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THE CAIRO MESSENGER.
Published every Friday at Cairo, Thomas
county, Georgia.
B. W. ADKINS, EUitor.
13. O. KOL.BIE, Bus. Manager.
Application made for entry at the Cairo,
Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter.
HUBSCKimON HATES,
ONE YEAR
SIX MONTHS............ ,50c
THREE MONTHS...... . -J
Advertising rates reasonable, and
upon application.
New Year resolutions
become present year
Another of the Bryan . 1
lar dinners” was giveu at
coin, Neb. Monday
The Japs seem ready
to spend their “dough” for
common cause of the people.
Senator Bailev of Texas
to have the backbone to say
say in regard to the
treaty.
The Russian bear is likely
be disturbed from his
sleep. Japan means
and is game to the core.
Seven hundred bales of
gia cotton were burned
week aboard a steamer
from Savannah to
Enough of this kind of
would keep the pi ice high.
The Cairo Messenger,
lished at Cairo Ga., by
& Kolbie, is on our desk. It
a creditable sheet and we
the boys will have goad
Waycross Evening Herald,
The first issue of the
Messenger is at hand. It
bright, newsy, and
creditable to Editor
Cairo is a splendid
he has a promising
asville Times-Enterprise.
A report sent out from
states that the Superior
of that county has been
ted into a divorce mill, Jud o
ing trom this, marriage must
a failure in some parts of Spaul
ding.
Word is given out from
adelphia that 400,000
are lining up for a fight
polygamy and mormanism.
‘ petition has been presented
the United States senate
ing that Senator Smoot be
pelled from that body.
The payment of
veteran pensions was
Wednesday. The balance
this week will be devoted
the payment of the
county vets and the other
ties of the state will be
up in turn next week.
A warrant for $600,000
drawn by State .
Park Monday with which
pay off the scoool teachers
the state. The cheeks are
doubt by this time in the
of the respective county
Commissioners of each county.
A Remarkable Record.
It is stated here by those
are in position to know
there has not been a day
several years but what
kind of country produce
been shipped from Cairo.
not chickens and eggs it
syrup, if not syrup, it is
thing else and most of the
’tis some of all kinds at once.
Few towns in the state
make a showing like this and
is indeed a prosperous sign.
The passing of Gen. Gorden 1
only emphasizes the fact that
ere many years the vets, of the
60 s will have passed on to the j
final great roll call, leaving to
us only a cherished memory of
their glorious and valiant deeds
in battling for the lost but cher
ished cause. May they all be
united at the final bugle call,
with not an absent one, to re
ceive the choicest blessings
heaven.
The present high prices for
cotton re calcuted to increase
the acreage of the staple the
coming season, It might be
well for the farmer to be care
ful and above all things not to
neglect his crops of home sup
p*ies. These are sure crops
vear in and vear out and with
out them disaster mav be en
j
countered. flog and hominy
first, 1 other crons afterwards.
±
A deal was made last week
near Pensacola, Fla., through
which the Southern States
Lumber Co. sold to tne Ai'mours,
Swifts and'other Chieaga pack-
1,000,000 acres of grazing lands
in Escambia county, Fla. and
Baldwin county, Alabama. The
purchasers propose to convert
the lands into immense cattle
farms. Sonth Georgia also of
fers a fine field for operations ot
a like kind.
In noting the entertainment
given by Spedon, (who will de
liver a lecture in Cairo on Sat
urday night, Jan. 30th,) the
Louisville Courier Journal has
the following to say:
U The members of the Stan
dard Club were entertained last
evening by Mr. S. M. Spedon.
The subject of the evening was
i i Things we laugh and Wonder
At,” with character sketches in
crayon. His descriptive recita
tions would provoke laughter
in the most sober-minded, and
his crayon .caracatures of v
nous persons in the audience
were very elever. While draw
ing portraits of poets he recited
poems written by them, and al
together furnished a most novel
entertainment.
The following editorial from
the Savannah , Morning News
concerning an important ques
tion confronting this section
should be read with interest:
U Peonage” is a term that is
being overworked; and it really
begins to look as if some per
sons were making use of it to
secure sympathy and verdicts.
In the upper part of this state
the other day two fanners were
arrested on a charge of “peon
age” and required to give heavy
bonds for tneir appearance in
the United States court. From
what w9 can gather these farrti
ers were merely trying to keep
two negroes on their farms un
til they had “worked out” money
that had been advanced to them
or had otherwise made arrange
ments for the payment of their
obligations, Their sole pur
pose was to secure their just
dues, which it seems the ne
groes would have run away
from, and did eventually run
away from. There is a great
deal of difference between “pe
onage and trying to make
debtor pay a just debt. .Of
course creditors have no right
to collect debts by methods, em
ployed by the foregoing farm
ers, but those who adopt such
methods don’t intend to make
peons of their debtors.”
A Pressing Need.
The Messenger has noticed'
one thing that is calculated to
operate against the growth of
Cairo whlch might easily be;
remedied. And that is a scarci- j
ly of dwelling houses for rent. |
Every family moving into a town <
helps the trade of the local mer
chant to a more or less extent,
as there are new mouths to be
fed and new forms to be clothed
and all by rights should be done
by the local merchant. Thus it
can readily be seen that the mer
chants are most benefitted by
an increased population, and it
behooves them to use every ef
fort to locate new people, To
do this it is necessary to have
houses for them to live in. It
would at the present time be an
easy matter to rent half a dozen
dwelling houses.
Aside from other causes the
prices of rental in Cairo, .it ap
pears to us, Should pay a hand
some interest on the money in
vested in houses, and we see no
reason why those having the
necessary capitol should not
look at the matter as a business
proposition, to say nothing of
the good it will do the town.
Let’s have more houses for
rent. .*
Mr. W. A. Allen, formerly
editor and publisher of the
Worth County Local, has be
come the editor of the Camilla
Enterprise. Mr. Allen is a prac
tical newspaper man of the old
school and the people of Mitch
ell county can safely count upon
a good county paper under his
management.
Jury List.
The following are the namn of
the jurers drawn to serve at the
next term of Thomas Supeiior
court:
GRAND JURY
A C Dickey, B D. Hartsfield
J T Culpepper, H G Cannou,
T W Lewis, Jas McKinnon,
J F Lamb, W S Bulloch,
Z W Howell, E E Wtikes,
J D Patterson, , J M Pilcher,
Jas Watt, J B Wight,
W H Waldron, W B Fambrough
W H Collins J W Cat roll,
N J Milton, T J Ball,
\V H Brandon, W.n McMillan,
J S Ward, Jr. R G Stone,
J A Thomas, J B Wav,
A M Watson, T T Thompson,
Kedar Powell, J S Montgomery
PETIT JURY 1 st, WEEK.
J H Collins J T Wheeler
Thomas Wight, A B Milton,
B F Williams, M McGregor,
W H Culpepper, A LO Stephenson
D M Adams, CR Griffin, >
J H Wheeler, B W McManeus,
J w Castleberry,. J A Green
T J Crow. T J Mumford,
Lee Neel, w L Adams,
R L Gwaltney, L C Varnedoe,
Jos Chason, I S Norton,
J R Salter, L A Varnedoe.
W A Barrow, A J Owens,
J A williams, t
J S E wilder,
J L Gribaom, N H Sasser,
Chas Ohl, w E Stanland
P P Dixon, C F Sanders,
D J Franklin, J A Parramore,
PETIT JURY 2 nd. WEEK.
K P Wight, W T Forrester^
W W Burney, ” C F A Stubbs,
J W Horn, J D Foy.
J T Spengler, W R Mitchell,
E P Clay, M A McKinnon
w w Beasley, w N Harmon
J F wheeler, J M Bullock,
C w Cooper, J R wilson,
L R Rehburg, E R Singletary,
J I Vanlandingham, L M Long,
w E Beverly: w R Culpepper,
T L white, S B Singletary
J J Johnson, w L Abridge
J w Franklin, J w Dillon,
J H Carter, P G white,
S J Sims H T Vann,
A J Davenport, J M Blackshear, Jr.
E S white, J A Vann.
9 /faking 9 few
Resolutions
At the beginning of a New Year is lots easier than
keeping them, but it’s
. . Sin Cast/ //fatter . .
To keep the Resolution to trade with us during the
year of 1904 if you know about our
Rair and Square 9 /fetfiodo
of doing business.
If you are not acquainted with our methods, it’s so
easy to find out about it.
TJho ?/ow 2 /oar finds US ill a jCarger Store with a jCarger
Stock of Soods which enables us to serve you better than '
ever.
Our many years experience in business with the
«
Rowerful Rurc ft acting Router
of the ready cash gives us the advantage in buying goods,
and we give you the advantage of our experience by giving
vou value received for everv cent spent with us.
We wish to thank our many customers,mnd friends for .i
their liberal patronage last year, and for the many wishes
for a prosperous New Year in our New Store.
Stcsolve to Tirade with us and we guarantee that you will
never regret it.
Tffautdin Rrothers, Sidvertisers MEasaB Ma—— 0/ J^acts
Cairo f Seorg/a.
Tfoxt *Door to Citizens tf/ank.
/l/hat *Do 2 /
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