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The Cairo Messenger VOL. I. SPEDON COMING. Noted Lecturer to Visit Cairo on Night of January 30 th. Arrangements have been made to have Mr. S. M. Sheldon, the famous lecturer, appear at the city hall in this city on Sat urday night, January 30th. As an humorous entertainer Mr. Spedon has few superiors and his character sketches are pro nounced by the press of the country as being very fine in deed. The Atlanta Constitu tion had the following to say of one of his entertainments upon a former visit to that city: “Itwas quite wonderful to see him make a few rapid strokes and brushes across the canvas and in less than a minute pro duce an amusing caracature of the man who won’t laugh, and told some amusing stories about him, and concluded his enter tainment by drawing, in a few minutes, a landscape in the 1m pressionate style that was really beautiful.” Lost His Fiver. Mr. A. C. Forester was so un fortunate as to loose a five-dol lar bill last Monday. He had started to the depot to pay some freight and carried the bill in his hand. On the way he stop ped te speak to some friends, and, after a few words, passed on to the depot. When recall ing the fact that he was to pay freight he looked for his fiver, but she was gone. He doesn’t even know whether he put it in his pocket or not, nor when he last had it. Anyone finding a strange note of this kiud may show their honesty by returning i: to Mr. Forester. No use to Whine. Communicated. There isn’t anything more disagreeable than a whining person. He whines if it is cold. He whines if it is hot. He whines if his girl goes back on him. He whines at this, he whines at that, he whines at everything, whine, whine, whine. It is just a habit he has fallen into. There is nothing the matter with him. The whiner is generally an idle person or a lazy one. What he needs is to be set to work at real hard work, mental or cal. Some work that will est him and engage his attention, and he will not have time to whine. We know two women, one of them does own house work and takes care of her horse besides. She happy and singing all the long, the keyboard of her sounds no whining note. It a pleasure to be with her, wholsome tonic to watch The other woman is so that she does not have to Nothing to do but amuse self. She has no zest in She is a bunch of and whines at everything. is a drag, a heavy weight somebody all the time. get the whine out of our °r it will stop the and growth of our body. It Cairo* Thomaa County* Georgia, January 22, 1004. SUNDAY MORNING BLAZE. Mr. Ira L. Hurst Loses his Bara and Buggy House by Fire. Origin Unknown. The citizens of town were awakened from their slumbers^ early Sunday morning by the ringing of the fire bell and' turn ed out to find the barn and bug gy-house of Mr. Ira L. Hurst in a light blaze. Regardless of the efforts of eager helpers the barn and buggy house were con sumed together with their con tents—a lot of corn, fodder and other feed stuffs. The attention of the bucket brigade was turn ed to nearby buildings to pre vent a spread of the flames, The loss will amount to about $500, with only $25 insurance. ' ALABAMA NEGROES TERRORIZED. By Actions Attributed to a Self Styled Dalton Gang. STEPHENS, Ala., Jan. 20.— Negroes living near Bigbee, Washlhgton county, are terror ized by actions attriubted to a self-styled Dalton gang. Sev eral months ago a turpentine still and saw mill were burned and negroes were suspected. The children of Daniel Grimes, a negro, were fired on from the bushes last. The same night Grime’s house was fired into, a notice was served on him t6 leave within five days on penal ty of death. The same night two negro churches were burn ed; also a barn and contents belonging to Joseph Anderson, a white farmer. One arrest has been made, name not stated, and a preliminary trial will be held tomorrow. REAL ESTATE DEAL. Cairo Property Changes Hands This Week. A real estate deal was consu mated here Monday through which Mr. G. L. Duren sold his two-story brick stores on the north teide of the railroad Messrs Richter & Rushin. stores |ire large and roomy have andsome glass The purchase price, we learn, was $4,500. A Pleasant Evening Cairo IJjpworth Leagueis joyed a very pleasant indeed Tuesday night at hospitable home of Mr. and K. P. Wight, where the meeting of the League was After the program, as had announced, had been the guests wdre delightfully tertained at various games with excelling music ’till a hour. All present concur in pronounciug Mr. and Wight ideal Entertainers. shrink our miud. It will a wav our friends, it will US unpopular. Quit your mg. Dont be afraid of Plunge into it with zest you will grow to like it. E3Y EVERY inn TEST BEST. j Sold by J. L< jOliver BROKE JAIL Ten Prisoners Escape by Dig ging Through the Wall When the jailor at the county jail woke up yesterday morning he found that ten of his tenants had left him during the night by digging through the solid brick wall with an axe that had probably been furnished them by outside friends. They were.confined in cells on the lower floor of the jail and had been allowed the freedom of the corridor which under or dinary circumstances is perfect ly secure. The men hal evi dently been working for some time on their project, though the hole was so small that it was hard to bolieve that a man could get through. The escape was made after eleven o’clock, as at that hour Officers Martin, Lambert and Lee put in six negro gamblers whom they had captured in the act near the ice plant. These men were Phil Strickland, Ed Lewis, alias Jaybird, Horace Brown, Will Kent, Will Mad ison and Neal Bunklev. Bunk ley did not attempt to escape, but the . others flew the and.with them went Louis liams., Melton Robertson, Chas. Smith and Robert Anderson, who had been in jail for some time. Of these prisoners liams was the most as he was wanted for robbery and had recently been brought from Savannah to stand trial. Phil Strickland was caught at Coolidge at noon yes terday. Milton Robertson re turned voluntarily but the oth ers are still at large, though the officers are having every town watched and hope to recapture them.—Times-Enterprise. K. P. Meeting. The Knights of Pythias held their regular semi-monthly ing Monday night and the first degree upon one cant. Dixie Lodge No. 150 in a flourishing condition growing rapidly. It is that the knights will give a quet in this city before a while. i The Jeweler Store * : On hand at all tinges a large • stock of Watches, Clocks, Sil ► | verware, Spectacles and Instru ► : ments of all kinds. I have » | Watches from $2. 23 to $75.00 • j have •* Rings from 25c to $160.00 ► : Will soon have in a full, line i of New CItcks, Rtfers Halves m ; SRHRSc If you are thinking of : buying a Piano or Organ, if : you need anything in my line I : can fit your taste and your » Come i» and talk it ■ purse. : over with hie. Bring all fair watebes Clacks tkat icel neillif C. F. Sanders, Jeweler, ; Cairo St SE Georgia, 1 INO. 2. jfcow about your TJeeth? Need a Good Brush to help you keep them clean? Set a ( i National* ’ TJoor/i !73rush . We Guarantee tne Quality, your Dentist will guaran tee the shape. Gost 25c and YourMoney back If Unsatisfactory But that is only one among a good many. We have them from 10c to 50G. Compound Syrup Of White Pine And Tar W1 11 stop your cough. Try it, a big bottle for 25c. Phoi ie us for what you need in our line. Phone 14 ‘ll/ight de ffirowne, ^Druggiots. :• • /■, jl - <? ’ Fresh Garden Seed j Onion Sets. Red, White and Multiplying Varieties. *. ' IO cts, Qt. A full and complete find of General merchandise where popular prices prevail. The patronage of the public respectfully solicited. J. L. OLIVER. Citizens’ Bank. CAPITAL STOCK $25,000 w. s. wight, Pres. F. M, BRANNON, Cashier. Opened For Business January 1st. The Patronage of the Public Solic ited. Sapp Hardware Co. Wt have told you before that we do all our buying from the whole sale houses on a cash basis, but we want to emphasize it again as it materially cuts down the cost of our stock and enables us to give you best value for your money. We bought for cash at lowest market prices, and absolutely own the immense hardware stock we now have on hand. Our running expenses are low. We honestly believe we can supply you with everything in the hardware line at the lowest prices that can be obtained anywhere. And with our low cash prices and honest goods, we do not cut bn quality inofdtr to to cut on prices. Every single article in our stock was placed there only after we satisfied ourselves that it would give our customers the very best results—-would bring them back to our store again and again. Sapp Hardware Company.