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WHIGHAM NEWS
Local Items of
Interest.
Mrs. J. M. Wilson Passes
■ Away Friday.
« On Friday afternoon, October 1st)
the death angel visited our town and
bore away the spirit of Mrs. J. M.
Wilson.
She left a husband and seven child
ren to mourn her sudden and unex
pected passing away. The two young
est children are tiny infant twin girls.
Mrs. Wilson was buried at Long
*■ Branch Cemetery Saturday. Rev. N.
G. Christopher conducted the funeral ,
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services. [
Our sympathy goes out to the be- ,
reaved family. j
Tragic Death of Chipley j
Girl Sunday. ;
A shadow of gloom was cast over I
our town Sunday afternoon, when the
news was received or the tragic death
ol Miss 1 lor a Phillips and the serious j
injury c t her companion, Mr. S. \.
Sapp, when their car turned over on
the Thomasville road about one mile j
dence& out from of Mi. Whigham, R. E. ( near and the Mr. Rob- resi- j
ox j
ert Selleis. -*■ j
■They were en route to their home ;
in Chipley, £la., after a visit to ^'
bany. The accident occurred at the
curve of the highway approaching j
Whigham. Help reached them iramo- j
diately after the tragedy occurred, and ,
the body was carried to Bainbridgc
and prepared for burial by J. J. Edge,
funeral director, and carried through
the country Sunday night to Chipley.
They are both members of pronv
nent families. Miss Philips was about
22 years of age and a very attractive
young lady.
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The Epworth League of the Whig
ham, M. E. Church wishes to thank j
those who were so kind and courteous
to it during the presentation of the
play in Cairo.
Among those who attended the Tay
lor Association meeting at Pine For
est Tuesday were: Rev. N. G. Chris
topher, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Vickers,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sellers, Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Burns, Mrs. J. E. Harden,
Mrs. E. P. Trulock, Mrs. N. F. Jones,
Mrs. Strickland and Mrs. M. A. Mas
sey.
Mrs. Mary Lasseter returned home
Saturday, after spending two weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Maggie Cheste’-,
near Whigham.
Mr. Louie D. Newton, editor of the
-■ Christian Index, made interesting
an
address at the local Baptist Church
Sunday.
BIRTH—Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Con
nell announce the birth of a son on
Tuesday, Oct. 5th.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Baptist W. M. U. Circles was held
at the home of Mrs. J. E. Harden,
Monday afternoon.
The monthly business meeting of
the W. M. S. of the local Methodise
Church will meet at the church Mon
day afternoon at three o’clock.
Mr. Vv. ri. Bell, of Thomasville, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bell, is spending
this week here looking after business,
Mr. Bell is engaged in telephone work.
Mrs. H. F. Smith has returned
home after a weeks visit with her
sister, Mrs. John Whigham, of near
Pelham.
Mr. Perry Williams, of Waycross,
sport the week-end in Whigham.
Mr. II. F. Sfrnth and Mr. and Mrs. II
A. Logue spent Sunday with relatives
near Pelham.
Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Lasseter have
returned home, after visiting relatives
at several places in Alabama.
Friends of Mrs. Walter Quinn will
be glad to learn that she is convales
cent at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Rich, in Bainbridge.
Mrs. M. L. Alexander, and family,
who have been living in Whigham for i
the past year have moved to Saraso
ta, Fla., where they will make their |
home.
Mrs. Perry Williams, and children,
have returned to their home in Way
cross, after a pleasant visit with rel
atives here.
FOR SALE
Second-hand
SYRUP BARRELS
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J. M. POULK
CLUB HAS RECORD
ATTENDANCE.—
The opening meeting of the Cairo
Woman’s Club for the year 1926-’2'
which was held in the home of Mrs.
W. C. Jones on Friday afternoon, Oe
tober 1st, was enthusiastic and inter
esting fro mstart to finish. Eighty-five
were present, this being a record
breaking attendance.
„„ The meeting opened , with ... prayer
offered by Dr. Bascom Anthony, oi
Thomasville, who was a guest of the
club.
The executive board reported prog
ress on the club house. The deeds to
the lot have been properly made
and are j n h ands 0 f the board,
jpg committee to solicit subscriptions
from the business men have $950.00
subscribed. A committee has been
pointed from the executive board to
put on “The Country Store,” a mon
ey-raising scheme, this to be held fo"
two successive days in November. j
A recommendation from the board
Fr.at shelves be built in the committee j
room t 0 the proposed club house
building, and that the house be called !
“The Library and Woman’s Club
Bu i} d i n g ” upon motion was accept
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ed.
Mrs _ j w Southall, chairman of j
comrn ittes to plan for the Fourth !
0 j j a jy celebration, reported that the ;
day came upon Sunday and it was j
observed in with the churches appropriate at the morn -|
; n „, hour sermon*, j
music and decorations.
Mrs. J. S. Weathers, chairman ox
the library division, of the education- j
al department, reported that the sec
or.d quarterly payment of $39.50 on
the new International Encyclopedia
for the school library had been paid.
Mrs. R. R. VanLandingham, chair
man of the welfare department, an
nounced that Dr. M. A. Fort, of the
Co-operative Health Service, would be
at the school building on Tuesday
morning, October, 5th, to vaccinate
against diphtheria, to give the
toxin-antitoxin which immunes them
for life; and he would also come on
October 12 and 19 to give the second
and third doses.
A letter from the Chamber of Com
merce, of Brunswick, was read, re
commending the Georgia-Carolina
School which has recently
up in Cairo, and asking that
the club cooperate in making it a
success; upon motion it was voted to
answer the letter and state that the
club would help in anyway possible.
By T „ motion, it was decided to pav
the district, state and national , dues, , i
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state , headquarters , , dues, , the regular, ,
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contributions to the Tallulah Falls
school, the district scholarship at the
Georgia Normal School and the dist- |
schplarship at A. and M. school in j |
The following committee was ap- j i
pointed to work with a committeee j
the D. A. R. Chapter in making |
for Armistice Day: Mesdames
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S. Weathers, Ira Carlisle and W. |
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Supt. Morrison of the Cairo High
School, was then introduced to the
club. Mr. Morrison made a very for
ceful talk, telling of some needs of
the school, giving some plans, in which
t , hey expected , to meet these , needs,
and asking the cooperation of the
club in these undertakings.
The following were welcomed a “
new members: Mesdames J. II.
rison, W. R. Eskew, A. W. Rehberg,
W„ O. McManeus, O. C. Holland, M '
J. Cochran and Vickers.
Upon the conclusion of the business
meting a piano solo, “Spring,” by'
Fannie Louise Wright, was rendered
by Mrs Irma Beale . Mrs. J. E. For
sythe, representing the program and
year-book committee, then formally
presented the new year-books, going
over the program in a general way,
then introduced Dr. Bascom Anthony
who had consented to make the open
ing address in this program on “The
American Home.”
Dr. Anthony’s subject was “Four
Fundamental Failures in the Ameri
can Home.” In the opening of his ad
dress he told what it took to make a
home. “The three great failures of
the home,” he said, “are the par
ents, the finances and the children;
all other failures would come through
these; that if the parents do not eon
trol the children, if the parents have
every luxury the children expect the
same; the three failures are insepa
ruble. If the children in the home are
successes they bring stisfaction to
the parents in old age, if they are
failures they bring discomfort and un
told agony of heart.”
FLORIDA
Your visit to Florida is not
compieti* unless you travel
na the
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
“The Standard Railroad of
the South”
gee and other counties, have carried
the total valuations to a figure con
i siderably in excess of last year’s re
j turns already, it was said.
Dougherty county, which had been
j expected to ]ist the same vahjes a ,
last year, came forward with an in
crease of $1,400,000, and Muscogee
! county also showed a large increase.
| James H. Dozier, state tax commis
sioner, has approved most of the
county digests that have been sent in,
and turned them over to the comp
troller general for compilation.
Captain Mehler of Colgate
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The photograph shows Capt. "Nick”
Mehler of Colgate. Much is expectetj
this year from the clever little quar
terback. He hails from Sharpsville,
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TO ALL CITY TAX
PAYERS:
The City Tax Cooks are
now open for the payment
of all city taxes and busi
ness licenses.
Call early and avoid the
rush. •"</ I
MISS HATTIE MAULDIN,
"'ty Clerk. ). •
THE CAIRO MESSENGER FRIDAY, OCTOBER STH, 1926.
f QUINCY hlGh HELD
j TO SCORELESS
j i CAIRO HIGH ELEVEN SHOWS Cl
WELL IN ITS FIRST
; ENCOUNTER.
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■ . mt,aI *.• t e " cou "‘" , of „ ‘ he .
. Qumoy last Friday afterpool., held
Floridians to a scoreless tie and
1 most chalked up a victory near the
close of the game.
The locals were slow getting
form, it appeared, and Quincy played
the best game throughout the fin
half.
When the second got underway.
however, it was plainly discernible
during the first few minutes that
there had been somewhat of a revers
al in form and Quincy was clearly out
played. However, it was a see-sav.
contest until the final minutes of play.
Cairo put the ball in position
score on steady gains and a fake play
was called. So successfully was the
fake carried out that the entire Quin
cy team was brought to one side of
the field, giving the man who vvr.
supposed to carry the ball a clear field
for a touchdown. However, instead
of holding the ball for him to get, th • C
man carrying the ball in the first part
of the play attempted a short pa
and a fumble resulted. Quincy
covered and the see-saw tactics were
resumed.
Last year’s game with Quincy was
a scoreless tie, also, though the Flor
idians were successful in the contests
previous to last year.
While the Cairo team was some
what of an unknown puantity, John
Walsh, captain, Floyd Searcy and sev
eral others showed up quite well. The
odds were really against Cairo,
the locals deserved to win.
TAX DIGESTS SHOW
BIG GAIN FOR 1926
INCREASE WILL BE MORE THAN
WAS INDICATED IN FIRST
ESTIMATES.
The tax digests in Georgia this year
exceed the early estimates made
the comptroller general and other
state officials by a considerable sum,
it has been revealed by the county di
that have been compiled by the
n Georgia tax , officials. . , Digests T .. from
,, the ,, counties ,. m the ,, state excent
. , . . the ,, . hands . of , the state
were m
officials P’riday.
Comptroller General William A.
Wright had estimated that the total
value of propedty in the tax digests
would be 81,240,848,262 for 1923,
in a net revenue of §5,677,504
from the ad valorem property tax
This estimate was based on
tax returns for 1925. Unexpect
large increases in valuations, in
Fulton, DeKalb, Dougherty, Musco-
Manley’s Trial To Be
Held On October 25
Atlanta, Oct. 7.—W. D. Manley,
former president of the defunct Bank
ers Trust Company of Atlanta, will
be brought to trial - 'in the criminal
division of the Fulton Superior Court
October 25, on indictments recently
brought following the failure ot n:s
ccnipany and th, closing of „,oro than
g0 o{ its men)b( , r bank Solicito ,
John A Boykin ‘ announced " '
Eighteen indictments .
j in all have j
been brought against Mr. Manley, |
* thirteen charging larceny after trust
in connection with individual
i failures, two charging a felony and
fradulent insolvency, one charging
J embezzlement, one charging him with
overdrawing on account and one
charging him with false advertising.
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1 i Why Building and
j Loan Associations?
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8 ANSWERS—and Results
I—MORE HOMES FOR THE WAGE EARNER
2— SAFETY FOR SAVING-MONTHLY f
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3— HIGHER RATES FOR SAVING—LOW OVER
HEAD
4— HOME OWNERS OUT OF RENT PAYERS—BET
TER CITIZENS
5— COMMUNITY BUILDERS—TAX SAVERS
6— MUTUAL TREATMENT FOR BORROWERS—
LOWER INTEREST RATE
7— REAL ESTATE SECURITY ONLY—GREATER
SAFETY
8— LIBERAL RULES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF SAV
INGS—CONVERTABILITY TO CASH
9—TAX EXEMPTIONS—BOTH FEDERAL AND
STATE
10—THRIFT PROMOTERS—MONEY SAVERS
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Mr. Boykin said he had not determin
ed which of the indictments would
be brought up first. In several of the
indictments, Mr. Manley is a co-de
fendant with other officers of his
chain, but the Solicitor said the oth
ers involved would be tried later.
Want Ad Overflow.
STRAIGHT SALARY—$35 per week
and expense. Man or woman with
rig to introduce EGG PRODUCER,
Eureka Mfg Co. East St. Louis, Ill. It
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FOR RENT—Rooms, partly ftirnish
e d f 01 light housekeeping. MRS.
jj B SUTTON,
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BLACKSMITH WORK WANTED—
shoes, 30c a foot; spokes, 15c eacn
and up; % rim, 85c each; tires set, 35c
an 60c. HAL McMANUS, Black
smith Shop.
Local Overflow.
Rev. A. G. Brewton, of Attapul
accompanied by his brother, R ev '
C. Brewton, of Ashville, N. C.,
_ Rev.
IT. P. Stubbs, of
spent Thursday here.
Mrs. Edith Hagan, and little da
ter spent Sunday with relatives
friends in Moultrie.
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The many friends of Mrs. J.
Warnell will regret to learn that
is confined to her bed.
The many friends o*f Mrs. J.
Thames will learn with much
that she is able to be up again
an illness of several weeks with
phoid fever.
Your