The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

juice that is usually wasted in the
scum.
Cairo is the pioneer in the sugar cane
! industry, and ships nearly twice as
many barrels of syrup as all other
points on the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road in Georgia, combined. The total
shipments for last season, ending April
l, 1902, in Georgia, being 1858 barrels,
of which 1877 barrels were shipped
from Cairo.
There are a number of steam grinding
and cooking plants similar to that at
Ingleside, scattered throughout the
country, and there is a barrel factory
at Cairo with a capacity of $1,000 bar
rels a season.
The Georgia Sugar Growers Asso-
citation, an organization for the pur-
pose of developing cane growing and
syrup making and finding markets for
Georgia syrup. is the lever which is
moving the cane industry to the front
in Thomas county. It's officers and di-
rectors are: President. ]. B. Wight;
vice president, w. B. Roddenbery; sec
rotary, r. l.. VanLandingham; treas
urer. X. Powell: directors, K. P.
Wight. DR.. w. A. Walker. John L.
Poulk, ]. L. Oliver, Walter Davis. r.
A. Williams. T. d. Hawthorn. A. G.
Forester. James L. Mauldin.
The volume of business done at Cairo
is represented by the freight on ship
ments received and forwarded. which
amounted to $5S.OOO for the fiscal year
1901, and $4,000 express receipts an
nualIy.
Shipments this season from Cairo,
were as follows:
Short cotton. 300 bales, value. $40, 900
Long cotton. 600 bales. value =. $4,000
Syrup, 1880 barrels, value go. $4,000
About $500 barrels of lie Conte pears
are shipped annually besides $50 cars
watermelons and many cars lumber,
rosin, turpentine, potatoes, etc.
Cairo has a graded public school,
with an average attendance of 14O pu-
pills. of which Prof. r. c. Little is
principal.
The farmers around Cairo raise and
ship annually to the wholesale seed
men throughout the United States
5000 pounds of collard seeds. There
is another important industry in the
shape of hams and bacon, Mr.. w. B.
Roddenbery informed me that he ship
ped $4,000 worth of hams of his own
crop the week 1 was in Cairo, and
kills annually about $50 head of hogs
raised on his farm
The Methodists, Presbyterians, and
Baptists have neat churches. Cairo was
a dry town before the county voted
for prohibition, a $4,000 license and
the requirement of a vote of two-thirds
of the property holders to get it, is
the reason for the dryness.
Drummer's Retreat, Kept by Mrs.
Swicord is the hosiery of the town,
and it is claimed that it is one of
the best eating houses in the state.
DR.. W. A. Walkers Sanitarium is
one of the noted places of Cairo. It is
just such an institution as every town
should have, a place where the sick
or injured in the town and country
can have the treatment and attendance
of a city hospital.
The Cairo Banking Co., Walter Davis,
President, and F. M. Brannon, cashier,
represents the money interests of the
town.
Among others 1 had the pleasure Of
meeting Hon. Kader Powell, Mayor of
the town, and Hon, Fondren Mitchell,
the latter a prominent member of the
Legislature, who since my visit came
near being Speaker of the House
At the request of the citizens
made a brief address at the court
house, and had a. very kind and at
tentive audience. I was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Moore, and in the
evening attended a reception at Mrs.
M. L. Wight's, where 1 had the plea
sure VI LltetlIlB IeT sons ana daughters
and a number of prominent citizens.
The merchants of Cairo are: Wight
& Brown, druggists: Wight Bros, gem
eral merchants. This firm handles
more Georgia syrup than any other in
the United States J. l.. Oliver, gener-
al merchandise and syrup shippers;
John l.. Poulk, general mer-
chandise; Maulden Bros, general
merchandise; Paulk Bros, gem
eral merchandise and syrup shippers;
1. L. Hurst. grocer: Forester Bros
general merchants: B. f. Powell, gem
eral merchant and fertilizer: Mrs. N,
G. I4assiter & Co. millinery: Hudson
& Groves. harness: Cairo Furniture
Company, r. T. Van Landingham.
manager; c. r. Muggridge & Co., gro
GERS; P. i. Powell, general store; r.
A. Williams. cotton, warehouse and