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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
_ States
United
A year, in ADVANCE.
J1.50-S2
VOLUME XLVI.
SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED
LAST TUESDAY NOON
tolieLewisTo
Serve life Term
p ew Criminal Cases
A re Disposed Of
At March Term
The March term of the Grady
County Superior Court adjourn
td at noon Tuesday with pleas
. , having . .
nf guilty and convictions
obtained in all of the four
been which returned
true bills were
by the Grand Jury in session last
v/eek The criminal session
Superior Court at this term was
of the shortest in the
unc large
j the county, and to a ex
*ent bespeaks well for the moral
conditions existing in the com
munity and throughout Grady.
.“In, Charlie Lewis, a Negro of the
" community, plead
*** *" life senten
him, and receded a .
Lewis was charged with
h the traffic death of Jesse
Miller, 56, a well-known
ed the Whigham community, last
Christmas on the highway (U.
81 ) in the eastern edge of Whig
ly. He was also indicted for
driving on the wrong side of
highway, driving under the in
wgthe scene of the accident.
Calvin Murry Dixon, a young
white man, native of f r
county, now a resident of Tal
lahassee, was charged with as
sault and attempt to rape a 13
year old white girl of this com
T llle8ed ‘y « »W* 04
February 27th. The jury return
ed a verdict of guilty of assualt
and battery, Judge Crow sentenc
ing the defendant to serve
months in prison. A motion was
-led for a new trial, and Dixon
was released under a $1,500 bond.
Durwood Eason, changed with
larceny of an automobile, plead
guilty, and received a sentence
tf twelve months.
Basil Bragdon was indicted on
Grand Jury Presentments
Generally Favorable Here
Mowing are the report
Juf recommendations of the Grand
y for the regular Spring term
” tta Superior Court. I n gen
, , ttle Grand
»Ne ' ’ Jury had favor
comments for all the depart
of the Countv Government v mmen
Thev ymade marl A recommendations „ " for; .
e long-needed improvements, j
called attention to the rath
the » e tr,:r s are man m. ^^ Good rondffion or bad,
presentments should be of
‘Merest to every citizen in Gradv
Bounty.
PresmUmoru T ^ of < the Grand
Ju™ bupenor Court,
Georgia, Grady
•^ eh l ’ term, for the reeular S
i 949 .
6 Grand Jury drawn and
emn
ipl 94 9 serve for the March
De- ’ rad y Superior Court,
this in report 6 »° f of the court deliberations to submit
sr.n. t^endationsr our
CarlV £° p k W His for his Honor, Judge
inlorm a SS&lSS&tSf ’ l Gmely and
■ the L
ed p °t ^ose
G who serve on the
iaUv t ury ’ and also calling spec
state VotpT r atten ti°n the new
r. R ratk
K d o" 8 ;S 2 u La "
t Ss ^ Solicitor-General Mas
0R p n T al
tion of v our tif dee P apprecia
efforts ^'dis?harS A Ssistance and
d’J h a e ou?
e in th of
H s b i also thank Sheriff C
ed coo^ tolh-cS df(>rhis whole-heart
c “*. G J”? “S; “nA
u-w , our Eamff
B=:reu After T Vlce - R ’
jGWell afo^rS’ - A. (Alfonso)
and u° Uis
te£ k : f °w criminal
warrants
01tp Clkini y
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
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DR. S. F. DOWIS. Secretary Co
j operative Missions, Atlanta,
j who will be the guest Preacher
1 at the First Baptist Revival be
ginning April 3rd.
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guilty u and a received a sentence
c . f 3 to 5 yea rs. The woman Brag
( ; on married here reportedly
j n communication with him as a
j rne:rn t>e r of a Lonely Hearts
s b e lives in Leon County,
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J’DflTO * FOgi’SIH
Maria " na Gr0U P
| £ of Marianna (Fla.) Ki
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wani wannan, will will bring br : ng the the Kiwanis Kiwanis
j “Bread Board” program to Cairo
Kiwanis club Tuesday
March 29th Harris Jefferson
d chairman announced
1 this week. The Floridians will
j doLybtless be received here with
; eS p ec ial cordiality in their inter
[ district appearance. Otis E.
Padget’t is the Inter-Club Rela¬
tions chairman of" the Marianna
club. The exact nature of the
program has not been revealed.
Under the “Bread Board” set¬
up Cairo Kiwanians will be call
ed upon to present a program at
j some Florida club meeting short
ly.
investigation, indicating a
wholesome condition in our
county. consideration,
After due we re
commend that the Peace Bond
against Mrs. A. B. Myrick be kept
in force.
11 developing that A there has
. been a vacancy m the office, we
elected Bryan McCall as Notary
Public and Ex-Officio Justice of
the Peace in the 576th (Duncan
ict ' G - Grady
j. j. Maxwell having resigned
the poistion ,we elected George
w Rea dy as Notary Public and
-
Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace
of the 1508th (Blowing Cave)
District, G. M., Grady County, Ga.
It being the Spring term, the
time specified by law for Justices
of the Peace to bring their books
to the Grand Jury for examinat
ion > and onl y one having done-so,
we request that these officers toe
m »re diligent to comply with the
l aw m this respect and that the
Ordinary notify them several days
in advance of the spring session
of the Grand Jury to have their
Srand various to
official groups and agencies
appear’ for reports and discussions
of eounfy affairs and heard from
DepartmS?,^FblSd Grad e v CoJnty Wd
fare
welfare program in the county;
Gounty School Supt. C. Lloyd
Health’ Sbon U 0 nr the T 0 C h°n n D Stillwell
Commissioner for the
Grady-Thomas Health Unit, on
‘ theh ealth program in the county;
S 4 ST vSchairmm M?noi
Williams of the Board of County
Commissioners on the general af
st| ate of county governmental
formation lnl rmatl ° ^o 2L_T *” 1 e^eS,
(Continued on page 1 2nd sec.)
Th* Official Organ of Grady County.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. THIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949.
Revival Drawing
Large Crowds
Evangelistic Team
Stirs Community
At Services
One of the finest evangelistic
teams ever to visit this communi
ty is stirring large crowds and
providing spiritual refreshment
doubtless unsurpassed here pre
viously as to basic gospel force in
the annual revival this week spon¬
sored by the First Methodist
Church.
The final morning week-day
service at the Zebulon theater will
be at 10 a. m~ today, Friday, for
45 minutes. The great evange¬
list, Rev. Frank L- Robertson, of
Hawkinsville, who is far more
than sustaining his great repu
ta-tion, will conclude his morning
-heater series of sermons on the
j commandments of Jesus Christ,
j rot simply the best-known 10,
j hut all of the imperative rather
,han simply declaratory
ards prescribed by the Lord
discipleship—a highly interesting
series. O C. Turner, the ash
j , jurn businessman w ho is a form
ej . music teacher at Asbury Col
lege, Louisville, Ky., will be
there, also to make his invaluable
contribution in song
?nd solo numbers.
; (Merchants and other business
i concerns have co-operated splen
! didly to make these morning ser
vices more far-reaching and more
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? V In , F- rl , m ^ ,h <1 f l
, ^ oay Church revlva ’. at , i 7 7;30 se rvice ’. ihe is f r 3 J designated al . we f'
j “everybody’s night,” numerous
groups having set aside special
i nights this week previously, with
i "' ear ' capacity congregations on
j hand Sunday's concluding w
j y lces Wul be a ' 11 3 ‘ m ‘ and 7 ' 3 °
m '
Mr. Robertson, m his night seri¬
es, has indelibly stamped his
deep consecration and the sound
ness and great force of his
upon the hearts of all who have
heard him, the common emphasis
of his night sermons being a most
urgent appeal for people to re¬
cognize and steadfastly work for
the things that really count in
life and to turn away from the
material things and pleasures
aliead of the things that are of
eternal value This gifted and
dynamic minister has provoked
the admiration of everyone by his
most uncanny ability to sweep
his hearers through the depths
of gospel mysteries and then
quickly into the simple, practical
truths most meaningful for every¬
day application and every-day
living. No one who hears him
Questions his reputation as one
of the greatest ministers in the
South Georgia Methodist Con¬
ference, despite his young years.
Admirably suited is the singar,
Mr. Turner, himself a deeply-con¬
secrated man and also a master
of music, whose album is of great
range. The team thrilled local
civic groups at their luncheon
meetings this week, also.
p ^ un un ® / Sra rai l J Service f For
Lt". Sam Cain, . Jr.
Held Tuesday
Final rites for Lieut. Sam Cain,
Jr. were held at the graveside in
the Hunnicut cemetery in Athens
? o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
- Lieut. Cain s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Cain, left here
day f or Atlanta where they
f.d at the home of her sister, Mrs.
J. W. Westbrook, for a few
anc j a ttended the service in
^ thens on Tues day. He was killed
5n action as a B-25 bomiber pilot
on Nov. 14, 1944, while on a dive
bombing mission in the Italian
after beln: g overseas
than three months.
His survivors are his widow,.
1he former Miss Julia Denereux
Hunnicutt> a nd one daughtr,
of Athens; his parents
and one sister Mrs. R. B. Sails
bury, of Tampa, Fla.
Conference Held To
Reduce Baby Death
Rate In Grady
Friday morning March 11th, a
conference was held at Grady
County Health Department, on
the subject of the excessively high
death rate among premature bab¬
ies in this county, particularly in
the white race Grady County has
premature death rate of 24.8
among the white race. 2nd highest
in South West Region, and al
most three times as high as state
rate (11.2 per 1000 live births),
Participating in the conference
were Grady County Staff Nurses,
Miss Dahl Richardson, Super
visors, Dr.John D. Stillwell,
Health Commissioner, Dr. Helen
Bellhouse, Maternal Child Health
Consultant and Dr. O. F. Whit¬
man, Regional Medical Director.
As a result of this conferene, it
was felt that an attempt should
be made to acquaint the citizens
of Grady County of the services
available, the Health Department
nurses to Grady County Physici¬
ans, midwives and citizens. Grady
County now has 3 new incubators
on loan from the State Health De
partment. ^ One of these just arnv
ed today. One is in operation at
Grady Coun‘v Hospital. The
other two incubators are available
for home use. It has been found
that the hospital stay for many
premature infants may be reduc¬
ed, if an incubator is avilable at
home.
Gther counties have material¬
^ reduced their prematuie death
rates, b y alerting physicians, mid-
1 wives and citizens to reporting
^erTitundsIm^S
to the Health Department, for
their assistance and cooperation,
In the near future a store window
display will be set up in Cairo,
•that all may become more famili
ar with what needs to be done and
can be done for premature and
other child health programs.
;
Vercen Bell Award
Presented To Miss.
Student ThlS ^^eek
The Vereen Bell Award for
creative writing was made at
Davidson College Monday by
Harry L. Shaw of New York City,
to Charles T. Davis a junior from
Fayette, Miss.
Vereen Bell, author of the pop¬
ular novel “Swamn Water” with
its setting in the Okefinokee
swamp, was the son of Justice
(State Supreme Court) and Mrs.
R. C. Bell, and was bom and spent
most of his life in Cairo. It was
here he wrote the successful nov¬
el,which was also made into a
movie. He was killed, while serv¬
ing in the Navy during World
War 11.
The Vereen Bell Memorial
Award was recently established
rt Davidson College, which he
attended, by friends and relat¬
ives of the writer. It is given an¬
nually for the most excellent spe¬
cimen of creative writing submit¬
ted in a special contest supervised
by the English department every
spring.
Grady Farm Bureau
Endorses Extended
Services Here
At the montnly meeting of the
Farm Bureau last Monday night
considerable time was given to a
discussion of the benefits to
j Grady County and its people
| front the Minimum Foun
dation Extension program
which is to be voted on April 5.
It was made public that the
: following are some of the advan
tages to be derived from this
program, if the people vote in
, favor of it: in addition to $173,
000 for schools, there are
foi Farm to market roads; pro
visions for eight new school buses
for the County; increased salaries
lor bus driver,.
Carl Ponder, President of the
j Grady Farm Bureau, expressed
the hope that every effort would
be made to get all registered vot
ere out for this important elec
tion.
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Club Meeting Is
Marked Success
Women's Gathering
Here Draws Large
Crowd Wednesday
The spring meeting of the
Second District. Federated Wo- j
man’s Wednesday Clubs which largely was held attend¬ here j
on was
ed by women representing six
teen clubs of the district. One
hundred and seventy-five was
the total number registered.
The meeting was held at the
Woman’s Club with Mrs. Chand¬
ler R. Dixon, of Pavo, district
president, presiding.
The following program rend¬
ered: “America, the Beautiful”,
Assembly; Salute to the Flag, As¬
sembly; Invocation, Mrs. J. S.
Wight; Greetings, Mrs, H. L.
Cheney, President Hostess Club;
Response, Mrs J. C. Fincher,
Doerun; Solo. Miss Dorothy
Brown, Mrs. Harris Jefferson, ac¬
companist; Introduction of Dis¬
tinguished Guests. Mrs. C. E.
Glausier, Quitman; Reports of
Officers; Solo, Mrs. O. D. Cul¬
pepper, Albany; Reports of Club
Presidents, conducted by Mrs.
Marcus B. Calhoun, Thomasville
District 2nd.. Vice-President;
Presentation of Attendance Ban¬
ner.
The meeting then adjourned to
go to the recreation hall of the
First Methodist. Church where a
delicious three course luncheon
“ nu^lhe luncheon hour Mrs.
George D. Clark, Ochlocknee
past district president, introduced
the Rev. Long, minister of the
Methodist Church of Pav i who
made the feature address? The
meeting wias dismissed with pray
or by Mrs. J R. Pinson, Jr., of
Baconton.
The fall meeting will be held
in Moultrie.
The meeting was informative
and interesting, reports from the
various clubs showed progress
and enthusiasm in many depart¬
ments.
Mrs. H. L. Cheney, president
of the Cairo Club, and the many
members who so nobly assisted in
making the day such a splendid
success deserve much credit and
thanks for the gracious hospital
ty extended to the women of
the district on this occasion.
In getting records for the his¬
tory of the District Federation,
mention was made that Mrs. W.
L. Wight, of Cairo, was the
second president of the district;
Mrs. H. H. Wind has also served
in that capacity.
Cairo Flower and Gift Shop,
Hillcrest Florist, and Pearce’ Flo¬
rist contributed flowers for the
table arrangements at the lunch¬
eon. The Women’s Club wishes
to express their appreciation for
this courtesy.
Flagalina Highway
Ass'n In Meeting
Cairo was represented at a
meeting in Americus Tuesday of
the directors of the Flagalina
Highway Association where a U.
S. route numbering project for
a U. S. highway route north¬
eastward from Panama City, Fla.
through Georgia and the Carolinas
was further promoted. J. W. Lott,
of Americus, was elected presi
dent of the association to suc¬
ceed Harry A. Schroeder, form
erly of Montexuma, now of La
Grange.
i Extensive new plans were
worked out to resubmit the pro
Ject to the American Ass'n of
j State Highway Officials and they
| will be reported on at a general
meeting set for Macon soon, pro
bably some time in April.
The proposed U. S. route would
lmk Quincy, Havana, Calvary,
Cairo, Pelham. Camilla and Al
bany, rn this area. If approved,
it would stimulate travel over
the route extensively, and result
in other beiefits. Cairo now has
only one U. S. highway route,
84, east and west.
MEETINGS CARRY ISSUES IN
APRIL 5 VOTE TO PEOPLE
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JACK B. JONES, Minister of
Music, Tabernacle Baptist
Church, Atlanta, who will be in
charge of the music during the
Revival at the First Baptist
Church.
lax Referendum
To Be April 5
6,940 Are Qualified
To Cast Ballots In
Special Election
As will be elsewhere .
seen in
this-issue of The Messenger,Mrs '
E. F. WUlis, Ordinary of Grady r
County, is issuing an official call
" thia a f ecJ 5. ty, ec well !01 J 0 t ?** rough- e u
in coun as as
cut the state on Tuesday, April
5th. The election is a “tax re¬
ferendum”, as passed by the last
ression of the General Assembly
of Georgia, and signed by
Herman Talmadge, to determine
whether the people or tax pay
ers wish to endorse contingent
appropriations, which calls j Qr
additional taxes for public
health, education, aid to counties,
lutal highways, public welfare
services and for other purposes.
The election will be held under
+he new secret Australian Ballot
Jaw as passed by the last legis¬
lature, this being the first "time
one has been used in Grady
county, yet heretofore an Aus¬
tralian Ballot has been in use.
Grady was the first county in
the state to use the “Australian”
ballot, Jeff A. Pone having in¬
troduced and passed a local bill
to this effect in 1919.
The ballot is very simple to
vote, and the only thing a voter
will have to do in casting the
same, will be to mark an “X” in
the space designated either for
or against the issue. In other
words the voter will only have
to mark one “X” on the ballot
for it to be counted.
The wording on the ballot is
as follows:
( ) “I favor financing the con¬
tingent appropriations made by
the General Assembly for public
health, education, aid to coun¬
ties, rural highways, public wel¬
fare service and for other pur¬
poses, and I request that the Gen¬
eral Assembly levy such addition¬
al taxes as are necessary to pro¬
vide the funds.”
( ) “I oppose financing the
contingent appropriations made
by the General Assembly for pub¬
lic health, education, aid to coun¬
ties, rural highways, public wel¬
fare services and for other pur¬
poses, and I request that the Gen¬
eral Assembly do not levy ad¬
ditional taxes to provide the
tunds.”
As will be seen from the above
two paragraphs, if the voter de¬
sires the legislature next Janu¬
ary to pass some new tax revenue
measure he or she should put an
“X” apposite the first paragraph,
and if he or she is opposed to
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GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 C ”-NTL
NUMBER 10.
j. H. House Holds
District Series
Grady's Campaign
Opens With GEA
Unit Today
A broad effort to carry to the
neople the issues in the April 5th
state tax referendum was launch¬
ed this week at a series of 44
area meetings throughout the
state and will be launched at the
county level here today When the
Grady GEA unit holds its month¬
ly meeting.
J. H. House, head of the local
schools, and a state GEA direc¬
tor, planned and presided over
+he meetings for this, the Second
district, opening with the first in
the state at Bainibridge Monday
afternoon for Decatur, Grady and
Seminole counties, and continu¬
ing with rousing rallies at Col¬
quitt Tuesday afternoon, at Moul¬
trie Wednesday afternoon and ait
Albany Thursday afternoon.
At the state kick-off rally at
Bainbridige, some 40 leaders from
Grady county joined similar
groups from Decatur and Semi¬
nole for an informative session,
despite steady rainfall. Grady’s
group included representatives
from various interests and or
ganizations, including the Farm
Bureau, the Parent-Teacher
| groups, the GEA and other school 3hd
j leaders, business concerns
civic agene.es Rev. N. ? Chris¬
topher, btSovec Whigharu Bap-
4 1 st minister, was among the fine
j Whigham delegation and was
among those called on for talks.
Other speakers included Lt.-Gov.
Marvin Griffin of Bainbridge;
j Rev. J. Gorham Garrison, of Och¬
j locknee, immediate past president
and now vice-president of the
state GEA; representatives of the
State Board of Education; mem¬
bers of the Legislature, and oth
ers.
It was explained that the Legis¬
lature recently adopted a con¬
tingent Appropriations measure
providing $45 985,000 in supple¬
mental state revenue conditional
upon approval by the voters of
the state on April 5th and sub
sequent action by the Legislature
for new taxes. No particular ad¬
ditional taxes are specified for
the Legislature to impose if the
voters approve the Contingent
Appropriations budget in the
April 5th election, it was pointed
ou t ) an d approval of the voters
w jjj be simply a directive to the
Legislature to proceed to provide
(Continued on last page)
Livestock Here
Unchanged
No, 1 Hogs 18.85c;
Stockers Strong
Both cattle and hog prices re¬
mained about the same at Tues¬
day’s weekly livestock auction
sale here, Cairo Livestock Auc¬
tion Co. reported.
No. 1 hogs sold for 18.85c a
pound, 15 points below the week
before, but still well above board
quotations for the day. Feeder
pigs sold up to 20.50c a pound.
No. 2s were 17 50c a pound, No.
3c were 17.05c a pound, No. 4s
were I 6 c a pound and No. 5s
y.ere 16.05c a pound.
Cattle prices were in the same
L’gher range as last week except
that stocker cattle were in even
stronger demand with prices a
bit higher. Top grade beef steers
were lacking, however, and the
best price was $21.50 per cwt. The
common grades were in some
volume and said well.
Total volume was slightly above
last week.