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The Cairo
VOLr. I*
Talk Electric Lights.
Talk Water Works.
Did you attend church Sun
day.
Work for Electric Lights and
Water Works.
In today’s issue of the Mess
H eager will be found the adv of
■ yp. A. Goldstein.
i Ti, e Cairo Furniture Co., have the lar
■ jest, prettiest and cheapest line of House
H Furnishings ever shown in Cairo.
I I “All’s well that ends well,’’
means also that Cairo’s public
1 W ell has been well fixed, which
9 j s well.
A strong pull and a long pull
| and a Electric pull altogether, Lights and and Water we’ll
have
Works.
Messrs. A. N. McBride of
Thomasville and M. C. Sheffield
of Merrillville, visited Cairo
since our last.
■ Attention is called to the ad
iil vertisement of Mr. R. F. Dixon,
administrator of J. B. Dixon,
dtceased,
W. P. Sparks, Thomasville,
Ga., has one 25 horse boiler for
sale. Good as new. Terms
very reasonable. Write to him.
Mrs. T. F. Dyson returned to
her home in Meigs Tuesday, af
• ■ ter spending several days with
I relatives here.
m W. H. Robinson & Co. has an
H entire change of advertisement
■ in today’s Messenger to which
II we call the attention of the
readers of the Messenger.
B || Do you need Furniture of any kind?
If so the Cairo Furditure Co., have it and
I a| their prices are below competition.
Mr. B. F. Powell has had a
■■ I neat sign painted on the sum
B l| mer It is curtain the work in of front Cairo’s of his artistic store.
B f|| C. house Ray. and sign painter, Mr. P.
I Dick Pearce and Tom Dun
II § bar, ipulators besides being expert man
of the yard stick, are
II I developing into first class cane
III growers, They have two and a
half acres of as fine cane as you
B wish to look at.
1 For Granite and Marble Mon*
B j uments R. A. and Weldon, Iron Fencing, Thomasville write
I Marble Co.
■ Little Margaret Wight hap
* B pened to a very bad accident
last Friday by falling from a
B B small tree and breaking one of
^ er arms. We hope she will
B soon recover.
j| Mr. Jno. L. Poulk will soon
1 Gently completed. All thats
B ls Lking now is the incoming
l ar ge lights for the win
■ dows.
B £* Anything for the hour. Thats what
Co. I on can find at The Cairo Furnitrue
House Furnishing is their busi
ness.
In another column will be
lound a card of thanks to the
v °ters, that speaks volumes,and
coming from the gentleman it
( ° es it can be relied upon for
sincerity and truthfulness. It
couldn’t be anything else com
ln g f rom J. J. Cone.
Messrs. Mauldin & Bros, have
an entire change of adv in
flumes. oday’s Messenger that speaks
These are hustling
gentlemen, and being adver
sers of facts it will pay you to
w ^ at they have to sav in
us advertisement especially.
Cairo, Thomas County, Georgia, August 26, 1904.
Below we publish the consol
odated vote of the different pre
cincts at the white primary held
last Friday for the nomination
of the different county officers.
The managers of the voting
precincts met at the office of
Judge C. P, Hansell, chairman,
on last Saturday and proceeded
to consolidate the vote which
resulted as follows:
For Representative.
Fondren Mitchell 924.
J. B. Rountrefe 964.
J. R. Singletary 838.
J. B. Way 661.
For County Commissioners.
E. M. Smith 1110.
H. C. Copeland 898.
J. D. Barrow 885.
M. D. Redfearn 671..
For Sheriff.
T. J. Hight 906.
J. J. Cone 307. •
Ordinary—W. M. Jones 1210.
Clerk—J. W. Groover 1212.
Tax Collector—P. S. Heeth
1217.
Tax Receiver—Jno.F.Howard
1219.
Treasurer—John F. Parker
1208.
Surveyor—A T. Stanaland
1188.
Coroner—Chas. Gandy 1214.
The managers, after consoli
dating the returns, adjourned
and Judge C. P. Hansell issued
the following order:
In accordance with the fore
going returns made by the
managers of the election, the
following are declared the nomi
nees of the Democratic party of
Thomas county.
For Representative—Fondren
Mitchell, J. R. Rountree and J.
R. Singletary. For Ordinary—
Wm. M. Jones. For Clerk Su
perior Court—J. W. Groover.
For Sheriff—T. J. Hight. For
Tax Collector—P. S. Heeth.
For Tax Receiver—J. F. How
ard. For County Treasurer—
]no. F. Parker. For Surveyor—
A. J. Stanaland. For Coroner—
Chas. Gandy. For County Com
missioners—E. M. Smith, H. C.
Copeland, J. D. Barrow.
Chas. P. Hansell,
Chmn Dem. Ex. Com.
J. C. Beverly, Secty.
On last Thursday evening
Mrs. W. H. Searcy entertained
in honor of Misses Mitchell and
Slappy. After the guests ar
rived and at a late hour they
had a game entitled, What
Did Mrs. Johnson Have For
Supper,” which was enjoyed by
all. Ice refreshments was ser
ved duiing the evening.
Those present were, Misses
Clara Mauldin, Maud Sutton,
Rosa Howard, Irene Mitchell,
Erne Slappy and Mae Crawford.
Messrs. George Wight, Will
Crawford, Mack Johnson,
Yancv Bryant, Richard Pearce
and W. H. Searcy.
Mr. B. H. Porter, one of the
most pleasant gentlemen on the
road, has been in this city for
a day or two. He is agent for
the Manhattan Life Insurance
Co. and any one needing life in
surance could not do better than
to patronize the Manhattan.
Mr. H. S. Heeth was a Satur
day visitor to Cairo.
Mr. Harry Hart has been in
Thomasville this week.
M r . G. W. Chestnut was a
visitor to Cairo this week.
The cotton gin is kept busy
now both early and late.
Mr. W. S. Wight visited
Thomasville a few days ago.
Mr. C. C. Cocroft of Thomas
ville visited Cairo Wednesday.
Mr. Joe Heeth of Boston at
tended the election here Friday.
There was quite a large num
ber of farmers in town Satur
day.
Mrs. J. A. Butler of Quitman
is visiting relatives near town
this week.
Don’t fail to read the new
adv of the Cairo Furniture
Company.
Mr. R. F. Evans of Moultrie,
is visited relatives in the city
this week.
Mr. Hinton Evans is building
a handsome residence in North
Side on Arline St.
Mr. Hal Mitchell and son Joe
of Oakland Farm, paid the city
a visit Saturday.
Mr. Jim Montgomery, a prom
inent farmer near Pine Park
was in town Friday.
Mr. W. B. Jones, living about
two miles from here, was a visi
tou to the city Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brown
left Friday last to visit friends
and relatives at Quincy, Fla.
Mr. Clyde Maxwell came up
from Attapulgus Saturday to
spend a few days with home
folks.
Mr. Will Forester, conductor
on the A. C. L. left Friday after
several days stay with home
folks.
When you want to buy any
thing all you have to do is to
consult the columns of the Mes
senger.
Messrs. S. P. Vanlandingham
and I. D. Singletary of Wood
land Settlement were in the city
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clisby Trulock
of Whigham, spent Friday after
noon last in the city greeting
friends and relatives.
Mr. W. E. Dunn left last Sun
day morning for a protracted
stay of several days with his
family in Newton, Ala.
Mr. B. A. Alderman, Pine
Park’s efficient Post-master and
one of its leading business men,
paid the city a visit Friday.
Mr. R. W. Faison of Way
cross was in the city the latter
part of last week, the guest of
his sister, Mrs. C. A. Mauldin.
Cairo is paying 11 Savannah 1-4 cents
for cotton while
quotations are only i o i -4 cents.
Moral—Bring your cotton to
Cairo.
No Substitute offered.
Say what you wdll about drug
gists offering something just i ( as
good” because it pays a better
profit, the fact still stands that
ninety-nine out of a hundred
druggists recommend Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy when the best rem
edy for diarrhoea is asked for, and
do so because they know r it is the
one remedy that can alwmys be
depended upon, even in the most
severe and dangerous cases. Sold
by Wight & Browne.
INO. 33.
66 KEEPING
EVERLASTINGLY AT IT
Brings Success.
This has been said of advertising.
ITS SO, if the article advertised is a thing of merit,
and sold at a Live and Let Live prieejand the firm doing the
advertising
TELLS THE TRUTH,
standing back of every assertion they make and makes
good every article that fails to come up to their represen
tation.
We Do All This,
and it has made for us a reputation of which we are not
T\ ashamed. We are prompted by a
Determination to Do Things kight, it
and we know our way of doing business makes a strong
appeal to your better judgment, and makes it a pleasure
tor you to part with your hard-earned Dollars.
OUR FALL STOCK
is beginning to arrive and in a few more days we will have
a FULL HOUSE” that will be a FEAST TO THE
EYES, and the prices we make you on oui goods will be a
great temptation for you to buy of us.
WE BUY
Cotton, Hides, Wax, Tallow, Chickens
and Eggs, Meat and Lard,
and give you goods in exchange at cash prices.
Come to see us and lets get up a trade.
Yours to Live and Let Live,
#
y/fauldin Svros.j
jfdverrisers of &act$,
CaSa.
On the Crrmr 7?ext to Citizens S&anh.
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