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i year, in ADVANCE. A XU- 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. tinued on page four). ir oclamation. £aS, m Victory ° than in 2 000 World re ’ 000 s and ’ there are millions .PPed , tates, persons in the many of whom by £ were of great aid in tiring munitions P fenttal J, and service for the -jp’ disabled ajl of these persons and veterans of II deserve self \ wey se ' jt can -respecting make useful jobs . ° Ur community ffiREFDRE, nation - il hai M I, R. R. » C do ?’ set ayor aside of the the OCTOBER 12th 6th to OC as „ EMPLOY THE LLY HANDICAPPED n d I call upon all local a H local employers, all ic a«if? nizations d J lna an Ml the m Very way P° s e nd ~ *u tha t it shall be Mfr t 0 ,L action of all tit in thousands to URGE ALL mite with P ^ ace a ll their Lt Unite d States r Srvi ce so that dis nc J °ther handi orkpr “ tv tive°af?a to may g^en an n 0Ve their value dnc i se lf-respecting ■unto tness WHEREOF, I set te ^ or landingham. City of Cairo. ’ ’ Sty? Cairo Utosaettger Th« Official Organ *f Grady Cauaty. "The man wha wanderath aut of tka way af advertising shall remain in the cengregalien af the dead.** 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).