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C.RADV COUNTY
eorgia’s Banner County
sugai cane, collard
of its industries, the
kd tmf 0 ji
diversified farming section.
YEAR iN ADVANCE.
riylE XXXV.
again has five county commissioners
LrEDGE Kestored AND CONNELL
to old offices
bell sponsors
JRN TO OLD PLAN
LNOR SIGNS ACT, ISSUES
MISSIONS TO FORMER
MEMBERS.
[dy county again has a Board
County Commissioners of
g and Revenues of five mem
The return to the old plan,
Led by Rep- R- A. Bell, was
leted Thursday when Gover
I D. Rivers issued commis
Ifo T. W. Aldredge and G. W.
111. former Commissioners.
Governor [zing signed the local bill
the change last Satur
Feb. 25th, after its passage
[e Legislature had been com
on Tuesday of last week.
Bell reported the above news
legram to The Messenger on
Ly. The commissions for Com
lers Aldredge and Connell,
[by the Governor Mrs. Thursday, Gussie
hailed kaneus, promptly to
Ordinary, here, he stat
complete text of the County
ssioners act appears on page
>f The Messengt this week and
iss will be read with much in
It provides for the salary of
an Walter Davis to remain at*
er month for the remainder of |
i'm for which he was elected
last year, when the change from
1 three Commissioners, sponscr
■ former Rep. E.'F. Donar, be
iffeetive. In the special election!
last year, Chairman Davis and
ssioners L. 0. Maxwell, Sr., and
i Wamble were retained in the
Inember set-up and Messrs. Al
and Connell were voted out.
fell, in his election campaign
mmer, advocated a return to the
ember set-up and restoration of
. Aldredge and Connell to of
j five Commissioners will likely
p their duties beginning with
tgular monthly meeting next
iy.
| Bell also advised The Messen
hursday that the 'measure au
[ pe n ? the the clerk County Commissioners
of the Board, a po
P»w held by W. B. Fincher, Jr.,
p ex-officio County Treasurer,
po signed by Governor Rivers
Saturday. Considerable oppo
ihas been aroused to this mea
It is understood.
Governor had previously sign
thus enacted into law a meas
r| •- ng the salary of the Judge
G'ty Court from S 200 per month
h er month, which is now in
This measure gives the County
> ssioners authority to raise the
up to any figure within a max
of §200 a month. Efforts were
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eme Caution Urged
>ng the REA Lines
c,a s of the Grady County Elec-
6m Jtl ’ship Corporation, here,
/ ■cation sponsoring development the big rural
hls in this
; week urged extreme cau
f?a*d to coming in contact
oun ied wires of the system and
a to trees that have fallen
es. on
an youe plans to cut trees that
‘ n any possible
4 lines, manner fall
or When trees are
01 against the lines, the
co
adv ‘sed before anything
P officials
•> say.
caution appeal results from an
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France, he is Spain’s acknowledged
ruler.
TEACHERS AGREE TO
CONTINUE SERVICES
VOLUNTARILY VOTE TO SERVE
DURING MARCH AT MEET
SATURDAY.
Grady county’s school teachers, at a
meeting hm-e last Saturday, volun
tarily agreed by vote to continue tea
ching during the month of March
without definite assurance of prompt
pay.
More than a hundred teachers at
tended the meeting, which was called
by County School Supt. Walter R. Els
kew for the purpose of procuring data
from them for the economy commit
tee ,of the House of Representatives.
The desired information was obtained
on cards distributed to each teacher.
The cards called for biographic data
and information on the grade, sub
jects and number of students taught.
The vote to continue teaching during
March was taken informally and of
the teachers’ own volition. County
school officials have informally indi
cated that they did not foresee finan
ces for the payment of teachers’ sal
aries beyond March 1st except by as
sistance from the state. The outlook
for relief for the state school crisis
appeared some brighter last week, but
there have been no developments du
ring the past week to change the sit
uation materially and no definite as
surance has been given by state offic
ials that teachers’ salary funds will
be made available to pay salaries be
yond Feb. 1st.
Markers fOI* GraVCS of
Vets Can Be Ordered
'Charles -F. Richter, service officer
for the local post of the American
gion, announced this week that suit
able government grave markers for
the graves of Confedei’ate, Spanish
American and World War veterans
can now be procured free by proper
application.
He says he will assist anyone desir
ing a marker in preparing the appli
cation for it.
Legal Ads Payable
In Advance.
The attention of everyone is
_
particularly called to The Mes
senger’s rule of long standing re
quiring payment in advance of
all legal advertising charges, with
exceptions only as provided by
law. Refunds, of course, will be
made promptly Where ads do not
run for the full time.
Clients and attorneys alike are
asked to bear in mind this rule,
which will be strictly adhered to.
—THE PUBLISHERS.
The Official Organ of Grady County
I he man who w anderetl out of the way of advertising shall remain in (he congregation of the dead.”
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD, 1939.
SCHOOLS’ TRUSTEES
NAMED LAST FRIDAY
SUTTON, SINGLETARY VICTORS
IN SPIRITED RACE IN
UNION DIST.
S. H. Sutton and E. A. (Buster)
Singletary, incumbents, were re-elect
ed as trustees of' the Union Consoli
dated School District, in the eastern
part of Grady county, in the annual
trustee elections held last -Friday, ac
cording to returns received by County
School Supt. Walter R. Eskew for
submssion to the County Board of
Education at its regular monthly
meeting next Tuseday.
Messrs. Sutton and Singletary de
feated L. H. Peacock and J. P. Faulk
ner. The victors received 71 votes
apiece., Mr. Peacock received 43 and
Mr. Faulkner 42. The contests in the
Union district were among those in
only three of the county’s fourteen
districts where opposition developed
when the entries closed at noon Satur
day, Feb. 18th, and the Union con
took on added significance be
Mr. Peacock was recently re
rnoveeri from office by the County
Board of Education and attempted a
comeback. His removal from office J
came after a petition from the patrons j
of the district was filed with thel
County Board, being the that specific Mr. Peacock charge J
for removal
refused to perform an official duty
imposed upon him by law, namely, the
signing of the bonds Which thei voters
of the district authorized several
months ago. The bonds were voted to
build a new and modem school house
for the consolidated district.
When Mr. Peacock was removed
from office, Mr. Singletary was com
mit 'onedj.i his stead. Other trustees
in the district are C. T. Brady, J. T.
Sellers and Edgar Stringer.
Live Oak District was one of the
other districts that saw a contest last
Friday, and, while the vote cast there
was very light, the result was very
close. Tom Oates defeated H. J. Hor
ton, 11 to 10 , for the place held by
Gordon Horton, who did not offer for
re-election.
The only other contest was in the
Wayside district Where John Emory
Hall defeated Hugh L. Davis, 25 to 3,
election returns showed.
J Very light votes were cast in the
j S other eleven districts Where there was
no opposition. H. T. LeGette and J.
B. Roddenbery were re-elected in the
Cairo district and W. C. Lane and
Ralph McBroom were re-elected in the
Whigham district.
The election results will be received
and the trustees elected will be issued
commissions by the County Board of
Education next Tuesday.
On page three of The Messenger
this week will be found the complete
list of the newly-elected trustees and
the other trustees in each of the dis
tricts.
Thomas ‘Dry’ Vote May
Check Vote Move Here
Thomas county’s decisive majority
in favor of retaining a “dry” status,
| legally, there, appeared likely this
week to check the roovem ent in Grady
coun ty for a liquor election here. In a 1
spirited vote in Thomas county on ,
Thursday of last week, the voters de - 1
cided against control or legalization
of liquor sales by a margin of 875 to !
545
When the petition for the Thomas
county election Was presented to Or
dinary F. C. Jones, and the call for
the election was made, reports gained
circulation in this county that peti
tions would be circulated asking for a
“wet-dry” vote here. Advocates of
control or legalization here are under
stood to have become discouraged be
cause of the big “dry” majority in
Thomas.
However, state revenue officers
have made another series of raids on
Grady county liquor dealers, it was
learned this week. Stocks on hand
were seized in each instance, it is said,
but the quantity was not large. In
formation from a source believed to
be reliable is that the state revenue of
ficers have determined to continue
their raids as long as sales are con
tinued, or as long as the county re
mains “dry,” legally.
FORSYTH SLATED TO
BE STATE RFC HEAD
CAIROITE DEFINITELY SLATED
FOR POSITION, JOURNAL
WRITER SAYS.
Associated Press dispatches from
Washington Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday stated that Jesse E. Forsyth,
a prominent Cairo citizen, is slaled to
be named Getorgia manager of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
with headquarters in Atlanta, to suc
ceed Scott Candler, who resigned re
cently.
The dispatches quoted Ralph Smith,
Washington correspondent of the At
lanta Journal, to the effect that he is
slated for appointment. “This is def
inite,” Mr. Smith Wrote. “Forsyth is
now in Washington in conference with
RFC officials about salary and details
the duties of the office.”
Mr. Smith said the name was sub
mitted “with triple-plated endorse
nient”—of Governor E. D. Rivers,
Chairman Jim Gillis, of the State
Democratic Executive Committee and!
District Attorney Lawrence Camp,
The Asociated Press dispatches said!
Georgia Senators have not been con-|
suited about filling the position, which
• Candler resigned recently to be
come a DeKalb county Commissioner.
RFC officials declined to comment and
said the Cairo man had been in Wash
ington, but left Tuesday.
Mr. Forsyth’s close friends here had
known for several days that he was
being considered for the position,
which is understood to pay $ 10,000
per year. Hei left Cairo several days
ago to go to Washington and also to
visit relatives and friends in Virginia.
Reports gained circulation some
weeks ago that Governor Rivers plan
ned to appoint Mr. Forsyth chairman
of the State Highway Board, the re
ports stating that Chairman W. L.
(Lint) Miller was expected to be
shifted to another position or to re
tire. Later reports have stated, how
ever, that Chairman Miller is to re
main in his position.
Mr. Forsyth was, born at Hay Mark
et, Port William county, Va., May 21st,
1883. His wife is the former Miss
Cora Cauthom, of Virginia. They
moved to Georgia and located in Cairo
in the spring of 1908. He operates an
insurance business and has held other
important positions locally. He has
been active in the civic, business, re
ligious and educational affairs of Cairo
and Grady county for many years and
has a host of friends who are grati
fied to learn of his being considered
for the important RFC position.
He is a member and steward of the
Cairo Methodist Church, a Mason a.'d
a Woodman of the World. He has
four children.
If the appointment is made and he
accepts it, information gained locally
i.s to the effect that the work will re
quire him to live in Atlanta, although
he could maintain his business and of
ficial residence here.
PRICES BEING PAID FOR
PRODUCE HERE.
Following are the prices being paid
here Thursday for various items of
Produce the , being , given as
prices
information, subject to quick change,
and not guaranteed:
Eggs, yard run, doz 12 c
No. 1, infert, white, doz. . . 15c
Fryers, colored, lb. . 16 c
Hens, colored, lb. . . 12 c
Cotton, middling, lb 8 V*c
Cotton Seed, ton, . . $20
Peanuts, Span. No. I, ton . . $65
Peanuts, Runners, No. 1. ton $57
Ad Limit 9 A. M.
Wednesdays.
The attention of all advertising
patrons is especially called to The
Messenger's rule requiring adver
tising copy to he in the hands of
the printer not later than 9 a. m.
Wednesday.
This deadline is positively nec
essary in order to avoid delay in
printing and distributing each
issue and the full co-operation of
everyone of our advertising cus
tomers is sought.
—THE PUBLISHERS.
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.
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GRADY SUPERIOR COURT IS
Slated For Georgia
RFC Position.
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JESSE EWELL FORSYTH
a well-known Cairo citizen since 1908,
who is mentioned in Washington As
sociated Press dispatches as being
slated for the position of Georgia di
rector of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
LIVESTOCK PROGRAM
PLANNED IN COUNTY
C. OF C. DIRECTORS VOTE FOR
ANOTHER SHOW, SALE
THIS YEAR.
Directors of the local Chamber of
Commerce', .at an enthusiastic month
ly meeting last Tuesday night, ap
proved tentative plans for continuance
of the livestock program instituted
last year, with another fat swine show
and sale here probably late in July.
The meeting was presided over by
President A. C. Roddenbery and the
vote for continuance of the livestock
program was on the recommendation
iof Secretary M. L. Mayes.
Details of the plans for the pro
gram this year Will be announced
soon by Secretary Mayes. Prizes will
likely be offered in the fat swine
show and representatives of the big
packing companies will be invited
here to bid in the sale.
The directors considered a number
of other important civic development
matters. A lengthy discussion was
had as to the splendid progress being
made on the county's state highway
modernization program and gratifi
cation was expressed for the hearty co
operation extended by all interested
parties and agencies.
After discussion, the President was
asked to appoint a special industrial
committee to seek new, non-competi
tive industries for Cairo and this
county. This committee will be nam
ed soon.
A resolution of tribute to the life
and service of the late lamented D. F.
Oliver Was adopted and copies were
voted to be distributed to members of j
his family.
Mr. Oliver was officially connected
with the Chamber of Commerce for
more than thirteen years and was a
moving spirit in organizing the body
back in 1925. He was vice-president presi-1
until 1928 and then seived as
dent. He served afterward either as
vice-president or a director until his
death last Nov. 25th.
The report of Secretary Mayes on
recent activities showed a Wide variety
of useful work done.
GANDY BROS. STORE IS
IMPROVED.
The interior of the store of Gandy
Brothers Grocery & Market has un
dergone rather extensive improve
ments during the past several days.
The arrangement of the store has
been changed to provide more room in
the main part and a thorough job of
interior refinishing has been done.
This firm lists a number of specials
in an ad on page nine of this issue.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
NUMBER 8 .
MARCH, 39
TERM WILL CONVENE
TRIAL SECTION TO HAVE THE
LIGHTEST DOCKETS IN
YEARS.
Grady Superior Court will convene
for its regular March, 1939, term here
next Monday morning at 10 o’clock,
with Judge B. C. Gardner, of Camilla,
presiding, and with Solicitor-General
Carl E. Crow, also of Camilla, rep
resenting the state in the criminal
investigations and trials.
The grand jury will be organized
immediately after the opening and
will begin upon its deliberations as
soon as the court’s charge is finished.
The grand jury is expected to con
sume about three days with its work.
The jury lists, which appear on
page nine, show that no petit jurors
are to report for duty Monday. One
group has been summoned to report
at 8:30 a. m., Tuesday, and another
group has been summoned to report at
8:30 a. m., Thursday. After the grand
jury retires Monday, the remainder
of the day will be devoted to the
sounding of the dockets and the hear
ing of motions, demurrers, etc.
The trial section, which begins work
Tuesday morning, faces probably the
lightest civil and criminal dockets in
years, court officials said this
week. Few cases for grand jury in
had developed Thursday,
according to Sheriff Odus Alligood,
said they were all of compara
tively minor importance.
Sheriff Alligood said he held only
five prisoners in jail and that his jail
population during the past several
weeks has been the smallest in sev
eral years.
Three of the five jail inmates are
facing trial and sentence
burglary, a felony, in connection
the burglary here last Sept. 7th
the H. V. Kell Co. Wholesale gro
warehouse. Nearly 200,000 cig
valued at more than $ 1 , 000 ,
reported missing and four white
weire arrested in North -Florida
next day, with county officers act
largely on a tip furnished by night
officers.
F. M. Gray, one of the four men
for the burglary, was con
on the indictment Dec. 1st, but
Gardner deferred sentence un
the other cases could be disposed
G'ray remains in jail here.
At a second deferred session of the
1938, term of Superior Court
here in January, E. E. (Red)
the second member of the
was acquitted. Still facing
are E?. E. Aumond and Steve
who have been in jail in
of bond. Separate trials are
demanded by counsel for each
the defendants.
With only two felony trials in pros
and with feW important civil
pending, the new term is ex
to be concluded by Friday of
week with the dockets in the
shape in several years, officials
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say
Conference To
Be Held Here Friday
Dr. James W. Merritt, Executive
of the Georgia
Convention, will address a con
of laymen and pastors of the
County Association at the First
Church in Cairo today, Friday
morning, March 3rd, at 11 o’clock.
Laymen and pastors from each of
eighteen churches of the Associa
are cordially invited to attend
meeting. Plans for an Associa
Revival and other matters
0 f kingdom interest will be discussed,
in line with the objectives outlined by
the Georgia Baptist Convention.
Following the meeting on Friday
morning lunch will be served by the
ladies of the Cairo Church.
Judge Ira Carlisle transacted pro
business in Atlanta last Mon
day.