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ADY -COUNTY PROGRESS
IK IT OFFICIAL ORGAN OF GRADY COUNTY,
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VOL 7.
Grady tcusiy la Me
Exhibit at
j.up Lt-kO To Bo Hist
At “Some” BarbeGue
Mr. C. C. Belcher assisted by
olio or two others is htisily at work
gelling a display logeullx r for the
fair ni, Valdosta next week. This
exhibit while* strongly .specializing
on sugar cane and syrup products
is also expected to show the various
products of the county t|utl v.c
can grow with such success.
On behalf of Grady county we' [,V;, ^ of , F; . |r
want to appeal to 1 ho citizens ol
ITon. lloscoo Luke,chairman of
the Barbecue committee for 1 ho
Thomas County Fair, who was re
cently elerled judge of the court
of Appeals of Georgia, desires to
state to the great gmeral ) ■ pillaco
of SoutYGco-gia,'Eastern Alabama
alul Northern Fi irida, that t.k.c
meat has been ‘got’ for the Big
Free Barbecue, to l e given the
at Thomas-
Ncvemb r. 3rd.
I he county t|»l Have some product ( Ag , |ip cffll . i;il , K) , j U(1 ,, t , p uk( r
that is real good to bring d into • vilt „ n ,,,. y l)!;liv ' U) t : oni(1
the Progress office hintmday morm 1 ^, |oce of ' R ar becue. He
jug. lfit is something that, will „ la( ,, V1 - V0: ,c will go'
n.ldu. thovnluo-of; the exlnlm it )|is ^ of n)oat> Ue -does not
guarantee however, -tq feed those
.who come an 1 those win stay at
will feed thdsp
Will I e gladly rpeeivee} argi if il
of value in a commercial Mire, it
Will be sold rd ||tt; close,of the ‘J r ,mc too, He just
and the mercy turned p\cr to-tl e' w j n . . oin ^- *
one contributing them tide or elso - anv .
'contributing
it will ho returned to the oj,*ncr.
Some of the tilings that will help
are thoic: —Ecst bushel oats all
varieties, best bushel rye; bed
sheaves rje; best I undies sorghum;
Japanese or any other vaiirties;
best tice, bundles or bushel tough
rice; best meal, any kind of food
home cured bacon; best vegetable.:
any kind, especially turnips, egg
njants, tcpialbcs, cabbage,, pniops,
begl jiuptlrc-jl pars porn; I esj, bay.
|iptt peas half bushel or more; best
peanuts; best sweet potatoes; l est
fpear carp; best vclyet |;caps; l*u(
(cerphaws,
ffherp are po doubt other things
that lit.vq.not piruti«.i| in : u.i Jlgi(
you may have aiid-lltul. would -arid
, ‘'llowsc over,” says Judge Lukfi,
with 15000 pounds of dressed
meat, we should be able to feed
this section of the world, still we’ll
bo prepared to feed some, other
sections if they* come, so tell them
all to ho here, both great and small
men, women and chii’una. Color
ed folks will please stand aside and
let the white folks get something
to eat,
The invitation is a very broad
one an 1 includes all. citizens of
every section ot the Southeast re
g:ml!c:M of their mitipnalitys errc-d
pr previous state of servitude, just
si they are white.
Judge I/ake say:; tluii even rail
4cai£' iv.cn, -newspaper men and
Grady County Pig Club Pigs
Winning Honors at Atlanta
Mr. P. IT. Ward, Farm Demon- j south. The Poland China sow pig
strut or, returned from AtlSnta I shown by littlo Miss Guthrio Bod-
Wednesday with the splendid news iford made the saino record in her
that Grady county pigs arc ills- J class that t ho abovo boar pig made,
mining the reputation they miide This record ninclo at the great
'or themselves at the fairs last ypar. ! Southeastern Fair where 751 show
Mr. Ward had to leave for ho,foej hogs are on exhibition is one to he
when the judging had ymly fairly j proud of.
started, and seme of the breplsI Grady county has a very fine
. amir,t yet he reported on, hut fin aggregation of Duroo pigs nt At-
liu* Poland Chinn class, the boar ! (anta, and we hope tq report equal-
pig-shown by Goode Carr won first I ly as good things uf them as soon
against all contestants in bis class j;u (he report comes in,
iit the I ig ( ltd) Contest, apd thLlij U yon have not. yet discovered
howji in the open ling, be \vfu j that you live in n great county we
•econd place, showing against the j would suggest that you wake up.
'ending hertb from all over . the 1 . GREAT IS GRADY.
; - . ''-pt', af-hers will le td’owefl. That
t> the altraetjvepetih ofttlu; i .Tnilnty -| -I’fFuTiit to givo'lhe hint
to every body that, they itre wel
come, If il i. not, the Barbecue
committee can do no more The
jig’s up and the* PniTccuc will be
patep, by so|tm one eb,o.
Themasvii’e is preparing for ap
•gtformous crowd < tt this occasion
lets! Year over *10,00:0 people at
tended and some of the big city
dailies wasted much money calling
their local correspondents to find
ouY if four thousand was not
meant insfpgd qf ton times thaj
number. - The affair will be con T
dueled in ‘jam up’ style and every
precaution is being takon tq guard
pgainst any pne going hungry for j
if. you have scmrlhir.p I tiegni
along and show ycur public Pphit,
Nobody makes any money cut of
this preposition. It is sin.ply an
effort to have Grady county'take
(ifiji rhlill'id place mining the pro
pyii.Tvp counties.
Paean Sale Company
Receiving Machinery
Big Demand
Fir Peanuts
Decatur Concern Wants I 0,
000 Tons in Next Twelve
Months,
(,no meal any way.
Five Thousand At Funeral.
ro',ham, Oct. 17.—The. funeral.
and interment of the late Judsop
L. Hand, a member of the Western
gr.d Atlantia railroad commission,
Was at tended by more than 5,000
people, Fifty-eight salesmen of
1 his big .department glofB were
1 present and fully 2,500. negro ent-
ployes viewed the body. There
Bainhridgo, Out. 15—Decatur
faulty has another cash market
'or farm products. The Empire
lot top Oil company has begun
•rushing peanuts at its local plant
ltd announces that, they want .to
,uy for cash during the next
we’ve month’ at least 10,000 tons
>f peanuts-more than Decatur
county could possibly make.
The Empire people have already
begun crushing peanuts, tithing off.
a charge l |ds wpe.h from nuts
shipped in from Alabama, Mr,
Or rter prefers to buy these from
Decatur county farmers and is
i rg’mg them to plant'extensively
another year. These people oper
ate mills here, nt Blakely and
other points and it is said there, is
ao danger gyi pv^r-produflinm
Farmers around Edison , and Ar
lington during the past year made
peanuts a very profitable crop,
which they sqlij to the peanut- c.i!
mills at those places. Lands in
i this section will produce from d0
to 93 bushels of peanuts lo the
aero and prices run from 70 cents
to SI per bushel, while the cost of
1 production is less per acre than for
[ cotton.
COTTON HIGHEST
IN MORE THAN
FORTY YEARS
The recently organized company
for the handling, of pecan nuts has
jV't'ca lv been getting in their ma-
(tjliqcry for tljp uqv>rting, grading
gad drying of the nut crop of thi-
vieinily.
Although (lie.pecan industry in
this section is as yet comparatively
an infant, yet it is becoming quite.
U lusty one and I ho next few years
. will no doubt see tins great ; ro-
fjuet being shipped in large quan
tities from thD section by this te-
eontly organized nanyp iny, this is
fhe first of many simitar ones' th it
Will be formed throughout the pe
can belt,
It Is reported that pecan price
arc higher this yoar- than for
time apd no doubt renutnr . , Ulla ,
prices will be received for all nuts 1 automobiles were used in | th (, re have „i,. eady this yoa ,. h c( ,„.
of good quality that are pyxluced (ng the crowds to the cemetery,
t'lis year,
With cotton selling on tho local
market this week for 18 ets. par
pound it lias broken all records for
many years. Long cotton is also
bringing a, very fancy price, about
forty coats pot* pound. Ono of our
local merchants showed us the rc-
euipt a day or two ago for abide of
Dong cotton that be said would sell
for 8200.00. While there has al
ready been brought to the local
market about four thousand bales
of eqttqq, which is mnto than was
generally supposed would conic to
this market during the entire sea
son, yet there is considerable cotton
yet in the hands of the growers to
lie sold, We have been informed
of two planters alone who at-iU
have on hand negy- qn, -tq a, hun
dred. halos. With, the high price
that has prevailed throughout tho
season for cost ton nnd foe cotton
seed and the splendid prospect, for
a big syrup crop at high prices,
Gl'ady ought to have the most
prosperous season in her history,
City Election A
Quiet One
Tin* primary election last Tues
day held for the purpose of nomi-.
mating a muyor and Council and n
Clerk nml Treasurer to serve tho
city for the next two years passed
olT without incident, Thcro was
only one name before the voters
for each place to be filled and nat
urally the interest was not so
great nor tho vote so heavy ns if
(hero bad been opposition. Tho
vote cast was ns follow;
FOR MAYOR.
A. W. Miller 99
FOR COUNCILMAN
Escapes Storm
i nriiio.s nloves viewed the -foody. I here - , .
i j»nu,h i ' J • . sidcnng the propersittOB. We u
*r soma- | were few dry eyes among the. (!ersll . nil lhal in ' lho wost{ . ril p!!
ncrutlvo npurners. l wo hundred and fifly j of th(J P( , ullly ftboufc Whighmn lh
Thy above from tlie Macon Tele
graph carries its own story,. Pea
nuts ought to prove a quite profit
able crop with many of our far
mers, and in view of the fact that
cotton .peerages must be cut down
next year it will lie well worth con-
We un
art
that
Dental Preparedness
j What is the most important at-
i tributo of a solder?
Good feet? No.
Good eyesight? No.
Good brains? No.
What then? Geod teeth.
A soldier may have good feet,,
good eyesight, and good brains but
if he has bad teeth, he can’t cat.
If ho can’t oat ho can’t march near,
enough to the enemy to sec him ma de a decided advance in price
(At Large)
J. M. Poulk 99
FOR COUNCILMAN
(1st. Ward)
W. L. Wight 100
FOR COUNCILMAN
(2nd. Ward)
W. J. WHlic 98
FOR COUNCILMAN
(3rd. Ward)
J. B. Warncll 98
FOR COUNCILMAN
(4th. Ward)
J. E. Hurst 97
FOR CLERK AND TREASURER
J. H. Connell. 99
Wc think that our town is very
much to be congratulated on the
harmonious- result of oui town
politics. Wo should now be in
condition to pass a bond issue -for
tho putting in of sewerage without
tho least trouble. And when this
is done we believe it will mark the
beginning of the most prosperous
perioil in the history of the town.
Tlie gentlemen who havo been
nominated to hold the roins of the
city government for tho next term
two all men who aro anxious to see
the town go forward and we feel sure
that they will handle its affair in a
conscientious and efficient manner.
Let everybody put their hand to
the wheel of progress nnd push.,
Be a Booster. Don’t Knock.
THE IWJUENT Of
CREAMERY IS GREATLY
PLEASED AT^ SHOWING
Nearly Three Thousand
Pounds of Butter Turn
ed Out First Month
_____
ALL OF IT SOLD
ON LOCAL MARKET
Mnny Cows Have Been Ship
ped to County—Creamery
Faces Bright Outlook
The management of tho Moultrie
Co-operativo Creamery Company
Is highly pleased at the showing
made during tho first mohth of op
eration which was completed yes
terday. So far the plant has turn
ed out on an average of a littlo
over 100 pounds of butter daily.
All of this has been readily sold on
the local market and although the
creamery has orders for trial ship
ments from other points it has
been unable to fill them.
About S700 have been paid out
to the producers for cream to date.
Thoy pro greatly pleased at the
profit they havo realized and most
of them are planning to grently in
crease their output, The indica
tions aro that the creamery will be
able to run on a much larger scale
during the present month. Cows
are still being shipped to the
county and . tho patrons of the
creamery are rapidly increasing.
The plant promises to rapidly de
velop into one of tho city’s most
valuable institutions.—Moultrie
Observer.
Cairo Narrowly
The heavy rains which fell in
this section Wednesday were the
result of a tropical storm that
came in from the Gulf nnd passed
Through the states lo the west of
us. At one time it was thought
that the storm would most surely
iwnch this point, but it passed
somewhat to the west of us. As
one result of the liurrican cotton
I The Rev. O. M. Meeks nnd (ho
1 R y,-. Mr. Leo officiated,
If your subscription to the Pro
gress is due. tetter pay up now
and got a year subscription to our
club of four magazines. You are
entitled to a year subscription to
these four magazines if you will
send ip your renewal lo the Pro
gress and pay 25 cents extra.
That line rain Wednesday will
make it easy for the farmers to
plant a good oat crop. Nothing
better to plant than plenty of cats
Grady County Live Slock
Association meets
First Saturday.
evc-ry
grown quite a good many of the
qil producing peanuts, and that
tlie farmers who have tried them
* well pleased with the results.
Along with Velvet beans'the
peanut crop will likely take on
more and more importance in this
icction,
You Should be
a Member
A bargain is not merely lew
price. Only when you get low
price and high quality do you
havo a bargain. Call at our
office and see for yourself the club
of four magazines that we offer for
only 25 cents more than tho cost
of our pepor alone.
nnd use his brains to fight him.
How doos a soldier get good
tooth? By having good teeth in
childhood.
How do children keep good
teeth? Through being taught by
their mother how lo keep their
teeth oleon and having their teeth
looked after while they are grow
ing. This makes good teeth for
future soldiers.'
It wonld seem then ns though
the first patriotic duty of a mother
was to keep her children's teeth in
good condition.
It is,
selling here Wednesday for
eighteen cents per pound.
about
City Court In Session
This Week
When renewing your subscrip
tion to the PROGRESS don’t for
get to remind us of the big mag
azine offer.
The regulur October term of the
City Court of Cairo convened last
Monday Judge W. J. Willie is
presiding nnd Col. Ira Carlisle is
looking after the State’s interest
ns solicitor.
There was a very heavy docket
this term, and at this time the
court is still in session and busily
disposing of cases. We will en
deavor next week to give a list of
the cases as tried and the disposi
tion of same.
SPRING HILL ITEMS
• ~W
We are here again wi th some of
Spring Hill hapeniDgs.
Sunday school was well attended
at Spring Hill Sunday, everybody
came out.
Hon. D. M. Morrison made *an
able talk at Spring Hill Sunday in
behalf of the Sunday school.
Air. W. H. Thomas and family
left Inst Tuesday for tho bay, wo
wish for them a pleasant trip.
Miss Irene King is out again to
the delight of her many friends.
Wc are sorry to note that Mrs.
W. R. King is confined to her bed,
hope she will soon bo up again.
W. D. Cone and C. W. Naz-
worth made a business trip to
Cairo Monday.
Nobody is having to attend
court from our settlement this week
that shows we have good law abid
ing citizens.
The Spring Hill debating society
will reorganize next Saturday night
everybody come as we will have
some good speaking by a few in
regards to the society possibilities.
The farmers are cutting their
cotton stalks and turning them
under, that sounds good to me.
Syrup making next, we can get
sweet then.
Mr. L. M. Rigsby visited his sis
ter, Mrs. C. W. Nazworth one day
last week.
Just a little early but that is all
right, Mr. John Rigsby will kill his
next years supply of meat and save
it, you bet ice is cheap.
For Hog Troubles Use Swine-Lixir, GRADY PHARMACY