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CO-OPERATION
Is The Watch-Word Here—
wore co-operative marketing agencies
operate in Grady county than in any
other county in Georgia.
VOLUME XXIII.
LAST ENDORSEMENT
given the fish law
GRAND JURY MAKES OPERATIVE
CLOSED SEASON LAW IN
GRADY COUNTY.
Below are the general presentments ^ ,
i' the Grand Jury of Superior Court,
winch u h was was recessed recessed Saturday batuiday, -h -h. -
jji e f item ot interest being the final
indorsement which was given the
prosed fish law, which makes op
tative a closed season in this coun
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General Presentments of, the Grand
Jury of Superior Court of Grady
County, Georgia, for the September
Adjourned Term, 1926.
We, the Grand Jury for the Sep
tember Adjourned Term, 1926, beg to
submit the following report:—
Committee on Roads and County
Farm.
We, the committee on roads, report
we find most roads in very good con
dition. We find slough bridge on Dun
canville and Cairo road needs some re
pair, also many other wooden bridges
need repair. Road from Calvary to
Whigham is in bad condition and needs
repairing; also, Cairo and Hadley Fer
ry road needs repairing from Henry
Shore’s place to river bridge. We find
convict camps, mules, machinery, and
all other stuff in good shape. We also
find Poor Farm fixtures neatly kept
and inmates seem to be perfectly sat
isfied and happy.
Committee on Public Records
and Buildings.
We, as public records and building
committee, find that all books of the
| County Officers are correctly kept. We
! find that pension money was properly
paid out. We find that a number of
special tax payers have not registered
with the Ordinary. We recommend
that hereafter the Ordinary furn
ish the Solicitor-General with a list of
nil delinquents at each term of court.
We find the jail in good condition, ex
cept two leaks upstairs and some plas
ter repairs needs being done. We rec
ommend the closets to be kept in a
more sanitary condition in the Court
house.
In as much as we find that some of
the county funds are not being turned
in promptly, we recommend that here
after the County Commissioners see
thaj the different officers turn the
funds in promptly.
We recommend that the fishing sea
son be closed for all fishing between
April the first and June the first and
that this be enforced by the Game
Warden.
We recommend that J. L. Prince be
be appointed to serve on the County
Board of Education to succeed W. R.
Miller.
We recommend that the pay for al 1
jurors be S3.00 a day for their ser
vices and that Courthouse bailiffs be
paid $3.00, and that riding bailiffs , ..... oe i
the^Grand paid .. $6.00 a day and paid that $3.00 the addition-1 rwi- Clerk of;
Jury be
al for his services.
We recommend that the County j
Commissioners make some better ar- ;
rangements for the heating of the
Courthouse than we have at present,
We recommend that these present
aients be published in the Cairo Mes
senger and the regular fee be paid for
same. We also recommend that Ruth
Baggett be paid for services as steno
grapher for the Grand Jury. !
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. COLLINS, Foreman.
P. S. We wish to thank the Solicitor-1
General for the courteous attention
given this body. We wish to thank ^ be
Judge for his able charge given the
Jury. |
Grady Superior Court.
The Grand Jury having returned the
foregoing general presentments;
The same are hereby approved and
the appointments made are hereby
confirmed and the Clerk is ordered to
(certify the flndins a, to the Fish Law
to the State Game Warden for
‘ 8 ™' n ’ “ requ,re ,f by
»h,ch the same w.ll become , the law
Ot the county.
Let the presentments and this order
be published as recommended.
This 30 day of October, 1926.
W - V ' CU ST R
J. J S. S C. C A. A C. C
The many friends of Mr. Jack Di
son, and family, will regret to learn
of their plans to leave Cairo.
Bison is now engaged elsewhere and
they will make their home in Thomas
ville.
®)e Cairo JUessc ♦
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I Another TO SOUTH Shipment AFRICA
Of Nursery Stock
From Cairo Going There.
der for pecan trees from J. F. Fette
Esq., at Pinetown, Natal, South Afri
!ca - The remittance was in the form of
^ ,^national money order for seven
, sterlln ... about , „„„
P ^ , $ 3 3.88 „ ’n
American money
Trees from the local nursery are
now growing well in more than one
South African community, and trees
have also been shipped to Italy.
Several different varieties of trees
will be included in the order, and the
shipment will be made at once. The
money order bears a Seeptember date.
The trees should reach their desti
nation in plenty of time for the pres
ent planting season.
TRANSMISSION LINE
APPROACHES CAIRO
STEADY PROGRESS IS MADE IN
CONSTRUCTION OF LINE
NEAR HERE.
The Hoosier Engineering Company,
of Indiana, which is engaged in con
structing a power transmission line
between Bainbridge and Waycross,
via Whigham and Cairo, is making
steady progress.
The line is now approaching Cairo
from the west, and has been virtually
completed between Bainbridge and
Whigham. The route has been sur
veeyed and workmen are now engaged
in clearing a right-of-way near Cairo.
The Cairo sub-station will be erect
ed at the Roddenbery farm, just north
of Cairo, and the main line will be no )
nearer the city than that, it is under - -
stood.
Cairo and Whigham both have con
tracts with the West Florida Power
Company for the delivery of power to
their switchboards, like several other
towns in this section.
When the Bainbridge-Waycross line
is completed, the delivery of power
from several small plants will begin,
it is said. A big hydro-electric plant
is projected on the Ochlocknee river,
south of Cairo.
j
ARMISTICE DAY
Program, Half-Holiday Planned In
Cairo Next Thursday.
A special program, at the school au
ditorium at 10 a. m., will feature Ar
mistice Day here next Thursday, Nov
, 11t ,
““"The program, arranged by the loeal
D A R chapter y and the Woman’s
Club, includes . \ , a patriotic speech bv by
Rev Rob White, ’ rector of the Thom
asville Episcopal ‘ ” Church, , and , an ex
service ® er " lc j man. The public is cordially !
to attend. i
^ of busincsg here win close
fortheremainderoftheday> :
t
under ^ termg q{ an agreem ei - :
bv ^ than forty firms ear i y
this year. The three Cairo banks will
observe a full holiday.
GOING TO N. C.
Dr. James D. Deans To Return
Former Home.
p r j ames p Deans, of Camilla,
ho fi jj ed hig regu l a r appointment at
^ local Presbyterian Church last)
g unday morning has resigned as pas- j
effective in about sixty days, j
nd be pi ans to return to his former
astorat e at Mooresville, N. C. )
Q r Deans is a native of Scotland,
but he has been serving the Cairo j
Presbyterian church, and other Pres
byterian churches in this section foi
two years or more, He has en
deared himself to a large number the of J |
neople throughout this part of
«tate *»*. and thev regret to learn of his j
two m ore appoint
n'ents in Cairo, it is understood.
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New Partne rship Formed
Th}g Week
Announcement is made in the ad
—/ . ofTe , oX f this j ssue of the
Live Stoe,
r
Company. and O. _ G. _ „ Roy
Messrs. J. W. Crapps
ser, experienced live stock men, are
members of the firm, which will usi
the Rosser barn, near the County Jail,
Mr. Crapps will move his office from
Avenue.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
“The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5TH, 1926.
GENERAL STATE ELECTION
HERE PROVES VERY QUIET
Vote Is Probably The Lightest In History; County
Joins State In Ratifying Nine Proposed
Constitutional Amendments,
In what was probably the lightest
vote ever refcorded here in a general
tate election, the voters of Grady
county Tuesday assisted those of tin
state in ratifying the full Democratic
ticket and nine proposed constitutional
amendments.
While the absence of opposition,
and a general lack of interest in the
proposals to amend the state const'
tution, naturally would have caused a
light vote, the weather was most in
clement, and this made the vote her ;
the smallest in years.
There were 186 votes recorded in
the official consolidation for Grady
county. This is slightly more
eight percent of the registered voters
and considerably less than one per
cent of the entire population of the
county, which indicates what part of
the people really have a voice in the
government.
Two Grady county precincts; Spence
ed Blowing Cave, did not send in re
turns for the official consolidation by
Ordinary John R. Singletary at noon
Wednesday, and it has not been estab
lished that they held an election.
However, it makes no differenc, since
the consolidation has already been
made and the returns certified to Gov
ernor Clifford Walker.
The nine amendments, all of which
were ratified in the state by safe mar
gins, were approved in this county
by a vote of more than ten to one. 11
Ragan district, all of the nine
amendments but the first and last
were defeated, but they were over
whelmingly approved elsewhere. Rep
resentative-elect Rigsby also got a
scratch in Ragan and Governor-elect
L G. Hardman received four scratches
in Lime Sink, where he failed to get
a single vote in the primary.
The Cairo precinct led the voting,
course, with a healthy total of 91.
Whigham was second with 28 and
Higdon third with 18. Ragan polhd
16, Duncanville 11 , Pine Park 10 and
iime Sink and Spring Hill 6 apiece.
Baptist Pastors Are to
Meet in Cairo Monday
There is to be held in Cairo on next
Monday, November 8 th, beginning at
10 a. m., a most interesting meeting
of the Baptist J preachers » of the South
west Georgia section.
Pastors Pastors of ox the tne Rantist Kaptist churches enurenes of oi
tne Tavlor rayior, Bowen rsowen, Southwestern di .,
Bethel, ’ Tucker, ’ Campbell, ’ Mercer and
, county associations . .. have been , ,
,
specifically invited, and many others
will doubtless attend and be made
welcome.
It is the purpose of this gathering j
fc organize a permanent “association” ( t
the pastors, to meet quarterly, foi
the spiritual benefit such wholesome
will mean to these leaders. j
Rev. D. P. Lee, of the Cairo Bap
Church, is president of the asso
and Rev. Spencer B. King, pas
of the First Baptist Church of
Pelham is secretary.
The program of the initial meeting
will be as follows:
10 : A. M.—Devotional—Rev. J. S.
Blakely.
10 : 20 —Organization; Enrollment of;
members; Election of officers;
pointment of committees.
10 : 40 —Welcome—Rev. D. P. Le>, :
Cairo.
10:45 s —Response: “Why We Are
Here”—Rev. R. L. Clark, Quitman.
11 — Address: “The Preacher’s ;
Equipment”—Dr. W. M. Harris, Thom-
12 -Adjoum for lunch which will
be served by the lad.es of the Ca.ro
church.
1:30 p. m.—Miscellaneous business:
of committees; Adoption of
Constitution.
2 —“Talk Fest”—any subject, under j
,h, direction of lhe PresldenL '
3 —“Associational work. —Rev. C.
Goforth, Moultrie. i
M.
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Mrs. J. W. Morrison, who has been
visiting several’weeks, Mr and Mrs. J. H. Morrison
for left Saturday for
their home in Wares boro.
PLAY BAINBRIDGE
C airo High Gridsters Journey To De
catur County Today.
The Cairo high school gridsters joui
ney to Bainbridge this, Friday after
the annual clash between the two out-!
noon, to play the Bainbridge high in
fit8
m The Cairoites surprised and defeatt-;
ed Bainbridge last season, 7 to 0 scor
,
; ing a touchdown in the first minute or
| so of play, but history is not expected
to repeat itself in this respect. At
least, the dope favors Bainbridge.
However, the locals upset the dope
last Friday, in defeating Pelham 14
to 7, and they may be able to do it
again today.
A good number of fans are planning
tc accompany the team to Bainbridge,
for the game is certain to be a good
one. |
IV!.A SI/I h V I rTT btl PAMVn LUIl I KALI A /VT
AN Ull fft W. lMIl/UL RRirifT WORK I? UAIV
_
COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER THE
PROBLEM FROM A NEW
ANGLE.
i Further consideration was given the
° f P f manent bridge con
| structloa the County Commission
f* * the ! r regular monthl y meeting
as Uea a ^’ and ^ , e * dea was ad
j "
jj anced that the best plan might bo
, etltlv bid;, and
1° tract \ ec ' for eiVe this c _ om work P e the con
j m future, in
cluding six, or a less number of
| bridges in each contract.
Several plans have been tried dur
ing the past few months and they
| have all proved faulty in one way or
another, the Commissioners believe.
For this reason, the construction of
•ermanent bridges has been temporar
ly held up, until a more satisfactory
plan for the work can be mapped out.
The plan to advertise for bids and
contract for the work will be inves
tigated further, and it may b<* that,
it will be tried soon.
A petition was received Tuesday
asking for the opening of a public,
road near Pine Park, about 300 yards
in length. The Commissioners took
I A man was admitted to the County
Home.
The meeting proved one of the
hortest in several months, there be
ng no other business of importance.
Chamber of Cornmerce
Notes.
'
By J. M. HUGHES, Secretary.
Mr. R. A. Johnson, who has been
demonstrating tobacco at Blackshear,
for ...... the last two years, ’ , is , here on the
ground , for , the . tobacco , ,
Ihp coming season.i
! He paium comes tn to n. us Mb highly recommended
and cert ainl y knows about Georgia 1
| bright . leaf tobacco. He has had an
| intimate acquaintance with the whole
^subject all of his life. We suggest
jthat every tobacco grower in the
county get in touch with him, wheth- j
er they need a demonstrator or not.
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: The exhibit shown at the City Hall
here last Saturday by the girls’ clubs
jof the ccounty, under the supervision j
of Miss Dora Marshall, domestic sci- :
jence revelation teacher to the for great the county, was people aj [
many ;
who saw it. No finer display has met
the eye of the than writer fifty different in years. articles There j j
were more
in the canning division, and in thx
[department devoted to sewing, era
Broidery, etc., this writer just had to ;
acce Pt U 16 w °rd of the ladies present,
but ifc a11 looked mighty good to him.
The young ladies now have on display
at the Chamber of Commerce quite
a number of the articles in the ean
nin £ department, for which we are
ru *y thankful. Our trouble so far ha*
been answering the inquiries of the
many bachelors about “who did it.
and where do they live,” etc.
I would like to remind the okra
growers of the county that the award
f or year’s crop and arrangements
f or the crop for next year will be dis
cussed and settled at a meeting at the
Courthouse in Cairo Saturday, Nov.
a ^ 3.00 p m- A n this year’s grow
ers wko eX pect to participate in the
premiums, will be sure to carefully
measure their okra patch, length and
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The following is the official vote on
the proposed amendments:
To create bureau of vital statistics
—for 161; against, 14.
To authorize Muscogee judge’s sal
ary increase—for, 149; against, 23.
To authorize Crisp county to issue
hydro-electric power bonds—for, 154;
against, 15.
To create a state highway system—
for, 146; against, 24.
Public school teachers’ salary am
endment—for, 160; against, 15.
To authorize Chathjam county to
issue bonds to pave Tybee road—for,
167; against. 7.
To authorize more taxation for edu
purposes in counties with cit
ies of more than 200,000 population—
for, 160; against, 15.
To authorize McIntosh county to
increase its bonded debt for educa
tional purposes-for, 150; against,
To authorize Valdosta and Lown
des county, either or both, to issue
bonds to establish and maintain a col
lege-for, 153; against, 17.
Those who brought in the returns
from the various districts included
Rev. N. G. Christopher, T. M. Red,
G. Martin, H. G. Mobley, J. F. Max
well, J. O. Darsey, C. H. Brown, W
W. Stokes and A. T. Atkins.
“Record Vote” In City General
Election Wednesday.
Belief has been expressed that i
record was established in the general
municipal election, held here Wednes
day. A total of four votes were cart
from a special registration of fifteen.
The full Democratic ticket was ap
proved, and the following were de
clared elected by the Mayor and Coun
cil after the polls closed:
Mayor, J. B. Warnell; Councilman
ward, Henry Hester; 4th ward, J. M.
Kemp; and clerk and treasurer, Miss
Hattie Mauldin.
Albany Editor Speaks
at Directors’ Banquet
An address by Editor H. T. Mein
tosh, of the Albany Herald, featured
a banquet here Thursday evening oi
lhe Chamber of Commerce directors
>d their . . . lady , friends, . . , and .
ar wives or
tbe meeting proved , to , be one of ... the
most interesting held , here.
ever
The , banquet , was served , in . the audi- ..
of the Cairoga Club, by the
local Woman s Christian Temperance
Union.
Editor McIntosh chose for his topic,
and Women,” and his remarks
given the closest attention. Cit
ing as the very foundations of Ameri
civilization, “the great American
the Bible, and respect for law,”
told his audience of how there is
at present for a return to these
principles. Turning to South
Georgia, which he termed one
homogeneous community, he
here the basis—a much better
is found elsewhere—for a return
these bed-rock principles.
H e took occasion to compliment the
of Grady county for the great
they had made along these
nota bl y as to the establishment j
a crop diversification program. He
of the re i a tions of The Herald
p e 0 pj e 0 f this section, and vice
and e ^ pressed pride i n having
be pj-jyjiegg 0 f serving so great a sec
as this.
Alto th it „„ a „, st erf„l ad. |
and of (he ^ .aspiring
has evet bee „ heard here .
President W. H. Robinson, of the
of Commerce, officiated as
and there were short
talks by Secretary J. M.
J. S. Wight, Wh Seaicy, J. b.
and W. A. Shiver, all of
were greatly enjoyed. Judge
V. Custer introduced the speaker
,
tbe evening, praising him fo- his
in behalf of the upbuilding of j
section.
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GRADY COUNTY
Is Georgia’s Banner County,
the hub of its sugar cane and collard
seed industries, the home of diversified
farming.
NUMBER 43.
RECESS IS ORDERED
IN COURT SATURDAY
MEMBER TERM MAY AGAIN
BE ORDERED TO CONVENE
TO TRY CASES.
A reces, and not an adjournment,
was ordered last Saturday by Judge
W. V. Custer, in Superior Court here,
hi spite of the fact that a targe a
mount of business was transacted Fri
day and Saturday. Several cases re
main on the dockets and another ses
sion of the September term may be
held during the next sixty or ninety
days to try them.
Several cases*of interest were dis
posed of last Firday and Saturday,
and quite a few felt the heavy hand
of the law.
The trial of John Parker, colored,
for his a,,eged mur der of a negro wo
man at Pine Park a few months ago,
was taken up Friday afternoon and a
sesBion was held t0 submit th <9
evidence and make thti( arguments.
The jury retired about midnight and
retu ™ed a verdict of acquittal Fri
day morning soon after court was
opened.
An order was passed by Judge Cus
ter allowing freedom to “Ball-the
Jack” Aiken, colored youth, charged
with the murder of another negro boy
near Cairo several months ago, under
1200 bail.
Below are some of the other cases
disposed of Friday and Saturday.
State vs Frank Jones; burglary.
Plea of guilty. Sentenced to serva
12 months oh chaingang, with last 3
months on probation subject to good
behavior.
State vs Lon Cooper; using obscene
and profane language. Plea of guil
ty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $25
oi serve 6 months on chaingang, the
latter to be a probation sentence upon
payment of the fine.
State vs Lon Cooper; assault and
battery. Plea of guilty. Sentenced
to pay a fine’of $40 or Move 6 months
n chaingang.
State vs Sam Walden; having liq
uor. Verdict of not guilty.
State vs Sam Walden; selling liq
uor. Verdict of guilty. Sentenced to
serve 6 months in jail and to -pay a
fine of $500 or serve 12 months on the
chaingang.
State vs John Ratler; burglary.
Pleas of guilty to four counts. Sen
tence of $50 fine or 6 months on
haingang on each count.
State vs Ben Ware; larceny, from
the house. Verdict of guilty. Sen
tenced to pay a fine of $75 or serve
6 months on chaingang.
State vs John Streeter; passing
worthless check. Found guilty. Sen
to pay a fine of $50 or serve
6 months on chaingang. Motion for
new trial.
State vs William Young; burglary.
Verdict of guilty. y Sentenced ,7 to serve
from 3 t to r 6 years in • the pententiary.
State vs H. B. Rawls; convicted for
embezzlement. Motion for new trial
Ordered that defendant
be taken into custody to begin serv
ing sentence of from 3 to 5 years,
State vs Zeke Jordan; having liq
Verdict of guilty. Sentenced to
6 months in jail; also, 12
months on chaingang or pay a fine of
25.
NEWS BRIEFS
Little Items Of Interest Here And
There.
Urge Making Only A-l Grade
Of Syrup.
A large advertisement in this is
sue, inserted by local syrup buyers
packers, urges the cane growers
this territory to use every precau
in the making of their syrup, so
as much of it as possible will
A-l.
They point out that the difference
the prices paid for this and
grades- will be greater than
this year and they point to the
of A-l syrup as a money
aving proposition. *
Mr. Lonnie Christie Passes
Away Monday.
News was received in Cairo of the
Monday of Mr. Lonie Christie,
Spence, a well known North Grady
Mr. Christie had been in tha
business at Spence for a
of years, and was a very suc
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