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lei , The operative marketing agencies
" Per I in Grady eounty than « any
ither county in Georgia.
VOLUME XXV.
EV ROBT. HARRIS
PASSES TO BEYOND
[yoRJlER CAIRO BAPTIST PAS
r t0R dies OF PNEUMONIA
ATTACK SUNDAY.
Much sadness was spread over
Cairo Sunday, when the news of the
leath 0 f Dr. Robert Hamilton Har
bis was received here. His death oc
curreJ at Allen’s Private Sanitarium
Milledgevilie, following an attack
t the end coming at
of pneu monia,
about one-thirty Sunday morning,
The body was brought to the home of
Mrs o. C. Hall, his sister-m-law _ in
Thomasville, at ten o’clock Monday
morning, where it remained until the
'funeral services Tuesday afternoon.
The funeral services were held in the
Methodist church at Thomasville,
where he was buried in the old ceme
tery <m North Broad street, and co»
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Iduc-ted by Rev. T. F. delivered Callaway, . . of most the
'Baptist church, who a
|impressive sermon epitomizing It had been the
life of this great man.
| the request of Dr. Harris, made some
vearfe ago that his body be placed in
t h e Baptist church where it should
remain overnight, but it was impos
sible to comply with this request be
cause the new Baptist church build
ing is under course of construction.
This beloved man was born at New
nan, Ga., April 19th, 1842, moving to
Thomasville when 17 years of age.
He then entered Mercer University,
and while a student there, entered the
Confederate army, emerging from the
service with a rank of Captain. Dur
ing the conflict between the south and
the north, he was in a number of en
gagements, and his service was one
of distinction. Dr. Harris was always
actively identified with the Confeder
ate Veterans, and he will be sadly
missed by the few remaining mem
bers of the organ iaztion.
While still a young man, Dr. Harris
was married to Miss Mattie Love,
daughter of the late Judge P. E. Love,
^from of Thomasville, once congressman
the Second district of Georgia,
in Judge Love’s office, Dr. Harris
read law, becoming a member of the
Thomasville bar, and also attorney for
the S. F. & W. Ry., now the Atlantic
Coast Line. At one time he served as
mayor of Thomasville.
After he was admitted to the bar
for the practice of law, be taught a
number of schools, coming to Cairo
from Ochlocknee, in the year 1880.
He taught in the Cairo school for
some six or seven years, the school
building at that ti mo being where
the present Methodist parsonage
stands. He also taught at Calvary
and other schools in this section.
While a resident of Cairo, he yield
ed to the call of the Master, and was
ordained a preacher of the Baptist
church, becoming pastor of several
country churches. The first churches
served as pastor were, Pleasant
Grove. Barnett’s Creek and Calvary.
He also organized the church at Pine
Hill. Among his first pastorates was
the Bainbridge church. Owing to his
hroad intellect and active mind, as
"'ell as a very deep thinker he rapidly
rose to prominence in his work ,fo~
the Master and in the upbuilding of
'he communities where he resided and
Preached the gospel.
hile pastor at LaGrange, he serv
ed as professor of mental and moral
Philosophy in the Southern Female
tollege. From there he went to Col
umbus as pastor of the First Baptist
church, where he remained eight
• Vears > thence to Troy, Ala., where he
served the Baptist church at the place
for several years. From 1896 to 1900
he served as pastor of the Thonias
l >l!e church. In November 1906 he
Was called to fill the pastorate of the
Cairo church, remaining here until
ne fall of 1912, when he resigned.
ur ' n K his services for the Master in
a, ro, he was very instrumental in
’dping to build the present church
building. His career in the Baptist
'Sanization was a very useful and
a PPy one, and his services will long
v ’cmembered. Among the posts he
held wap that of professor of philos
' Phy M Cox College at College Park,
Mso chaplain of the Georgia leg
Mature for two terms.
on last page.)
®l)e Cairo messenger
The Official Organ of Grady County.
TEN PAGES
Judge Bell is Again
Able to Visit Office
The many friends of Judge R. C.
Bell, of the Georgia Court of Appeals,
an altercation with Mr. r. e. Lashiey,
will learn with much pleasure that
he is again able to be at his Cairo
office. Some of the stitches upon his
wounds were removed Sunday, and
the wounds are said to be healing up
nicely. The balance of the stitches
will in all probability be removed to
day. His first time down town was
Monday afternoon. The Judge is ex
pected to go to Atlanta within the
course of the next few days to be in
attendance upon his rgular court
duties.
COMMISSIONERS IN
SESSION TUESDAY
VERY LITTLE BUSINESS IS DIS
POSED OF AT REGULAR
MONTHLY MEETING.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners held
Tuesday at the courthouse, was
rather quiet affair. Very little busi
ness with the exception of paying
the regular monthly bills was trans
acted, and the session only lasted
about two hours.
T. W. Faircloth was re-elected
the Board as one of the members
the tax equalization board for
years, his term of office to begin
ary 1st, this year.
The Board spent some time
checking up the reports of the
tax collectors who have been
for the past sixty days
road tax. It was ascertained
the reports that the total number
pay road tax this year will
the number that paid during 1927.
partial settlement was made with
collectors.
Mr. J. C. Gray, better known
“Uncle Jim”, was admitted to
county home.
The north and south highway
up for a slight discussion, but
ing was done about the matter, as
question of additional state
mileage is still held up :n the
After paying about $7,000 in
the Board adjourned.
2 CANDIDATES OUT
FOR STATE
THEO TITUS AND W. H.
OF THOMASVILLE TO SEEK
SENATORIAL TOGA.
The Messenger has been
informed that there will be two
pirants for the office of State
tor from the seventh district, they
ing Hon. Theo Titus, of
and Hon. W. H. Platt, also of
place.
Mr. Titus is a prominent
ville attorney and is a member of
City Council of that city, and is
and favorably known throughout
district.
Mr, Platt is one of the present
resentatives in the lower house
Thomas county, and was one of
most active members in the
during the last session. He is also
in the real-estate business in
ville. Mr. Platt is well known through
out the senatorial district, especially
in Grady county, where he has a
number of relatives and personal
friends.
Under the rotation plan, it is
Thomas county’s time to supply the
senator from the seventh district,
which is comprised of Brooks, Thom
as and Grady counties, and the nom
ination will be made in the state pri
mary to be held September 12th, next.
Hon. Morton Turner ,of Quitman, is
at present senator from this district.
CUCUMBER SEED FOR
RE-PLANTING PURPOSES—
The local Chamber of Commerce
has received a wire from Miss Lind
bergh, that she will have about 30
pounds of ^ucumber seed for re
planting purposes, at the City Hall.
Those who are in need of additional
seed are asked to call and get them.
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I he man who wandoreth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, G A., FRIDAY. MAY 4, 1»28.
! SCHOOL CENSUS ENUMERATORS MAKE
i REPORT TO COUNTY EDUCATION
i
: Consolidated Figures Show 806 More Children In
County of School Age Than Five Years Ago;
i 3 More Districts Ask to be Consolidated.
The County Board of Education, in
regular session last Tuesday at the
office of Supt. of Schools J. P. Swann,
received a petition, presented by the
patrons of Sherwood, Hickory Head
and Beachton for consolidation into
one school district. The petition pro
posed that the building be located at
Beachton, and it is presumed that the
petition will be acted upon favorably
at the next regular meeting, as there
are no objectors to the consolidation,
insofar as could be learned. This is
another forward step for education,
and the patrons of the affected dist
rict are to be congratulated upon the
move.
The Board received the reports
from the census enumerators who
have been taking a school census of
the county. The official consolidation
showed a considerable increase over
last census, five years ago, there be
ing at that time, approximately 5,000
children of school age in Grady coun
ty.
Among the outstanding "farijs in
connection with the enumeration is
that the girls outnumber the boys.
There is a total of 5,806 children in
the county. Of this number, the
enumerators found there were 2,957
girls and 2,849 boys. The whites and
negroes are divided as follows: White
girls, 1865; white boys, 1817; colored
girls, 1092; colored boys, 1032.
Other figures in connection with the
census, follows:
Total number white children in
county, 3,682.
Total number colored children in
county, 2,124.
Total number of illiterates in coun
ty, white and colored, 38, which is
about one fourth the number five
years ago. ■ Of this number, nine
were white and twenty-nine colored.
There were three white males and six
female illiterates; sixteen colored
male, and thirteen female colored il
literates.
The Cairo district led the county
in the total number of children, there
MAY FIFTH IS LAST
DAY TO REGISTER
REGISTRATION BOOKS IN TAX
COLLECTOR’S OFFICE CLOSES
ON THIS DATE.
In compliance with the law, the
registration books for this year’s
elections will close tomorrow, Satur
day, May 5th, after which the voters’
list for the state and national elec
tions, which come off November 6th,
will be compiled.
Under the law, all taxes due for the
year 1927, as well as all previous
years must be paid by May 5th, and
if you are a tax defaulter, you must
again register with the Tax Collector
in order to make yourself eligible to
vote in the State primary to be held
on September 12th, or in the general
election in November. In case you
are listed as a tax defaulter, you had
better attend to the payment of taxes
before May 5th, and register if you
desire to participate in the coining
elections.
Y'oung men and women who have
not attained the age of 21, but who
will become 21 years of age before the
5th of November are entitled to reg
ister, and vote this year without the
payment of poll tax.
POULTRY CAR
Will Be In Cairo Tuesday And Wed
nesday. It Is Announced.
The Messenger has been requested
to announce that a poultry car will
be at Cairo from noon next Tuesday,
May 8th, to noon Wednesday, May
9th.
The car will be operated by the
State Bureau of Markets and all kinds
of poultry, hens, fryers, roosters
guineas and turkeys, will be bought.
“The best nriccs obtainable will be
pa.,1, t is said.
being even 1,500, divided evenly be
tween the white and colored. There
are 351 white boys and 399 white
girls; 358 colored boys and 392 color
ed girls.
Spence district comes second in
number of children with 502, of this
number 414 were white and 88 ne
groes.
Whigham comes third with 400,
divided sa follows: 269 white children
and 131 colored.
Calvary is fourth with 390 children,
of this number 178 were white while
there were 212 negroes.
The Trustees of the Turkey Creek
district came before the board pro
testing against a petition that had
been presented to the board at a pre
vious meeting, to change the lines of
said district, cutting off part of their
territory and placing it into the Fair
view district. The argument of the
Turkey Creek trustees was that they
were a bonded district and under the
law, the lines could not be changed.
The matter was deferred until the
next meeting, and the Superintendent
instructed to look into the legality of
changing the lines of a bonded dist
rict.
A petition was presented to the
Board from the Union Academy dist
rict asking to be released from the
Spence Consolidated district and
placed in the Woodland Consolidated
district. This matter was also de
ferred to the next regular meeting of
the board, and the Superintendent in
structed to look into the legality of
the change.
Mr. Tom fellers who was ci£ed to
appear before the Board at the last
meeting, for non-attendance of his
child in the Cairo school, was excused
after he made a showing to the
board that the health of the child
would not permit its attending.
Chairman J. B. Wight presided over
the meeting. The other members
present were J. L. Prince, D. P. Ward
and E. A. Maxwell.
METHODIST REVIVAL
ENDED LAST SUNDAY
SUCCESSFUL MEETING COMES
TO A CLOSE WITH SEVERAL
ADDITIONS TO CHURCH.
The Methodist revival which was
carried on for two weeks came to a
close on last Sunday evening. Rev.
C. t! Clark, who did most of the
preaching, left Saturday for his home
in Davisboro. The preaching on
Saturday and Sunday morning was
done by Rev. H. P. Langlois, of Whig
ham, who was leader of the singing
in other services. Rev. J. B. John
stone delivered the closing message
on Sunday evening.
The straight gospel was preached
throughout the revival, and the style
of the preaching was very forceful,
impressive and lasting, nothing emo
tional. Rev. Langlois is a splendid
leader in the singing, making people,
ehildren and adults, sing heartily. The
solos and duets rendered by himself
and his estimable wife were thorough
ly enjoyed and contributed greatly to
the meeting.
There were four to join durnig the
meeting on profession of faith.
Shipments of Plants
Began on Wednesday
R. V. Crine, contract grower for the
Campbell Soup Co., Wednesday be
gan making express shipments of to
mato plants. The first plants to go
forward were of the Bonnie Best var
iety. Shipmcnts will soon begin to
increase and within the course of the
next two weeks, or as soon as the
weather warms up, they will be go
ing forward in carlots.
& C. Williams, of Morreston, N. J.,
field man for the Campbell people,
arrived this week, and expects to re
main here during the shipping sea
son.
TEN PAGES
Inches Of Rainfall
Already This Year
The out-going month of April,
known as a month of showers, has
lived up to its past reputation inso
far as this immediate section is con
cerned. Approximately eight inches
of rain fell here during April, as com
I pared with a little more than one inch
i during April of last year. This brings
the total rainfall during 1928, as is
shown at the government experiment
station to 24 inches. This year is
only one-third gone and the rainfall
is already two-thirds as great as dur
ing all of 1927, wjien only 40 inches
of rain was recorded. However, last
year we were short on rainfall, as the
average is around 50 inches.
EDGAR PRICE TO PAY
PENALTY ON FRIDAY
FIRST PERSON FROM GRADY TO
BE EITHER HANGED OR
ELECTROCUTED.
Early Wednesday morning Sheriff
D. D. Perkir.s accompanied by two
deputies left with Edgar Price, con
victed murderer, for Milledgevilie,
where Price will be electrocuted be
tween sun-rise and sun-set today.
Ail appeals in behalf of the con
demned man having failed, Judge W.
V. Custer on Wednesday, April 18th,
re-sentenced Price to die in the elec
tric chair. Price was convicted in the
Grady Superior Court on March 10th,
1927, for the murder, on Christmas
day, 1926, of Buster Bouie and Jim
Butler, two other negro farm hands.
He used a shot gun in committing the
deed. The shooting took place be
tween Reno and Calvary, and was
culmination of an argument which
started when Price charged Bouie
dollar for pulling his automobile
of a ditch. It was brought put at
trial that Price was drunk at the
of the killing.
Price, who is about 30 years of age,
will be the first person from Grady
county to pay the death
either by hanging or electrocution.
The commutation of sentences has
saved two murders previously con
victed, of hanging.
Sheriff Carries Negro Youth
To Milledgevilie.
On the same trip with Price, the
Sheriff carried along Fleming
las, the negro who was recently sen
tenced by Judge J. Q. Smith to the
Georgia Training School, also located
at Milledgevilie. The youth was
charged with burglarizing the
& Browne drug store, two weeks ago.
SCHOOL PATRONS!
Supt. Morrison Discusses Matters Of
Vital Importance.
By SUPT. J. H. MORRISON.
The school year is rapidly coming
to a close. There is now' less than one
month until the commencement ex
ercises will be over. Too much em
phasis and importance cannot be at
tached to the work of this, the clos
ing month. Some of the patrons of
this school, in all probability, will be
advised that this month will be spent
in reviewing for examinations and in
practicing for commencement. It is
tr-ue that a part of the time will be
spent in such a way, but whether your
child is promoted or not depends in
a large measure upon the examina
tions he stands. All children from
the fourth grade up, are required to
take the final tests. Let every parent
keep his child in school until it is out
and do whatever else is required for
his promotion.
Many of the pupils throughout the
school have failed in some subjects
on their month’s report. To every
such pupil who passes the final ex
aminations will be given an opportun
ity to take the monthly tests over
again. This will enable him to get
credit for such a course and thereby
be promoted to the next grade. The
teachers, as well as the superintend
ent, earnestly solicit the co-operation
of all patrons in bringing to a suc
cessful and satisfactory close the
school year Nineteen Twenty-seven
and Twenty-eight.
The many friends of Mr. Johnnie
Ben Sutton will regret to learn
he is seriously ill at a local hospital,
following an operation for appendi
citis.
GRADY COUNTY * i
Is Georgia’s Banner County,
the hub of its sugar cane and collard
seed industries, the home of diversi
fied farming.
NUMBER 17
E. R. PRINGLE DIES
SATURDAY MORNING
HIGHLY RESPECTED AND BE
LOVED CITIZEN FOUND
DEAD IN BED.
All of Cairo was shocked and griev
ed last Saturday morning to learn of
the sudden death of Mr. Edwin Rhett
Pringle at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. D. Reddick, on East North st. and
Pearland avenue. He was found dead
in bed about seven-thirty o'clock by
Mr. Reddick upon his return home for
breakfast, the body still being warm
when found. A physician was sum
monsed, who pronounced his death as
due to an acute heart attack or from
natural causes.
About three-thirty o’clock Saturday
morning Mr. Pringle came down
stairs and awoke the family, stating
at the time he felt ill, having a pain
in his chest. Mr. Reddick took his
temperature, finding it normal, at the
same time suggesting that he call a
doctor. But Mr. Pringle requested
Mr. Reddick not to put in the call as
he was feeling better, and would soon
be alright, going back to his room.
Nothing more was heard from him,
and he was supposed to have been
getting along alright until Mr. Red
dick returned home, and went to his
room, where he was found dead.
Mr. Pringle was born at Charleston,
S. C., on April 27th. 1852, the son of
Edwin Decatur Pringle and Ellen
Riley Pringle, he therefore passing
away the morning after his 76th
birthday. Coming to this section
when eight years of age, the family
settled on a plantation on the Merid
ian Road a few miles south of what
is now the Grady county line. He
therefore has been a resident of this
section for practically all his life.
When about thirty-five years of
age he went to Thomasville, and en
tered the cotton business, going with
S. W. Mays, and later became con
nected with the Georgia Cotton Co.,
being assigned as buyer ip Cairo,
where he has' remained. He was a
resident of Cairo for nearly 27 years.
Mr. Pringle was a man who lived
a simple, wholesome and useful life,
and a man who was generally loved
by those whom he came in contact.
He was known as an honest, upright
citizens who held the respect and con
fidence of everyone. It can be truth
fully said he was a man without an
enemy, for everyone trusted him with
complete faith in his fairness and
justice, and he earned and merited
this genuine respect, '
The funeral services were held at
the Reddick residence at ten o’clock
Sunday morning, being conducted by
his pastor, Rev. J. B. Johnstone, of
the Cairo Methodist church, and as
sisted by Rev. J. B. Wight. A very
large concourse of sorrowing relatives
and friends were present to pay their
last respects to this good man. The
floral offerings were many and very
beautfiul.
The body was carried to Thomas
ville and interred in Laurel Hill ceme
tery, where short services were held
at the grave at 12 o’clock, in charge
of Rev. C. M. Meeks, of the Thomas
ville Methodist church. The pall
bearers were: G. D, Reddick, Tom W.
Jones, F. A. Richter, Jr., R. R. Van
Landingham, M. C. McManeus and
H. R. Rushin. *
Those surviving Mr. Pringle is one
brother, Mr. W. A. Pringle, of Thom
asville and seven nieces and nephews.
Grady Highway Money
Received This Week
Grady county’s portion of the first
quarterly payment for 1928 from the
state fuel oil tax was received this
week by the Farmers & Merchants
Bank, county depository. The check
just received amounted to $1906.82,
whereas the fourth quarterly payment
for 1927 was for $2272.80, this pay
ment having been received early in
January. The third quarterly pay
ment was for $2335,35.
The decrease is attributed to de
dining returns from the fuel oil tax
during the winter months. Of the 4 -
(cent state fax on gasoline, one cent
j goes to counties for highway work;
and one-half cents go to the
i State Highway Department, and the
j remaining onc-half the cent to the equal
ization fund for schools.