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J Farm Products for Year 1917 Valued
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Stop Existing-~Move To
Grady County and Live
The Glad Hand Awaits
Every New Comer
GRADY, THE BANNER
COUNTY OF GEORGIA
Grady County, the banner farming
and live stock county, of the state
of Georgia, has produced the largest
of pro-duets it, it. history
l „s yet,' The values o our
,„,e.s in dollars and cents .s stay
gering. Hardly a man in the conn
ty, or we might say, in the state have
ever dreamed of the value of our
crops and products. In fact the val
uo of our products is enormous. Yet
our county is not such a large one in
area, having but 453 square mli-ss.
The population of Grady at preesnt,
in round figures is 20,000 souls, 12,
000 whites, while the negro popula
tion is about 8,000. The taxable
$3,935,404. Of this amount the
property owned in the county by the
' kites is $3,313,099; the colored tax
returns $208,721 and the corpora
tion returns $413,584.- In 1906, the
year the county was organized, the
taxable property returned for taxa
tion was only $2,533,790 or a gain in
the past : eleven years of over $1,400,
000. The inereaes over 1916 is about
$100,090, a very substantial increase,
As usual, Cairo led in tax returns,
viith $1,481,597. Whigham came
second with $458,468; Spence third
v :th $215,690, and Lime Sink last
with $117,693.
January 1st, 1900, Grady County
was organized from parts of Thomas
aid Decatur counties, being named
after the distinguished Statesman and
Journalist, Henry W. Grady, of Fui-
1 ‘on County. In July 1905. J. R. Sin
P letary, Esq., who was at the time
a member of the House from Thomas
County, introduced a bill in the Geor-
Legislature to form a new
with Cairo as the county seat.
the same time, bills were
by other members of the
to make some twelve or more
counties, but after a hard fight on
the part of Judge Singletary, and
several citizens of Cairo, Whigham,
Thomasville and other places, the
bill to establish the new county of
Grady, was passed and on August
17th, made a law when the late Gov.
Josepli M. Terrell, signed the bill.
The Messenger, your county paper,
and the official organ of Grady was in
the thick of the fight, being the only
1 iper to favor the creation of of the
ow county. At that time Grady
ounty only had a population of
-bout 17,000.
The election for the first county
officers was held in the fall of 1905,
resulting in the election of P. H. Her
rii q Ordinary; D. AY. Tyus, Sheriff;
W. T. Crawford, Clerk of Court; R.
R. Terrell, Representative; Roy W.
Ponder, Tax Collector; AA T . R. Wynn,
Tax Receiver: E. G. Harrell. Coroner:
>h A. Jones, Surveyor; J. B. AA’ight.
t aunty School Superintendent. Of
the above named gentleman only two
n °w hold county offices, R. AY. Ponder
■ : ad E. G. Harrell. The first county
commissioners were AA'. B. Rodden
bory, Chairman, Henry Mitchell, J.
b- Peebles, L L. Harwich and J. M.
Snsser. MY. Henry Mitchell is the
' "ly member of the present hoard.
Grady ('ounty spent some time in
dying to issue bonds for the erection
(>F a court house and jail, and after
o futile attempts, the bond propo
■dii.n was Grouped and our present
ma tpificient Court House and jail
-'err * built by direct taxation. Alex
ader Blair, of Macon, was architect
’al J. B. Carr & Co., of Atlanta. weie
the contraetors. The court house
as erected in the year 1908, the
' U't house and furnishings at a cost
$50,000 and the jail at a cost of
1 5 000 The county Commissioners
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that time showed good judgment
! ’i the erection of these buildings and
B'*’ w Hat might be termed, an excep
ffinal bargain. Today these build-
1,1 -s would cost in the neighborhood
$ 100 , 000 .
THE CAIRO MESSENGER SPECIAL HOLIDAY AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION, FRIDAY DECEMBER
14 , 1917 .
A farmer could not ask for bet
ter soil than ours. Grady’s soil is
largely pebble land with a clay sub
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nmate
dePffhtfid *
" aciigntiul, and the ti,„ seasons here
admit of the cultivation of the widest
).elds Sw? o!L Our C farm fT W#b products r? ab are “" pure d “‘
cMs, ^ sweet and Irish potatoes, watermelons,
1>e -
live stock and Almost’
form pro*, et you could motion. We
also mention alone this line,
the larye c|uant.t.es of different gar
den and field seeds grown in the coun
tv. Collard and other seed grown
in Grady are shipped all over the
continent. This also applies to our
pecan trees, they being shipped to
South America and Africa,
In the bouudries of the county.
there are' about 8 saw mills, the
Kelley-Clark Lumber Co., at Gradv
ville, and the Boyd Lumber Co., at
Boydville, two miles west of Whig
the
°f the county are turning out thous
ends of feet of lumber daily and
those host posted say, the timber
supply is no where near exhausted,
They state that w-e have plenty of
timber here to last for several vo-
4° come. I he turpentine business is
another.industry. There are six stills
in the county, but from indication,
this industry will gradually play out
as the timber is being sawed
These two industri- <‘S help to
money plentiful and bring thousand:
< v f dollars to Grady annually,
While there are several large -plan
tations in Grady, the farms arc mo-'t
ty small settled and the county is fast be- j
mg by white farmers from i
all sections of Alabama and North!
Georgia. Especially is this true, us
from a trip over the county, will show
that at least 25 white farmers from
different sections of Alabama, have
moved into the county. They all |
speak very highly of their new home
and say there is no better farming
land in the South for raising
they care to plant. To the small white
farmer, there are no better lands to
be found ip the South, than in Gradv
county, and to all new comers, who
come to dwell in our midst, the glad
band is always extended.
As stated above, the value of onr
products, will stagger most any man
when he knows what we do and can!
produce. Our products this year will j
|be worth to the fanners of the county
approximately five million dollars'. 1
Gar main products consist of hogs,
- s .vrup, cotton, corn, peanuts, cattle,
watermelons, velvet beans, oats,
Chickens and eggs, Pecans and pecan
trees, and many other products.
Hogs lead this year, syrup comes
second, corn third, cotton and cot
ton need fourth and so on down the
tine. Our hogs, over eighty-five i
thousand in number are worth at -
least rels, including $1,750,000; syrup, 50,000 bar-|
5,000 for local eon
sumption, which is worth i
on an av
of $25
GRADY COUNTY’S OFFICERS.
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Reading from left to right, top row, they are: W. J. Willie, Judge City
Courts of Cairo and AA’higham; John L. Reagan, County Surveyor; S. B.
Griffin, Janitor; J. M. McNair, Jr., Clerk of Court; E. G. Harrell, Coroner; 0
D. D. Perkins, Sheriff. Lower row, left to right; J. \\ r . Cannon, Tax Re- J 0
eeiver; J. S. AA’cathers, Superintendent of Schools; AA*. C. Barrow, Ordin- 0
ary : E. J. McKown, County Treasurer; Roy AA'. Ponder, Tax Collector ft
-id h\> Carlisle, Solicitor City Courts of Cairo and Whigham.
com about $750,000; cotton, 2,500 j
bales and seed, $450,000; cuttle,
$150,000; chickens and eggs (nhipp
P ( 1 from various .towns in the coup- i
ty) $15,000, and other crops will
run our v ahie of crops for this year j
U P to over five million dollar: . And -
if the present price hold up for an
other year, with the increase in acre- !
,age and the large amount of improv
od farm machinery being bogiiht. our
products will come all around reach- 1
mg eight m.iuion dollars. If our
farmers will only try, they will reach :
this goal.
Throughout the county can he •ccn
attractive and substantial residences,
and many more are going up. Grady
county farmers believe in having nice i
homes, as the reader will observe by
taking a trip over our good roads.
Another thing, our farmers are now
having erected to the already large
number built, is silos. The barns and
outhouses are also good, yet we are
sorry to say, along this line, there
is room for improvement. Our far
raers believe in using the latest farm
machinery and if von don’t believe.
this, just go and take a look over’
some of our farms, or either talk
| 'v'ilii some of the farm implements
in the county, who have sold
i-several hundred thousand dollars
worth this year. Another item to be
observed is the fine cattle being 1 rais
ed on our farms, including pure bred
h°gs an d pure bred cattle. Many
llead oi line > P u re bred shorthorn and
otil er breeds of cattlc liavc l***" sll 4>
pod . inti) . the this
county year, one
f armer alone buying several thousand
aouais worth, and many more will
follow as soon as we get rid of tire
lick pest. The ,Title ,iek i s
and is „ oi fast , f - ,,
Lioners intention of the County Commis
and the Gradv County Live
j Stock Association to make Grady
L arSine** TT* ^pocket”,* ^41 ^ ‘‘“k"
Urn, do l lars i„ ourfar
as they can raise auteh User
and tutteh more stoek under tick-free
conditions. Those best posted on
HENRY W. GxADY.
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chance in over-doing cattle raising.
I We have in Gradv County, besides
i Cairo, five other hustling towns
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*berc are other small hope-to-be
lowns » * n Abridge, Boydville, Cran
rd ' head)ton and several others.
^ iese towns and communities arc
raude U B ld som ° 0 * tbe best citi
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ns lo b< ‘ 1 ' ound anywhere, and are
b'-awake and progressive.
WeJ;:i\o ^ ard in barm the person Demonstration ol Patrick
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''-.ent, that any county would be
rlad to cad tbeir own. Pat has done
more for the upbuilding of the rural
life of Grad V than almost any man
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and * s a ^ vva Y s on Gie J°b trying to j
tlle farmer and the farmer boy
air1 ’ and is continually boosting I
Gradv Count v farmer - and his
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P roducts - We also have in
the person of Miss Eliza Jolm.son,
Home Economic Agent, il hard work
er. who is giving her undivided time
to her work, and is getting much re-j
suits from her labors. She began
upon her work in Grady on October !
1st this year. !
in the way of good roads, we
conscientiously say that our roads
surpass many of our neighboring
counties, taking all our roads into
consideration'. Our road work is iin
der the supervision of Warden J. M.
Hayes, who came to Grady this year,
from Mitchell County, succeeding
late \V. C. Matthews. Mr.
with his assistants are building roads
that will stgnd, and is endeavoring
to make onr roads as good as can
be found in the state. Mr. Hayes is
a man who understands working con
viets and is very economical in his
expenditures, which means much to
the people of our county. He is to
congratulated upon the work he
is doing.
Our county is well looked after in
way of county commissioners,
Tlu ‘ y 11 rc wateidul > careful and econ
°mieal, but public spirited and en
teiprising and are for the interest
of the county, first, last and all the
time. ! lie board is composed of D.
P. Ward, Chairman, Pine Park; Arch
Harrell, of Whigham; Henry Mit
ehell, ol Beaehton; J. A. Wynn, of
< airo; (. II. Mize, of Spence; T. W.
Faircloth, of Reagans and W. A.
Shiver of Blowing Cave District.
Mr. !’>. M. Johnson is the efficient
of the body. '
Grady County is in the Albany Jud
Circuit, and has two terms of Sit
Court a year. Judge W M.
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of Bainbridge, who is hold
his first term as judge, is making
very efficient officer. The state’s
in the way of a Solieitor
is in the hands of one of the
competent attorneys to be
found in the state, in the person of
If. C..Bell, of .his city, Su
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1 0Urt , 18 held , , , the ,, first „ waek m
*^ ndl and September.
Besides the Superior Court, Grady
has eight other terms of court a year,
terms of the City Court of
Cairo, and four terms of the City
1 ° uH ol , Whi ^ham. Judge W. J. Wil
lie, of Cairo, who makes a most able
presides over this court, while
,;l fanisle, Esq., a Gradv County
)0 A> has made good as an altor
i* °ar
was 74 per cent,
There are 25 colored schools, with
27 teachers and last year had an
average attendance of 59 per cent.
Grady County offers to all home
seekers, the best climate—the best of
health, the most fertile soil, the best
schools, and the best citizenship, and
extends a most cordial invitation to
all to come and see for themselves.
Stop existing, move to Grady County
and live.
And last, but not least, not brag
ging at all, Grady has in The Cairo
Messenger, the best county paper
published in the state of Georgia,
excepting NONE. Give us that new
subscription, or a renewal. Either
one will be thankfully reeeievd.
°f * airo is held the third week in
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:inu:u '. v .' l ,nl - July and October,
while the City Court of Whigham i IS
held the fourth week in the above
months.
<hir county is to be complimented
upon the fine set of men they have
as their officers. Those gentlemen
were elected at the last primary
election, and went into office the first
of January, 1917. They are as fol
folws: W. C. Barrow, Ordinary;
J. M. McNair, Jr., Clerk of the Court;
1). I). Perkifis, Sheriff; Roy W. Pon
der, Tax Collector; J. W. Cannon,
Receiver; E. J. McKown, Treas
urer; J. 8. Weathers, County School
Superintendent; John , L, Reagan
The CORRECT TREATMENT FOR COLDS
Colds are contracted when strength is lowered and the
inflammation easily develops bronchitis or lung trouble, while
grippe and pneumonia frequently follow and any cold should
have immediate treatment with
VOTT’5 EMULSION
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which first builds up the forces by carrying rich nourishment
A & to t ^ ie blood streams and creates real body warmth.
co< ^ bver oil is the favorite of physicians for correcting
J W bronchial disorders and chest troubles.
\|j MG /I refined The in imported our own Norwegian American cod laboratories liver oil which always used in Scott's Emulsion is now
guarantees it free from impurities
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Surveyor; E. G. Harrell, Coroner.
The Board oi County Commissioners
hold their regular monthly meetings
the first Tuesday in each month.
The Grady County Board of Edu
cation is composed of the following
gentlemen: J .S. Weathers, Supt., J.
B. Wight, Pres., E. A. Maxwell, T. M.
( hastain, D. G. McNair and Harmon
Harrell.
There are 45 white schools in the
county, consisting of 80 teachers.
The average attendance last year,