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Established January, 1904.
Entered as second-class matter
January - ., 14, 1904, at . the .. Post „ .
at Cairo, Ga., under the Act of March
3rd, 1879.
F. J. WIND, Editor from April,
1904, to September, 1922.
H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager.
L. A. POWELL, City Editor.
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It can’t be said that “fence-strad
dlers” ever did very much that was
worth-while.
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If Alabama fails to support Sena
tor George simply because the Geor
gia delegation failed to go to Oscar
Underwood in 1924, we’ll be greatly
surprised.
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A two-ton reel of copper wire was
recently stolen from the Georgia
Power Company. The Atlanta Con
stitution suspects that some kid has
a dandy new aerial.
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The Ellis health law is to be put
into operation in Worth county at
once under an order of the Board of 1
County Commissioners, who have
pledged $4,200 a year toward the ex
pense of employing a doctor and a
nurse.
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One dollar bills are to be reduced in
size. A reader suggests that all our
coins be made square, with an
ostrich in the place of the eagle and
a gopher in the place of the woman’s
hfead, so that they might be more
easily retained'
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We heard a good, substantial Grady
county farmer say the other day that
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the best money he ever made on the
farm was made on raising hogs. And
the ones who stick to hog-raising year
after year are the ones who receive
the best average return for them.
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Will Rogers says the Congressional
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Record is probably the best piece of
humor in America. The Macon Tele
graph refers to it as “the most
springtly of our tabloids.” After all, |
though, it is not so widely read as !
one might think.
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A distinct improvement in the local j j
telephone service will result from the
preparation of a new directory and ]
the consequent steady use of it by the
subscribers in using their phones.
Cairo now has a telephone system and
a service of which the people have a
right to feel proud.
Members of the Alabama Press
Association passed through Cairo a
few nights ago on a special A. C. L.
all-Pullman train, but the “fourth
estaters” from our neighbor state
could not get much of a glimpse of
the beauties of Southwest Georgia in
the darkness. Probaby those
charge of arranging their trip did not
want them to be tempted to stop off
—and live here.
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The per capita consumption of
gasoline in Georgia during 1927, ac
cording to the American Motorists
Association, was the highest of any
state in the union—739 gallons.
Louisiana ranked second, Alabama
third, and California, with one of the
best highway systems in the country
and an all year motoring climate.
ranked fourth with G42 gallpns. The
average for xhe nation was 550.9 gal
Ions. While the evidence is not alto
gether conclusive, these figures indi
cate that the absence of a complete
system of hard-surfaced highways in
the state is costing the motorists a
staggering sum each year.
what it can be made to mean to our
■ children and our children’s children?
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CARLISLE GETTING A
j FINE START.
The friends of Hon. Ira Carlisle
over the Albany Judicial Circuit are
j especially gratified at the fine start
he is making in his campaign for
j solicitor-general, subject to the state
primary next September.
Although fully four months remain
j before the primary, the Cairo man is
| i already receiving numerous assur-
1 ances of support from all parts of
! the circuit, and while it is still too
early to begin .an active campaign, his
friends are greatly pleased with the
cordial reception that is being given
his candidacy.
He has, in the past, displayed unu
CUE - ability as a solicitor, while erv
{he Cit Y Courts here for two suc
eessive terms, and because of this, as
well as his splendid qualities as a
man, his candidacy for the circuit
post will doubtless receive widespread
favorable recognition.
ARE WE FORGETFUL?
Thursday, yesterday, was Confed
erate Memorial day. Appropriate ex
ercises of a sort of semi-public nature
held . at the , Cairo . school , , and , at .
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other schools throughout the county.
The day, no doubt, caused some of our
people, especially some of the older
ones, to pause for a few moments of
meditation, for a more or less casual
reverence to the “heroes who wore the
grey.” But there was no big, en
thusiastic observance of the day
such as marked the Memorial days
until recent years. There was no
largely attended public gatherings, no
parade of the rapidly decreasing line
of veterans; there was virtuajly noth
ing to take the attention of the rank
and file of the people from their regu
lar daily routine.
Many communities had public pro
grams and other features to mark the
observance of the day, but, after all,
Cairo, with its semi-public school ob
servance, was very little less attuned
to the occasion than many other
towns. In few, if any places was
there the whole-hearted interest that
there should have been—and that
there was until recent years.
All of which leads Editor E. H.
Griffin, of the Bainbridge Post-Search
Light, in a front page editorial, to ask
if we are forgetful of virtue. He
pointed out that—
No grander heritage ever came to
any child than to be the posterity of
the defenders of the south who went
forth back in the ’sixties to show the
world what a real Soldier was.
The Confederate soldier was not
trained to make war, but he became
greatest soldier of all time. Never
before had so many bullets found
billets. Never before had men
t their breasts so firmly against the
bayonets—nor with such reckless
The “Charge of the Light
Brigade” was repeated a thousand
times. The “Pass of Thermopylae”
staged again by the boys in grey.
“Macedonian Phalanx” cannot be
with the “Rock of Chicka
mauga.” The “Bridge of Lodi” w'as
repeated at every stream. The full
spirit of the “Old Guard” aminated
every raw recruit in grey. The “Re
of the Ten Thousand” was a
excursion, as compared . to
retirement back to Atlanta,
to the sea. Such w«fs the work
the immortal Confederate soldier!
We sprang from the loins of these
We are of their blood and bone.
we remain too busy to pause
once a year to revere their mem
and make a prayer of thanks that
came from such a stem ? God help
people without a past, with no tra
to rever, no standards to live
to, no customs to respect!
Can we afford not to re-kindle the
fires of the old south once a year?
Can we fail to acquaint the rising
with the immortal valor of
Confederate soldier ? Can we for
a moment , evcn think of Posing up
s * n ^ e opportunity to show our ap
P*' e ciation of this rich heritage to the
heroes, whose sojourn on this
cai 'th is now only a matter ot
months? Are we forgetful of what
this heritage means to us—and of
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928.
WHAT IS CAIRO TO
YOU?
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Have you ever given much thought
to this question ? Have you ever
paused to analyze your community
to determine just what it is, in terms
of human force and power?
Probably the greatest asset that
any community or bunch of people
can have is the confidence, on the part
of the people, in themselves and in
their ability to work out their prob
lems and serve their own interests,
collectively speaking, well and prop
erly.
The Messenger asked a small num
ber of citizens last week to prepare
a concise opinion as to the causes for
Cairo’s steady growth during recent
years. One of those who were ques
tioned attributed the growth to—
“An all-American, organized
citizenship with high ideals and
vision, thoroughly awake at all
times to the best interests of the
town and county, working in har
mony to promote good citizen
ship, good homes, good schools,
god churches and good health—
in fact, a great people who are
always glad to make any reason
able sacrifice for the common
good.”
And that is not vain boasting. It
is a fundamental statement of intents
and purposes, a clear assertion of
ideals, a standard!
That is what Cairo should represent
to each of its citizens. Does Cairo
mean that to you ?
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WHY GEORGIA IS SUPPORT
ING SENATOR GEORGE.
Albany Herald:
The Georgia newspapers which
have not seen fit to support the can
didacy of Senator George for the
Democratic presidential nomination
do not cease reiteration of their con
tendon that Georgia’s candidate “has
no change.” So, they contend, what’s
the use wasting good convention votes ?
If the campaign of 1928 meant the
end of the Democratic party, there
might be more force to that argu
ment. If the party were destined
for dissolution after next November’s i
election it would not matter whom i
delegation supported at Houston,
what platform they adopted, what
issues the party sought to em^hast:^.
But the chances are that the Demo
cratic party will remain in business
for some time to come. It has an
excellent chance to control the next I
Congress. And it has an equal j
chance with the Republican party to |
elect the next President. For there I
are no greater divisions in Democ-!
racy’s ranks /than there are in the j
political household of the Grand Oil I
Party,
Political _ expediency is a cheap sub
stitute for political honesty, though I
there are endless temptations in the ■
game of politics to make the sub- j
stitution. The supporters of Gover
nor Smith in this state insist that he
alone is capable of winning the presi
dency as the Democratic nominee.
They rather severely criticise those
who are opposed to the New York
Governor’s nomination, but throw
consistency to the w’inds by insisting
that he alone is to be considered for
leadership. For by what law, we
wonder, is the liberty to choose given
to one side but denied the other?
Whether conceded or not, we think
those Georgians who are supporting
Senator George’s candidacy are no
less honest than those who, with
equal right, are supporting Governor
Smith, Momentous issues are in
volved in this year’s election. They
will not be finally disposed of in the
election of next November. To say
that the prohibition question is
an issue” in this campaign is
borniy to ignore the fact that at least j
three prominent contenders for the
Democratic nomination—Smith, Reed
and Ritchie—do not hestitate to de- j
clare themselves in favor of revision j
o'f prohibition laws. By what reas-]
oning. then, can the contention be j
justified that prohibition is not an
the issue facing of the its Democratic national party on j
eve convention, ■
and after that both parties in the na- 1
tional compaign? It is not the parties]
so much as it is the candidates that)
have forced prohibition as an issue ;
into this year’s compaign tire candi
dates and toe inevitable in we:
the public. ]
We are going to supporl the Demo-;
cratic ticket this year as w have
done in the pa iV-. to i
be as honest with ourselves before the
national convention as we propose
to be with the party after that con
vention. !
Senator George represents the sen
timent of Georgia, and that if why j
he has Georgia’s support.
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averaging six words. There is a minimum
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FOR RENT—3 large rooms, down
stairs, conveniences. See B. E.
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FOR SALE—Porto Rico sweet potato
plants; government inspected; $1.75
per thousand; Calvary, May 1st Ga. delivery. 2-27-2tp H. j
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FOR SALE—Good Columbia Grafan
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LOST—April 20, between residence of
W. L. W’ight and Victory Theatre,
pair shell-rimmed glasses. Reward
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BABY CHICKS—Production-Bred, S.
C. White Leghorns, S. C. Rhode I.
Reds, Barred P. Rocks and Jersey Blk.
Giants. Money making price list free.
Harris Hatchery, Box CM, Pelham,
Ga. 3-2-tf
FOR SALE—House and lot and va
cant lot. Will sell either or both
on good terms. Mrs. E. C. Stubbs.
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FORSALE—Hickory, white oak, bay
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WANTED TO BUY—Small tract of
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May 2nd, 1913.
The Memorial Day exercises in
Cairo were most impressive. Hon.
D. D. Twiggs was the orator of
day, and numerous special fea
tures were arranged for the program,
including music by a male quartet,
a male duet and a soprano solo. The
members of Camp Grady, United
Confederate Veterans, in unfiorm,
marched in parade and were later
tendered a luncheon. A general holi- [
day was proclaimed and the entire!
populace joined in the observance of |
the ceremonies honoring the heroes!
of the Confederacy,
Friday, May 9th, was set as the
date for the annual union Sunday
School picnic and Calvary was select
as place. The Calvary people
were m cd to be the guests of the
Cairoitos. special t 3 ove-r the
Ui. ra ao was bein JQ
to convey the big crowd to the picnic !
The district I. O. O. F. convention |
here was. attended by more than !
seventy-five visitors, including the
Georgia Grand Mat cr, Hen. W. S.
Coleman.
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