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THE CAIRO MESSENGER.
Published every Friday at Cairo, Thomas
county, Georgia.
B. W. ADKINS, Editor.
E. O. KOI.1IIE. Bus. Alanagor.
Entered as second-class matter Januuary
21st, l'.tol at the post office at Cairo, Ga., under
tnc Act of Congre-' of March 3rd. 1S7‘.».
SUIISVR1PTION KATES,
ONE YEAR
MX MONTHS . |
THREE MONTHS
Advertising rates reasonable and furnished i
upon application. J
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Mitchell county was voted
wet by a small majority Satur
day. J
Things are working 'round in | !
great shape for a world's war in
the far east.
Other towns around us,
smaller and with fewer advan
tages, are putting in electric
lights and waterworks. Why
not have them for Cairo?
Farm preparations go merrily
on around us and it won’t be a
great while before Mr. Farmer
and old General Green will be
gin their annual combat.
We would like to see every
farmer in Thomas plant some
thing to exhibit at tlie State
Fair at Macon this fall. Send
something up there that will be
a credit to you and your home
county.
The high price of cotton the
past season will no doubt se
riously affect the cane growing
oi this section the coining year.
Our advice is to plant some of
both and depend wholly upon
neither.
The business men of the town
should form themselves into a
board of trade, chamber of com
merce or a like organization and
take steps looking to the promo
tion of ihe city's interests. “In
union is strength.”
Provisions of every kind are
going up m price every day and
farmers should remember this
fact when they prepare to plant.
Plenty of hog and hominy raised
at home and high prices may go
to thunder for all they care.
Senator Bacon is sticking
square up to Georgia cane syrup
in congress and the industry
could not have ajbrainier or more
fearless champion. Hurrah for
Bacon anyway. The name it
self seems to be rightly associ
ated with Georgia syrup.
The Bainbridge Argus is to
be commended for its push and
pluck in getting out a splendid
extra giving & a full and shocking 0 i
account of the awful tragedy
which shook that city last Sat
urday when Messrs. John Hun
ter and Mercer Baggs fought a
pistol duel in which the former
lost his life and the latter was
seriously wounded. Success to
the Argus.
New Industries.
The Tradesman reports the
following new industries for
Georgia:
Blakely—Turpentine plant.
Cuthbert—$ 100.000 cotton
mill.
Augusta—$20,000 turpentine
company.
A Favorite Remedy for Babies.
Its pleasant taste and prompt cures
have made Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
a favorite with the mothers of small chil
dren. It quickly cures their coughs and
colds and prevents any danger of pnue
inonia or other serious consequences. It
not only cures croup, hut when given as
sjon as the croupy cough appears will
prevent the attack. F'or sale by Wight
& Browne.
Announcements.
Thomas County.
FuR REPRESENTATIVE,
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for
representative subject to the action of the
Democratic primary, If re-elected I pledge
myself to a faithful performance >f all the
duties of the office. My past record in the of
fice is open to inspection and relying upon
this I submit my claims to the voters of the
county and solicit their support.
John R. Singletary.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate fur |
Sheiff of Thomas county, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary, and solicit the sup
port of the voters of the county. If elected I
will give my personal and undivided attention
to the duties of the office and will discharge
those duties to the best of my ability.
J. J. CONE.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the office of sheriff of Thom
as county, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary. If re-elected I will continue
to give the office my personal attention and
will discharge its duties to the best of my
ability.
T. J. HIGIIT.
Married.
In Thomas county on Wed
nesday February 24th, at the
residence of Mr. W. H. Wal
dren, the father of the bride.
Mr. James A. Hinson to Miss
India Waldren. The marriage
was witnessed by a large num
ber of friends. The wedding
supper was at Mr. Robert Hin
son’s, the father of the groom,
where the immediate friends
and relatives of the newly wed
ded pair enjoyed the generous
hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Hin
son.
Both of these young people
are well known in this commu
nity and many good wishes are
extended for a long and happy
married life.
Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured
William Shaffer, a brakeman, of Den
nison, Ohio, was confined to his bed for
several weeks with inflammatory rheu
matism. “I used many remedies,” he
says. “Finally I sent to McCaw’s drug
store for a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm, at which time I was unable to use
hand or foot, and in one week’s time was
able to go to work as happy as a clam.
For sale by Wight & Browne.
Social {Party.
To the home of Mr. Moore
Find your way on Friday night.
Avoirdupois the story telletli,
Pay the price, we weigh you right.
Every beau his girl presenteth
To the salesman at the gate.
One-fourth a cent per pound for her,
Tli us the Missionary fund create.
If he brings no girl to pay for,
Ilea half cent pound rate pays
For his own selfish carcass,
And his ugly bachelor ways.
Come! A fine time all will have there,
Old and young, both great and small,
Swell the Missionary fund and gather
P'rolic, fun, refreshments and ail.
The above is a copy of an
vitation being sent out by the
ladies of the Missionary Society
to an entertainment to be held
at the home of Mr. T. F. Moore
this (Friday) evening. The guests
will be weighed and the young
men are expected to pay one
fourtli of a cent for each pound
he and his lady weighs. The
sum realized will be used for
missionary purposes. A pleas
ant evening is promised and we
hope the affair will be well at
tended. Go out young men and
don’t hunt up the tiny girls
either.
It Never Disappoints.
F. J. Williams, proprietor of the Ham
ilton Drug Co., Hamilton, Iowa, says
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy is practically the only
remedy he sells for cramps, diarrhoea and
colic, for the plain reason that it never
disappoints. For sale by Wight &
Browne.
Prof. Marvin Williams came
up from Bainbridge Sunday to
visit Mr. R. L. Forrester a cou
ple of days prior to his lecture
here Tuesday night.
Entirely Inadequate.
There I is
no question as to
Cairo being one of the best
towns of its size in Georgia.
w know it here at llOniC, j
e com- J
peting points have to admit it,
and when a travelling man is
asked to name the best town he
he usually names Cairo.
Financially, morally and other
wise Cairo is one of the best
towns in the state and her peo
pie are usually wide awake to
anything that interests their
town. But one thing they can’t
see, or if they see it they fail to
realize it, and that is a better
school building. Here we have
a school enrollment that would
do credit to a large city—and
yet we have a school building
that would put to shame the
most unpretentious cross-roads
village. There is nothing about
it to commend it to a parent
having children to educate save
in some cases it brings back to
memory childhood days and pic
tures of barefoot boys and girls.
Of course in these instances the
old building seems hallowed and
dear, but progress is now the
watchword and the education
which satisfied us in the past
will not suffice for our children
in the future, and the old school
houses with their pleasant mem
ories of bygone years cannot be
expected to serve as temples of
learning to the rising generation.
And then Cairo is now no vil
lage, but, on the contrary, is a
growing little city and there are
more people! more children, and
consequently more demand and
need of a better building. Other
towns smaller than • Cairo and
much less favored have brick
bnildings which are a credit to
them and to the generations
who will rule them in the future.
We are in favor of bonding the
town for a sum sufficient to erect
us a suitable school building
and let the coming ones—the
children who are now most bene
fitted by the improvement—bear
the expense in the future when
they have turned their better
education to good account. Let
the people be heard from on this
question. Speak out and ex
press your views. The columns
of the Messenger are open for
this purpose and we invite any
who made desire to discuss the
question in its every sense and
impart.
Proper Treatment of Pneumonia.
Pneumonia is too dangerous a disease
for anyone to attempt to doctor himself,
although he may have the proper reme
dies at hand. A physician should always
be called. It should be borne m mind,
however that pneumonia always results
troni a cold ortroin an attack ot the grip,
and by the proper treatment of these dis
eases a threatened attack of pneumonia
may be warded off. 1 here is no question
whatever about this, as during the thirty
years and more that Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy has been used, we have yet to
learn of a single case of a cold or attack
of the grip having resulted in pneumonia
when this remedy was used. It is also
used by physicians in the treatment of
pneumonia j. with the best results. Dr. W.
Smith, of Sanders, Ala., who is also a
druggists, says of it: “I have been selling
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and pre
scibing it in my practice for the past six
years. I use it in cases of pneumonia
and have always gotten the best results.
.Sold by Wight & Browne.
Sunday School Organized.
A Sunday school was organ
ized at the Presbyterian church
last Sunday morning with an
enrollment of 28 pupils and 5
teachers. Mr. H. J. Hart was
made treasurer, Clyde Maxwell,
secretary and the superinten
dant yet to be elected. The ser
vices will be held every .Sunday
morning at a quarter to ten
o’clock. All are invited to at
tend and take part in them.
Attention
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Cane Planters.
We are prepared to make con=
tracts for the purchase of cane for
fall delivery. Price $3.50 per ton.
Those interested will please
write us at once as contracts are
nearing completion.
GEORGIA CANE SYRUP CO
Thomasville, Ga.
A. L. SMITH, Supt., P. 0. Box 273.
Tinner and Steam Pitter.
Repair work of all kind at reasonable
Prices. Steam Fittings and Mill Supplies.
$
Cairo, ia.
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Planting Time
is drawing near and it is time that you were looking to
your plow gear, harness, etc.
And lest you forget let us remind you that we carry a
full line of
Harness, Leather Goods,
Plow and Wagon Gear.
We manufacture our own Harness and we know what
they are. We can supply you with either a full set or
any part of a set down to a mere hame string.
We make and handle Buggy Bridles,
Bits, Saddles, Saddle Stirrups, Storm
Aprons, Buggy Curtains, Buggy Cushions,
Whips, Curry Combs, Riveters, Tubular
Rivets, Hame Tug Buckles, Saddle Pads
and Collar Pads.
If you want your Shoes repaired ours is the place to
have this done. We also make a specialty of this class of
work and use the best of stock.
If what you need is in the Leather Line consult us.
Yours for Business,
jtfudson & Sraves.
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