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YEAR 1A t advance.
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\IRO BANKS WILL KEEP SCHOOLS IN OPERATION
tny SCHOOLS WILL FINISH
1938-39 NORMAL TERM
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and (COUNTY BOARD IN
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SION ARRANGEMENTS.
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e two Cairo banks Thurs
ifternoon came to the
e of the Grady county
,1s with loans to pay tea
f salaries which County
,1 Sunt. W. R. Eskew said
j permit at least eleven
p fourteen schools to com
| their normal 1938-39
State Board of Education late
notified the county school
Here that it could give no as
\ ^coming that additional the funds state to would pay
p from
salaries for the remainder
school year and the county’s
faced an immediate shut-down,
ever, at the instance of
local banker, negotiations
aim of which was to devise
plan to provide the necessary
locally. At a conference of the
s, their attorneys and the Co.
of Education Tuesday af'ter
the plans to obtain loans took
e shape, and the arrangements
berfected at another meeting
legalize ere Thursday afternoon.
the loans, the teachers
5 asked to sign bank notes for
lanes advanced, but the County
of Education is to give collater
ss [ in the aggregate of $42,000, ’half
Cairo Banking Co., and
izons Bank, against which the
has pledged and assigned
equalization funds for some
5 ahead, and any and all other
that it may receive that can le
ie applied to the loans, until paid
• The money is to be obtained
;r cent. It was decided Tuesday
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tmpioil At Moultrie
iird Successive Year
te third annual Moultrie Fat
Show Tuesday, Ladd MaxWell,
ro, won the FFA championship
e Hurd successive year with a
county-bred Hereford steer,
I was also declared reserve or
l-plaee champion of the entire
I His previous entries had won
F f® ace >n the show.
auc t>on sale Wednesday, the
r s steer was bought by Swift
|for 17 1-4 C a pound, or $169.85,
F ‘° n to prize money. In the
r e stee r 'weighed 1,022 pounds
resale he weighed 985 pounds.
r arvey and Garland Heisler, of
I jonied in the spirited bidding
f h Maxwell , lro entry i n the sale.
was assisted in rais
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kache agricul
the show and sale were
Brown a nd his -FFA boys,
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tr ’ v ’ ej ' and Heisler, and the
in « others from
e Cairo: Dr. F. S.
° cretary M. L. Mayes, Paul
a « d B. W. West. Attending
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r and Slater and Alvin
Harv Purchased*^ Tbuisday
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0i)e Cairo &
4 The Official Organ of Grady County
I he man who wanderetl out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
TEN PAGES
Messenger Ad Finds
Stolen Chairs
The power of Messenger ads
has long been known to be great
—but rarely are they powerful
enough to recover stolen prop
erty.
Another of the few of such in
stances came a few days ago
when Mrs. W. E. Dunn, Sr., of
Cairo, recovered tWo porch chairs
that had been stolen from her
home on North Broad street.
She advertised the theft in The
Messenger Want column, giving a
description of the chairs, The
thief apparently saw the ad him
self and become fearful that the
property might be seen in his
possession. At any rate, the
chairs were left beside the high
way several miles east of Cairo
a few days ago and another Mes
senger reader reported the fact to
Mrs. Dunn, whereupon she regain
ed her property.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
-
SETTING OF TOBACCO PLANTS
IS. HAMPERED BY DRY
WEATHER.
Absence of rain during the past
i three , weeks , > which , . , has , brought , , about ,
| a substantial deficiency of
i 1 ' 0 " for Mai ' ch to date h ® re ’ this
we(dc ,s ' enou . s y hampered , , ';he
.
! bright-leaf 1 tobacco plants on Grady
j county farms.
Considerable blue 1 mold has appeared
in tbe plant beds in tbls county ’ far_
1 mers re P°rt, and this Would have cau
l sed hastenin S of th “ b settm for £ the of J the
plants in the fields “ t ry
weather. The general crop condition
report on bright-leaf tobacco by J.
Purdom ’ the A ' C ’ L ' tobaCC ° speC ‘
ialist, appears on page nine.
Steady cool weather has prevailed
for almost two weeks and one observ
er re P orted thin ice in exposed places
] a gt Friday morning but no damage
thereby was reported.
CUCUMBER PLANTING TIME
NEAR.
Planting time for cucumbers for
pickles is just ahead, now, and the
Cairo Pickle- Co. is delivering seed for
this year’s crop.
The Pickle Co. advises that those
who plan to grow cucumbers this year
should secure their seed promptly
and they are packaged up and ready
for delivery at the uptown office of
the Pickle Co.
Improvements At Bob & Tom
Grocery.
Bob & Tom Grocery, in the Carroll
building across First Ave., N. E., from
Cairo Motor Co., has just installed a
large and modern refrigerated meat
case in the market department for
better meat service to customers.
This firm also announces that Lu
ther Collins, a well-known grocery
and market man, is now connected
with it and that he will be pleased to
have his friends call on him there
when he can serve them.
Local Fertilizer Men Busy
These Days.
Local fertilizer dealers and man
“r XX &
as the , erti|izOT iSeason ls at the year’s
peak. Excellent patronage is report
ed. Numerous advertisements in The j
Messenger during recent Weeks a nd;
again this Week emphasize the differ
brands to be had locally.
Ice Trucks Will Make Rounds
On Sundays.
Beginning next Sunday, the ice de
jjvery trucks of the Cairo Ice Co., Inc.,
here> wi n serve their regular routes
on Sundays as well as other days,
Patrons are reminded to take ad
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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH, 1939.
DEADLINE NEAR FOR
ASKING EXEMPTIONS
PROCTOR URGES EVERYONE TO
ACT PROMPTLY; APRIL 1
IS LIMIT.
Tax Commissioner T. F. Proctor,
besieged with persons making
their 1939 tax returns for state,
county and school tax purposes,
this week issued a final appeal to
everyone to act promptly to avoid
delay and confusion as the April
1st deadline draws nearer.
Despite repeated requests in The |
Messenger, several hundred prop
erty owners have failed to heed I
the call for returns to be made | J
prior to the April 1st deadline and
a jam during the last few days
next week appears almost inevit
able.
Making returns before the April 1st
deadline, of property owned January
1st, is considerably more important
this year than ever before because
homestead and personal property tax
exemption applications must be made
each year to obtain the exemptions,
and the exemptions, if granted for
1938, may be obtained for 1939 simply
by filing the customary property re
turn and affixing an extra signature
on the regular return blank, without
the payment of the 50c fee that was
“ ot esen,ption app,i “ nt5 last
Property owners, filing applications
for homestead or personal property
exemptions for the first time, hoWever,
are required to supply considerable
additional information and pay the
50c fee.
Persons who through neglect fail
to ma ke their p roper ty return with
Tax Commissioner Proctor prior to
April 1st deadline will have no re
course to obtain the homestead or per
sonal property tax exemptions this
y ear> jf they are eligible for such, and
even though they are not eligible for
exemptions they face the possibility of
other penalties imposed by law.
Mr. Proctor has endeavored in every
way practical to inform the people as
to facts regarding the returns and the
exemptions but he says it is rather
surprising how neglectful many prop
erty owners are of their duties in this
respect, especially when it is supposed
to be generally known that April 1st
is the deadline fixed by law for years
and in view of the further fact that |
the homestead and personal prop-i
erty tax exemptions this year, and
each year hereafter, are entirely de- j
pendent upon the regular property
returns being made before the estab-;
lished deadline.
The state, county and schools 'will
be the beneficiaries, of course, if there
is considerable tardiness in filing the
returns, but Tax Commissioner Proc
tor is desirous of giving everyone an
opportunity to prepare their returns
and obtain the exemptions, if they are
eligible or so desire. With the notice
that has been given, property owners
who neglect to comply with the law
can have no one to blame but them
selves if 1 they suffer thereby.
Steady Tax Payments Still
Reported.
(Delinquent tax-payers have been
busily engaged in getting their taxes
paid at the office of Tax Commission
er T. F. Proctor since the present col
lection drive started a few weeks ago.
A large group of fi fa sale adver
tisements has been prepared for in
sertion in The Messenger during Feb
ruary and during March and each time
most of tax-payers involved paid up
before the ads were turned over to the
printer, or soon thereafter.
More than a hundred ads are being
prepared for insertion during April, it
j s understood, and the taxes must be
pa ; d by April 1st to avoid extra cost
o; f advertising and sale on this group
of fi fas. Officials say it is planned
to prepare as many advertisements as
possible each month until all the de
linquencies are cleared up. The num
ber of delinquents is now fewer than
since before the 1930-33 depression
period and the old order of prompt
tax payments that existed for years
(Continued on Back Page.)
’39 HOG PRODUCTION
CONTEST LAUNCHED
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF
FARMERS HELD LAST
SATURDAY.
At an enthusiastic meeting of farm
ers, livestock men and others, held at
the Courthouse here last Saturday af
ternoon, the 1939 Grady County Hog
Production Contest was launched. Do
tails ot the contest appear on page !
seven of The Messenger this week and
it is suggested that those
cpp tne ' * 01 * ul 'ther reference.
Dr. L. E. Swanson, of the division
of animal husbandy of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, stationed at
Moultrie, made an interesting talk at
Saturday’s meeting, giving some val
uable information on parasite control
and disease prevention in hog raising.
He advised caution on feeding cotton
seed meal to hogs and on certain
methods of feeding salt to hogs.
In a short talk on methods of feed
ing With home-grown feeds and pas
tures, T. D. Brown, Jr., vocational ag
riculture teacher of the Cairo High
School, gave some pointers that he has
found to be worthwhile for Grady
county farms.
County Agent H. L. Trussell, Jr., of
fered his services and the full co-op
eration of his office in assisting any
farmers in connection with the
production program for the county this
year. Prof. Brown and Prof. H. R.
Madison, the Spence School vocational
teacher, also offered to assist con
test entrants and others in every way
possible.
P. L. Massey, a Thomas countian,
stressed the importance of
good stock and declared that success
ful hog raising depends more
the breeding of good stock than upon
most other factors.
W. B. Roddenbery, Sr., for many
years a leader in the development of
Grady county, and one of the state’s
outstanding hog raisers, told the meet
ing that he sees great possibilities in
hogs as a principal money crop for
farmers and expressed the opinion
that improved stock and improved
methods in raising hogs would well
warrant increased production that
would be of great benefit to the coun
ty. He congratulated the agencies co
operating for the stimulation of great
er interest in improved methods and
said the interest manifested is an
encouraging sign,
Dr. F. S. Carr, local veterinarian,
emphasized the importance of keep
ing better records of hogs produced,
He said that if a control program for
hogs were to be started, Grady coun
tions would lose heavily unless better
production records are kept.
B. W. West, local livestock dealer,
announced that E. V. Komareck, who
is connected with one of the planta
tions southeast of Cairo, has made an
offer of an additional special prize to
contest winners, the award to be a
pure-bred pig to the boy who wins
first place in the individual pig class
ification.
Secretary M 1 . L. Mayes, of the local
Chamber of Commerce, the leading
sponsor of the meeting and the hog
production contest, presided at the
meeting. He thanked the members of
the livestock committee and others
who helped to make the program last
year a success, and announced the
rules and prize list for this year. He
expressed hope that the same co-ope
ration that was evidenced last year
will be manifested again this year.
Farmers, 4-H Club boys and others
who have pigs eligible for the contest
are urged to make their entries as
soon as possible, or by March 31st,
anyway. Entries may be listed With
Prof. Madison, Prof. Brown, County
Agent Trussell, Secretary Mayes or
any other member of the livestock
which consists of the
and the following oth
W. J. Boyett, Dr. F. S. Carr, Carl
Godwin, Paul Harrison, Henry Hester,
Sr., B. W. West and J. Slater Wight.
Misses Margie Jones, Hazel Mug
gridge and Mary E 1 . Rogers, local
at G. S. W. C., at Valdosta,
been spending their spring holi-1
here 'with homefolks. Miss Rog
has had as her guest, Miss Alber
Clements, a G. S. W. C. student,
home is in Valdosta.
THE MESSENGER
Prints All The News It Can Get
that is of interest to the people of
Grady county, and choice bite of news
are often found in the advertisements.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
TEN PAGES
WARRANT REFUNDING ACT IS
PASSE D F OR GRADY COUNTY
COUFltV J Traffic Survey J
Reveals Importance of
Local State Highways
D. S. Comstock, in charge of a sur
vey party of the State Highway
pinning. Commission, working in con
junction with the state Highway De
partment, this week released some
traffic figures that reveal some in _
teresting comparisons of the import
an ce of the different state highway
routes in Grady county.
The figures have been compiled
over a period of several weeks that
the survey has been underway here.
It will be finished in a few days.
(The figures are for week days, not
Saturdays or Sundays, and are as
follows:
Route No. 38, Cairo to Thomasville,
592 cars in 8 hours, or 1,184 cars in
24 hours.
Route No. 38, Cairo to Whigham,
373 cars in 8 hours, or 746 cars in
24 hours.
Route No. 93, Cairo to Pelham, 269
(Continued on back page.)
MAYOR PROCLAIMS
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
CITY IS SEEKING THE ACTIVE
CO-OPERATION OF ALL
AGENCIES.
The four weeks of March 27th
! j j through April 22nd were proclaimed
this Week by Dr. J. B. Warnell, Mayor
of Cairo, for an intensive
clean-up, pamc-up, fo aerification
sanitation improvement campaign
touching every section of the city and
the surrounding territory. The
paign was authorized by the Mayor
and Council at the March meeting last
week and the dates were set this week.
Tha May01 '’ s Proclamation appears on
j pa ^f f° ur -
Mayor Warnell pledges the resourc
es of the city government toward
making the campaign he>re this
the most extensive and the most in
tensive the city has ever had—and he
requests the whole-hearted co-opera
tion of all agencies to that end. A
thorough check-up is planned to ascer
tain compliance with the city’s ordin
ances relative to sanitation in food
handling places, mosquito-breeding
places, surface wells and defective
toilets. The spring drive against mos
quito-breeding places is already un
derway.
The campaign is being started next
Monday so as to provide two full
weeks for cleaning and beautification
before Easter Sunday on April 9th and
plans for the four 'weeks’ campaign
call fdr a full week to be devoted to
each of the four wards by the
forces.
The concentration on the four wards
will be as follows:
1st ward (southeast), March 27th
April 1st, inclusive;
2nd ward (southwest), April 3rd-
8th, inclusive;
3rd ward (northwest), April 10th-
15th, inclusive; and
4th ward (northeast), April 17th-
22nd, inclusive.
The general campaign will be car
ried out during the entire month, but
efforts will be concentrated on the
four wards as indicated. Careful read
ing of' the proclamation on page four
is recommended.
(The city’s trash wagons will be at
the service of all residents and prop
erty owners. Call J. E. King, No. 157,
or leave word there to have trash
picked up. Mr. King says the cam
paign last year was probably the best
ever waged here and he pledges his
efforts to make the 1939 campaign
still better.
The Cairo Woman’s Club and its
Garden Club division, the American
Legion Auxiliary, the Chamber of
Commerce and other civic orgaaiza
tions are asked to extend active co
operation,
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nicholson spent
Sunday in Camilla as the guests of
relatives. i
NUMBER 11.
REP • BELL SPONSORS
‘CASH BASIS’ PLANS
REPRESENTATIVE RETURNS ON
SUNDAY FROM ATLANTA
SESSION.
Rep. R. A. Bell, of' this county, re
turned to his home here early last
Sunday from Atlanta, Where he at
tended the regular 1939 biennial ses
sion of the Georgia Legislature, and
announced passage and approval by
Governr E. D. Rivers of a contitution
al amendment proposal with local ap
plication to Grady county which, if
ratified by the voters of the state,
will have a far-reaching effect upon
the county’s financial affairs in the
future.
Rep. Bell, who drafted and spon
sored the proposal, had previously
sponsored and caused to be enacted
three other local measures. One chang
ed the Board of County Commission
ers from three back to five members
and restored to office T. W. Aldredge
and G. W. Connell, former Commis
sioners. Another reduced the salary
of the Judge of the City Court from
$2,400 to $1,800 and gave the County
Commissioners authority to increase
it to any amount they see fit up to the
old figure. The third authorized tbo
did not direct the County Cmmission
ers to make their clerk ex-officio
County Treasurer for the perform
ance the treasury duties now per
formed by the local banks,
Rep. Bell, in the closing hours of the
session which adjourned Saturday at
midnight, fol^She almost Adely
responsible passage by the
| House already of pending passed companion by the Senate, meas
ures,
designed to clear up the Georgia
Florida fish and produce license tang
le. Rep. Bell was given valuable as
sistance in his Saturday night efforts
by Rep. Fred Scott, of Thomas county.
One of the measures was signed by
the Governor Tuesday.
This legislation was drafted by a
joint committee of Georgia and Flor
ida legislators and will become effect
ive if and when the Florida Legisla
ture 'which meets next month passes
similar measures. Secretary M. L.
Mayes, of the local Chamber of Com
merce, has been active in behalf of
some remedial legislation to clear up
the tangle, which has seriously threat
ened to jeopardize the extensive pro
duce trade of Grady ccunty and other
South Georgia farmers in -Florida
points, and he used copies of a Messen
ger editorial that appeared several
weeks ago in building up sentiment
for the legislation, especially among
South Georgia legislators. Rep. Beil’s
work in finally securing the passage
0 f Georgia’s part of the legislation
will doubtless be greatly appreciated.
.Rep. Bell also voted for the “stop
gap” sales tax measure in the closing
days of the session as an emergency
measure to provide funds to meet the
school deficit, but the House defeated
the proposal.
The constitutional amendment pro
posal, which will likely come up for
ratification or rejection by the voters
of the entire state along with about
thirty-nine other amendment pro
posals in the June 7th general elec
tion, would authorize the County
Commissioners to issue “warrant re
funding bonds” to retire the county’s
outstanding warrants, amounting to
almost $100,000, and to provide for
operation of the county thereafter on
a strictly cash basis.
|The measure is captioned as fol
lows:
A BILL
“To be entitled an act to propose to
the qualified voters of Georgia an
amendment to Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
Georgia, so as to authorize Grady
county by vote of its fiscal authority
to issue Warrant Refunding Bonds
sufficient in amount to pay off and
retire the designated warrant indebt
edness of said county; to provide that
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