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CRESS OF CAIRO TO BE DECIDED
11 IIC 0 ME OF $280,000 ISSUE
| Election To
leld Tuesday
5 Open At City
From 7 A. M. To
M. On Oct. 9th
L will either be a mighty
Lrd [a progress for Cairo, or
L retrogressive back-slide,
[■ard the splendid spirit and
steps in the past. The
L factor in this will be
L e of the $280,000 bond
[ext Tuesday, -received Oct. 9th. heavy The
Lt already
from all quarters, with
Less [ertising concerns devoting
space to advoca
e issue and civic organiza
[i as the Chamber of Com
|e American Legion and
Ling on record in favor of
e.
this week’s advertisements
the bond issue adequately
f he present situation in
(at the town has outgrown
kj that the most practical
lilities mical way to provide need
is to float a bond is
will be at the City Hall
(day, Oct. 9th, from 7 a. m.
i Polls will be downstairs
re Department, where vot
lake place for both white
pd voters.
pill be four issues on the
(Hot, and voters must indi
(cho individual ce four issue', times, voting once
F" or "against”. The first
p the ballot will be the
(sue for the purpose of ac
right-of-way, widening,
ing, claying, grading, and
the public streets and
in Cairo. The second
which a choice must be in-
1 the $65,000 issue to be
the purpose of repairing,
i enlarging and making
to the sewerage system
e sewerage disposal plant
Next is the $100,000 issue
rpose of enlarging and im
ie water supply and dis
system, including new
additional water mains
in Cairo. The fourth is
3 issue for the purpose of
and improving the power
electrical distribution sys
iro.
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SIXTEEN PAGES
Annual REA Co-op Meet
Set For Wednesday
Next Wednesday is a big day for
the members of the Grady County
Electric Membership Corporation, for
that day, Oct. 9th, marks the annual
meeting and fish fry for the group.
Noah W. Stanfill, manager of the
Grady corporation, which is head¬
quarters for the six-county REA
co-op, announced this week that the
fish dinner will definitely be at the
Farm Bureau Market, It was ori
ginally planned for Davis Park,
weather permitting, but it has since
been decided to have the affair at the
market.
The business meeting will begin
promptly at 10 a. m. on Wednesday
morning, Oct. 9th, at the Zebulon
Theater. A feature of the morning’s
program will be a free motion pic¬
ture, shown through the courtesy of
the Zebulon. Reports of co-op of¬
ficers will be made, seven directors
will be elected, and awards to mem¬
bers will be made. Earl M. Lynch,
of the management division of the
Washington REA office, will make
a short talk.
The approximately 3,000 members
(Continued from page one).
A. W. Lane Shoots
Self Thursday
Death f\£ Of P. Promment r. t
Farmer nAak.es Thl^c ,
Tragedies Last V^eek
Last week was indeed a sad one
for Grady county, with a series of
tragedies occurring within a few
hours of each other. Following Wed
nesday’s two tragic deaths was a
third one on Thursday, making a
total of three shocking and untimely
deaths last week.
Arthur Wilbur Lane, well-known
Grady county farmer, died last
Thursday afternoon at about three
o’clock as the result of a self-inflict¬
ed gun-shot wound. His son, Lind¬
sey, was just driving away from the
house, about a mile from Pine Park,
when he heard a shot and looked
around just as his father fell to the
ground. A bullet from a .32 calibre
pistol had entered Mr. Lane’s fore¬
head and he was immediately rushed
to Archbold Hospital in Thomasville,
where he died an hour after the
shooting.
Mr. Lane was born in Grady coun¬
ty on August 28th, 1881 and spent
his entire life in the county. He
was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Lane. In 1895 he was married
to Miss Callie R. Rawls.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from
Pierce Chapel, of which the deceas¬
ed was a member, with Revs. Paul
Parrett and Hart officiating. Inter¬
ment was in Pine Park cemetery.
Pallbearers were Daniel Ward, James
Aired, Preston Ward, Edgar String¬
er, Jr., Harris Dollar and John Van
landingham. Honorary pallbearers
were Edgar Stringer, Sr., Edwin
Bryant, Gute Singletary, Lawrence
Singletary and Jesse White.
The deceased is survived by his
wife; two sons, Alton Lane, of the
U. S. Army in Sumter, S. C. and
Lindsey Lane, of Cairo and Bain
bridge; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby
Christie of Key West, Fla.; four
grandchildren, Donald, Betty Jean
and Joe (Jr.) Castleberry and Edith
Christie; one brother, Walter Lane,
of Cairo.
In addition to the surviving mem¬
bers of his family there are many
friends who were shocked and griev¬
ed to learn of Mr. Lane’s untimely
death. in
Funeral arrangements were
charge of South Georgia Funeral
Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hertor of
Warner Robins, Ga„ spent the week¬
end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Clark. Her sister, Mrs. E. A.
Roberts and son, little Jimmie, of
Thomasville, accompanied them
home to stay a few days there.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1946
Fire Hazards Will
Be Checked Here
General Co-operation
Urged Here In Fire
Prevention Week
(See Ad, This Issue).
Fire Prevention Week will
be observed locally arid through¬
out the nation next week-^Oct.
6th-12th—and the Cairo Fire
Department and local Chamber
of Commerce are endeavoring to
enlist every resident and/or
property owner here in a cam¬
paign of active co-operation
during the period to eliminate
all fire hazards—and then keep
them eliminated.
The sponsoring local agencies
have mapped an extensive program
of varied features for next week,
based on the fact that fire losses,
generally, are at a 16-year high re¬
cord, but these agencies emphasize
this week that the succeess of the
campaign, insofar as efforts results
are concerned, will depend quite
largely upon the extent to which in¬
dividuals go in their own efforts to
check and eliminate fire hazards.
Refusals will be referred to Mayor’s
Court.
Fire Chief Aulden Hawthorn call¬
ed special attention, in urging full
co-operation of everyone—to the
fact that building materials are still
quite scarce, and high in cost, which
means that replacement of fire loss¬
es remains a most difficult and ex¬
pensive job; that it will likely be
so for a long time. He emphasized,
also, the disruptions caused by
damaging fires.
Chief Hawthorn said the observ
aaCB next week will cen ter around
special ch ck-ups to discover and
eliminate Ml fire hazards and a cam
paign through the schools to enlist
the co-operation of the children and
to bring effectively to their atten
tion the great need for making every
week Fire Prevention Week. A
special movie trailer will be shown
during the week at the Zebulon
theater, through theater co-opera
tion.
Fire Chief Hawthorn strongly
urges every resident of the com
to devote next week to a
study of the following precautions
and a check on and elimination of
all fire hazards:
Never allow trash of any kind to
accumulate in or about your place
of business or industrial plant; keep
every employee “fire prevention
conscious” and actively co-operat¬
ing to prevent or report promptly
on all fire hazards.
See that your fireplaces, grates,
stoves and their pipes are in order
before winter heating is begun.
Check roofs regularly and make
certain that leaves or other trash
do not accumulate there.
Never smoke in bed.
Do not leave curtains free to blow
over stove or heaters.
Do not use electric cords that are
frayed; they are dangerous. Do not
use electric cords under carpets;
guard against improper use of multi¬
ple plugs. *
The fuse in your electric circuit
is your safeguard against fires.
When a fuse is blown, it is a danger
signal. Do not cut your fuses or
place pennies behind the fuses.
When you do this your remove the
safety factor, with the result—a
visit by the Fire Department.
Never place ashes in wooden or
paper containers. When you take
up ashes remove them to the
garbage can. Many a home has
been damaged by fire from allowing
scuttles of ashes to pause for a few
minutes on the back porch.
Be careful with electric irons.
See that they are turned off when
in use and that they have cooled
before returning to storage.
(Continued on page four).
(Editorial)
Clearing House For Rental Opportunities
Is Suggested Locally.
Vacant housing units continue as scarce in Cairo as they are any¬
where. The situation is so critical that people with rooms, apartments
or houses for rent seldom reach the newspaper with an ad.
Th*e local Chamber of Commerce has been suggested as a “clearing
house” for such rental opportunities. If everyone with a room or more
•to rent could list it promptly, or in advance, with the Chamber of Com¬
merce, and those desiring places could also list their wants there, the j
handling of these matters could well be expedited, for the benefit of all. i
SIXTEEN PAGES
Legion To Build
$40,000 Home
Post Approves Plans
For Large Modern
New Building
The American Legion at its regu¬
lar meeting on Tuesday night gave
the forward march orders to the
building committee for their new
home. The committee, composed of
Ralph A. Brown, Walter Williams
and R. A. Bell, submitted the floor
plan for a home to be constructed at
a cost of $35,000 to $40,000.
The floor plan was drawn up by
the Albany Architectural and En¬
gineering Company, who were given
the authority to proceed with the
blueprints and specifications for
the fine new building, which prom¬
ises to be one of the best-equipped
and most up-to-date Legion Homes
in South Georgia, if not the state.
The plans were shown and discuss¬
ed, after which the report was ac¬
cepted by the members present and
it was voted to proceed with plans
and arrangements for construction
of the new home.
The plans calls for a building of
7500 square feet complete which will
include a lobby, lounge-room, dining¬
room to seat three or four hundred
with stage and dressing rooms in
the rear, large kitchen and screened
porch; and under the stage on the
southwest corner, where the lot has
a deep slope, living quarters have
been arranged for a custodian.
A committee was appointed to
raise funds, some of which have been
pledged recently.
The city bond issue to be voted on
October 8th was endorsed.
New members were recognized.
About seventy-five members were
1 present for this meeting, which was
held at the Woman’s Club and was
preceeded by a chicken pilau sup¬
per. The membership drive has
shown results and is still in progress,
with indications pointing to this post
raising their quota.
Miss Tuggle Injured
Accidentally By Truck
Miss Margaret Tuggle, inspector
at the Cairo Pickle Co., was run
over by a truck shortly after noon
Tuesday and is in a serious condi¬
tion at Cairo Hospital. The accident
occurred by the peanut plant on 1st
Ave. N. E. Miss Tuggle was about
to go across the street to the home
of her sister, Mrs. Thurman L. Sel¬
lers, when a truck driven by a Neg¬
ro backed into her, striking her in
the head and knocking her down.
Miss Tuggle, who never lost consci¬
ousness, says she screamed but that
the truck kept backing. The driver
said the truck was loaded with pea¬
nuts and he could not see behind
him. The vehicle then ran over her,
crushing her face and head and
badly bruising her hips and left
leg.
The young woman’s sister Mrs.
Sellers, ran from her home across
the street and pulled Miss Tuggle
from under the truck, then rushing
her to the hospital. Though her
condition is serious it is hoped and
felt that she will recover with no
permanent ill effects. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tug¬
gle and lives with her parents about
nine miles from Cairo in the Elpino
community.
A warrant was taken out for the
arrest of the colored driver of the
truck, Willie Sherman, on charges
of assault and battery with an auto¬
mobile. He was released on Wed¬
nesday morning after posting $200
bond.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Herig, Jr., of
Mitiwango, Ohio, and Mrs. A. K.
Veech, of Cleveland, Ohio, were
called here Saturday on account of
the death of Mr. W. C. Ham, father
of Mrs. Herig and Mrs. Veech.
W
legion l B 'ld
$40,000 Home
Post Approves Plans
For Large Modern
New Building
The American Legion at its regu
lar meeting on Tuesday night gave
the forward march orders to the
building committee for their new
home. The committee, composed of
Ralph A. Brown, Walter Williams
and R. A. Bell, submitted the floor
plan for a home to be constructed at
a cost of $35,000 to $40,000.
The floor plan was drawn up by
the Albany Architectural and En
gineering Company, who were given
the authority to proceed with the
blueprints and specifications for
the fine new building, which prom
ises to be one of the best-equipped
and most up-to-date Legion Homes
in South Georgia, if not the state.
The plans were shown and discuss
ed, after which the report was ac
cepted by the members present and,
it was voted to proceed with plans
and arrangements for construction:
‘
of the new home.
The plans calls for a building of
‘7500 square feet complete which will
include a lobby, lounge-room, dining
,
room to seat three or four hundred
with stage and dressing rooms in
the rear, large kitchen and screened
porch; and under the stage on the
southwest corner, where the lot has
a deep slope, living quarters have
been arranged for a custodian.
‘A committee was appointed to
raise funds, some of which have been
pledged recently.
The city bond issue to be voted on
October 8th was endorsed.
New members were recognized.
About seventy-five members were
present for this meeting, which was
held at the Woman’s Club and was
,preceeded by a chicken pilau sup
rper. shown The results membership and is still in drive progress, has, ‘
lwith indications pointing to this post 1
‘
raising their quota.
Miss Tuggle Injured
Accidentally By Truck
Miss Margaret Tuggle, inspector1
at the Cairo Pickle Co., was run
over by a truck shortly after noon‘
Tuesday and is in a serious condi-;
tion at Cairo Hospital. The accident
occurred by the peanut plant on lst
Ave. N. E. Miss Tuggle was about
to go across the street to the home
of her sister, Mrs. Thurman L. Sel
lers, when a truck driven by a Neg
ro backed into her, striking her in
the head and knocking her down.
Miss Tuggle, who never lost consci
ousness, says she screamed but that
the truck kept backing. The driver
said the truck was loaded with pea
nuts and he could not see behind
him. The vehicle then ran over her,
crushing her face and head and
badly bruising her hips and left
leg.
The young woman’s sister Mrs.
Sellers, ran from her home across
the street and pulled Miss Tuggle
from under the truck, then rushing
her to the hospital. Though her
condition is serious it is hoped and
felt that she will recover with no
permanent ill effects. She is the
daughter of Mr. with and Mrs. J. W. Tug
gle and lives her parents about
nine miles from Cairo in the Elpino
community.
A warrant was taken out for the
arrest of the colored driver of the
truck, Willie Sherman, on charges
of assault and battery with an auto—
mobile. He was released on Wed
nesday morning after posting $200
bond.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Herig, Jr., of
Mitiwango, Ohio, and Mrs. A. K.
Veech, 'of Cleveland, Ohio, were
called here Saturday on account of
the death of Mr. W. C. Ham, father
of Mrs. Herig and Mrs. Veech.
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS
COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IS
CREATED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
Mizell's Completes
Handsome New Front
Latest, and easily one of the most
attractive, of the Broad Street in¬
novations is the handsome new front
for Mizell’s Drug Co. This impos¬
ing new facade has just been com¬
pleted and is designed of black and
silver teraso tile, aluminum trim and
a frieze of glass brick. A green awn¬
ing is on both the front and side
of the building.
Four neon signs are placed in the
large windows, which provide an
almost unbroken vista of Broad
street. There is also a large new
.neon sign outside which is most at¬
tractive when lighted. Flourescent
lighting has been added throughout
the interior of the store.
Further redecoration is planned
for the interior, but will probably
not be executed until next spring.
The rear partition will be extended
15 feet inside, allowing 150 more sq.
ft. of space and an open prescription
department. Several lighted show¬
cases will be installed inside as soon
as they can be delivered, and a cool¬
ing system will be installed by next
summer. The Messenger congratu¬
lates Mizell’s for their part in
brightening up Broad St.
Business, Markets
Items Of Interest
Sugar Violations Incur
Suspensions; Several
Commodities Increase
OPA’s weekly bulletin reminds
that Spare Sugar Stamps No. 9 and
No. 10, each good for five pounds
of canning sugar, will expire on
Oct. 31st. Spare Stamp No. 51,
good for five pounds, expires on
Dec. 31st.
Since January 1st, 557 cases in¬
volving sugar rationing violations
in the state have resulted in 76
active suspensions, restraining the
the dealer from handling sugar for
periods ranging from a few weeks
to the duration of rationing. This
was revealed by OPA District En¬
forcement Attorney James M. Rob¬
erts, who added that most of the
remaining 481 cases resulted in in¬
active suspensions which can be
made active if violations are re¬
peated. ceiling*hikes £
Notable among are
the 50 cents raise on finished rice,
making it $1.70 per hundred pounds.
Coal will cost 82c to 94c more per
ton than it did last winter due to
the last spring’s wage increases and
increase in freight rates. Since the
cost of cotton fabrics has gone up,
work shirts are due for about a 10
percent increase in the next week
or so.
Another notation in interest is that
OPA says that a cost study of the
restaurant situation shows that res¬
taurants are actually a fraction less
for the meat they buy today than
they were paying at the time their
price menus were frozen in April,
1943.
Don’t forget to get out and vote
for BONDS next Tuesday. A
glance at this week’s ads will show
the tremendous favor the issue has
among local business circles. This
is a fine indication of progressive
spirit and let’s see that it is ex¬
tenuated Tuesday at the polls!
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Herschell, of
Tonawanda, N. M., visited the lat¬
ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Drew, here during the week-end.
They left Tuesday for Statesboro,
where Mr. Herschell entered Geor¬
gia State Teacher’s College and Mrs.
Herschell is teacher in Bulloch
county schools. She will be re¬
membered here as the former Miss
Mary Helen Drew.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Rosser and
Miss Lorene Rosser were called to
Wednesday to attend
funeral of their cousin, Miss
Davies, who died at her home
Gainesville on Tuesday; they
to spend the week-end in
with relatives.
|
NUMBER 36.
County Approves
Hospital Plan
Commissioners In
Accord; Name Nine
To Trustee Board
At the regular monthly meeting
Tuesday of the Board of County
Commissioners, a citizens commit¬
tee sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce appeared in support of
the County Hospital project.
This committee, composed of E.
H. Coleman, Henry Hester, Jr., W.
J. McClenny, L. A. Powell, J. B.
Roddenbery, A. B. Wight and R. R.
Van Landingham, presented the
facts and plans concerning the
county hospital project and urged
adoption of the plan and the crea¬
tion of a Board of Trustees for the
Grady County Hospital Authority.
It was pointed out that local doctors
are now overburdened and that
additional doctors are needed here,
but that young doctors would be re¬
luctant to settle here unless a pub¬
lic hospital is provided. Moreover,
Dr. A. W. Rehberg, owner and op¬
erator of the Cairo Hospital, plans
to dispose of his hospital whether
the hospital Authority takes it over
or not, in order to devote full time
to his private practice, here or else¬
where. In the everit that the hos¬
pital does not become a community
or county hospital, the community
faces the probability of having no
hospital facilities. Dr. Rehberg ten¬
tatively agreed last week to sell the
hospital and equipment to the coun¬
ty or a County Hospital Authority
at actual inventory tsliing, which is
understood to be in the neighborhood
of $25,000.
After discussion on the matter,
the County Commissioners unani¬
mously voted in favor of the plan
and voted to create a Board of Trus¬
tees of a Grady County Hospital Au¬
thority. The Commissioners went
further and named this board at the
meeting. Those appointed to the
County Hospital Authority are B. W.
Mauldin, J. S. Wight, L. A. Powell,
R. E. Stringer, Jr., P. R. Ward, Al¬
fonso Harrell, L O. Maxwell, Jr.,
Sam McKown and W. C. Lane. No
term of office was specified, but the
Authority itself is to be perman¬
ent.
The trustees expect to meet very
soon and organize plans for a coun¬
ty hospital, at least on a temporary
basis. Actual construction of a new
hospital, probably could not be und¬
ertaken for several years, due to
existing conditions.
The Commissioners, in closing the
meeting, incidentally voted to license
no more pool rooms outside the city
limits.
Grady County Baptists
In Annual Session
Grady County Baptists, represent¬
ing eighteen churches with three
thousand five hundred members,
will meet in their thirty-sixth an¬
nual session Tuesday and Wednes¬
day, October 8-9, with the Second
Baptist Church of Cairo as host. The
opening session will be at 10 o’clock
Tuesday morning.
Each of the eighteen cnurches will
report to the Association on the
year’s activities and progress. It is
expected that substantial gains both
in membership and contributions
will be revealed in the reports.
Rev. Lee Long, Pastor of the host
church, is Moderator and will pre¬
side over the meetings. Rev. N. G.
Christopher of Whigham is Clerk.
The introductory sermon will be de¬
livered by Rev. N. G. Christopher,
and Rev. J. G. Garrison, of Ochlock
nee, will preach the Missionary ser¬
mon. Denominational leaders who
are expected to appear on the pro¬
gram include Dr. O. P. Gilbert, Edit
of of the Christian Index, J. L. Fort¬
ney, Superintendent of the 'Baptist
Childrens Home at Hapeville and
Baxley; Mr. Gainer E. Bryan, State
Training Union Secretary, Dr. Arth¬
ur Jackson, Secretary of the Georgia
(Continued on page four).