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In rt ,,. n t issues of your paper you
reic: re I l0 niy position iu connection
le proposed new county of Grady.
iota correctly understood by
T.i 1 may be
^ 0S e i uteres ted, I submit the following
as my views on the subject:
;he people of Georgia have expressed
.aseives by their ballots in the form of
,
atneui iment to their Constitution that
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I W :i, necessity for the organization
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jj* U ew counties in the State. This
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expresbioti goes , no further than the sim
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ec declaration of the existence of such
I P' necessity. No expression exists as to
I .hen, ’now, or where tiiese left entirely counties shall
I formed. These are to the
egisi Clive branch of the government.
It is however, a reasonable inference that
the people ware prompted in their action
bv an existing necessity, viz: the conve
nkice of a portion ot the population of
tr<e “state growing since out the of adoption conditions of that the
Uave :;;. arisen limiting the
csell t Constitution number
‘-Counties to 137, and which by reason
" imposed
- its long existence has on
,me sections manifest hardships and in
convenience. It is a matter for the
Nature to determine, and in reaching
a fair and just conclusion, three factors
should control the Assembly. Area, Pop
ulation and the expressed will of the
peop pie within the proposed omit that new the county. first
ij> the first area I su
County of Decatur is the third largest
county m the State, and Thomas the
thirteen th. Decatur having an area of
1106 square miles, and Thomas 784 or an
a. jiv. ate of 1890 square miles. A casual
comparison should be convincing that
this vast area is amply sufficient for three
coniines. The pro ■ osed new county
would be larger than any one of Fifty
Two of the old counties in Georgia.
Under the second proposition, Sixth largest popula
tion—Thomas is the county
m the state, having a population of 31076
in 1900. Decatur is the Ninth, having a
population iri 1900 of 29754, or an aggre
gate population of 60530, being the larg
est 0; any two counties in Georgia ex
cept the’counties in which the larger
cities of Atlanta, Savannah, Macon, Au
gusta, Rome and Columbus are situated,
and the County of Burke, Decatur having
pi less, and Thomas 911 more than
Burke, and the population of Grady
.GUI lty would be larger than fifty-nine
[oi I tic old counties- in the State
Ir.oD.—We Now, as to the Third and last proposi
[form are living under a Republican of
of Government, wherein the will
[the |];i a-eertaining people is supposed that will to be supreme. submis
sion upon Amendment,”
of the “New County
[that [tur, of the people of Thomas not and sought, Deea
uor any one county was collectively of
tmt [ii:. the will of. the people
Ft entire State. In ascertaining the
of the people in the establishment of
[a [estecl new county, should those control. most They vitally inter- those
are
r.'ho are to be benefitted and who must
Rand Few the expense of increase organization. in values, A
[convenience county means an population,
to most of its
[and stimulant development the pride generally—as and progressive well as
B to
[spirit [the motives of its citizens. that will These are the some people of
actuate
k; .1 proposed new county. What mo
tives will prompt opposition? I reply'
that where the proposed limits contain
luftcieut area and population, and the
pq.-le t therein Selfishness desire must the be new the basis county, of
o e or
opposition.
1 confess to a strong feeling of the
onner I would be sorry indeed to see
■fi: divided, but as there is no ques
ts 11 ot the proposed new county having
F Tea of about 330 square miles, and a
fipuiation of near Thirteen Thousand, it
F i! ' remains for them to show a decided
pjority desire for self government to
P-tiTi.K them to the co-operation, or at
F as t the absence of opposition on the
r 1r t ol the old counties. Under this
’tew of the subject the letter addressed
to the members of the General Assembly
L our immediate representatives stating
Fit in the event the people of the pro
posed new county should, by a decided
’majority tion, fairly expressed, ask organiza
position they will support it, expresses my
•Tomas exactly. As to the effect upon
of the loss of territory and popu
u as expressed in your colums, I will
present discuss. I do , not tills agree
rj t! ' >’<>«, but 1 will not discuss view
Ftil the people iu the proposed new
pounty have settled omong themselves
r c question of their desire to form a
punty.
Respectfully,
H. W. Hopkins.
. ff le social meeting of the League will
y -Kid at the residence of Dr. W. A.
Fuzer on Tuesday evening, Feb. 21st.
fbe teed: followi ug programme will be ren
| Song. Scripture.
| Laver
So: ”— 1 “Mv Country ’Tis of Thee.
,, "“f: Ethel Wig«t
: -B V Margaret and
Musical Reading—B Medley. v Mr. Ward Wight.
Tvitatiou—Miss Susie Stubbs.
*; ' ^mental Solso—Miss Irma Powell
Son ' T’liugton Symposium.
1 Star Spangled Banner.
y'■)! ) o ys Band from the Georgia is In
. JIor,ie are coming. This one
Lst Juvenile Bands in the South,
r be these concerts for the benefit
: 1r dome. This institution is sup
• ■ 1, mostly by the Band, and we can
to is one of the most remarkable
in the South. Let everybody
l u, d help a noble cause. This con
m v ’ 11 at the school building on
T,, ' ,a night, Admis
on JOC, ? _y Children February 14th.
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WJtiiro, ; homas County, Georgia, February IO, 1905 .
To tne Public in General
j The Editorial Staff of
! tain Papers in Particular:
i It
is said i c r I'here are
sides to every question.”
times there are several.
j j are, however, two sides of
New county question that
propose to discuss. We will,
the sake of distinction, call
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I he mu Thomasville ...
‘ 1 c and the other “The ^
bridge , Editors Side.'
We snail this week have
say at “The Thomasville
Side” and next week,
at 11 The Bainbridge
Side,” etc. We make no
gy for either.
For many weeks certain
influential (?) so called
paper Organs in
Georgia, and Bainbridge,
gia, have issued weekly
occasionally daily bulletins
porting to stifle and kill our
County movement.
Many years ago the plain
ple of Grady County may
been overawed and
by these powerful
one thing is certain, we will
submit to it now. We are
day independent and capable
attending to our own
unaided by outside
dling, of unaceliinated
per editors.
Decatur and Thomas
were both created in 1825.
80 years the people of
county have been paying
just and full tribute of taxes
these two Counties and for
years her citizens have gone
uncomplainingly from 20 to
miles to get to Bainbridge
Thomasville, ram or shine,
or cold, by horse or on foot,
order to plead guilty or
guilty, or to do our duty as
rors or to serve as
and, in fact, to transact all
legal or court business,
have not in the past been
are not today any expense
either county. Yet, and
withstanding all this, when
people make a start to
the present condition and
the convenience of hundreds
our hard working citizens
mighty, patriotic and
tial (?) newspapers, with
voice, cry out against
the people of good old
and grand old Decatur—but
aforesaid newspapers are
self constituted public
Let us see -a minute, If
people of the western and
ern Decatur have not yet
their masters long enough,
much longer time do
and Thomasville newspapers
pose to sentence us to?
many more years, if you
If we are not yet at the age
self governing majority,how
older than years do these
tors say we shall have to be?
ran k and file of the
.
1> eople of our Counties are
not only to let us go in peace,
bid us God speed in
What, peculiar blessing does
or „• Thomasville or Bainbridge
stow on our people? What
have they on us. that the law
viding for the establishing of
counties shall be inoperative
Thomas and Decatur
These counties, and especially of
catur county, are^ two
largest in territory in the
State. Bainbridge . , ., and ,
Some of the
Thomasville papers have
sent forth the decree that we
have no new county, Let us,
behalf of the people of
county, humbly ask of those
Born Dictators, who
them to the guardianship of
people of any county ?
Let the people here read a
of tlie decrees that the
(?) Thomasville Editors
sent forth. Thomasville
A \ certain ’
cries out that taxes m
county will be higher it
county is formed, We deny
but it is not our fault it they
Suppose they are high in
Why should the people of
county, after 80 years of
service, any longer help to
taxes and to keep up
to work the
roa( * s so their
winter visitors’’ can air
ae * ves luxuriously around in
h f llyh r , t u re °f ,? r If T i gi J e homa u and f vlil four ® h f
her winter birds , roost, and set, on
a ll the land around there,
out home people from their
farms, until they need us to
taxes down, who is responsible
f°r it? It must be their fault,
cer tam]y not ours. If it hurts
Thon iasville it is because her
own people have permitted
a foreign and privileged million
aire class to gobble up all her
lands, shutting out every hope of
home people occupying the rich
soil with which nature has sur
rounded your city. Don’t try to
make the people of Thomas coun
ty, outside of Thomasville, think
you are afraid of higher county
taxes. Give out the pure plain
truth. You have allowed
your agricultural hopes to be
blighted and your fertile acres
around your city are worse than
barren. Who should suffer and
pay the taxes, if anybody, for the
curse of this stagnant poison that
has corroded and cankered your
industrial develodment? 'I his
condition has ever been combat
ted and deplored by every portion
of Thomas county. The people of
Thomas county know it is so,
whether the Editors have lived in
the county long enough to find it
out we are not prepared to say.
Your Editorial staff has a bigger
job right at home than you have
demonstrated your ability to
handle. The Crackers over here
will run the new county and look
out for their taxes, if you will run
the yankees and look out for your
taxes.
Another unacclimated Thomas
ville editorial proclaims that it
will help Cairo property. Suppose
it does? Why shouldn't the people in
Grady County take pride in making their
own property valuable? We blockheads
over here can't see or understand
why the yankee around Thomasville
should get the advantage of increased
values in property by being near the
county seat at our expense. We, in sim
ple justice, only ask the right and privi
lege of increasing the -value of our own
hard earned property by being near
a county seat, even if it is the village of
Cairo. It has not vet been explained prefer to
us why our people should not to
increase the value of the property of a
Grady County Cracker in preference Visi- to
increasing the value of a Northern
tor. We acquired none of our earnings,
either from Standard Oil or any other
Favored Trust. Ours represent the sweat
of the brow, the. labor of the hand and
the work of the muscle.
The people saw it and won’t forget it. One
of the semi-acclimated editors warned the
people of Thomas county against higher taxes.
When did you get so stirred up on the people’s
taxes before? Was it when arrangement was
being made for the contract of County and
Public printing? The bounty authorities
might render the people a service by a little
investigation. A little competive bidding
would not do any harm, if you are looking
out for the people of Thomas county, write a
short Editorial on this subject and tell the
People that you are willing to compete for it
with your newspaper neighbor on Broad St.
You say you are for economy; this is a good
way to demonstrate It to the public.
Meigs district—excusing her politicians—are
not afraid of higher taxes, Boston aint wor
riedabout it. Pavo hasn’t raised a howl.
Coolidge still grows, Oehlockonee.our neigh
bor, offers us a helping hand. In fact the
Thomasville. Editorial sanctum alone seems
to be preparing for bankruptcy. Even Metcalfe
and Merrillville wish us well.
We have a recollection of seeing a Thomas
ville editorial which flung out the danger
signal that if Grady county was created Thom
as oountv would go “wet.” If this newspaper
has the influence you thiuk if has. just fight
the liquor business in the future with as con
stant zeal as you are meddling with Grady
County’s affairs uow and you will keep Thom
as county dry for all time to come. By the
way. it might not he out of order for you to
write an editorial on “Thomasville Blind
Tigers, and how to keep them from coming in,
instead of keeping Gradv County from going
out. - ’ No,Bud. the peopleof Cairo and Spence
diataict are naither idiots, lunatics nor igno
ramuses. The oeople of Thomas county are
not,, either. A gentleman was unkind enough
to suggest that If the old files of your paper
were looked up. the editorial pages would not
disclose any great manifestation of interest in
the “dry” side of the qnestion during the time
w hen a hot campaign was on. The paper is
awful uneasy now, however, after the battle is
over A fine scare crow is that. It won’t
keep us from getting a new county. Morff
than that, no body will be deceived. We re
member a word in the dictionary that spells
“Bluff.” Another word like this, “Selfiseness.”
Boys, it may be hard stuff to drink but it is of
your own stilling, that the Black
Notwithstanding the fact
Berry Tribe and the Peanut Brigade are spill
ing ink and manifesting great concern for the
public welfare, nevertheless we believe a fair
minded and unselfish people will assert them-
selves on the sided justice and broad
citizenship.
Just before concluding let us inquire,
was the editor that dropped a few lines to
public official to the effect that his
future was in danger?” Who was the
that wrol a note that Cairo was a hot bed
populism A high minded
will resent intimidation, and as for the
lists, wo like them over here. No better
ple hoe corn or chop cotton under
skies. Be it known to you now, that
i intimidation nor appeals to political
nor threats of negro domination will
the sovereign people of Thomas county
doing justice to their neighbors. They
it: it is an insult both to intelligence
good citizenship. We wil not stand for it
submit to it. In the territory of Grsdy
are communities as intelligent and
ed as are to be found in any County.
farmers and all classes of business men are
dustrious and of sound sense and capablh
ment. Year by year, for 80 years, we have
aly and most willingly supported our
mothers counties. We love these counties
their people, and we know that the people
these counties are not responsible for,
take no stock in, the cheap,presumption
gall with which these seif constituted
men and intermealers trying to dictate to
and parade before the public as guardians
the common people. We do not believe
desire to deny to deny to us and to our
the same advantages and benefits of being
a county seat that the people around
ville and Bainbridge receive. We submit
cause to the just consideration of fair
and unselfish citizens of our two
counties in which we live and of whose
tutions we are proud and whose people
love none the less because we seek to
them.
The “other side” next week.
J. B. WIGHT,
W. A. WALKER,
J. R. SINGLETARY,
W. B. RODDENBERY,
WALTER DAVIS,
New County Executive Committee.
W. H. Shores, W. C. Mathews, W. D. Barber,
T. M.Chastain, Jule Forester, W.B. Hawthorn,
H. J. Poulk, W. B. Jones, B. II. Pope.
This article is backed up by the signatures
of 1200 citizens who have already signed peti
tions for New County.
Is It Right?
Is it right that a property-owner
should lose $4.20 to let a dealer
make 50 cents? A dealer makes
50 cents more on fourteen gallons
of ready-for-use paint, at $1.50
per gallon, than our agent does on
eight gallons of L & M paint and
six gallons ot linseed oil, which
makes fourteen gallons of the best
paint in the world, at $1 20 per
gallon ; the property-owner .loses
just- $4 20. Is it right?
It only requires 4.gallons of L
& M and 8 gallons linseed oil to
paint a moderate sized house.
Ten thousand churches painted
with Longman & Martinez L& M
Paint. t
Liberal quantity given to
churches when bought from Wight
& Browne.
Take your chickens and eggs to
the Cairo Grocery Store; they are
paying fancy prices for same.
Red Bliss Seed Potatoes for sale
at the Cairo Grocery Store.
When you want to have good
biscuit and light bread be sure to
g§t the J. E. M. or Pansy Flour
for sale at the Cairo G rocery Store.
You can get baker's bread at
the Cairo Grocery Store any day,
as they receive fresh shipments
every Tuesday and Friday.
When you are in need of Prunes,
Currants, Seeded Raisins or Cran
berries, just Phone 81.
The Cairo Grocery Store.
Mr. Willow Mathis of Bain
bridge was in the city on Mon
day last.
Sheriff M- C. Stegall and
Hoggard Cliett paid Cairo a
short visit Sunday.
Mr. F. B. Walsh has com
menced work on a new. four
room cottage. Cairo continues
to grow.
Ladies Home Journal, Every
body's, Munsey’s magazines al
ways on sale at Wight & Browne.
Do you read? Wight & Browne
handle all periodicals. We will
supply any magazine that you
desire.
Wight & Browne have on sale
at all times the latest magazines
and periodicals.
There will be a musical en
tertainment held at the school
house on Friday evening, the
1 7th inst., for the benefit of the
piano fund, upon which there
is some two hundred dollars
^ musical,
due. There will be
vocal, and other exercises by
the best of home talent, and it
IS to be hoped that there will
be a large attendance. A full
programme will be published
in our next issue.
For Granite and Marble Monu=
ment and Iron Fencing,
j |<. A. Weldon.
| Marble Co.
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ABOUT MiiLER COUNT IS PUBLISHED
Colquitt, Ga., Feb. 4, 1905.
Hon. R. R. Terrell,
Ga.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of
23rd inst., enclosing a
opposing the creation of a
county of Decatur was
this morning. I have no
est whatever either for
against the New County
ment, and I am very sorry
you people are having
over the matter, for I feel
kind toward every citizen
Decatur county. Yet I do
sent the charges made on
county as set out in this
lar.
Miller county is out of
and has to-day to her credit in
the First National Bank of
quit the sum of $11,788.63, and
her good people have voted
bonds sufficient, when added to
her cash, to erect a Court House
that would do credit to much
larger counties. It is true that
compared with Decatur county,
which is much larger in area
than Dougherty, Calhoun and
Terrel counties combined, Mil
ler county is insignificant in
area, but it is also true that in
the great vState of Georgia, there
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GREAT
DISCOUNT
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3EGIININIING
FEBRUARY IOTH,
and continuing every day except Sunday
For 30 Days,
we will give a discount of
on all goods in our store except Groceries.
The 10 per cent discount applies on purchases (at retail
pirce.i of 10 cents or over.
We do this in order to reduce our stock to make room for
Spring Goods
which will begin to arrive in due time.
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Remember that we advertise Facts
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Yours for business,
9/fautdin SSros.j
jfdvern'sers of 3>acts,
LairOj /o . Oct. l§ m
On the Cm jr 7/ext to Citizens ffian/c.
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NO. 5.
are twenty one other counties
smaller than Miller in area,
some of which are by no means
insignificant otherwise Baldwin
county, of which Milledgeville
is the county seat, has exactly
the same area as has Miller
county. We have good lands,
good timbers, good schools, good
churches, and as good people as
can be found in Georgia.
1 do not know the author of
the circular in question, as it is
unsigned, but as it is so inaccu
rate and does our county such
an injustice, I deem it a duty to
the public- to have it corrected.
The statements were either
made through a misapprehen
sion of the facts, or through a
wilful intention to mis-represent
Miller county. I suppose it was
done through a misapprehen
sion of the facts. If so the
author will hasten to correct it.
If done with a wilful intention
to misrepresent them, of course
he will not correct it.
With regards, I remain.
Yours very truly,
C. C. Bush.
Grave Troule Foreseen.
It needs but little foresight, to
tell, that when vour stomach and
liver are badly affected, grave
trouble is ahead, unless you take
the proper medicine for your dis
ease, as Mrs. John A. Young, of
Clay, N. Y., did. She says: “I
had neuralgia of the liver and
stomach, my heart was weakened,
and I could not eat. I was very
bad for a long time, but in Elec
tric Bitters, I found just what I
needed, for they quickly relieved
and cured me.” Best medicine
for weak women. Sold under
guarantee by Wight & Browne,
druggists, at 50c a bottle.
Get your Jello and Gellatine at
the Cairo Grocey Store.