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Established January, 1904.
Entered as second-class matter
January 14, 1904, at the Post Office
at Cairo, Ga., under the Act of March
3rd, 1879.
F. J. WIND, Editor from April,
1904, to September, 1922.
R. H. WIND, Editor and Manager.
L. A. POWELL, City Editor.
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Cairo can still do things in the true
Cairo style.
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It’ll soon be time to check up on j
your fishing tackle for that June lit j
fishing trip. i
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Have you done your part toward
swelling Cairo’s population 946 dur
ing the past eight years ?
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It is difficult to smile under strain
ed circumstances, but a smile counts
much—for yourself and those about
you.
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How can the pessimists account for
the claim that Bibles are stolen from
book stalls in greater numbers than
any other book ?
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t March might have stolen some of
April's showers, but, so far, we
haven’t missed any from April’s
usual big supply.
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The control of mosquitoes here de
pends largely upon the efforts and
cooperation of the individual proper
ty owners. Are you doing your part ?
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“Floral versatility is one of South
Georgia’s long suits, “notes the Sav
annah Morning News. It would be
impossible to get too many flowers
in a town.
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Cairo forges ahead. A new mark
was set for entertaining conventions
here last week, considering the at
tendance, and the job was apparently 1
well done.
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It rains, and fhen it rains some
more. Here’s hoping that the wea
ther man will soon take pity upon the
dear farmer and call a halt to so
much water.
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Have you been to church this week?
The first of Cairo’s two annual series
of meetings is underway—and there’s
room, at the services for a great many
more than the crowds that attend.
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We came very near having a good
frost one morning this week, but it
wont be but a few days before many
people will be complaining about the!
warm weather. So there you are.
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Evidently the French don’t know ]
what a real Georgia watermelon is, j
for they have placed an advance order j
for a carload to. be shipped, in order |
that they may reach their destination *
before the 4th of July. ,
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The South Georgia Methodist mis- ! \
sionary workers, in annual session i
here last week, did not call j .
names re
garding their choice for the presiden
tial nomination, but they left no doubt
as to whom they were talking about.
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If some of the anti-state bond advo
cates for paved roads could have the
pleasure of riding over some of our
good-weather roads during a rainy
spell, we believe they would very
readily change their attitude on the
question. Dry-weather roads are al
right in dry weather but they make
traveling mighty bad during wet
weather.
CAIRO—AND THE FUTURE
OF AVIATION.
That’s rather a high-sounding title
for an editorial, isn’t it?
We agree that it is, but it isn’t too
high-sounding to mean a great deal
to those who are keeping in touch
with the great progress that is being
g^own in aviation.
When you mention aviation to most
people they immediately begin to
think of it in terms of the numerous
horrible mishaps and the number. of
fatalities resulting from the opera
tion of heavier-than-air machines, but
those who are keeping in touch with
the rapid developments in this new
field of commerce are gaining a
bright vision of much greater devel
0 p men t S00 n to follow—and they are
beginning to realize that only a few
more years are needed t6 make air
commerce a great and material fac
tor in our national life. It does not
take an aviation enthusiast, necessar
to vision, in five years, more or
less, Cairoites making business and
trips by air to Jacksonville
Atlanta for the day just as they
Albany or Valdosta or Talla
for the day in automobiles a
years ago.
Just about fifteen years ago, the
“automobile garage” and repair
was established in Cairo. At
time, there were probably a half
motor-driven vehicles here. It
not be many months before Cairo
be in aviation where she was in
automotive industry fifteen years
That is, unless we mistake our
Cairo will become vitally in
in aviation before many more
have passed.
One sales agent for a concern
makes popular-priced planes
sold approximately two scores of
in two or three southeastern
during the past three or four
Air travel is becoming com
it is destined soon to
the masses in a vital manner.
Progressive towns are getting in
the ground floor for the great de
that is soon to come. Air
are being established. One
in South Carolina, only about
as large as Cairo, has invested
of $20,000 in an airport that
serve as a haven for fliers. Other
communities are making
bid for recognition in things aerial.
The interest locally in aviation is
evidence of a quickened impulse to
along this line—it is a part
the normal, growing community
today. This interest will doubtless
itself soon in ways that will
mu ch to Cairo. So Cairo does
a direct potential contact with
future of aviation, generally.
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CONDITIONS GOOD.
Herald:
Conviction grows in the minds of
men in this section that busi
conditions are good.
The first essential of “good” busi
conditions is soundness. And we
it is now pretty well agreed that
in this part of the state is
a sound footing. The Herald s^id
weeks ago, and our opinion now
unchanged from what it was then.
For 1927 was a year of conserva
business. A lot of indebtedness
wiped out. There was very little
and no business extravag
to speak of. The average busi
concern played safe. j
This year the farmers of South ; j
going make their '
are to crops
an economical basis. They, too,
playing safe. A lot of land j g
cultivation, but not in years ;
farmers generally been in as
position to make pi-ofitable
By keeping production costs
they are keeping profit pros
pects up, and the agricultural outlook
is usually bright.
Business conditions not only are
but there is every reason to
they will continue so.
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The proposed reduction in postage
circulars would doubtless call for
tigger and better waste baskets and
would, therefore, greatly aid the
basket industry.
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Grady county’s financial institu
tions have, as usual, again made a
showing in their quarterly
statements. Grady county’s
are just as good as the best,
their deposits readily show.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928.
THE PEOPLE SPOKE
PLAINLY.
One of the best features of the
bond election' last Tuesday in the
Cairo school district was the fact that
738 of the 842 registered voters ex-1
ercised their right of franchise.
The. Messenger has referred several
times to the general lack of interest
in ordinary elections here, wherein
only about half of those registered
usually 'cast ballots, but the people
spoke plainly in the election to pass
on the authorization of the bond issue
here last Tuesday.
The will of the people is supreme—
there can be no question of the result
when the people speak plainly. When
seven-eighths of the registered voters
go to the polls in any election, as they
did here last Tuesday, it is a mostj
heartening sign.
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THE LOYAL CITIZEN’S
CREED.
Are you willing to subscribe to this
citizen’s creed, taken from an ex
change?
"My town is the place where my
home is founded; where my business
is situated; where my vote is cast;
where my children are educated;
where my neighbors dwell and where
my life is chiefly lived. It is the
home spot for me. My town has the
right to my civic loyalty. It sup
ports me, and I must support it. My
town wants my citizenship, not par
tisanship; friendliness, not offishness;
sympathy, not criticism; my intelli
gence, not indifference. My town
supplies me with law and order, trade,
friends, education, morals, recreation
and the rights of a free-born Ameri
can. I should believe in my town and
work for it.”
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GREENS.
Savannah Morning News:
And now the discussion, bidding
fair to develop into a debate, has
started over the question as to wheth
er “greens” is, or “are” speeled
er “greens” is, or “are” spelled
(notice the descriptive!) grocer
has compromised. He probably heard
of the teacher-applicant \#ho before
ascertaining the predilections of the j
trustees as to their favorite interpre-;
tation of geography, declared in ad
vance that he was prepared to teach |
“either the round or flat system,” i
speaking of the shape of the earth, j
This Atlanta merchant in a big sign
on the front of his place has it “Sal
id,” The Atlanta Georgian took the |
matter up: j
John Shannon, editor of The Com
merce News, recently had a very in
spiring editorial on “sallet greens.”
Upon being taken to task by a fellow j
editor for spelling s-a-l-l-e-t like that,
Mr. Shannon insists that that is the j
correct way to spell it—although
has no prejudice whatsoever against j
other forms. Sallet greens by any
other name taste just as sweet to Mr.
Shannon—especially along with corn
pone and buttermilk. What is the
correct way to spell sallet, anyway?
Mr. Shannon contends it :s “s-a-l
l-e-t,” the commonly accepted form, it
seems to this writer, is “s-a-l-a-d.”
The whole .discussion is beside the
mark. “Salad” isn’t what Editors
Shannon and Nevin are talking about.
They are alluding to “greens.” Salad
is from the French, where a lot of
fancy eats-names originated, since
the fine art of cooking with the
French was a real profession. It
came from the old word for salt. It
was applied to a dish of raw vege
tables, simple at first and simply
seasoned with salt. Slaw is a prim
itive salad, even to its etymology.
The dish passed under the law of
evolution and accumulated other com- j
binations and mixtures of vegetables
and fruits, for the most part raw.
There is a word, “sallet”; it meant j
an old-fashioned helmet. There was
also in use in Scotland and in some
colloquial spots of English a way of
pronouncing “salad” as if it were
“sallet,” which is because they were
not very good spellers in those days
and often “salad” was spelled “sal- j
-lad.” But salad isn’t at all what has
been called in these Southern days T
“sallet.” The “sallet” of today |
cooked greens—the tops of turnips.
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We venture the assei’tion that most j
counties would be entirely without |
frying-size chickens just after a big j
co-operative poultry sale and a four
day convention of Methodist mission-1
leaders, „ But, , far , I
ary so as we can
learn, the shortage here still is not
alarming.
WANT ADS
IMPORTANT—Want Ads are accepted for 10
cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents
a line for every insertion after the first, lines
££<•> jjfJSZWZS, <t, “ift”
ads are payable strictly in advance except
where a person has a regular account.
FOR SALE—Pape strain S. C. Black
Minorca baby chicks $12.50 hund
red; eggs $1.00 for 15. Mrs. C. L.
Rehberg, Cairo. 3-30-4tp
W ANTE D—W O R K —Sweeps and
scrapes sharpened % of a cent per
inch. Scrapes and scooters set and
sharpened; prices very low. General
repairs. Hal McManus. 4-6-2tp
BABY CHICKS —Production-Bred, S.
C. White Leghorns, S. C. Rhode I.'
Reds, Barred P. Rocks and Jersey Blk. j
Giants. Money making price list free. !
Harris Hatchery, Box CM, Pelham, *
Ga. 3-2-tf
FOR SALE—House ana lot and va
cant lot. Will sell either or both j
on good terms. Mrs. E. C. Stubhs.
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HEM - STITCHING, ETC. — I am
doing all kinds of pleating, button
covering and hem-stitching at my res
idence. Will appreciate your patron
age. MRS. O. G. HOLLMAN. 4-13-4
FORSALE—Hickory, white oak, bay
timbers, for making baskets, chairs,
swings, axe handles, etc. See H. B.
Griner. 4-20-4t
WANTED TO BUY—Small tract of
cheap farm land. H. B. Griner.
4-20-4t.
FOR RENT—Two nicely furinshed
rooms. See Mrs. T. S. Harrell, E.
Monroe St., Cairo. 4-20-ltp
with car to sell and
collect in Grady county. Liberal
Write P. 0. Box 300.,
Ga. 4-20-ltp
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CITY TAX BOOKS
NOW OPEN.
The city tax books are now
open fer ail property owners to
make their returns for 1928.
I want to urge everyone to
make their returns, so that there
will not be so much confusion
later on with the equalization
work.
Please attend to this matter !
without delay.
MISS HATTIE MAULDIN,
City Clerk.
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CAIRO FIFTEEN YEARS
AGO. * ’
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April 25, 1913.
Cairo Baptists closed a revival cora
w!'callawa k y,’ of°Macon* ^
The ten members of the Cairo
faculty for the 1913-14 term
elected.
The City Court of Cairo convened
the regular April term. The big
case of A, C. Elliott versus
P. & H. railroad company was
over to the July term.
Preliminary plans were made for
Cairo school commencement pro
-Hon. R. H. Powell, president
^ South Georgia State Normal
’ at Valdosta, was chosen for
commencement . address ,, and , „ Rev.
E. Ward, of Bainbridge, was in
to deliver the sermon.
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Lone -*f- Filling Station
Now Under New Management
WITH A NEW AND BETTER SERVICE
When we wash your car, if it rains
within the next two days, hying
it back the next day and we
will wash it free.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Exclusive agents for “Quaker State”
Motor Oil.
Tom Hughes—PROPS.—Lamar Poulk
FARM and CITY
LOANS
We can place loans on good city property in Cairo, both
store and residential properties, at 6% interest, to run from 6
to 10 years, repayable in monthly installments.
Loans on farm property in Grady and adjoining counties
at 5% to 7 per cent interest, repayable, annually or to run for
a period of 6 to 10 years.
Reasonable commission, and quick service. See or write
us your needs, and we will make you terms.
Yours for service,
Weathers & Forsyth
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES R
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EVERYTHING NEW AND FRESH
TRADE WHERE YOUR DOLLAR WILL DO
ITS FULL DUTY
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Get our prices before buy
ing—Save agents commis
sion.
Thomasville Marble Company
Thomasville, Ga.
BUSY FEET
keep shoemakers and shoe re
pairers equally busy. Street
sidewalks and country roads
speedily wear down the soles
and heels, even though the up
^pairing pers be still decent looking. Re
pairs brought here are done
thoroughly, honestly and in
little time. Only good leather
used in all repairs.
UP-TO-DATE SHOE SHOP
T. W. WHITE, Prop.
Have Your Eyes Examined
Our Cairo office is open each Tuesday
from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. If your eyes trouble
you, you should not delay giving them at
A tention.
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