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The Official Organ of Grady County.
S1.50-S2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE,
VOLUME XLIV.
Hawthorn Trail
Grading Begun
Long Awaited Work
On 4.9 Mile Link
Started Monday
The Cecil H. Dunn Construc¬
tion Co., of Moultrie, Monday
morning began the regrading of
the Hawthorn Train preparatory
to surfacing the 4.9 mile stretch
oh State Route 112 extending
northward toward Camilla from
the intersection of State Route 112
and State Route 38 about one and
a half miles northwest.
Work began at the intersection
of State Route 38 and 112, at the
Roddenbery Cross Road farm,
and by the end of the week,
weather permitting, the grading
will have been completed on
about three miles.
The 4.9 mile link will extend
to a point just north of what is
known as the Sapp Old Mill
Creek site. With the surfacing
of this link, it practically means
the completion of the entire
Cairo-Camilla link, which will
open a new north and south high
way and further reduce the paved
highway distance from Albany to
Tallahassee, and points beyond,
via Cairo by approximately five
j, miles.
This paving will be greatly
welcomed by not only the people
of Cairo and Grady county, and
especially those residing on this
highway, but by the traveling
public as a whole. Local highway
leaders have spent much effort in
getting this contract let.
'j • entire (''mro-Camilla r cad
was graded in 1940 and 1941 by
the personnel of a state highway
camp then located here. These
crews had previously graded the
Cairo-Meigs road which is slated
for paving within the next few
days, the contract having been
let to George C. Blount & Son,
Atlanta, whi bid a low of $60,-
657.74 on Friday, Dec. 19th.
The grading of the Cairo-Ca
milla road which was done in
1940-41 was started under the ad¬
ministration of former Gov. E. D.
Rivers and completed under the
subsequent administration of
former Gov. Eugene Talmadge.
A contract for paving on the
Camilla end was awarded later
but the war came on and War
Production Board restrictions
stopped the work after 2.1 miles
had been surfaced. One factor
that contributed to the bids on
the Cairo end being sought last
August was that the engineering
work on it was completed the
previous fall. At that time the
state was short of engineers and
the shortage threatened to handi¬
cap the state’s program. Al¬
though the work done in 1940 on
the Cairo end prepared it for sur¬
facing, and the plans at that time
were to surface it a short time
later, the unavoidable delays re¬
sulted in the road being reclassi¬
fied as a Federal aid secondary
;< roac *> eligible for Federal aid, so
he additional engineering work
t became
necessary.
Old Address Is
Very Essential
On numerous occasions The
essenger has appealed to its
•bscribers through our columns
w ALWAYS give the OLD ad
wess as well as the NEW address
^ becomes en a change in the address
necessary. Only this
' ve received five changes
of ad dress without the subscrib
( r ‘ n § the OLD address. We
ha ,
ve tried , our best to make it
Plain that in not giving the old
address it works a hardship on
oe mailing department of The
Messenger, or any other news
a R' r as it is absolutely impossi
,
to temember the old addresses
of each and every subscriber. In
a number of it
cases costs more,
‘ me > to run down the former
address of a rea der than the am
, er ived . from
scription. „ . a year’s sub¬
Again, allow ns to repeat and
request that you give both ad
dresses with each change.
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
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SIXTEEN PAGES CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA„ FRIDAY. JANUARY 9. 1948
Cattle Prices
Are Higher
Number 1 Hogs
Off To 24.75c
A sharp upward trend in cat¬
tle prices featured the weekly
livestock auction last Friday at
Grady Livestock Auction Co. as
number one graded hogs, with
the market affected by a new gen¬
eral trend, sold for 24.75c a
pound, 95 points lower than the
week before. Volume of offer¬
ings again moved upward with
sales totalling more than $12,000.
Top prices for cattle was $24.55
per cwt. with the general price
level on cattle higher and the de¬
mand stronger. Some cattle of
the better beef grades command¬
ed special attention.
Number one heavy hogs brought
24.25c a pound, number twos 24.-
10c a pound and number threes
22.60c a pound. Higher price
paid for feeder pigs was 22c a
pound, with the average a bit be¬
low that figure.
Committee Meets
Here Saturday
To Set Date For
Holding County
Dem. Primary
Upon instructions from Chair¬
man T. J. Mills, of Whigham,
Secretary-Treasurer H. H. Wind,
of the Grady County Democratic
Executive Committee this week
called committee members to
meet at the Courthouse here at
10 a. m. Saturday, Jan. 10th, to
discuss the date and plans for the
1948 quadrennial county Demo¬
cratic primary.
As a result of recent rulings of
the State Democratic Executive
Committees, candidates for Rep¬
resentative in the General As¬
sembly must run in the state pri¬
mary according to state laws and
party regulations, which means
that nominees for the following
12 county offices will be select¬
ed in the county primary.
Ordinary, Sheriff, Clerk of the
Courts, Tax Commissioner, Coun¬
ty School Superintendent, Coun¬
ty Surveyor, Coroner, and Coun¬
ty Commissioners from districts
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
That would leave both the Rep¬
resentatives in the Legislature
and Representative in Congress
to be nominated in the state pri¬
mary, usually held in Septemb¬
er, in which a governor and some
of the state Supreme Court and
Court of Appeals jurists are to be
nominated, along with a few
other state officials.
In addition to T. J. Mills as
Chairman and H. H. Wind as Sec¬
retary, the following comprise the
committee:
Blowing Cave, S. O. Norton;
Cairo, J. A. Collins and J. E.
Forsyth; Duncanville, William B.
McCall; Higdon, Joe McNair; Pine
Park, George P. Faulkner; Lime
Sink, Douglas Harrell; Reagan,
E. M. Gainey; Spence, Almond
Willis; Spring Hill, R. C. Hollings¬
worth, and Whigham, W. M.
Crew.
The above members were elect¬
ed in the state primary held in
Sept. 1944. A new Democratic
Executive Committee will be
elected in the state primary to be
held sometime during this year,
1948.
Radios Installed
In Sheriff's And
Deputy's Cars
Installation of two-way raidos
has been completed in the cars
of Grady County’s Sheriff and
Deputy Sheriff. At this time,
communication may be carried on
between cars but when the new
station is completed in Thomas
ville, the two county officers will
be able to work with state law
enforcement officers via radio
broadcast, it was learned this
week.
Legion Meeting
Held Tuesday
Judge Townsend Is
Speaker; Large
Crowd Attends
The regular monthly meeting j
of Grady County Post No. 122
of the American Legion was held :
last Tuesday night at the Cairo
Woman’s Club with Dr. H. M.
Reynolds, presiding.
Judge J. M. C. (Red) Townsend
of the Court of Appeals was the
speaker. He made a most inspir- i
ing address on “Bill of Rights”
of the citizens of the United
States in which he gave dates and
names as to whom the bill of
rights were drawn up along with
quite a few words about the U.
S. Constitution and also the
State Constitution. He was very
forceful in his delivery which was
very interesting to all present.
Major Elbert Forrester of the
Georgia State Patrol, who is al
so a native of Dade County and
accompanied Judge Townsend
here from Atlanta, made a few re- '
marks before the introductory
speech by Clayton Baker.
One of the largest crowds to
attend a Legion meeting in sev
eral months were present at this
meeting. A steak supper with
potatoes, pickles, bread, sliced
tomatoes and coffee was served.
Commander Reynolds stated
that about 35 re-newals and new
membership were received
at the meeting which placse
this post over the halfway
mark on its 1948 quota. He also
urged all veterans who have not
joined to do so at their earliest
convenience.
Local Creamery
Sells Wholesale
Ice Cream Interest
As may be seen in an ad in
this issue of The Messenger,
Mayfield’s Creamery has sold
their wholesale ice cream interest
to Dixie Dairies but will continue
to sell and deliver milk to it’s
customers as well as retail ice
cream at it’s plant.
This announcement came this
week with the information that
the Creamery has secured the
services of a well known and ex- j
perienced man who will assume |
full charge of the milk plant op-1
erations on January 19th. Mr. i
Rosser, it has been learned, will
continue holding his interest in
the Creamery. This is contrary
to the rumor that Mr. Rosser will
leave the business entirely.
School Patrol Is
Active During '47
It was revealed here Tuesday
that not one single accident has
been recorded among the gram¬
mar school children since the or¬
ganizing of the School Boy Pa¬
trol during the past year. The
State Patrol expressed their ap¬
preciation, Tuesday for the co¬
operation exhibited by automobile
drivers in Cairo and asked that
the same co-operation be given
during 1948.
There are 32 school patrolmen
now working within the city. Mr.
R. A. Bowen, principle of the
North Side Grammar school is
head of the organization for that
school and Mrs. E. M. Gainey has
charge of the group from the
South Side school.
The boys are doing a fine job
in their patrol work and each
week, they receive one free pass
from the Grady and Zebulon
Theaters of Cairo, which is given
in apppreciation for their work
and cooperation with local autho¬
rities.
PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLES
TO MEET MONDAY.—
The Circles of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Cairo Presbyter
ian Church will meet Monday
afternoon, Jan. 11th, at 3 o’clock
in the following homes: Circle
No. 1—Mrs. C. M. Robinson, Jr.;
Circle No. 2—Mrs. J. B. Warnell.
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WALTER J. MATHERLY
C. OF C. SPEAKER. Above is
Dr. Walter J. Matherly, dean of
the College of Business Adminis
tation of the University of Froli
da, at Gainesville, who will be
the special guest and distinguish
ed speaker for the annual Chamb
er of Commerce dinner meeting
at Citizens Cafe next Thursday
night, Jan. 15th. (See item else
where for details.) Dr. Mather
ly is regarded as one of the south
east’s ablest speakers and will be
heard here with much interest,
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Water Lines Will
Be Extended With
New Copper Pipe
A special meeting of the Mayor
and Council was called Monday
afternoon for discussing the mat
ter of size and type of pipe to be
used in extending 10.000 feet of
water lines within the city The
!Tno 5:00 ’’A o clock ’’if 5 with V V the Mayor ... 01 Cr and
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all „ Councilmen _ present. a
After some discussion, a motion
was passed, with some opposition,
to authorize the City Manager to
buy up to 10,000 feet of copper
tubing, the first 3,300 • odd feet
to be used for serving the South¬
ern Terrace Estates and the re¬
mainder to be used in other parts
of the city as needed.
Probably the most important
result of the meeting, certainly
affected the most people, was the
matter of parking meters which
was discussed. A motion was
made by Councilman Brown that
the City secure bids from park¬
ing meter companies in relation
to installation of meters in Cairo,
location to be determined later.
The motion was seconded by
Councilman Nicholson and pass
ed.
At a previous meeting of the
City Council the matter^of park¬
ing meters had been referred to
the local Chamber of Commerce
in that they should make a study
of this matter and report results
of the study to the Council. The
report was made at the meeting
of Dec. 22nd, and results of the
study showed that all cities in !
this area, of any size, that have
installed parking meters were
pleased with the results and ;
other progressive cities have sig
nified their intentions of install
ing meters at an early date. It
was in view of this report that
the Council held the discussion in
regards to the meters and acted
in the manner shown.
PRESBYTERIANS TO HAVE
CONG. MEETING.—
A congregational meeting of the
Cairo Presbyterian Church has
been called for next Sunday
morning, Jan. 11th., at the close
of the regular worship service,
The purpose of the meeting is
three-fold: first, to decide wheth- |
er or not Southern Presbyterians
should continue their affiliation
with the Federal Council of
Churches; second, to vote on the
proposed plan of union for North- i
ern and Southern Presbyterians; j
third, to vote on the proposed
change of church property law.
All members of the church are
asked to be present.
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C. ol C. Meeting
Set Thursday
Florida Dean Will
Speak; Officers
To Be Named
The annual membership
dinner meeting of ihe local
Chamber of Commerce will
be held at Citizens Cafe next
Thursday evening. Jan. 15ih.
beginning promptly at 7:30
o'clock. Letters mailed to
members Thursday strongly
urged a full attendance, re¬
gardless of the weather, be¬
cause of assured comfort.
The committee in charge, com¬
posed of M. L. Mayes, chairman,
R. S. Jones, W. G. Mizell, John
A. Powell, 2nd, and Max Sand
ers, promises a snappy program
including a bit of music, a good
meal featuring hot spring fried
chicken, a very brief but import
ant business session calling
election of officers and directors
for 1948—and probably one of the
best speeches over heard here.
Tickets are available, to mem¬
bers only, for $1 each, although
the meal will cost more than that
and other expenses will run the
actual total to about twice the
amount charged.
Because of insufficient accomo¬
dations for the large membership,
the meeting again this year must
be confined to members only, the
committee has announced, but a
number of lady members are
urged to attend. Guests other
than members, except for invited
Chamber of Commerce officials
S wg^f^nd^Thomawille A ’’ can
Xr , , meleTattendance jd d f t 1ea until
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cated Mcmbers ar0 gentl
quested 2- to return cards today in
dicatmg ,. their ,, . plans , to . attend ,, , or
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purchased at least by Monday
from one of the following places:
c a j ro Motor Co Gradv Pharma
cy, Mizell Drug Co., or the Cham
her of Commerce office in
City Hall.
The nominating committee,
whieh has under study a
mendation from the last annual
meeting that the number of di¬
rectors be reduced rather sharp¬
ly to conform to national trends,
is composed of J. B. Roddenbery,
chairman, H. T. LeGette, B. W.
Mauldin, W. M. Tyson and A. B.
Wight.
The feature of the meeting will
be the address of Dr. Walter J.
Matherly, dean of the College of
Business Administration of the i
University of Florida at Gaines¬
ville extensive (see cut). activities Dean have Matherly’s been |
indicated in these columns but
local people who have heard him
fully assure everyone his address
will be worth many times a
special effort to attend the meet
T “VrA'l be " Th t S “ e
of ,he Nalwns Business. He
will discuss Communism and its
threat to the world but will also
offer specific and timely recom
mendations to combat inflation
and meet other domestic problems
—at the individual, community
and national level. He is one of
the southeast’s most “forceful
speakers.
President R, A. Bell will pre¬
side, and Cairo made frozen rolls
will be served hot as a part of the
dinner meal through courtesy of
Gwinn’s Bakery and Brown &
Manry, Inc.
RENO P. T. A. TO MEET
FRIDAY NIGHT.—
The P. T. A. of the Reno school
will hold its January meeting this,
Friday evening, Jan. 9th., at 7:30
o’clock. All members are in
vited to be present.
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Mrs. L. Frank Maxwell is
spending some time with Dr. and
Mrs. M. W. Maxwell in Quitman;
thd latter has been ill at the
Brooks County Hospital but has
recently returned to her home
in Quitman and is resting much
better.
GRADY COUNTY BANK DEPOSITS
OF DEC. 31 WERE $5, 476,545
Farmers Urged To
Make Conservation
Reports By 15th
Roy Perkins, County Admini¬
strative officer announced this
week that all farmers of Grady
county are urged to make re¬
ports of their soil building prac¬
tices on or before the 15th of this
month^ January 1948, as this is
the last date on which these re¬
ports can be made to the county
office.
Purpose of these reports is so
that the farmers of Grady county
may receive reimbursement for
materials and services used in
carr ying out these -pi actices in
s °d conservation work. This is
a very important item because it
a PP ears that the farmers of the
coun ^’ ^ they t uin * n then re
P° rts > wiU receive approximately
$ 75 ’ 000 reimbursement from the
Federal Government for carrying
out this work. <•
City Court Will
Convene Monday
Short Session Is
| Expected With No
Important Cases
j The January term of the City
Court of Cairo will convene here
next Monday morning with Judge
G. L. Worthy presiding. Edwin
Carll«le, Solicitor, wi.l look after
the state's interest.
A rather short session is ex¬
pected. Civil cases listed on the
docket are expected to be heard
Monday and it is said that only a
fe ™ cases are to cc T e up for tnal
an< ^ that ^ ese are a minor na ’
ture -
Criminal cases will likely follow
on Tuesday. At press time it was
kM)wn S ust h °» case,
tried a * this
however, it is said that there are
no criminal cases of outstanding
importance.
Court is not expected to be
in session for more than two days
and will probably adjourn Tues
day afternoon.
Cairo Visitor
Killed In Trip
Home Tuesday
Mrs. W. E. Davison, who with
her husband had been visiting Dr.
and M rs. T. J. Butt, here, was
killed in an automobile accident
Tuesday afternoon after leaving
Cairo to return to her home in
Avon Park Fla. Location of the
accident, said to be a car-truck
collision, was reported as be.ng
about 50 miles from Avon Park.
Mr. Davidson was reported as
having suffered minor injuries
in the accident and latest reports
Wednesday night were to the ef¬
fect that he was resting comfort¬
ably.
Previous to receiving the infor¬
mation regarding Mrs. Davidson’s
death, Mrs. Butt was notified
the death of her oldest brother,
Mr. A. H. Weaver, of Walla Walla,
Washington.
Mrs. Davidson was a niece of
j) r Butt and a cousin of Mr. F N.
Waikins.
Negro Residence Is
Destroyed By Fire
The Cairo Fire Department was
was called out at 11:05 o’clock
Thursday night to battle a
ing blaze which completedy con
sumed a negro residence on
er Hill.
The house, which was a blaz¬
ing inferno when the fire fight¬
ers arrived, was said to be owned
by Susie Bradshaw, a negro
school teacher. At press time, or¬
igination or cause of the blaze
had not been learned.
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SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS
NUMBER 52.
$432,788 Rise
Over Last Call
Total Assets Of Tbe
j Three Banks Reich
$5,797,540 Figure
Statements of the three Grady
county banking institutions pub¬
lished elsewhere in this issue of
The Messenger show that they
have on deposit a total of $5,476,-
545, a slight decrease of only
$101,305 under the total deposits
of the December 1946 call. The
grand total of one year ago show¬
ed the local banks had $5,577,850
on deposit. This indeed a gratify¬
ing showing.
Although these figures show a
decrease in deposits in relation to
those deposits of a year ago, they
also show an increase over the
deposits of June 1947 when the
deposits were $5,043,757 or $432,-
788 less than the deposits at this
time.
Deposits at the close of busi¬
ness on Dec. 31st, 1947 are listed
at $3,162,185.61 in the Cairo Bank¬
ing Company, $2,230,432.09 in the
Citizens Bank and 83,927.72 in the
Whigham Banking Company.
The deposits of Cairo Banking
Company show a decrease of only
$19,194.60 since Dec. 31st, 1946;
the deposits of the Citizens Bank
I show a decrease of $69,413,66 and
j the Whigham Banking Company
j shows a decrease in deposits of
| j $12,696.31. listed by the three
| Total assets
Grady County Banks were as
I follows: Cairo Banking Company,
$3,331,428.65 as compared with
$3,355,261.28 one year ago; Citi
zens Bank, $2,373,104.88 as com
(pared v ith $2,443,720.87 one year
ag C°> °’ showed a ‘ 1 total ^ lghaI assets ? Ban of $92,- S? S
988 82 as compared » ith «04,147.-
58 one year ago.
j $100 The 000 drop is due, of in part approximately to the tre
mendous amount of budding ac
tivity in the county during the
past year. During the year, the
people of the United States have,
on an average, spent more than
their income and of course this
has a major effect on bank de¬
posits throughout the country.
The total bank deposits of one
year ago established an all time
record, the highest in the history
: of Grady county banking, but
during the first six months of the
year dropped to a level of June,
, 1945. Without a doubt the half
I million drop experienced six
ago played a major part
in decreasing the total deposits at
th „ resent time
L At thi „ timp it annears ^ as if the
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t^the staT^s Tnc^ear^gQ 1
’^finAel'’sinje of june h“s in
bc( . n . 5432 , 788 . The large de
crease experienced six months
ago was, at that time, said to be
due to a leveling off process in
business activity which was no¬
ticed throughout the country.
Economist predicted then that the
leveling off process would en¬
able business to withstand the
j dangers of a recession.
! Cairo Cagers Win
Two Tuesday Night
The Cairo High School basket-
1 ball teams, for the second time
I this season, soundly trounced the
; Bainbridge cagers in two thrill
! ing games of basketball at the
: local shell Tuesday night, with a
j score of 31 to 19 in the girl’s game
j and 30 to 23 in the boy’s,
Both games were good from
the opening to the final horn.
Cairo’s fine girl’s team display
ed their usual championship
form but the Bainbridge girls
played hard ball, keeping things
pretty close until the last quar¬
ter when the Cairo team picked
up a comfortable margin. The
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