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IE XXXIX.
ADY syrup producers
JXED TO MEET TONIGHT
IlNESS meet, MEN WILL also
tend
, INDUSTRY'S PROBLEMS
IC- COURTHOUSE HERE
SITE; HOUR 8 P. M.
S mintv Agent S. E.
and officials of the
dv County Farm Bu
this week issued a call
i meeting of the
a mass producers
ntv’s syrup which
business men the Court
be held at
ise here tonight, Friday,
inning promptly at 8 p.
CWT.
[on. H. L. Wingate, of
ham, president ol the
ir gia Farm Bureau Fed
tion, will be the principal
aker at the meeting, the
»f aims of which will be
liscuss the problems now
fronting the syrup in
try, particularly the
A price ceiling regula
s on syrup, and to dis-
5 a proposal to launch
lediatelv a movement to
iin higher price ceilings
syrup for next season,
jrding to County Agent
•rge.
\ L understood that which the Farm is
Federation,
to be in position to
in behalf of the interests of
rmers, is ready to actively
rt the movement for the high
ce ceilings on syrup if the
hers in this area recommend
iction.
; present price ceilings were
an OPA order issued last
84th and three amendments
pdded March 2nd. The first
for higher price ceilings last
kas not made until fall and
[confusion resulted because of
le issuance of the revision or
regulations invoking the
ceilings on syrup have nev
;n fully understood by the
; producers, generally, it is
although it is reported that
'epresentatives have contacted
1 of them in this county for
rpose of making an investiga
o determine whether or not
gulations have been violated. J
V request of several farmers!
■Messenger |ago wrote OPA some I
for some copies of the
■tions ■only and received a few of
■ported a few days ago Farm
it was almost imposs
find a complete text of the
■bons »' anywhere during the I !
Ca! terms and clauses which;
f [ng an understanding of the
in many places most diffi
i understood that farmers who
information on these regula*
' v ib be given such informa
» tonight’s meeting, in re-j
■ questions, insofar as Pres- j
ing ate and other leaders are I
give it. However, the main i
the meeting is to consider
Posa to launch immediately i
10 obt am higher price i
, °n svrup for
> the next sea- 1
ecause of the importance j
of^ leaderS Urge a ful1 i
ance t* producers as
15 local 0) ! men j i
-
11 Reason i
Will Open |
r. 1; Laws d WSs RcvipwpH Viewed :
~ fishing will become legal i
B eGorgi a generally, next
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kwned April 1st, - after having
kfe since last Nov. 15th,
Game and Fish Commis
nnounced this week. •
feve r. the annual closed
n all sea
[other fishing in Grady and
Georgia counties will be
• ’ 15th, to continue until;
“,: r,ceTs here said. State;
lB Reuses expire
15 sta March 31st,!
ted, also.
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b b. Brinson, of Fort Ogle-1
is’ spending
er > with homefolks.
€ - osenger.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1943.
Burney In County Jail;
Hearing Set Next Week
Marshall T. Burney, of Macon,
indicted here recently on a charge
of bigamy, is being held in Grady
county jail without bond, Sheriff C.
H. Strickland said Thursday, He
was brought here last week on a
bench warrant by Sheriff Strickland
and Chief of Police J. W. Thomas.
Judge Carl E. Crow, of Camilla,
who over-ruled a motion for con¬
tinuance of the cafe against Burney
at the March term of court, is ex¬
pected to come here some time next
week for a hearing, Sheriff Strick¬
land said he had been advised. Ear¬
lier it had been intimated that the
petit jurors might be called back
some time soon to try the case.
LOCAL GOAL OF RED
CROSS IS EXCEEDED
TOTAL IS $3,355.36, WHICH IS
MORE THAN 10 PCT. ABOVE
QUOTA.
Leaders in the combined 1943
War Fund Drive and Roll Call of the
Red Cross in Grady county report¬
ed a tabulation made Wednesday
reevaled that $3,355.36 had been
paid in during the campaign which
began early this month. This is
considerably more than tO per cent
above the goal of $2,900.
The total amount raised in this
county will go some higher yet, it
is said, because some few workers
still have their report to turn in.
Leaders urged others who have not
contributed to do so at once and
reminded everyone that the local
Red Cross treasury will share at the
same proportion on all of the ex
cess above the quota. Of the $2,900
quota, $900 will remain here to meet
strictly local needs and the excess
will swell the local fund from the
March drive to more than $1,000.
Henry Hester, Sr., was general
chairman of the drive. J. E. For¬
syth was co-chairman for Cairo and
Mrs. J. B. Leaton was chairman of
the Cairo ladies’ committees. Loy¬
al and enthusiastic workers in ev¬
ery community of the county great¬
ly aided the drive. In addition to
communities already reporting
splendidly leaders said the Calvary
workers turned in a very creditable
sum severa l da>s ago.
rt is the Purpose of The Messen
S er to P ublish the names and
amounts of contributors as space
Permits, lack of space forbidding an
installment this week,
ReV. Clcllldc G. PCPPCF
win Pastorate
It is with much reg ret here, gen¬
erally, that the news was received
this week that Rev. Claude G. Pep
per, Jr. will resign the pastorate of
the Cairo Presbyterian Church to
accept a call as pastor of the Pres¬
byterian Church at East Point, near
.
A c hurch session has been called
for Sunday to consider the resig
nation and it i s understood that Mr.
p epP er plans to go to East Point by
May lst .
Both he an d Mrs. Pepper have
grea tly endeared themselves to the
peop ie of this section since they
came here in 1940. They have been
quite ac tive in community affairs
and he has been particularly active
as a leader in Boy Scout work. He
announced his intention to accept
the new cal1 last Sunday His ” ew
will come as a nice promotion,
is said.
Miss Elizabeth Dickey, who teach¬
at White Springs, Fla., spent last
here with homefolks.
Rev. M. P. Webb, pastor of the
Methodist Church, left Mon¬
for Vidalia where he is leading
revival campaign for a week- or
10 days.
Senator Jeff A. Pope, of Cairo,
represented the 7th district in
recent session of the Legisla
arrived here Wednesday after
after completing his duties in
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
IN SESSION TUESDAY
CITY WARRANTS CALLED IN;
REFINANCING, ECONOMY
PROGRAM PLANNED.
The Mayor and Council met in
the second regular session for
March here last Monday night and
the session continued until after
midnight because of the long dis¬
cussions that developed on a few
of the matters considered. Mayor
W. H. Robinson presided with all
Councilmen present, as follows: A.
A. McNeill, H. E. McKinnon, J. C.
Minter, R. R. Van Landingham and
Walter Williams.
R. A. Bell, M. L. Mayes
Judge G. L. Worthy appeared
behalf of the Cairo Public
the operation of which faces a cri¬
sis because of the
next month of WPA aid. The
has been paying $35 a month
the support of the library,
with a similar amount from
agencies. It was agreed that the
brary should be continued, if
ible, because of the worthwhile
vice rendered to so many
throughout the county, but
Mayor and Council, in line
economy aims, decided the
could not well increase its
to $75 a month, as requested.
ever, the additional $40 a
was made up in subscription!!
the Mayor and Council as
uals, and a few others,
upon the County
and County Board of Education
plying the other $75 a month
ed.
The other matter that
most of the time was 1 the broad
financing and economy program
the city> and in finally
the proposed program
were given Mrs. W. L. Wight,
Clerk and Treasurer, to call in
outstanding city warrants
iately. The interest rate on
warrants was recently reduced
three per cent but the new
calls for paying off the
and refinancing a portion of
floating debt on a basis that
mean a saving of almost $750 a
to the city and a similar benefit
the Cairo School District. The
prehensive program calls for
economy, generally, and aims
free the city of all indebtedness
cept its bonded debt in a compara¬
tively short time and to
late whatever surplus that can
accumulated to give the city
to finance a needed sizeable
works improvement program
the war is over.
The calling in of the
warrants was termed an economy
and patriotic move in letters author¬
ized to be sent to holders and
suggestion was made that
might well place their funds
War Bonds.
It was voted to give publicity
the facts that city motor
owners are required by law to reg¬
ister vehicles owned on April lst;
that dogs must be inoculated against
rabies and tagged; that the tax
books are open for return of city
property owned April lst for city
taxation; and that past-due city
taxes must be paid now to avoid
levy and sale. Notices elsewhere
give details.
It was reported to the Mayor and
Council that the city abattoir has
recently undergone state inspection
and that it meets the state regula¬
tions.
The local State Guard units came
in for much praise and Mayor Rob
insyn was authorized to write a
letter to the units expressing formal
city appreciation of the fine service
the units are rendering.
Utilties Supt. Adron Rosser re¬
ported a few inquiries on the pro¬
posed sale of the old Ball engine at
the city plant. Repairs for the city
water tank were authorized. Supt.
Rosser also outlined revised fire
regulations for the city as recom¬
mended by the insurance under¬
writers to maintain the lowest in¬
surance rates possible.
There was nothing to report on
the city’s efforts to provide some
safeguard for traffic at the Broad
street railroad crossing.
Pfc. West Harris Thomas has
been assigned to L. S. U. at Baton
Rouge, La., for special training.
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
RECLASSIFIES GROUP
RECLASSIFICATIONS BECOME
NUMEROUS. AGAIN; SOME
CLASSES EXPLAINED.
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 classification
being listed.
Reclassifications have become
quite numerous, again, in response
to instructions for such, and be¬
cause registrants are receiving new
classification cards some of the la¬
ter classifications are explained
anew below.
Of course, it is recognized that
the 1-A class means, briefly, avail¬
able for induction, and 1-C in
eludes those already inducted, while
4-F is still the classification for
those who are physically, mentally
or morally undesirable for service.
Following are explanations
some of the other classes in which
many of those listed below are
placed:
2-B: Single men engaged in
activity which is necessary to
production or supporting the
effort.
2-C: Single men engaged in
activity which is necessary to agri
culture.
3-B: Married men with children
engaged in an activity which is nec¬
essary to war production or support¬
ing the war effort,
3-C: Married men with children
engaged in an activity which is
necessary to agriculture.
Following are those listed as hav¬
ing been reclassified at recent meet¬
ings of the board:
Davis Boutwell, Dec.
Lindsey W. Gerald, 1-C.
Arthur B. Reynolds, Jr., 1-C.
Hiriam H. Williams, 1-C.
Johnsie A. Mixon, 1-C.
Horace E. Richter, 1-C.
Richard R. Ramsey 1-C.
Green B. Lee, 1-C.
Henry A. Chaires, 1-C.
Howard G. McGraw, 1-C.
Leslie M. Bonner, 1-C.
Ridgeway Wilson, 1-C.
Leland E. McKown, 1-C.
Hubert Q. Whitfield, 1-C.
James C. Andrews, 1-C.
James H. Van Brunt, Jr., 1-C.
Raymond Jones, 1-C.
Corbett M. Rabon, 1-C.
Lewis B. Brock, 1-C.
Thomas C. Brown, 1-C.
Theodore Wooten, 1-C.
Raymond Miller, 1-C.
James E. Lowe, 1-C.
Emyles Robinson, 1*C.
Rayford G. Harden, 1-C.
Ben H. Logue, 1-C.
Leslie C. Powell, 1-C.
Lothian C. Bush, 1-C.
Olan L. Faircloth, 1-C.
Joseph H. Rawls, 1-C.
Louie E. Singletary, 1-C.
Carroll W. Johnson, 1-C.
Charles E. Barrineau, 1-C.
Joseph H. Hudson, 1-C.
Howard Thrower, Jr., 1-C.
Howard Collins, 1-C.
James F. Dunlap, 1-C.
Joe Guyton, 4-F.
Rosevelt Bush, 4-F.
Eugene Brock, 4-F.
Chris R. Smith, 4-F.
Wiley Phillips, 4-F.
Ecarey Johnson, 4-F.
George B. Moore, 4-F.
Henry L. Bryant, 4-F.
L. C. Wright, 4-F.
Roosevelt Hatcher, 4-F.
Willie C. Davis, 4-F.
Earl Baker, 4-F.
Herschel White, 4-F.
Eugene Perry, 4-F.
Morris Bell, 4-F.
Roosevelt Baker, 4-F.
Albert McGriff, 4-F.
Charlie L. Lewis, 4-F.
James L. Wright, Jr., 4-F.
Johnnie Nelom, 4-F.
Rudolph McCree, 4-F.
(Continued on page six).
SMALL ROOF BLAZE ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Firemen here were called to the
residence of R. R. Van Landingham
on North Broad street at 7:40 p. m.
last Tuesday to extinguish a small
roof blaze.
The damage was negligible be¬
cause of the prompt and effective
work of the firemen.
Mrs. Milton Croft, and young son,
Larry, of Athens, formerly of
Cairo, have been spending several
days here with the former’s sister,
Miss Mabel Chason, and other rela¬
tives and friends. Mrs. Croft was a
popular beautician here for some
time.
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SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS
NUMBER 11.
COUNTY’S APRIL QUOTA OF
ALL U. S. BONDS $211,321.15
Schools Now Operating
On 1-Session Schedule
All of the 14 white schools in
Grady county last Monday began
operating on a one-session schedule
to release more than 1,500 farm stu
dents for needed woi'k on the farms
in the afternoons.
The Cairo Schools now open at
8:30 a. m. and close at 1:15 p. m.,
CWT, and the Whigham School is
on substantially this same schedule.
All other white schools now open
at 8:15 a. m. and close at 1:45 p. m.,
CWT.
Cairo’s Washington High School
for Negroes was already largely on
a one-session schedule and other
Negro schools are operating as here¬
tofore.
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
MEAT RATIONING WILL BEGIN
MONDAY: SLAUGHTERERS
TO MEET HERE.
Rationing of meats, cheese, but¬
ter and other fats and canned fish
will begin next Monday under OPA
restrictions.»
Values of meat coupons in War
Ration Book 2 announced Wednes
day showed that Americans will be
allowed, starting Monday, to buy a
maximum of two pounds of popu
lar-type steak or about three and
one-fifth pounds of hamburger
person per week under
Actually, most people will buy
because they will want to use some
of the same coupons the red cou
pons for butter, lard, cheese or
canned fish They vyll have 16
points to spend per week at an av
erage coupon value of eight points
per pound for the whole group of
foods. The A red stamps will be
good next week, ,the B red stamps
the following week, and so on.
The A, B, C and D red stamps
may be left to accumulate but all
will expire together at the end of
the fourth week.
OPA said the rations of these
items are relatively more liberal
than the rations for processed foods.
Cheese and butter and other fats
are now “frozen” but sales will be
resumed under rationing Monday.
Meats to be rationed may be pur¬
chased unrestricted as available un¬
til 12:01 a. m. Monday.
Meats that are NOT to be ra¬
tioned include fish of all kinds ex¬
cept canned fish; and poultry and
game of all kinds. Pure olive oil,
salad dressing and mayonnaise are
not rationed, either. Sales of cer¬
tain soft and perishable cream and
other cheeses are not restricted.
A chart on the point values of
meats, etc., was not available for
publication in The Messenger this
week but charts may be seen at
markets.
When rationing begins, sales
of rationed meats by farmers
and dealers must stop except in
accordance with the regula¬
tions, OPA declares, and the
producers and slaughterers
must procure a license for such
sales after Sunday. The Grady
County USDA War Board has
called an important meeting of
farmers, other slaughterers and
meat dealers to be held at the
Courthouse Monday night at
8 o'clock to enable all to learn
about the new meat sales re
strictions.
NEWSY BUSINESS, MARKETS
PARAGRAPHS.
If Early truck crops and many
Victory Gardens had the narrowest
escape possible from severe dam¬
age by cold weather Tuesday morn¬
ing—but a check-up reveals only
negligible scattered damage, The
local voluntary weather observers
recorded an official low tempera¬
ture of 36 degrees Tuesday scattered but] ice
some light frost and
were reported. The thermometer
went almost as low Wednesday j
morning. The cold wave followed
rainstorms Saturday afternoon and
(Continued on page four).
VICTORYCOMMITTEE
NAMED FOR COUNTY
QUOTA IS 10 PER CENT OF ALL
BANK DEPOSITS; DRIVE
TO BE "ACID TEST."
In the gigantic U. S. Treasury
War Financing Campaign set for
April, which is said to be the largest
financing program in the history of
the world, Grady countians will be
asked to buy approximately $211,-
321.15 of all kinds of United States
bonds, it was revealed this week.
The big April campaign is re¬
garded as the “acici test” for every¬
one as to bond purchases.
This quota is about 10 times the
average of the monthly quotas of
the past but leaders emphasized that
this goal will include bonds of all
types, including those that the
banks themselves will be asked to
buy.
The quota is 10 per cent of the
bank deposits in the county and the
last published statements of the
banks at the end of last year re¬
vealed deposits in excess of two
million dollars.
The War Savings Staff here will
be augmented for this big campaign
by a Victory Fund Committee,
named by W. A McLarin, Jr„ chair
i man of the Sixth Federal Reserve
District; and composed of the fol
lowing three bankers; w . c . Lane>
Whigham) and j, Carl Minter and
Henry Hester, Sr., Cairo. Ira Hig
don> Sr> and Judge G L Worthy
are co-chairmen of the regular War
Savings Staff here,
Judge Worthy said he had infor _
ma tion this week that Grady coun¬
jj ans have already well exceeded
{heir monthl.* qryta of War Bonds
for March,
NEGROES PLAN ANOTHER
PARADE MONDAY.
Cairo and Grady county Negro
leaders in the War Bond and Stamp
campaign announced this week
completion of plans for another
War Bond and Stamp parade which
will be held next Monday. A sim¬
ilar parade last month resulted in
purchases of a large sum in bonds
and stamps.
The parade will form at Washing¬
ton High School at 1 p. m., accord¬
ing to Green Johnson, chairman,
and each of the several hundred
Negro school children and others in
the parade will be asked to buy
at least $1 in War Stamps, The
paraders will go to the post office
where special arrangements will be
made to / handle the sales.
Nazarene Revival Will
Begin Here March 28th
Rev. C. N. Haisten, pastor of the
Church of the Nazarene here, an¬
nounced this week that the annual
spring revival of this church will
begin on Sunday, March 28th, with
two services daily, morning and
evening, at hours yet to be fixed.
The public is cordially invited by
Mr. Haisten to join in this series
of evangelistic services, which will
continue for a week or ten days.
This church has been exceeding¬
ly fortunate this year in securing
the services of unusually able lead¬
ers. Rev. Jesse Middendorf, pastor
of the Woodbine Nazarene Church
in Nashville, Tenn., will be the
guest evangelist, and Rev. Robert
Bush, a student at Trevecca Col¬
lege, at Nashville, will be the sing¬
er and song leader.
AZALEAS HERE ARE QUITE
BEAUTIFUL, BUT—.
The many azaleas here have been
in full bloom this week and the
beautiful blossoms have been things
of great beauty and an inspiration
to people, generally. 4 ,
But officials of the Cairo Wo
man’s, Club found Wednesday that
vandals had almost ruined some of
the valuable bushes at the club
house. Similar vandalism has been p<
reported here recently, also,
It was understood Thursday that
law enforcement officers are in¬
vestigating the club-house depreda¬
tion.