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PERIOR COURT TO BEGIN
CAS ES M ONDAY
ND JURY REPORT |
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LSO DUE MONDAY
[VORCE VERDICTS GIVEN
iNDAY; GRAND JURY IS
IN RECESS.
March term of Grady Super- j
■ .^■urt Monday recessed Wednesday morning at un- 9 J .
B xt
a t which time the compar
few criminal cases will be
for trial.
;rand jury had recessed Tues
Hal fter permit its
investigations, to
^■and jBiuvs to make their investiga- Monday
will re-convene
g to prepare and submit its
probably some time Monday,
March term convened Mon-) j
irning at 9 o’clock with Judge
Crow, of Camilla, presiding
rith Solicitor-General Maston
l, of Bainbridge, at his post
resent the state in the crim
lvestigations. The grand jury
rganized promptly with the
n of Albert Walker as fore
r J. Carter as bailiff and M.
yes^s clerk.
36 Crow, in a 40 - minute
opened with a reference to
riousness of the war emer
iti which this nation is now
id.
ne of our people apparently
tit seriously interested in the
fe of those who are doing our
Ig, however,” he declared, re
g to the labor troubles in the;
p coastal areas. “The fact that
|e having strikes in industries
facturing vital war materials
luipment is a disgrace to a
Lacy, he continued. If such
nor should be found in the
lines of oui fighting forces,
guilty would be shot, yet we
[uc to have such interruptions >
manufacture of material and
ttient we must have to success
prosecute the war. It is actu
ragic and those guilty should
alt with ruthlessly.
hkers and those who similar
:er the war effort are more in
ed in their own pecuniary gain
then own individual welfare
they are the welfare of those
ire doing our nation’s fighting.
of us can afford to nut per
interests above national in
s in a time me like like this th’s.
We ai ’e to win this war, each
(very (best one of us must give our
in every way; we must
r erything we can. This is no
for foolishness or frivolity. The
e of our section seem to
isly mo^it^essemtia^fo^the engaged in nrnrluclncr fnnrl
1 is win
of the war and which is the
' undertaking ^-equire^ in thm section—
uctory will the verv
all of us can Hn »>
Ige Crow then discussed the
er of selecting tf, ^ inmrc mrl
% reviewed L c
* a ^
functions of umm™ ^ + mUS
1Ue . despite the w ar
e u the wSSTL erinri i, , • . ,
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than'i lt { d m ° re Civil bUSi "
n i r^ en Pending at
re
session ° lvor f cases were
i CtS,theSame
ber as , u 1° T l3St term were
?red in ’
civil 311 b ° Ur ’
e dock 6t f then taken
rith Was
, consuming
emainrW r A V6rdict
rendered onl « l Monday night
the ^ 6Sday morning -
amage MrS Aar ° n Ray
vs Co '
1. Mrs C ? rp ° ration was
p d>aeld f SOUght ^ 25
amages a- "7, i the death
r Ian hush b baad last year Mrs
ield ” ,, ( !T1 P ° yed at tbe -
f s local COn "
n] 4 and her husband
teevereu- v rned by Steam WhiIe
the ni-nt ', ° ne night His burns
ed fat Z S time -
° me later A
>er of it ’
be trig, appeared dur '
1 uesday and the case
,
L , th ° hen ' ury about dark. The
" “ to supper and then
j , '1 ^liberations, i returning a
avor of the defendant
irat 101 ? about
, p 9 p. m .
ar isJe and Louis H. Foster, ,
Continued °n page seven).
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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, MARCH 5TH, 1943.
Seaboard’s Motorists
‘On Their Honor’ Now
The OPA in Washington an
nounced Wednesday night that mo
torists in the 17 Atlantic seaboard
states will henceforth be “on their
honor” as to whether or not they
drive their motor vehicles on essen
tial missions. The ban against pleas
ure driving, imposed some weeks
ag0 j n the 17-state area, was not
actually relaxed but special OPA
enforcement will be largely with
drawn, leaving motorists almost en
tirely “on their own” to patriotical
ly observe the regulations against
non-essential driving. Few viola
tions of the pleasure driving ban
have been reported here.
Meanwhile, it is reported some
change may be made in the value
of gasoline coupons, effective Mar.
22nd, when the No. 4 “A” coupons
expire. It is rumored that the “A”
coupons will be cut to two gallons
and that the “B” and “C” coupons
will be increased to four gallons.
FARM-TO-FARM JUNK
DRIVE SET MAR. 11
NEW CAMPAIGN IS PLANNED
THROUGHOUT COUNTY
AND CITY.
A new, intensive campaign to
collect scrap metal that is still bad
ly needed for war industries will
begin throughout Grady county
next Thursday, Mar. 11th, and con
tinue on an intensive scale through
Friday and Saturday of next week,
according to an announcement this
wee R the County Wat^Salvage
0 om mittee, of which W. J. Boyett is
chairman. The campaign will be
CO nducted by several co-operating
agenc i es as in the past. The co-oper
a ^ ng agencies include the County
Agent, the Chamber of Commerce,
the AAA office and committees,
dealers in farm imp i eme nts and
Q y Scout troops
Trucks , wi be sen A A o several ,
are f ° f the ™ Unty Thursday and
Rnday + ta p * . ck up s f' ap a and
° f theSe * UC ?
aU 0 00
pounds Wlth ® ach truck- will
* ^ ; or washing the tee , a , T ig .
sca es .
meta1, incbldin g old car bodies, can
not be paid f ° r bUt leaders aak tbat
all such metal be collected for
trucks and donated.
A special effort will be made,
also, to collect additional lots o
scrap metal from residences and
business property in Cairo during
tbe Thursday afternoon half-holi
day next Thursday according to
plans ’ and clerks and otkers w 0
Wlb haV6 thG afterno ° n off are urg '
ed t0 ^° m m thlS effort ' Xt ia CX ‘
pected that all of the metal , in Cairo
WiU bG do nated ’ W ltb th ® proaeeds
^ rom ^ ts sa l ^ e to go to , tbe ^ ed ^ r0SS ’
The people of Whigham are asked
make an0ther SearCh t0r SCrap
teetal during the three-day period,
£ds °’ and tbe specda * Whigham com
mittee is composed of Mrs. John
“ w - c Lane and G ' R Tru '
On tomorrow week, Saturday,
11th, scrap metal will be
weighed, accepted and paid for at
scales at the Cairo Tung Mill
warehouse. Everyone who is not
contacted in the farm canvass
Thursday and Friday is urged to
haul their scrap to these scales Sat
urday. Anyone who has scrap in
sufficient quantity, and cannot
tain the assistance of a neighbor to
it, is urged to write Chairman
Boyett, at the FSA office, or Sec
retary M. L. Mayes, of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
county Agent S. E. George, in re
sponse to inquiries, has recently lo
eated from 80 to 100 old car and
bodies and frames in differ
ent parts of the county arid
urge that all of such metal be do
nated to the war cause at once.
______——
Major Worth Barron, of the Army
Air Base at Orlando, Fla., arrived
Thursday to spend a few days here,
^le was due to spend last week-end
here but was delayed in coming.
Mrs. .Barron, and their young
daughter, Alice Muse, have been
here for about ten days.
'LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
; RECLASSIFIES GROUP
TWO GROUPS LEAVE IN WEEK;
18-YEAR-OLDS REMINDED
TO REGISTER.
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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.
It was also revealed that two
groups, one white men and one
Negroes, left this week for final
examinations at an induction sta
tion. If accepted, they will become
“reservists” and will be given the
usual seven-day furloughs at home
before donning uniforms and begin
ning ‘active duty.
There were 34 in the group of
Negroes and 17 of them were accep
ted and became “reservists.”
The following 26 white men left;
Carson Roy Rogers, John Russell
Massdy, Earl Parmenter, George
Stacey Williams, (Whigham), Car
ol Whiddon, William Hardy Pip
pins, John William Crapps, James
Lorenzo Oliver, Luther Daniel Ed
! dings, Jr., James Milton Tinsley,
David Stanley Tilley, Joseph Albert
King, Denmark King, Robert Sil
vard Harden, Mosden Levi Brock,
James Willis Johnson,'Norman Au
brey Merritt, Meven Leroy Curby,
Fondrel Copeland, John Allen Tins
ley, Glendwood Auburn Taylor,
Earl Washington Johnson, Emmitt
Franklin Johnson, William Odis
Merritt, Calvin Murry Dixon, and
Dewey Arnold Thompson.
Also ., John _ , Branklm _ , Ferrell „ was
transferred , , . to , another board for de
livery and , TT Henry Mack Goff was
transferred , here for delivery. ...
The following two men failed to
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| report are are listed as delinquents: .
Ralph Clayton Mills and William
Henry Trammell.
Draft officials reminded all Grady
county registrants of the regulation
re Q u i r i n § them to keep the local
office posted as to their resid ence, or
j change o f address, at all times,
! The Local Draft Board this week
j also requested The Messenger to
, remind you ths becoming 18 years of
age that they are required to reg
ister immediately upon reaching
their 18th birthday anniversary '
residents of Grady county they
must register at the office of the
Local Draft Board in the Mize
building on North Broad St., in
Cairo. Heavy penalties are provided
for , hose fail register
j promptly as required,
^ Announcement was made that
on iy nine boys registered during
p ebruar y and this total is regarded
ag cons j dera hly fewer than would
norma jiy b e expected to reach 18
during a month . The February reg
istrants are: Jesse Wyeth Maxwell,
Arthur Kenneth Ragan, James Hu
bert Thompson, Thomas William
. tV omaC; j r > Enzel Clifton Holton,
Robert Ford Hopkins and Hubert
j Laverne Williams, whites: and Har
rig Eugene Glenn and Lucious
j Glenn. Negroes,
Following are those announced as
hav j n g been reclassified during the
^ t severa j meetings of the board:
Wi,liam E - ^- A
j (Continued on page seven),
WIN A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE
MESSENGER!
j j The Messenger is very desirous of obtaining certain circula
tion information, and in order to do so, we are offering 14 prizes
j 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
j 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
j subscribers who show the next largest numbers of regular readers
we will give each a two-year subscription. To the next five sub
I 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
j 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.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF
CANNED GOODS RATION TASK
FOUND LESS DIFFICULT
THAN EXPECTED.
The rationing of canned, bottled
and frozen fruits, vegetables and
fruit juices got underway at gro
cery stores in this section last Mon
day—and almost without exception
grocers and shoppers reported they
found the new “point” rationing
task much less difficult than had
been feared.
Some stores had the ‘rationed
items conveniently assembled with
cards for each section showing
plainly both the price and the point
value. At other stores point values
were marked on each container.
With A. B and C blue coupons in
War Ration Book 2 affording a to
tal of 48 points for each person for
the month of March, and family
pooling of points permissible, buy
ing of the rationed items was re
sumed with increasing volume, gen
erally, reported.
NEWSY BUSINESS. MARKETS
PARAGRAPHS.
ft A sharp increase in volume
was noted at the big poultry
and egg sale at Mixon's store
last Saturday and this concern
announces another sale there
tomorrow, all day Saturday.
Prices are listed in an ad on
page two. Everyone with poul
try and eggs to dispose of will
find a good cash outlet in this
sale tomorrow.
If Another wintry blast which
swept ...... into this section ,. _ Tuesday , sent .
the ,, tumbling , , .. to , offi- te .
mercury J an
cial 21-degree . . tempera
minimum
,
j next , to , the .. lowest , . reading . ,t of .
i winter here, a 19-degree
having been recorded about two
weeks ago. Somewhat warmer
wea ther developed Thursday. Only
light> scattered damage to crops and
| orchards was indicated Thursday
from the new cold mass because of
the earlier drop.
ft The local voluntary weather ob
server reported only about
inches of rainfall early this week
j the Sugar Cane Experiment Station
a short distance north of Cairo.
j However, it was thought that the
! precipitation was heavier in Cairo
i proper. The rainfall was generally
| welcomed because February was a
i dry month with the total
i somewhat below normal.
j 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:
Tuner Tyjntc Hrv trm
Quota Peanuts:
Spanish, No. 1, ton . . . $150
Runners, No. 1, ton . . . $130
Eggs,, yard run, doz. 30c
No. 1, infert. white, doz. 31c
Hens, colored, pound.....21c
Fryers, colored, pound . . . 25c
BIRTH.—Mr. and Mrs.
Sholar announce the arrival of
daughter on March 1st. She
i been named Barbara Patricia.
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SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS
NUMBER 8 .
RED CROSS WAR DRIVE IN !•
COUNTY MAKES PROGRESS
Three Fire Alarms In
Cairo Over Week-End
Local firemen had considerable
activity over last week-end. Satur
day about 7 p. m. they were called
to the residence of a Negro, Tufenia
Miller, in the Booker Hill section,
where little damage resulted, offi
cials said. Hardly were they re
turning before a second alarm call
ed them to the old Dekle residence
near the Courthouse where the
damage consisted of a hole burned
through a floor. A call Sunday af
ternoon resulted from a grass fire
in the northwestern part of the city.
Chief of Police J. W. Thomas said
Anderson Copeland, a Negro, had
cases docketed against him in May
or’s Court at the first fire for run
ning ahead of the official cars and
speeding. He paid fines or $10 and
$5 on the charges Monday. Chief
Thomas urged others to let this be
a warning against such law viola
tions.
SCHOOLS’ TRUSTEES
HERE COMMISSIONED j
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COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
IN MONTHLY MEETING
TUESDAY.
The County Board of Education
here met in regular session for
March last Tuesday at the office of
County School Supt. Wh Muggridge,
at the Courthouse. Only three mem
bers, R. Walter Gainey, R. E. String
er, Jr. and G. B. Trulock, were
present, Chairman S. P. Cain and
W. G. Bullock beirvg absent;
Considerable routine business was
transacted during the' session but
the business of importance was the
issuance of commissions to the dis
trict truslees elected last Friday in
the annual trustee elections in the
14 districts of the county.
Lively contests developed in the
voting in three of the districts, El
pino, Union and Wayside, where
there was opposition; and in Whig
ham district, where E. B. Stone, an
incumbent, was unopposed for re
election, Mr. Stone announced he
could not well serve if re-elected
and J. H. Pyles was elected to suc
ceed him.
Following are the trustees who
were commissioned:
CALVARY: C. T. Williams.
CAIRO: Dr. J. V. Rogers.
CENTRAL. D. E. Vickers.
ELPINO: R. M. Brinson, Grady
Maxwell and L. B. Miller.
LIVE OAK. U. G. Maxwell.
MIDWAY. L. C. Collins and Ar
t bur Cassels.
NEW HOME: Foy Godwin.
PAWNEE: R. L. Arline.
RENO: A. L. Mitchell and J. E.
Stephens.
SPENCE: W. G. Bullock and C.
H. Mize.
TURKEY CREEK: A. C. Ulmer.
UNION: Alton Hall, J. B. Me
Glamery and E. A. (Buster) Single
tary.
WAYSIDE: Carl Ponder.
WHJGHAM: J. H. Pyles.
Sunday Movie Measure
Amendments To Stand
The measure to legalize Sunday
movies within 40 miles of military
centers, which would include Cairo,
was defeated in the State Senate
last week by a tie vote but the up
per branch quickly voted to recon
sider it and it was restored to
calendar this week. The Messenger
was unable to learn Thursday
it would come up for a vote,
However, it is understood by lo
cal leaders that the amendments to
the House-approved measure that
have already been approved by the
Senate will stand even in the event
of passage by the Senate on
new vote.
These amendments provide (1)
that the legalization will stand
for the duration of the war; (2) that
the net proceeds from Sunday mov
ies must go to charity; and (3)
Sunday movies cannot become legal
in a town without approval of the
voters in a local referendum.
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IVULL D All f tiiLL A 11 iUW A MI) CITM) rU
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CAMPAIGN COMBINED
GOAL IS $2,900; COMMITTEES
FOR CITY ARE READY TO
MAKE CANVASS.
The combined 1943 War Fund
Drive and Roll Call of the Red Cross
got underway in Cairo and Grady
county as scheduled last Sunday
and Henry Hester, Sr., general
chairman, reported memberships
and liberal gifts coming in stead*
iiy.
Chairman Hester emphasized
again the importance of every per
son in the county enrolling and
making a liberal contribution
this worthy cause at once. (See ad,
page four).- The county’s goal is
$2,900, of which $900 will remain
in the local Red Cross treasury tb
meet the demands for help that
arise here every few days. \
Community committees for every
community of the county, announc*.
ed last week, are generally at work
and all of them are urged to com-,
plete their canvass and make their
report as soon as possible, The
campaign will continue until the
goal is reached but workers hope
the goal can be reached next week.
J. E. Forsyth, co-chairman of the
campaign for Cairo, this week an
nounced the committees for the .bus-,
iness area of the city who are askew
to begin an intensive canvass next
Tuesday, Mar. 9th, at 10 a. m. These
committees are asked to meet at .the
Chamber of Commerce office by 10
a. m. Tuesday for assignment,
Mrs. J. B. Lea ton is chairman of
the ladies’ committees who will be
completed?' fhi* week-end for their
canvass next week.
Following are the business area
committees:
Business Area Proper: Jake Pol
ler, W. J. McClenny, John Wight*
Max Sanders, N. W. Stanfill, W. B.
Roddenbery, Jr., Angus Edwards,
P. M. Baggett and T. F. Proctor.
Manufacturing Areas: L. C. Pow
ell, W. M. Tyson, Fred Roddenbery,
Pierce Butler, J. B. Leaton, John
Dolan and C. B. West.
Special Registration
In City Saturday For
War Ration Book Two
w . L# Oliver, chairman of the ,
Local War Price 8r Rationing.
Board, announced this week
completion of plans for x a sp.e
cial supplemental registration
for War Ration Book Two at
the high school building in
Cairo tomorrow, Saturday, Mar,
8th, from 1 to 4 p. m.. Central*
War Time. Persons holding War
Ration Book One (the sugar
coffee book) who desire to ob
tain War Ration Book Two are
warned to appear here at th«
lime specified to obtain the new
book as there will not likely, be
further opportunity in the near
future to obtain it.
The registration will be open
to anyone in Grady county.
Nearly 19,000 books were issued.
last week, it is estimated, but
it is thought that some 200
persons failed to register then.
Supt. John S. Herndon volun
teered to set up the special reg
j istralion staff. * *
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Singing Convention to
Meet Sunday At Union
H. C. Collins, secretary, announc
ed this week that the regular quar
terly session of the Grady County
Singing Convention will be held' At
j the Union school auditorium, about
j six miles northeast of Cairo, next
Sunday, March 7th, beginning at
10:30 a. m., Central War Time.
All singers are urged to attend
and all lovers of good singing are
1 cordially invited.
Everyone is asked to bring well
filled baskets for the picnic lunch at
| the noon hour,
j Mr. Laverne Wililams, of Sav
annah, spent last week-end here
wbb b * s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
O. West.