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BONDS!
A YEAR- IN ADVANCE
,UME XXXIX.
jlH REPORT FOR
42 IS INTERESTING
ARIA TYPHOID ARE DOWN
0 ONE CASE EACH IN
T YEAR.
PAST
nnual report of Dr. H. P.
e a of Health,
kin, Commissioner Health De
the City-County 1942,
nt here, for the year
me days ago with the
filed a few
ty Board of Health,
n Rehberg, chairman,
) r A. W.
ivrnan Ben Harrison, of the
ty Commissioners, and Count>
n Wh Muggridge. The
jol Supt. be publish
It probably will not
full until or unless it can be
n March term
e a part of the
i jury presentments, but the
developed in the report are of
news importance, and probab
f such interest, that The Mes
er herewith attempts a brief re-
1 0 f them.
L 0 f the most significant facts
L jberg, report, as emphasized by Dr.
chairman of the board, is
! only one case of malaria was
,rted in Grady county last year,
j fact is mentioned only inci
tally in the report and there is
Lffort to account for the reduc
jowever, some emphasis is given
fact that only 91 cases of com
licable diseases were admitted
nedical and nursing service last
- and that these included only
case of typhoid fever, only three
is of scarlet fever, with hook
hns making up most of the re¬
ader. Not a case of last diphtheria and
hired in the county year
hunization treatments number
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tgroes Here Parade
ionday Afternoon for
tVar Stamp Purchases
airo’s 500 Negro students of
phington High School, their
thers and other leaders in the
ro organization supporting the
p Bond and Stamp campaign
Tied an impressive parade last
bday afternoon and bought War
pips from the Cairo post office,
t parade, which was promoted by
[en acted Johnson and other leaders,
much interest as it pro
ped through the city,
pe long column of students was
Pete with color-bearers and nu
rous student-made posters con
ling timely war slogans and
endid cartoons of Hitler, Tojo
1 other Axis leaders. “A War
pup a Day Will Keep the Japs
[ay” was a popular slogan.
I special booth was arranged in
fit of the post office where Clerk
ink Lane sold the stamps. The
chers made the purchases for the
dents in each grade so as to ex
kte the sales. Every student pur
se d at least one stamp and a con
irable total was realized.
>reen Johnson, one of the lead
!■ swelled the purchases by buy
• a bond to give his wife for a
t, ( tay anniversary present and
’ then bought a bond, also.
e sa id steady purchases by local
groes will be maintained and
■nulated by means of a contest,
ns for which are now being com
ted.
indaj Movie Bill Is
Offered By Sen. Pope
£ in arme(d forces has
Bcom Id 1 qUUo
a Problem on Sunday
1 at s >nday movies would at
ast P a n : ally solv
A i e the problem.
e n ' a ’ ny telegram
g0rr ' S ppositi expressing
’ ? n to the
;ned idually measure,
obiru V ! > -d the by Mayor W. H.
a? five Councilmen,
^ Sd to Senator Pope
ff-'-ed f y me: afterno on. A similarly
»ne; also. sage wjent to Rep. P. A.
@l)e Cairo iflesaetigtr ♦
The Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. FEB. 12TH. 1943.
S. H. Coker, Income Tax
Expert, Now In Cairo
Seaborn H. Coker, a popular Fed¬
eral income tax expert, is in Cairo
this week to assist the hundreds of
Grady county income tax-payers in
preparing and filing their 1942 re- j
turns. He came Tuesday and will be j
at the Commissioners’ office in the
Courthouse through tomorrow, Sat
y rc j a y
Mr. Coker has been located in
| Albany but was recently stationed
1 j n Thomasville when a new Thorn
j asv jq e office was opened by the In
t erna i Revenue Dep:. for Thomas,
Qj- a dy and a few other counties in
1 immediate area. Persons whom
j s una bi e to serve here may be
served by the Thomasville office.
Returns for 1942 are due March 15.
C. OF C. COMMITTEES
FOR 1943 PREPARED
DIRECTORS IN SESSION ACT
TO FURTHER PROJECTS
FOR. YEAR.
The Chamber directors of of Commerce the Grady Coun- last j I
ty met
Monday night in a deferred Jan- j
uary session and took steps to pro¬
mote the organization’s program for
1943 and to give full consideration
to the several special project rec¬
ommendations recently listed in
The Messenger.
After considerable discussion, it
was voted to sponsor the erection
on the Courthouse lawn of a suit¬
able sign-board with the names of
all of the Grady countians serving
in the armed forces thereon, the
sponsorship to be in conjunction
with the American Legion and
county authorities. A considerable
sum has been donated to Bishop’s
Cabinet Shop for this project and
the plan is for this concern to pro¬
ceed with the work, in co-operation
with a special committee composed
of Chairman B. F. Harrison, of the
County Commissioners; County At¬
torney R. A. Bell; Commander H.
F. Bearden, of the Legion; and Pres¬
ident Louis A. Powell and Secretary
M. L. Mayes, of the Chamber of
Commerce. This committee is al¬
ready at work studying the various
suggested plans for the board.
When the special project recom¬
mendations were discussed, the need
for further study of them was rec¬
ognized, and special committees
were authorized to study them. In
announcing the special commitees,
the president has also named other
standing committees for the year.
All of them follow:
War Service: Ira Carlisle, chair¬
man; R. A. Bell, Dave Bowen, J. M.
Kennedy, J. A. Pope and R. R. Van
Landingham.
War Bonds and Stamps: Ira Hig¬
don, Sr. and G, L. Worthy, chair¬
men; John Herndon, Henry Hester,
Sr. and J. S. Weathers.
■ Industrial: B. W. Mauldin, chair¬
man; E. H. Coleman, H. T. LeGette,
J. J. Little and W. B. Roddenbery,
Jr.
Recreational: J. S. Wight, chair¬
man; W. L. Oliver and J. B. Rod¬
denbery.
Committee To Study and Rec¬
ommend Action On Special Project
Recommendations Other Than Rec¬
reational and Other Projects As
They Develop: W. H. Robinson,
chairman: J. E. P’orsyth, A. C. Rod¬
denbery, W. M. Tyson and John
Wight.
Better Business: H. E. McKinnon,
chairman; Carl Minter, M. L. Mayes,
H. R. Rushin and H. H. Wind. I
Merchants: Walter Williams,
chairman; J. A. Collins, Curtis j
Gandy, W. J. McClenny and Jake j
Poller.
Livestock and Farm Markets: B.
W. West, chairman; Dr. H. L. Che- j
nfcy, Dr. F. S. Carr, Fred Carroll, R.
Membership and Finance: J. A. j
Powell, 2nd, chairman; F. A. Rich- |
ter, J. W. Southall and Mrs. W. L. j
Wight.
At Tuesday night’s meeting, prog-j
ress was noted on several activities
and more enthusiastic support of j
the organization was evidenced in
reports. An inquiry was redd from
a New York concern which ex
pressed a desire to construct a shirt
pajama factory here.
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Chicago, Ill.—Scene in photo
shows the fine business done on
Maxwell Street here last Sunday in
shoes. People warned by the radio
of shoe rationing rushed out to get
BRIEF SESSION HERE
OF SUPERIOR COURT
HEARING ON 2 GRIMES CASES
HELD; MARCH JURORS
ARE DRAWN.
Judge Carl E. Crow, of Camilla,
was a genial visitor here Tuesday
afternoon at which time he opened
Grady Superior Court for a brief
session.
A hearing was held on two cases
against T. H. Grimes, a Columbus,
(Ga.) taxi driver, but sentences were
taken under advisement by Judge
Crow. The defendant is yet to be
sentenced for reckless driving and
driving a car under the influence
of an intoxicant after having been
found guilty at the October. 1941,
term of Grady Superior Court. He
was also convicted at that time on
two counts of voluntary man¬
slaughter as a result of the auto col¬
lision deaths June 29th, 1941, ' of
Mrs. J. P. (Martha Ann) Sellers, 88,
of Whigham, and her grandson,
Leon M. Sellers, 26, of Thomas
county. He was sentenced to serve
one to two years on each count but
recently was paroled on these sen¬
tences.
Jurors were drawn for the March
term which will convene here Mon¬
day, March 1st. They will be an¬
nounced next week.
CITY COURT CASES ARE
DISPOSED OF.
Several criminal cases were dis¬
posed of at the weekly non-jury
session of City Court here which
was held last Tuesday.
Six Negroes plead guilty to
charges of gambling and received
sentences ranging up to four
months or $35.
Isabella Mathis and Louise Wil¬
son, two Negro women here, plead
guilty to charges of simple larceny
and received sentences of six
months, to be served on probation
on payment of $50 fines. They were
caught shoplifting in the Edward
Rushin store here last week, offi¬
cers said.
Mrs. Paul Harrison and Mrs. Levy
Dollar spent Sunday and Monday in
Columbus as guests of the latter’s
daughter, Mrs. R. S. Klophenstein.
Mr. J. O. Thursby, of Bainbridge,
formerly of Cairo, was among the
visitors here last Friday. His daugh¬
ter, Miss Marjorie Thursby, left
Bainbridge Saturday for Memphis,
Tenn., to take special training for
electrical work in Civil Service.
NEWSPAPERS
Under the latest
ment, it will be impossible
subscriptions to men
written request from the man
request is verified by a
Therefore, in the
cept new subscriptions for
requirements are complied
force are not affected, it is
Such authenticated
sons in the Navy, Marine
what they could. Harold Maley is
carrying out his purchases just be¬
fore police halted sales Sunday.
Shoe rationing started Tuesday with
three pairs per person per year.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
SHOE RATIONING IS ORDERED
SUNDAY TO BEGIN ON
TUESDAY.
Announcement was made in
Washington last Sunday afternoon
that all stocks of leather shoes in
the nation were frozen, effective
immediately, and a shoe rationing
program became effective Tuesday
morning. Rationing is on a basis of
three pairs per person per year and
stamp No. 17 of the present sugar
coffee ration books was made valid
for one pair of shoes for each per¬
son from now until June 15th.
Family shifts of stamps is permiss¬
ible.
The immediate effect of the ra¬
tioning here was that shoe repair
shops were deluged with shoe re¬
pair jobs beginning early Monday
morning.
NEWSY BUSINESS, MARKETS
PARAGRAPHS.
Mixon’s Grocery in Cairo and
Ben Wright & Sons in Whigham
have been approved for purchases
of eggs in the new Federal program,
it was understood here Thursday
afternoon.
If Stamp No. 11 of the sugar-cof¬
fee ration books is now valid tor
three pounds of sugar until March
15th.
1f Stamp No. 28 of the sugar-cof¬
fee ration books became valid Mon¬
day for one pound of coffee, good
until March 21st.
A decided change to colder
Thursday was generally welcomed
as tung nut trees need it to retard
swelling of buds.
PRICES BEING PAID FOR
PRODUCE HERE.
Following are the prices being
paid here Thursday for various
items of produce—the prices being
given as information, subject to
quick change and not guaranteed:
Tung Nuts, dry, ton .... $90
Quota Peanuts:
Spanish, No. 1, ton, . . . 150
Runners, No. 1, ton . . . •w 130
Eggs, yard run, doz.....25c
No. 1, infert. white, doz. 31c
Hens, colored, pound .... 20c
Fryers, colored, pound . . . 27c
BIRTH.—Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
Connell announce the arrival of a
young daughter on Feb. 2nd at
Cairo Hospital. She has been named
Susan Elaine.
MEN OVERSEAS
of the Post Office Depart¬
any newspaper to accept
unless the newspaper has a
in the service, and unless the
officer.
The Messenger cannot ac¬
overseas unless the above
Subscriptions already in
are not required for per¬
or Coast Guard.
BlIV U. S. WAR
BONDS!
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS
NUMBER 5.
Big Land and Timber
Deal Is Consummated
Deed records here this week re¬
vealed that a big land and timber
deal has just been consummated in¬
volving a Grady county tract with
a consideration of unusual propor¬
tions.
A warranty deed dated Jan. 25th
and recorded Feb. 8th names A. S.
Curry, of this county, as grantor of
481.6 acres with Keadle Bros. Lum¬
ber Co., a Mitchell county partner¬
ship, as the grantee.
The exact consideration was not
stipulated but U. S. revenue stamps
affixed indicated that the consider¬
ation was approximately $22,500.
Much timber was included in the
deal, it is understood.
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
RECLASSIFIES GROUP
26 NEGROES ORDERED TO GO
TO INDUCTION STATION
FOR FINAL EXAMS.
The Local Draft Board this week
released for publication another list
of Grady county Selective Service
registrants announced as having
been reclassified, only the names
and new classifications being list¬
ed.
Meanwhile, it was learned that 26
additional Negro registrants left this
week for an induction station for
final examinations. Those finally
accepted will have the usual fur¬
lough of a week Sefore beginning
active duty.
Following are the names of 22 of
the group who were sent from
Cairo:
Walter C. Robinson, Lonnie Hall,
Jimmie Butler, R. C. Wilford, Le¬
roy Moore, John Henry Bell, Loomis
Monroe Jackson, Ezekiel Everett,
John Odis Cowman, James Evers,
Louis Council Stewart, Frank Ma
ron Ward, R. J. Andrews, Herman
Thomas Williams, Fred Garland, Le¬
roy Bentley, Charlie Bush, Jr., El¬
mer Wilson, Willie Joe Bouie, Clyde
Dennson, Leo Herring, Eulysee Cal¬
vin George.
In addition, Charlie Johnson was
transferred to another Local Draft
Board and the following three are
transferees to this board:
George H. McIntyre, Andrew
Washington and Hermon Herring.
Following are those fisted this
week as having been reclassified:
Shelton Corbin, 1-A.
Ecarey Johnson, 1-A.
Judge Bentley, Jr., 1-A.
Carie Thomas, 1-A.
Wendell I. Adams, 1-A.
James A. Huling, 1-C.
Leroy Williams, 1-C.
James Mosley, 2-A.
Jeff Johnson, 2-C.
William P. Gainey, 2-C.
Calvin Hunter, 2-C.
James J.”"Wilson, 2-C.
Frank Oates, Jr., 2-C.
Joseph P. Pyles, 3-B.
C. B. Gilbert, 3-C.
Clinton H. Thomas, 4-F.
Elwood L: Waters, 4-F.
John L. Davis, 4-A.
Huddie L. Cheney, 4-A.
Charles L. Bonner, 4-A.
Henry Carter, 4-A.
Eugene D. Miller, 4-A.
William O. McManus, 4-A.
Clarence T. Brady, 4-A.
Malvin Collins, 4-A.
Claude H. Lindsay, 4-A.
Andrew J. McCroan, 4-A.
Mitchell L. Butler, 4-A.
Sammie Bell, Day, 4-A.
Roy A. 4-A.
Douglas Harrell, 4-H.
Charlie F. Baggett, 4-H.
Walter H. Newberry, 4-H.
Thomas A. Owens, 4-H.
Paul B. Hurst, 4-H.
Byron A. White, 4-H.
Marvin J. Walden, 4-H.
Freddie M. Chason, 4-H.
John B. Wight, 4-H.
James L. Lodge, 4-H.
Julius L. Folsom, 4-H.
Henry L. Smith, 4-F.
William C. Mills, 3-B.
Earl Faircloth, 3-B.
James Jones, 2-A.
Jesse Crump, 2-A.
Lee Horton, 2-A.
Collin Leeks, 2-A.
Joseph Borden, 2-A.
Abraham M. Gainey, Jr., 2-C.
Samuel U. Bullock, 2-C.
Lloyd A. Cliett, 2-C.
John E. Wynn, 2-C.
Clarence B. Parker, 2-C.
William A. Willis, 2-C.
Ike Florence, 2-C.
Willie Davis, 2-C.
James T. Burgess, 2-C.
Lonnie E. Hartley, 2-C.
Richard A. Bynum, 2-C.
Ulysee Grant, 2-C.
(Continued on page six).
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
IN MONTHLY SESSION
LICENSE OF CAIRO'S SINGLE
WINE BUSINESS REVOKED
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Cairo became "bone dry,"
legally, this week, with the re¬
vocation of the license of the
only wine business here, and
city officials said instructions
had been issued to law enforce¬
ment officers to redouble their
efforts to eliminate entirely all
sales here of beer, wine and li¬
quor, all of which are now il¬
legal.
The Mayor and Council, at
the regular February session
Tuesday night, acted unani¬
mously in revoking the wine
sales license of Roy Smith, of
Thomasville, after finding his
business here guilty of selling
wine to minors in violation of
the terms of the license. Mayor
W. H. Robinson said.
Mr. Smith, who operated a wine
on South Broad St., was
at the meeting, along with
attorney, W. W. Alexander, of
and they at first con¬
tended for a refund of about $225
the $500 license fee paid for the
from last Oct. 1st. Later, how¬
they are said to have agreed
close the business, effective Wed¬
morning, with an under¬
that Mr. Smith would be
allowed a reasonable time to re¬
his stock of wine.
Just before he left the meeting,
Mr. Smith said he regretted the
action because it would throw Cairo
wide open to beverage bootleggers.
This is what is said to have led to
later -comments and instructions to
officers to make the city “bone dry"
in fact as well as by law and to
plan for evep more stringent reg¬
ulations go £ 4 ' ing wine sales in the
event another wine sales license is
applied for.
Officials pointed out that Cairo
became one of the first municipal¬
ities to outlaw liquor more than
30 years ago and that at every op¬
portunity since then the people not
of Cairo but the county as well
have spoken firmly against permit¬
ting sales of intoxicants.
At Tuesday night’s meeting, B.
West appeared and discussed re*
(Continued on last page).
Driving Ban
Violations Reported;
Motorists Are Warned
At least two cases for viola¬
tion of the OPA pleasure dri¬
ving ban have been docketed
v^ith the Local War Price &
Rationing Board, it was learned
authoritatively this week.
Names of the alleged viola¬
tors are not being released for
publication or dissemination
and it is understood the cases
have been or will be referred to
district or regional OPA offi¬
cials for final fixing of penal¬
ties.
No details are forthcoming,
officially, but it is understood
that special OPA enforcement
officers docketed the cases and
that two of them involved
people from this county whose
cars were found in Thomasville.
One of them, a woman, whose
car is understood to have been
found at a theater in Thomas¬
ville, is reported to have free¬
ly admitted the infraction in a
conversation with the special
OPA enforcement officer before
she found he was an officer.
The filing of the cages, and
the presence of special OPA
enforcement officers in this
area, are developments that
may well be taken as a candid
warning by motorists who
might have become lax in
their compliance with the reg¬
ulations, particularly—and to
others, as well.
Violators are subject to lose
any part or all of their gasoline
ration for the duration. The
cases docketed a few days ago
are understood to be the only
ones filed here since the ban
was imposed several weeks ago.