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The Cairo VOL* I* Cairo is undoubtedly the bus iest little town in the state. Mr. E. L. Broom, a prominent farmer from the Reagau settle ment was transacting business in Cairo Monday. Mrs. E. A. Williams returned home Friday after 'spending some time with friends and rel atives at Sylvester. W. P. Sparks, Thomasville, Ga., has one 25 horse boiler for sale. Good as new. Terms very reasonable. Write to him. Hon. T. W. Faircloth from the Sofkee neighborhood was among the prominent visitors to our city Saturday last. Rev. Stimpson of Climax preached 10 an attentive au dience at the Presbyterian chnrch Sunday morning and evening. The Cairo Furniture Co., have the lar gest, prettiest and cheapest line of House Furnishings ever shown in Cairo. The many friends of Miss Mattie Sanders will regret to learn that she is suffering with continued fever at her home m Valdosta. The Cairo Banking Co. began moving in their new quarters on Monday of this week, and are now elegantly situated in the center of the business portion of the town. For Granite and Marble Mon= uments and Iron Fencing, write R. A. Weldon, Thomasville Marble Co. Our efficient tax collector was mingling with Cairo friends Friday, also offering our mer chants his gathering of the flee cy staple. Cairo’s lads and lassies' are looking forward with pleasant anticipation of the early school days, after a recreation of sev eral weeks. B. F. Williams & Son have put on a drav line in connection with their line of Grain Hay and all kinds of Feed stuff. We call attention to the local adv. of B.F. Williams & Son. They have added a dray line to their line of business and respectfully selicit a share of the public patron age. Do you need Furniture of any kind? If so the Cairo Furditure Co., have it and their prices are below competition. Mr. Harry Hart spent Satur day and Sunday at home, re turning to his duties at Thom asville Monday, he is busily en gaged covering the new freight depot at that place. B. F. Williams & Son are now prepared to do all kinds hauling 011 short notice. Mr. W. B, Roddenberr, who has been in St., Louis for the past two weeks, returned home Mr. Friday morning. While there Roddenbery did some good work in behalf of the “Ga., las ses.” Anything for the hope, Thats what yon can find at The Cairo Furnitrue Co. House Furnishing isltheir busi ness. 'tad Notwithstanding lots the fact that we have of rainy weather etc., to prevent cotton picking, Cairo has received during die month of August qq 8 bales which we ’Junk , a creditable showing. Our mer cnants are wide-awake and have been frotn horn paying tip-top prices here all the week, u x-xt, to 11 1-2, and the staple is rolling robing utation in in rapidly. rapidly. Cairo Cairo has has a a wide wide rep- rep as a market and especially for "gh prices for cotton, and you can see J “ere le benefit daily, of people our merchant’s for miles generosity around here 25 with are marketing their cotton us. Otiiro, I homas County, Georgia, September 2, 1904. Mr. Pearce, the great lecturer, humorist andcharacter delineator, under the management of the Mc Connell Library Association, will make his appearance here on next Tuesday evening, the entertain ment to bp given at the school house. About a dozen of our generous hearted citizens have arranged with the above named association for a course of lec tures here for the season of 1904 and 1905, have made them a guarantee of an amount that will not be easily raised, and they as well as the Messenger, feel that the people ot the town should give it their support, as such en tertainments are not given only under a guarantee. Now that they have arranged for high class en tertainments lets all turn out and lend encouragement to the move ment. We give below a few of his en dorsements, all of which go to show that Mr. Pearce is unques tionably one of the best entertain ers of his kind that traverses Georgia: Knoxville, Ga., Mar. 5, 1904. Dear Mr. McConnell : Our audience was and simply carried away with the grand noble manner in which your Mr. Pearce entertained us last -evening. His impersonations were exquisite, his man ner flowing charming, and liis style was easy and eloquent. Send him to us again. Very respectfully, J. C. Oliver, Prin. Schools. To say that Earl Ward Pearce delighted his audience here yesterday evening fails to do justice to the versatility and mas tery of his art. Mr. Pearce was at once invited to return with the assurance of a larger attendance on his next appear ance. F. P\ Rowe, Pres. Lee Inst., Thomaston, Ga. Culloden, Ga., April 14. The entertainments given by Mr. Pearce are among the best to be had. The humorous and serious are very hap pily combined, giving a round of wit and laughter and yet at the same time plenty of food for study and thought. Don’t leave him off your lists of attractions. Jesse T. Jolly, Supt. Culloden Schools. We publish the following item with reference to freight rates on syrup to some of the leading points in Ga. This is a matter of great importance to the merchants, and farmers as well, for such advantages to all the leading markets would lend great aid to our merchants in placing same to an advantage for themselves, which means the farmer would derive his ben efit also. We trust that the next legislature will get in be hind this matter, and see what can be done in the way of rates to the “Carolina’s”, the present one is quite unreasonable so we have been informed: “The complaint involved the rate on syrup and cane products from Cairo, Ga., as a base. The rate on syrup from Cairo to At lanta and other Georgia points has been 23^ cents, as against U cents to Birmingham and Montgomery, The roads were ordered to submit a new sched ule of rates by today, or the commission declared it would make rates of its own. The railroads replied, agree ing to make the rate to Atlanta and Augusta 21 cents. This was not acceptable to the com mission, and the following rates on syrup from Cairo were or dered by that body: To Atlanta, Macon and Augusta, 17 cents; to Savannah and Columbus 15 cents. Ik I Quite a number ot our young people Sundayed elsewhere. Mr. G. W. Chestnut passed through Cairo on Monday last. B.F.Williams & Son sell Grain, Hay and Feed Stuff of all kinds. Hon. P. H. Herring of Calva ry was a visitor to the city Monday. Mr. J. M. Blackshear Jr. of Susina paid Cairo a visit Friday last. Misses Martin and Curry of Bainbridge were visitors to the city Monday. Mrs. A. R. Butler of Savan nah was the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. F. Powell this week. Mr. E. R. Pringle, one of our hustling cotton buyers, went to Thomasville Sunday. \ Rev. T. E. Tavlor of Vada j was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. H. G. Cannon Saturday last. Mrs. Thos. Wight who has ' been in St., Louis for the past ten days, returned home Satur day. Miss Kathryn Brown left Mon day for Calvary, while there she will be the guest of Miss Mary Herring, Mr. B. A. Alderman, one of Pine Park’s cleverest citizens paid us a visit the latter part of last week. Miss Allie Montgomery of Ochlocknee was the charming guest of Miss Stringer the first of the week. Margaret The many Wight friends will be cf glad little to learn that she is rapidly recover ing from her fall. Mr. Frank J. Winn, accom panied by his little grandson, Davies, of Thomasville, were visitors in Cairo Monday. Rev. T. A. White came over Saturday and as usual preached two able sermons Sunday, re turning home Monday. A bevy of charming young ladies from Climax have been visiting Misses Mary and Nola Bell this week. They were Mis ses Evans, Perry and Mims. Mr. A. L. Vickers, a promi nent farmer from near Whig ham visited the city the latter part of last week. Miss Rosa Crawford returned home Friday after spending sev eral weeks m Quitman, the guest her aunt, Mrs. W. C. Jones. Messrs. Jno. E. Hall and R. G. Lewis left Monday night for St. Louis to view the many sights now on exhibition Quite a party of Cairo people returned Wednesday night from a 15 days visit to the Worlds Fair. Among the number were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wight and son, Ward, Miss Louise Slater and Rev. G. P. Reviere. The Cairo High School ope*^ on next Monday under the cient management of Prof. Fred C. A. Keilam, of Virginia,who ar rived on Monday afternoon. He will be ably assisted by Miss Ciarke of Jasper, Fla. and Miss Zant of Lake Park, Ga. All of the teachers come to us highly recommended, And we predict a successful year for the teachers and pupils. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Woocl left Thursday tor Camilla. Mr. Wood having severed his con nection with the Citizens Bank at this place and accepted a po siton with J. B. Wilson & Co., of Camilla. They have many friends here who regret to lose them from our midst, but extend their best wishes for them in their new home. ISO. 34. u KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT Brings Success. 9? This has been said of advertising. I ITS SO, if the article advertised is a thing of merit, and sold at a Live and Let Live price;and 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 ashamed. We are prompted by a * Determination to Do Things kight, and we know our way of doing business makes a strong appeal to your better judgment, and makes it a pleasure for you to part with your hard-earned Dollars. OUR FALL STOCK is beginning to arrive and in a few more days we \C!1 have a FULL HOUSE” that will be a FEAST TO THE EYES, and the prices we make you on out goods will be a great temptation for you to buy of us. WE BUY ijlylj 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, / < JJfauldin S3ros., ♦ jidverrisers of J’acts, Cairo, Sa On the Crntr 9/ext to Citizens fflan/c.