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RONDS!
A yEAR/ IN ADVANCE
xxxix.
RATION BOOK NO , 2 ISSUAN CE SE T NEXT WEEK
iNNED goods are to be
1 AFTER MAR.
1ST
ISTRATION HERE
BE AT 18 PLACES
NESDAY, THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY ARE DATES AND
SCHOOLS ARE SITES.
sre about complete for
an s issuing V/ar
aiqantic 39 task of
on Book No. 2 to Grady
ilians holding War Ration
k No. 1 (the sugar-coffee
;) next Wednesday. Thurs
and Friday, Feb. 24th, 25th
28th.
j of the county's 14 white
ols and the Negro schools
leachlon and Cairo will be
stration sites, These 16
will be open from 9 a. m.
m.. Central War Time,
p. named.
he thiee days
DP A plans for the issu-
13 Friday
rere first learned last
in 1 m Leonard J. King, of
"Mi
! op\ office who ex
te recommended proce
to a hastily-arranged but
- attended meeting of school
ationing officials and other
ctive volunteer workers at
uirihouse here. Rationing
asked the school officials to
the task of issuing the books
ie job was later accepted by
r School Supt. Wh Muggridge
e schools outside Cairo
pt John S. Herndon for the
chools.
14 white schools at
;e will be arranged for are
Calvary, .Central. Elpino,!
New Home, 1
)ak, Midway,
e, Reno, Spence, Turkey j
Union, Wayside and Whig
n addition the Beachton and
Negro schools will be regis
sites.
seven of The Messenger this
is devoted entirely to infor- j j
. on the issuance of War Ra
00 k No. 2 and how to use it. 1
il reading of this page is rec- ;
ided. On page nine is with a de- il- j
on of the new book, I
ions. The week’s feature edi-j
deals with the issuance and ;
1 reading of it is recommend
prtant facts for all to remem
I connection with the regis-1 !
, aside from the dates and |
as specified, are as follows: j I
, r
W War T; Ration ma l Book Tl No. an o 2 foi 1 ,
ehold or family unit. |
Irady countians may apply at j
te in this county most con
it.
not go to registration site
F War Ration Book No. 1 for
plicants if as admission will ab¬ be
P you do. Book No. 1 is
ly necessary to get Book No.
Continued i
on last page).
•Grimes , Is Fined .
P On Charges Here
-
j;tb 111 the office of the Clerk I
Courts here revealed this i
l “ at T H. Grimes, listed as a i
;° us (Ga -) taxi driver, has j
ln ed $500 on two charges on j
T ^ 1941 was convicted at the ;
' term (if Grady Su- 1
Court. He was fined $200 for j
fss driving and $300 for dri- ;
hlIe (
( °xicam. und A er hearing the influence of j
was held j
^ rl v ‘ E 1 Crow, °n the of cases Camilla, and j .
,, !
s ‘no nces under advise
Grimes -'■ as convicted at the j
time ,n -wo counts of volun-;
h ns au
gnter as a result of the
n dea ths here June 29,
s. 8« tn W!ll P gham, ' (Martha and Ann) her i
ton t L " on M.
a * , ' c °anty. Sellers, 26, of
He was sentenced
■ two years on each of these
and was ■ recently paroled.
P Paid foe S5oo fines.
I
% l)e Cairo Jllessetiaer ♦
The Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remai n in the congregation of the dead."
TEN PAGES.
Monday To Be Holiday
for Banks and Library
Next Monday, Feb. 22nd, which
is the anniversary of George Wash
ington’s birthday, will be a legal
holiday, and will be observed as a
full holiday by the Cairo banks and
the Cairo Public Library. Some oth¬
er government offices here may be
closed, also.
The Cairo post office will remain
open Monday as usual, it is an¬
nounced, but there will be only one
city mail delivery and no rural mail
delivery. The post office remains
on Eastern War Time and its win¬
dows open at 7:30 a. m. and close
at 5:30 p. m., Central War Time.
Everyone is urged to keep the
above facts in mind to minimize in¬
convenience.
OTTim SUNDAY 11r Hff MOVILiS AITSPfi rnn rOR
fAIRA vflllivf I lit IVFI I liLi Y 1 IWIIF IiJuULf
-
house PASSES MEASURE FOR
LEGALIZING THEM BY A
WIDE __* MARGIN
Legalization by the state of Sun
day mo ving picture shows for Cairo
and all ot her Georgia towns with
in 30 G r 40 miles of Army and Navy
centers has been quite a lively is
sue here during the past week.
News rea ched Cairo last week
that Senator Jeff A. Pope, of Cairo,
introduced in the Senate on Feb.
9th a bill to legalize Sunday movies
in all towns within 30 miles of mil
itary centers. Promptly, the Mayor
and Council, in lengthy telegrams
signed individually by the Mayor
and Councilmen, vigorously protest
ed the proposal both to Senator
Pope and Rep. Pryor A. Jones. Min¬
isters of the larger Cairo churches
followed suit shortly thereafter with
strong messages of protest. Then the
governing bodies of the First Bap
list. First Methodist and Presby¬
terian churches acted similarly.
Senator Pope came home for the
week-end and is understood to have
said that he intioduced his measuie
at the request of the commanding
officers of military centers in this
It was not generally known here
that a bill had been introduced in
the House by the Colquitt and
Dougherty county delegations to
legalize Sunday movies in towns '
within a radius of 40 miles of mil
. cen ters—but the House passed
this meas ure last Monday by a vote
of almost three to one. It is expected
that the Senate will act shortly
either on its own bill or the House
measure.
Rep. Jones-is understood here to
have voted for the House bill and
he is said to have written local cit
izens that he “is willing to face the
people on the issue.”
Meanwhile, the issue Remained a
Cairo lively topic 1S wlthia3 . of d —fmirs f, a
R Abridge i
lhe ‘
Jury Lists Drawn for. !
Simprior ” Court j
Court officials here are busy pre- 1
par i n g for the regular March term
of Grady Superior Court which is
scheduled to convene a week from j
next Monday, which will be March;
lst at 9 a m Central War Time.
. . }
ot h er than on Monday mornings
court w jn convene at 8 a. m., Cen
tral W ar Time. of Camilla, j \
judge Carl E. Crow,
who wi n preside, was here lists last for |
wee k a nd drew the jury
the term. Jurors drawn are listed
on page nine.
Both the criminal and civil dock
ets , are understood to be somewhat
lighter at this time than they were
at'both of the 1942 terms,
.
BIRTH_Mr. and Mrs. Graham
Mobley announce the arrival of a
young daughter on Saturday, Feb.
She has been named Ellen
Rebecca. I
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY, FEB. 19TH. 1943.
! AUDIT SHOWS BOOST
! IN CITY’S EXPENSES
DEFICIT FOR 1942 OF $2,029
RESULTS WHEN REVENUES
DROP $6,294.
The annual audit of the affairs fo
the Citv of Cairo for 1942, completed
by L. L. Staplefon, of the Stapleton
Audit Co., of Decatur, and approved
by the Mayor and Council, reveals
a fuidher increase in city expenses
from 1941 to 1942, with a substan
tial loss in revenue or income that
resulted in a deficit of $2,029 for
the year. However, the audit shows
cash on hand and in banks of $14,-
745, with all current obligations pro
vided for, and a fiscal condition
that is generally quite
The more essential portions of the
audit are published on page eight
of The Messenger this week and
will doubtless be read with much
interest by citizens of the city. The
published portions include the en
tire balance sheet and the expe nses
by departments \
In a special note it is pointed out
that th ® dty ’ S revenue or income
: for last year decreased $6,294, which
! is accounted for largely in the re
blclb> TT f° r lighting, £° m due “! largely e ° f , elec to -
the change in time last N ear - The
lighting loss has been referred to as
a substantial war saving for the
heavily taxed electric energy gen
eratliag centers. It is also pointed
out that the deflclt - whlle developed
j mostly by the loss in revenue or
income, is also due somewhat to
the fact that Clty salaries f or
December were P aid m . December,
which means that salaries for 13
rather than 12 months are ^eluded
in the audlt -
Another special added item of ex¬
pense last year is the payment of
$4,400 for the city’s part in the city
WPA street paving, most of which
was done in 1941. The street de¬
partment had an item of about $5,
000 for street paving in 1941. For
these sums, however, the city re¬
ceived a large amount of paving in
the total cost of which the WPA
participated extensively. To be con¬
sidered, also, is the fact that the city
paid for its new, modern fire truck
on a short term basis in 1941 and
The audit shows a drop in the
general surplus from $184,110 f° r
1941 to $160,625 for 1942.
The distribution of the uncollect
ed taxes by years as revealed in the ;
published portions of the audit in- |
dicates a much more prompt pay- |
ment of property taxes than here- j
tofore. Quite a large portion of the |
1942 property taxes had been paid j
Jan. 1st, earlier than usual, and it;
is understood smallest that unpaid figure taxes in now j j
stand at the years,
the time of year considered. ]
Expenses for 1942 are shown to be j
*^0,684, which is an increase over!
^ 1Q41 total of $ i 06 ,447 and the; |
194Q tQtal of $102,738. The 1939 to- ■
^ ^9,574, the 1938 total was :
$75,349 and the 1937 total was $68,- i
gig> !
General government expenses i
last year were $ 10 ’ 627 compared;
«‘ h $10 ' 200 in 1941 “ d m291 in
0 .
Water and light department ex
penses last year were $50,385 as j
compared with $51,651 in 1941 and |
$55^80 in 1940. 1
Police department expenses last (
year were $8,234 as compared with i
$6^61 in 1941 and $6,650 in 1940.
Fj re department expenses last
year wer e $7,252 as compared with
$5,179 in 1941 and $4,966 in 1940. j
street department expenses last
year were $20,081 as compared with
$19/701 in 1941 and $14,620 in 1940. j
Sanitary department expenses;
i as t year were $10,286 as compared
w ith $7,427 in 1941 and $5,901 in
1940.
Sundry expenses last year were
$ 3; 816 as compared with $5,325 in
1941 a nd $5,216 in 1940.
Mrs. Emma Prince Castillo, of
Jacksonville, formerly of this coun
ty, is visiting relatives here. Her
husband, Cpl. Herbert Castillo, is
on duty with American units inr
North Africa.
LOCAL DRAFT
RECLASSIFIES
45 WHITE MEN LEAVE FOR AN
INDUCTION STATION
THIS WEEK.
The Local Draft Board this week
released for publication another list
of Grady county Selective Service
registrants announced as having
been reclassified, only the
and new classifications being list
ed -
It was learned, also, that 45 white
men left this week for an induction
station for final examination, and
induction, if accepted. Most of the
men have been accepted, it was re
ported unofficially here, and those
accepted are spending the usual sev
en-day furlough at home before be
gi nn i n S active training,
Following are the 39 Grady coun¬
ty registrants:
Horace Edwin Richter, Green
Braxton Lee, Henry Agnew Chaires,
Howard Glenn McGraw, Leslie
Moore Bonner, Hubert Daniel Whit;
field, James Edward Lowe, Joseph
Horry Rawls, Joseph Hampton Hud
son, Howard Thrower, Jr., Lindsey
Warren Gerald, Hiriam Hubert Wil
Rufus “T' Ramsay, 1°^ A. B. Reynolds, £ iC \ Jr. ard
Ridgeway Wilson, Leland Everett
McKown, James Cecil Andrews,
James Heyward Vanbrunt, Jr., Ray
mo nd Jones, Corbett Myrtice Rabon,
Lewis Bryan Brock, Thomas Carol
j Brown, James Luther Wright, Jr.,
j Raymond Rayford Garner Miller, Harden, Emyles Ben Robinson, Hill
j
Logue, Leslie Colen Powell, Jr.,
Lothian Clinton Bush.
Olan Lawrence Faircloth,
Revere'Singletary, Louie Edward
Singletary, Carrol William Johnson,
Charles Edward Barrineau, Hansel
Dixon, Howard Collins, James
Franklin Dunlap, Angus Wilton
Poole.
Also Edward Leo Waters and
Marlin Murry Moore were trans¬
ferred from other boards, and Chris
Robert Smith, Henry Lewis Prince,
Jack Barfield and Issac Wilson
Lashley were transferred to other
boards in this call.
Following are the names of those
anounced as having been
fied, all of this group having been
placed in Class 4-H, which is
para ti ve l y a new class of registrants
3 g 45 yea rs of age:
Richard Sawyer, 4-H.
William G. Maxwell, 4-H.
Fonder M. Wilcox, 4-H.
® aid ^
williairfpierce Lee, 4-H.
E mory a. Sellars, 4-H.
Harco H. Sellers, 4-H.
Gordon C. Bryant, 4-H.
Zerome M. Maxwell, 4-H.
’
wihieF Ferrell,’4-H. Harrell 4-H
Ander J. -h!
Alton B. Crjnpei^ 4
Dan N. Mitchell, 4-H.
do ^ es
£th2r L.'Logue^-H Painter,’
j 0 h n h. 4-H.
Thomas R. Crawford, 4-H.
Fred Singletary, 4-H.
John H. Spivey, 4-H
C urtfs° E. Morrison, 4-H.
Joseph E. King, 4-H.
4-a
KS w '£“a 4 ' K '
c
George W. Jackson, 4-H.
Daniel H. Gainous, 4-H.
John A. Norman, 4-H.
Howard P. Strickland, 4-H.
James W. McCord, 4-H.
James A. West, 4-H.
Ivey R. Elkins, 4-H. ;
William J. Bryant, 4-H. !
John E. Vanlandingham, 4-H.
Leland S. Humphries, 4-H.
Sonnie V. Hopkins, 4-H.
Robert H. Thomas, 4-H.
Ambry P. Barfield, 4-H.
Walter L. Johnson., 4-H. !
Robert L. Trulock, 4-H.
Leroy R. Hopkins, 4-H.
David T. Clayton, Sr., 4-H.
Thomas J. Gray, 4-H.
Allie B. Prince, 4-H. j
Henry J. Lindsey, 4-H.
Olith D. Wilkes, 4-H.
George E. Wynn, 4-H.
Janies S. Griner, 4-H.
Marvin L. Dollar, 4-H. I
Bernard G. Roberson, 4-H.
Lloyd A. Poppell, 4-H.
Jessie L. Collins, 4-H.
Lester J. Moore, 4-H.
(Continued on page six).
No. 1 Ration Books Of
Service Men ‘Overdue’
The Local War Price & Ra¬
tioning Board this week re¬
quested The Messenger to em¬
phasize that War Ration Book
No. 1 (the sugar-coffee book)
issued to persons who go into
the armed forces must be sur¬
rendered by family heads to
the board within 30 days of
such persons' departure.
Heavy penalties are provided
by Federal law for failure to
surrender such books within the
30-day period and for other
persons to use such books.
Since only about 200 of such
books have been surrendered
here, several hundred persons
are "treading on dangerous
ground" by failure to comply
with this law, it is pointed out.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
$129 A TON "FLOOR" ON 1943
PEANUTS INDICATED BY
GOVERNMENT.
Pearce H. Phillips, local AAA ad
ministratlvc- officer, said this week
he had received a message from
AAA state officials virtually assur
f n g the single price basis for the
1943 peanut program with prices 85
per cent of parity, or more.
On Jan. 15th the parity price on
peanuts was $151.60 a ton ad 85 per
cent of this amount would be ap¬
proximately $129 a ton. This is
considered an average, Mr. Phil¬
lips said, and Spanish peanuts
would be some higher on this basis
with Runners some lower. However,
a bill by Cong. Stephen Pace is
pending in Congress to include la¬
bor costs in the prices, which would,
if approved, add $10, or more, per
ton. Moreover, the parity price, if
it changes, is expected to go higher
rather than lower. Altogether, the
indicated $129 a ton level is re
garded as a “price floor” for 1943
Peanuts and it is now reasonably
certain that producers will be paid
a t least this price. The Grady coun
ty 1943 peanut goal is 25,000 acres,
Mr. Phillips said “incentive pay¬
ments” are to be made on peanuts
and cei> tain other crops this year,
also ‘ Peanut producers, under this
P lan > would be paid $30 an acre,
extra, for all acreage above 90 per
cent of the 1943 goal up to 110 per
cen t Q f goa j 4945 goa f s are
n0W being fixed by the AAA county
committee and community commit
teemen.
However, such payments will go
to the producers only on dug pea¬
nuts. Mr. Phillips said that some¬
how many peanut producers have
gotten the impression that “hogged
off’ peanuts would count on the “in¬
centive payments” but emphasized
that only dug peanuts will count.
“Incentive payments” are to be
made on the following other crops, j
as shown:
Irish Potatoes: 50c a bu. on nor¬
mal yield, on above goal basis;
Sweet Potatoes: $37.50 an acre,
on above goal basis; and ! I
Vegetables ' For Fresh Market 1 i
(Cabbage, Carrots, Beets, English 1 ;
Peas, Onion's, Lima and Snap j
Beans and Tomatoes): $50 an acre,!
on above goal basis.
Information on these prices and!
payments may be obtained at the
AAA office in Cairo.
NEWSY BUSINESS, MARKETS
PARAGRAPHS.
If This section was visited by the
coldest weather of the winter this
week. servers Local reported voluntary official weather mini- ob-1 J
an
mum temperature of 19 degrees i
Monday morning for the winter’s (
record to date. Tuesday’s minimum
was 29 but fresh cold winds dur- j
ing that day brought a minimum of
22 Wednesday morning. Scattered j
(Continued on page four).
BUY U. S. WAR
BONDS!
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS
TEN PAGES.
CONTESTS DEVELOP IN 3
OF 14 SCHOOL DISTRICTS
SCHOOLS’TRUSTEES
ELECTIONS FEB. 26
ELPINO, UNION AND WAYSIDE
DISTRICTS HAVE CONTESTS
NEXT FRIDAY.
When entries for the annual
elections of district school
trustees Feb. 26th closed at the
office of County School Supt.
Wh Muggrdge at the Court¬
house here last Saturday at .’6
p. m., contests had developed lit
three of the county's 14 school
districts.
Supt. Muggridge said con¬
tests developed in the Elpino,
Union and Wayside districts, to
Elpino, five persons are enter¬
ed for three places. In Union,
there are seven candidates for
three places. In Wayside, two
candidates are entered for the
one place to be filled.
i
Here is how the races shape up
in the 14 districts, according to
Supt. Muggridge, this being the ol
| ficial notification to the people .of
the various districts of those whose
names will appear on the official
ballots: ^
CAIRO: Dr. J. V. Rogers, in¬
cumbent chairman, unopposed
(Other members are H. T. I»
Gette, Dr. A. W. Rehberg, J. "B.
Roddenbery and J. S. Wighi.1
CALVARY: C. T. Williams, in¬
cumbent, unopposed.
CENTRAL: D. E. Vickers, in
cumbent, unopposed.
ELPINO: R. M. Brinson, Ray¬
mond Johnson, Grady Maxwell, JL.
B. Miller and T. W. Tuggle entered
for three places of Mr. Brinson and
Anderson Hester, incumbents, and
C. W. Prince, who resigned.
LIVE OAK: U. S. Maxwell, in¬
cumbent, unopposed.
MIDWAY: L. C. Collins and Ar¬
thur Cassels, incumbents, unop¬
posed.
NEW HOME: Foy Godwin, in
cumbent, unopposed,
PAWNEE: R. L. Arline, incum
bent, unopposed,
RENO: A. L. Mitchell and J. E.
Stephens, unopposed for places ,6f
B. M. Lee, incumbent, and J. B.
Vanlandingham, who moved out of
district.
SPENCE: W. G. Bullock and C. H.
Mize, incumbents, unopposed.
TURKEY CREEK: A. C. Ulmer,
incumbent, unopposed.
UNION: I. L. Butler, Carlos Cone,
Ivey Elkins, C. W. Harper, Alton
Hall, J. B. McGlamery and E. A.
Singletary entered for three places
of Mr. Elkins and J. T. Sellers, in¬
cumbents, and W. H. White, who re¬
signed.
WAYSIDE: Bill Hester and Carl
Ponder entered for place of Mt.
Ponder, incumbent.
WHIGHAM: E. B. Stone, incum¬
bent, unopposed.
When the elections are held next
Friday, Feb. 26th, as ordered Jjy the
County Board of Education, the
polls will be open from 10 a. m. _tO
1 p. m., Central War Time, except
at Cairo, where the polls will he
open from 10 a. m. until 6 p. m.,
Central War Time.
In all districts except Cairo the
polls will be at the school house, as
usual. In Cairo, the polls will be at
the Courthouse, as usual. Trustees
will have charge of the elections In
all districts except Cairo. In Cairo,
a Justice of the Peace will be in
charge. Trustees are to be elected
for three-year terms. The official
ballots will be printed in accord¬
ance with a regulation adopted a
few # *
years ago after difficulties had
developed from the informalities of
previous elections. New regulations
regarding entry of candidates are
an answer to such difficulties, also,
Returns will be filed with Supt.
Muggridge and commissions will
be issued by the County Board of
Education probably at its March
2nd meeting,
—-
Mrs. Arthur Miller has returned to
her home in Lakeland, Fla. after a
visit with Miss Bessie Miller and
other relatives in this county.
NUMBER 8.