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Established January 15, 1904.
Entered as second-class matter Jan-
14, 1904, at the Post Office at
uary the Act of March
Cairo Ga ' , under
8rd 1879.
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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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MEMBER—1937 Ass’n.
National Editorial
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The postponement and probable
abandonment by the Duke and Duch¬
ess of Windsor of their proposed tour
of the United States is, to our mind,
a strong indictment against some of
the existing evils of life in this coun-j
try. It is a shame that the present
organized labor mess and glaring
newspaper headlines on the reaction
of some of the labor leaders to the
proposed visit have operated to pre¬
vent the United States from enter¬
taining the world’s most publicized
couple. Aside from the joy and sat¬
isfaction that most Americans would
have gained from the visit, this coun¬
try would have realized extensive
benefits, otherwise. Just the Duke’s
preference for many things American
has reacted to this nation’s benefit
throughout the world—and his visit
would have been another triumph in
this respect. We hang our heads in
shame and express a profound hope
that the virtual cancellation of the
tour Will be a lesson to those who
caused it.
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The railroads get sued about every
time anyone has an opportunity to
do so. Crossing crashes usually re¬
sult in big damage claims against
them. It’s a pity they can’t recover
When a fool driver of a car or truck
stops on the railroad track and causes
the wreck of a train and the conse¬
quent huge property loss. But the
public is waking up to the fact that
the railroads have been imposed on
many times in the past.
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Mrs. E. D. Rivers, the Wife of the
Governor of Georgia, has given many
women a helpful idea in making
known her intention to grow younger
instead of older after her 40th birth
day anniversary. After 40, she will
be 39, and then 38, and so on, she de¬
clares. Many women will doubtless
seek to follow suit on this practical
plan of keeping young instead of
growing old.
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Have you visited the 1937 Grady
County Fair, yet?
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* CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO *
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NOVEMBER 15, 1907.
Cairo’s first big circus, the John
H. Sparks Famous Shows, Was sched¬
uled to appear here Nov. 16th.
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Cairo merchants and business men
almost unanimously petitioned the
two Cairo banks to issue negotiable
clearing house certificates to aid in
financing the purchase of farm pro¬
duce and the settlement of accounts.
The petitioners agreed to accept and
use the certificates the same as
money.
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The County Commissioners were be
seiged with petitions for new roads
and bridges.
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The Old Maids’ Convention at the
school auditorium attracted an over¬
flow crowd.
DIVERSION OF HIGHWAY
FUNDS WOULD BE
MOST UNWISE.
Governor E. D. Rivers has made
definite announcement that the Geer
gia Legislature Will be convened into
special session on Monday, November
22nd, a week from next Monday, and
state interest is now focused upon
legislation to be considered at that
time.
It is said that the state needs ap
$10,000,000 in revenue to
meet added expenses of its
of service to the people and
i m P rove the facilities at the elee
mosynary institutions so that the in
mates of these institutions can be
properly cared for. Several plans
advanced , , provide .. ...
have been to
revenue from new sources—and f rom
some quarters comes agitation for
diversion of highway funds
^an addition of new taxes. We
do not. believe the people of the state
want or will stand for new taxes—
and We confidently believe they are
overwhelmingly opposed to the di
version of highway funds to other
channels, even to meet what might
be termed an emergency.
Let us get a picture of the highway
situation in Georgia at the present
time. The Messenger is told that
there are 10,698 miles of roads in the
state highway system. Of this total
mileage, 4,792 miles have been mod¬
ernized in one type of hard-surfacing
or another, leaving 5,906 miles of the
present system to be improved. There
are 1,017 miles of roads under con¬
struction at this time, which means
that the task of modernizing Geor¬
gia’s state highways as now consti¬
tuted Will soon reach the half-way
mark.
We are also told that about 5,800
miles of the system are Federal-aid
roads and that when ninety per cent
of these roads are modernized, an ob¬
jective that may be realized in 1938,
800 miles of state-aid roads will be
added to the Federal-aid list.
However, at present, we are told,
the State Highway Department has
only about $2,000,000 a year, or about
one-tenth of its total income, avail¬
able for state-aid road work, with
something like about 3,500 miles of
state-aid roads unimproved, and with
a chance of only 800 miles of them
being made Federal-aid roads at any
early time.
We have come a long Way in high¬
way construction in Georgia—but we
are still far, far from our objective,
which is a state system of modernized
highways.
A study of the new highway maps
that are being distributed by the
State Highway Department quickly
reveals gratifying progress since the
state assumed the burden of estab-
lishing a state- highway «system—a
splendid net-Work of highways with
through-highways in many directions.
But, such a study also reveals that
many important trade centers in
Georgia are still inadequately served.
Such centers as Atlanta, Augusta,
Columbus and Macon appear to have
all the modern highways that they
can well hope for. Several smaller
centers, such as Athens, Moultrie,
McRae ’ Thomasville and Waycross,
all appear to have completed modern
highwys radiating from them in five
or more directions, which is certainly
all that these centers can or should
expect for the next several years.
Still, there are scores of important
centers with just one or two completed
highways serving them, and many
others with less than the above-men
tioned centers have. In other words,
we have already taken care of thru
traffic rather adequately, and we have
taken cane of some ten or twelve cen¬
ters especially well, but our state
highway system still falls short of
serving the masses of our people ade¬
quately. It is primarily for the inter¬
ests of these people, who need mod¬
ern facilities for local travel most,
that we say it “will be most unwise to
permit any part of the highway funds
to be diverted, for any diversion will
hamper the modernization program
in a way that would be most unfair
and unjust to the greater part of the
people of the state who have not yet
been served.
With only about one-tenth of the
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 1937.
State Highway Department’s income
available for state-aid road improve
ami with the greater part of
the remaining nine-tenths needed to
nvatc h Federal allotments, the lack
0 f vrisdom behind any diversion pro
i s clearly apparent.
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COMMENT. *
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Use Georgia Products.
Moultrie Observer:
Governor Rivers has issued a
designed to encourage the
marketing and consumption of Geor -
gia-grown products.
He called on all state
purchase Georgia products and
^ dtizenry of the state t0
ma ke “every day in every year” a
Georgia Products Day.
He suggested Thanksgiving din
ners be made up entirely of native
products.
The proclamation states certifi¬
cates of honor will be awarded the
luncheon or fraternal club using the
highest percentage of Georgia pro¬
ducts per capita during the coming
year.
“We want to start the movement
to use Georgia products and to fur¬
ther the sentiment in private business
to give preference to them," the Gov¬
said. “Such # plan will develop
ernor a
the natural resources of Georgia.”
A change in the present legal set¬
up of the Grady county Board of Com¬
missioners of Roads and Revenues ap¬
pears to be in the offing. The set-up
has been changed several times since
the county was established and the
present system of five Commission¬
ers, used earlier, was re-established
not many years ago. We shall reserve
further discussion until the proposed
changes are more clearly defined.
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The City of Cairo some time ago
launched a campaign to bring about
a more complete suspension of busi
ness during the regular church hours
on Sundays. City officials are said
to be quite reasonable about the mat¬
ter, but they are evidently determin¬
ed to get results.
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Grady county’s rural electrification
development plans move slowly but
surely toward a realization of this
great objective. We get thrilled in
thinking of the possibilities of the
development toward increasing the
happiness and well-being of a great
many of the people of the county.
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The -Florida Supreme Court has de¬
cided that “jook” is the proper word
and the proper spelling of the word
that means a type of these latter day
^ amusement places. And Florida is
' hly exercised about the numerous
muc
“jooks” in that state.
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* CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO *
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NOVEMBER 17, 1922.
The Cairo Armistice Day address
of Senator Walter F. George, his
first public utterance after his elec¬
tion, attracted much state-wide atten¬
tion.
C. H. Adams, of Ray City, was
elected Chief of Police by the City
Council, \vhich considered 26 applica¬
tions for the place.
$ $ $
The County Commissioners planned
to build a fc-nce along the southern
border in an effort to shut -out tick
infested cattle from -Florida.
More than 1,500 barrels of syrup
had been marketed as cane growers
took up the fight on the mealy bug,
a new pest.
FOR SALE—Old newspapers. Three
5c bundles for 10c for limited time
only. Messenger office.
TYPEWRITER OWNER S_Kee n
your type clean! NeW easy method.
nifty outfit also prevents slippery
platen rollers and gummy keys. Nom
inally priced. For sale by CAIRO
MESSENGER. «
*v Quality Chicks
S6.90 PER 100 CP
Blood-Tested Die
Stock of Poultry
Equipment to Choose
4gjj From — FREE Cir¬
cular Upon Request.
Blue Ribbon Hatchery
"15 Forsyth St. S. W.—ATT.ANTA. OA
WANT ADS
IMPORTANT—Want Ada are acccepted for 10
cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents
a line for every insertion after the first, lines
averaging six words. There is a minimum
charge of 80 cents, and charges for all want
Ads are payable strictly in advance except
where a werson has a regular account.
FOR SALE.—7 h. p. Hercules engine
and No. 27 cane mill. T. E. Tay
lor, Rt. 2, Whigham. ll-5-2t-pd.
MALE HELP WANTED.
“Two Route men wanted immediate
ly. Routes of over 1,000 families
near Cairo. Man between 30-35. Must
have car. Write fdr application. J.
M. Lewis, co The J. R. Watkins
Company. Memphis, Tenn.”
RinrW and white suotted
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^ M be with pigs n(Av . Re .
ward Robert Whigham, Rt. 1, Whig
ham. 10-22-lt-pd.
HOG SERUM
65c for 100 c. c.
GRADY PHARMACY, CAIRO
WANTED__Young lady desirous of
gaining experience in selling ladies’
ready-to-wear and shoes. Apply P.
O. Box 223, Cairo. 11-5-lt.
FOR SALE.—Mare bred to jack, also
mule and mare colt. Malvin Col¬
lins, Whigham. 10-15-3t-pd.
FOR SALE—Assorted sizes kraft cat¬
alog envelopes. Messenger office.
BABY CHICKS FOR SALE—Best
quality chicks now on hand. Mix
on’s Grocery. 10-22-2t.
MONTEVALLO COAL—Place your
order noW for October delivery. W.
H. Searcy, Sr., Phone 51 or 177-R.
10-l-4t.
ALBANY HERALD delivered to your
door, only 15c weekly. Elmer’s
Snda Shop. Phone 130. 10-22-2t.
FOR SALE.—One 9 hp Mogul engine
in good condition. Maddox & Com¬
pany, Bainbridge, Ga. 10-29-3t.
‘FOR SALE OR RENT—89 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.
BABY CHICKS FOR SALE.—Best
quality chicks now on hand. Mix
on’s Grocery. 10-22-2t.
PHONE 131 WHEN YOU HAVE A
FLAT!—We vulcanize all tube re¬
pairs and fix the casings. STOKES
TIRE CO., CAIRO.
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN—
white Persian kitten with blue eyes,
about 2 months old. Finder please
return to Mrs. -F. A. Richter, Jr.
11-5-2L
FOR SALE—Assorted sizes kraft cat
alog envelopes. Messenger office.
MALE HELP WANTED—Can place
an ambitious man or woman in
steady, profitable, independent sales
business with bright future, in Cairo.
Write J. R. Wakins Co. 70-72 W. Iowa
Ave., Memphis Tenn. 11-12-lt-p
FOR SALE.—Various items of house¬
hold goods. See G. L. Worthy at
office. 11-12-lt.
FOR RENT__3 room furnished apart¬
ment. 24 6th Ave., N. W. Phone 21..
11-12-lt.
FOR RENT.—My house on S. Broad
St. See me at once. F. A. Beicher.
11-12-lt. •
FOR RENT.—3 or 4 horse farm, 5
miles from Cairo. W. A. Walker, Jr.
11-12-2-t.
USED CARS
’36 CHEVROLET
DELUXE COACH
$450.00
’35 PLYMOUTH 4-DOOR
SEDAN (Trunk)
$395.00
STUDEBAKER SEDAN
$75.00
LASALLE SEDAN
$75.00
1934 WILLYS SEDAN
$195.00
R. R. VAN LANDINGHAM
1st Ave., S. W.
Cairo, Ga.
“Cash For Used Cars”
ROGERS
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Large Octagon 4. FOR
l Soap or Powder, 19c
2-lb. JAR
Peanut Butter 25c
X Y Z SALAD QT. JAR
Dressing 29c
Ivanhoe Potato No. 1 CAN
Salad, loc
BORDENS 3 large 6 small
MILK, 19c 19c
COOKING GALLON B
Oil, 75c:
Southern Manor Fresh
Prunes, 2 No. 1 c-n
Cans
BLUE ROSE 5 lbs.
RICE, 19c
COLONIAL 3 No. 2 Cans
Tomatoes, 20c
14-oz. Bottle
Catsup 10c
10 lb. Bag
SALT 19C
PINK CAN
Salmon, 12c
SALT 2 FOR
Mackerel, 15c
Large, Red, Delicious
APPLES, dozen 25c
Cabbage Ip
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