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twins, those that are exactly alike,
are not entirely uncommon, the first
case of identical cattle triplets, born
to an Ayrshire cow on the farm of
Fred Hoeger has excited those scien
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Cnicago, Ill.—Strutter, the goose
used in Frank Hogan’s dog show,
struggles up the gangplank to take a
look at what is going on while Betty
Roberts smiles her approval. This
dog show is one of the outstanding
animal ants in the United States and
will be seen at the International
Sportsmen's Show at the Internat
ional Amphitheater February 22 to
March 2.
PROM-DANCE FOR HIGH
SCHOOL SET—
An enjoyable occasion for a group
of the high school contingent was the
prom-d ance at the A merican Legion
Home last Friday evening when Miss
Madge LeGette was the lovely host
ess.
The decorations carried out the
Valentine motif with ml and white
lighting and bowls of White narcissi.
In the camels of the hall arrange
ments of greenery were effective.
Punch was served throughout the
-evening. At the conclusion of the
proms and dances sandwiches and hot
chocolate were enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. LeGette acted
as chapenotaes.
About forty youing people were
present.
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Lists wno are interested in oddities
of the bovine world. These three Ayr
shire heifers have the same color
markings which are patterned after
those of their modher. In di position,
as well as in eating habits, they are
lescribed as identical.
SCHOOLS’ TRUSTEES
ELECTIONS FEB.
ELECTIONS ORDERED IN ALL 14
DISTRICTS; IFEB. 22ND IS
ENTRY LIMIT.
Plans are -being made for tnustee
elections on Friday, Feb. 28th, in all
of Grady county’s fourteen school dis
tricts, according to County Supt. of
Schools Wih Muggridge, to fill one or
more 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 persons to be voted on must
j be submitted to him at his office here
j in writing not later than noon Sat
urday, Feb. 22nd. Printed ballots
j will be supplied and Supt. Muggridge
I Will have charge of the elections,
j 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
foe determined by the committee in
charge of the election in each district,
The killer decides not to slit Ben’s
throat but holds him prisoner hy main
force until one day Keefer falls vic
tim to a water moccasin.
Keefer revives just as Ragan is
making preparations to bury him, and
this consideration s>o touches the wan
derer’s heart that he guides youth and
dog out of the swamp. Ben says he
will return to trap animals. He dives
back into the swamp wilderness again
and again, alienating his giant father,
Thursday Ragan, arid filling other
hunters with envy.
Mabel McKenzie is Ben’s partner at
the Sunday singings until a brown
haired girl from Alabama, Julie Gor
don, rides u>p in a new buggy. When
the jilted Mabel tells of Ben’s partner
in the Okefenokee, Ben is tortured to
make him reveal the killer's hiding
place. He refuses despite a horrible
ducking which Mr. Bell makes the
reader feel as a personal experience.
Whether swamp-wild Tom Keefer
does finally get out of the Okefenokee
to find himself a wife, or whether his
enemies take his life may best be left
to Mr. Bell’s narration. The story
builds up to a magnificent climax.
It should be pointed out that Mr.
Bell has not let his natural yen for
hunting dogs run away with him. The
hound, Trouble, is What might be call
ed a well-bred literary dog. Not
once does he save bis master from
death, nor do we see him panting hap
pily in the fadeout as his masker and
lovely Julie embrace. Trouble re
mains mostly out of sight, content to
be the best hound dog in that
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. Woolfolk and N.
Williams.
NEW HOME: George Harvey.
RENO: Carl Bryant.
SPENCE: C. G'. Akridge and W. M.
TURKEY CREEK: Oliver Chester.
WAYSIDE: R. C. Hollingsworth.
WHIGHAM: W. M. Cr?w and G.
T-tulock.
PAWNEE: J. S. Godwin.
UNION: Edgar Stringer.
For several years past, the last -Fri
in February has been the desig
date each year for tnustee elec
Considerable confusion result
prior to the fixing of one date
year when several elections were
in the different districts during
year.
Messenger Ads Pay!
Neither does Mr. Bell let dialogue
or what is known as “local color”
cloud his narrative’s true vein. The
book has richness. One learns much a
about fox races, Sunday singings, ®
country There froubadors, lyrical and the fur trade. £
are passages about the ■
Okefenokee. ■
But Mr. Bell has with it all Mark
Twain’s grift of being casual. The ■
reader never gets the feeling he is 2
| hunt. being taken for an Okefenokee snipe
The characters of “Swamp Water” ■
stand like ■
out nuggets in quartz. Ben
Ragan was a dead ringer for Henry
Fonda in the Saturday Evening Posit’s ■
■ illu.ftrations when the book appeared
\ serially. In Hollywood -Fonda has al
ready been signed for the role.
| Then there is Tom Keeker, lean, ■
| brown, agile a? a cat. One likes Keef
er f rom the moment he stalks a deer
in the swamp, catches it and then ■
lets it go free because "... every
time 1 Krab one like that and H
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feel the life pounding and fighting
in him, I just ain’t got the heart.”
Thursday Ragan, Ben’s father, is a
gi ar >t of a man with a passion for fox
races. He forbids Ben to enter the
.swamp again; the .son refuses and IM
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941.
VEREEN BELL GIVEN
HONORS AT ATLANTA
“SWAMP WATER” BOOKS GET A
FORMA L 1NTRODUCTION
WEDNESDAY.
Vereen Bell, the Cairo and Thomas
ville, author, who is destined for wide
spread fame, was signally honored in
Atlanta Wednesday upon the formal
introduction of his gripping Okefe
nokee novel, “Swamp Water,” in book
form.
At Davison's sixth floor restaurant,
from 3:30 to 5 p. in., the author was
the honor.ee at a reception, at which
he happily autographed copies of his
book, published by Little, Brown &
Co., Boston. During the day, he also
autographed ‘books at Rich’s book shop
after having been interviewed over
Rich’s (WSB) radio program by Pen
elope Penn at 8:05 a. m.
The books have been available lo
cally at Mizell Drug Co., now, for
nearly three weeks, although Feb.
19th was the announced date of pub
lication.
In this connection, the following re
view of the book by W. K. Wyant,
which was featured on the Books page
of last Sunday’s Atlanta Journal
magazine section, is- doubtless of un
usual interest:
“S.WAMP WATER,” Vereen Bell’s
novel, which goes on sale Wednesday,
•February 19, is not a story about a
doig. Secondly, one would do Mr. Bell
an ill turn to call his magnificent tale
of the Okefenokee Swamp an epic of
the lowlands or a saga of the savan
nahs, because people might think of
those self-conscious, closely printed
novels rwhich less gifted writers get
off after attending a quilting bee in
the backwoods.
Mr. Bell, as most of us know by
now, is Georgia born and makes his
home near Thomasville. In “Swamp
Water,” he tells of a country youth
named Ben Ragan Who, in order to
find a lost hound dog, penetrates the
green fastnesess of the Okefenokee.
In ithe swamp Ragan is knocked on
the head by an escaped murderer, Tom
Keefer.
goes off to live in an abandoned Ne
gro cabin. We see Thursday plowing
all day in the sun, his shirt wet, and .
again we see him returning early |
from a night’s hunt to find a min
strel visiting "with his young wife.
Then there are Blind Fiskus the 1
whiskey-drinking fiddler; Silas Dor
son, with his hairlip, and others.
The Post’s editor.*, not given !
being effusive, use the word “genius”
in conneceion with Mr. Bell. Certainly
in “Swamp Water” he has fashioned a ,
memorable story.
U. So Income Tax Man
Due Here Feb. 24, 25
Marion H. Allen, of Atlanta, col
lector of internal revenue, has advised
The Messenger that a field man
from his office will be in Cairo from j
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 i
given to this service, locally, but with |
the limits lowered this year a large j
number of persons who have not been J
subject heretofore will be required to !
pay income taxes. Therefore, in an- j
ticipation of the increased number lo- i
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.
STATE AGENT TO BE HERE
FEB. 28TH.
Allen Darden, income tax director
of the Georgia Department of Reve
nue, has notified The Messenger that
an agent of the department will be at
the Courthouse in Cairo all day next
Friday, Feb. 28th, for the purpose of
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County Convention Will
Long Branch, Near CahJ
Announcement was made thi
that the regular s
cr terl l ae,
of the G'rady Cou c Ringing
vention will he held Lon
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day, March 2nd. °i on
The singing will begin Proittpfl
10 a. m., with morning and afte
sa sions. Several outstandi t
tets and other singing groups
pected to be present. a , (
All good singers are urged t
tend and all lovers of good
are invited.