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COUNTY
’ fgja’s Banner County
* cane, collard
sugar industries, the
° oil
un ,
diversified farming section.
YEA it IN ADVANCE.
lE xxxv.
(V REA JOB IS APPROVED;
GOES TO NEW LINES
\ MI* MUSI
FINISHED: SlIPT.
MERS MAY DELAY THE
Sizing extensions. of finished
I w. Stanfill, project superin
I of the Grady County Electric
tship Corporation’s rural elec
Ion I project in this- John section, M'. Car- an
this week that
IrEA I approved Administrator contract at Wash- for
has a
Ltruction of 117 miles of new
ft Thomas county to serve ap
fctely 363 customers.
* few short
fcso stated that a
■ the extensions which have just
lilt by Gibson & Robinson, of
Inville, have been energized,
It energizing of the remainder
■extensions during the next feW
Jill depend upon how fast in
II customers act in having their
airing Id finished and inspected.
that Washington regulations
fely forbid energizing lines un
average of two customers per
L ready to be served and that
Lt indifference on the part of
per of prospective users threat
[delay [ers the beginning anxiously of service await
who are
[ctric energy. of
|Stanfill said a 7-mile link
w additions east of Cairo, serv
lirteen customers, was energiz
jt Friday, April 7th, and that
t links southwest and northeast
po were energized last Satur-
11 with two customers per mile
[ted for service. The residences
B. .Fincher and Lester Butler,
If Cairo, were the f>mt tr “get
Friday. Nearly 100 miles of
lines built by Gibson & Robin
n be energized beginning early
week, it was stated, provided
lers have the wiring of their
es completed immediately, and
sd the wiring passes the in
n of Adrian Rosser, of Cal
he inspector, who must he not
ihen jobs are ready for inspec
[ Illy Gibson & Robinson lines. as
j contracted for, total 116
1 serve 356 customers, but 33
[to pctioTis serve of 65 customei's in var
this county are to be
[to liate this concern’s contract, for
I construction, according to
With 81.5 miles serving 200
P I ers already in service, :he Gib
Robinson contract, with the ad
r’ an d the new Thomas county
pill miles bring to the local 984 system to
serve customers,
pis ‘ n to tbe add vicinity 50 miles of Attapulgus, in Decatur
’
Ke 150 customers, would in
the system : radiating ~ from
397.5 miles serving approx
y 1.134 customers.
r °'al just received from Wash
‘ or tbe Thomas county lines
‘ a contract with Guy L. Win
dder pi Tallahassee, when who was the
bids were received
tune time ago. The Thomas
lines, 117 miles to serve 363
P ers ’ are Gj be completed in sev
r e ca bndar days, according to
iT? finished , . which about means that they
Engineering Aug. 1st. The
nf Co., 0 f Moultrie,
ah the local jobs, start
p n J[ t ' 0i way staking to
"
i crews
oma ' county last Monday,
IQ,, an<J sta k' should
’ n £ permit
' to construction
■so ■ Se r lines by
1st. or shortly before
N Limit 9 A. M.
^ ednesdays.
attonti ° a of all advertising
“on iV^ ciall
s y called to The
crrule requiring adver
t0 in the hands of
Ef ay. n0i later than 9 a
^ deadline. is
in 0lder positively nec
ding to avoid delay in
and distributing each
e an d the foil
5 °ne of co-operation of
our advertising cus
is s °ught.
-THE PUBLISHERS.
®l)t Cairo Messenger
The Official Organ of Grady County
“The man who wanderet! out of the wey of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.” SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
TEN PAGES
Mayor And Council In
Regular April Meeting
Here on Tuesday Night
The Mayor and Council here met in
regular monthly sesssion last Tues
day night, with Dr. J. B. Warned
Mayor, presiding, and with Council
men A. A. McNeill, A. L. Thompson
and A. B. Wight present,
T. W. Jones and R. R. Van Landing
ham being absent because of illness
‘The sewage disposal plant and sew
erage extension project came up for a
lengthy discussion and announcement
was mads rf the receipt of M5.000
from the PWA ,s the initial payment
on its erant of 127,000 for the $60,
000 improvement program.
Coggin & Deermont, the Chipley,
Fla., concern that is constructing
sewage disposal plant, has almost
completed its work, but asked for a
30-day extension in the contract time
limit, which Was granted. Bryant Co.,
of Pine Park, began work last week
on the sewerage line extensions
the pumping station that is to be
built in the southeastern part of the
city. Several matters in connection
with the project were acted upon af
ter consultation with W. R. Galt, res
ident engineer, and Supt. U. A. Clif
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CITY COURT SESSION
CLOSES WEDNESDAY
JUDGE WORTHY PRESIDES FOR
FIRST TIME; CRIMINAL
CASES LISTED.
The regular April term of City
Court here, Which opened at 8:30 a.
m. last Monday, was adjourned for
the term late Wednesday after both .
the civil and criminal dockets were
practically cleared of all triable cases.
Judge G. L. Worthy, who took office i
April 1st, presided for his first time
and handled the business with dis- 1
a
patch that provoked much favorable j
comment. Monday and Tuesday and Wed-j were|
devoted to criminal business
nesday was taken up with civil cases.
Following are the criminal cases
disposed of:
State vs Calvin Wynn; carrying
pistol without license. Verdict of
guilty! Sentenced to pay a fine of
$20 or serve three months at public
works.
State vs Calvin Wynn; carrying j
pistol concealed. Verdict of guilty.
Sentenced to pay a fine of $35 or
serve three months at public works.
State vs George W. Sanderson, Jr.;
speeding. Plea of guilty. Sentenced
to pay a fine of $10 or serve thirty
days at public Works.
State vs Elzie Tucker; driving j
while under influence of intoxicant, j
Plea of guilty. Sentenced to pay a
fine of $50 or serve six months at
public works.
State vs Elzie Tucker; simple lar
ceny. Plea of guilty. Sentenced to
pay a fine of $50 or serve six months
at public works.
State vs Henry F. Fennell; driving
while under influence of intoxicant.
Plea of guilty. Sentenced to pay a
fine of $35 or serve six months at
public works.
(State vs J. A. Wynn; driving while
under influence of intoxicant, Plea
of guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of
$25 or serve three months at public
works -
J A. . ,
State v s ynn; ass ^ an
-
battery. Verdict of guilty. Sentenc
ed to pay a fine o $ . oi -serve ree
months at puWic wo .
State vs Arch Wright wife whip
ping. Verdict of- not guilty.
State vs Marvin Griffith; selling
liquor. Plea of j. guilty. mj... Sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 or serve twelve
p /
months at public p ... . Works.
„ State Irene -and Byron d Reagan, oom „.
vs
affray. Verdict of not guilty.
State vs Herbert Logue; abandon
ment of child. Sentenced to serve
twelve months at public uor o e
served on probation upon payment oi
fine of $50 and payment o per
month for support of chi .
State vs Roy Farmer; assault and
battery. Bond forfeited. j
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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, APRIL 14TH, 1939.
SOIL CONSERVATION
ELECTION SATURDAY
COUNTY AGENT URGES, GRADY’S
FARMERS TO CAST VOTES
TOMORROW.
Landowners of Grady and eight
other counties in Southwest Georgia
are asked to cast ballots tomorrow,
Saturday, April 15th, in a referen
dum to pass upon creation of the
Flint River Soil Conservation District.
Appearing on the legal ad page of
The Messenger last week and again
this week is the legal notice of the
referendum that is to be held in Ba
ker, Seminole, Mitchell, Grady, De
catur, Early, Miller, Calhoun and
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tia district or may be procured from
the office of County Agent H. L.
Trussell, Jr., here, and mailed to the
Clerk of the Courts at Cairo by to
day, if the landowner owns land
in this county.
The referendum is called by T. L.
Asbury, executive secretary of the
State Soil Conservation Committee, in
accordance with preliminary plans
made some months ago. ,
J. A. Evans, of Athens, adminis
trative assistant of the Georgia Ex
tension Service, addressed a meeting
of landowners here last Saturday af
ternoon and explained the project.
County Agent Trussell this Week
issued the following statement to
Grady county landowners in reference
to the referendum.
“Whether for or against the crea
tion of the proposed Flint River Soil
Conservation District, comprising nine
counties in Southwest Georgia, includ
ing Grady county, every landowner
should be certain to cast his ballot in
the referendum on the creation of
such district, to be held Saturday,
April 15$. Landowners may vote at
the usuai voting places on that day
or they can vote by mail at any time
prior to that day by securing a mail
ballot from the County Agent’s of
fice and mailing it to the Clerk of the
Court at Cairo before Saturday.
“The purpose in creating a district
ig to get up an organization which
under the law becomes an agency of
thia state and as such is entitled to
act ag an agency 0 f, the- U. S. govem
ment or My of , its departments. The
obj - ect is to enaWe the landowners to
obtain assistance in various ways from
the Soil Conservation Service of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, in
carrying on soil erosion work on their
individual farms. Without such an'or
ganization the government can render
the individual farmer no assistance in
this Way.
“Many districts in the state have
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^ For 1
$25*000 Filed . ,
^ wo CairoiteS Locally
Two damage suits •x for , $2o 000 each ,
have been filed in the City Court of
Cairo against tWo Cairo men, it was
learned this week. The plaintiffs pe
titions were filed several days ago
and answers and demurrers were fil
ed Monday by counsel for the defend
ants. The suits will be triable at the
July term, the April term this week
being only the appearance term.
The two suits list Mrs. Mae Kersey
and C. B. Redding as the plaintiffs
and W. H. Robinson and Oswald C.
Brooks as the plaintiffs. Clayton R.
Baker, of Cairo, and Clifford E. Hay, i
of Thomasville, are listed as attorneys
for the plaintiffs and S. P. Cain, of |
Cair0 is counsel for the defendants.
^ p}aineiffg pach geek ^ 5)000
damageg from the de f e , ndan t s as a re
sult of a collision of two motor ,ve
Qn M<)U itrie-Thomasville state
w h way, y ’ about six miles south of
Moultrie, on tne mgnt oi , last Dec i^ec.
^ The plaintiffs were travelling
m a pkevrolet Chevrolet nassene-er passenger car car driven driven
by Mr. poddimr Reading, it it is is nllee-ed alleged, and ana this
^ ^ g truck owned b
Mr Robinson and driven by M
^ ^ forth
The answers fi i ed by Mr. Cain Mon
^ de ny various items of the plain
^ and the demur rere
j ege ^ ba ^ the collision was due to the
faulty driving of Mr. Redding.
^ . g understood that the defend .
antg and the tnjck had liability insur .!
coverage.
BUSINESS, BUILDING
ITEMS OF INTEREST
SEVERAL NEW RESIDENCES, IN
HIGHER COST BRACKETS
STARTED.
Residential construction,
reached an unprecedented scale
r, Cairo during , . 1937, and , which ... contin- .
ued , slightly ?. , smaller .. scale , dur- .
on a
irioo 1938, g.ves . promise of . , ho dm* up
well for at least several months, yet.
New . j , homes the higher cost „ ,, brack
m
ets are being , . added ,, , at , steady ,
a very
rate and , it .. . indicated ... . , that . , additions
is
will be , made , during , . the ,, remainder . , of .
this ... year as rapidly available ,, . la
' as
, bor and , other factors : will ... permit
uothout ... , upsetting ... , conditions.
norma
,A.s to particular projects calling for
houses m the higher 6 cost range, Con
tractor * * T L. n/r M. x> Powell i, is • just • finishing
J *
. large home , for , Mr. and , Mrs. How- __
a
■Sid , _r Thrower in . th6 ,, northwestern ,, , .
p
of the city. He started Worka few
days ago on a home for Jesse H Har
nson at the northeast intersection
TTViirri a™ q V an a TViin/T Qf c f
”
and he also is to begin work at once
on a home forMran Mrs. Robert
Crine on First St., N. W„ across from
the north side grammar school. Con
tractor Powell ,s m charge of the con
struction of the new building on South
Broad street, just south of the A. C. L
railroad, for Elmers Soda Shop with
offices on the second floor, which will
provide for one of the most attrae
tive soda shops and grills to be found
in this section. This building is ex
pected to be ready for occupancy by
May 15th, or .soon thereafter.
Contractor Ralph Brown several
days ago began construction of a res
idence for Mrs. Mary Coppage, on
South Broad street, and also will
start work at once on erection of a
home for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harlowe
on Sixth Ave., S. W., j‘ust off South
Broad.
(McKenzie Lumber- Co., of Bain
bridge, is the contractor for a neW
home for Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ham
mond in the new Sunset Park sub
division, in the northwestern part of
the city, where several other homes
are planned for early construction.
Seven homes in the higher cost brack
ets have already been finished there.
Notable among the other building
projects here is that of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, for a
handsome brick structure, which will
replace the wooden church building
that was burned some months ago.
This church is being built on the site
of the old one, in the southwestern
section of the city.
The Cairo Methodist Church par
sonage is expected to be ready for
occupancy in a few days after under
going a $2,500 improvement.
Smaller and less expensive homes
continue to be built at a steady pace
and numerous improvement proj’ects
are underway. A large plant packing
shed adjoining the new food process
ing plant of the Concord Corpora
tion is nearing completion and Will he
ready for the tomato plant shipping
season which openg ^ The plant
is already in use> althoU gh
some finishing touclieg remain to be
added An enlargement and improve .
^ program for the standard 0 il
Co bulk lant here wag announced
la9t Week ,
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_
Rexall ' One Cent Sale
Next Week .
In an advertisement on page four
of The Messenger this week Wight
& B rowne, the local Rexall store, an
nounces another big Rexall One Cent
Sale for Wednesday through Saturday 1
of next wee k, four days.
Scores of the well-known Rexall
items are offered in these sales, ’ two
ce of one . Qne cent
and thrifty shoppers always take ad
vaatage of suc h substantial reduc
tio '
n S
^ lhe sale sale next neX ^ week week prooaDiy probably Will wui
prove no exception to the rule, which
means that patronage will be so
beavy that early shopping is advised .
0 assure , being . able to procure the
item , de sirod
_
Thursday Afternoon Closing
Began April 13th.
Did vou forget yesterday,
April 13th, and let the afternoon
holiday inconvenience you? Well, if<:
you did, you can’t say that you have
n>t ^ am pl e reminders in this col
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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.
TEN PAGES
RIVERS HOLDS UP LETTING
OF RT. 93 PAVING CONTRACT
| Grady Pensioners Cut
100, $1,082 Per Month
Effective On Monday
^ Dr. C. „ TT H. Maxwell, of Calvary, „ ,
chairman ,. of the Grady County Wel- ,
. Board, D , this ,, . week , announced , that ,, ,
m ioMns win ^ ,. terapOTarily
suspended” , from , the ,, Grady _ , county
'
rolls „ effective next . „ Monday, , April . 17,
, because of , the ,, unexpectedly , heavy
re
ductions , ,. state , , .
in income,
„ He said that the old ,, .. list, . consisting
of „ . blind, thirty-four dependent .
nine
children , and , nr 279 . n old u pensioners^
age
wouW ^ reduced five bUlld three
d d(mt chiIdre „ and 92 oId
. cutting ... the total from 313 to ,
sloners,
213. 010 Notices XT <.• are to . , be mailed Monday „ ,
to . all „ Who are to , be , stricken, *.-1 he v
stEted ,/
Th Grad funds be
duced fn>m ^ 864 month fl 782
:or ?1 ’ nQO 082 P er ____,, mon th, which , . , Dr. r> „ Max
well said would necessitate cutting the
remaining 213 pensioners 75 per
cent of their prevk)Us p nts .
„ In the event of the death or re
.
moyal from ^ county of ^ fte
213 „ Dr Maxwel , conduded ., their
placeg wiU be fiUed from those
< temporarily suspende d,’ hut no new
.
nameg can ^ added the ^ ant}1
additional stata funds are forthcom .
- ng „
REWARD POSTED ON
FISHING ILLEGALLY
FISH AND GAME CLUB ACTION
RENEWED; CLOSED SEASON
STARTS SATURDAY.
The Grady County Hunting and
Fishing Club, at its regular quarter
ly meeting and fish fry at Davis
Park in Cairo last Friday night,
•ed to again post during the 1939 fish
ing season rewards of $25 for proof
and evidence sufficient to convict
sons of illegal fishing in any of the
streams and bodies of water in
county. The club likewise voted to i
again establish a special game war-;
den locknee partrol of that portion of the Och-1
river lying in this county in
the efforts to eliminate, as far as
possible, illegal fishing practices
there.
This action, which is indicative of
a strengthening of public sentiment in
favor of enforcement of laws and j
measures for the conservation of the
county’s fish and game, is a renewal
of similar action taken by the club
a year ago, and might well be taken
as a warning to anyone who might
seek to violate the laws. The club’s ef
forts in this direction have drawn i
strong praise from grand j'uries and
other agencies,
The action is aimed primarily at'
persons fishing with traps and baskets, j
it is said, such methods being illegal I j
at all times. The annual state law
closed season on fishing goes into ef- |
fect tomorrow, Saturday, April 15th,
to continue until June 1st. Without a
special patrol there, basket fishing is
said to flourish in the Ochlocknee riv-1
er more * dunn times . & the ^ thorough closed season check-up than !
&t ot ier -
revealed, however, that the patrol and j
th? J eward offei ‘ last at least
greatly c ^ rbed lf ^ hey dld aot com ‘
y e in ? I " at f basket flshine and
other d!e .., * al f,aihn * in hte ” yer ’ dar '
th ® ^“ Sed seas ° n ’ Particularly,
and resulted in court convictions. |
T “ e ^ enforcement ste P s were
considered to be especially important
this year because the club is planning
t0 turn loose m the river some 5,000,
y ^ ° Unff reared bream ,n and 3 trout rearmg whlch V °° l W \
Cah '° sinCe early last faU ’ Under the
directiQT1 ^ H Fred Hart ^ yoU ng;
ftsh Were P rocured from the state ,
hatcheries and special feeding in the
rearing . pool , , has caused , them to grow ___
off somewhat . rapidly ... than ., would
more
hav e been the case, otherwise.
More than 40 sportsmen enjoyed
the fsih fhy here last Friday night,
des Pite the rainy weather. President
Byron West officiated at the meeting
and tester Stokes filled his post as
secretary. P. M. Baggett, Roland Wil
liams * and John Wight were named as
the committee with power to act on
the patrol and reward matters.
NUMBER 14.
PROGRESS IS STUDY
ON OMR PROJECTS
FINAL LINK OF CAIRO-PELHAM
HIGHWAY STRICKEN FROM
APRIL LETTING.
Announcement was made this week
that plans to receive bids April 21st
for the surfacing of the unpaved por
tion of Route 93 between Cairo and
Pelham, a link of 4.942 miles, have
been held up by executive order of
Governor E. D. Rivers cancelling fur
ther awards of contracts on all state
aid projects except two by the State
Highway Board. The order was a part
of the Governor’s “cut to the bone”
economy moves due to the state’s fin
ancial crisis.
It had been hoped that the Route
93 job would be left in the April 2l3t
letting because the local pebble soil
base on the link, laid recently by the
county under a contract with the
State Highway Department, is like
ly to become seriously damaged un
less the surface is added at an early
date.
The withdrawal of the project from
the April 21st letting naturally caused
keen disappointment, locally, but lea
ders gain satisfaction from the fact
that three other state highway mod
ernization jobs- in this county continue
to show steady progress.
The grading on Route 111, Cairo
to the Florida liqp via Reno and Cal
vary, has been completed from Cairo
to a point near Reno. The remainder
of the right-of-way has been com
pletely cleared and the culverts are
all nearly finished. Rebuilding of the
Tired Creek bridges is expected to
be started shortly, so that much of
the graded highway can be opened for
temporary use.
Clearing and grubbing on the Cairo
Beachton portion of Route 93 contin
ues to advance at a steady pace. Due
to the untiring efforts of county offi
cials and civic leaders, only one piece
of right-of-way on this road has. been
left for condemnation, and this pro
ceeding is largely of a friendly na
tnre. The Route 111 and Cairo-Beach
ton Work is being done by labor from
the state highway camp here,
Crews are at work building the ap
proaches to the A. C. L. railroad over
P ass * n Cairo, the bridge having been
completed several weeks ago. No de
* s anticipated in the opening of
the new north-and-south street to
serve the overpass when the approach
es are finished.
Bryant Co., of Pine Park, has vir
tually completed the past road grad
' n # i ob on the Cairo-Hadley Ferry
road southward from Cairo a distance
of 3.176 miles, but plans for the addi
tion of an all-weather surface treat
ment for this link have been held up.
An extension of the grading to a point
designated as the cross-road near Cen
tennial has been contemplated, but
may be delayed. The WPA work on
this road continues, however.
Live . Oak in Community •+ IS f
JJjt By Storm J OHO Hurt
^he Live Oak school community, 8
mile8 north of Cair0( was struck by
a storm Thursday night of last week,
A dozen homes were damaged, two
beyond repair, and one man suffered
head and knee injuries. The storm
wag one of swer al that have caused
serious damage in widely separated
parts of the southeast during the past
week Freakish spring weather, Which
c&used the gtorma> hag also caused
three temperature d i ps to the lower
forties but no crop damage has been
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