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Established January 16, 1904.
Entered as second-class matter Jan-
14, 1904, at the Post Office at
nary Act of March
Cairo, Ga., under the
$rd, 1879.
F. J. WIND, Editor from May 1st,
1904 to September, 1922.
H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager.
L. A. POWELL, Associate Editor.
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DON’T FORGET THE
FAIR.
The date for the 1937 Grady Coun¬
ty Fair, sponsored by the American
Legion, is fast approaching. The at¬
traction this year will open on Mon¬
day, November 8th, and remain open
through Saturday, November 13th.
That means that if you’re planning
to have an exhibit, you’d better get
real busy NOW. Some splendid coun¬
ty fairs are being held in this sec¬
tion this fall. Grady county has a
way all her own of excelling in many
lines, and the exhibits at our prev¬
ious fairs have attracted unusual at¬
tention. Surely, we cannot fall down
this year, when probably more vis¬
itors than ever before will be com¬
paring our fair with those in other
counties in this section.
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The college football results seem
to be keeping pace with the stock
market and the 'weather as to sur¬
prises.
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October 24th is terribly early for
a frost such ae this section had last
Sunday morning—but, fortunately,
the sugar cane escaped serious dam
age.
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The Savannah Morning News Wise¬
ly urges new development of the
Georgia oyster industry, which has
almost gone to nothing during recent
years. Georgia’s coastal waters will
produce just as fine oysters as can
be had anywhere with the proper de¬
velopment and care.
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Reports have been circulated that
the mechanical cotton picker may
throw 500,000 seasonal Workers out
of their jobs during the next decade,
but we have serious doubts. Farm
workers are needed for numerous du
ties other than picking cotton. Then,
too, a WPA research report says the
mechanical cotton picker will make
its advent very slowly as long as
cotton pickers are willing to work for
from 50c to $1 per hundred pounds.
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* CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO *
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NOVEMBER 1ST, 1907.
Miss Delia Powell Crawford be¬
came the bride of Mr. M. Reeves Mc
Gehee in a beautiful ceremony at
the Cairo Methodist Church in the
presence of a large assemblage of
relatives and friends. Rev. W. C.
Jones, uncle of the bride, performed
the ceremony.
Fire broke out in the cellar of the
Wight Hardware Co. building, but the
serious threat was checked by volun¬
teer firemen without much damage.
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A local talent attraction, “The Old
Maids’ Convention,” 'was planned at
the school auditorium.
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Abe Poller’s father and brother ar¬
rived in Cairo to make their home
after a journey of several weeks from
“the old country.”
SPARE GEORGIA FROM
HIGHWAY FUNDS
DIVERSION.
Any survey of the present gov¬
ernmental situation in Georgia
reveals two outstanding facts.
One is that the people of Geor¬
gia do not want and cannot stand
Without serious threat to their
economic welare, any increase
in taxes.
The other problem of vital im¬
portance to the welfare of the
state is the rescue of its elee¬
mosynary institutions from their
present deplorable status of dis¬
graceful housing conditions and
inadequate physical equipment.
This need is especially urgent at
the state hospital at Milledge
ville.
Thus the state government is
faced with the necessity of avoid¬
ing new -tax burdens and at the
same time increasing its expend
itures. The only apparent solu¬
tion is through reapportionment
of' its revenues. Every depart¬
ment of the state government, ex¬
cept one, is already on a rock
bottom basis of expenditures.
That exception is the Highway
(Department.
Last year the gasoline taxes
collected in Georgia amounted to
$17,525,616—more than 58 per cent
of the total tax revenue of the
state. This year they will prob¬
ably exceed $20,000,000. Certain¬
ly, in view of the seriousness of
•the emergency laced, earnest
consideration should be given to
the diversion of some of this
large revenue in order to solve
the dual problem of avoiding
higher taxation and at the same
time caring more adequately for
the human needs of the state.
The above is the first part of an
editorial appearing in last Monday’s
Atlanta Constitution.
We usually find ourselves in whole¬
hearted agreement with The Consti¬
tution’s editorial policies and 'we be¬
lieve our esteemed contemporary has
correctly stated the premises as above
set forth, but we differ strongly on
the proposal to divert some of the
state’s gasoline tax money to pur¬
poses other than that for which it is
now levied.
The Constitution points out that
the diversion of gasoline tax or high¬
way funds would have been unwise
and inexcusable in the years when
Georgia was struggling to get out of
the mud. It stresses the point that it
has always strongly favored better
highways and urges diversion for
this fiscal year only. But, The Con¬
stitution is wrong in at least two
particulars in advocating diversion
even this year, and even though the
state institutions are in dire need of
more money and the tax-paying cit¬
izens of the state are in just as dire
a need of the avoidance of any new
taxes whatsoever.
In the first place, though mention
ing that the state’s highway system
is not complete, The Constitution ar
gues diversion of the amount needed
will not appreciably slow doWn high
way modernization work. But anyone
knows that highway modernization
work will be slowed down precisely to
the extent that highway funds are di
verted. If we could appropriate or
divert $4,000,000 of highway funds
^ otFer p Ur p 0Se s and still magically
on highway work just the same
we>d gay in a minute that diversion
would be the way to solve the
problem. But taking $4,000,000 or |
any other amount from the Highway
Department will reduce the hignway
moderni^ation v(ork by the same
amount. That’s simple.
We are proud of Georgia’s highway
system and the manner in which high¬
way affairs of the state are being
handled, like The Constitution, but
our state highway system lacks
much more to make it complete than
The Constitution would have us be
lieve. Sure we have splendid through
state highways. They are fine. At¬
lanta may have all the highways she
needs. Athens, Columbus, Macon,
Moultrie, Thoma-sville and a few other j
centers may have all the highways
they need. But what of the scores
of thriving county seat centers with
just one or possibly not a single thru
highway serving them? Georgia is
well prepared as to highways for the
thru traffic, but many thousands of
our own citizens, many of whom are
helping to carry the almost unbear¬
able gas tax load, are still as much
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 1937.
in the mud as ever, insofar as local
travel is concerned. And local travel
is all that means anything to a great
many people*
The Constitution needs to look at
the highway system more from the
standpoint of service to our own
citizens and not so so much from
the standpoint of thorugh travel.
In the second place, it would be
almost a miracle if w r e divert this fis¬
cal year—and this fiscal year only.
The chances are 999 to 1 that we’d
find just as great a need for diversion
next year, and the next, as we are
finding this year. Diversion, once le¬
gally started, would be almost un¬
stoppable.
Surely we all know and fully real¬
ize that the present gas tax is exorb¬
itant and all but unbearable. The only
solace one finds in paying it is the
fact that the money is being spent on
highway modernization. There would
be a general strike against paying
it, otherwise. And there are many
thousands of those who are paying
the tax who have as yet derived little
benefit from the highway moderniza¬
tion work, which must be continued
on its present scale of activity
until a greater percentage of our
people can be served properly.
We say with all emphasis: NO
MORE STATE TAXES! And we say
still greater emphasis, if pos¬
sible: NO DIVERSION OF HIGH¬
WAY FUNDS TO OTHER PUR¬
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* INTERESTING COMMENT *
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Hurry, Driver!
(Roe Fulkerton in The Kiwams • Mag.) *
On with the dance! Step on it; we
are late! Hello, there are a couple of
cars that have run into each other
on! Hurry past! There' are dead
and wounded people lying there on
the grass. We might have to go to
court as witnesses, or carry some of
them to a hospital. Shoot the gas
to her. You can pass that truck be¬
fore Ve get to the top of the hill.
Hurry. Gosh, you almost hit that
old lady! Why do people allow a
woman as old as that to get out on
the highway? There is a whole you
can break through in that line of traf¬
fic. Give her the gun. Gee, that
was close! Did you hear that fellow
swear ? We didn’t hit him. What’s
he got to complain about? Blow that
horn and make that guy get over
Where he belongs! Why, the fool won’t
give us the right of way! He can’t
be going more than forty-five. How
can he expect to stay on the pave¬
ment at that pace? There! Boy that
scared him! Hit her up around the
right side. Maybe that will teach
him to keep over where he belongs!
j thought for a minute we were go¬
ing to turn turtle. Look there is
another accident. That car is on its
top with its wheels in the air! Looks
like a bug on its back doesn’t it?
There Was blood on the grass. Some
one must have been badly hurt. Crazy
fools, they don’t know how to drive,
yet they drive right out in traffic.
Watch that woman! She is driving
ail over the road! Run up alongside
her and then give her a blast on the
horn! Whew, didn’t her fender nick
ours when she swerved? I believe it
did. Thank heaven she didn’t lock
fenders with us! It might have caused
accident. I hate women drivers!
Cut ar0Und that fell ° V ' NeV6r mmd
curve. There isn’t anyone com
ng< o a sh!
Where am I ? What has happened
to me, doctor? My leg has been
off? My God!
FOR SALE—50 acre farm, 3 miles s.
e. of Cairo, with 2 good buildings;
set in pecan trees. Mrs. W. E'. Bodi
ford, Cairo, Ga. 10-29-2t-pd
FOR SALE—Assorted sizes kraft cat¬
alog envelopes. Messenger office.
FOR SALE—Old newspapers. Three
5c bundles for 10c for limited time
only. Messenger office.
WHY NOT HAVE THE
BEST?
MATTRESSES
COT PADS and PILLOWS
RENOVATED
Inner Spring Mattress
made from your old
mattress.
CAIRO MATTRESS
COMPANY
R. J. WHEELER, Prop.
125 2nd Ave., N. E.
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* CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO •*
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NOVEMBER 3RD, 1922.
Fall truck crops began to move
from Cairo by express in solid car
shipments.
The following city officials were
named in the general election, Without
opposition: J. A. Lindsay, Mayor; E.
o. Alligood, Henry Hester, J. C. Mat
thews, B. W. Mauldin and K. P.
Wight, Councilmen; and Tom Jones,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Plans were completed for the ad¬
dress of Senator-nominee Walter F.
George in Cairo on Armistice Day.
Wide interest was shown because
was to be his first public address
since his nomination.
Cairo’s first high school football
team suffered its second defeat at the
hands of Pelham, 19 to 12.
WANT ADS
IMPORTANT—Want Ads are aeccepted for 10
cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents
a line for every insertion after the first, lines
S-3 £ WS5
Ads are payable strictly in advance except
where a ■person has a regralar account.
FOR SALE—25,000 stalks of good,
healthy seed cane, POJ, Cayana and
CP-807. J. C. Waldron, Rt. 2, Cairo.
10-8-2t-pd.
FOR SALE—Assorted sizes kraft cat¬
alog envelopes. Messenger office.
FOR SALE—Old newspapers. Three
5c bundles for 10c for limited time
only. Messenger office.
FOR SALE.—Mare bred to jack, also
mule and mare colt. Malvin Col¬
lins, Whigham. 10-15-3t-pd.
REAL PIT BARBECUE MEAT, reg¬
ular dinners, plate lunches, sand¬
wiches of all kinds. Give us a trial.
Harrison’s Place. 10-15-2t
FOR SALE OR RENT.—90 acre farm
near Pine Park, 45 acres in culti¬
vation; good house and barn. Write
or call D. C. Duren, Thomasville.
10-15-4t-pd.
SEED CANE FOR SALE.—I have
a good supply of the new Cane,
CO-290 and can make a fair price.
Place your order with Thos. Wight,
or J. IM. Poulk. 10-15-3t.
BABY CHICKS FOR SALE—Best
quality chicks now on hand. Mix¬
on’s Grocery. 10-22-2t.
WANTED TO BUY.—1,000 bushels
of corn, ear or shelled. W. M. Tyson
Lumber Co., Inc., Cairo 10-15-2t.
MONTEVALLO COAL—Place your
order noV for October delivery. W.
H. Searcy, Sr., Phone 51 or 177-R.
10-l-4t.
TAKEN UP—At my place last April,
one yearling, about 8 months old.
Owner can get same by describing
and expenses. G. W. Rich,
Cair0j Ga 10-8-37-4tp.
ALBANY HERALD delivered to your
door, only 15c weekly. Elmer’s
Soda Shop. Phone 130. 10-22-2t.
WANTED: Permanent representative
for Cairo and surrounding territory
to represent LaSalle Extension Uni
versity. Full or part time. Excellent
opportunity for right men. Full
training given for successful field
work. Write Dist. office 202 Bibb
Building, Macon, Ga.
FOR SALE__1 power cane mill, No.
27 Golden’s new model. Cheap for
cash or 'will exchange for 2-horse mill.
A. T. Rigsby, Sale City, Ga. 10-22-2t
BABY CHICKS FOR SALE__Best
quality chicks now on hand. Mix
on’s Grocery. 10-22-2t.
FOR SALE—Circulating heater good
as new, $20.00. Also good 2,400 lb.
pair of mules. Gene Lashley. 10-22-2
FOR SALE—2 burner Nesco Oil
Heatrola, used only 3 months. Cheap
for cash. Phone 28. M^s. H. L. Al
ien. 10-29-ltpd.
FOR SALE.—One 9 hp Mogul engine
in good condition. Maddox & Com¬
pany, Bainbridge, Ga. 10-29-3t.
FQR SALE ()R RENT __ 8 y acre farm
located near Woodland Church and
School house, and known as the Gor
don Dixon Place.” F. L. Gibson,
Thomasville, Ga. 10-29-4t-pd.
FOR SALE: 1 good, used 7-horse,
Hercules kerosene engine in first
class condition at a bargain price. If
interested, write or phone Suber and
Johnson Co., Quincy, Fla. 10-29-2t.
TAKEN UP—2 barrow shoats at my
place. Owner can get same by de¬
scribing and paying expenses. E. B.
Stone, Whigham, Ga. 10-29-4t.
Bronchial Coughs
Need
^ Just a common a cold,
or a bronchial irritation of today may
lead to serious trouble tomorrow. They
may be relieved now with Creomulsion,
an emulsified Creosote that is pleasant
to take. Creomulsion is a medicinal
combination designed to aid nature in
soothing and healing infected mucous
membranes by allaying irritation and in
flammation and by aiding in loosening
and expelling the germ-laden phlegm,
The Medical Profession has for many
years recognized the beneficial effect of
Beechwood Creosote in the treatment
of coughs, chest colds, and bronchial
irritations. A special process was worked
out by a chemist, ingredients for blending Creosote
with other and now in
Creomulsion you get a real dose of
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OP ALL KINDS! TRY THEM!
HOME-MADE ICE CREA
Dealer Agency: Macon Telegraph
Albany Herald.
QUICK DELIVERY SERVICE!
ELMER’S SODA SHOP
Soda Fountain, Magazines, Cigars, Cigaj
tes, Etc. Next Door to Wight & Brown
Phone 130
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SATURDA
LAST DAY
a to pay your City of Cairo
Business Licenses
which were
DUE OCTOBER!
Pay Your Fee Now and 01
tain License So As To
Avoid Extra Cost.
tS«KSGBS£aiXi$<2BBia Mrs. CITY W. L. Wight, of Clerk CAIR & Treasuri ny
Bring (Is Yout
USED CARS Butterflake W ft
wrappers before
’37 (Demonstrator) WILLYS SEDAN and get free pid
SPECIAL show tickets!
’37 (Demonstrator) PONTIAC SEDAN We have 1101
SPECIAL cans for sale, 25c ;
’36 DELUXE CHEVROLET COACH Order Isaacs Ba!
$450.00 Products Iliro«
’35 PLYMOUTH 4-DOOR Your Grocer. \
SEDAN (Trunk)
$395.00
R. R. VAN LANDINGHAM ISAA
1st Cairo, Ave., Ga. S. W. BSS !
Cairo, Georgia-!
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