The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, September 22, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMayor Ledford Will Not Be \ Cairo, (la., Sept. 20, 1010. To the citizens of Cairo:— As the city primary has been called and as many inquiries have been made of me as to whether oi not. I expect to stand for re-elec tion as mayor, a brief statement from me would perhaps not be amiss. 1 will not stand for re-election, and in making that statement I wish.to say I am not. unmindful of the high honor conferred on me two years ago . by my fellow citi zens of Cairo when I was elected without opposition and piout solicitation on my part, I appreciate this token of confidence and esteem more than I can express. My reasons for not permitting the use of my name in the coming primary are: First, my duty to my wife and children requires that I devote my time to my profession, and it is also my duty to my' clients to de so. Second, there are other mcii whose abilities a n d patriotism make them just well fitted for the discharge of these duties as I am, and who arc' also willing to mal c s'.crifices for the public welfare. Third, the platform upon which the council and myself were elected if I recall correctly, has been car ried out, except the matter of put ting in a sanitary sewerage system, andTfri^election has beerr:‘ordered held on October 31 next, to issue 828,000.00 worth of bonds to put it in and if the -people by their votes authorize them issued, a huge part 6f the details of that mat ter can be arranged by Janu ary 1, 1917. While I personally favor the bond issue and the installation of the sewerage system, and feel like it would be a backward step to vote down the issue, yet if the peo ple view it otherwise, I shall not complain. Some say that it will fail because a large number of our well-to-do and most influential cit izens have private sewerage. I do not believe this is true. These people are too broad minded and patriotic for that, besides I have already heard most of these giW favorable expression on the subject and the council has decided to move in accordance with the wishes of the people concerned, and in order to ascertain their wishes have held two mass meetings of citizens and no one appeared who offered a protest, and it seems to me it w u! 1 be unfair to offer opposition n; w after the council has gone to the expense of holding an eleciion when, no opposition was expressed, when they were invited to express it if they were opposed. As to how faithfully the council have put into effect tha demands of the t eo. le and otherwise pro tected their interests for ' the past two years, may bo ascertained by an examination of the minutes in' the "City Clerk’s office. There are few if any questions upon which they did not vote unanimously T oUnll no n nrivnl.nfMfiznn fir Bride of Ned Week Homred by FMends A delightful event of Friday afternoon was a miscellaneous slower given by Mrs. H. Clay death, at her home on Seventh ivenue, in honor of Miss Margaret ■Stringer, whose marriage to N. Q. Fuller, was announced to jtnki place at. the h mm of the bride’s brother, T. A. Stringer, Monday evening the 11th. Lovely ferns and cut flowers were used in beautifying the daint ily appointed tables, the colors used of red and green. An ice course Was the tempting refresh ments served. Miss Bessie Loyd presided at the piano, and little Miss Katherine Loath, as fairy girl, delivered the numerous presents to the b.udn-to- bc. Mrs. F. W. Brannon and Mrs. G. M. Broaden, assisted the hos tess in receiving the guest. Those invited were Mesdames J. E. Wood, W. A. Leach, F. W. Brannon, G. M. Breeden, W. F. Hoge, Porter McBrayer, Paul Co ker, Joe Johnson, G. C. Coin, J M. Cox, W. K. Simpson,'-.A. H. McBrayer, C. C. Isbell, T. A. Stringer, Misses Bessie Loyd, Marie and Alice Stockdale, Tinney Brown, Lila Sutton and Lula Wood. Many useful gifts was received by the honor guest as a token of esteem she enjoys among a large circle of friends. After ..the marriage the happy couple will reside on Fourth ave nue in a pretty new bungalow, and will be at home to. tlieifit friends af- :er a brief honeymoon in Florida, SECOND DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND tONVENJlDNjAEEI AT ALBANY Returns from Primary Are Consolidated and New Com mittee is Organized—Attendance is Large and Enthu siastic—J. W. Callahan Made .Temporary Chairman of Committee-Congressman Park Receives Ovation When He Arrives to Address Convention. How Contestants Stand At The Alcazar Theatre Miss Ellen We lker 270 votas ‘ ‘ Mary Sprars 760 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Tessie Mott 340 ‘ ‘ ‘ 1 Mattie Barrett 1120 “ ‘ ‘ Ruth Thursby 1630 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Clara Mauldin 150 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Mary Gumbie 1620 ‘ ‘ ‘ f Clide Gray 20 “ . ‘ ‘ May Gray 20 ‘ 1 -Sarah Ledford 60 « ‘ . “ Jewell DckeU 90 ‘ < - ‘ ‘ Alva Willie 120 ’ < 1 ‘ Lucile Stringer 160 ‘ 1 ‘ ‘.Mabel Powell 70 ‘ • Dix-A-Fifi Gotten Brings Fine Price Messrs J. B. & J. S. Wight sold Twenty one bales of Dix-A-Fifi Cotton last week for the splendid price of twenty one cents per pound. This is the cotton that the Messrs Wight in connection with the Depratmont of Entomo logy have been growing and im- proAing for several years, and al though it is a long staple cotton these gentlemen believe it to equal- 1/as prolific as the average short s qdc cotton. It is ginned on the common short staple gins, though tq get best rcsultt these haev to be run slower than for the the short staples. In addition to its other qualities this cotton is one of the wilt resistant strains. The Democratic Executive Com mit!.>e of the Second Congressional District and the Second District Congressional convention met at Dougherty county court house, shortly after noon Tuesday for tho purpose of consolidating the rel urr s from the primary election which was held for tho nomination of a Congressman on September 12th. ind for tho further purpose of eleetir g the new executive com mittee which was chosen by the convention to serve the district for the ensuing 2-year term. The meeting was called to order by Chairman II. M. McIntosh and was one cf the best attended, most harmonious and most enthusiastic meetings which the executive com mittee of tlie Second District has ever held. In addition to the authorized representatives of the several coun ties, the meeting was attended by a large number of the loading poli tic il fgurcs in the district, many of those who had supporto.l Judge Park so loyally during the recent campaign and whose valuable work contributed to the sweeping victory which .wa@_E8ft.JiSk t-he Second's efficient Congressman in his race for- re-election. Naturally the meeting was a vory happy one. When the roll of counties was called the following responses wore made: Baker—J. T. Kidd and C. H. Hall. Calhoun—A. M. Lane andB. W. Fortson. Colquitt—Tom Beard and Park Harper. Decatur—J. W. Callahan, M. C. Williams, G. W. J. Barber and S, D. Miller. Dougherty—N. D. Adcox and S. B. Brown. Early—R. R. McLondon and J t). Haddock. Grady -G. B. McElvy and W. B. Roddenbory. Miller—W. J. Bush and P. E. Wilkin. Mitchell — H. O. Shiver and M. O. Stewart. Thomas—J. B. Stubbs, P. W. Leak, R. R. Rouse and J. S. Mont gomery. Tift—W. H. Bennett and Wil liam Gibbs. Worth—Frank Kimball and C. Li Hall. Upon motion of S. B. Brown, of Doghcrty, the chair appointed the following committee to verify the consolidation of the returns as read by the secretary : W, B. Rodden- shall as a private-citizen do a'] in my power to help Cairo, and will lend a helping hand to the of ficials at all times. Conscious of being human, and therefore imperfect, while your mayor I doubtless have made mis takes and committed errors, but they were not errors of intent and Sun’ose’tSeanIstlybyalL 1 TO My GUStOmCrS I agajn thank you for your con fidence and for your co-operation in the affairs to which you called Dr. J. E. Wright who is now oc- mc and I hope that I may c on -' C upying my office is authorized to estcom^and lc/usaU^fl^togetimr C ’^ ec *' and receipt for all accounts- for the uplift of Cairo. | due me. | M. L. LEDFORD. Eugene Clower M. D. Inutfls of Local Demo cratlc Executive Committee b-u-jf, of Grady; J. W. Callahan, of Decatur, and T. X Kidd, of. Baker. Tho committee reported that the consolidation of the votes for the nomination of a candidate for the floth. Congress, as printed in the block below, was verified by the official returns from the several counties. Tlie following men were nomina ted to serve ns the executive com mittee for the uext two years, and were unanimously elected: Baker—C. H. Hail. Calhoun—B, W. Fortson. (quitt-M. M. Kendall. -tor—J. W. Callahan, icrty—A. J. Lippitt. E,arly—J. C. Chancy. Grady—W. Y. Bryan. Miller—W. J. Bush. Mitchell—D, A. Spence. Tift-W. H. Bennett. Worth—J. D. Hall. Callahan Temporary Chairman J. ; W,‘Callahan, of Decatur county, was elected, temporary chairman of the executive commit tee to serve until the committee could meet and name its own chairman.' It is expected, hOwaver -thfct life committee will follow - the expressed wish of the convention and that Mr. Callahan will be named tho permanent chairman of the committee. Mr. Callahan took the chair and thanked the conven tion for the honor which it had con ferred upon him, He stated that he was no speechmaker, only an ordinary buisness man, but that he would serve, the committee to the very best of his ability. Upon motion of S. B. Brown, of Dougherty, the chairman then named the following* committe to invite Judge Frank Park, the pres ent Congressman and the Con gressman-elect to address the con- van lion and to escort him to the convention hall: Messrs Brown, of Dougherty, Montgomery, of Tuomas, an.! B.irbar, of Decatur. After an absence of a few min ute > the c immittce returned with the Congressman, who was received amid a burst of enthusiastic ap plause, which must have impressed him with the appreciation in whieh his work in Congress is held by the people of his district. Judge. Park was introduced, when the applause finally subsided, by chairman Cal lahan, and replied in a short talk which impressed all with the depth of his feeling on this occas ion. No Time for Many Word*. Judge Park began by saying that Tho Democratic Executive Com mittee met at office # of Col. Ira Carlisle at. 8 p. rm, Sept. 19, 1910. Present, Ira Carlisle, Chairman and Committecmen-at-large, Thos. Wight from first Ward; \V. T. Crawford from second Ward; L. W. Rigsby from third Ward atid W. Y. Bryan from fourth Ward. L. W. Rigsby was elected secre tary vf meeting, after which the following rules were adopted. 1. A white primary for the nomination of mayor, aldermen and City Clerk and Treasurer for City of Cairo shall be held at the Court House between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p: in., on the 17th day of October, 1910. 2. The qualification for voters shall be the same as that prescribed by Act of 1900 incorporating tho City of Cairo. 3. Any three free holders quali fied to vote in this primary may hold election. 4 Tho reoistration honks forearnestly endeavor to the registration of voters for tlris fS^'^^f'P to the vcr -V primary shall be opened at once and shall remain open until the night of the 14th of October 1910. 5. The City Clerk shall be- authorized to make out voters list and furnish to managers of election and upon his failure to do so tho Chairman of this committee is authorized to appoint any other person whom he sees fit to do so, for these services there shall be paid the sura ; of $2.50. 6. The candidate for . clerk and counoilmen at large re ceiving the highest number of votes shall be declared the nominee of the party and the candidate for alderman in each respective ward receiving the highest number of all the votes cast in said primary shall be declared the nominee of the party for that ward. 7. The following shall be the fees assessed against * the various candidates in order for their names to appear on tickets and for them to be considered in the primary: Clerk, $5.00; Mayor, $3.00; Aider- man, $2.00, and shall be paid to Ira Carlisle, Chairman, by 12 in., on Friday 13th of October 1910. 8. After polls are closed and votes are counted this Committee will canvass the returns and de clare the nominees of the primary. IRA CARLISLE, Chm. L. W. RIGSBY, Sccty. A Card From Cap. John F. Stone H „;' ,cr 7 ith cx1end profound thanks to my numerous friends throughout tho county for the magnificent vote which you accor ded me in the recent primary. I assure each of you that I shall ever cherish your expressions ofconfi- 1 a® pleased to learn that my friends conducted on open. warn . a . n -V ftil ’ «»mpaign. You «ent. into the campaign clean and you came out victorious without a stigma. I heartily congratulate To those who opposed me hon orary and fairly I entertain the kindliest feelings and highest re spect. The primary is past lie ■resuMsaijo.kppwn.-- Lets forget all uiffcrtlxses; join hands and stand side by side and shoulder to shoul der facing the future with full de termination to give our best efforts tolflie upbuilding of Grady county and lot us earnestly endeavor to CONSOLIDATION OF RETURNS Oi Democratic White Primary lor the Nomination oi Congress man lor the Second District, Held September 12,1UI. Cox’s Majority 427 -368 County Park Cox Park’s Majority Baker . 349 187 162 Calhoun.. .. . . 159 192 267 Colquitt . 1,135 811 324 Decatur . 1,289 591 698 Doughtcry ...; . -305 732 ^ _ Early . 819 536 283 Grady .... . 1,230 586 644 Miller ; . 448 226 222 Mitchell . 823 1,191 Thomas 1,133 720 413 Tift . 901 501 397 Worth .1,402 296 1,106 Total.....x 10,293 6,582 4,516 ‘Park’s majority ih district, 3,721. 795 this was not a time for many words that his feelings were too deep to be expressed. He asked that each man there try to put himself in his place so that ho could understand the depth of his appreciation and his gratitude. To say that lie was deeply moved, he continued, but little expressed it, and that he would be less than human if he did not feel a gratitude which promp ted him to premise to serve faith fully those who had chosen him as their Congressman and whom he considered the finest constituency under tho grand old flag. There was no man present who was not impressed with the sin cerity of the sentiments which Judge Park’s few words so beauti fully expressdd and who did not realize that every syllabic which he uttered was heart-felt. Before the convention adjourned the report of the secretary was re ceived. The balance of $10.99 in the hands of the secretary was voted by the convention ns ai con tribution to the National Demo cratic Campaign Fund- Congressman’s Guest at Dinner After the convention adjourned git the delegates to the convention were invited to be the guest of the Congresaman at dinner, which was served at the New Albany hotel at 2 o’clock.—Albany Hhrald. highest standard. >1 am one of the Godfather’s of Grady county. I was present ,when this fair daughter of Georgia was. born. I fraukly confess that I fondly love the old girl, and pray that no act of mine will ever tarn ish her fair name. I trust that in trying to serve the people of my county in this position that I will not fall short of their expectations. With grateful thahks to my good good citizens who honestly opposed me, I am. Yours thankfully. Jno. F. Stone. Judge Gilbert’s Appointment The friends of Judge Price Gil« bert which includes practically all the people of this part of Georgia, are very much gratified at his ap pointment to the Supreme Judg- ship. Having been born and reared in our neighboring county, Muscogee, graduated from Vanderbilt Uni versity, went to the law school of Yale, practiced law in Columbus, represented Muscogee couhty sev eral terms in the legislature, served the Chattahoochee circuit sixteen years as Solicitor, served as Judge of same circuit for ten years; during all these years his mistakes wer few, his honesty, integrity and ability wer never questioned. We would recommend that the powers that he would anchor him safely, to wear the mantle of the illustrious departed, and when he should cast it off it would be with out spot or wrinkle. —Butler Herald. Attention to Volers In the City of Cairo The Registration books are now open for the purpose of all voters in the City of Cairo, to register. The Executive Committee at their meeting held on Sept, the 19th. ruled that all who wanted to par ticipate in the coming primary for the purpose of electing all city Officers, Mayor, Council, Clerk and Treas. would have to register in order to be qualified-to vote in the coming primary which is called to be held on Oct. the 17th. 1916. The Registration Books aer now open at the City Clerk’s Office in the City Hall, and will remain open until the 13th. day of Octo ber 1916. This the 20th. day of Sept. 1916. J. II. Connell, City Clerk.