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T BSENGER News It Can Get u » f - . the Ml. "1*** bi ' S ° f " e " S ^ ADVANCE fV!l. ILI AN DEFENSE RALLY SET TUESDAY tCOUNTIANSURGEDTO ND IMPORTANT MEETING $ NAMED iff LEADERS chairman TO BE ALONG WITH A 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 leetir.sr—and all ui#, I I e 't possible terms *1 the county, gene-I he support of the I ^ ^tending next j 1 ra % to gain first- j as to the program * Clock Is ’ I onfusion >feeks the j , her now, . \ %—and e has been i a( much a has resulted.. * n tr ying to keep n «t but it v seems ■ fry night. ,^ as 01 Been little serving ! a more 1 ° r some years, 80 accurate, but havl or has clearly act that most •end u P°n it for there is a general l b]e , can and will ♦ “The man who wanderech out of the of advertising way shall remain in the congregation of the dead.” TEN PAGES Red Cross Roll Call Begins Today m <9\ i m. v: c 1 % 1 '•# ■&. /. 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 (Continued on last page). 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 TEN PAGES FOUR ACQUITTALS ON 23 TRUE BILLS RECORD HERE RETURNS TO CAIRO 4 n U WMm : WM B: % L a 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 ; i 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 (Continued on Page 3).