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NE GROWERS CALLED TO
MEET IN CAIRO SATURDAY
IP association
insors meeting
[OUSE IS PLACE AND
p. M. IS HOUR FOR
GATHERING.
cane syrup producers of
ear
lion » re being mvi e o a
*t the Courthouse in airo
D1 ^ held at 2 0 clock (cen ‘
) tomorrow, Saturday after
;ober 30th '
sponsored , . by the ,,
eeting is
owers Co-operative
a :
Cairo, as treasurer; E. W.
of Cairo, as general man
ss Clara Mauldin, of Cairo,
ant secretary and treasurer
Mihvard, Mr. Ward, Mr.
directors in addition to L.
jtt, of Calvary, and Guy
hgliam, of Reno.
Membership sign-up during
laths has been most gratify¬
ing of the organization say,
! understood that the asso
embers will control quite a
lortion of the syrup produc
ear.
ie making arrangements to
Lit [ a portion of the 1937
Barwick said this week, “in
!■ with the wishes of the
expressed early this year.
[already made arrangements
[ Bank of Co-operatives at
|r S C., far adequate fin
the handling of the 1937
whether We can part or
* association’s syrup. We
L |ell the neighborhood of
on A-l syrup and con
Lpect a year of highly suc
jeration which we believe
tofitable to our members.”
kg to Saturday’s meeting,
lick urged the presence of
p grower in this section and
I matters of importance to
I be discussed.
i the call for the meeting
broadcast throughout this
the state.
WEDNESDAY i
j
Daniel McNair Succumbs
After Illness.
ft Daniel McNair, a highly
fitizen of the Calvary com
jGrady county, died at his
Pa. m. Wednesday morning
I year. He had been rather
p for of four months, senility
puse pair his born death,
was May 9th,
F same community where
F °f his long, useful life.
L™ of the late W. G. Mc
[Nancy ”»>n" Higdon 'McNair,
S section. H e
M member of the Pi.**
Baltic cl '"'j i ^ i
,‘ f« ki S a dCVOted
nd I
»< interment Were at the
W petery near Calvarv chaLe at 31
afternoon I in sS
® Crawford and
“»ai Home. Sons and
t Zr |, f lb T'' S Gadt ',
[»«air, I, Fla . • anatoe „ T „
[ Houston, Texls, Carroll
Vascoe
,, ylvest Oak, Fla., B. O. Mc
er - and George and
ai! '- of this county; two
Mrs : l
Sanders, - Wilanti Wilder and!
of this county; , a[
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'»» sisters: A™ie
fl- Hlb P - RALLY. T - A. TO HAVE
f 1 Teacher Association of
p te School Calv will have a big
ar y school auditor
Nday Gening, November
W H1 He spread after
' Dus mes s session.
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The Official Organ of Grady County
TEN PAGES
School at Calvary Will
Offer Program Tonight
A special entertainment program is
to be offered at the Calvary School
auditorium tonight, Friday, October
29th, beginning at 7:30 o’clock, it was
announced this week. There will be
no admission charge and the people
of the county are invited to attend,
The main part Qf ^ program , g
bij] ec j as “y aTl Amburgh’s Great Men
land age rie,” consisting . of var j ous animaIS(
other features. In addition, there
’
will be a cake walk.
An evening of real fun is promised
a jj w h 0 a tt e nd this program.
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REA PROJECT
IS MOVING FORWARD
DIRECTORS TRANSACT LARGE
AMOUNT OF BUSINESS
MONDAY.
The officers and directors of the
neW Grady County Electric Member¬
ship Corporation, at a meeting here
last Monday night, transacted con¬
siderable important business that
moves the county’s REA project some¬
what nearer realization. The corpor¬
ation was formed recently to handle
the REA project here.
J. H. Collins (Cairo) is president
of the corporation and he and the
following others are directors: W. G.
Bulloch, B. M. Lee, G'. E. Langley
and T. E. Taylor. All of the directors
attended Monday night’s meeting, in
addition to S. P. Cain, attorney for
the corporation, and County Agent L.
H. Nelson, who has directed the le
velopment move here.
The note, mortgage and construc
loan agreement were all properly
executed and forwarded to REA of
ficials in Washington.
A requisition was made upon REA
officials in Washington for an ad¬
vance of money to care for prelim¬
inary expenses incident to getting
construction of the electric transmis¬
sion lines started.
Plans were formulated for the cam¬
paign to obtain signatures to the
right-of-Way easements and the actual
sign-up campaign is expected to get
underway some time next week, it
was said.
Noah W. Stanfill has been selected
as project superintendent and it was
understood unofficially that his selec¬
tion had been approved in Washington.
All of this means that the develop¬
ment plans are moving forward stead¬
ily and that the initial allotment of
$75,000 for transmission line con¬
struction work will become available
shortly. The sign-up campaign for
the right-of-way easements 'will be
come the most urgent problem,
County Agent Nelson said, in dis¬
cussing the meeting Tuesday, that he
received on Tuesday Washington ap¬
proval of the engineering contract
that had been drafted here some three
ag0 ' 13e Sai d **
new REA ° administrator. . d ***, . ?L
County Agent Nelson, who has been
in working up the local
Jevdopment project, with'
idual leaders ^ and the Chamb f
Commerce, said E. P. McLean, the en
“o" 8 fo8 tbe '* r f h n * ?'. d “ Te„t l
“he . llot of
He first lines to be
«"> be * and
and north of Cairo, with feeders, arm
* C »ir° ‘™" k ?<«•*» J* «***£ U ' S £*2
that these lines can be extended 40
miles, counting the feeder lines, in
each of the directions noted above,
The west-south line, it is under
stood, will extend westward from
SM,ou > cjpcuritv Ad
Cairo through the Farm becuri y
™ nUtrali ° n ”l
line will serve most of the
customers in the nor
eastern part of the county, it is said.
' The lines to be built first have been
from the entire project stale¬
basis of engineering merit, it
on a lines will
undestood, as the first
to serve two of the corporation’s
and if there is any curtail
they will fail to serve Mr. Col
the president.
‘ The man who wandereth out of the
Hay of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
C AIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER
29TH, 1937.
PLANS CO FORWARD
FOR FAIR, NOV. 8-13
ARMISTICE DAY PARADE TO BE
COMBINED HOLIDAY AND
FAIR FEATURE.
H. I. Bearden and Angus Edwards,
managers of the Grady County Fair,
which is to be held here during the
week of Novemeber 8th-13th, stated
Thursday that final plans for the at¬
traction are steadily being completed.
They said work is well underway
in every school community of the
county on the community exhibits and
piedicted that these exhibits would be
more attractive than any ever seen
here. They also gave assurance that
all reasonable precautions will be
taken to guard against fire.
It was announced Thursday that a
big parade and picnic are being plan¬
ned for Thursday, November 11th,
which is Armistice Day. The parade
i and picnic 'will be a combined Ameri
can Lesion andEair feature, it
seivice
. the
men m county to march in the
parade, in addition to groups from
the Cairo Kiwanis Club, the Legion
Auxiliary, the schools and other civic
organizations. The picnic will be at
Davis Park, after the parade, and will
be for ex-service men and members of
their families.
B. W. West, post commander of the
American Legion, urges every ex-ser¬
vice man in the county to send a
postal card at once to H. F. Bearden,
post adjutant, stating that he will be
here for the parade and picnic. Those
who attend the picnic will be expected
to bring basket lunches.
The complete program for Fair
Week will be announced in detail next
week.
H. W. Lawson, Former
Cairo Resident,
Many friends here were saddened
to lea.rn of the death of Mr. H. W
at his home in Valdosta last
Monday night. He was stricken sud¬
denly with a heart attack and died in
less than two hours.
Mr. LaWson was born 58 years ago
in Banks, Ala. He resided in Cairo
and served as agent for the A. C. L.
railroad here for approximately 18
years, but in 1923 was promoted and
transferred to Valdosta to become
general agent for the railroad there,
a position which he held at the time
of his death. He was popular in rail¬
road and business circles.
Funeral and interment were in Val¬
dosta Wednesday morning, in charge
of Rev. H. S. Dickinson, pastor of
the Valdosta Christian Church, and Dr.
T. B. Gibson, pastor of the Valdosta
Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow by a second
marriage, the former Miss Coma
Dampier, of Valdosta, and four sons.
Editor H. H. Wind attended the
Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia’s
annual convention in Macon Tuesday
and Wednesday as a delegate from
the Cairo lodge. He also transacted
business in Atlanta beore returning
home.
CAIRO TEAM PLAYS FITZGERALD TONIGHT
Syrup Makers Defeat Camilla Eleven, 20-0, Here
Last Monday Night.
IThe Cairo high football team, after
defeating the Camilla Panthers here
last Monday night, 20 to 0, journey
Friday, to Fitzgerald for a bat¬
tle tonight with the Purple Hurri
of Fitzgerald high, rated this
season as one of the two strongest
teams in the South Georgia -Football
The Hurricane is strongly favored
win, since it is without a defeat
year, but the Syrup Makers have
steadily improving and have
valuable experience that will
them to make a good showing,
is thought, After tonight’s en
the Cairoites go aWay from
again next Friday night to play
Moultrie Packers, another power
eleven this year.
After a downpour of rain Friday,
John Herndon postponed the
game Friday night un¬
Monday night, and a large crowd
the Syrup Makers turn back the
Panther eleven, which
lost only one .1937 contest, a 7-to-
MARKETS, BUSINESS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
NATIONAL PECAN ASSOCIATION
NOW HAS A RECEIVING
STATION HERE.
The Cane Growers Co-operative As¬
sociation, with headquarters and a
large warehouse here, this week be¬
came a local receiving station for the
National Pecan Marketing Associa¬
tion, with headquarters at Macon.
The pecan co-operative offers at¬
tractive advances on pecans delivered
to it in accordance with a schedule
given in an advertisement on page
nine of The Messenger this w,eek.
Membership agreements must be sign¬
ed by those making deliveries, but
E. W. Barwick, manager of the Cane
Association, said the sign-up is mere
higher p rices for their pecans to zon
fer with him
j Prices Being Paid For
Produce.
Following are the prices being paid
here Thursday for various items of
produce—the prices being given as
information, subject to quick change,
and not guaranteed:
Peanuts, Span. No. 1, ton $67.50
Runners, No. 1, ton . . $57.50
Cotton, middling, lb......8e
Cotton Seed, ton . .
lEggs, yard run, doz, to
No. 1 infertile, White, doz. 31c
Fryers, colored, Jb 23c
Hens, colored, lb. 14c
Cured Meat—
Hams, lb.......... tO
Sides, lb............ N
Country Lard, lb. M
Wight & Browne’s Rexall
Sale Next Week.
Wight & Browne’s semi-annual
Rexall one cent sale will be held on
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of next week, it is announc¬
ed in the advertising columns of this
issue of The Messenger.
Two items for the price of one,
plus one cent, all Rexall products,
can be obtained in these sales, Which
usually attract throngs of thrifty
shoppers.
Recent Recordings of
Warranty Deeds Here
Below are the recent recordings of
warranty deeds here, as reported to
the Cairo Credit Exchange:
Cairo Banking Co. to H. E. Mc¬
Kinnon, Cairo lot on North Broad St.
(Mrs. M. J. Cole to Chas. Whitfield,
iot in Reno.
J. E. Hall and W. A. Walker, Jr.
to Mrs. M. J. Cole, lot in Reno
J. M. Kemp to Mrs. Etta M. Peeples,
26 acres, 18th district.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tipton, R. K.
and I. E. Carter to R. W. Gainey, 391
acres, 19th district. ($3,500).
W. M. Tyson to Vester Stokes, 125
16th district.
0 defeat by Thomasville.
Dixon won the toss and elected to
receive. McManeus took the kick-off
on his 30 and returned 10. On an ex¬
change of punts, Cairo took the ball
on the Cairo 40. 'McManeus, Chason
and Eason, with three first downs,
drove to the Camilla 20, Where a
Cairo fourth-down pass was incom¬
plete over the goal line and the Pan¬
thers took the ball on their 20. An¬
other exchange of punts completed the
first period.
Taking the ball at midfield, Cairo
was held twice but Cain, on a reverse,
got 25 yards, and McManeus added
10 more to place the ball on the Ca¬
milla 15. Sapp drove through right
g Ua . rc i f or g an d McManeus made it
fj rs t down on the Camilla 4. Webb
circled end for a touchdown and Mc¬
Maneus bucked center for the extra
point. Score: Camilla 0, Cairo 7.
The remainder of the period was a
see-saW fight.
Barrineau kicked off to the Camilla
(Continued on page 6.')
GRADY COUNTY
Is Georgia’s Banner County
the hub of its sugar cane, collard seed
and tung oil industries, the original
diversified farming section.
TEN PAGES
| SUPERIOR COURT SESSION IS
TO RECESS UNTIL JAN. 10TH
Cotton Gins Here To
Suspend On Saturday
Both of Cairo’s cotton gins, the
Farmers Peanut Co., and the Plant¬
ers Gin Co., will suspend ginning op¬
erations for the season tomorrow,
Saturday, October 30th, it was an¬
nounced this week. Both are elec¬
trically operated and power will be
cut off Nov. 1st, which is Monday.
Farmers who have cotton to gin are
advised to bring it in today or Satur¬
day.
Fred Carroll, of the Farmers Pea¬
nut Co., said he would gin remnant
cotton for the seed for those who de¬
sired such.
JURORS HERE
ADJOURN TO JAN. 10
COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF
PENDING CRIMINAL
BUSINESS.
I The grand jury for the
| term of Grady Superior Court went
into recess late Wednesday afternoon,
after three days of deliberations. The
adjourned session will begin at 9 a.
m. Monday, Jani/ary 10th, at which
time an adjourned session of the trial
court will commence, it was stated.
The grand jury appeared in court
late Wednesday and the foreman,
Thomas Wight, advised Judge B. C.
Gardner that the jurors desired to ad
journ over to a later date and stated
that the presentments 'would be sub¬
mitted at that time. On query of the
Judge, Mr. Wight stated that the
grand jury had completed its invest
igation of the pending criminal
Nearly twenty true bills were filed
with Clerk of the Courts P. M. Bag¬
gett, in addition to a large number
of “no bills.” Following are the true
bills:
Henry Baker; rape.
Clifford Dubois; theft of car.
C. H. Teel; larceny after trust.
Pick Gray; robbery.
A. J. Jones, (Negro); murder.
G. C. Brock; forgery and larceny
after trust.
Ebb White (Negro) larceny after
trust.
Willie Parson (Negro); carrying
pistol concealed without license.
Kid Williams, alias C. L. Costin;
forgery (two cases).
Tom Elkins; using profanity in
presence of ladies.
There are five true bills in the for¬
gery cases of J. R. Colley, J. D. Col¬
ley, Ermon Hall and S. K. Smith,
with more than fifty counts alleged
in all of them.
The grand jury was organized When
court opened at 10 a. m. Monday,
with Mr. Wight as foreman and T. J.
Carter as bailiff.
The Judge’s charge, which lasted
more than an hour, included a strong
appeal to citizens generally to de¬
vote more time and interest to the
affairs of government. He traced the
principles upon which the American
government was founded from the
earlier days of European history and
declared this government to be the
best ever devised by man. “But,” he
said, “those great men who founded
this government and who successful
ly launched it put their governmental
affairs first, ahead of their own per
sonal affairs, Our government * s
alright; our present ills, most of them,
are simply due to a lack of interest in
governmental affairs.”
Continuing, he expressed the be
lief that the recent depression Was
caused largely by the fact that too
many of the citizens vested with gov
ernmental authority placed their own
personal welfare ahead of govern-i
mental affairs. interest—loyal, He plead unselfish for a revi- in- j
val of :
terest—to save the county, the state j
and the nation from continued ills
that are sure to beset them unless the
government is maintained on the
basis upon which it was founded and
upon the basis that it was operated
on for many years thereafter.
He charged the grand jury to in
vestigate “anything that needs in
vestigating” in the county, and men¬
tioned particularly the affairs of the
county government, compliance with
(Continued on last page.)
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
NUMBER 42
EFFORT TO BE MADE
TO ‘CLEAR’ DOCKETS
TRIAL COURT TO TAKE RECESS
SOME TIME TODAY OR
SATURDAY.
The regular October term of Grady
Superior Court, which opened here at
10 o’clock last Monday monning, was
still in session When The Messenger
went to press late Thursday, but
court officials said a recess would be
taken some time today, -Friday, or
Saturday, until Monday, January 10,
at 9 a. m.
Judge B. C. Gardner, of Camilla,
presiding, announced his intention to
make every effort to “clear” the dock¬
ets, both civil and criminal, of ail
triable cases.
v The grand jury was organized
when court opened Monday and Solic¬
itor-General Carl Crow, of Camilla,
sat in on its deliberations until it
recessed Wednesday until January 10.
(See story elsewhere on this page),
The trial court, without jurors, de¬
voted the remainder of the day Mon¬
day to the hearing of pleas, motions,
demurrers, etc. Most of the day
Tuesday was devoted to divorce cases.
The first important civil case Was
called for trial Wednesday morning
—that of Mrs. John P. Lee vs J. A.
Harrell, a suit for $10,000 damages
as a result of a motor mishap in
Thomasville last November 25th. Mrs.
Lee resides at Statesboro and is the
wife of the Tax Receiver of Bulloch
county. Mr. Harrell resides here and
operates a logging business. The
jury returned a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $2,000 Wednesday after
noon and notice was filed of a motion
for a new trial. A companion case,
that of Mr. Lee against 'Mr. Harrell,
for $11,229.80, was not tried.
Late Wednesday, the case of Joseph
E. Wilson vs Henry Hester, W. B.
Rioddenbery, Sr. and H. T. LeGette,
an appeal from the Court of Ordinary
on a caveat to the will of the late
Mrs. Alice Davis, was called, and the
jury returned a verdict for the de¬
fendants as The Messenger went to
press.
Civil and criminal cases are to be
called today, Friday, and possibly to¬
morrow, Saturday, after 'which the re¬
cess until January 10th will be order
ed.
Dangerous Seepage of
Gas Discovered Here
A seepage of gasoline, which caus¬
ed an accumulation of the fluid under
the Cairo post-office building suffi¬
cient to cause a destructive explosion
had it become ignited, was discovered
last Saturday morning.
The post-office building has a drain¬
age system under it, with a reservoir
and an automatic pump to send the
accumulated water into the city’s sew¬
ers. Gasoline was found in this reser¬
voir and a building inspector of the
Post-Office Department was called. A
thorough investigation led to discov¬
ery that the gasoline was coming
from a tank at the Maurice Allen
Service Station, almost a block away.
A considerable quantity of gas had
heen escaping from the tank in some
un k no -vv n manner for several weeks,
The leak was checked, the drain
age reservoir under the post-office
building was drained and the city’s
storm sewers Were flushed before the
gas became ignited, fortunately. Had
the gas in the reservoir become ig¬
nited, the explosion would have been
sufficient to cause widespread de¬
struction and probably serious loss of
life, the investigators said.
PREACHING AT PIEDMONT
OCT. 30, 31.
There will be two days of preach
services at Piedmont Primitive
Baptist Church, near Calvary, on the
Sunday, and the Saturday be
this month. These dates are
Saturday and Sunday, October 30th
and 31st.
The services are announced by
Moderator E. L. MaxWell, of the Flint
River Primitive Baptist Association,
and everyone interested has an invi¬
tation to attend. Dinner will be serv¬
ed picnic style both days.