The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-07

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each other. Don't knock!-~Back up
your mayor. back up your aldermen
and sheriff. sSart citxss and county Of
hcials. they are all 1oyal AID true.
They NAV make mistakes so do we
all. hut YOU will find them ready ana
willing 70 correct their mistakes the
srly people who never made ms
tales died before Christ was eru'l'
fed. Hep your manufacturer. pat
rcnize your jCbber. your rttal'er
bcest your draymau YOUR c'erN, your
officers of the law, your professional
men. Boost our drumm RS TheS
are leaders wherever they go a'o
they are all working to make caro-
pre eminent in the territory covered
BIS our iohhng houses, / ct tn con
sumers demand Cairo produces, yHf
local papers are tirst-claSs, pot
the retailers patronize local J.bhefs.
let the local iobbers as far as pCssi
BILE patronize local manufacturers
and brokers, let manufacturers ana
iobbers alike urge In -ir employees e
patronize local stores and ths emf
less chain arrangement Cneo frpiy
established will greatly rebound
te the welfare of our city
Let rs oil have confidence In each
other. II we believed in ca n ON T
as the old man believed in the Fib G
VIC would be all right | suppose you
have heard about him, He was an
old deacon over in ballard cornty
and taught a class Of boys every sun
day Upon beginning the lesson every
Sunday he would read ii ffem the ~ !
Bile and one Sunday the boys taking
advantage of his poor eye-sight glued
the pages of the Bible together. The
old man as usual began 10 read the
lessen ana he read as follows; When
Noah was an hundred and twenty
years old he took unto himself a W feI
aud She" (herc the old man turned
the page and continued was an hun
bred aud twenty cubic feet long and
forty cubic feet wide and made OF
goprer wood aud lined with pitch.
The old man took off his glass AMI
wiped#them carefully r2read the
verse and said 10 the boys That's |
the first time / ever saw that in tn n
Bible but it's here aud | know its
tire. although | must say she was
wonderfully ana woofully made
Confidence is what we all need |
We are all right If We Just think so,
Let's pull together aud 90 forward
together for in unity there is strength,
For as good as they are and as bad
as we are, and as bad as We are aud
as good as they arc, We are as good as
they are as bad as We are.
Former Mayor Talks,
Ex-Mayor c. r. Woodward was a
guest OF the luncheon. Mr.. Wood |
ward has been a resident of Lock |
mort. \. Y. for some years. removing |
to that city shortly after the eXpira
tiou OF his term as mayor of Cairo, |
after a residence here of upwards Of
forty years. He is IS years old, and1
a picture of health and yigOr. He |
sroke Of his carly life in Cairo and
how he came to locate here. His
first visit to Cairo was in 1913 and |
after that he came in 1851, estah- |
fishing himself in the foundry and
machine shop business. Mr.. Wood |
ward told of Cairo how il looked |
then and drew a comparison between |
t llfft-4tt tfftI now He said Cairo looked |
good to him even in its torn.up con.
dition which indicated business and
Improvement. Mr. Woodward spoke |
Interestingly about Lockport and Cfl
the George Junior Republic" for the
rearing of juvenile offenders, which |
took the place of our reformatories. |
Mr. Weareu appointed John C. |
Fisher to preside at the next
luncheon.