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A YEAR- IN ADVANCE
,me XXXIX.
rn CROSS WAR DRIVE TO
IN COUN TY SUND AY
PAIGN COMBINED
goal SET: HESTER IS
I COMMUNITIES
AIRMAN; NAMED.
WORKERS
, he 1943 Red Cross com
ed Roll Call and War Funds
will get underway in
vo Sun
r0 and Grady county
a nd will be carried forward
orously throughout next
; k with the aim of reach
the $2,900 goal in the short
period possible, according to
ns announced by chapter
jers this week,
[enry Hester, Sr., local bank
has accepted the general
[irmanship of the campaign
j, j, E. Forsyth, local insur
je underwriter, as co-chair
L for Cairo. County School
It. Wh Muggridge is chair
L [ for the county schools out
Cairo and Supt. John S.
fndon jro is chairman Committees for the for
Schools,
ro proper will not be corn
led until this week-end but
imittees for all other com
nities of the county are lisi
pelow.
accepting the general chair
hip, Mr. Hester issued an ur
Continued on last page).
Harrisons Suffer !
itruction Of Home
Sy Fire Last Friday
lirman Ben Harrison, of the
ty Commissioners, and Mrs.
&on, both esteemed Grady
fans, suffered the complete de
lion of their modern and at
he farm home by fire late last
k 7 afternoon, The damage,
about half covered by insur
amounts to several thousand
[s. It is estimated the home
not be replaced now for less
B6.000, or more. The home was 1
ed about two miles east of
5. Harrison was entertaining
fionthly meeting of the Cross ;
5 Home Demonstration Club
16 women attending when the
Fas discovered on the roof of
Ving room. It probablv orig- i
P from a small fire in although! the fire
of the living room
Fart [arrison the said roof it apparently there did
on as was
nee that the blaze had gained !
tahle headway in the over
before it was discovered on
iof.
! club meeting, ne*ir its close,
ly resolved itself into a fire
te to swiftly move most of the
ure from the home to safety
| Ni much including that could large not be pantry re-1
a
I of canned foods, quickly went
P flame and smoke. The fire:
swept by a stiff breeze and
[ p by the the home excellent built. lumber The of | j
was
[ rn b ath-room which won a
club award for its modern and;
ctive arrangement a few years |
h r as a complete loss.
C) t} alarm was sounded and
| ma11 c 'ty truck rushed to the |
’’ a ^ on g with several firemmen !
ge joined number neighbors of people in hard in town but j
a
ssful hght to save outbuild-1
and other property. Two truck i
°f water were effective ih
g the outbuildings.
•and ,a % of Mrs. Harrison have the j
their many friends in.!
0ss "'’bey are planning to live
e 01 the outbuildings until!
me as they can rebuild pro- j
ARM here ON SATURDAY
pro’s afternoon.
USual busy Saturday
,
( - ast Saturday was interrupted
i,r<i alarm shortly after 3
,® men p. m.
Wer e called to the old
home, i n the southeastern
h c 'ty, occupied by G D.
r °°f family, to extinguish a
blaze.
l)e Cairo Jlltssenger *
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."
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY. FEB., 26TH, 1943.
Geo. Snider Visits Here
First Time Since 1901
George Snider, of Bakersfield,
Calif., a native of this section, is
visiting relatives and old friends
here for the first time in about 42
years. He is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Higdon, Sr., and other rel
atives here and at Calvary, and will
also spend several days with rela
tives in Quincy.
It was just after the turn of the
century that he and the former Miss
Lotchie Herring, member of a prom
inent family in this section, were
married. They moved shortly after
ward to California to make their
home and he had not been here
since.
He is a most interesting visitor
and he naturally finds many
changes here in his old home sec
tion that have come about during
the more than four decades that he
has been away.
SCHOOLS’ TRUSTEES
ELECTIONS FRIDAY
ELPINO, UNION AND WAYSIDE
DISTRICTS HAVE CONTESTS
TODAY.
E very thing is in readiness for
the annual district school trus
tees elections in Grady county
today, Friday, Feb. 26th, ac
cording to County School Supt.
Wh Muggridge.
Here is how the races shape up
in the 14 districts, according to
Supt. Muggridge, this being the of
ficial notification to the people of
the various districts of thope whose
names will appear on the official
ballots:
CAIRO: Dr. J. V. Rogers, in
cumbent chairman, unopposed.
(Other members are H. T. Le
Gette, Dr. A. W. Rehberg, J. B.
Roddenbery and J. S. Wight.)
CALVARY: C. T. Williams, in
cumbent, unopposed.
CENTRAL: D. E. Vickers, in
cumbent, unopposed.
ELPINO: R. M. Brinson, Grady
Maxwell, L. B. Miller and T. W.
Tuggle entered for three places of
Mr. Brinson and Anderson Hester,
incumb . , ts and , C _ W Prmce n • wh u
f ’ ‘ ’ ’ °
‘
LIVE OAK: «• ^ ?• Maxwe11 ...
'
unopposed
MIDWAY: L. C. Collins and Ar
thur CasscIs ' ,ncumber,ts ’ unop '
po f e '
NEW HOMR Fo / Godwln ^ , . > m -
“"° P iT d '
PAWNEE: R. L. Arline, A .
meurn
bent, unopposed.
RENO: A. L. Mitchell and J. E.
Stephens, unopposed for places of
B. M. Lee, incumbent, and J. B.
Vanlandingham, who moved out of
d j s "trict.
SPENCE: W. G. Bullock and C. H.
Mj Z e, incumbents, unopposed.
TURKEY CREEK: A. C. Ulmer,
i ncumb ent, unopposed,
UNION: I. L. Butler, Carlos Cone,
i vey Elkins, Alton Hall, J. B. Mc
Glamery and E. A. Singletary
entered f or three places of Mr.
Elkins and J. T. Sellers, incumbents,
and w H White, who resigned.
WAYSIDE: Bill Hester and Carl
ponder entered for place of Mr.
p on der, incumbent.
WHIGHAM: E. B. Stone, incum
bent , unopposed,
When the elections are held today,
Friday, Feb. 26th, as ordered by the
County Board of ■ Education, the
polls will be open from 10 a. m. to
p. m „ Central War Time, except
a t Cairo, where the polls will be
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.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
GROCERY STORES READY TO
BEGIN NEW RATIONING
NEXT MONDAY.
Retail grocery stores are rapidly
being prepared for the new “point
rationing” of War Ration Book No.
2 to begin next Monday on canned,
bottled and frozen vegetables, fruits
and fruit juices. Stocks of these
items, and certain others, are now
“frozen,” and grocers are replen
ishing their stocks for sales of most
of the items to be resumed Monday
morning.
Local grocers and consumers have
been somewhat demoralized this
week but when grocers’ stocks are
re-arranged and shoppers acquaint
themselves with the “point” values
of the desired items business is ex- j
pected to rapidly get back to nor
mal. Shoppers will find it highly ad
vantageous to acquaint themselves
fully with the “point” values and j
other rationing regulations so they
can shop without undue delay.
With the A, B and C blue coupons
affording a total of 48 points per
person for the month of March,
families may pool or interchange j
their points on the following point j
values of more popular items:
Point
Vegetables Values
Peas l lb. 4 oz. 1
Corn 1 lb. 4 oz. 1
Tomatoes 1 lb. 3 oz. 1
Asparagus 1 lb. 3 oz. 1
Beans 1 lb. 3 oz.
Spinach 1 lb. 2 oz.
Peaches 1 lb. 14 oz.
Pears 1 lb. 14 oz.
Sli. Pineapple 1 lb. 14 oz.
Fruit Cocktail 1 lb. 1 oz.
Juices and Soups
Grapefruit 2 lb. oz. bo MW
Tomato 2 lb. ►£* oz. CO
, Pineapple 2 lb. Ha* oz. CO W
NEWSY BUSINESS, MARKETS
PARAGRAPHS.
On page 2 of this issue is an ad
of Mixon’s calling special attention
to a big poultry and egg sale at this
store all day Saturday. A higher
price than last week is announced
for colored hens. The sale will con
tinue throughout the day and prices
are all cash.
1T Passenger car tires and light
(4-ply) truck tires this week be
came eligible for recaps without ra
tioning certificates, according to in
formation received by local ration
ing officials. Sunday is the last day
for “B” and “C” gas coupon motor
ists to have their tires officially in
spected.
f Temporary exemption from shoe
rationing was authorized this week
for certain “play” shoes and the
very small sizes of baby shoes.
U Beautiful spring weather has
prevailed this week but some scat
tered damage has developed for to
bacco beds from last week’s freeze.
Garden planting is underway on an
impressive scale.
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
(Continued on last page).
WIN A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE
MESSENGER!
The Messenger is very desirous of obtaining certain circula
tion information, and in order to do so, we*- are offering 14 prizes
in the form of 14 FREE subscriptions to our readers. The only
strings ited to our offer are that each participant must be a reg
ular subscriber and must be a resident of Grady county.
We are going to give, FREE, a three-year subscription to the
subscriber who will fill out the blank on another page of this is
sue showing the largest number of regular, bona fide readers, of
his or her Messenger, their names and addresses. To the next two
subscribers who show the next largest numbers of regular readers
we will give each a two-year subscription. To the next five sub
scribers who show the next largest numbers of readers, a year
subscription. And to the next six subscribers who have the next
six largest numbers of readers a six-months subscription each—14
prizes in all.
In order to win one of the 14 subscription prizes, it is only
necessary that the blank be properly filled out, giving the name
and address of the subscriber, and the names and addresses of the
regular, bona fide readers of The Messenger, those reading each
issue of the paper. This is very simple and the only cost attached
to the offer is either a two- or three-cent stamp, depending on the
amount of first-class postage it takes to carry your letter, or you
may hand in your blank at the office.
All blanks must be in our hands by not later than five o’clock,
Central War Time, Saturday afternoon, March 6th, 1943.
THE PUBLISHERS.
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LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
RECLASSIFIES GROUP
ALL EXCEPT FEW OF 45 WHITE
MEN RETURN; OTHERS TO
GO IN FEW DAYS.
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 of
the men and the new classifications
being listed.
The Local Draft Board also an
nounced this week that William
Henry Trammell, Cairo, is listed as
a delinquent and that he will face
Federal prosecution unless he con
tacts the board immediately,
Meanwhile, it was learned unof
ficially that all but a very few of
the 45 white men who left last week
for final examination at an induc
tion station have been accepted and
have returned to begin active ser
vice, after the usual seven-day fur
loughs at home. Names of those ac
cepted and rejected are not avail
able for publication now but they
will be shown in subsequent re
classifications.
it is also reported unofficially this
week that another group of Grady
countians will leave early in March
for final examinations at an induc
tion station,
Following are those announced as
having been reclassified during the
last several meetings of the board:
Rupert Long, 4-H.
Edmond C. White, 4-H.
Thomas J. Pharis, 4-H.
Melvin Harrell, 4-H.
Lewis G. Tyu<s, 4-H.
Walter B. Roddenbery, Jr., 4-H.
McCoy Anderson, 4-H.
Meredith O. Lowe, 4-H.
Clyde C. Laing, 4-H.
Modastus Sculley, 4-H.
Parlmer Mcl. Thompson, 4-H.
John W. Richards, 4-H.
Rufus B. Bishop, 4-H.
Murry Lowe, 4-H.
Fenton K. Castleberry, 4-H.
Elton T. Moore, 4-H.
Richard H. Owen, 4-H.
Henry M. Holton, 4-H.
Shelby G. Gainous, 4-H.
Willie R. Cumbie, 4-H.
Albert Collins, 4-H.
Fred R. Bell, 4-H.
Charlie A. Harrison, 4-H.
James H. VanBrunt, 4-H.
Tom C. Clark, 4-H.
Roosevelt B. Weatherspoon, 1-A.
Emerson Morris, 1-A.
Horace Glenn, 1-A.
George G. Tippett, 1-A.
Dave Hubbard, 1-A.
Milous McCord, 1-A.
Wilbur H. Crump, 1-A.
Joseph Copeland, 1-A.
Willie F. Pugh, 1-A.
Rufus Perry, 1-A.
M. A. Metcalf, 1-A.
Monroe Smith, 1-A.
Clifford Corker, 1-A.
Eugene T. Butler, 1-A.
Overton B. Herring, 1-A.
Emanuel Smith, 1-A.
Earl 'Brock, 1-A.
Ellis Sheffield, 1-A.
Roscoe L. Chason, 1-A. •
Willie C. Bryan, 1-A.
Judson B. Alligood, 1-A.
George I. Sellers, 1-A.
Leroy Dollar, 1-A.
John H. Barwick, 1-A.
James F. Gay, 1-A.
Archibald A. McNeill, Jr., 1-C.
R. C. Wilford, 1-C.
Loomis M. Jackson, 1-C.
Ezekiel Everett, 1-C.
James Evers, 1-C.
Louis C. Stewart, 1-C.
Frank M. Ward, 1-C.
Fred Garland, 1-C.
(Continued on page four).
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS
NUMBER 7.
GRADY’S SUPERIOR COURT
WILL OPEN NEXT MONDAY
" 'Have SlZp Meetings
The February meeting of the
board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce was not held as sched
uled this week due to the fact that
an effort is being made to have a
series of meetings by the various
committee groups named recently.
The committees have been noti
fied of appointment this week and
chairmen have been asked to con
tact Secretary M. L. Mayes at once
to learn the duties of the different
groups and to arrange group meet
ings during the next week or two
so that attention can be given to
numerous suggested projects.
As soon as most or all of the com
mittees have had opportunity to
organize and draft recommenda
tions on pending matters the direc
tors will be called into session to
act upon the recommendations, ac
cording to present plans.
RATION BOOK NO. 2
IS ISSUED QUICKLY
TODAY LAST DAY TO OBTAIN
NEW BOOK AT 16 COUNTY
SCHOOL SITES.
The gigantic task of issuing
Ration Book 2 to some 19,000 Grady
countians was far advanced Thurs
day afternoon as school and i ation
ing officials leminded everyone
today, Friday, is the last day to pio
cure the new book from the 16
school registration sites in all parts
of the county. The issuance got
underway Wednesday morning with
a.rush of.applicants jWH
sites will close at 6 p m. today.
definite plans have been made
the issuance of the books after to
day, it is understood
At Cairo High School the
arranged by Supt. John S Herndon
functioned so efficiently that 1,500
were registered Wednesday morn
mg and 2 600 were registered the
first day there without causing any
dday for applicants. The set-up
here made the big job much easier
for all concerned. At the Negro
school , , , here nearly . 2,000 „ nnn . Negroes T
registered , Wednesday, , j i
were & /
Figures _. registrations . . .. at points . .
on
outside Cairo were not available but
progress was reported to be quite
satisfactory everywhere. The pre
registration educational campaign
locally was credited with having
greatly expedited the issuance of
the books.
Officials expressed the confident
belief that the new rationing for
War Ration Book 2 which starts
Monday will move along much more
smoothly than many grocers and
others had feared.
FRESH VEGETABLE PRICES
ARE FROZEN.
Local rationing officials announc
ed Thursday receipt of official OPA
notification that, effective Feb. 23rd,
wholesale and retail prices of the
following fresh vegetables were
“frozen” at the highest prices
charged during the previous five
days:
Tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, spin
ach, cabbage, snap beans and fresh
peas.
No one may charge more for these
items than was charged during the
five-day period mentioned.
•-
Grady Co. Farm Bureau
Meeting Set Tomorrow
By J. W. BURROUGHS, Pres.,
Grady County Farm Bureau.
An important meeting of
Grady County Farm Bureau
be held Saturday afternoon,
27th, at the main auditorium of
Courthouse in Cairo. The
will begin at 3 o’clock, Eastern
Time, it is announced, and this
be 2 p. m., Central War Time.
All members are urged to
and each member is urged to
a friend, or several friends,
would like to join.
Pfc. Carl E. Helton returned
nesday to camp at Sabine
Texas, after a visit here.
■i
Ol •//
GRAND JURY TO GET
ONLY A FEW CASES
CIVIL DOCKET LIGHT; JUDGE
CROW TO PRESIDE; HOUR
IS 9 A. M.
The regular spring or March
term of Grady Superior Court
is scheduled to convene here at
9 o'clock next Monday morn
ing with Judge Carl E. Crow, of
Camilla, presiding, and with
Solicitor - General Maston O'
Neal, of Bainbridge, represent
ing the state in the criminal in
vestigations and prosecutions.
Court officials here revealed this
week that only nine criminal war
rants ' had been issued to date for
submission to the grand jury for in
vestigation. This total is exactly
one-third of the number that had
been issued the week before the
October term, 1942, convened. The
session last fall was the only court
term in this county since the war
broke out, however, that has had
an increase of cases to consider and
only criminal business increased
then. The civil docket for the forth
coming term of Superior Court con
tains only a few cases.
When the court is organized and
the charge is delivered to the grand
jury next Monday, the trial sec
tion of the court will devote it
ge j£ fj rs t to civil cases, including di
vorce case s. Not much time is ex
pec t ed to be required to dispose of
the dvil busincss but the grand
jury may require three OT four dayg
fo complete its work) officials say .
Some petit jurors are summoned
and additional pe»
m jurors flre summoned to report
Qn Monday we(?kj March 8th> at
which time the criminal cases wi H
be cons i d ered. Both grand and pe
tit jurors drawn for service at the
term are ,. gted elsewhere in this
. understood that court
g
^ meet pach morni it . g fa seg .
sion at g 0 > clock
Twoofthe defendants whose
^ wm the d jury for
inyesti tion are James Powell and
John T , Thomas, * Negroes, who . were
i returned . , , here from n Bronson, Fla. v by
Sheriff ... C. „ TT H. Strickland • i i , last , , week. ,
They are charged with stealing a
truck belonging to Rufus Harper,
a well-known farmer who resides
near Cairo, in the summer of 1941.
They were arrested at Live Oak,
Fla. soon after the crime here and
convicted there on a charge of
breaking into a filling station ill
that section. Sentenced to serve two
years each, they have just comple
ted serving their Florida sentences,
with some time off for good be
havior.
Dave Youmgs, a 43-year-old Ne
gro, is charged with first-degree
murder as a result of the fatal shoot
ing of his wife, Carrie, 40, at their
(Continued on page four).
Sing: At Long Branch
Set Sunday Afternoon
W. C. Kelly has requested The
Messenger to announce that there
will be a sing at Long Branch Bap
j j tist of Cairo, Church, a short Sunday distance afternoon, north
next
beginning at 2 o’clock, Central War
Time.
All lovers of good singing are in
vited to attend and a11 singers are
j “T^pkn^to havc an after
! " oon ?‘ ng ther ‘! ev "7 Su "‘
! day a '‘ ernoon ’ hereafter - ,f m,ere!rt
j warran s -
SINGING CONVENTION TO
j MEET MAR. 7TH.
| H. C. Collins, secretary, announe
ed this week that the regular quar
terly session of the Grady County
Singing Convention will be held at
' the Union school auditorium, six
miles northeast of Cairo, 6n Sunday
week, March 7th. The session will
°P en at 10:30 a - m., Central ’ War
Time.
Everyone is invited to bring well
baskets for the picnic lunch
at the noon hour.