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Everything * * J; at &
Cut . r Price. * •
For the r.ex
thirty days we
will offer unheard
of extremely low
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venient to move,
so we will sell
them at a very
very low price in
order to dispose
of as much of this
heavy stuff as
possible before
we move to our
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new stand, on
Jan. first .which
will be irH the
Jno. L. Poulk old
stand next to the
present location
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ing Co. Bear in
mind if you wi’.l
only give us an
opportunity with
in the next thirty
days we will save
you money on
every dollars
worth of goods
in our line. The
goods must go.
Come give us an
opportunity .AH
kinds of produce,
chickens, eggs,
syrup etc bought
at highest mar
ket price. Yours
for lower prices
than ever before.
W. 11. ROBINSON £
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Cairo, Thomas County, Georgia, December C> 1904.
Vote for bonds.
Col. Dysard visited in
H. Pope of
v,as in Cairo Wednesday.
Miss Mattie Stegall was visit
iasinCairolastweek -
Don t “S° west y°ang man,”
but come to Cairo -
Mr. J. B. Crawford visited
Bainbridge one dry this week.
Mr. J. B Crawford was a vis
itor to Thomasville this week.
Mr. W. S. Wight paid a short
visit to Thomasville
"dav.
The place to buy good goods
at live and let live price*, is in
Cairo -
If you Wane live in the best
town in Georgia, why come to
Cairo -
Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Cooke
visited itc Pine Park on last
Sunday.
Mr. J. J. Ragan was elected
of the Peace on last Srt
urday.
Mr. Jur ; us Smith of Thom
asvillc spent a short time in
Cairo this week.
Col. H. J. Hart, was in Whig
ham this week on business of
u importance.”
It is no -‘strange” sight these
days to see many strange faces
on ‘he streets of Cairo.
Mrs. Nffc.UTulock and Mrs.
C. M. Trufo#k of Whigham,
were visitors in Cairo a few days
ag V
Mr. B. D. Hartsfield, one of
Moult, ie’s best business men
was in Cairo Wednesday of this
week.
Mr. L. P. Powell had the m’.
fort ie to lo e a fine mule a
ew da s’lee from “blndstag
gersJ
We . igret to learn of the s<
rious P’n -ss of Miss Jenhie Al
deimau at her home in Pine
Park.
Mrs. T. W. Wood of Camilla
is visiting in Cairo at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Jennie Bell,
on Broad street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Maxwell
from the “North Carolina set
clement” are \isit ; .ng relatives
in Cairo this week.
We regret to learn of the se
rious illness of Mr. A. H. Sasser,
who resides near Cairo and hope
he may soon be out again.
Mr. Herbert Ei-andon of the
reliable wholesale firm of Bran
don Bros, of Thomasville, paid
Cairo h ; s weekly visits this
week.
Mr A T. Donaldson one of
Thomas county s most success
ful farmers was attending to
business in Cairo iast Satur
day.
Mr. J. R. Williams, the hust
ling agent of the Franklin Life
Insurance Co., whose headquar
ters is at Whigham, Ga., was
calling on our citizens this week
in the interest of insurance.
Mr. T. W. Wood, who has
Veen engaged in the mercantile
business in Camilla, Ga., has
joined his wife here and in the
future will make his home in
Cairo.
The Messenger gladly wel
comes to citizenship of Cairo,
Col. R. B. Russell of Bain
bi idge, who has casthis lot witn
US. ~Mr. Ri ssell is one of Ba ' -
badge’s first class lawyers and
knows a good thing when he
sees it, hence his Seating in
Ca*ro.
PLEASE YOUR FAMILY an"
preserve your house by painting
with L. & M. Pai.it. Its
with zinc, Non-chalkable. Mon
ey saver, T ullest measure. Takes
least. Ca 1 on Wight & Browne.
THE MEETING CULLED 10 MEET IN CAIRO
ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER TTH. MS
ILL ATTENDED.
->elo\v we publish the proceed
ings of The New County Meet
ing held in Cairo on * last Wed
ieMay:
At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the new county movement
held it the town Hall, on Wednexilay
Dec. 7, the foil xwing permanent officers
were elected: J, B Wight, chairman;
R B Russell, Vice chairman, aud T I,
Rushin, Sec.
Meeting calling to order by vice chair
man Russell.
On motion of Dr Walker the following
committees were authorized: Committee
on Finance, legislation on Boundaries,
Petitions and S a istics.
On motion of Dr Walker, the follow
ing persons were appointed on the finance
committee:
Walter Davis, Chairman; Chas Maul
din, W G Baggett, W B Hawthorn, T L
Rushin, John Thomason, W S Wight,
S W Williams, R f Poulk, Tom Wight,
R Y Hurst, J C Mathis, T S Copeland,
A C Forrester, L B Powell, D~F Oliver.
On motion of J R Singletary, the fol
lowing persons were appointed on the
legislation committee; W A_ Walker,
Chairman: J R Singletary, J B Crawford
J B Wight, W B Roddenbery, W M
Drew, R R Terrell, J F Stone, Randolph
Russell.
On motion of Walter Davis, thefollow
ing persons were appointed on the
: Statistics Literature committee; J B 1
Wight, Chairman; W B Roddenbery,
R R Terrell, J R Singletary, F' J wind,
Randolph Russell.
On motion of W C Mathis, the follow
ing persons were appointed on the boun
dary committee: w B Roddenbery, Chair
man: B H Pope, E P Clay, Henry
Shores, Jas Sasser, John Garland, D C
Maxwell, E M Cox, Ringold Godwin,
John K Godwin, w B Godwin, J F Mills.
On motion of w D Barber, the follow
i lg persons were appointed on the com
mittee on petitions: J R Singletary.
Chairman; w D Barber, E L Broom,
John Booth, Lucius Hall, John H Collins,
w B Hawthorn, Jr , B H Pope, A L Vick
ers, w M Drew, L A Sasser, Rev w J
Hurst, w b Hawthorn, Jr., w C Mathis,
w w Pearce, LLBarwick, D C Maxwell,
Vic H Singletary, A w Boyette, Frank
Miller, Alfred Shiver, John P Chason,
Rev w G SeUars, H A Maxwell, j R
Sanders, J L Ingram w T Farrcloth, F
M Cox; Joe King, John F Grmer, Frank
McKean, J F Forrester, Favette Barber,
H B Sutton, W B Jones.
On motion of W b Roddenbery, the
following resolution was adopted if legal:
A territorial division of the city or county
court be established at Whigham where
by all misdemeanor cases originating
west of the Big Tired creek may be tried, j |
After a brief talk by Mr. Roddenbery,
outlining the duties of the various sul
committees, the meeting adjourned.
T. L. Rushin, Sec.
Randolph Russell; Chairman.
The following clippings are
taken from the Thomasville
Times-Enterpiise relative to
Cairo people irom home:
Rev.’j. B. Wight was here
last night on h,s way J o his
home in Cai *o, after attending
the Methodist conference in
McRae.
K. P. Wight of Cairo, was in
town on 0 Suncay on his way to 1 j
Camil’a.
J. F. ,, Mrs^ey, of . Cairo, _ . 1 . $ m
the city.
Holiday Goods
is the way the Cairo Furniture
Co., comes before the readers
this week telling of the many
useful and orm mental articles
they are offering .'or sale that
would make such nice Christ
mas gifts. Don’t take our word
1 for this for we wan’t you to cNl
there and see for you ’self. Mr.
R. L. VanLandingb a will ex
plain the mysteries of presents
etc. when you call to see him.
Read the ad and ca ): on him.
Below we publish the appoint
ments for the Thomasville dis
triet, which a~e as follows:
Ed F. Cooke, presiding elder;
Thomarviile, J. M. Outier; Al
banv. B. S. Sentell; Bainbridge,
T.T. Ryder; Elakeiv, W. H.
Budd; Boston c'mb. H. C.
Jone c ; Dix : e circuit. 1. B. Kemp;
Metcalf circiit, R. M. Wesley;
Cairo and Whigham, C. W. Col.
son; Faircloth circuit, A. M.
Spraybety; Bold Spring circuit,
supply S. W. Bine*; Climax cir
cuit, C. E. Cooke; Attapulgus
circuit, M. W. Carmichael- Brin
so r circuit, E. E. Rose; Jakin
id Donaldsonvxlle, V. M.
Biitch; Pelham, circh’t, G. P.
Reviere; Camilla and Bacontori;
C T. C'ark; Hilton mir°uon, H.
P. Stubl s; Ar i: .i^ton circuit, C.
M. Led bet . er; Newton circuit,
supplied by Reese Griffin; Face
ville mission D. B. Merritt.
Mr. Charles E. Dunn who has
been in Cairo for the past few
days, returned to his home in
Wayeross yesterday.
The Messenger learns of an
other handsome dwelling to be
built in Cairo in the near future
by that princely gentleman, Mr. j
W. H. Robinson.
The sheets of Cairo certainly
had a lively appearance last
Wednesday. There was quite,
a nU mber G f people ill town in
attendance upon the New Coun
ty meeting.
rates one aid ore tHrd
over ad of itsown a id co meeting
lines See tjeir
in another column c f todays
Messenger.
Mr. J. P. Howard of Ken
tucky and also leprf tentative
for the Slier rouse Medicine Co.,
of New Orleans, La,, was trans
acting- business in Cairo last
Wednesdav.
Mr. Hugh Campbell, the polite
and gentlemrnly representative
of the reHaole Chamberlain
Remedies, spent a few hours in
C airo on ’.-.St WedlU d? 7 in the
interest of theCbambe lain Medi
cine Co., of Dis Moines, Iowa.
That hustling mercantile firm
of Thomasville, A. F. Church
well & Co., have an attractive
advertisement in today’s Mess
which . of much .
ea S er IS
tance to the trading
Read what they say and “do it
now.
Mr. S. P. Vanlandingham of
the Woodland settlement was
in Cairo last Tuesday attending
to business. Mr. Vanlanding
ham says that all tue meat he
will need for h ; s own use he
will lose a large per cent of
what he would have had if he
had only had more bogs to kill.
Ad lovers of fire horses and
mule* w ;i l see something as
good and a ' pretty in the way
o f hOi"S ,a '’ fi^h by going to the
- Mr>
b , fo . merl J owned b J
T. B. Wa’sn as Mess r s. Forcett
aQ( j L, e? ~ have just received a
ca - ] oad Q f g ne horses and
mules.
Will sell cheap—One horse be
tween 8 and 9 years old, in good
condition and will work anywhere.
Also one one-horse wagon compar
atively new. For furher partic
ulars see W. G. or I. A. Baggett,
Cairo Ga.
For Granite an'* Marble Monu
ment and Iron Fencing, write
R. A. Weldon. Thomasville
i Marble Co. w:
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m Ncxi n Dais
OF
The Year 1904
will come and go almost before
you know it.
Have Yob Matie all Your Winter Purchases?
If not, we are ready to serve you in an up-to-date way, as we
have a house chock fuU of the vc.v kind of goods you need, and
have ^een unabie to find at other s ores.
Give us a call. You will be waited on by polite and atten
tive salesmen who have long experience in catering to the wants
of the people in this section; clerks who will not misrepresent a
single thing.
Do not wait till the Great Holiday Rush
is on, but come right away,
Yours for Square Dealings,
*71/(111 Id in S/3ros.,
jidverrisers of Octets,
Cairo, &a.
On the Crr i rr 9/ext to Citizens flank.
solid Gold waichGiven \im$m Away!
ON Wednesday, March 1st, 1905,
at 12 o’clock, The Cairo Mess
enger will give away a Ladies 14k Solid
| Gold lady of Watch Thomas to the most popular young
| The watch is coun'y. exhibition in the
now on
| window of Mr. J. O. Williams’ Jewelry
j St° re and any one wishiug to »ee it will
; only have to call on this courteous gen
tleman who will take pleasure in answer
ing any question regarding it.
You will find in this issue of the Mess
enger a blank coupon that is to be cutout
and the name of the one you wish to vote
for filled in and sent to this office. There
is no charge for voting. All you have to
do is cpt the coupon out and send it to
the Messenger office where they will be
kept until March 1st, 1905, at 12 o’clock
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Cairo Messenger:
I vole for--------------- ? 11
as being the most popular young lady in
Thomas county.
Signed --------------------------------------------------------
SAVANNAH
BARGAIN HOUSE,
A. POLLER, Prop.
IMPORTANT IVOTICB.
We beg to inform he people of Cairo, Ga., that we have our new store on
Broad Street, and have stocked it with a complete line of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Gentle*
men’s Furnishing Goods and Fancy and Family Gro
ceries.
and in fact everything usually kept and in a first-class dry goods store.
We invite the people to call surpassed inspect our goods, which for Style,
Quality and Low Prices cannot be by any house south of Mason
and Dixon Line.
We hope to merit the patronage of the public by honest dealings, and by
our endeavor to cater to their wants to the best of our ability.
We buy direct from the largest houses and factories in the country and
pay cash for all we buy, thereby getting the lowest prices, the benefit of
which we share with our customers. Give us a trial and convince yourself
that our goods and prices are the kind that give satisfaction and save you
money.
Savannah Bargain House,
(Old Cairo Bank Building.)
Broad St., Cairo, Ga.
its.
NO. 48.
the contest will close, the votes counted
out and the watch delivered to the lucky
lady.
Now, boy’s here’s your chance for your
best girl to get a solid gold watch with
out some other fellow having to give it
to her. All you have to do is vote for
the one you want to have it. Watch for
the coupons in each issue of the Messen
ger, cut them out and fill in the name
and send them to us. You can vote as
many times and as often as you want to,
there is no charge nor limit to the times
you may vote.
Save the coupons, girls; now is your
chance to get a solid gold watch free”. If
the boys wont vote for you, fill them out
and send them in for yourself, the vote
will count just as much and you will get
the watch just the same.