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I®! m * ■ - ■ -, : Bnf- CAIRO,GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1010. NO. 31 CHlMS 1 PUBLIC I OFFICIALS, CITY Thp ushering in of tho new year wilVurthg several changes in the official pcrsonel of the City and of the £ounty. dol, M. L. Ledford, Mayor, Mr. J. MyPoulk, Councilman at large; Dr, jSugcne Glower; Mr. W. G. Baggett; Mr. A. L. Miller and Mr. J. E;-Ilurst have given the town a vet&efficient and highly satisfac- totwadministratidn, and they give upfifheir official relation to the town on .the 31st. with the affairs of the town }ri excellent condition. Thpjnew administration will be matje up of Mr. A. W. Miller May or; 'J.-.M. Poulk, Councilman at larks'; W. L. Wight; W. J. Willie; J.lfibWnrn'ell and J. E. Hurst. Th;s v is a strong and conservative NEW BUSINESS 10 OPEN UP. Messrs K. P. Wight and P. A. Jones have taken over t he farm implement and machinery business of the Wight Hdwo. Co., and will conduct it in the future ns a sepa rate business in the wearhouso in rear of the Wight & Miller garrngc. These enterprising gentlemen will add to the already large stock of farm machinery and implements carried and they propose to supply the farmers of .the county with ev erything in these lines that may be needed as an aid to better farming and the saving of labor. Right now. when the coming of the boll weevil makes it even more important than ever before to save labor cost in the production of farm crops the opening of this implement The Economic and Moral Problem of Whiskey! bridy' of business men and it is ex- J house is a timely one and we pre- peetpd that under their administra-' diet a successful, line of trade for it. tioriRhe city will contiune to nd- vAiifee. •Ltjis expected that one, of the first'things that will bo taken up by: the new administration after the ■ selection of the police and street men for the next year will be-' the matter of calling an election for. bonds to take the place of the onq -that was recently postponed. • in the County officers there will also, be some important changes. Mr. P. H. Herring who since the formation of the county has held in. ^-'most capable and satisfactory mariner the office of ordinary.^ will, retire' totH the old year and Will be succeeded in the position by Mr. i- W. C. Barrow. Those who know i Mr. Barrow will have no doubt 1 that the office will continue to be . -conducted in a manner entirely to the satisfaction of all. Mr W. A. Carr whom his friends usually fondly refer to as “Bill eupancy of the sheriff’s office will retire and be succeeded by Mr. D. D. Perkins. The remarkable cam paign of Mr. Perkins in which he made friends on every hand by his pleasing personality will not soon be forgotten. Mr. Perkins coinos to the position of sheriff with the best wishes of the county and there is no doubt that he will handle this difficult place in a most successful manner. The other county officials remain the-same as during the last' term. A Need-An Opportunity— What Will We Do With It? We are taking it for granted that you realize .that there is an urgent need in Cairo for a mill that'.will insure a ready market for all the peanuts that .may be grown in the county next year. We "'do not think this is a matter' that admits of argument. If .Cairo is to main tain her leadens a • profitable. mar keting point- for. -AhV; products grown on our lands a . mill to fur. nish this market for peanuts is an essential institution. Wo do not believe that the pea nut is going to' prove a bonanza and that our 'farmers will ever grow them to the exclusion of other crops that may prove more 'uoutiiij iwnuAcicr tu as uiu > • • . . Carr” after a most satisfactory oc- profitable, but we do believe that m Our Depositors Number Over One Thousand Many of these have been with us since we organized, January 1st, 1994, and many of them are new accounts, . people who have come with us. recently. ■ These accounts are large and small, there are none to large and none to small for us to give them service. This is their bank, that’s the way we have always wanted them to feel about it, and thats the way we believe they do feel.. 1 J - To give our customers the very best. service, consistent safe and conservative banking, is thti constant Effort of - all of our officers and employees. P . . . If you think you would like to do business with us, ■ come in to see us and let us talk the matter over with you. - -,. .. . Citizens Bank CAIRO, - - - - GEORGIA W. S. Wight. President H, G. Cannon, V-Pres. WH Searcy, V-President and Cashiet In regard to the whiskey ques tion in its economic and moral us-; pects, I wish to say: It is too collcssal in its full meaning to bo fully and correctly understood by any one man. I will venture to say that the great and vast population of the universe, with their wisdom eoq-. centrated into one great, mind, could not ferret out the gigantic cost that whiskey is totaling up annually for this great American nation and for other nations in like manner. It is a question that has too broad a sphere of operation to be limited to or confined to the realms of any one country. But, like the canopy of heaven that suspends aloof from horizon to horizon, enveloping this old planet, so likewise the bitter curses that flow from intemperance are reaching far out from nation to nation and civilization as a result stands more and more imperiled and jeopardized. There is no statistician, however skilled in his profession, however perfect in his system of gathering information and facts from the board universe that has evor yet compiled or correctly estimated the'economic and moral cost of whiskey to humanity today. No other source but God Al mighty in the Heavens will ever know the extreme devestation, the. Mr. J. W. Clifford Died on Monday WHY NOT A FARMERS PRODUCE EXCHANGE? Mr. W. T. Crawford Admitted to the Bar * When the news of the death of this good man spread over the town on Christmas evening, while ;not unexpected it brought a sense of sadness to the entire town. No citizen of Cairo was more univor- <ivNv respected and loved than Mr. Clifford. While Mr. Clifford lmd not been n his accustomed good health foV- the. past several weeks yet: ho was not considered seriously sick until Wednesday morning the 20th., when lie was stricken with par alysis ' from which lie gradually grow worse until his death at about six o’clock last Monday evening. He was 72 years old and had re sided hero since 1893, moving here at that time from Boston in Thom as county. No one who know Mr. Clifford could be other than im pressed With the purity and lofti ness of his character. He was ore o? those" rare characters of whom it can lie said that you have never heard aught agninst them. And rarer still he never spoke ill of others. In . the -condemnation of wrong he ■ could bo ns severe as his own evident abhorence, but of persons ho never spoke ill. While loved and popular with all, it was perhaps in his loved camp 1 of Confedrate Veterans that he was at "best advantage. Ho was the Commander of the Grady County Ctffbp No. 1G50 and nothing more The matter is under contempla tion to establish in Cairo under competent management a Farmers Cooperative .Produce Exchange. With the: changing conditions brought by the, coming of the boll weevil and the necessity for devel oping markets fpr various products grown on the farm for which there is no stable market at this time makes the formation of an enter prise of this kind a very t imely one. Besider being able to handle in an intelligent manner truck crops and other farm products this ex change could hoof decided Value in the securing of proper seeds of all kinds for planting purposes. In fact the scope of usefulness for a farmers oxcliango is almost without limit. We hope to bo able to make defi nite announcements in regard to this organization at an early date. the peanut has got to act ns the tide over for our farmers next year while the readjusligeiib is beit g made to new conditions, and we believe that with a steady market that there will always be enough peanuts grown in the county to supply a mill. .. Wo believe that' the need and opportunity is too clear to be neglected. We believe that our people will rise to the oecnsion and that we will soon have this mill an assured reality. .. . infernal curses, that intemperai&e; flighted him than to Work in and i§ wreaking upon the moral #fc>.ugh MgS gfipU*l%LjpJ!l economic -conditions of civilwation everywhere. Viewing the whiskey problem only from an' economic viewpoint I will say that it is rolling up an eoormous cost to this nation in the losstof human life—a consideration that is far greater and more im portant than the mere accumula tion of a few million dollars in an nual revenue to the government. Whiskey is not a. local, but a national issue, and there is but one way of getting permanent and final prohibition, and that is by and through a constitutional amendment to our Federal Consti tution. And such a procedure could be the most effectually accomplished by each and every voter making strenuous demands on his repre sentative in Congress for the nec essity of a speedy passage of suih a constitutional amendment, and which I am quite sure would be quickly ratified by the states. Aside from the enormous loss of human life as a result of Intemper ance, 'we have annually an ineffici ency in. the standard of labor that all aggregate a sum far surpassing {he annual revenue obtained from the sale of these intoxicating liqu- Wc also have happy and pros perous homes reduced to poverty and misery. We have the bright and brilli ant minds reduced to the feeble minded. We have illiteracy as a result of intemperance, prevailing every where. We. have insanity everywhere, of which, I believe, is largely if not altogether due to intemperance. The “White Slave Traffic” is born and bred of intemperance^ TheAlockets of the high courts show the greater per cent of all crimes are due directly to intem perance. And the annual cost to tax payers of our country to operate and maintain these courts that try these annually committed crimes could be averted by and through prohibition and the rigid enforce- Mc set-Vod through the Confeder ate war and was a gallant soldier. It was an interesting experience of those who were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to hear him relate some of the incidents of the battles £ through which he fought. Mr. Clifford was selected at va rious times on the staff of tile Gen erals commanding the South Geor gia Brigade of the U. C. V. He has for the last good many years bseri regular in attendance upon the encampments of the U. C. V. The funeral services wore held last Tuesday evening at the home where a large number of friends gathered ;lo pay their tribute of love and sympathy. The burin 1 Secured in Thomasville where be was laid to rest beside his wife who died twenty years ago. The members of Mr. Clifford’s immediate family that survive him are Messrs Ui A., W. D. and Julian and Miss Nellie Clifford. A good citizen a true friend and a gallant soldier has fallen. No more will lie bivouac with his comrades here below. Their ranks are thinning rapidly and ere long it shall be said of all this noble company:— The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat, The Soldier’s last tattoo; No more on life’s parade shall meet, The brave and fallen few. On Fame’s eternal camping-ground, Their silent tents arc spread; And Glory guards, with solumn round, The bivouac of the dead. WHY NOT SOME CAN TALOUPES? Cantaloupes have been grown successfully and marketed in somo sections during the last year or two, and with the intelligent meth ods that are being used in market ing them there is no doubt a goocl opportunity for the . growing of a .fp\y.,cars til ijicsq jft,6*a4jr-Gounty-. Already a number of our good farmers are interested in this mat ter and stepfe are being taken to obtain 1 more detailed information as to just what the outlook for markets etc. is, and a little later we hope to bo able to make further announcements in regard to the matter. The many friends of Mr. W. T. Crawford will be interested and glad to know that ho passed sue* cussfully tho examination recently taken by him for admission to practice law in the courts of'Geor gia. It is also interesting in this con nection to learn that he has already formed a law partnership with Col. W. V. Custer of Bainbridge who is widely known throughout this sec tion ns a brilliant and successful member of his profession. These gentlemen will open an offico in the Crawford Building next to Bell & Weather’s office. Mr. Custer will also maintain an office in Bain- bridge. / Wo have been informed that Mr. Crawford will resign his position as an President of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and will likely be succeeded in that capacity by Mr. Thos. Wight. Mr. Crawford will very likely be made Vice President of tho bank and will act in an ad visory capacity, and will in fact maintain his same keen interest in the welfare of the bank at present. The experience that Mr. Craw ford had in the court room for tho seven years that he was Clerk of the Court,''apd the business expe rience that he has gained during his six years presidency of the bank which he now gives up will prove a valuable asset to him in the prac tice of his profession. With the law and with the splendid legal connection that he has been able to form with Mr. Custer there is no doubt but that ho will have a suc cessful career from the very first. Wheezing in the lungs indicates that phlegm is obstructing the air passages. BALLARD1S HORE- HOUND SYRUP loosens the phle gm so that it can be coughed up and ejected. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Wight & Browne. Rev. II. P. Stubbs the pastor will preach at Tyred Creek church next Sunday morning and evening. It is hoped that a good congrega tion will meet him at that time. Call for Pride of Denver Flour when giving; your order to the gro- ment of the laws regulating same. For whiskey and its destructive effects ugon thS lives of men is indeed confronting this and other nations with oric of the greatest economic and moral problems known in the history of mankind. And like an old saying, quoted me which ran thus: “The half has never yet been told,” regardr ing the curse of intemperance in any of its phases. Yours respectfully, Arthur Lofton. Whighar, Ga. FARMERS & 1ERCHANTS BANK (State Depository) Offers You Absolute Security Friendly Service A Banking Home • ./> i “Make Our Bank Your Bank” W. T. CRAWFORD, Pres. THOS. WIGHT, V.-Pres. J. E. FORSYTH, Cusbie,.