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[E XXXIII-
. COMMISSIONERS SETUP CHANGE IS PLANNED
E. F. DOLLAR PUBLISHES
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JCAL LEGISLATION NOTICE
^°™L iG POSSIBILITY E .!?£
DOES not SET FORTH
TAILS of PLAN HE
favors.
notice is given in the adver
Llumns of this issue of The
L by Representative Ed
(Dee) Dollar that he pro
[ introduce at the forthcoming
session of the Legislature
[ changing the Grady County county. Com
b set-up in
jotice, Which is given in full
jes not set forth the details
iroposed change or changes,
necessary to list only the
of the measures in such no¬
jllai could not be reached for
liew after the notice was filed
[ication this week, but The
ir learned on good authority
is at present inclined to abol
the present Board and the
jp of a new Board of only
embers. The present Board
members.
unity at first had a Board of
embers and later the number
seed to five, as at present,
ars ago, the number was re
three, but after only a short
was increased back to five,
illar is also said to have un
Ideration provisions to make
Imissioners elective by the
ry instead of the people, but
| that he is not strongly in
I this plan. He is also said
psidering piovisions to make
pan of the Board a full-time
[with a salary of $150, or
t month, and with much more
| powers, particularly that over the
mg of everything
feeds for all of its agencies.
Ir plan might be made to in
tee offices in one, namely,
I of the Board, County Pur
Lent and County Warden, it
she special session of the
Ire has been set to open Mon
[, November 22nd, little time
for the proposed legislation
pfted. Mr. Dollar was busy
pp making on his farm this
understood to have almost
|d plans for other local leg
po place the Solicitor of the
p on a salary basis instead
basis.
Itice follows:
| I notice LEGISLATION. of local
P be introduced in the special se3
F General Assembly of Georgia,
Ns November 22, 1937, a bill the
r pich be entitled is as follows: act to repeal an
I the an
Board of Commissioners of
jwvenues l8 said ( ,f Board Grady of county, Commissioners Georgia,
i “
pnd Revenues and for other pur
“ also be introduced in the special
™ e General Assembly of Georgia,
P® >’hieh November 22, 1937, a Bill the
be bs follows:
I an act to create a
of Roads and Reve
'' *at\ Georgia; to fix th®
of ' ti<l prescribe board; the rights, pow
said to fix the term
' ’"ar ] to provide the man
" board; to provide that
! mbers thereof shall have
[the merit, operation and
bus iness affairs of Grady
”Kia: fix the compensation of
>’«nd for other purposes.
ember 8, 1937.
Mrs. John Dolan, and chil
la. : Sunday with relatives in
UTS’ CIRCUS
°- v Scout Circus which
| he W in the stadium at
psee on Friday night, be
01n Ptly at 8 p. (EST).
No. rn.
307 and 308 of Cairo,
- Cub Pack also, all of
a ' f a part in the circus,
v e here Friday
'bus. °n after
hoped that many of the
‘“cents and friends of
'will attend the circus.
1 -it will precede the
f «
The Official Organ of Grady County
“The man who wandereth out of the of advertising
way shall remain in (he congregation of the
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 1937.
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EDMOND F. (DEE)
DOLLAR
Representative in the Legislature
from Grady county, who gives notice
of his intention to introduce measures
changing the County Commissjonler
set-up here at the special session of
the Assembly which is scheduled to
begin Nov. 22nd.
ROLL CALL FOR RED
CROSS OPENS TODAY
MRS. M’MANEUS MAKES PUBLIC
COMMITTEES CHOSEN FOR
CAMPAIGN.
The annual Red Cross roll call will
begin locally today, (Friday, Novem¬
ber 12th, and Mrs. Gussie Singletary
McManeus, Ordinary of Grady county,
who is chaiman of the drive this year,
this week announced her committees.
The campaign will continue through
Thanksgiving Day, November 25th.
Mrs. McManeus, in announcing the
committees, express¬
ed the hope that the
people of Cairo and
01 to the the county support will rally of
the Red Cross, which
has been the nation’s
first-rank dissaster relief agency for
many, many years, She called at
tention to hoW well the Red Cross
came to the relief of this community
a few years ago when a tornado
wrought loss of life and much de¬
struction of property. She also called
attention to the fact that about half
of the funds collected remain in the
local chapter treasury to be used in
local emergency relief work.
(Memberships are $1 and up.
The canvassing committees as nam
ed by Mrs. McManeus and announced
this week are as follows: ,
Cairo business section and outlying
places of business in the various
wards of the city: 1st ward, J. Al
bert Collins and Jake Poller; 2nd
Ward, J. E. Forsyth and John A.
Powell, 2nd; 3rd ward, Carl L. Sew¬
ell and John Wight; and 4th ward,
Walter R. Eskew and J. M. Kennedy.
Cairo residential section: 1st ward,
(Mrs P H Blackman and Mrs. Carl
Dwight Nicholson; 2nd ward, Mi*.
T F HarloWe and Mrs. John Wight;
irH ward Mrs. E. E. Freeman and
Mrs I B Leaton; and 4th
Mrs' M ' j' ' M.' Kennedy and Mrs.
Roddenbery. community: G. C'
Calvary and
Thomas, Sr., and J. T. Stephens.
Pine Park: Doc Hinson.
Whigham: Judge T. J. Mills and G.
i B. Trulock.
James Branch, and young son,
Mrs. visiting the
of Sale City, have . ’ j been
parents Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
former’s
Hurst, here.
REV. LELAND MOORE
RETURNED TO CAIRO
SHIFTS made in pastorates
OF CAIRO CIRCUIT AND
WHIGHAM.
Cairo Methodists and the people of
the county, generally, received with
much interest the assignments of pas¬
tors for the next conference year as
announced at the South Georgia An¬
nual Conference of Methodists at
Dublin last Sunday.
Rev. Leland Moore, regarded as
one of the ablest ministers of the
conference, was returned to the Cairo
church for a second year. It will be
his third year here, since he served
one year a decade previous to his re¬
turn twelve months ago. His return
was generally expected among the
local church leaders. The local church
under his leadership during 1937
has experienced a year of distinct
progress, despite a serious set-back
as a result of the fall of the overhead
plastering in the church auditorium,
which seriously disrupted the regu¬
lar services and attendance for seve¬
ral weeks and called for the raising
of a special or extra fund in excess of
$3,000 for the repairs and renovation
of the church building. R.ev. Mr.
Moore’s high rank is substantiated by
the fact that he was also maintained
as Thomasville district conference
missionry secretary and elected as a
delegate to the quadrennial general
conference which meets in Birming
ham next May. He came here last
year from the First Church in Way
cross and served previously as pre
siding elder.
The Whigham and Climax charge
is to have a new pastor. Rev. C. L.
Glenn, who has been pastor there for
the past year, was transferred to the
Soperton church, in the Dublin dist¬
rict, and made district conference mis¬
sionary secretary. Succeeding him
will be Rev. Marvin Vincent.
On the Cairo circuit, Rev. John
Swain, completing his second year,
Will be succeeded by Rev. D. B. -Mer¬
ritt. Rev. Mr. Swain, who has made
many friends here, was sent to the
Pavo church, in Thomas county.
Rev. Nathan H. Williams, who has
been the popular presiding elder of
the Thomasville district for the past
four years, automatically returned to
a church pastorate and was assigned
to the Statesboro church. He will be
succeeded here as presiding elder by
Rev. C. B. Harbour, who was elevated
to his new position from the pastor¬
ate of the First Church at Dublin.
Rev. Mr. Williams is a native of
Southwest Georgia.
Rev. Albert S. Trulock, a native of
Whigham, who completed a most suc¬
cessful four-year- assignment here a
year ago, was returned to the St. Luke
Church in Columbus for a second
year. His place is regarded as prob
ably the most desirable in the entire
conference.
Other appointments are of special
interest to the people of this county.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, who preceded
Rev. Mr. Trulock here, was returned
to Fort Valley for a second year. His
son, Rev. Roy C. Sampley, who serv
ed here for a time following the death
of the late Rev'. J. B. Johnstone, was
returned to Camilla for a second year.
Rev. J. A. Thornton, a former pastor
of the Cairo circuit, was returned to
Rochelle for a second year. Rev. C.
A. Jackson, Sr., a former pastor of
the Cairo church, was returned to
Colquitt for a third year. Rev. W. E.
Scott, formerly of the Cairo circuit,
was returned to Millen for a second
yea r.
Rev B. A. Pafford, who served the
.
c a j ro church years ago, was sent to
Fitzgerald, after completing four
| years as presiding elder of the Dub
:bn district. Rev. C. F. Barton, for
mer i y 0 f the Cairo circuit, Was re
turned to Screven for a second year.
Rev. Fred C. Meyer, formerly of the
united Church of Canada, whose wife
before her marriage was Miss Jewel
Brown, of Cairo, Was sent to the
Springvale charge, in the Columbus
district, after serving two years at
the Broxton charge, in the Waycross
district. Rev. C. L. Wall, formerly
of the Cairo circuit, was returned to
(Continued on last page.)
AND COUNCIL
IN MONTHLY SESSION
WATER MAINS PROGRAM
DISCUSSED TUESDAY
NIGHT.
The Mayor and Council here met in
monthly session Tuesday
with Mayor R. A. Bell pre¬
and with Councilmen T. W.
J. M. Kennedy and A. L.
present.
The city fire mains program
most of the discussion. Supt.
U. A. Clifford reported the comple¬
of the extensions in the northern
of the city as planned and
was voted for a short ex¬
on First Av'e., S. W. The ex¬
on First Ave., N. E., previous¬
authorized, Was held up pending
investigation of the proposal
build a new water tower and a new
well in the eastern part of the
The new tower and well “were
some months ago, but the
was not ready to be acted
due to the absence of Council¬
man E. H. Coleman, chairman of the
and light committee. WPA labor
aid is being obtained in the new ex¬
tension on -First Ave., S. W., work
on which Was started this week.
The Council completed action on
an agreement between the city and
the A. C. L. railroad for an overhead
electric transmission line over the
railroad, which is planned to improve
the electric service in emergencies,
An easement was granted the State
Highway Department covering the
city’s part of the proposed grading
and paving of Route 111 toward Reno
and Calvary.
City Attorney J. A. Pope present¬
ed a claim that the city has infringed
on a patent in installing some of the
old traffic signs in the streets, but
no action was taken on the matter.
[Other business was of a routine
nature.
Eleven Cases In Mayor’s
Court Monday.
(Mayor R. A. Bell had a busy ses¬
sion of Mayor’s Court Monday as a
result of Week-end activity of city
officers. Eleven cases were acted up¬
on, with fines meted out in most of
them.
Napoleon Copeland, a Negro, was
arraigned on a charge of operating
his store and amusement place during
church hours on Sunday, in violation
of rules established a few months ago.
He was bound over to City Court
under a $250 bond. A campaign was
launched by city officers recently to
bring about a more complete sus¬
pension of business in the city from
10 a. m. to 12, noon, on Sundays, and
during the regular evening hour of
church services.
Other cases included a few for speed¬
ing by motorists, drunkeness and one
for fighting.
Mr. J. F. Maxwell Dies
On Tuesday Morning
Mr. Jessie F. Maxwell, one of Grady
county’s highly esteemed citizens, died
at his home 8 miles southwest 0 f
Cairo at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morn¬
ing, after a period of failing health
extending over about three years.
Numerous relatives and friends thru
out the county and elsewhere were
deeply saddened to learn of his death.
Mr. Maxwell was 62 years of age
and spent his entire life engaged as
a farmer in this section. He was of
the Primitive Baptist faith and was
active as a citizen until his health be¬
gan failing a few years ago.
Funeral and interment were at Tired
Creek church -and cemetery, south¬
west of Cairo, at 2 o’clock Wednes¬
day afternoon in charge of Elder Tom
Crawford and South Georgia Funeral
Home.
Surviving, besides his Widow, are
three daughters: Mrs. William H.
Alexander, Atlanta, Miss Elvie Max
well, of Statesboro, and Mrs. Man¬
ning Taylor, of Attapulgus; one son:
Jessie Maxwell, of this county; and
four half-sisters: Mrs. A. B. Reynolds,
Cairo, Miss Sue MaxWell, New Hav¬
en, Conn., Mrs. A. H. (Miller, Lake¬
land, Fla., and Mrs. Mattie Oates, De¬
land, Fla.
FAIR CREDITED WITH BEST
DISPLAYS EVER SEEN HERE
SENATOR i
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JEFF A. POPE.
Cairo, State Senator from this, the
7th Senatorial district, who has been
called to meet in a special session of
the Georgia Legislature in Atlanta be¬
ginning Monday, November 22nd.
THREE IN JAIL FOR
FORGERY OF CHECKS
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS
DO QUICK WORK; PLOT
INDICATED.
Three white men, all of whom are
said to be residents of Atlanta, are
in jail in default of bond on Grady
county warrants charging forgery as
a result of quick work by officers
during the week-end in breaking up
what they say was a check forgery
plot to fleece Cairo merchants. Two
are held at Bainbridge and the third
is held here. They are listed as
(Marion Kinney, Sr., Marion Kinney
Jr., and W. E. Whitehead. A fourth
man, Charlie Arnold, has not been ap¬
prehended.
Chief of Police J. W. Thomas and
Deputy Sheriff Johnny Williams led
the investigation, assisted by City
Officer Stacey Williams and Deputy
C. H. Strickland. The plot Was first
discovered Saturday, after two Cairo
merchants had been fleeced, officers
reported, and the three men were
nabbed during the week-end.
Sheriff Odus Alligood also report¬
ed the arrest of Aubrey Todd, white,
who is charged with the theft of
about $60 from the W. T. Rehberg
home last Sunday night.
Baptists To Load Car
to Orphans Nov. 26, 27
The Baptists of the Grady County
Association plan to load their annual
car of produce for the Baptist Or¬
phans’ Home at Hapeville at Cairo
and Whigham on Friday and Saturday
November 26th and 27th. The car
to be loaded will be at Whigham the
first day and at Cairo the second day.
Arrangements will be made with the
railroad agents to accept produce for
the car prior to the loading dates.
A feW of the items that can be used
by the Home are flour, grain, meat,
syrup, hay, dried beans.or peas or
fruit, canned goods, potatoes and pe
cans. The committee hopes that the
Baptists of the various churches will
Respond liberally for this worthy
cause.
The committee is as follows:
M. L. Mayes, general chairman;
Cairo. Rev. Wilburn S. Smith and B.
W. Mauldin; Calvary, J. T.
Capel, Walter Merritt; Long Branch,
H. H. Kelly; Macedonia, H. M. Wilder;
Magnolia, J. J. Collins; Midway, K.
H. Merritt; Mount Vernon, J. F. Wil¬
liams; Pine Forest, C. *F. Sadler; Pine
Hill, Berry Lee; Pine Level, L. L.
Draffin; Pine Park, J. P. Faulkner;
Pleasant Grove, Wayne Smith; Prov¬
idence, D. M. Walden; Reno, W. J.
Broom; Union Springs, F. O. Oates;
and Whigham, R. L. Sellers.
LARGE CROWDS ARE
VIEWING THE SHOW
VISITORS AMAZED BY VARIED
SHOWING OF PRODUCTS
OF COUNTY.
Visiting critics and judges here on
Tuesday and Wednesday expressed
profound amazemeno because of the
variety and attractive arrangement
of the county’s products as displayed
in the Grady County Fair for 1937,
which opened late Monday to contin¬
through Saturday. On every hand,
the opinion of those who have seen
the displays this year appears to be
that the displays are not only the
finest ever seen in a Fair here but
the finest ever seen in a county ag¬
ricultural exposition in this part of
the country.
There are eleven school community
displays this year, and all of them are
outstanding portrayals of the agricul¬
tural life in the various communities.
There are community displays for
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Calvary, Elpino, Live Oak, Midway,
New Home, Pawnee, Reno, Spence,
Turkey Creek, Wayside and Whig
ham. Cairo did not enter a commu¬
nity display but presented a swine
sanitation exhibit, instead.
The great variety of the products
shown in the community displays, all
produced from the soil in the different
communities, is indicated by the fact
that Elpino’s display makes note of
the total of 74, while the Spence dis¬
play lists 65 products. All told, it is
estimated that more than 150 differ¬
ent products from the farms of the
county are included.
In addition to the community dis¬
plays, there are others for the 4-H
clubs, boys and girls, women’s work,
Home Demonstration Council. Wash¬
ington (Negro) High School, and the
Negro Farm and Home Dem. depts.
Of the special displays, the state
wild life conservation exhibit is one
of the most interesting. With live
quail and other native birds, this ex¬
hibit is new here this year. The
State Bureau of Markets also has a
Georgia apple exhibit. Livestock is
emphasized this year and many fine
beef cattle, hogs and chickens are
shown.
Large crowds are attending the
Fair each day, and the visitors are
from over an unusualy large area.
Almost Without exception the out-of
the-county visitors are loud in their
praise of the displays.
The Albany Herald sent a staff
photographer here Tuesday and plan¬
ned to feature the -Fair in pictures in
its Thursday editions. Members of
The Herald staff who came here said
the Fair is the finest county exposi¬
tion they have ever seen anywhere.
A climax of interest is expected to
be reached Friday, when a county¬
wide school holiday will permit ap¬
proximately 4,000 school children to
mai'ch in parade, beginning at the
high school grounds at 9:45 a. m., with
a loving cup for the school having the
greatest percentage of enrolled stud¬
ents in the parade.
The judging of the Fair entries had
not been finished When The Messen¬
ger went to press Wednesday.
Armistice Day Holiday
Here,
Thursday, Nov. 11th, Armistice
Day? was ^ be a gener al holiday in
Q a j r0) as } n other communities, and
wben The Messenger went to press
w ednesdayj 0 ne day earlier than us
ual, preparations had been complet
for a splendid observance of the
day here.
There was to be a parade of ex
service men and groups from various
j civic organizations, with a patriotic the
program at Davis Park, adjoining
fair grounds, following the parade.
Hon. Abe Conger, of Bainbridge, was
to be the speaker of the day. An old
time basket picnic for ex-service men
and their families was planned after¬
ward. The Bainbridge-Cairo football
game was to be an afternoon feature.
All of these special features were
planned in connection with the Fair.
GRADY COUNTY
Is Georgia’s Banner County
the hub of its sugar cane, collard seed
and tung oil industries, the original
fanning section.
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