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XXXV. TEN PAGES CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST, 1939. TEN PAGES NUMBER 12.
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rge savinq is seen in amendment proposal
rrANT REFUNDING ACT IS
SSED FOR GRADY COUNTY
bell explains
I bond measure
g Eying T0 POTENTIAL $75,000
to county in
i 30-YEAR period.
le o fficial text of the amend
i proposal could not be pro
I Li for publication this week,
Lie. be published as soon as
Study of Rep. Bell’s ex
lion below, together with the
[will ling)- doubtless be found in
L Arthur Bell, of Grady coun
[week explained amendment the provisions to the
Institution proposed Grady
affecting
| which he drafted, sponsored
bred passage of at the recent
| Let, of the Georgia Legislature.
if ratified by the people of
te in the next general election,
held Tuesday, June 6th, this
r ould authorize, by vote of the
s fiscal authority, the issuance
is to retire the floating debt
nted by warrants outstanding,
ing to almost $100,000, and re
;he County Commissioners to
i on a strictly cash basis, there
Bell’s statement follows:
iccordance with promise, I am
[you herewith an explanation
constitutional amendment af
f Grady county, the passage of
1 secured at the recent session
General Assembly,
will appear from a reading of
t, it proposes that the warrant
dness of the county will be re
or paid off by the issuance of
in the event the county au
s so ordain.
ough many causes the county
iurred and there remains out
g a large floating or warrant
dness, which it has seemed im
t to retire under existing con
Some of these warrants
iteiest at 7 per cent and some
;r cent, the average rate paid
round 6 1-2 per eemt. The bonds
'be readily issued at not more
per cent interest, which would
b an annual saving of around
)0 per year representing the
we between 4 per cent money
1-2 per cent money,
liming that these warrants Will
ain outstanding during the 30
er '°d of the bond issue—and
Certainly appears to be little
of any of them being retired
onsidering the loss in revenue
*“ f rotn the tax exemptions and
eased expenses of public health,
"‘'[fare and new state high
then this saving of $2,500 a
1 $15,000.00 for the 30-year
*ould pay almost one-half- of
f 1 PR INCIPAL AND INTER
t dbe k°nds, if issued.
a 4 per ce nt interest basis,
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>ear period, I calculate that
13-4 mills on the average will
kient to Pay off the bonds and
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! burdensome n lUdt This should not prove
to anyone, cer
lc> t when it appears that the
* finances can be placed on a
undation in this way.
!° urterest Sim Ply retire the warrants
uate bonds, and then
: things as they are would be
?'• Jr W , h<m you can get money
61 * simply by signing
n ° great anxiety required
. ,
e no ** I s P a rd, naturally
v an incentive .
towards loose
A war
roore from a practi
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pH f*or more than two weeks,
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the latter part
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she hfl ‘" Carter en dergoing ’ in Talb °tton.
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The Official Organ of Grady County
Autoists Of Grady Co.
Thanked For Help In
Recent Traffic Survey
Engineers of the Division of High
way Planning of the State Highway
Board last week completed “blanket
count” operations in Grady county, it
was announced yesterday at the At
lanta headquarters by 0. T. Ray,
state director.
“'Co-operation of> the Grady county
motorists was a great aid to us in
this work,” said Director Ray. “They
were uniformly considerate and
ful and seemed to take a real
in the aims and purposes of the Div
ision.”
The “blanket count” survey,
was launched in Grady county about
Feb. 27th and Which is being con
ducted at intersections throughout the
state, will enable the Division to ar
rive at an annual daily traffic
age for every road in this county,
when results are assembled and cor
related with other information being
gathered in the state-wide survey.
Interesting figures on the traffic
count on the various state highways
of the county were released in The
Messenger last week.
DEATH ENDS CAREER
OFF. A. RICHTER, SR.
RETIRED 1 MERCHANT, LEADER IS
HEART AILMENT VICTIM
SATURDAY.
[Death last Saturday ended the long
earthly sojourn of- Mr. Frank Ashton
Richter, Sr., a retired merchant and
community leader here, in his 81st
year.
The end came at 3 o’clock Saturday
morning, at his home here, a heart
ailment proving fatal. Death was the
culmination of a final illness of two
weeks, although failing health had
forced his retirement from active life
several years ago. The neWs of his
death caused sincere sorrow among
the many relatives and friends thru
out this section.
Mr. Richter was born Feb. 6th,
1859, in the northern part of Thomas,
now Grady county, the son of the late
Rev. Edward F. and Mary Alligood
Richter, esteemed pioneers of this
section. Paternally, he was a direct
descendent of the famous German
poet, Jean Paul Richter, and his fath
er came to this country from Germany
more than a hundred years ago.
Mr. Richter located in Cairo to enter
the mercantile business 63 years ago
and 52 years ago he and Miss Hattie
Rushin, of Metcalf, a member of a
pioneer family of the southern section
of Thomas county, were married. His
beloved wife died January 10th, 1931.
In the early days of Cairo, Mr.
Richter affiliated himself quite act
ively with civic, business and religious
development of the community. He
w as a moving spirit in the early
growth of the First Baptist Church
and was at the time of his death the
oldest deacon of that church. He
served for some time as
ent of the Sunday School and
tributed materially to the advance
ment of the church, the Sunday School
and various other community develop
ment agencies for more than fifty
years. He also served as Mayor of
Cairo and as a member of the City
Council and Was for many years an
active member of' the Cairo lodge, No.
299, -Free and Accepted Masons, and
the Dixie lodge, No. 150, Knights of
Pythias. held at the
The funeral service was
[First Baptist Church at 3 o’clock on
Sunday afternoon, and interment fol
lowed locally, with Rev. Wilburn S.
Smith, the pastor, and Rev. D. P. Lee,
of Havana, a former pastor, officiat
ing, and with Oliver Funeral Home
in charge, A large honorary escort
supplemented the active pallbearers,
who were Odus Alligood, R. A. Bell,
W. B. Fincher, B. W. Mauldin, J. Carl
Minter and G. L. Worthy, Cairo, and
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Incoming-CITY JUDGE-Outgoing
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G. L. WORTHY
Tonight, Friday, March 31st, at
midnight> .Judge-elect George Leo
nar d Worthy succeeds Judge Ira
Carlisle as Judge of the City Court
here for a full four-year term.
Judge-elect Worthy was nominated
over Louis H. Foster in the Democrat
ic primary last year after Judge Car
lisle announced that he Would not be
a candidate to succeed^ himself. The
new jurist will be one of the youngest
ever to serve on the local bench.
Judge Carlisle, upon completion of'
his term, will again devote his entire
time to the practice of law. He be
came Judge on Dec. 1st, 1932, after
being elected without opposition in
the 1932 general election to fill the
unepired term of the Kte Judge J. Q.
Smith. This unexpired term ran for
twio years and four months and Judge
Carlisle was elected in 1934, again
without opposition, for the full four
year term beginning on April 1st,
1935. Thus, as can be seen, he has
served a total of six years and four
months on the bench, and his service,
DEADLINE SATURDAY
ON TAX EXEMPTIONS
PROCTOR URGES EVERYONE TO
ACT BY TOMORROW ON
RETURNS, ETC.
The appeal last week of Tax
Commissioner T. F. Proctor urg
ing Grady county property owners
to file their 1939/ returns for state,
county and school taxes, and
make their applications for home
stead and personal property tax
returns for 1939, by the April 1st
deadline fixed by law, has caused
scores to attend to this duty, but
there are jstill many property own
ers who have not acted, a check
up reveals.
Persons who received exemptions
last year must file their returns and
renew their exemption requests by to
morrow, Saturday, to obtain the sav
ings and avoid the penalties, as there
will be no extensions of the time, it
is said. .
Local Athletic Program Endorsed
Below are presented three en
dorsements by local ministers of
the broad athletic program now
being advocated by the Cairo Ath
letic Club, the endorsements being
among several others that have
been prepared for publication in
subsequent issues.
By John H. McKinnon, Jr., Pastor,
Cairo Presbyterian Church.
The churches of Cairo are happy to
see the organization of an athletic
club whose purpose it is to sponsor
and promote wholesome athletic activ
ities. Such a club is a valuable asset
to our community, for many of us
have felt for some time the need of
some organized athletic and recrea
tional program. All of us, both young
and old, need some kind of regular
physical recreation. Many of* the
younger men and women of Cairo
have leisure time which oftentimes is
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IRA CARLISLE
in the opinion of many, has been most
outstanding in a number of particu
lars.
Judge Carlisle, during his tenure,
has adopted a number of practices de
signed to expedite the handling of the
busines of this court and to reduce
court expense. At his Monday non
jury sessions he has disposed of the
greater portion of all pending cases,
at a big saving to the county, and
he instituted the plan of opening the
regular terms at 8:30 a. m. instead
of 10 a. m., in addition to other rules
to assure transaction of business with
the greatest dispatch.
Judge Carlisle, in again devoting
his entire time to the practice of* his
chosen profession, will occupy tem
porarly the offices in the Mize build
ing on North Broad street, over Pow
ell’s Pharmacy, that his successor in
office has been occupying. As soon
as the neW building is completed for
Elmer’s Soda Shop, next door to
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CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
SHOWING PROGRESS
CITY SEEKS CO-OPERATION OF
EVERYONE IN DRIVE NOW
UNDERWAY.
The annual City of Cairo clean up,
paint up and beautification campaign,
proclaimed last week by Mayor J. B.
Warnell for the four weeks, March
27th through April 22nd, got under
way last Monday as scheduled—and
much progress is being shown.
Mayor Warnell pledges the resourc
es of the city government toward
making the campaign here this year
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
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hard to fill. The Athletic Club ‘will
fill that need in large measure as it
affords an opportunity to all to en
gage in both indoor and outdoor sports.
The church is primarily concerned
with the spiritual needs of men and
women. Yet it also recognizes man’s
physical needs and is therefore always
ready to co-operate in any community
pilogram which seeks to make whole
some provision for those needs. The
church recognizes also the great value
that lies in the social contacts and the
character building qualities of organ
ized and competitive sports
individual sporting and recreational
activities are limited for many he
cause of the prohibitive cost of the
necessary equipment. But when a
group of public-spirited citizens are
willing to stand behind a program
suc h as that which the Athletic Club
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THE MESSENGER
Prints AH 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.
BIDS TO BE ASKED APRIL 21
ON SURFACING RT. 93 LINK
Fish, Game Club Will
Hold Meeting April 7; .
Fish Fry Is Planned
The Grady County Hunting and
Fishing Club, which was organized
more than a year ago, will hold its
regular quarterly meeting at Davis
Park in Cairo next Friday, April
7t|h, beginning at 7 o’clock and a fish
fry is planned in connection with the
meeting.
Roland Williams, in issuing the call
for the meeting, said:
“All members of the club and ev
eryone interested in the protection of
our game and fish are expected to be
present. We will have plenty of fish
to eat and there will be lots of busi
ness to consider in connection with
plans for this year. We urge everyone
interested in the work of the club to
attend.”
IThe club last year offered a reward
of $25 for evidence sufficient to con
vict persons of illegal fishing in the
county and the campaign, Which has
been commended by grand juries, is
said to have done much toward build
ing up sentiment for compliance with
the fishing laws.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
CHEVROLET AGENCY INSTALLS
EQUIPMENT FOR WELDING
AND BODY Y ORK. T
Grady County Motor Co., the local
Chevrolet agency, keeping fully a
breast of demands for complete ser
vice to mlotor vehicle owners of this
territory, has just installed consider
able new equipment and made addi
tions to the shop personnel.
A modern electric welding outfit
and other equipment will enable this
agency to do body work of- all kinds,
work such as has been dlone hereto
fore mostly in shops in much larger
centers. A1 Ginter, an expert body
man, is in charge of this work.
Manager W. B. Roddenbery, Jr.,
also announces that Perry Braswell
has been added to the sales staff, that
Earl Sasser has been added to the shop
personnel and that Bob Graham is
now in charge lof the Alemite approv
ed lubrication service.
In an ad on page four, a special
economy motor check-up offer is being
made to motorists.
Thursday Afternoon Closing
Begins April 13th.
Local merchants, in a permanent
agreement signed last year, prescrib
ed the Thursday after Easter for the
beginning of "the Thursday afternoon
half-holidays. The first half-holiday
this year, therefore, will be April 13th.
This notice is given to clear up dif
ferences that might exist as to the
time of beginning of- the Thursday af
ternoon closing, which continues thru
July.
The merchants also agreed to ob
serve five holidays ‘with a complete
suspension of business, namely: July
4th, which falls on Tuesday this year;
Labor Day, which comes on Monday,
Sept. 4th; Armistice Day, Nov. 11th,
which “will be observed on Monday,
Nov. 13th, instead of Saturday, Nov.
11th; Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
Nov. 30th; and Christmas Day.
Free Picture Show Offered
By Roddenbery’s.
A free educational and entertaining
picture show is offered the people of
this territory by Roddenbery Hard
ware Co., the local Frigidaire agency,
in eo-operation with the Frigidaire di
vision of General Motors Corporation.
The show will be presented at the
Syrup City Theater here next Monday,
April 3rd, beginning promptly at 7 p.
rn.
Tickets for the free performance,
which may be used without obligation,
are being distributed by mail or may
be procured at Roddenbery Hardware
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PROGRESS^ STEADY
ON OTHER PROJECTS
FINAL LINK OF CAIRO-PELHAM
HIGHWAY IS INCLUDED IN
APRIL LETTING.
The State Highway Board announc
ed this week that the surfacing of the
remainder of the unpaved portion of
Routs 93 between Cairo and Pelham,
a link of 4.942 miles in length, will
be included in a contract letting sched
uled for Friday, April 21st. Rep. R.
A. Bell Was also advised to this effect
by Chairman W. L. Miller.
(The advertisements for bids for the
surfacing, between Barrett’s mill creek
and the Grady-Mitchell county line,
will be released next week. The link
was graded and a local pebble soil
base for the surfacing was laid by
the county some time ago.
Meanwhile, the other state highway
modernization projects in this county
continue to show steady progress. The
grading of Rt. Ill between Cairo and
the -Florida line, via Calvary, is far
advanced, as is the clearing and grub
bing work on the Cairo-Beachton link
of Route 93. The railroad bridge in
Cairo was finished a feW weeks ago
and work will begin in a few days on
building the approaches.
The Cairo-iCalvary grading is ex
pected to be finished by June and the
state highway camp grading crews
will then be shifted to t|\e Cairo
Beachton l’oute. i’hv Big Tired creek
bridges on Route 111 are now expect
ed to be finished in a few weeks, j
Death Tuesday Claims
Mr. I. A. Baggett Here
Following An Illness
Death at 7:45 o’clock last Tuesday
morning claimed Mir. Ivey Algie Bag
gett, 57, at his home here, following a
long illness with high bllood pressure
and complications.
He had recently undergone treat
ment in Atlanta, and hope was shown
for his improvement following his re
turn, but his condition became worse
during the week-end and he steadily
grew weaker until the end came Tues
day morning. News of his death was
a shock to his many friends and rel
atives.
Mr. Baggett Was born Sept. 10th,
1881, in what is now Grady county,
and spent practically his entire life
here. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Baggett, ihe engaged in various
lines of business, but for some years
he had been the star route mail car
rier between Albany, Thomasville and
Cairo. He was a lifelong member of
the Missionary Baptist church and was
for many years a member of the Cairo
lodge, No. 299, Free and Accepted
Masons. Outstanding among his many
qualities as a man was his devotion to
his family and friends.
On Dec. 25th, 1910, he and Miss Ra
chael Bell, of Linden, N. C., were mar
ried. She survives in addition to one
daughter, Paige; three brothers: Dr.
L. G. Baggett, Atlanta, Lemuel L.
Baggett, Newport News, Va., and
Perry M. Baggett, Clerk of the Courts
here; and four sisters: Mrs. W. L.
Lewis, Jacksonville, Mrs. G‘. B. Strick
land, Sr., Tallahassee and Mrs. T. M.
Levie and Mrs. J. C. Butler, Cairo.
Funeral and interment were held lo
cally at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, in charge of his pastor, Rev. Wil
burn S. Smith, of the First Baptist
Church, and South Georgia Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers Were: Dr. T. J. Butt, P.
H. Blackman, W. O. McManeus, T. F.
Proctor, J. H. Slade and J. O. Thurs
by. An honorary escort was composed
of R. E. Allen, Odus Alligood, R. A.
Bell, J. A. Collins, A. Edwards, A. A.
McNeill, C. F. Richter, W. H. Strick
land, J. D. Thomason, Roland Wil
liams and Ebb Willis.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pope had as their
guests Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Forber, of Atlanta. Mr. -Forber is
secretary of the Georgia Cotton Man
ufacturers Association.