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WHIGHAM NEWS
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
I ITEMS OF INTEREST
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for some time, and Mrs. Frank Max- j
well and ltitle daughter, Frankie, vis-j
ited relatives in Whigham on Monday
of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. U. Harden, of At
lanta, were the week-end guests of
Dr. and Mrs. J.’ E. Harden.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Cone, and little
son, of Cairo, visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Hudson, and family, last Sunday.
Miss Mildred Vickers who has been
teaching at Willacoochee, Ga., return
ed home last week and will spend the
vacation here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Vickers.
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March Is Dryest Month
Since November of ’36
The local voluntary weather ob
server this week announced that the
March rainfall recorded here was only
.86 of an inch and that this made last
month the dryest month here since
November, 1936, when only .19 of an
inch of precipitation was recorded
here. The November, 1936, rainfall
was the lightest for any month here inj
a number of years. The deficiency for
March was the greatest for any month
since September, 1935.
The figure for March was smaller
than generally expected. The rainfall
during the month came on six differ
ent days, the heaviest being on Mon
day of last week, March 27th.
The marked deficiency here last
month from the normal March figure
of 4.09 inches means that the drouth j
that has existed here for the past I
eighteen months is continuing. There |
Was an excess here during February
and this excess was the only above
normal precipitation recorded here du
ring the past eighteen months, except
the 1.14 inches excess fo-r last August.
The rainfall here for the past year
and a half has been only sixty to sixty
five percent of normal, although the
rains during 1938 were scattered al
most ideally to- make it an excellent
crop year.
The local observer said tempera
tures recorded during last month here
averaged slightly above normal.
Below are the figures for the past
several month.? as reported by the lo
cal observer.
MONTH Departure
J$ain- Nor- from
fall mal Normal 1
January, 1938.2.50 4.10 d 1.60
February ‘V 1.85 4.46 d 2.61
March . . : / 4.69 d 1.12
April .’. 2.02 3.34 d 1.32
May.......2.41 3.63 d 1.22
June......2.92 5.45 d 2.53
-July .... . '5.06 6.70 d 1.63
August .... .46.89 5.75 e 1.14
September . . 2.90 4.88 d 1.98
October .... 1.00 2.96 d 1.96
November . . . 1.71 2.68 d .97
December . . . 2.46 4.31 d 1.85
1938 Total . .' 34.69 52.35 417.66
January, 1939 . 2.41 4.10 d 1.67
February .... 5.53 4.46 s 1.07
March . . . . .86 4.09 d 3.23
d—deficiehey; e—excess.
Normal annual rainfall, 52.35 inches.
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THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH, I93».
GRADY COUNTY WOMEN
VISIT FLORIDA APR. 4TH
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enstration Club and a group of 25 rep
resenting the Gadsden County Home
Demonstration Council. En route to
Quincy, the Concord community house
and the home Miss McDavid has re
cently completed in Havana were vis
jted.
lAt Quincy, Solomon’s dairy and ice
cream plant were visited and there
eac h g Ue st was served Solomon’s delic
j ous j ce ,ci- ea m. The cigar factory in
Quincy was the next place to be vis
ited.
The picnic lunch was spread at Glen
Julia Paik, located about eight miles
southwest of Quincy. This park, con
taining eighty acres, is owned and is
being developed by the Florida Home
tion of Women’s Clubs, one of the
main purposes being to preserve the
vast acreage of mountain laurel there
which was at the peak of its spring
beauty Tuesday. Much of the develop
ment has already been done and steps,
trails, terraces and fences are being
added steadily. A most attractive site
for picnics and outdoor meetings has
been provided, with a ram for supply
ing spring water for picnickers.
Managers of the North Florida Ex
periment Station were hosts to the
group in the afternoon. Experiment
al work with tobacco, showing prac
tices for prevention and control <>f
blue mold, and cover crop tests with
63 varieties of clover, were inspected.
The women were much impressed with
a new winter cover crop, lupine, equal
to Austrian winter peas in soil-build
ing qualities, which produces a high
tonnage of green gro'wth and an abun
dance of seed which farmers may
save from year to year. Experiments
with Black Angus beef cattle, Poland
China hogs and the production of wool
also attracted interest. A private fish
hatchery near Quincy was also visited.
The tour began here soon after 8 a.
m. and the women returned to their
homes late in the day.
LOCAL ATHLETIC PRO
GRAM IS ENDORSED
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F ossible.
A project is under way at the pres
ent time for a community house with
adequate facilities for all types of
recreation, complete with library, ping
pong tables, and basketball court. The
Athletic Club is also willing to give
all of the help and co-operation neces
sary to the city officials in improving
and beautifying Davis Park.
In short, the Cairo Athletic Club
was organized so that the proper rec
reation and exercise could be avail
able to all who might wish to take
part. That we do not have the facil
ities for such recreation is recognized
by everyone. It is then up to the peo
ple of Grady county to get behind this
movement and help put it across.
The club is open to everyone who
a desire to participate in athletics
any kind and if you are not con
you may see Lem Jones who is
treasurer of the club and he will
to it that yiou become a member.
Mr. J. A. Collins transacted business
in Atlanta Thursday.
month.
Continuing, his statement pointed
out:
“It is estimated that if the matters
now disposed of in the City Court had
to be handled through the Superior
Court, the total cost to the county
would be about four times a3 great as
it now is, or about $16,000 per an
num; and that in addition to that ex
pense the county would be compelled,
undoubtedly, to make extensive addi
tions to the present jail, or probably
might be required to build a new one;
and, also, there would be much added
expense in feeding and caring for pris
oners who would have to a\vait the ac
tion of a grand jury before getting out
of jail.”
The statement also contained nu
merous other observations set forth to
show that the county realizes from
the operation of the City Court far
more than enough saving to warrant
payment of a better salary to the
Judge, who has broad powers toward
maintaining economy in the court’s op
eration.
Judge Worthy, of course, made it
clear that the statement was not sub
mitted in any spirit of criticism of
the Superior Court but that it was
made “solely for the purpose of em
phasizing the importance of the City
Court to the people of this county, not
only from an economic standpoint,
but also with refei'ence to efficiency
and convenience to the people it is in
tended to serve.”
The Commissioners discussed *he
matter about an hour, but no action
was taken on the pay increase request.
CITY COURT SESSION
WILL OPEN MONDAY
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which he was elected.
His statement on the sayings accru
ing to the county as a result of the :
operation of the City Court contains ;
ords, figures, that taken doubtless from effectively the official combat rec- j
the idea held by some that this infer- j
ior court might well be dispensed with. !
The statement declares records show I
that during the period from Jan. 1st,
1933 to Jan. 1st, 1939, 313 civil cases
were filed in Grady Superior Court
floor office at the southwest corner j
of the Courthouse formerly occupied
by Judge Carlisle, who, with his son,
Ekfwin Carlisle, mioved to the offices t
formerly occupied by Judge Worthy
in the Mize building over Powell’s
Pharmacy. Judge Carlisle and his
son will occupy a suite of offices
over the new Elmer’s Soda Shop on
South Broad street as soon as this \
building is finished.
Judge Worthy, who will preside at
his first regular term of court next
week, is expected to follow the rules
established by Judge Carlisle for
greater economy in the operation of
the City Court. These rules include
one for the holding of non-jury ses
sions weekly on Monday morning to
dispose of as many of the pending
cases as possible, and another for op
ening of regular terms on Mondays at
8:30 a. m. instead of 10 a. m.
Jurors Drawn For Service
Next Week.
Following is the list of jurors as
drawn (from No. 1 to Mo. 2 box) to
serve at the April term, 1939, of City
Court, which convenes at 8:30 a. m.
next Monday, April 10th:
R. H. Robinson, Ruel L. Arline, J.
C. Minter, R. E. Allen, H. L. Ingram,
T. O. Miller, E. P. Jones, Alton B.
Cooper, W. H. Merritt, J. H. Scoggins,
J. W. Lee, W. J. Dickey, J. H. Har
rison, Alvah Reagan, W. A. Shiver,
W. A. Rehberg, Vann Barrett, A. M.
Prince, Aultman Palmer, T. P. Harri
son.
J. B. Wight, B. Brady, Marshall
Martin, R. G. Williams, Ludie Palm
er, T. L. Oates, H. R. Cooke, E. L.
VanLandingham, Vann Bryant, E. M.
Coleman, W. E. Riebberg, Guss Har
rell, J. K. Forester, E. A. Singletary,
O. B. Barrett, B. W. West, J. E. For
syth, W. G. Bulloch, G. P. Bonner,
Cullen Gainey, E. C. Harper, G. A.
Maxwell.
Mr. and (Mrs. Hansel Bass, and
young daughter, of Albany have been
visiting homefolks at Cairo and Cal
vary this week.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
IN MONTHLY SESSION
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and 200 ciiminal indictments were re
turned by the grand jury, making a
total number of 513 case£. In the
City Court, during the same period,
297 civil cases were filed and 1,108
criminal accusations were docketed,
making a total of 1,405 cases. Thus, as
can be seen, nearly three-fourths of
the cases handled are handled by the
City Court.
Judge Worthy pointed out that the
expenses of both courts totalled about
$9,000 per annum and that this amount
is about evenly divided between them,
which shows that the City Court han
dles almost three-fourths qf all the
cases handled at only about half the
expense. This comparison is made
■with the Judge’s salary at $200 per
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