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Mr. J. L. Oliver is another our advettisers.^Read what he has tojsay on the^front page. Read the adv of the Front Store injthis issue. Geo. W. Hurst is its and will be glad^to serve you in h is line. • * Mr. H. J. Hart has a card in this issue- He repairs thing from rag dolls to locomo tives. Read his adv. Messrs' Raggett and Lewis have something to say iii this issue. Look up # their adv. Rev. aod Mrs. Reviere are ex pected home from Thomasville The social meeting of the Epworth League will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Wight next Tuesday night. We“direct attention to the * b. card of the) Citizens Bank in this issue. , Wight & Brown, the popular druggist,^are among the num ber of the business men repre sented in our colums this week. Look up their ad. Mr. J. R. Evans is advertis n 10 cent store in the Messenger. Read what he lias to say and give him a call. Read the advertisement of Mr. C. F. Sanders which ap pears on the first page of this paper, The Sapp Hardware Co. are also believers in advertising and are represented in this issue. Read their ad by all means. • *1 ■ ■ ) Citizens’ Bank. APITAL STOCK $25,000 w. s. wight, Pres. F. M, BRANNON, Cashier. Opened For Business January 1st. The Patronage of the Public Sollo ited. H. J. Hart. Tinner and Gunsmith Repair work of all kind at reasonable Prices. # Cairo, - - Georgia. 5 ? ETER Shells are the best ammunition for field and trap shooting. They are uniform, because y FACTORY LOADED They are used by millions of sportsmen who have found by experience that these SHELLS Are superior to all others. The “LEAGUE” (Black Powder), 44 REFEREE” (Semi-Smokeless), 4i NEW VICTOR” (Smokeless), “IDEAL” (Smokeless), “PREMIER” Dense Smokeless), I 44 HIGH GUN” (Dense Smokeless) ARE THE BEST Have you ever used Peters Metallic Cartridges ? Do you know that they are used by the World’s Champion Rifle Shooters? ^ U ASK YOUR TEALER^ Paper at Cairo. Mr. B. W. Adkins, formerly of the Camilla Enterprise and Ca i milla Daily Mail, will establish a i weekly paper at Cairo. It is his 'ntention to call the paper the Cairo Messenger, and it will prob ably issue its first edition week. Cairo needs and ought to sus tain a first-class weekly, and Mr. Adkins m tullv qualified to do the job. The Democrat extends the new venture the right hand fellowship.— Bainbridge De m o crat. This Mark Means l *5*i Q U ALITY. Sold by J. L. Oliver. The Popular Route TO ST. LOUIS AND THE EAST, Kansas City.tha north and Wa»t, OKLAHOnA TEXAS TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI ALABAHA an41 THE SOUTHEAST An up-to date railroad, operating’ latest improved electric lighted trains, observation eafe cars and superb dining halls, all under the management of FRED HARVEY. THE FRISCO SYSTEM offers excursion rates throughont the year to the famous health resort and watering place, EVBEKA SPRINGS The Crescent Hotel is, since being remodeled, maintained as a strictly first-class hotel, and is open the yea; round For information regarding rates and routes, apply to J. C. LOVRi-EN *IViSI«N »»*•«. JOPI *W. HO rr Relic of Slavery Time. Mr- J. L. Mauldin hands us the following relic of olden times, It was found near the j j academy and the paper upon whjch the list was made shows 1 signs of its sixty years wear. i We reproduce the items as they appear on the list. List of articles sold the fourth of February 1841, by Ephram Sanders, administrator of the estate of Stephen Sanders, de j ceased. 5 scooters, plows, Betton $1.25 3 doz. ploAvs, 87^0 ditto 2.62 6 shovel ditto, §1.05 D. Brown 6.30 Lot of old iron tyres &c ditto 3-23 Lot of old wheels, Brown, 2.50 2 spades and 1 shovel Theus 2.40 4 mattocks, 50c, Sanders 2.00 3 iron wedges, Carpenters, 2.00 Box sundries, Johnson, 1.00 2 axes and a hatchet, E. Sanders 4.80 7 old axes, Snell, 88c 3 axes and 1 broad axe, E. Sanders 3.00 | 1 lot gear, Mattox 3.25 Lot of clevis irons and bolts Snell, 3-25 3 plow points and 1 darw knife, Tneus, 38c Plough stocks, Mattocks, 375 8 hoes, Betton 1.75 5 ditto, E Sanders 5.00 2 large sweeps, A. John son 2.75 3 ditto, J. Johnson 4-38 1 wraught iron chain, John son, 2.88 1 frow, WmMcDaniel 88c etc E. Sanders, 2.13 Lot square, auger, adz etc Wm. McDaniel 88c i cross cut saw, ditto 3-50 1 ox cart. Brown 7.00 1 wagon and gear, Snell 40.00 Sugar boiler D, Brown 41.00 1 ditto mill, D. Brown 12.90 2000 sugar cane, Brickell 15.00 1000 sugar cane, O. Cain 5.00 1 bay mare and mule, B. Gause 175.00 i Gray horse mule, I Lee 100 3 year old filly Mrs Sanders 50. 100 bushels corn, Hunter 100. 100 bushels corn, dotto 100. 50 busnels corn, I. Lee 51.00 25 bushels corn Sparkman 23.50 23 do do Hunter 20.00 16 head cattle, Mrs Sanders 80.00 1 yoke steers, W. Forbes 32.06 1 pr young steers A. John son 12.00 2 heiffers, D. Brown 12.00 1 bull, Haze, 9.00 7 head cows, E. Sanders 40.00 Fodder, O. Cain 30.00 Sow and four shoats Lewis 10.00 1 do and 7 do, A. Rodgers 19.00 2 do and 7 pigs Mattox, 10.50 25 bushels potato slips 9.50 4 hogs 11.09 5 hogs, Sanders 10.62 1 rifle gun, Mattox 16.00 1 pr steelyard, E. Sanders 1 .13 6 chairs, Mrs. Sanders 3-oo 4 ditto, Lee 50 1 steel mill, E. Sanders 1.25 1 spinning wheel L. San ders 50C Copy Memois Whitfield Forbes 65c 1 do Josephene, John Har vey 21.00 1 copy Life of Christ, I. Sanders 2.50 1 do Revolutions in Eu rope, Snell 1.00 Lot pot ware, Mrs. Sanders 7.50 1073.78 Sold 6th, Eliza and child 950. Delia and two children Jim and Bob 1025.00 ^ Your Job Printing Should be done % in such a manner as to successfully advertise your bus iness. Good paper, new type and a compe- m tent workman are necessary to up-to date job pr inting. When you need m ,. •? ; NV ■>' job printing of the 7 right kind send an order to Tilt ! I ! ( ' Messenger, Cairo, Ga »■* A."' 4