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CO-OPERATION Watch-Word Here— 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» ■ 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. 4 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.