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SYRUP CEILING
IS TO BE ASKED
industry s PROBLEMS
i RALLY ON
cussed AT
FRIDAY NIGHT.
275 syrup producers and
men of this area assembled
Courthouse here last Friday
consider various problems
0 syrup in¬
t ; n g the pure cane
, and the meet
to this belt
led u na nimously to launch a
lent at once to obtain new
gher OPA price ceilings on
in advance of the 1943 mar
^Burroughs, president of the
County Farm Bureau, pre
L the meeting, with H. L. i
L tl n f Pelham, president of
Farm Bureau Federa
L the principal speaker.
' te in a very informa
Loth d ,. ess discussed at consid
the various phases of
L Ln a l fight in progress in
in behalf of the inter
I the farmers and predicted
I I for the farmers in at least
[ particulars. He foretold the
L in the office of Food Ad
[named r president Roosevelt
,
Chester Davis to sue
[ecretary of Agriculture Claud
Id Lid Saturday.
L probably the most import
of the fight for the farm
L is that for the firm estab
jnt and recognition of parity
as a basis of consideration of
Iroblems 11 and he urged whole
support of Congress in be
I such establishment and rec
to.
llso discussed at some length
[A filiations price ceilings on syrup and
connected with
He declared he did not see
PA could well seek to pena
* prosecute farmers who sell
(at or below th^ parity price
ic a gallon for syrup in bar
fy Hester, Sr. and J. B. Rod
(y were among the others who
falks at the meeting. Mr. Hes
jd aid he be did held not at fault feel that for selling farm
at or above the parity price
peanuts hot with are being sold open
government approv
prices hnuts. above the parity prices
j Roddenbery endorsed the
j- or higher price ceilings on
He also took occasion to say
15 s y ru P business here had
nvestigated several times by
n firmly denying reports
gained circulation here to the
that he had aided OPA in
igating syrup sales by indi
farmer-producers which
allegedly in violation of the
emulations.
fas the consensus of opinion
feting that OPA could
expect to penalize or prose
iContinued on last page).
Nes arene Revival Here
Much Interest;
Dedicate Church
revival a t the Church of the
here > which began 1___ last
J x morning week, is and will continue
Wlt h arousing much in
good congregations at
e
“traces are being held at
Edition, ^ and 7:30 p. m„ CWT,
tion a special church
service has been ar
by Rev. C. N. Haisten, the
f tjT Sunday
clock °ck. The afternoon
Jilted people of the corn
to all of these
feudally one S un *
guest evangelist is Rev. Jes
jdendorf. Pastor of the Wood
e >J e ^ urc h at Nashville,
and e ls king
il “ ma deep and
bun t r !f S10ns his u P° old n all who
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came arrish ’ of Thomas
lu * 0! 'day and
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A young lady with
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der such w °rk, she
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gaged who has
lor a ” sin S er and
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Hist p‘ Churc h here at the First
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The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
TEN PAGES.
GUEST EVANGELIST
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REV. JESSE MIDDENDORF
pastor of the Woodbine Nazarene
Church in Nashville, Tenn., who is
the guest evangelist for the revival
now in progress at the Church of
the Nazarene here. He is being
heard with much interest.
Services are being held twice
daily, morning and evening, and
Rev. Mr. Middendorf will also offi
ciate at a special church dedication
service next Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock to which everyone is in
vited.
CAIRO SOLDIER FREE
ON MURDER CHARGE
FVT. H. A. BRUNDRICK IS HELD
GUILTLESS ON CHARGE OF
MURDER IN LONDON.
Associated Press dispatches from
London, Eng., on Wednesday re¬
ported that a United States Army
courtmartial had that day acquit¬
ted Pvt. Herbert A. Brundrick, of
Cairo, of a charge of murder, fol¬
lowing a six-day inquiry into the,
fatal shooting of a Liverpool (Eng.)
dockworker.
The dispatches said Pvt. Brund¬
rick testified that he shot a docker,
John Neill, a Briton, in self-defense
following a disturbance at a Liver¬
pool warehouse where the soldier
was on guard duty.
The hearing was held at a base
in northwest England, the dispatch¬
es said.
Pvt. Brundrick enlisted in the
Army here May 22nd, 1941, at
which time he was employed by
Cairo Pickle Co. He was a resident
of Cairo for three years prior to en¬
listing and came here from Red
Level, Ala., where his mother, Mrs.
J. A. Brundrick, resides. Twenty
nine years of age, he has a brother,
J. A. Brundrick, who has been a
resident of Cairo since 1936. Pvt.
Brundrick is also said to have work¬
ed for a time with Concord Cor
poration here.
His former employers here say
he was a good worker and he has
an excellent reputation locally, hav¬
ing been well-liked by people, gen¬
erally. Wednesday’s dispatches con¬
tained the first information that had
reached Cairo relative to the fatal
shooting of the dockworker in Eng
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MARSHALL T. BURNEY IS
GIVEN TWO YEARS.
Marshall T. Burney, of Macon,
was sentenced to serve ‘‘not less nor
not more than two years in the pen¬
itentiary” in a brief session of
Grady Superior Court Wednesday
afternoon.
The defendant entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of bigamy, a fel¬
ony, having been indicted by the
grand jury at the March term of
court here. The marriage involved
in the indictment was alleged to
have been performed in this county
on a license procured in Thomas
county. The woman he married
here is said to be a resident of
Boston.
Judge Carl E. Crow, of Camilla,
and Solicitor - General Maston
O’Neal, of Bainbridge, came here
Wednesday afternoon to open court
briefly and receive the plea of guil¬
ty which was presented by Attor
ney R. A. Bell, of Cairo, acting for
Attorney Arthur Lewis, of Macon.
Judge Crow over-ruled a motion
(Continued on page four).
The Official Organ of Grady County.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, 1943. TEN PAGES.
NEW SOLICITOR HERE
! IS IN ARMED FORCES
ACTION PROBABLE TODAY AS
TO WHO WILL SERVE IN
I CITY COURT.
Pvt. Edwin A. Carlisle, of the U.
S. Army, Thursday apparently be¬
came" Solicitor of the City Court
here, since he has been elected,
commissioned and qualified for the
four-year term beginning April 1st,
but since he is in the armed forces
some doubt existed when The Mes
senger went to press Thursday af
ternoon as to who will actually
j serve as the court’s prosecutor.
j p v t. Carlisle is stationed at Miami
j Beach expected and his friends word said from Thursday him to¬
day, Friday, formally notifying
Judge G. L. Worthy, of the court,
that he is in the armed forces and
that he cannot, therefore, fill the
office to which he has been named.
If, in such notice to Judge Wor¬
thy, Pvt. Carlisle requests a leave
of absence, it appeared the granting
of a leave of absence would be¬
come automatic under a Georgia
law enacted at the recent session
of the Legislature. Should Pvt. Car¬
lisle also recommend the appoint¬
ment of some particular person as
Solicitor pro tern, it is understood
that it would be in line with cus¬
tom for the presiding jurist to fol¬
low such recommendation in the
appointment of a Solicitor pro tern.
If Pvt. Carlisle should resign, his
successor would be named by Gov¬
ernor Ellis Arnall, according to the
law as interpreted by various local
lawyers.
Attorney Charles F. Richter was
appointed Solicitor by former Gov¬
ernor. Eugene Talmadge to fill the
unexpired term of former Solicitor
G. Maynard Smith, who resigned
last fall. The term of former Solic
itpr Sjnith expired at midnight
Wednesday. In the absence of any
special legal direction, Mr. Richter
might continue in office until his
successor is duly named, it was said.
The various questions involved in
this matter have been pondered
this week by lawyers and others
with a great deal of interest.
Grady Library Board’s
Membership Complete
It was learned this week that the
membership of the county library
board governing the operation of
the Cairo Public Library is now
complete, some recent vacancies
having been filled,
Mrs. J. Slater Wight continues as
chairman of the board and the oth
er members are Mrs. Bob Harrison,
Mrs. G. B. Trulock, Whig
ham; and M. L. Mayes and Judge
L. Worthy.
j Future operation of the library is
! seriously threatened by the discon
jtinuance of WPA aid, effective this
i month.
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Miss Martha Westbrook arrived
j here Monday to assume her duties
as public health nurse attached to
j the City-County Health in Dept. Moultrie. Miss
Westbrook’s home is
She is a graduate in public health
work at Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, and also took advanced
BUSINESS, MARKETS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
RATIONING OF MEATS, ETC. IS
BEGUN WITH LITTLE OR
NO DISRUPTION.
The rationing of meats, cheese,
butter and other fats, as well as
canned fish, got underway here last
Monday with little or no disruption
in retail sales.
Meat market operators said even
Monday was virtually a normal day
and later this week consumers,
generally, appeared to have well
mastered the technique of acquir
mg the newly-rationed items. Mean
while, a new processed foods chart
of point values went into effect
Monday, with some items listed
substantially fewer points.
The big processed foods chart ap
pears on page seven of this issue
and the chart for meats, etc. ap¬
pears on page eight. Consumers are
urged to study these charts closely
so that they can shop with a min¬
imum delay.
The D, E and F blue stamps in
War Ration Book 2, totalling 48
points, are good during April for
processed foods. The A red stamps
in the same book are good this week
for meats, etc. Next week the B
red stamps will be good, and so on.
The red stamps may accumulate
during the four-weeks’ period.
MEAT SLAUGHTERERS. ETC.
HAVE MEETING.
A large number of meat dealers
and farmers who slaughter and sell
meat assembled at the Courthouse
here last Monday night to learn in
detail of the new regulations gov¬
erning the slaughter of livestock
and sale of meat under the ration¬
ing program now in effect.
The Grady County USDA War
Board, which is charged with the
task of handling the n'few meat
management program, had charge
of the meeting.
Livestock dealers and slaughter¬
ers, and others handling meat, are
now required to obtain a permit
from the board at the AAA office
here and each must now collect ra¬
tion points for meats sold. More¬
over, all of them are given quotas
which cannot be exceeded.
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 j
Peanuts: !
Spanish, No. 1, ton . . . 169
Runners, No. 1, ton f-H 54 !
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Eggs, yard run, doz..... CO Oc
No. i, infer! white, doz. 31c
Hens, colored, pound .... 21c
Fryers, colored, pound . . . 25c
Mrs. C. A. Bass returned
Monday from Waycross where
has been undergoing eye treatment,
While there she was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bass. The latter
returned home with her and is now
convalescing from a rather serious
illness which developed upon her
arrival here.
(Editorial).
LET’S ALL CLEAN UP!
Mayor W. H. Robinson has proclaimed the four weeks begin¬
ning Monday as a period for an intensive Clean Up, Beautifica¬
tion and Sanitary Improvement Campaign in the City of Cairo.
His timely message appears on page three and it should be read
closely by every resident of Cairo.
Probably never before has a real clean up drive in Cairo been
needed so badly, for now is the time cleanliness and physical and
mental health are needed as never before to keep us all fit for the
fight for victory.
There is much that can and should be done in Cairo during
this campaign in this season when we should all strive, at least,
to keep step with nature and her glorious new beauty. General
cleanliness and beauty contribute much toward maintaining mo¬
rale. But there are many fly- and mosquito-breeding places that
must be eliminated if we are to maintain health for big wartime
tasks. Moreover, this is certainly no time for fire waste and all
possible fire hazards should be eliminated. Regulations should be
tightened where needed to fully safeguard our health and property
in every way.
The city government pledges its full co-operation and each
and every resident—every man, woman and child—should do a
full part toward making and keeping Cairo clean, attractive and
healthy place for all! Each of us has a responsibility. What will be
YOUR answer?
s: Buy War Bonds!
April Quota
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JUDGE G. L. WORTHY
of the City Court of Cairo, who on
Thursday began a new four-year
term on the bench here. It will be
his second term.
Judge Worthy is active in the
work of his church, the American
Legion and other organizations. He
is co-chairman of the county’s War
Bond and Stamp committee.
MAYOR PROCLAIMS
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
CITY IS SEEKING THE ACTIVE
CO-OPERATION OF ALL
AGENCIES.
The four weeks of April 5th
through May 1st—the four weeks
beginning next Monday—were pro¬
claimed this week by Mayor W. H.
Robinson here for an intensive gen¬
eral Clean-Up, Beautification and
Sanitary Improvement Campaign
touching every section of the city.
The proclamation appears on page
three and every resident—every
man, woman and child—is urged to
read it.
* Mayor Robinson pledges all of
the resources of the city govern¬
ment toward making the campaign
here this year the most intensive
and most comprehensive the city
has ever had—and he urgently re¬
quests the whole-hearted co-opera¬
tion of all agencies and individuals
to that end.
A special preliminary check-up is
already in progress of all food¬
handling places and this thorough
check-up will now extend to all
possible fly- and mosquito-breeding
places, as well as all possible fire
hazards.
The campaign this year is re¬
garded as more essential than
ever before because of the
greater need of keeping every
(Continued on page four).
Grady AWS Post Crews
Are Subject To Calls
J. B. Leaton, of Cairo, supervisor
of the Grady county area of the
AAF Ground Observation Corps,
this week reminded all observation
post crews of the Aircraft Warn¬
ing Service in the area that they
are subject to call to active duty at
any time and urged all of them to
be ready for the call. There is an
AWS tower here and there are five
other posts in the county. W. G. Mi
zell is now chief observer in Cairo.
The posts in this area have been
on an alert rather than an active
basis for several weeks although
south of the state line the contin¬
uous vigil is still being maintained.
It is said that an active duty com¬
mand from Jacksonville is likely
at any time.
Supervisor Leaton points out that
such men as Capt. Eddie Ricken
backer and Major Bobby Jones re¬
gard it as very important that the
AWS be well maintained as an or¬
ganization that might be called up¬
on at any time to render an essen¬
tial and invaluable wartime ser¬
vice. He also calls attention to the
fact that at 6 p. m., CWT, next
Thursday, April 8th, the NBC net¬
work program of Chesterfield and
Fred Waring will be dedicated to
the First Fighter Command (of this
area) and the AWS. All observers
are urged to hear this program.
NUMBER 12.
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
RECLASSIFIES GROUP
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS SAY
OCCUPATION TO DETERMINE
STATUS OF MEN.
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.
Meanwhile, the Selective Service
Bureau of the War Manpower Com¬
mission in Washington announced a
few days ago that draft boards
throughout the country are now
reclassifying men on an occuption
al rather than dependency basis,
which means that men, even though
they have wives and children, will
soon be subject to call unless they
are in jobs which make them de¬
ferrable. Washington officials sev¬
eral weeks ago warned registrants
with dependents that unless they
got into farming or some essential
activity they would soon become
eligible for induction and many
men, on a basis of that warning,
have switched to farming and war
jobs that will entitle them to defer¬
ment, it is said.
Non-deferrables with proper de¬
pendency claims who have switched
to activities on the essential list will
be entitled to 3-B classification,
while those who land in work listed
neither as essential nor non-defer
rable will remain in 3-A, officials
said.
Those still in non-deferabie work
will be classified in 1-A, available
for immediate military service, but
will get an automatic 30-day stay
of induction if they give their boards
proof that they have registered with
the U. S. Employment Service for
transfer to other employment.
Fowler V. Harper, WMC deputy
chairman, said the employment ser¬
vice would try to place non-defer¬
rables in other jobs if they applied
for it, but could not guarantee to
do so. Those it can’t place, he said,
will have to get other jobs by their
own action or be subject to induc¬
tion.
In view of the fact that reclassi¬
fications are quite numerous, again,
and that many registrants are re*
ceiving new classification cards,
some of the later classifications in
(Continued on page six).
Tax Exemptions Limit
Extended Until May 1
Tax Commissioner T. Frank Proc¬
tor here received a notice last Sat¬
urday from the Comptroller-Gen¬
eral’s office in Atlanta stating that
the Legislature at the recent ses¬
sion passed a law extending the
time for filing homestead and per¬
sonal property tax exemptions from
April 1st to May 1st.
An effort was made last week
here to ascertain whether or not
the law was enacted but definite
information was lacking and Mr.
Proctor, to be safe, inserted an ad
stating that April 1st was the dead¬
line.
The new law makes the exemp¬
tions deadline conform to the tax
returns deadline, May 1st, for state,
county and school taxes. Property
owners are required to file applica¬
tion each year if they desire to
avail themselves of the exemptions.
Food Ration Charts
In This Issue.
On pages seven and eight of
this issue of The Messenger
will be found the valuable
OPA food rationing charts
which readers will doubtless
want to preserve for reference.
The new processed food chart
for April is on page seven and
the chart for meats, fats, etc.,
with rules for buying of such
items, will be found on page
eight Meat rationing went into
effect Monday.
Shoppers are urged to study
these charts carefully so that
they can shop with a minimum
delay.