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VOL.* 2.
Count? 3»ircctot?.
SUPERIOR COURT OFFICERS.
Mitchell. Judge.
Ron* SolieitorGeneral.
w. g. Thotna s,
E. M. Davis, Stenographer,
^.Groove r. Clerk,
j X.J.Hight. 1 sheriff.
COUNTY COURT.
>e- r. Hansell, Judge.
CM r ke. Solicitor.
R>«- .. y u
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
M. >ni ith, Chairman ; J. S. Montgomery,
K. C. Copeland, J. Q. Bryan, J. D.
swretary: ]{.
aan W. A. I'ringle.
- 2 nd Monday Civil Pocket. 2nd
1iv Criminal Docke4.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
p S, Heeth. Tax Collector,
John F. Ho\va. rd. Tax Receiver.
,1m K. Farter. Treasurer,
i J.Sta nalantl. Surveyor.
inarks Gandy. Coroner
Cit\> Bircctoi^.
lav Or -R.L.Van Landingham,
iiilY or Pro-tem— K. Powell.
Couneil'men _w. A. Walker. K. P. Wight, K.
Maulden and ... John T L. 1 i> oulk. n
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Clerk and Treasurer Jonn L. Poulk.
Marshal—R-E. Nicholson.
’ Brinson,
N: „ht Policemen—D. A.
high school.
Beard of Trustees—J. B. Wight,Chairman j
B Roddenliery, Secretary; K. Powell, Treas
\\. ^ wight, l. f. Powell, l b i’<nvei .
rer; . J. L. Poulk.
■ W. A. Walker, W. G. Baggett,
Gburcb snvcctorY* i
Colson. i I
Methodist Church—-I i^v. L. W.
kStor. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
ibbath school at 30.
You are cordially invited to attend.
Inworth League every Tuesday evening at
Baptist Chprch— Rev. T. A. White, pastor
jrviees at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ►Sabbath
Bool at 3:30.
She public are cordially invited to attend.
B.Y.P.U. every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m
Peesbytrbian 0HL’CKH—Rev.W .D.Stinipson,
Lor. Services every 4th Sunday.
Secret Societies.
ihsoNs-Mcft every 2nd Friday night ove
,iroBanking Co.,Broad St.
Isights of Pythias—L. B. Powell, C. C., T
Powell. K. of R. and S. Meeting every 1st
dSrd Monday night.
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Reliable Frick Engines. Boilers,
Sizes. Wheat Separators.
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BEST improved saw mill on
Large Engin.es and Boilers supplie
promptly. Shingle Mills, corn Mill)
Cr cular Saws,Saw Teeth,Patent Dog:
ticam Governors. Full line Engines
'"in Supplies, send for free Catalogu
Yo?I IDU Wanf ndsil thP me Rpc UC»
farmers, attention. j
P e farmers of Cairo and the sur
|®big p Town country are requested to meet
1 ' Hall in Cairo, at 2 p. m. on
P’.rday Nion Feb. 25th, to consider the
of the acreage h>r this year.
F movement is in line with the action
tin: great convention recently held in
F I. Orleans. Let every farmer he pres
l. f ] J. B. WIGHT, Pres,
Miller, Sec. for Cairo District.
Grave Troule Foreseen.
t npeds but little foresight, to
■ biat wh^n vour stomach and
" r are badly affected, grave
r lli L is ahead, unless you take
[ l )T oper as Mrs. medicine John A. for Young, your die- of
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P P ’ Y., did. She says: 4 4 1
llH1| ralgia of the liver and
rhaoh, my heart, was weakened,
r * could not eat. I was very
P ’’J a long time, but in Elec
?, rH btors, I found just what 1
for they quickly relieved
c <ired me.” Best medicine
"rak women. Sold under
ail,Hi by Wight, & Browne,
«8 ,8 t8, at 50 c a bottle.
L Wur Jelln and Gellatine at
Groeey Store.
XI y
Cairo, Thomas County, Georgia, February 17, 1QOS.
The New County Ex.Commit
w tee v.o/1 had an article i m , last week’s , ,
issue of the Messenger,
mainly with the Thomas
l >’ side of the New County
question.
This week they expected to
deal with the Decatur County
side of proposition, but con
cluded to withhold the article
until next week. Let every one
interested in the matter be sure
to get a copy of next week’s
Messenger.
I O The Cairo Messenger:
T_ in answer _ to, ,,, let well ,1 ensotlgh ,
alone. ’ Elder Hawthorn, the
first man to move in the terri
tnr^r <~.f mtiot 1S nOW proposed for
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Grady county, did not sit down
and say let well enough alone
”
1 1 When , the 1
ne was tiere savages
and wild beasts roamed at large,
and when the sound of a mill
rock v\ as not to u„ be heaid. U He
was here from the time this
county first began to progress i
and when wnen the tnc leadino- leading eitDenc citizens 1
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Oi , grand Old Decatur saw the !
convemence j n drawingout of I
what was then Early county,
thev did not count taxes and
sev 44 let well enough alone.”
They looked to the future for
their • children and grand-chil-; , , .
(J ren> The writer was born and
reared in Decatur county, and
has lived there for fifty-five
vears; has been serving 27 years
as a juror and witness and pay
ing my own way on the railroad
and for board for 1 to 2 weeks
at a time, away from home.
Looking to the future for my
children and grand-children, if
taxes weie to be a little steep it
would be money well spent, for
the purpose of forming Grady
county. So, as a true citizen I
would solicit our selfish friends
to lighten up on the 30 oent an
swer, or it my be lost under a
defeat. I have ever stood to the
Democratic party. The new
county will be for “equal rights
to all and special pnveleges to
none. M
Yours truly,
W, B. Jones.
A CARD.
Cairo, Ga., Feb. io, 1905.
In looking over the Times
Enterprise I ‘find myself and J.
D. Thomason quoted as express
ing freely oar opposition to the
new county movement.
Thomason w r as not with
me that day—in fact he was not
in Thomasville. I was asked
by a gentleman something con
cerning the new county move
tnent. I told him that be
lieved we would get it. Also
stated that I had not worked
either for it or against it, but
the more I studied over the
matter the more I was in favor
of it and as for saying that
there had been any office offer
ed to myself or Thomason to
induce us to be in favor of the
new county, is wholly untrue.
I told the gentleman that my
friend. Bill Collins, had been
opposed, to the movement but
was getting to be in favor of it,
and that some of the boys told
him if he got the new county
they would run him for sheritt,
and he said that he would not j
have anything but the Judges
That’s the whole of the con
versation, and I wish to be
quoted right. truly,
Yours
Frank J. Miller.
Tell mewhat property you want,
vouwL rhere you want it and about what
to pay for it. I can find
it. R. B. Russell.
Mr. T. W. Brown visited Whighatn
Momday.
j Mr. F 1 Miller was a prominent visitor
I Wednesday. Dr
W M Searcy visited Tbomasville
Wednesday.
! Mr H J Hart visited Camilla the latter
part of last week.
Mr. J. Q. Bryan from near Pine Park
was here Wednesday.
Col. R. B. Russell attended Justice
'■ Court at Sofkee Thursday.
Mr. Jno. T. Chambers was the guest of
Dr. G. A. Wight two days this week.
Dr Darsey of Whigham was the guest
of Dr Searcy Saturday and Sunday.
Miss May Belle Arnold of Waycross is
the attractive guest of Mrs M L Wight.
Mr. Galloway of Bainbridge was a
prominent visitor to the city Wednesday.
Mr. T. F. Dysou a prominent merch
ant of Meigs spent several days here this
week.
There are several cases of LaGrippe re
ported, but we are glad to note that none
are reported serious.
Mr. W. R. Hawthorn from Decatur
was a pleasant caller at the Messenger
office Wednesday.
Mr Wilson M Hardy; one of the able
editors of the Times-Enterprise, -was
here last Monday Whigham’s
Mr N Z Trulock, one of
most progressfve business men, was a
visitor to the city Wednesday.
T'he many .riends of Phil Poulk will
regret to leant that he is quite sick with
LaGrippe and we hope that he will soon
recover.
Mrs J M Poulk aud little daughter,
Myrle returned home from Kissimmee,
pf a Thursday after spending a month
there with relatives,
The many friends of Mrs MG McMa
neus will be pleased to learn that she is
improving under the skillful treatment
of Dr TM McIntosh of Thomasville.
Mr. W. E. Dunn spent the first of the
week with his family at Newton, Ala.,
re t urn j n g here Thursday. He will move
his family to Cairo next week and will
make this city his future home. Welcome.
Mr J R Williams, a hustling insurance
man of Xhomasville, lias located here
and would be pleased to show those who
are desirous of insurance the many at
tractive featurds embodied in the con
tracts of the Sun Life.
The “Boys Band and Drum Corps” of
the Georgia Industrial Home of Macon,
S ave a v< T a enjoyable entertainment
here last Tuesday evaning. The pro
ceeds of the concert togeter with the
street collection amounted to about $60.
Fresh Prunes at' E. A. Wil
liams & Co.
35 lbs. Rice for. $1.00 E. A.
Williams & Co.
Is It Right?
Is it right that a property-owner
should lose $ 4.20 to lej a dealer
make 50 cents? A dealer makes
50 cents more on fourteen gallons
of ready-!or-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 3 gallons linseed oil to
paint a moderate sized house.
Ten thousand churches painted
with Longman & Martinez L& M
Paint.
Liberal quantity given to
churches when bought from Wight
& Bmwne.
Red Bliss Seed Potatoes for sale
at the Cairo Grocery Store.
When you want to have good
biscuit and light bread be sure to
get the J. E. M. or Pansy Flour
for sale at the Cairo G rocery Store.
You can get liaker'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.
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.
Wantfd One or two thousand
acres of timber land. Write me
location and price. Quick sale.
R. B. Russell, Cairo, Ga.
^ men are servants. I am the
g(jrvant G f t he people for the pur
chage an( j gale Q f properties, Rus 11 -
ma ^ er where located. R. B.
sell, Real Estate Agency.
R. B. Russell in the Walker
Building can do anything with
your property that you wan t to
do but can’t do.
For Granite and Marble Monu*
ment and Iron Fencing, write
A. Weldon. Thomasville
Marble Co.
Council Proceedings.
Cairo, Ga,, Jan. 31, 1905.
Council met m regular session.
Mayor R. L. VanLandingham
presiding. Aldermen j. L.
Poulk.Chas. Mauldin, K.Powell,
Dr. W. A.Walker, K. P. Wight,
nrosont
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Minuets of last meeting was
read and approved.
•An ordinance to provide for
the opening up of a street on
the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company's land, was read
the second time and passed to
the third reading.
The following accounts were
ordered paid; Dr p W. A, Wal
ker $1.92; — Perkins 40c; E. A.
Williams 75c; Singletary,Brown
& Co.$2; K.Powell $2.95; Poulk
Bros, $7.20; Wight Bros. $2.66.
The Marshal reported[$4i.2 5]
forty-one dollars and twenty
five cents collected in January
for Sample Room, Impounding
Fees and Fines.
The Clerk and Treasurer re
ported collected on Jan 2nd fro xii
R. W. Lewis, two dollars store
rent, Jan. 7th C. R. Muggridge
& Co. ten dollars for fish license
and Jan. 7th W.H. Owens three
dollars store rent.
The election returns of elec
tion held here Jan, 25th, 1905,
for Electric Lights and Water
Works Bonds was opened in
the presence of the managers of
said election, said managers be
ing S. B. Singletary, R. G.
Lewis and T. W. Brown, and
upon motion the order by May
or and Aldermen declaring the
result was ordered spread
upon the minutes which is as
follows:
We, the Mavor and Alderman
of the town of Cairo Ga., on the
31st day of January, 1905. and
being the first regular meeting
of council since the Bond Elec
tion held in said town on Jan.
25th, 1905, hereby certify that
we, and in the presence of and
together with the managers of
said election, nave in open coun
cil, duly consolidated the re
turns of said election notice of
which said election had been
fir-4 duly given as required by
law and at wbicn said election
was submitted to the qualified
voters of said town, the ques
tion of issuing or not issuing
Bonds “For Electric Lights and
Water Works.”
We find that said election
returns are regular on their
face and that 94 persons voted
at said election, of which num
ber 77 voted “For Electric
Lights and Water Works
Bonds. ’ 12 persons voted
u Against Electric Lights and
Water Works Bonds,” one per
son voted “Against and Water
Works Bonds,” one person voted
u Electric Lights and Water
Works Bonds,” 3 persons voted
. c Against Water Works and
Electric Lights.”
1'he talley*sheets of fhe last
general election held in and for
said town showing that 59 per
sons voted in said election.
Tlierefore we, the Mayor and
Aldermen of the town of Cairo,
Georgia, verify the returns of
the managers of said Bond Elec
tion as trup and correct; and
more than two-thirds of the vo
ters of said town having voted
i 4 For Electric Lights and Wa
ter Works Bonds;” we hereby
declare the result of the said
election to be that the proposi
tion to issue Bonds for Electric
Lights and Water Works has
been duly carried by the requi
legal two-thirds majority of
the voters of said town of Cairo,
Ga.
In open Council this the 30th
day of January, 1905.
R. L. VanLandingham,
Mayor.
W.A. Walker, C, E. Mauldin,
K. P. Wight, K. Powell, Jno.
L. Poulk, Aldermen,
Council adjourned.
Jno. L. Poulk,
Clerk and Treas.
Take your chickens and eggs to
the Cairo Grocery Store; they are
paying fancy prices for same.
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GREAT
DISCOUNT
BEGUN INIING ■j
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) of 10 cents or over.
We do this in order to reduce our stock to make room for
Spring Goods
which will begin fit
to arrive in due time.
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And
GENERAL REPAIR SHOP.
PLOW WORK A SPECIALTY.
A share of the public patron
age solicited.
W. M. FRIERSON,
Successor to T. W. Brinson.
Bryan J St., ’ next door to Bar
, ber , s T Livery . Stable, , - Cairo, „ . Ga.
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■Fell me what you have for sale,
tell me where it is located, tell
me w hat you want for it. I will
tell the buyers, and bank drafts
will tell the tale. R. B. Russell,
Real Estate.
GO!
—TO THE
New Store
FOR
New Goods
—OR—
Or Phone 75
t° r what you want and we will deliver
them promptly. We sell the
Bliss Triumph Potatoes.
V ALSO
Fresh Cabbages and Rutabagas.
AND OUR
FLOUR
s the best we can buy; give us a trial.
We carry a complete iine of
Fancy and Family
.Groceries.
AND OUR
Restaurant
is up-to-date Come to see us if you
want a good meal, We always try to
give satisfaction.
Yours for business,
E. A. Williams & Co.
at the ? airo Gro :
'... f J i! ^ h 1 s , \ 1 P, ment
prunes, currants, seeded , raisins
and cranberries.