoon. Mrs. T. J. Butts and Mrs. Hardy Poulk visited the school Tuesday morning. The songs during the chapel •xercises are being led by Miss Barrett this yaar. New song books have been issued and the inging has improved very much since the beginning of school. We are especially proud of the improved appearance of our school luwn. The grass that was set out by the School Improvement Club in the spring is growing nicely and adds much to the appearance of our building and grounds. We are contemplating other improve ments, and hope by the end of the year to have school premises of which the pupils and the people of the town may be proud. —Lucile Jeffarcs. What To Bring For The Fair Carload of Hogs from As I have boon appointed to get up nn exhibit for Grady county to be carried to Donulsonville, to bo at, Cairo Grady Day ancl to bo carried to Valdo3tii, I am trying very hard to get up a good exhibit. I am calling on the people to help me, and if everybody who has something good or extra large or fine will carry it to Wight Hard ware Company’s store, (they have room for it,,) on or before Saturday we will have a large exhibit, for 1 know it is in the county, and all we want to do is to get a sample of it. I ask all who feel an interest in Grady county to help all they can. Below is a list of aitides and the prizes offered. Best bushel of oats, any variety, $1.00 for each. Best bushel of rye, SI.00. Best 3 sheaves rye, SI.00. Best 3 bundles hoy, sorghum, grain attached, §2 00. Best 3 bundles Japanese seeded sorghum, S2.00. Best gallon sorghum syrup in glass, SI .00. Best bushel rough rice, SI.00. Best peck butter beans, SI.00. Best 3 sheaves rice, $1.00. Best half dozen egg plants $1.00. Best dozen tomatoes, SI .00. Best cabbage, SI.00. Best Peek Okra, St.00. Best six stalks cotton, early ma turity, fruit attached, $3.00. Best bushel corn on cob, any one variety, $3.00. Best bale hay any variety, SI.00. Best bushel peas anv one variety S1.00. Best peanutc, $1.00. Best potatoes, $1.00. Also prizes on best sugar cane and best syrup in glass pints and quarts. Also Velvet Beans, Pumpkins, Kershaws, Tobacco, Fruits ; and Pecans. If you have fruit of any kind please bring it, ancl anything else you want carried.-^ Yours to serve, C. C. Belcher. TO THE PUBLIC The next meeting of the Board of Education of Grady County will be held on Tuesday Oct. 10th at 9 o’clock a. m. This meeting will be held in place of the regular meeting, which is usually held on the first Tues day. Any .parties having matters to present to the Board of Education will please be governed accordingly. Very respectfully, J. S. Weathers. help in this small way it will save the committee considerable ex pense. Attention Fiddlers The Fiddlers’ Convention on the night of Grady Day is to he open to all comers whether from Grady county or from other counties^. It is desired'that nil who expect to enter this contest register their names with Mr. J. W. Miller at Crawford- Miller Co’s. Stables as early as possible. This contest, will begin at 7:30 Tuesday night on the Railroad Square. Send in your name right away, FLOATS FOR GRADY DAY Will the Cairo citizens who own cars kindly cooperate with the Committee on Floats and contrib ute as liberally as possible toward making this one of the attractive features of our Grady County Fair. -Committee. Galvary To Atlanta Mr. C. R. Beale representing the White Provision Company of Atlanta, bought a carload of hogs at Calvary last Tuesday. Mr. .1. M. Herring furnished 44 head of these, and they wore moat all Duroe hogs that had been fed some corn and brought 8-35 cents per pound gross. Mr. T. N. par- soy furnished 34 head that, brought 8:00 cents per pound gross and Mr. C. C. Belcher furnished 7 that were less desirable at 7-75 cents pet- pound gross. With this enterprising Atlanta firm in the market and the addi tional packing houses that are be ing erected in the south, we should always bo,al>le to get fair prices for our Imfes. \ glance at this car of hogs as they were passing through Cairo showed them to be a very nice lot of hogs for this early in the season, especially the red ones furnished by Mr. Herring. The second car of hogs from Grady county to be shipped to Atlanta was bought by Mr. C. R. Beale Thursday and shipped to White Provision Co., of Atlanta. The price paid was 8 and 8j cents. The hogs were sold by the follow ing parties: W. O. Hanisou, A. II. Sasser, M. G. McManeous, E. T. Whigham, .1. F. McCord, Joe Rawls, C. F. Walker, J. P. Stana- lgnd and F. O. Oats. Mr. Harri son had eight head that averaged 239 each. ■ Card of Thanks Witli grateful hearts we wish to express our appreciation to our friends and neighbors for their sympathy and generous assistance during the sekness and since the death of our baby, Annie Dale, ancl to the Woodmen Circle and all others who sent in the nanny beau tiful flowers. We wish alsa to express partic ular appreciation to our physician, Dr. Walker, for his gentle minis trations of the little one. ■ May Heaven’s richest blessings ire upon each one. Mr. and Mrs. E. Odus Alligood. RALLY DAY AT METHOD- ‘ 1ST CHURCH SUNDAY. A most interesting program of songs, readings, and short talks has been arranged for the Rally Day exercises at the Methodist Church next Sunday afternoon at 3:10 o’clock. Every one who is not a regular attendant at some Sunday School is especially invit id to 1 c present. A pleasant horn- promised. Short talks, not exceeding five minutes, will be made by Messrs. J.-S. Weathers, Ira Carlisle, Jesse Forsythe, and Rev. W. C. Jones. Remember Tuesday, Get. 10th GRADY DAY Death of Liffle Annie Dale AlligoOd A sad death of this week was that of the little nine months old daughter of Mr. nncl Mrs. E. O. Alligood which occurred last Mon day afternoon at six o’clock. The little girl had only been sick since Friday morning, ancl was not thought to be dangerously sick un til Monday morning. All that loving at.tentijn and medical skill could do were power less to stay the hand of c’oith. She was laid tenderly to rest Tues day afternoon in the Cairo ceme tery. \\ e ji in t he many friends of the bereaved in extending our sympa thy. investigating Party Visits Cairo. Attention Voters In file City of Ca ro The Registration books are now open for the purpose of all voters in the City of Cairo, to register. The Executive Committee at their meeting held on Sept, the 19th ruled that all who wanted to par ticipate in the coming primary for the purpose of electing all city Officers, Mayor, Council, Clerk and Treas. would have to register in order to be qualified to vote in the coming-primary which is called to be held on Oct. the 17th. 1916. The Registration Books arc now open at the City Clerk’s Office in the City. Hall, and will remain open until the 14th, day of Octo ber 1916. This the 20th. day of Sept. 1916 J. H. Connell, City Clerk. Donalsonville Fair Opens Next Tuesday The Southwest Georgia Fair at Donalsonville is to open for nfivo days fail- next Tuesday morning, Reports from that hustling com munity indicated that, they are go ing to have a splendid exhibit of farm products of this section of the South. They are giving par ticular emphasis to live stock and there will no doubt be some splen did specimens of all kinds of live stock on exhibition there. It is expected that many people from Grady county and also from Thomas county will attend this fair and reduced railroad rates have been secured on l lie Coast Lino from Thomasville. There will be a special train operated on Wcdnes- Thomasvillc about seven o’clock in the morning and returning will cave Donalsonville about o’clock Quite a party of gentlemens from Pulaski, Dooly and Wilcox coun ties spent a short while in Cairo Tuesday morning on an itinerary they are making of the sections in fested witli boll-weevil. The route of their trip was thsough Thomas, Grady and Decatur counties and on into Alabama. They made in quiries here regarding the methods of diversified farming and stock raising that arc being put into practice. One of the things of in terest that they visited in this county was the new concrete silo oh the farm of Mr. W. B. Rocklen- bery. The public spirit of the men making up ibis party is certainly !o bo commended. No doubt there are in the counties from which they come many who are ■skeptical about the damage that the boll weevil will do, ancl the personal testimony of these gentle men after seeing for themselves will no doubt enable the counties from which they come to take steps to prepare for the weevil be fore he has worked such gioat damags. Those making up the party were:—A. T. Holt, ltobt. McCloud mil Fletcher McCloud of Pulaski ounty, A. B. Tippett, J. O. Mix- i, ancl John Slade of Dooly County, Dr. J. T. Gamrnaye, Maccy Gammagc, B. R. Holt, D. M. Harvey, Earnest Dubose and Delly Pearce of Wilcox county. Cairo Has a Near Fire Last Saturday J. E. Wr ght, M. D. Physician (Si Surgeon Phones; Office 40; Res. 44. Office with Dr. Clower-. What might have easily proven a very serious fire was the one that broke out on the roof of Mr. Mack Harrison’s residence last Saturday afternoon. It caught from a'spark lodging in some trash on the roof, but fortunately was seen almost immediately by Mrs. Rappoport woo phoned the family. The alarm was turned in and prompt meas ures extinguished the fire before any headway was gained. Programme For Big Thomas County Fair Assistant Secretary and Treas urer. L. C. Bush, .of the Thomas ( ounty Fair Association, has sent out the following abbreviated pro gram for the Thomas County Fair, h> be held at Paratiise Park, 1 homasvillo, Gai, yds year, Nov. 1st. 2nd. ancl 3rd. inclusive. Many features are-included this year which broadens the scope of this South Georgia exhibition con siderably, Also one day has been added as heretofore but two days were used for the Fair. Wednesday, Nov. 1st. the morning program will include an agricul tural, merchants and manufacturers parade at eleven o’clock, which will “ UJJCIIVICUUU U CUIU S- - — u UIUC.-K, wuicn Will day, Thursday and Friday from “° headed by one regiment of Thomasville. This train will leave United States soldiers, if present .... ‘plans materialize, ’in the after- noon the Fair will be formally five °pened; schoolchildren’s contests will be had participated in by ui uy This will make a very conven- hvo thousand children of tho •jnt schedule and it is quite certain c 'tics and county anct a joint con- that a great many will avail them- ven t'on of Baeholors and Maiden selves of it to sec the Southwest Tadics from all over South Georgia, Georgia Fair. North Florida and Eastern Ala bama, will be held at the Court House. Senator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois and Ex-Postmaster General Prank Hitchcock, will be the prin cipal speakers although Drs. Anna Shaw and Mary Walker have also been invited. That night a torch light- procession of Vnshti Home Girls, High School girls and boys and citizens will be held with street dunces and band concerts. Thursday, November, 2nd. the second day, will open with an Automobile parade headed by 1000 Fords from all sections, in charge of Hon. William A. Logan, as di rector general. In the afternoon judging of exhibits with speeches by Hon. John W. Sibley of Birm ingham, ancl several other promi nent men will be had. The night program will consist of a Riff Raff Parade by masqueraders and citi zens, street dances and band con certs. Friday, November, 3rd. the third day’ Hon. Hugh Dorsey, newly‘elected governor of Georgia, will speak. Preceding the speak ing a parade will escort Mr. Dor sey from his" hotel to the Park and 1000 mounted men will head this parade. At noon the monster Barbecue will be served by Hon. Roscoc Luke and his cohorts. Al ready 15,000 pounds of meat and 7500 loaves of bread have been en gaged for this occasion. In tl e afternoon awarding of prizes, judg ing of county exhibits and a big free for all mule race will be the event while the night program will consist of an Old Fiddlers conven tion succeeded by old fashioned dances and band concerts. $3,000.00 FOR A WOHD The American Ever Ready Works arc going to give $3,000.00 in cash for (he beat Suggestion for a word to take the place of “Flash light” in describing their great Ever Ready Light. There will be no strings to the proposition. Bal lots for recording your suggestion can bo had at the local headquar ters for the Big Ever Ready Drive which will be the week of October 7th. to 14th. Watch our local ad vertising columns to learn where this headquarters will be. All sel lers of Ever Ready Lights will probably have these ballots. _ _ .If you have not seen the Iron Meet me at Cairo Claw now running at the Alcazar PD AI\V rw i v 1 you have missed one of the best ViKAD Y UA Y films now being shown.