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HAVE BEEN SOLD
To The McCrary, of Atlanta,
Last Week
PRICE PAID FOR THEM WKS PAR
Contract For the Improvements
mode in Issue Have Been Let
and Work Is Progressing.
The city of Cairo has recently sold
its mew bonds, being the $15,001?
voted on last May.
The pnvehers aae The McCraiy
(Company, of A$J#tju the price paid
was par.
The entii'c pjtooeedings leading up
, ito their issue have betm approved
J iy an expert bond attorney, and
onds will be iw hand .within ajrery
dew days.
Meantime, however, The J. B
:McCrary Couyiany .have Ixjan let
the contracts fbr .and are now ac
tively engaged in, the -installij-ig of
the improvements provided "Jar by
the issue of the l<o v.k-
We understand stae delay .in dis
posing of the-bonds and getting the
^improvements \vas chuse of so
. .much delay in .disposing -«>f the
bonds and getting theiimprovoments
was caused by a gretut slumpin the
bond market soon niStor they were
voted on.
dent in the nation but iii her annual
address she went far beyond any
thing we ever imagined.
Many letters and telegrams of
greetings, love and cheer were re-
ceiv 1 but none was so enthusiastic
cully as those from our own Mrs.
Armor who for several weoks has
been has been helping in the fight
in Oregon. After getting several
letters threatening her life Mrs. Ar
mor stood liefore thousands of peo
ple and dared the enemy to kill
her. 1 She savs she will gladly give
her life for the cause of righteous-
uuks and they know it would mean
death to their business.
Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Ath
ens, in a few well chosen words
pictured the horror of impure litera
ture. She gave words of love and
cheer to the White Rioboners every
where, who M working and pray
ing for a higher atandard and an
equal ore for boys and girls. She
highly •commends our work in try
ing to lift fallen humanity and
sounding the mote of warning to our
young people.
A reporter was in the (convention
church the .entire time and sent the
news rtoidght daily paper’s.
The address of Dr. L. ‘<sL Hard
man, .®f ’Commerce, on “is there a
Proper rose ifer Alcohol, ’ ’was listened
to with great interest 1 .
The state .banner was .given to
Moinitiieello f«r the largest increase
»n iheonhership and Kastman the
watch for iGntajader work; .also five
dollars in gdldjor the best report in
L. T. L. this .year.-
The Pioneer service was one to be
Over Four Thousand Cars
Handled Here This Year
IS fflis AN ASSETT, WELL YES.
Competent and Clever Are the
Men Who Look After the A. C.
L. Depot at This Place-Some
Approximate Facts.
* By K. M.
Should you ever have the occasion
to answer the questien “How many
loaded cars are shipped from Cairo?’[
Could you tell? Well honest, we
couldn’t.
The other day a man from an upper
county in Georgia was in our ollice,
and about the third question he asked
we have just named:: We wire
stamped, so we hazarded a guess at
long remembered. Friday was th*e
fv.'n
$1)1,500 for tlftte §l.JijW)6 issue.
We may note that the improvc-
•ment of the bond iwarket since that
■time indicates a better condition in
.the financial and business Jifejmf the
tcountry.
W. C. T. & Met
The 28tfc Annual Convention of
.the Women’s Temperance (Union
convened at Madison Oa., on iGeto-
her ill, 12,13 and 14 last. It .would
be hard to find a more hearty wel
come or a move hospitable people
than those whom it wasour pleasure
to meet on this oecamon. The
welcome from the Mayor, Ministers
citizens and “White Ribboners”
were all genuine. It has been said
that when the “Keys of the City”
and the “Latch String of the
Homes” are given to a delegation,
those who give them disappear, but
the W. C. T. U’s. did not find it
go, for the same cordiality that
greeted us on the fist clay continued
throughout the entire session.
Miss Emma Tucker, who with
her sister established the first Door
of Hope in the South, gave daily
bible readings. The first was a
consecration service and the princi
pal subject was*‘Christian Heights. ”
She tells us that the needs of today,
are Christian mothers. “A happy
thought to be able to get on tfio
mountain-top of God’s blessings.
The second reading was on “Per
fect, Character Building.” “Know
ing God brings Peace.” Trying is
human strength, Trusting is Spirit
ual. ” And'one thought she would
impress upon her hearers was“Only
those who hear the inaudible can
do the impossible. ” ,
Mrs. Cunyers of Cartersville fa
vored us with a number of beautiful
solos. She stirred the hearts of all
who heard her for she seemed to
feel every word as she sang it
IP __ m
iogham. Ala., who was the first
W. 0. T, ill. president of Ghrgga,led
the service. Mrs. Wtibb; of Savan
nah led the opening prayer. She
having led the first pi'ayer of the
first State Convention. Mrs. Jemnie
Hart Sibley, of Union Point, Mrs.
Moore, of Oxford and Mrs. Smith
Ellaville contributed to the pleasure
on this occasion by reading papers
torching on the work in clays gone
by.i As I looked into the faces of
those pioneers I felt that
“Lives of great women now remind
us,
Weshould make our lives Bubliine.”
Mrs. Neel led the memorial ser
vice which was solemn yet beauti
ful and her words sank deep into
the hearts of her hearers.
Th’ere were a number of invita-
eions received from different parts of
the state for the convention of 1911.
They were from Mayors, Councils,
Churches, clubs, and Societies and
Organizations of Various kinds. Af
ter a discussion of tho various invi
tations' it was decided to hold the
next convention at Savannah.
The Diamond Medal contest was
quite a., success. .Miss Mild red
Thornton, of Tallapoosa, winning
the prize. The Madison Band and
the Methodist Sunday. School Or
chestra furnished music and ^every
thing was done in royal style. The
White Ribbon Circle formed an af
ter song and benediction, Mrs. Pat
terson declared the convention ad
journed.
One Who Attended.
Have you ever heard the old saw-
that a carpentar is known by his
chips? Well.it ce.tainly must be
so for the job department of The
Progress has rec-ieved several orders
from places of considerable distance
Among the more notable of these
were orders for three sets of invita
tions that came from north of At
lanta. Somebody’s carpenter is
about 2,500 per annum, was” that
enough? well, hardly..
We asked tliat clever gentleman,
Avftio is the head of affairs at the At
lantic Coast LfriiB at this point, bet-
tei known to the most of us as “de
pot agent”, Mr'. H. W, Lawson, we
told him oar giiess amd be smiled,
after a little figuring he came at us
tike this.
The law doesn’t allow me to tell
iu exact numbers so iif you put it
over 4.000 handled through this
depot from the 1st‘o|f January 1910
until NoA’embcr 80 ai will be in close
neighborhood of tl^'rvutct figures.’’ ’
Ob' coiMe ! the' iu id Sever
(don't forget the “and ovef’V it
may mean 500 or (500 ‘Vover”, 'who
knows) includes softie 4 wi* 5 brought
in daily ovei the Pelham'^’..Havanna
which has its terminus at |his point
and is operating entirely within
Grady county.
“Is Cairo a shipping point?” an
swer from the above it’s true.
The clever gentlemen, who con
duct the business (some business
too) here are namely:
Agent-MV. H, Lawson.
Clerk—M. A. Brown.
1st operator—W. T. Whitehurst.
2nd operatoi'—W, S. Huey.
3rd operator—G. Posey.
Ham operatoi'—W. V. Drew.
Nice lot, all good looking some
married and others aer not, which
ought not to be counted against the
unmarried oiies, as they are young
The parlor was beautiful with its
Christinas decorations of holly,
crimson bells and forns, while tho
red candles in the crystal candela
bra suffused the lovely picture
with their mellow light. Tho im
provised tea room was indeed de
lightful, It was formed of festoons
o^)\nxthorp smilax, twined with
tiivfijfc, with a back ground of holly,
wly® Japanese lanterns and Christ-
masbells were suspended with gilt
Cords. Tho table was lovely with
silver* candelabra • containing , red
candles and red shades, and the
beautiful silver tea service which
was one of Mrs. Browne’s wedding
gifts. - wMa
The dinning room - Avails were
paneled Avith holly ant) draped with
smilax. The polished table Avas
beautiful Avith its point lace center-
piece and large cut glass vase filled
with pink Enchantress Carnations
Festoons of pitik inalinc extended
from,'the chandelier and were caught
atjthe comers of the table Avith bows
of maline and with bunches of
carnations. The [charming pic
turc was completed by tho candela
bra with the pink candles and dainty
pink shades anil Avith pink and white
mints.
Mrs. Brown Avas charming arid
gracious in black jetted chiffon.
Mrs. Harris Avas queenly in yvis
teria silk.
Mrs. George wight’s beauty was
enhanced by her lovely gown
white chiffon.
Eighty-live guests Avei'e enter
tained.
REV. W. E.
RETURNED TD CAIRO
Returned For Third Year to
Cairo. ■
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OTHER APPOINTMENTS Of CONFERENCE
Rev, J. M. Outler Succ'eediji Rev.
A. M. Williams, as Presiding
Elder [of the Thomasvllle Dis
trict— F. A. Rateltlie Appointed
Conference Missionary—Moses
Register Goes to Calvary, J. S.
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Jordan to Whlghatm
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Columbus, Ga., Dec.. (i,—After
Avhat'Bishop Morrison declared yus
6ne of the smoothest and xnost har
monious conference sessionfj'he had
ever held, the meeting of the South
Georgia Methodist Conference end
ed last night,, the reading of 1 , the ap
pointments for the follOAvittg yeiiV
being the concluding feature,
f. n .... • ,
The following appointments for
the Thomnsville. district were an-
116 FiAME
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T wo Feed and S/ales Stables and
Cotton Warehouse Burn to the
yet
C-A-T-R-O, in big black caps
if you please, and it spells Cairo,the
home of pearly everything good that
ieaii he grown.
We knew xve had the best presi
• certainly making pretty fine chips.
Mrs. Browne Entertains
The reception of ' Mrs. Thomas
Jefferson BroAvne, this afternoon in
honor of mis. Henry Harris, of
Union city, Ala., and mis. George
Wight was one of the most delight
ful ever given iu Cairo .
The guests were met at the i' door
and ushered into a veritable fairy
land by little William Wight where
they were received by Mrs. BroAvne
andpresonted to Mrs. Harris and
xti-s. .Wight. Mi's. Will Wight and
Mrs.Eugene Clower then invited the
ladies to an iinproyis’ed lea room
Avhere Mrs. Mack Johnson and Mrs.
R. C. Bell served delightful - Rus
sian tea. In leaving the tea table
they Ave.re conducted to the dinning
room by Mrs, Keder Wight Avhere
they were served delicious cream
and cakes and were entertained by
Mrs. F. m. Brannon, Airs. Tom
Avight and mi's. J. 15. Aveathers.
Ground Entailing Heavy Loss.
The sales stables of J. D. and Al
bert Holman and a Mr. Candy were
burned Tuesday night, destroying
many thousand dollars worth of
property.
vV'e are informed that between 40
ax al 50 head of horses and mules
wire burned, of the value of, about
$0,000. On them avus $4,000 in
surance.
Mr. Albert Holman’s famous
be duty, Gold Coin, with four or
five other horses were saved.
With all their stock was destroyed
the building of Evans . A , Son in
which they were kept, and also the
business of Evans A Son, worth sev
eral thousand dollars. We do not
know whether Evans A Son had
any insurance.
Also the old stable building just
north of the Pine Woods square,,
not. occupied, was burned the same
night.
line tank
across the
Holman A Gandy, shnrttering glass
fronts, knocking off a corner of the
building and shaking Aip things gen
erally.
All these happpnings AA’cre in no
Avnyrelated except in point of time,
so far as known. Though bo many
stables have been burned in Thom-
asville of late years that there are
grave suspicions that these disasters
originated by some incendiary hand
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NOTICE!
The case pending in the courts
to determine which of the Cairo
papers is the official organ of
Grady County has been appealed
to the Supreme court.
If the judgement of that C<furt
shall be that The Progress is
the official organ, then this paper
will be entitled to pay for all le-
nounccd:
J. M. Outler, presiding eider.
Thomnsville, G. W. Matthews;
Albany, I. P. Tyson; Biunbridge,
C. T* Clark; Blakely, J. M. Loyett;
Cairo, W. E. Toavsou; Camilla; F.
McCullough; Arlington, E. K. Rose
Colquitt and Damascus, T: F. Drake,
Boston circuit, W. T. SteWart;-
Brinson circuit, I-I. j. Graves; Jffi]o.
in and ^jimaldsom-ille, lb, M. Lwl-
bettov; Pelham,./. W'- Lillcy Wlligb
ham. Si Ji.n’an; 'Pavo' ciivuil, .1/
Sliiiah; Racimtoi) ciicuit, Stjp. O’ljre
Attapulgus circuit, W. S- Johnson,
Climax iiml FapeviUe, A. I’. Segal's
Mayhajy circuit, B. C. Matteson;
Dixie circuit-, L. W. AValker; Och-
lochnee circuit, Gii'B. S. Johnson,
supply ; Calvary circuit-,' Morfes Reg
ister; Meigs circuit, Waltoi: Williams
Alilton circuit, L. E. Brady; Met
calf circuit, J. W. Nines, supply;
Duffle circuit, C. C. Roland; Bab
cock circuit, T. A. Mbsely; Recov
ery circuit, M. J. Buri'ett, supply;
Faircloth circuit, J. M. Clark, sup
ply.
Conference missionary, F, A.Rat*
cliffe; foreign missionary, secretary
board of missions, Ed F. Cook.
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Death of Miss Elvie Dickey.
Mr. and Mis. Arthur Dickoy have
the sincere sympathy of the people
of our town and County in the loss
of their daughter Elvie, who died at
Sparks last Tuesday and whose fune
ral took place in Cairo Thursday
of this Aveek.
The young lady AA’ns attending
while the fireB were raging a ga3q-- -Sparks Collegiate Institute, and
exploded in a building jfist was 1111 nniisual bright girl of about
i street from the stable of A5 years, tho pride of her parents
and a favorite among relati ves ami
friends. Her death was a great
shock to them all.
There are no better peoppjy nny-
Avhcre than Mr. and Mrs. ''Dicker,
and their friends who may nol have
even known the young lady xVill yet
by reason of their love and regard
for the parents feel the loss as a
personal one.
gal advertising done in the mean
time, notwithstanding parties
may have already paid the Mes
senger therefor.
Justice demands, therefore,
that all persons be warned that
when they pay the Messenger
for legal advertising, they do so
at the risk of what the final de
cision may be, and they may
have to pay again to The Prqg-
rress.
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