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chairman TO BE
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CHAIRMAN.
ar y meeting of a group
:rs at the Courthouse
afternoon, a general
jy was called for next
I Nov. 18th, beginning
at the Courthouse
iirther steps toward
ady County For Civil
let-up.
[the county occupying
is, including school
neipals, all leaders of
is and the public gen
nly invited tout urged
lly, which will not be
filian defense set-up,
I is to prepare to give
Won, aircraft warn
ire-fighting, medical
teition, traffic direc
other services if and
incy should arise. The
Corps will be the mil¬
ls civilian defense set
ction almost entirely
R jnned but every phase
|md activites will be
[the new general or
jhich everyone will
[to perform.
[Secretary of the local
immerce, who was
fy chairman of civil
! Grady county by the
jded the recent district
pny > presided at last
I. On motion duly
I authorized and in
meeting to appoint a
e to nominate a per¬
il and vice-chairman.
are to be made to
peday night and the
N. Other nomina¬
tor piating will not be bar
committee is
ry Hester, Sr., chair
pimissioner |L Ben F.
B. Warnell, Post¬
ers and W. B. Rod
[fas piplete are chosen, they
the set-up by
| permanent group
pimittees for the va
)f activity, including
|rsing, policing fire-fighting,
> and traf
P er such phases of
l Dykes, of Whigham,
en «y, of the Defense
Mayes were among
the plans and ne
'■lian defense set-up j I
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way shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
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Red Cross Roll Call
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ABOVE is shown in miniature the
poster appeal used in the annual Red
j Cross Roll Call, which begins locally
this morning.
Every community in Grady county
will Ibe worked thoroughly for mem¬
berships with committees working un¬
der County School Supt. Wh Mug
gridge, the roll call chairman.
(See ad, page 3).
J FAIR FEATURES BIG
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
COMMISSIONER TOM LINDER IS
J GUEST AND SPEAKER ON
WEDNESDAY.
The Grady County Fair, which this
year features the big livestock indus¬
try, is in progress here this week,
and is attracting good crowds despite
the unseasonably cold weather during
the first part of this week.
The exposition will continue thru
Saturday and today is expected to be
a big day since the county’s several
thousand white school children will
.be special guests during the afternoon.
Thursday was Negro School Day.
About 2,000 people entered the gate
Tuesday and attendance has been in¬
creasing daily with warmer weathei.
With exhibits confined almost en¬
tirely to livestock, they portray in¬
terestingly some of the fine progress
that has been made recently in de¬
veloping and expanding the livestock
industry in this county.
On Wednesday, Commissioner 0 f |
Agriculture Tom Linder was a spe- |
cial guest of the fair management and
spoke to several hundred interested 3 J
farmers at the fair grounds at p.
m. on problems that concern farmers i !
most at this time. Mr. Linder was
heard with much interest and while
here he was taken by local leaders [
on a tour of inspection of local indus- I
tries. He was the guest of Dr. W. A. !
Walker, Representative, for lunch.
The fair is sponsored again this j
year by the American Legion and the ;
net JJpj^ceeds will go to the Legion’s j
Christmas Empty Stocking Fund. The j
Southern States Shows, John B.;
Davis, manager, furnish the many
midway attractions.
WSB Radio Broadcast
Planned Here Dec. 4th
A special broadcast honoring Grady j
county will be presented at the high
school auditorium here on Thursday |
night, Dec. 4th, when Station WSB,
Atlanta, puts on a radio show in its
new series of “Salute To Geoi„ia
Counties” programs.
Ail musicians and other performers
will be selected from Grady countians
and entrants may sign-up with Sec
retary IM. L. Mayes, of the Chamber
of Commerce, by Tuesday, Nov. 25th.
A recording will be made of the Dec.
4th presentation and it will be broad
cast WSB Saturday night, Dec.
over
6th. All interested performers are
urged to contact Secretary Mayes
wthout delay. Other facts in regard
to the broadcast will be outlined next
week.
The Official Organ of Grady County
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOV. 14TH, 1941.
W WM.E.iniERIS
RETURNED TO CAIRO
CAIRO CIRCUIT, WHIGHAM ARE
TO GET NEW PASTORS IN
APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. William E. McTier, who has
been pastor of the First Methodist
Church here for the past two years,
was re-assigned as pastor here for a
third year, and new pastors are to be
sent to the Cairo circuit and the
Whigham-Climax charge, in appoint¬
ments by Bishop Arthur Moore late
last Sunday at the conclusion of the
South Georgia Annual Conference of
the Methodist Church held in Valdos
ta.
Rev. Fred C. Meyer, formerly of the
United Church of Canada, whose wife
before their marriage was Miss Jewel
Brown, of Cairo, and who came here
a year ago from the Rebecca charge of
the Americus district to be pastor of
the Cairo circuit, will go to Barwick,
and will be succeeded here by Rev. J.
W. Lilly, who will come from Davis
boro, in the Dublin district. He has
been in the confei’ence 40 years, hav¬
ing entered, in 1900.
Rev. Marvin Vincent, who is com¬
pleting four years as pastor of the
Whigham-Climax charge, was sent to
the Brinson charge, in this district,
and will be succeeded by Rev. B. R.
W. Knowles, who will come from
Faceville, in this district. It will be
his third year in the conference, he
having entered in 1938.
Rev. W. C. Bryant is returned to
the Attapulgus charge, which also in¬
cludes the Calvary Church, for a third
year.
The return of Mr. McTier to Cairo
is especially pleasing to the people
of this entire community, generally.
The local church under his. leadership
has enjoyed two of the best years in
its history and church leaders seve¬
ral months ago began an effort to se¬
cure his return, if possible. Later, he
was considered for a higher appoint¬
ment but the local leaders urged his
return. He came here two years ago
from Epworth 'Church in Savannah,
where he served four years. Previous¬
ly, he served eight years as chaplain
for a military unit, with headquarters
in Atlanta. He is generally regarded
as one of the ablest of the younger
ministers of the conference. His late
father was .pastor of the Cairo circuit
years ago. He and his wife, and their
two young sons, have endeared them¬
selves to the people here.
Other appointments include the re¬
turn of Rev. W. M. Haywood to be
superintendent of the Thomasville dis¬
trict for a third year. He came to the
district superintendency here two
year’s ago from the pastorate of the
Rose Hill Church, Columbus.
Rev. Leland Moore, who was pastor
of the Cairo church in 1926 and was
returned here for three , years of » ser
vice prior to the commit of MrMe
Tier two years ago. was promoted to
be District Superintendent of the Dub
lin district after serving two years
as pastor of the united church in Fits.
gerald.
Rev. Albert S. Trulock, a native of
Whigham, who completed a most suc
cessful four-year assignment here five
years ago, was sent to the First
Church, Waycross, for a second, year,
after being transferred there a year
ago from four years at St. Luke, Co
(Continued On Page 6).
PELHAM PLAYS CAIRO HERE TONIGHT
Syrup Makers Eke Out 6-0 Victory Over Their
Old Rivals, the Bainbridge ’Cats.
The Cairo high football team is set
entertain an invading swarm of
to
Pelham high Hornets at the Syrup
Bowl here tonight, beginnnig at 8 o’
clock, i its eighth contest of the fast
n
waning grid season. member
Although Pelham is net a
of the South Georgia Football Asso
ciation, much interest is evidenced in
tonight’s game, since Pelham is a
close neighbor and Cairo and Pelham
football teams have not been playing
every season duri r..g ectnt years.
BUSINESS. MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
CAIRO A PURCHASING STATION
FOR PECANS UNDER FEDERAL
PROGRAM FOR CROP.
By J. A. Freeman, Co. Agt.
Cairo has been selected as one of
the six purchasing stations in Geor¬
gia for the purchase of unshelled pe¬
cans by the Surplus Marketing Ad¬
ministration. Purchases will be made
at an established schedule of prices
ranging according to size, from 8c to
1214c a pound for No. 1 orchard run
pecans; 7.4c to 11.5c for No. 2; and
6.7c to 10.3c a pound for No. 3. None
averaging smaller than U. S. medium
size will be bought. This program
is expected to handle approximately
7,500,000 pounds.
J. A. Curry of the Surplus Market¬
ing Administration, is to be the grad¬
ing and purchasing agent for Cairo.
It is expected that purchases from
producers will begin within the next
week or 10 days.
Prior to the beginning of actual
purchasing, Mr. Curry will have a
temporary office at the County
Agent’s office in the Courthouse here
and will be glad to explain to any pro¬
ducers the manner in which purchases
will be made. A definite warehouse
has not been designated as yet.
The committee in charge of the pro¬
gram in the Cairo area is J. Slater
Wight, Cairo, Richard Simpson, Mon
ticello, Fla., Allie Robinson, Thomas
ville, and J. A. Freeman, Cairo.
THANKSGIVING TO BE ON
NOV. 27TH.
It remained the general opinion
here this week that Thanksgiving
Day will be -generally observed, local¬
ly, on Thursday, Nov. 27th, the tra¬
ditional date, although for some un¬
explained reason no state proclama¬
tion has been forthcoming.
President Roosevelt has proclaimed
next Thursday, Nov. 20th, but an¬
nounced that he would return to the
traditional “last Thursday” after this
year. The post offices and most Fed
erl agencies will obsuve a holiday next
Thursday, Nov. 20th, in accordance
with the presidential proclamation.
But, Governor Talmadge is expect¬
ed to proclaim the last Thursday, Nov.
27th, and if he does that date will
certainly be observed by the local
banks and business, houses, generally,
as a full holiday. Moreover, The Mes¬
senger will be printed that week on
Wednesday, one day earlier than us¬
ual, following a custom of long stand¬
ing, and all correspondents and ad¬
vertisers must necessarily get their
news and ad copy in a day earlier
than usual.
LIGHT FROSTS THIS WEEK
NOT DAMAGING.
The Cairo area had its first frosts
of the fall season last Sunday and
Wednesday mornings but no erop
damage whatsoever was reported as a
result and B. A. Belcher, technologist
in charge of the U. S. Sugar Cane
Experiment Station here, said the
cold weather was quite beneficial to
cane that was still standing. The
thermometer dropped to about 35 on
Sunday and again each morning thru
Wednesday, but cloudiness prevented
frost Monday and Tuesday mornings.
It has been a protracted cold period
for this early in the season—ibut it
was just what had been generally
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set in operation shortly before 7 p.
m. and firemen made a quick run to
fight the blaze for about an hour. The
fire was confined to the middle part
of the structure and was believed to
have been completely extinguished
when firemen left. Employees were
working in the building when passers
by about 20 minutes later saw the
flames flare again in the third floor
section, however, and firemen were
called back for another two-hour fight.
The blaze was then confined almost
altogether to the interior of the buil¬
ding, and to the middle section, but
heavy fire and water damage result¬
ed, nevertheless. The extensive water
damage involved the large stock al¬
most throughout the building. The
damage is fully covered by insurance,
it is said.
Company officials and employees
worked har dto meet the emergency
and Friday deliveries of merchandise
to customers went forward as usual,
most of the merchandise coming from
the Tifton warehouse of the concern.
Since the company has four other
warehouses, the stocks of the Cairo
unit were promptly replaced and bu¬
siness has continued about as usual.
A practically complete stock of new
merchandise is now available to the
retail trade served by the concern.
R. S. Jones, local manager of the
company, in an ad on page six, ex
presses “ or deepest appreciation to
everyone generally, for the splendid
aid given us.” He especially thanks
the concerns served for their fine
spirit of forbearance and eo-operation
in the emergency, in expressing grat
itude for “everything that has been
to assist us.”
Then, too, it will be the last home
game of the season for the Cairoites.
Pelham is a member of the Sowega
Association.
The Syrup Makers will be minus
the services of Howard Thrower, Jr.,
who is receiver of their potent for¬
ward pass combination, of which Mack
Willis is the heaver, and his absence
from the line-up will mean the Cairo¬
ites will be forced to fight harder to
< ’ mued or last page).
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
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FOUR ACQUITTALS ON
23 TRUE BILLS RECORD HERE
RETURNS TO CAIRO
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JtEV. W. E. M’TIER
who was returned as pastor of the
First Methodist Church here for a
third year in appointments announced
late last Sunday at the South Geor¬
gia Methodist 'Conference in Valdos
ta.
He was considered for a higher ap¬
pointment, but urgent requests were
made locally for his return here.
KELL CO. HAS HEAVY
DAMAGE FROM FIRE
FIRE AND WATER DAMAGE MA\
REACH $50,000; BUSINESS
CONTINUES SERVICE.
Cairo suffered her third major fire
of the year last Thursday night when
the H. V. Kell Co., wholesale grocery
warehouse, in the eastern part of the
city, and the large stock therein, were
badly damaged by flames and water.
Company officials said Thursday a
complete check-up on the damage
would not be completed until next
week but that it may reach $50,000.
The Negro school building was de¬
stroyed and the planing mill of the
Thomas-Roibinson Lumber Co. was ex¬
tensively damaigqd in earlier major
fires here this year.
The Kell Co. fire is believed by com
pany officials to have started by rats
in the concern’s large stock of mat¬
ches on the second floor. The auto¬
matic fire alarm and sprinkler sys
tern in the sheet metal was
“The Jacksonian,” New
i All-Pullman Train, To
Operate This Winter
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Preliminary announcement has been
made during the past week of a new
co-ordinated pasenger train service
this winter between Chicago and Mi¬
ami that includes a new deluxe all
Pullman train, “The Jacksonian,’’
which will operate through Cairo but
will not likely serve this city directly.
The new service calls for the lux¬
ury coach streamliner, “South Wind,”
to continue, with a two-hour later
schedule, southbound, every third day.
Beginning Dec. 17th from Chicago,
“The Jacksonian” will be inaugurat¬
ed every third day via Montgomery’
and Cairo, and will , pass Cairo about
5:30 a. m., southbound, and about 12 ,
midnight, northbound, the prelimin¬
ary schedule indicates.
“The Florida Arrow,” which has
been a daily luxury coach and Pullman
winter train via Montgomery and
Cairo for several years, will begin
seasonal service from Chicago Jan.
1st and operate only every third
'day over the Montgomery-Cairo route,
substantially on the sapie schedule as
heretofore. Cairo will likely continue
to be a flag-stop for this train,
The three trains will be co-ordinated
to provide service by each in regular
order—and the same service will be
provided over each of the other twe
routes which other streamliners now
operating in co-ordination with the
“South Wind” use.
NUMBER 38.
AUTO CRASH DRIVER
GIVEN 2 TO 4 YEARS
VERDICTS AND SENTENCES FOR
LAST WEEK’S COURT ARE
REVEALED FRIDAY.
Clerk of the Courts P. M. Baggett
last Friday revealed the verdicts and
sentences in the criminal cases dispos¬
ed of in Grady Superior Court last
week showing only four acquittals on
a total of 23 true bills considered du¬
ring the four-day session. The records
in the criminal cases disposed of were
not completed by the court until just
before adjournment and sentences
were not available for publication
last week.
Judge Carl E. Crow, of Camilla,
presided and Solicitor-General Maston
O’Neal of Baiabridge, represented the
state in the criminal cases. All tri¬
able jail cases were disposed of, with
only a few criminal cases carried
over, and the civil docket was left al¬
most clean, in the longest court ses¬
sion here in several years.
'Completion of the records in the
four cases against T. H. Grimes, 26,
a Columbus (Ga.) taxi driver, growing
out of the auto collision deaths near
here last June of Mrs. J. P. (Martha
Ann) Sellers, 88, of Whigham, and
her grandson, Leon 'M. Sellers, 26, of
Thomas county, left the defendant
with two prison sentences of one to
two years on two counts of involun¬
tary manslaughter, sentences to run
consecutively, making total of 2 to 4
years. Sentence deferred on verdicts
of guilty on 2 lesser charges. Grimes
remains in jail here awaiting com¬
mitment to prison, since there was no
motion for a new trial.
In the case against Aubrey Mc¬
Donald, of near Colquitt, charged with
assault with intent to murder for
slashing his estranged wife with a
knife here home weeks ago, a plea of
guilty was entered and the defendant
was sentenced to serve four to five
years in prison.
Following are the criminal cases
disposed of:
State vs T. H. Grimes; two charges
of murder, driving motor vehicle
under influence of intoxicant
reckless driving. Verdict of guilty
on two counts of involuntary man¬
slaughter, driving motor vehicle while
influence of intoxicant and
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