Grady COUNTY  GA  News - Naming Grady County 1905

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The Schley County News  
Thursday, February 9, 1905 Vol. XV No. 7.

NAME OF GRADY FOR COUNTY

At a mass meeting held in Cairo the past week, which
there was fully 1,000 people present, for the
purpose of furthering the movement and selecting a
name for the proposed new county to be formed out of
the western portion of Thomas and eastern Decatur,
the name Grady was decided upon amid great
enthusiasm. The new county will comprise about 300
square miles, and have a population exceeding
12,000. Citizens of Thomas and Decatur embraced
within this territory are acting as a unit, and the
county of Grady may be said to be assured. It will
be one of the wealthiest counties in the state, and
peopled with independent and progressive farmers.