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F. J. WIND, Editor from May
1st, 1904 to September, 1922.
H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager
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* CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. *
MARCH 21ST, 1919.
In the election held last Tues¬
day, March 18th., the voters of
Cairo decided by one of the larg¬
est majorities ever cast in the
city, in favor of paving the streets
of Cairo. The vote was 188 in
favor of paving bonds and only
2 against it. The paving of
streets means a stepping stone to
more needed improvements and
it will be only a few years before
we will be crymg for more pav
ing.
At a representative meeting of
Grady county citizens held at
the Court House Wednesday
morning the organization of the
Grady County Board of Trade
was formally perfected with the
following officers: W. B. Rod
denbery, president; Thomas
Wight, vice-president; Wh Sear¬
cy, treasurer; B. M. Johnson was
named temporary secretary.
The regular January term of
the City Court of Cairo adjourned
from January because of the in¬
fluenza epidemic, convened Mon¬
day. This was the first term
of court held since Judge L.
Rigsby has held office. A
mortal service was held for the
late Judge W. J. Willie with E.
D. Rivers, Esq., conducting the
service.
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CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO. *
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MARCH 16TH, 1934.
Dr. M. D. Collins, State Sup¬
erintendent of Schools, and Hon.
M. E. Thompson, State
Supervisor, spent Tuesday
Grady County, visiting the
schools. They were very much
pleased with the prespects for
development in Grady County.
iMr. Green F. Lodge, a prom¬
inent citizen of Whigham, and an
extensive turpentine operator,
was fatally injured about 7:30
Wednesday night when his au¬
tomobile left the highway, 7
miles east of Thomasville when
he was returning home from a
business trip to Augusta. An
ambulance was summoned by
some passers-by; he was carried
to the Archbold Hospital, Thom¬
asville, where he died about 8:15
o’clock.
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Prices being paid here on
Thursday for produce were: eggs,
yard run, 10c dozen, fryers, col¬
ored, 20c lb., hens, colored, 11c
to 12c lbs., hams, 12c to 13c lb.,
country lard, 7 l-2c lb., shelled
corn $1.00 bu.
BIBLE VERSE
"As the branch cannof bear
fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine; no more can ye, except
ye abide in me." John 15:4.
Bead John 15:1-8.
EXPENSIVE NONSENSE.
The new voter registration law
is a lot of complicated and ex¬
pensive nonsense. By the time
county officials, registrars and
| voters get through with the
; trouble and expense of register
; ing all over again, they are apt
j to be “through” with those who
saddled upon us this unadulterat¬
ed clap-trap.
The purpose of the law, stated
its exponents, was to prevent
“block” voting. The purpose,
not stated, was to eliminate large
numbers of Negro voters from
the present list, and possibly any
white voters who don’t have the
“right” attitude. The law is a
potentially dangerous one to de¬
mocratic government.
If there ever has been any
‘ block” voting, it has been as
much on the side of the present
administration as on any other.
People are opposed to so-called
“block” voting. The purpose,
^ . . them- ., When w , lts
are ca agams '
cn their side, it becomes, not
block voting but democratic pro¬
cess, much to be desired. And
just as surely as a half-dozen
similar laws have been declared
unconstitutional in near-by states,
this one will probably meet a
similar fate.
If there ever has been any
“block” voting, this needless and
burdensome blunder will not
prevent it.
We got this law, and several
others just as unnecessary and
unwise, because the representa¬
tives forgot the people who elect¬
ed them.
But the people will remember.
When they have had enough,
they will remember.
-V
SORRY, PLEASE GO
BACK TO SLEEP.
Recently we wrote in this space
about the need and fittingness of
seme benches around on
walks and perhaps the court
house in Cairo. We still think
it’s a good idea. But judging
1 f ‘ om the reaction we got ’ nobody
5S interested in benches but u4.
W’ell—here’s a little secret. We
never have occasion to use a seat
on the sidewalk. We have to
keep the seat cf our pants glued
to a fairly comfortable chair
here in the office in order to get
out a Messenger. If no-one is
interested in benches but us, the
subject is hereby dropped. Sorry
to have disturbed your nap.
-V
The fellow who paddles his
own canoe very seldom rocks the
boat,
-V
It is said that Cairo once tried
a defendant in Mayor’s Court,
and fined him $5.00 on general
principle.
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A friend of ours remarked the
other day that he POSITIVELY
could not recall the name of a
good non-alcoholic tonic.
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A friend of ours remarked the
day he did not appreciate
our “editorial squibs” for they
were inclined to be rather pithy.
So, that’s the way our friend felt.
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We see where Gov. Talmadge
says that Jekyll Island State
Park must pav its way. It pro¬
bably would, if the Governor
would fire all the help down
there except the “care-keepers”,
during the winter months.
-V
The Widow Mallard is going
to tour the country telling of
her husband’s murder, under
the auspices of the National
Association for the Advancement
of colored people. We wonder
if the tour will include Lyons
and Toombs County?
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No, no, Geraldine, neither can
Truman or Talmadge keep your
business going as it has during
the past several years. The law
of supply and demand may be in
force some time in the near fu¬
ture.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949.
Music Lovers Hear
Fine Symphonic
Band Sundays
Cairo music ’over heard Amer¬
ica’s finest symphonic band re¬
turn to the air last Sunday after
noon over the Mutual Broad
ing System in a concert strongly
reminiscent of the prime days of
John Philip Sousa.
In the first of four preliminary
broadcast sponsored by MBS
rnd the National School Band
Clinic of the Air, Inc., the inter¬
nationally known band master,
Dr. Frank Simon, led his 65 art¬
ists through a highly entertain¬
ing and well diversified program.
From Sousa’s epic march, “Hail
to the Spirit of Liberty,” to the
closing march by Edwin Franko
Goldman, there was snap, per
cision, rythm, and rich sonority.
It was truly band music at its
peak, and millions of band lovers
here and over the country cer¬
tainly must have thrilled to this
magnificent performance by
Prank Simon and his NBSC
band.
The National School Band Cli¬
nic of the Air is a nonprofit or¬
ganization established to aid in
♦he education and inspiration of
our musical youth—more than 3
million of them in 37,000 school
bands over the country.
There will be three more Sun¬
day broadcasts at the same hour
; n this first short series over the
Mutual Broadcasting System.
Plans are already being made for
a much longer series over MBS
next fall.
Regardless of the fact that
Government figures as well as
those released by the C. I. O. and
A. F. of L. proclaim thousands
of shut-downs in industry and un¬
employment, we are all going to
live until we die.
•V
Doctor Gallup, the sleeping
poll taker, has started investigat
ing “areas of ignorance”. The
not-so-correct doctor has certain
ly picked him a safe and broad
there—one he can probably
wor j c j n the rest of his life, and
no one will ever know whether
^e’s right or wrong.
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A friend of ours remarked Sat
j urday “T^rumah” that everything depression pointed the to
j a in
offing. We hope if one is in
the making that it will not bear
an y resemblance to the “Hoover”
j depression when the Hoover
carts were being used in every
sec tion of the country.
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With a Democrat in office as
, President and a Democratic House
and especially a U. S. Senate of
thd same belief one would natur
| aUy come to the conclusion the
Chief Executive would have easy
sailing in passing his legislation,
yet, this don’t appear to be the
case at the present time.
-V
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Girl's Dream Realized
As Parents Remarry
Rome, Ga., March 16.— The
hfelond deam of a daughter
was realized Wednesday when
her father and mother were re
married after 25 years of separa
tion.
They are Mr and Mrs. Charles
Wimpee, who, after a blustery
family quarrel in 1924, sought
divorce, leaving the infant daugh
ter with only a faint memory of
her father.
What appeared to be an endless
search was terminated when Miss
Annalee Wimpee, the daughter,
found her father shortly before
Christmas in a veterans hospital
in Amarillo, Texas. Until that
t ime, she nor the members of
her family had seen or heard
from Mr. Wimpee.
She did not tell her mother of
her finding until a few days be¬
fore Christmas, and she asked
for her father as a Christmas gift.
She showed her mother a letter
she had just received from the
long missing man.
Mrs. Wimpee and her daughter
went to Amarillo and arranged
for the reunion.
Wednesday, the Rev. J. Russell
Head,Baptist minister, conducted
a simple wedding ceremony at
the home of Mr. Wimpee’s sister,
in Rome.
As a rule the wrong office hold¬
ers are elected by those who fail
to vote.
-V
It is very essential that you
have some pepper to be worth
your salt.
-V
It is said -that the long skirts
the women are now wearing,
make them look longer, yet they
make the men look shorter.
-v~
If you have been laboring
under the impression that the
wc>rc j s “night” and “evening”
have the same meaning, you
! should note the different effect
they have on a gown!
-v
How well do we remember the
time that we were under the im
! pression that Bureaus were sim
ply pieces of furniture. But
times have changed during the
pas t several years.
•V
Some of tne hard things to
understand is why hogs and cows
are dropping so fast in price with
the hundreds of thousands having
been frozen to death in the mid¬
dle west, during the past few
weeks.
-V.
Capt. John Triplett, who was
editor of the Thomasville Times
Enterprise, many yeras ago, used
to say there was more in know¬
ing what NOT to print than there
was knowing what to print. If we
are not badly mistaken, the same
thing is true today, even if his
statement was made some 45
years ago.
C^iro Band Goes To
Moultrie Today For
Music Festival
The Cairo High School band
will go to Moultrie today (Friday)
to participate in the second dis¬
trict music festival, sponsored by
the Georgia Music Educators As
J sociation. This will be the second
consecutive year the Cairo
bund has entered the district and
state music festival,
Last year the local band re¬
ceived frist division raitngs in both
this district and state. It is nec¬
essary for all musical organi¬
sations, soloists, and small groups
to receive divisional ratings in the
district festival in order to qualify
‘or the state event, which this
year will be held in Milledge
ville April 7-8.
Friday, the Cairo band, will
participate in the following
events - concert sight reading,
marching, and solos, and Direc¬
tor Verran expressed hope that
Cairo would again qualify for
fust division rating.
In all music festivals sponsored
by the G. M. E. A. the rating
system is used. They do not re¬
cognize champ 5 onships. A musi¬
cal organization or soloist is plac¬
ed in the (position the judge
thinks they are gratified fir.
For instance if in the
judge’s opinion all bands rate at
least 94 percent or higher, as
judged from the standard of per¬
fection he may place all bands
entered in the festival in first
division. On the other hand, if
in his opinion no band qualifies for
the coveted first division, he does
not have to place any band in that
catagory.
Five divisions are used, in rat¬
ing bands: first division, superior,
94 pecent or over; second division,
excellent, 87 to 94 percent; third
division, Good, 80-87 percent;
forth division. Fair, 75-80 per-!
i ent; and fifth division, average,
below 75 percent. None are rated
bad. Judges in Moultrie will be
George Dunnavant, retired Navy
Band .master, and Jack Broucek, j
director of bands, Teachers Col¬
lege, Statesboro.
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