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KSTorot'j Lwia’s Banner County
.fit. ~**r ™«\“ ll " d
oil industries, the
nd diversified farming section.
!
year in ADVANCE.
HE XXXV.
tracts sought
rea extensions
WILL BE RECEIVED ON
FEB. 17 TII FOR NEW
additions.
Grady County Electric Mem
Corporation here, which is
, rural electrification
ring the big Wed-
3m ent in this section, on
released advertisements for
the eo nstruction of apaproxi
extensions . .
H7 miles of line in
pa rt of Grady coimty and
stern Colquitt counties, and
mas and
■nishing of the necessary watt
toeters for the extensions.
[which appear in this issue of
essenger specify that the bids
h the line and meter contracts
received at the local office of
L until 9 a. m., central time,
I Feb. 17th, two weeks hence.
I’e contracts will $100,000 be paid made for
|„ I allotment Washington of several
[ago. REA in
The lines will serve ap
lately 353 additional custo
entae local system as now
calls for about 325 miles to
1,174 customers,
>me other extensions in the sou
part of Decatur county pos>i e
on & Robinson, a Donalsonville,
mcern, is now engaged in con
ng about 119 miles of exten
ho serve approximately 356
aers on an allotment of $120,000
Sept. 12th. The Gibson & Rob
contract was awarded on a low
i $75,743, to include labor
ial with the necessary meters.
ion & Robinson is making steady
®s on the construction
was started on Jan. 9th, but
in the tap lines are
made necessary because of fail
property owners and prospec
■ers to execute the right-of-way
!
wish to get service from
on which construction work is J
it progress and make are arrangements urged to sign for' j
and plumbing installations im- j
if they have not already
The routes of the lines are
leing staked out, and the new
p is planned to reach areas
enough member service con
Ihave been signed to make con
ion economically feasible, but if
Scient contracts have been sign
pay particular area, the lines
p routed anther way.
co-op last week announced a
substantial reduction in elec
ktes, retroactive to Jan. 1st. The
|um 1*5, charge was lowered from $2
with twenty instead of fif
w hs. allowed on the minimum,
|HP thirty kwhs, will be charged
er kwh. instead of 6c per kwh.,
reductions are greater in the
brackets.
•sion Association
Held Saturday
Loan As
° n com Pleted another of
t° year
agriculture when its mem
athered on last Saturday, Jan.
n Ga i ro for the annual stock
s’ - Meeting.
;P Iete ' and detailed reports on
fairs of the association were
by ...
officers at the meeting
Was Presided over by W. T.
h| president. In addition short
made by Rufus B. Jennings,
and Bank representative,
y • A. Alderman, secretary
rei °f the association.
J ■ Bu rt and J. W.
; lected Burroughs
Members of the board of
rs ^ - Other members of the
; who Se terms have not expired,
J. L. Darsey and
Cair National Farm Loan
iation is : a co-operative long
arm coiS^° r 6 saving
agency ’
“ niy t rt has 84 members
-
^standing \ ' loans with the Fed
an k Columbia amount
. 5 *143,175.00. *
Cair o National Farm Loan As
.
■°n is ne tBe
izat;„ mil" m£ tny similar
8 m the third Farm Cred
,; ; trat i on district, composed
Cr* tat ° f N ° rth Cai
a Ge ' oli ™. South
[ ’ °n?ia and Florida.
f* *
♦
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Demonstration Council
Meeting Held Saturday
The Grady County Home Demon
stration Council met at the office of
Miss Dorris Nichols, County Home
Demonstration Agent, here last Sat
urday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
After the business meeting, the
Council members and a number of
members representing practically all
of the home demonstration clubs of
the county were taken on a tour of
Wight’s Nursery, a short distance
southwest of Cairo. Various flowers
and kinds of shrubbery were studied
and a representative of 1 the nursery
ans’wered numerous questions asked
by the ladies.
HIGHWAY PROJECTS
CONTINUE PROGRESS
ROUTE 93 PLACED IN FEDERAL
SYSTEM; OTHER NEWS ON
HIGHWAYS.
Grady county’s state highway mod
ernization program continues to show
steady progress in virtually every par
ticular, a survey by The Messenger
Thursday revealed,
Probably most important among the
developments of the past few days
re j a ^j ve th e improvement of the
CO unty’s state highways is the in
c i us i on of Route 93, linking Cairo with
Beachton and Pelham, in the Federal
a j ( j highway system. The Messenger
learned authoritatively this week that
^liis road was made a part of the Fed
era j S y S tem a few days ago. With
e( j era i participation in moderniza
ti on work assured from now on, pros
pects are that a paving contract will
be awarded within the next month or
two for the surfacing of the unpaved
link, about f'ive miles, between Cairo
and Pelham, and that the Cairo-Beach
ton link will be graded and paved as
steadily as practicable.
link in ten days or two weeks if right
of-way condemnation proceedings are
instituted against the owners of the
property who hawe not yet signed the
deeds. Plans have been completed to
institute the proceedings.
The clearing and grubbing crews
have almost completed their work on
Route 111, linking Cairo, Reno, Cal
vary and Route 1 at the Georgia
■Florida line, and the grading there
is progressing steadily'. State officials
will receive bids in Atlanta next Tues
day, Feb. 7th, for a new drag line for
the local camp. When this drag line
arrives, about March 1st, it will be
used first to grade that part of Route
111 within the Cairo limits. This
right-of-way, in the southwestern
part of the city, was cleared a fe\v
days ago. The new drag line will then
be shifted to the Calvary area and
will be used with the old drag line
until the Route 111 grading is finished.
The railroad overpass in Cairo, ex
cept for the approaches, will be com
pleted early next week, From four
to six weeks will be required by the
contractor, J. G. Atta5vay Construc
tion Co., to build the local soil ap
proaches and grade the new street
for a distance of 1,300 feet each side
of' the overhead bridge. When the
contractor finishes his part of the
work on the approaches and street
grading, the opening of the new north
and-south street to be served by the
overpass will be finished by State
Highway Camp labor. A paving con
tract for the approaches will be
awai’ded after the fills have settled
o„ffi c ientlv
Bryant Co., of Pine Park, is mak
ing steady progress on the rural post
roads project extending southward
from Cairo about 3 Ms miles on the
Hadley Ferry road. A city-county
WPA project on grading and surface
treatment of the link between the sou
j ’ ^h em end of the South Broad Street
pa ving and the city limits continues,
alsio.
j Still another highway project, that
| 0 f getting the Hawthorne Trail, link
jng Cairo and Camilla, in the state aid
j system, is likely to be revived learned imme- this
diately, The Messenger
week. Authority for inclusion of the
road in the state system was provided
by the last Legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Parrish have re
tuined from a visit of several days
to relatives and friends in Montgom
ery, Ala.
The Official Organ of Grady County
"Ihe man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 1939.
■
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
THIRTY LOCAL FIRMS, LAUNCH
“CAIRO TRADE BOOSTER,”
CAMPAIGN.
A special feature of the advertising
messages in this issue of The Messe«n- j
ger is found on page eight, the feature!
representing the beginning of a
prehensive “Cairo Trade Booster”
compaign which 'will extend at least
throughout the remainder of the year.
The series of special messages,
which will appear from time to time
in The Messenger, are being prepared
from copyrighted material, and are
designed particularly to bring to the
attention 'of the people of the Cairo
trade territory numerous pertinent
facts which the local firms feel that
the people, generally, should realize
more fully. These messages in the ad
vertising columns of The Messenger,
and other features 'of the campaign,
will doubtless provoke widespread
study and much favorable reaction.
Participating in the campaign at
present are:
Cairo Furniture Co., Cairo Bank
ing Co., Citizens Bank, Cairo Dry
Cleaners, Cairo Motor Co., Elmer’s
Soda Shop, Eskew Bros. Service Sta
tion, Bohannon’s Cafe, J. E. Forsyth,
Grady Pharmacy.
Gandy Bros. Grocery & Market,
Grady County Motor Co., J. H. Gil
more, Kramer’s Department Store,
Cairo Ice & Cold Storage Co., San
der & Wight, Stokes Tire Co., Sewell’s
Dry Cleaner.?, J. L. Oliver’s Son,
Jake Poller.
Thomas-Robinson Lumber Co., W.
M. Tyson Lumber Co., Inc., T. W.
White’s Shoe Shop, J. R. White & Co.,
Roddenbery Hardware Co., R. R. Van
Landingham, Harvey’s Grocery &
Market, Wight. & Browne, Wight
Hardware Co., and Zebulon and Syrup
City Theaters.
L. W. Powell Acquires Local
Drug Concern.
Lawrence W. Powell, of Havana,
formerly of Cairo, last Tuesday ac
quired at public sale the local firm
formerly operated as Lee Drug &
Seed Store, located in the Mize'build
ing on North Broad St.
Mr. Powell, a druggist of many
years of experience, plans to re-open
the business in a few' weeks under the
name JVwell’s Pharmacy. He has
owned and operated a firm by this
name in Havana for a number of
years and will continue to operate the
Havana business as heretofore in con
nection with the Cairo business.
He states that work will begin at
once on completely remodeling the
interior of the local store and that a
formal opening will be announced in
the next two or three 'weeks. He says
operation of both concerns will enable
him to buy in larger quantities so
that he will thereby be enabled to of
fer the people of this territory drugs
and drug sundries at the best prices.
A new, modern soda fount will be in
stalled, also.
Rushin’s To Have Tailor On
Monday, Tuesday.
Albert Smart, a tailor representing
a well-known men’s clothing concern,
will be at Rushin’s in Cairo next Mon
day and Tuesday, Feb. 6 and 7, for
the purpose of displaying to the men
of this territory the newest in spring
and summer clothing materials.
Orders 'will be taken, with special
measurements.
A. & P. Has A Full Week Of
Specials.
The local Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
store on North Broad St., under the
management of Richard Ramsey, is
offering a number of special prices
this week, he states.
Some of the specials, which will be
in effect through tomorrow, Saturday,
are listed in the firm’s regular ad in
this issue of The Messenger. I
Prices Being Paid For
Produce Here.
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:
Eggs, yard run, doz 15c
No. 1, infert. \vhite, dtoz. . . 18c
Fryers, colored, lb. , 15c
Hens, colored, lb. . 14c
Cotton, middling, lb 8^4c
Cotton Seed, ton, . , $20
Peanuts, Span. No. 1, ton . . $65
Peanuts, Runners, No. 1. ton $57
SPECTACULAR BLAZE
IN CITY WEDNESDAY
WAREHOUSE IS ALMOST TOTAL
LOSS, WITH CONTENTS;
CAUSE UNKNOWN.
The most spectacular fire Cairo has
suffered in a number of months late
Wednesday afternoon almost corn
letel y destroyed a warehouse, the
property iof Farmers Peanut Co., and
its contents, with damage somewhat
in excess of $4,000. The lass was only
partially insured.
The warehouse, extending along
the A. C. L. railroad tracks just west
of the company’s peanut shelling plant
and cotton gin, was 30x150 feet, of
frame and sheet iron construction.
The fire had spread almost the length
of' the building on the interior when
discovered about 5 p. m. The shelling
plant whistle gave' a loud alarm be
fore the fire alarm was sounded. In
a very congested area, With other
valuable property close by, it was for
tunate that the fire could be checked
before it spread. Firemen battled the
flame for almost three hours.
An immense column of smoke en
veloped the northwestern part of the
city for a time and miore than a thou
sand persons crowded the area of the
fire to watch the firemen do battle.
There was nothing to indicate the
cause of the fire. Electric wires in
the building were not connected and
so far as is known nio one had been in
the building since Tuesday, the day
before' the fire.
•Farmers Peanut Go. suffered an
uninsured loss of' approximately 2,000
bushels of corn in the structure, along
with an uninsured loss of about $700
in corn shelling equipment. The build
ing was insured, as were 27 tons of
runner peanuts stored therein. Con
co;d Corporation, of this city, suffer
ed the loss of about 100 cases of
empty cans and two tons of lima bean
seed, all uninsured.
Two Other Fires During
Past Week.
Firemen were called out twice du
ring the past week before the Farm
ers Peanut Co. warehouse fire late
Wednesday afternoon.
About 8:45 a. m., Wednesday, fire
was discovered in the basement of the
Roddenbery building, in the heart of
the business area, and smoke there
from damaged the Graco Barber Shop
and Frank’s Beauty Shop, on the
street floor of the structure. The fire
originated near a heating plant in
the basement but only slight damage
resulted before the firemen exting
uished it.
Last Friday morning, about 9:30
o’clock, the residence of Mrs. Frank
Brown, on South Broad St., was
slightly damaged by a roof blaze,
which was quickly extinguished by
firemen.
5th Sunday Meet Held
By Primitive Baptists
Primitive Baptists from over a wide
area composed the large congrega
tions that attended the special fifth
Sunday meeting which was held at
Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church,
southwest of Cairo, last Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. It was said to
have been one of the finest fifth Sun
day meetings ever held at this church,
despite the fact that the weather was
unfavorable at times.
Among the visitors from afar who
were special guests at the meeting
were Elder and Mrs. R. H. Pittman,
of Luray, Va., Elder Pittman being
editor of the Blue Wing Messenger,
an extensively circulated Primitive
Baptist publication; Mr. and Mrs. F.
M. Irwin, and daughter, and Miss Jen
nie Sexton, all of Bel-Air, Maryland;
Mrs. Myra Fain, and daughter, Wan
da, of Headland, Ala.; Elder W. M.
Moody, of LaCrosse, Fla.; and Elder
and Mrs. A. A. Garrett, of Arlington,
Ga.
Most of the visitors named were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hester,
of Cairo, while here, and the Virgin
ians and Marylanders were en route to
Florida for other primitive Baptist
meetings.
Mrs. Bessie S. Miller and Mrs.
Walter Line'weaver left Wednesday
for a visit in Tampa, Fla., before re
turning to their home in Harrison
burg, Va. They will be in Tampa for
some time, after a visit of several
weeks here with Mr. and Mrs. G.
Maynard Smith.
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\ c * ai ee T An A-\ ° m r » ere r
Chairman W. L, (Lint) Miller,
the State Highway Board, spent
week-end here with his father, Mr.
•Frank J. Miller, and other relatives
and friends. Mr. Miller’s legal resi
dence is in Lakeland, Ga., but he
sides in Atlanta because of his
sive official duties.
Mr. Miller conferred with local lead
ers informally and also conferred “with
a delegation of Pelham citizens rel
ative to highway work in the Pelham
area while he was a visitor here.
Mr. Miller was born and reared in
Grady county and has numerous very
staunch admirers here.
LIQUOR ELECTION IN
COUNTY IS RUMORED
STATE RAIDS ON DEALERS IS
STIMULUS, REPORTS
SAY.
Reports gained circulation this
week that a petition will be circulated
soon among Grady county voters with
a view of having a county local option
election on legalization of liquor.
The petition, when duly executed
and signed by a sufficient number of
qualified voters, would require Mrs,
Gussie S. MeManeus, Ordinary, to
call the election.
Recent state raids on liquor dealers
in the county have stimulated agita
tion for an election, the reports say.
Little information has been obtain
able about the raids but a consider
able quantity of liquor on which the
state tax had been paid was seized,
it is understood.
Thomas county voters a few days
ago petitioned Ordinary F. C. Burch
for an election in thqt county which
has been sef for Thursday, Feb. 2.3rd,
it has been legrnetj,.
Picture Show Planned
Today For Cairo High
Seniors’ Trip To Fair
The 1939 senior class of Cairo High
School is planning a trip to the New
York World’s-Fair next summer, to be
taken if the expense money is raised,
and to this end Mrs. Ethel Blanton has
arranged a private showing, for school
children only, of' the feature produc
tion, “Down the Stretch,” starring
Mickey Riooney, at the Zebulon thea
ter here today, Friday, beginning at
noon. The admission will be 10c each
and the entire receipts, "without any
deductions whatsoever, will go to the
seniors’ World Fair trip fund.
Mrs. Blanton said special permis
sion was necessary for the private
showing and announces that the pic
ture will be shifted to the Syrup City
theater \here for the regular Friday
program, beginning at 3 p. m. There
the public ‘will be permitted to see it
for only 10c, Friday and Saturday.
“Down the Stretch” is a vivid
drama of horse racing, with Mickey
Rooney proving a brilliant rider as
well as an accomplished actor. Patric
ia Ellis and Dennis Moore are the
other stars. The racing in the pic
ture represents the running of the
Kentucky Derby and other famous
races.
CAIROITES WIN
Defeat Thomasville Packers, But
Lose To Thomasville Y.
The Cairo Athletic Club basketball
team defeated the Georgia Packers
team of Thomasville here last Mon
day night, 52 to 20. The game was a
benefit affair for the infantile par
alysis fund and a neat sum was real
ized from the game.
The Cairo A. C. quint lost to Don
alsonville here last Thursday night
and lost again to the Thomasville Y.
M. C. A. team in Thomasville Tuesday
night. Tuesday night’s score was 36
to 30.
REP. BELL AT HOME FOR
WEEK-END.
Rep. R. Arthur Bell, of Grady coun
ty, was at home fmCthe Legislature
for the usual recess last *week-end and
returned to Atlanta Sunday.
There have been no new
ments during the past week
to local legislation, it is said.
THE MESSENGER
Prints All 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 4.
! A. C. RODDENBERY IS
NEW HEAD OF C. OF C.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET
FRIDAY ADDRESSED BY
MACONITE.
Members of the Grady County
J Chamber of Commerce, at their an
' nual dinner meeting the Cairo Wo
at
man’s Club last Friday night, elected
officers for 1939 and heard an inspir
ing message from Lee Trimble, of
Macon, executive vice-president and
manager of the Macon Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. Trimble’s theme laid emphasis
on the numerous opportunities for
service enjoyed by commercial organ
izations such as the local Chamber of
Commerce, ‘with particular preference
to the development of Georgia’s vast
natural resources. He pictured a
much brighter day for the state if
and when a more extensive, more in
telligent and more whole-heartedly
co-operative effort on the part of com
munity leaders is permitted to assert
itself for a greater development of
existing latent resources.
j He urged a comprehensive program
■ to develop and more extensively ad
vertise Georgia’s points of historical
interest in order that the state can
“cash in” on the tourist trade, which
he called a five billion dollar business.
He told of how the accomplishments
to date in this respect had paid such
nice dividends, but declared the de
velopment of the various attractions
throughout the state has barely be
gun.
Discussing developments of existing
resources, generally, he asserted:
“We have been told that the great
est enemies to a proper development
of our state’s resources are: first,
poverty; second, ourselves; and third,
the devouring years. With so much
idle money seeking some worthwhile
service to parfoxm, and credit being
handled on a much sounder basis than
ever before, poverty is being more lar
gely overcome. The second enemy
can be met with better understanding
between our people and the stimula
tion of a greater appreciation of the
opportunities at hand. The third can
be met with continued emphasis on
the importance of greater conserva
tion of our soil and all our other natu
ral resources.”
He brought numerous outbursts of
laughter from the croWd because af
his interspersions of wit. He told of
one native Georgian, whose residence
he did not specify, telling a visitor
that his county was so poor and wor
thless that he had concluded the only
reason it was created was to “keep
hell from showing.”
Specifically recommending a com
prehensive program locally to make
Cairo and Grady county more attract
ive to tourists, he told of how such
work 'will pay in actual dividends in
various ways.
He brought a message of good will
from the people of Macon to the peo
ple of Cairo and this area.
Mr. Trimble was introduced by Jus
(Continued on back page.)
1939 “Cuke” Contracts
Are Available Locally
The 1939 cucumber contracts for
pickles, which is Grady county’s first
major cash crop, are now available
for growers. The gathering of cu
cumbers begins as early as the middle
of May same years.
The local sign-up must be fin
ished at once, it is pointed out, so
that it can be determined just
how much acreage can be placed
in other sections.
The Cairo Pickle Company con
tracts each year for its pickle cucum
bers on a definite price basis. It is
considered a safe cash crop for the
contract provides for purchase by the
Pickle Company of the yield of the
vines, and the grower is not depend
ent upon the uncertainty of the de
mand which usually prevails on many
fresh produce crops.
The Pickle Company not only main
tains a receiving station, at its pickle
plant at Cairo, but has receiving sta
tions at several neighboring toWns.
All these cucumbers are brought to
the salting station here, and a large
number of people are steadily occu
pied throughout the year in manufac
turing and shipping Cairo’s quality
pickles.