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GRADY COUNTY
Is Georgia’s Banner County
the hub of its sugar cane, collard seed
and tung oil industries, the original
diversified farming section.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXX.
281 GRADY FARMERS
TAKE COTTON OFFER
HEARTY response evidenced
IK COUNTY; QUICK WORK
NECESSARY.
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County Agent Jack Boyett stated
Thursday that Grady county cotton
farmers continue to rally to the sup
port of the government’s cotton ar
reage reduction plan and that the
matter of obtaining this county’s quo
ta of 2,640 acres to be plowed under
remains only a matter of seeing the
growers and obtaining their signa
tures to contracts.
The sign-up in this county was held
up for nearly two days during the
past week because the supply of
tracts was exhausted, but the supply
of contracts is now' ample and the
completion of the sign-up of the
county’s allotment is only a matter
of a few days, it is said. Up to
Thursday a total of 281 cotton grow
ers had signed government contracts
to reduce their cotton acreage, which,
in most sections, would represent an
enormous acreage. However, because
of the diversification here, each
grower’s acreage is quite small
which means that the sign-up to date
j represents only about one-half of the
county’s acreage allotment. Cotton
: growers who desire to accept the of
fer and who have not signed up are
! urged to see County Agent Boyett at
his office at the Courthouse here
I immediately, as every effort will be
I made to complete the sign-up this
■ week, or early next week. Most of
■ the growers are asking for the cash
H payment option for the cotton to be
■ p/owed under.
Boyett Aids Wrapper
Tobacco Growers.
County Agent Jack Boyett Thurs
day afternoon undertook to enlist the
wrapper and sun Sumatra tobacco
growers, in the southwestern part of
Grady county, in the government’s
acreage reduction campaign for these
kinds of tobacco. A government rep
resentative was at work in this tobac
co section Thursday morning and
County Agent Boyett joined him on
Thursday afternoon.
The growers are very enthusiastic
in their support of the acreage reduc
tion plan, it is said. Simultaneously
they are predicting the early demise
of the two-for-a-nickel cigar on which
they lay their troubles, because of the
fact that they have cheap wrappers
and have ruined the market for the
“prime light” or best grades.
According to the opinions of the
growers, based on information they
have received, the tobacco induction
plan will be more uniformly fair than
the cotton plan, more effective in
raising the price, and worked out in
such a way that it will become more
nearly compulsory than optional.
They say they must leave four
leaves on each stalk, for which the
government will pay them $60 an
acre. There is no rgulation concern
ing the size or quality of the leaf ex
cept that it must be above the “suck
ers.” In addition they will not be
allowed to market more than 960
pounds from each acre. The govern
ment’s estimate is that the four lea
Ves will average 240 pounds per acre
or a reduction of approximately one
f'ith of the crop.
produce market
f Prices Being Paid Here On Thursday
For Produce.
hsre Following are the prices being paid
Thursday for various items of
Produce —the prices being given as in
^mation, subject to quick change,
anr i not guaranteed:
Collard Seed, lb...... 7c
Cotton, middling, lb. .9M:c
Totton Seed, ton
......
Peanuts, No. 1 , ton
P-SKS, ya r( j rurit doz.
No. 1 infertile white, doz. 16c
Fryers, colored, lb..... 11c to 12c
^ ens colored, lb........... 7c to 8c
>
JJ Country 00d Country Meat- Lard lb. 6c
Hams, ib ......... 11c to 12c
Sides, lb ...... 7c to 8c
Silled ...
Corn, bu. 70c to 85c
®!)e Cirito JKtenetijjer I ♦
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, JUIA 7TH, 1933.
■
| iourthquiet
Holiday Is One Of The Quietest On
Record Here.
Tuesday was Independenc Day and
it was the quietest July 4th in Cairo
in many years. Business generally
was suspended for the day, but that
was the principal feature of the ob
servance of the day here,
City officers had a rather busy
time Tuesday night, when eight ne
groes, four men and four women,
were arrested on charges of disor
derly conduct. Each was fined $5 by
Mayor J. A. Powell, 1st.
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j COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
I HAVE RALLY JULY 11
j
j EDUCATION BOARD’S MEETING
WILL BE HELD ON NEXT
TUESDAY, ALSO.
A most important county-wide
school rally will be held in Cairo next
Tuesday, July 11th, beginning prom
ptly at 9 o’clock. Every district trus
tee in the county has been especially
urged and will be expeced to be pres
ent and all interested patrons are
being extended a cordial invitation to
participate.
The County Board of Education
postponed its regular July meeting,
scheduled for Tuesday of this week,
until July 11th, and this meeting will
be held in connection with the rally.
The purpose of the rally is explain
ed somewhat in detail in the follow
ing call, issued this week by County
School Superintendent W. R. Eskew:
“The regular meeting of the Grady
County Board of Education will be
held on Tuesday, July 11th. As a
preliminary to this meeting, all of
the district trustees of the county ai'e
requested to meet at the new north
side grammar school in Cairo at 9
o’clock, promptly.
“A speaker for the occasion has
been selected who is an authority on
problems of our schools. Honorab’e
J. I. Allman, of the state Department
of Education, has spent more than
30 years in all types of schools in
Georgia and can enlighten us on
many of our troubles.
“The purpose of the meeting is to
outline policies and to get the senti
ment of our school people for our
plans for the year 1933-34. We feel
that as important an institution as
our common schools need county-wide
planning and that we should system
atize our work so that we are all
headed in th e same direction and that
our direction should be correct.
“It is our earnest desire that all
schools will be represented 100 per
cent. We hope that all trustees who
were elected June 28th can be pres
ent for the occasion.”
MR. MASH PASSES
Popular Monticello Citizen Dies In
Hospital Here.
Mr. A. M. Mash, about 47, popular
Monticello, Fla., citizen, died at the
Cairo Hospital at 2 o’clock Monday
afternoon, He was well on toward
recovery from an operation when he
apparently suffered a stroke of some
kind that brought death in a few
minutes.
Funeral services were at th^ Mon
ticello Baptist Church at 4 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon and interment fol
lowed in the Monticello cemetery.
Rev. H. K. Hutchins, his pastor, was
in charge, assisted by the Monticello
Methodist minister.
Surviving are his widow, one bro
ther, and three children: Pallie Mae,
Monroe and Gertrude. He was a bro
ther-in-law of Mrs. T. W. White, of
Cairo.
Mr. F. A. Richter, Sr., has return
ed from an extended stay in the Car
olina mountains.
Mrs. Will Dollar, of Whigham, is
undergoing treatment this week at
the Cairo Hospital.
Miss Jewel Harrell, of Orlando, is
the guest of Misses Bertice and Elian
Bell.
CAIRO-DARSEY ROAD
APPROVAL IS LIKELY
CERTIFICATION IMMEDIATELY
ONLY A MATTER OF
FORMALITY.
Certification of the Cairo-Calvary
Darsey road into the state highway
system is now only a matter of form
ality. As a matter of fact, the road
probably has already been formally
made a part of the state system, but
local officials have not received a
confirmation.
V\. B. Williams, division mainten
ance engineer, made a final inspec
tion of the road a few days ago and
he informed Warden John King here
that he had been ordered by the At
lanta office of the State Highway
Deparment to submit the necessary
papers immediately, so that the road
could be certified into the state sys
tern as of July 1st. Mr. Williams
found some damage on a part of the
road which resulted from a cloud
burst near Reno about the middle of
last week, but this damage was
promptly repaired. Mr. Williams as
sured Warden King that there would
be no further delay in formallly mak
ing the road a part of the state sys
tem, which will make the additional
mileage count in favor of this county
in the third quarter gas tax refunds.
The route will be designated by
number and a crew is expected to
come here shortly to post the neces
sary signs along it. Maintenance in
the future will be the duty of the
state forces, thus relieving the coun
ty of this work. An increased a
mount of traffic over the road has
been noted since it was improved.
More Street Paving Here
To Be Sought.
Just as soon as the administration
of the new federal highway fund is
provided for in Georgia, local city
officials will launch a movement to
obatin some additional street paving
here as a free gift of the govern
ment. Nearly eleven million dollars
has been allotted to Georgia for high
way work under the Industrial Re
covery Act, and of this amount abou'
$2,500,000 will be available to cities
for paving of unpaved streets tra
versed by state highways.
City officials plan to seek the pav
ing of West Decatur street, which
will be eligible with the certification
of the Cairo-Darsey road into the
state highway system; a link on
Route 93 in the northern edge of the
city between the intersection of this
highway with Rt. 38 and the north
ern city limits; and some street in
the southeastern part of the city to
be designated as a part of Route 93.
Other City Improvements
To Be Sought.
Extension of the city fire mains
will be sought under the Industrial
Recovery Act, which provides for
thirty per cent of the cost to be do
nated by the government, and a gov
ernment loan for the remainder on
long terms and low interest.
A chart is to be prepared immed
iately of the proposed extension,
after which Mr. J. E. Forsyth, local
insurance agent, will prepare figures
showing just what the extension will
save the property owners on fir e in
surance premiums.
C. C. C. BOYS AT HOME
FOR HOLIDAY.
A number of the Grady county
boys in the Civilian Conservation
Corps stationed in nearby camps
were permitted to come home last
Saturday to remain through Tuesday.
The boys, almost without exception,
report that they are pleased with C.
C. C. camp life, now* that they have
had an opportunity to become accus
tomed to the routine. Parents of the
boys have already received checks
for their share of the pay to date.
Among the Cairo boys at home
were Chester Dekle, Jack Wood, Joe
Poulk, W. M. Coppage and Ermon
Thomason.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Tennille, of Ed
ison, spent July 4th here with rel
atives.
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
RELIEF ARE HELD UP
COMMITTEE IS HOPEFUL THAT
ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL
ARRIVE SOON.
The Grady County Relief Commit
tee has been making a determined ef
f 0 rt for ten days to obtain additional
r. F . C . work relief funds from the
Georgia Relief Administration. Long
distance telephone calls, telegrams
and letters have been used in an ef
fort to obtain results. However, the
situation Thursday was that the com
mittee knew nothing more about when
additional funds will be forthcoming
than it did ten days ago. Nor did it
know what steps would be advisable
to obtain additional funds.
Washington R. F. C. officials order
e d Governor Talmadge to change the
relief administration set-up in Geor
gia about three weeks ago and the
Governor announced a short time lat
er that he had appointed a board of
prominent citizens to administer re
lief, effective July 1st. Secretary J.
M. Hughes, of the Chamber of Com
mrce, who is also secretary of the re
lief committee here, was informed by
H. P. DeLaPerriere, former state di
rector, over long distance this week,
that only one of the appointees had
accepted the place and that the ad
ministration set-up is as yet incom
plete. Miss Gay Shepperson, slated
to become executive officer in the
new set-up, and Arlie Tucker, super
visor of work projects under the old
set-up, have been approached regard
ing additional funds for this county,
along with Mr. DeLaPerriere, but no
one seems to be in position to say
just when the money will become
available.
Chairman Walter Davis, of the lo
cal commitee, and someone else will
go to Atlanta to confer with officials
as soon as there are indications that
such a trip will be worthwhile.
Work on all projects in the county
was suspended last Friday. A report
of the work done in three weeks, pre
pared by Welfare Worker C. E. Maul
din, showed that nearly 250 distress
ed family heads were benefitted and
that the work done amounted to what
one person could do in nine years.
Agent J. C. Thames is
Given Surprise Honor
By A. C. L. Dist. Supt.
Mr. J. C. Thames, local agent of
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, was
given a big surprise honor here Wed
nesday afternoon.
District Superintendent M. D.
Black, of Montgomery, came to Cairo
on an official visit. It has been said
that Cairo originates more business
for the Coast Line than any other
point on this road between Mont
gomery and Savannah—and this vol
ume of business naturally justifies
rather more frequent visits from Mr.
Black than h^ gives some places.
Anyway, Mr. Black is known person
ally to many people here, and, inci
dentally, he is a booster for Cairo
and this section. It will be recalled
that he succeeded the late J. A. Bow
doin, who died several months ago.
It was without particular cere
mony, and in the presence of only a
few of Mr. Thames’ friends, Wednes
day afternoon, that Mr. Black award
ed him a medal marking his comple
tion of tw’enty-five years of meritor
ious service for the Coast Line—an
honor to be coveted. Mr. Thames
came to Cairo as agent a number of
years ago from Luverne, Ala., after
having served here previously in a
lesser capacity. He is active in the
civic and church life of the communi
ty and his many friends are congrat
ulating him upon his newly-bestowed
honor.
It might be added, incidentally,
that The Messenger learned of the
bestowal of the award by means of
a friend who just happened to be pay
ing a freight bill at the station when
the medal was awarded by Mr. Black
—and the news is thus presented
without the knowledge or consent of
Mr. Thames.
POULTRY CAR
\\ ill Be In \\ bigham And Cairo On
Next Tuesday.
County Agent Jack Boyett announ
ced this week that there will be an
other poultry car in Whigham and
Cairo next Tuesday, July 11th, at
which highest market prices will be
paid for poultry. Prices to be paid
will be announced Saturday or Mon
day.
The car will be in Whigham from
5 a. m. until 10 a. m., and will be in
Cairo from 12, noon until 6 o’clock,
P- m.
CO. COMMISSIONERS
IN MONTHLY SESSION
TWO COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO
ATTEND BECAUSE OF
ILLNESS
The Board of County Commission
ers of this county met in regular ses
sion here last Monday, the meeting
having been moved up one day be
cause Tuesday, the usual meeting
time, was a legal holiday. Chairman
Walter Davis presided, with only
Commissioners Connell and Harrison
present, Commissioners Dollar and
Stringer being absent because of ill
ness.
The business transacted was large
ly of a routine nature. One small
claim for damages was disallowed
and a committee was named to in
vestigate another claim.
It has developd that three of the
county’s highway certificates of in
debtedness have become misplaced or
destroyed and a resolution was adop
ted certifying the fact to the State
Highway Board, with a request that
new certificates be issued in lieu of
them. The three certificates amount
to about $59,000. A constitutional
amendment was adopted in the gen
eral election last fall authorizing the
Board to pay the certificates at the
rate of ten per cent a year, beginning
in 1936.
A resolution was adopted allowing
Mrs. Sallie C. Davis additional time
to redeem her property which was
bought in by the county at a tax sale.
There was some little discussion of
road work throughout the county, but
no important action was taken.
The minutes of the meeting, with
the bills paid, appear elsewhere in
this issue of The Messenger.
Cairo Girl’s Paper is
Second Place Winner
In Georgia Contest
The paper of Miss Elsie Akridge
of Cairo, was second prize winner in
the recent Live-At-Home Contest
sponsored by the College of Agricul
ture of the University of Georgia.
In the contest, which closed June
26th, more than six hundred papers
were entered on “Why Georgia Peo
ple Should Use Georgia Products.”
Only three of the fifteen prize
winners were South Georgians. The
others besides Miss Akridge were
Mrs. Annie Reid Morgan, of Ameri
cus, and Miss Violet Boynton, of
Flint.
Miss Akridge is being warmly con
gratulated upon her success.
Death Claims Father
of Mr. Jno. W. Council
Mr. J. W. Council, liquidating agent
of the Farmers & Merchants Bank,
here, returned this week from Mc
Rae, where he was called because of
the death Friday evening of his fa
ther, Mr. James Council, one of South
Georgia’s most venerable citizens.
Mr. Council was 81 years of age
and until ill health prevented he was
an extensive naval stores operator
and lumberman. He, with his broth
er, established the Council Tool Co.,
which furnishes most of the tools now
used in the turpentine industry in the
south. He was a prominent member
of the Methodist Church and was the
the largest contributor in the estab
lishment of the Methodist secondary
college at McRae a number of years
ago.
THE MESSENGER
Prints AH The News It Can Get
that is of interest to the people of
Grady county, and choice bits of news
are often found in the advertisements!
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS.
NUMBER 25.
CITY COURT TO MEET
AT 8:30 ON MONDAY
OPENING HOUR ON FIRST DAY
EMPHASIZED; THREE-DAY
SESSION SEEN.
The regular July term of the City
Court of Cairo will convene here at
8:30 o’clock next Monday morning.
July 10th, to continue through Wed
nesday, and possibly into Thursday.
In announcing the session this
week, Judge Ira Carlisle, who will
preside, called particular attention of
all jurors and other interested parties
to the fact that court will open at
8:30 o’clock on the first day, as well
as on other days. Prior to this year,
the opening hour of the first day was
10 o’clock. Judge Carlisle has found
the earlier opening hour on the first
day quite advantageous.
No calendar will be prepared, but
Monday and Tuesday will be devoted
to the trial of criminal cases. Despite
the fact that about seventy-five crim
inal and civil cases have been cleared
from the dockets in hearings before
Judge Carlisle since the regular
April term, officials believe there
are enough criminal cases to con
sume two days. The jail now con
tains about a dozen inmates, but a
few of them are being held for Super
ior Court. It is expected that the
civil businss will be completed in one
day, beginning Wednesday morning.
No cases of particular importance are
slated for trial, it is said. The ju
rors for the session are listed else
where in The Messenger.
New Lawyer, Mr. Clayton
Baker, Locates Here.
Cairo has a new lawyer, Mr. Clay
ton Baker, a native of Dothan, Ala.,
who arrived Monday to assume the
practice of law here.
Mr. Baker has been engaged as a
newspaperman for some time, having
been employed on the Dothan Eagle.
However, he was recently admitted
to the Georgia bar at Douglasvilie,
Ga., and is now fully qualified to
practice his profession here. He has
a desk in the office of Mr. G. L. Wor
thy, in the post-office building, where
he will assist Mr. Worthy in some of
his work. However, they have form
ed no partnership.
Mr. Baker comes here with the best
of recommendations, not only from
prominent jurists and practitioners
in this section, but from newspaper
men as well. He will doubtless be
warmly welcomed here.
New City Court Act Now
In Effect.
The new City Court act, passed at
the last session of the Legislature,
became effective last Saturday, July
1st.
The act provides for a reduction in
the salary of the Judge and permits
him to practice in other courts. It
also eliminates convict fees to court
officers.
Cairo Marine Dies In
A Wreck at Pensacola
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Ward F. Booth, 22, of the United
States Marine Corps, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Booth, of Cairo, was
killed in an automobile wreck at Pen
sacola, Fla., last Sunday morning.
The body arrived here with a Marine
escort early Tuesday morning and fu
neral and interment took place at the
Tired Creek Baptist Church, 8 miles
southwest of Cairo, at 10 o’clock on
Tuesday morning.
He was serving his foutrh year in
the Marines and had been stationed
at Pensacola for some time, after a
lengthy service in th« Hawaiian Is
lands. His tragic death brought sor
row to many relatives and friends.
No details in connection with the fa
tal mishap have been learned here.
Surviving, besides the parents of
the deceased, are three brothers and
two sisters: Thornton and Murray
Booth, of Cairo, and Donald Booth, of
Fort Benning; Miss Mary Ella Booth,
of Cairo, and Mrs. Vernon E. Bur
dette, of Opelika, Ala., formerly of
Cairo.