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THE CAIRO MESSENGER.
Published every Friday at Cairo, Thomas
county, Georgia.
B. W. ADKINS, Editor.
E. Q. KOLBIE, Bum. Manager.
Application made for entry at the Cairo, Ga.
Post Office as Second,Class Mail Matter.
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• IX MONTHS..... 50C
THREE MONTHS ______
Advertising rites reasonable, and furnished
upon application.
’Phone 40.
Miss May Bondell, an Indiana
girl, attempted to .enlist in the
army last week in order to be
near her sweetheart in the Phil
ippines.
A farmer living near Hamil
ton, Ga., sold^a bale ©f cotton
at Columbus last week that net
ted him $121.10. The bale
weighed 787 pounds and sold
for 15^ cents per pound.
A rural postmaster died in Il
linois the other day who had
held his office for forty-five years.
It had doubtless been his lot to
read more postal cards than
any other living man.—Bain
bridge Search Light.
We have the Cairo Messen
ger on our table and welcome it
as an exchange. It is edited
by B. W. Adkins and E. G.
Kolbie. The Messenger is a
newsy five column quarto.—
Blackshear times.
A “moulder of public” opin
ion has opened up in full blast
at Cairo with B. W. Adkins at
the helm. We are personally
acquainted with Mr. Adkins
and with the proper support we
predict a good paper at Cairo.—
Worth County Local.
An Iowa editoi in address
ing the members of the Kansas
Day Club at Topeka" last Fri
day took occasion to allude to
Grady, Booker Washington and
Roosevelt as three “youug
men” thinkers. If this is not
enough to make Henry W.
Grady turn and moan in his
grave what on earth would?
44 My friends,” said Harry D.
Eghert as he stood upon the
gallows the other day to be
hung for murder, “take me as a
mark, keep your children off the
street and above all, out of sa
loons. Bad raising and bad
company is the direct cause of
my downfall. »*
What an object lesson in a
few words. We venture the as
sertion that sixty per cent of
the hangings today aie a di
rect result of careless raising
and bad company. Parents
cannot be too careful of that
boy of theirs and his future de
pends to a gjeat extent upon
them.
The Atlantic Coast Line.
The Atlantic Coast Line has
been the most prosperous of
railway systems and^now it has
determined to share some of its
prosperity with its employes,
independent of their wages.
The veterans are to be pension
ed. It is this kind of action
that makes all connected with a
great corporation act as one
man with united loyalty and de
votion.
The Coast line does not draw
an arbitrary at fifty years of
age, but extends it to seventy.
In an age which appears to war
upon even the vigorous elderly
man, the Coast Line appreci
ates his wisdom, staunchness
We congratulate the Coast
managers and trust that i
good example will be gen
followed by all corpora
Cronicle.
Wolf Shot in Campbell County.
C. J. Dally, of Campbell coun
killed a full grown wolf in
back yard Thursday night
brought the pelt to the
Wednesday for the pur
of obtaining a reward. He
been told that the state of
a reward of $25 for each
hide brought to the gov
office. He was disap
however, as there was
such reward. Many people
the capitol, however, were
by the beautiful skin
the wolf. Mr. Daly says the
came to the back door of
house, which is three miles
College Park, and he shot
with a 22-calibre rifle. At
time he thought he was
at a dog. It is the
wolf that has been seen in
parts in many years.—
Henry Grady on Cotton.
Now that the cotton market
cutting such high jenks, and
king has again ascended the
in the commercial world,
eloquent tribute of Henry
to the fleecy staple will
read with interest by cotton
cotton dealers and the
It was as follows:
44 What a royal plant it is.
world waits in attendance
its growth; the shower that
whispering on its leaves is
around the earth; the sun
that shines on it is tempered by
the prayers of all the people:
the frost that chills it and the
dew that decends from the stars
are noted, and the trespass of a
little worm on its green leaf is
more to England than the
vance of the Russian army on
on her Asian outpost. It
gold from the instant it
out its tiny shoot. Its fiibre
current in every bank, and when
loosing its fleeces to the sun,
floats a sunny banner that
rifies the fields of the
farmer, that man is
under a flag that will
the allegiance of the world
wring a subsidy from every
tion on earth. It is the
tage that God gave to this
ple forever as their own
He arched our skies,
our mountains, girt us
with the ocean, loosed the
es, tempered the sunshine
measured the rain. Ours
our children’s forever.
princely a tallent as ever
from His hand, to mortal
ardship.”—Augusta Cronicle.
Cotton Planters Not Scared.
The Southern cotton
need not be frightened
the frantic and persistent
forts of European spinners
rid themselves of
upon the American
Even those who admonish ,
that, some day, the
relative monopoly will be
tered, by foreign
admit, in the same breath,
this will not occur for
years.
In the meantime it is a
did thing for cotton to be
in the United States. In
first place the South, in the
terval, will develop her
factures and spin the bulk
Southern crop, along with
states, and that will mean
we eventually care for. make If the 15,000,000 South I
for United States con
midway this century,
she need not worry about the ;
Europeans, who are yet to dem- ;
onstrate that they can be inde
pendent of our supply of raw
material.
Let onr planters 44 stand pat * *
and await events; stand pat on
their advantage as to price and
yet go vigerously forward in ex
panding all kinds of agricultural
and meat production, along
with mining and manufacture.
There is everything in the
present to incourage us; nothing
in the future to daunt us. This
is the land of promise, so to
speak, and if the people are
worthy of the land, they will
lead the procession. No other
country on the face of the earth
could have prospously survived
what the South has indured for
the last forty years. No other
country has emerged so glori
ously and with such prophec}^
of becoming conqueror.
The pessimist of today, at
the South is a curiosity.—Au
gusta Cronicle.
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THE ATLANTA CONSTIT m
Great New Offer Upon Receipts of Cotton at All
United States Ports From September 1st, 1903,
to May 1st, 1904, Both Inclusive.
Contest Opened Jan. 18th, 1904, Closes April 20th, 1904.
DIVISION OF PRIZES.
For the exact, or the nearest to the exact. fsMmato of the total number of Bales
ef Cotton received at all United States ports from September 1st, 1903, to May
1st, 1904, both inclusive................................................................................ $ 2 600.00
For the next nearest estimate.............................................................................. 1 , 000.00
For the next nearest estimate.............................................................................. 600.00
For the 5 next neares: estimate, $26.00 each..................................................... 1:45.00
For the IO next nearest estimates, 12.60 each 126.00
For the 20 next nearest estimates, 10.00 each 200.00
For the 50 next nearest estimates, 5.00 each 250 00
Forthe lOOnext nearest estimates, 3.00 each 300.00
$ 5 , 000.00
Additional Offers for Best Estimates TWO GRAND CONSOLATION OFFERS.
Made During Different Periods First—For distribution among
of the Contest. those estimates (not taking any of
For convenience the time of the con- the above 188 prizes) coming within
test Is divided into estimates received 500 bales either way of the exact
by The Constitution during four pe- figures $ 1,000.00
riods—the first period Cv,.ering from
the beginning of contest to February Second—For distribution among
10, 1904; second period, from Febru- those estimates (not taking of
ary 10 to March 1, 1904; third period, f any
March 1 to 20; fourth period, March the above 188 prizes and not shar-
20 to April 20, 1904. We will give ft ing the first consolation offer) com
the best estimate received during ing within 1,000 bales either way
each period (in addition to whatever of the exact figures............ 1,000 oo
other prize it may take, or if it take
no prize at all), the sum of $125.00. Crand Total $7,600 OO
The four prizes thus offered at In case of a tie on any prize estimate the
• 125.00 each amount to.......... $ 500.00 money will be equally divided.
Conditions of Sending Estimates in This Port Receipts Contest.
Subject to the usual conditions, as stated regularly in The Constitution each week, the contest
is now on. Attention is called to the following summary of conditions:
1. Send $1.00 for The Weekly Constitution one year and with it ONE ESTIMATE in the contest.
2. Send 50 cents for The Sunny South one year and with it ONE! ESTIMATE in the contest.
3. Send $1.25 for The Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both one year, and send TWO ES
TIMATES in the contest—that is, one estimate for The Constitution and another for The Sunny South.
4. Send 50 cents for ONE ESTIMATE alone in the contest IF YOU DO NOT WANT A SUB
SCRIPTION. Such a remittance merely pays for the privilege of sending the estimate. If you wish to
make a number of estimates on this basis, you may send THREE ESTIMATES FOR EVERY $1.00 for
warded at the same time estimates are sent. If as many as ten estimates are received at the same time
wlthput subscriptions, the sender may forward them with only $3.00—this splendid discount being of
fered for only ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will be sent for ALL ESTIMATES RE
CEIVED WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Where subscriptions are ordered, THE ARRIVAL OF THE PA
PER ITSELF IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOUR ESTIMATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS
CAREFULLY RECORDED. §
5. The money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the same envelope every time.
The estimate, the money and the subscription go together. THIS RULE IS POSITIVE.
Secretary Hester’s Figures Covering the Period of the Contest.
total port receipts. BALES IN COTTON CROP.
from lit September to lit Mar (inclusive) This is merely for yonr information and i.
COTTON 8 EA 8 ON. of following year. The period covered by this not the subject of this present contest. It is
contest. given only as an additional aid to an intelli
gent estimates.
1807- 98. 8,333,862 .1 1,199,994
1808- 99 .. 7,993.45 ..11,274,840
1899- 00... 6,843,134 10,383 422
1900- 01..... 6,346,312 .. 9,436,416
i9OJ02... 7,218,179 ..10,680,680
1902-03 7,378 627 • 10,727,659
The figures above are certified by Secretary Henry G. Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, who will
furnish the official figures to decide this contest. *'
Address All Orders to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga J
An Appeal to Reason. I
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The way to appeal to a man’s reason in this day and time £
is through his purse. Save him money and your reasoning hits \
the spot. p \
We propose to reason a little right along this same line
We have complete line of General Merchandise, consisting of j :
a
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats,
Groceries and Farm Supplies, *
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and it is a reasonable supposition that we wish to sell them, To ?
do this them i j
we price to appeal to the reason and sound judg
ment of prospective purchasers. £
Further than this we always try to make it pleasant for all \
who visit our store by extending them every consistent courtesy. \
Their visits are always appreciated. . i
We do not promise to put anyone on the corner of Easy
Street and Pleasant Avenue, but if you have a dollar which you l
wish to spend well, or if you stand in need ot something, then
we would he glad to have you come in and let us show you through
our line. Our Stock is large and honest values rule.
Yours For Businsss.
B. F. POWELL, Cairo, Ga. □ [
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