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XXXVII.
inking WITNESS LEADS TO
END OF COURT
COURT SESSION
NDED abruptly
.
V GRIFFITH ACQUITTED
. JURY ON A LIQUOR
GHARGE MONDAY.
‘clean-up move” against
[ county beer dealers
Operators of amusement
bv [aw enforcement of
reached a stalemate in
Lurt fa late witness Wednesday
drinking was
led in contempt mistrial of the
necessitating a
riminal trial in progress,
lading to a rather abrupt
[ion of criminal trials at
Lferred January term.
Ige G. L. Worthy, presid
itcused the jurors for the
late Wednesday but ad
vent came only after
Lon-jurv business Thursday. had A
■completed and
|r livil of criminal cases
cases went over to
Ipril term, which is
lied to convene on April
|dden climactic turn of events
inesday came when the trial
ise of the State vs Sam Sho
|ged Iter with selling liquor, May- was
stages. Solicitor G.
Ith had rested the state’s case,
Indant had made his
|t, and a second witness
■ge, -Fondren Wilcox, had just
|d Ijected testimony. Wilcox had
to a spirited cross ex
Inand had returned to a
■he rear of the courtroom
plge Worthy asked Sheriff 0.
Kland to return the witness
pt near the bench,
e witness drinking,” the
quired of the Sheriff,
sir,” replied Sheriff Strick
piptly, after smelling Wilcox’s
pheriff, hold him in jail until
rier of this court,” the Judge
after the Solicitor paused
Bried as to the maximum sen
■ contempt.
fy instructions tlhe Sholar case had re
Pn from the
|fore the witness was sum
the front, but, after a con
'ctween officials and attor
H. Foster and If a Carlisle,
for the defendant, offered
for a mistrial, which was
hy the court Without hesi
dtorney Foster in a rather
• statement supplementing
n 'formed the jurors' of the
luce leading to the mistrial
^doox had appeared
at himself 0n the stand.
' !rlUa l agreement among
attorniy ' fhat a revers
’ kel
y would have been
In continuing the trial,
as still in jail Thursday.
'at of the “clean-up”
ed cases
charged f M °nday with and Marvin
tlk selling liquor,
L°l° f M Griffith, allegedly
arv in’s Tavern, on
r Jnomaville highway, east
was among approximately
I ^ady countians named in
'arrants sworn out last
jjj J Monday wh en Solicitor opened rather
y statement Smith, in
state to the jury,
xpected to show that
° actm
e f £ a s a paid rep
n -he Solicitor’s
sma H office,
’ s Tavern quantity of liquor
on Jan 11th, last.
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pl Re BYTERl next AN SERVICES
SUNDAY.
I .. pL° the f necessary the absence
pastor > R ev.
. ^:;„r
lt uncement is
[‘ P the Sunda Cairo 6 no Presbyterian preaching
y ' e ither morning
School at lo a
- will be
®S)e €i I iro JUcsscngcr
The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
TEN PAGES
Cucumber Acreage Is
Being Signed Rapidly
The Cairo Pickle Co. is progressing
rapidly and very satisfactorily with
the contracting of cucumbers in this
and many other Southwest Georgia
communities.
A large acreage was contracted
last year and proved very satifactory
to a vast majority of those who
grew them. This early cash crop
brought money to the farmers at a
time When there was, not much other
cash income, which proved very 'wel
come to them.
The Cairo Pickle Co. still has a
small amount of acreage open for
Cairo delivery and requests those
who are interested to come to their
upto,wn office, upstairs by Rodden
bery Hardware Co., as they do not
wish to exclude those around Cairo
who wish to contract.
Those interested are urged to at
tend to this promptly, as the Cairo
Pickle Co. needs to know soon what
acreage will be wanted here.
BUSINESS, BUILDING
ITEMS OF INTEREST
CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING
HERE ALONG WITH PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS.
(New construction activity contin
ues in Cairo and this section, with
prospects of a rather decided up
ward trend later in the year to keep
pace with the unprecedented activity
of this kind which began here in
1937.
Work is advancing steadily on a
handsome new home for Mr. and
Mrs. R. V. Crine, Sr. in the north
western section of Cairo where the
Sunset Park subdiviion has been
steadily developing for some time.
Some new treets have recently been
opened to provide additional residen
tial property just west of this sub
division. On the newly-ipaved over
pass street, in the northeastern sec
tion, a home in the higher cost range
is being constructed for Mr. and Mirs.
EdWard Reagan. In the southwestern
section, the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Piofwell is being almost com
pletely rebuilt. A number of smaller
residences, in various parts of the
city are nearing completion.
In the northeastern section, the
ne(w Nazarene 'Church is steadily ap
proaching completion and will be
ready for occupancy in a few weeks.
This Church was constituted here a
few months ago.
The Grady County Electric Mem
bership Corporation, sponsoring the
six-county rral electrification develop
ment in this section, for some time
has had under consideration plans for
a new office, garage and warehouse
building. Several delays have been
encountered, but Supt. Noah Stanfill
says it is expected that the project
will be ready for an advertisement
for bids within about thirty days.
This structure, which will also
likely provide a suitable meeting
place for the Home Demonstration
Clubs of this section, is now planned
for the northeastern section of Cairo,
just off the Route 38 cut-off, where
there have been several recent de
velopments.
The city-WPA street surfacing pro
gram continues, with Third Ave., N.
E. no\^ being prepared for concrete
curb and gutter, and hard-surfacing.
Expansion of some of the facilities
alt the city’s nefw sefvvage disposal
plant to better handle industrial saw
age is underway.
Plans are progressing for the eoun
ty’s rural housing program, which
may soon provide some fifty or sixty
modern rural homes to replace out
moded structures.
FOUR DAYS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURE HERE.
This section this week experienced
the most sustained cold w-ave of the
winter, although a minimum of only
26 degrees was recorded. Each morn
ing from Sunday through Wednesday,
the mercury dropped below the freez
(Continued on last page).
The Official Organ of Grady County
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1941.
24 WHITE MEN AND
2 NEGROES LEAVING
17 VOLUNTEERS REPORT LAST
MONDAY; OTHERS TO GO
FEB. 19TH, 21 ST.
Seventeen men, who have volun
teered in a new National Guard com
pany of Decatur and Grady countians,
assembled at Bainbridge on last
Monday morning and were formally
mustered into service on Wednesday
osf this, week. It is expected that they
will leave a few days later for a year
of training, at least, at the new anti
aircraft center at Hinesville, Ga.
Grady countians in the new Nation
al Guard unit are:
1st Lieut. John L. Clark; Sgt. Ju
lius H. Gilmore, Sgt. Guyton Mitchell,
Corp. Dan Briley, Corp. Edward Shi
ver, Corp. Eulie F. Brock and 1st Class
Private Lonnie C. Barrett;
Privates J. M. Barrett, Ernest Bar
rett, Guy Crawford, Aldredge W.
White, William T. Worsham, Branson
Broom, Jackson Stroud, Maurice Per
kins, Glower Ferrell and John Henry
Ferrell.
Miss Margaret Bell, clerk of the Lo
cal Draft Board, announced Wednes
day that the following white men are
being ordered to report here on Wed
nesday, -Feb. 19th, to be sent to Fort
McPherson, near Atlanta:
V1121—Joseph Benjamin Willis,
Cairo;
V330—Marvin Zorie Jones, Whig
ham;
Minor Volunteer—Loyce Elsie Hal
stead, Cairo;
V1369—Charlie Wesley Oakes,
Cairo;
V945—Robert Lee McGill, Calvary;
Minor Volunteer—Hiram Patrick
Cook, Cairo; and
V81—.Charlie Floy Wilkes, Rit. 1,
Ochlocknee.
Miss Bell said the following two
Negroes aTe being ordered here on
Friday, Feb. 21st, to be sent to Fort
Benning, Columbus:
V596—R. C. Corker, Cairo; and
Minor Volunteer—Alvin Willis,
Cairo.
A® indicated, all of both groups
have applied for voluntary induction.
Grady county supplied thirteen
trainees under the Selective Service
Act in January, all being applicants
for voluntary induction.
Miss Bell received notice this
week that effective at once no
registrant under Selective Ser
vice will be accepted for enlist
ment in the Army after he has
received an order from his Local
Board to report for induction.
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NEWS ITEM: Uncle Sam
notified Georgia that it will lose
$504 074 of its federal aid
highways as a result of the
policy of diverting gasoline taxes
and registration fees away from
highway uses. The penalty is the
third and the largest penalty ever
inflicted upon the states under the
penalty clause of Hayden-Cart
wright Act through which Con
gress apportions its federal aid to
the states.
The attitude of the federal gov
ernment toward «aids on state
highway funds was revealed by
Congressman Wilburn Cartwright,
SCHOOLS’ TRUSTEES
ELECTIONS FEB. 28
ELECTIONS ORDERED IN ALL 14
DISTRICTS; (FEB. 22ND IS
ENTRY LIMIT.
Plans are .being made for trustee
elections on Friday, Feb. 28th, in all
of Grady county’s four-teen school dis
tricts, according to County Supt. of
Schools Wih Muiggridge, to fill one or
mare vacancies in each district.
Election rules in force in the county
for the past two years will be invok
ed, Supt. Muggridge states, and the
names of pei’sons to be voted on must
be submitted to him at his office here
in writing not later than noon Sat
urday, Feb. 22nd. Printed ballots
will be supplied and Supt. Muggridge
“will have charge of the elections.
The polls will be open between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 12, noon, except
in the Cairo district, where the polls
will be open from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
In most of the districts, the voting
will be at the school house, but at
Cairo the voting will be at the cus
tomary place in the Courthouse. Only
registered, qualified voters will be en
titled to vote and those qualified will
,be determined by the committee in
charge of the election in each district.
Below is a list of the trustees whose
terms have expired or will soon ex
pire (except W. B. Hester, in the Live
Oak district, who has moved to an
other district).
CAIRO: Dr. A. W. Rehberg, and J.
Slater Wight. (Other members here
are Dr. J. V. Rogers, chairman, H. T.
LeGette and J. B. Roddenbery).
CALVARY: J. T. Stephens.
CENTRAL: Eugene Moore.
ELPINO: Spence Shiver.
LIVE OAK: W. B. Hester and
Walter Whigham.
MIDWAY: T. B. Woolf oik and N.
H. Williams.
NEW HOME: George Harvey.
RENO: Carl Bryant.
SPENCE: C. G. Akridge and W. M.
Davis.
TURKEY CREEK: Oliver Chester.
WAYSIDETR. C. Hollingsworth.
WHIGHAM: W. M. Crew and G.
B. Trulock.
PAWNEE: J. S. Godwin.
UNION: Edgar Stringer.
For several years past, the last Fri
day in February has been the desig
nated date each year for trustee elec
tions. Considerable confusion result
ed prior to the fixing of one date
each year when several elections were
held in the different districts during
the year.
chairman the House
Committee, who said, “Congress
cannot be expected to continue in
definitely attempts to help corn
plete the highway systems of
those states which pursue the in
defensible their practice gasoline of misappro- and
priating own
other motorists’ special taxes to
purposes not related to high
ways.’’
To prevent federal penalties of
this kind and to protect their road
systems, 11 states have amended
their constitutions to require that
road funds are used actually on
roads.
TEN PAGES
ONLY 25 GRADY COUNTIANS
APPLY FOR RURAL HOUSING
U. S. Income Tax Man
Due Here Feb. 24, 25
Marion H. Allen, of Atlanta, col
lector of internal revenue, has advised
The I Messenger that a field man
from his office will be in Cairo from
8:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. two days, Mon
day and Tuesday, Feb. 24th and 25th,
to assist the people of this section in
the preparation of their U. S. income
tax returns.
Heretofore, only one day has been
given to this service, locally, -but with
the limits lowered this year a large
number of persons who have not been
subject heretofore will be required to
pay income taxes. Therefore, in an
ticipation of the increased number lo
cally, an extra day is being provided
for the field representative here.
Limits are now only $800 for single
persons and $2,000 for married per
sons.
No announcement has been made as
to where the field representative Will
be located while here, but it is ex
pected that some office at the Court
house will be used.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
IN MONTHLY SESSION
NEW POWER CO. CONTRACT IS
CONSIDERED ALONG WITH
CHARTER CHANGES.
ARTHUR LEE HESTER IS
NEW POLICEMAN.
Arthur Lee Hester has succeeded
H. P. Pritchett as Night Policeman on
the Cairo Police force, Chief J. W.
Thomas announced this week. He is
a well-known Cairo resident.
Pritchett became Deputy Sheriff
here Feb. 1st.
The Mayor and Council met in reg
ular monthly session here lpst Tues
day night with Dr. J. B. Warnell,
Mayor, presiding, and with Council
men Howell McKinnon, A. A. Mc
Neill, R. R. Van Landingham and Al
bert Walker present.
E. J. Willis, a representative of the
Ga. Power & Light Co., from which
the city purchases electric energy at
wholesale, appeared and discussed at
some length with the Mayor and
Council a proposed new 3-year elec
tric contract to become effective when
the present contract expires Jan. 25th,
1941. Mr. Willis said the proposed
neW contract grants certain conces
sions requested by the city officials.
One would permit the city to gene
rate locally as needed to prevent a
jump in the demand change and an
other would permit the city to begin
generating immediately in event of
interruptions rather than wait 15 min
utes. Execution of the contract was
deferred pending further study.
The Mayor and Council learned the
charter amendment to authorize the
establishment of zoning regulations
here had become a law and that a
bill (H. B. 365) had been introduced to
further amend the charter to enable
the city to condemn and acquire prop
erty outside its limits for water,
school and cemetery purposes. An
other bill to correct a conflict in the
city and state election laws is to be
introduced, it was decided.
A resolution was adopted opposing
H. B. 289 in the Legislature which
would give the Public Service Com
mission power to prescribe rates, su
pervise and regulate water distribu
tion by municipalities.
Councilman Walker was asked to
consult the Highway Department rel
ative to shortening the time on the
traffic light near the overpass here.
A recent check showed 168 vehicles
passed this intersection during a 30
minute period.
It was decided to have drafted an
ordinance prohibiting gasoline trans
port trucks from using the streets of
the business section here.
On motion, Dec. 31st of each year
was definitely and permanently spec
ified as the fi fa date for unpaid city
taxes.
Miss Joyce Rackley, of Pelham, has
accepted a position as beauty operat
or at Frank’s Beauty Shop here.
GRADY COUNTY
Is Georgia’s Banner County
the hub of its okra, sugar cane, col
lard seed and tung oil industries, the
original diversified farming section-
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
NUMBER 5.
INTEREST LACK NOT
VERY SERIOUS FEAR
PROMPT APPLICATIONS SOUGHT
TO GET GRADY UNITS IN
INITIAL CONTRACTS.
The much-heralded proposal for the
construction of a large number of
modern farm homes in Grady county
to replace outmoded structures, under
the direction of the Grady Counity
(Rural) Housing Authority, does not
appear to be evidencing the interest
that many leaders in the program
have anticipated, it was revealed this
week, since only 25 persons have made
application for such housing units to
date.
The apparent lack of interest is not
causing very serious, fear among the
leaders, as yet, but prompt action in
making application is urged upon all
who desire to participate in this pro
gram.
E. C. Mann, of Thomasville, who is
executive director for the rural Ihous
ing program in a group of eleven
South Georgia counties where al
lotments have already been approved,
was a visitor here Tuesday. He stat
ed that the local program would be
best served by the filing of applica
tions by at least 150 interested par
ties as promptly as possible, since it
is contemplated that contracts Vill
likely be awarded first for 56 units
in this county to consume the allot
ments already made, and approxi
mately 150 applications will he needed
for as many as 56 approvals.
John R. Peacock is stationed in the
office of the County Agent in the
Courthouse here as interviewer on
rural housing applications and is now
ready to assist all who desire to make
application. Since at least an hour
and a half is required to prepare the
applications, on an average, those in
terested are urged to see Mr. Pea
cock withot delay.
The data in the general information
sheet on the program was published
recently in The Messenger but sheets
containing the information may be
secured from Mr. Peacock for study.
“Boy Scout Week” Is
Very Suitably Observed
Here Sunday, Tuesday
This week at the regular Tuesday
Incheon meeting the Cairo Kiwanis
Club co-operated with the local Boy
Scout authorities in the observance of
National Boy Scout week, Feb. 6th-
13th.
It was the second of two special
programs in 'which the citizenship of
Cairo has expressed its appreciation
of Scouting. Last Sunday, the Boy
Scouts and the Cub Scouts attended
a service in the Cairo Methodist
Church to hear a forceful sermon by
Rev. W. E. McTier.
On Tuesday, the Kiwanis Club,
which spomons Scouting in this city,
gave over its program hour to Mar
shall Mayes, District Commissioner
of the Suwannee Council. In a fine
way, Mr. Mayes emphasized the im
portance of the Scout program both
in the present Federal defense set-up,
and also as a builder of good citizens.
The club heard short talks by Bas
com Belcher, district chairman; Carl
Sasser, Scoutmaster of Troop 307;
Roscoe Van Landingham, chairman of
the Court of Honor; Frank Rain
water, of Whigham, Assistant Scout
master of the Whigham troop; and
Rev. Claude Pepper, Cubmaster of
Cairo Pack No. 2.
Present at the luncheon were G. B,
Trulock, of Whigham, a Scout com
mitteeman, and a group of Scouts
from Cairo and Whigham. Following
the program the Scouts demonstrated
how to make fire Without matches.
Guests of the Club Tuesday includ
ed: Masiton O’Neal, of Bainbridge, So
licitor-General of the Albany Judicial
Circuit; James L. Graham, of the
Florida State Department of Educa
tion, at Tallahassee; Vance Banks,
Scoutmaster of Cairo Troop 308; and
Louis A. Powell of The Messenger.