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U.50-S2 A YEAR- IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVI.
SIXTEEN PAGES
IU0R W. T. VERRAN RECEIVES
recognition here
late Goal All
andmen Aim At
Elected To American
Bandmasters ASSOC.,
MOSr . . Calcrf GrOUD y
W. T. Verran Director of the
-o High School Band, has been
a
ingularly honored and recogniz
d toy having been chosen for
American . .
nembership in the
iandmasters Association, a nat
onal organization, membership
which is the highest honor that
n United
my band man in the
States can attain.
Director Verran was notified of
his honor on Friday before tak
ng his band to Moultrie to cap
lire most of the honors there. He
weeded from Moultrie to Char¬
ge, N. €., where the A. B. A.
«as holdng its Annual Con-ven
lon. There he was privileged to
beet and associate with such no¬
tables as Edwin Franko Goldman.
Director of the Goldman Band,
Col. Howard C. Bronson, Direc¬
tor of the U. S. Army Band, Lt.
Charles Brendler Director of the
S. Navy Band and Dr. Frank
k'.mon of the Cincinnati Conser
ratory of music. *
| This association has a member
Ihip which is limited to 100 mem-'
bers, although the membership is
l little less than that figure at
his time. Mr. Verran is the only j
Bandmaster in the State who is j
t member of this,
pnly six men from the entire
United States were chosen for
pembership fessary this year. It is nec
for a Bandmaster to have
pone outstanding work in the
band held for a period of years
before being considered for mem¬
bership. Cairo can well be proud
b- Maj. Verran for not only this
honor but for Iris untiring efforts
|o build Cairo. and And maintain a band here
p parents whose chil¬
dren participate in band activities
Ihould feel gratified that thier
Children can be taught and led by
f (nan so recognized.
asf Rites Here For
Ic. Gainous Sunday
Jhe famous, remains of Pfc. Earl Hollis
son of Mr. George' W.
jainous, of Whigham and the
ate Mrs. Gainous, will arrive
«-e early Saturday morning,
Warc h 26th., for final interment.
The funeral service will be held
the ^rst Methodist Church
' ere 2 o'clock Sunday after
»°on with the Revs. G. N. Rainey
nd M Pierce in charge. In
-
will follow in the Cairo
lenaetery.
L' lC ' famous was killed in ac
£. [ on exactly Okinawa on May 22,
two years after he
r as ducted into service, He
as inducted j into service May
on
’ "* and was immediately as
M to the Marines. He
he was
hi 6th - Marine Division
,. 2 h , bOT
‘ e the brunt of severe
,a tlf s with Jnoan.
S SUrv ivor3 include his fath
, if’mf r f Slsters
hlgham Mrs - J - c - Cox
v Mrs. -
, { G Gramme, > J. D. Prince,
Fla., Mrs. A. B.
:a'r e ’, a " d Mrs Ed Roland,
0 nd - of
in d tW0 Mothers, Russell
P lln Pe rt , Gai
Co?/ Punp . nous, 9 f Cairo.
rra ™° are in
° ° f Forsvth-Bearden Home.
Am ongthpTT^ if dents T- of the Uni_
ersitv y of n Georgia, Athens
(Pent who
oiks holidays with home
lary u 6 ‘hsse-s Russell Bowen,
.am' ’ B " th Van Landin S
m
Mr. and iur. T "
■ JacksonvTm ^ "Fbelkeld,
G r ^ a> are spend
a few j, 1, here ’
rwhp* as quests of
In d other S - T ‘ J ' Thelkeld
releatives.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out of t he way of advertising shall remai n in the congregation of the dead.'
Lloyd Connell Tells
Rotarians Value Of
Minimum Program
Rotarians heard an able and in- j
teresting address by Superinten-1
dent of Education Lloyd Connell:
Wednesday at their weekly lunch
eon meetin s in the Citizens Cafe.
Mr. Connell coming gave April an explanation |
of the 5 referendum
on the Minimum Foundation for
Education, and pointed out that
although there were things about
the proposed program he did not
like, it seemed the only chance of
helping the education program i
over the state and alevating a |
serious financial breakdown in >
the school system of Grady Coun
ty.
The speaker was introduced by
School Superintendent J. H.
House. Arthur Bell, President of j
Rotary, presided. I
Visitors included the following:
From Cairo, Rev. Robert C. Per¬
ry, J. H. House, Jimmy Collins,
and Ernie Lvdecker; John J.
Hurt of Atlanta; Rev. Thomas S.
Roote of Calvary; and Fritz Ro¬
berts of ThomasVille.
Griffm Editor Says
St Might Be Smart
To Vote "No"
(QUIMBLY MELTON,
In Griffin Daily News)
We’re for the Minimum Founda
,
tion that would make the schools
of Georgia much better schools.
We want conditions improved 1
at our -State hospitals.
We want everything that is
supposed to be cared for in the
contingent budget' for Georgia.
But we’re doubtful if Georgia
will get these needed things by
voting approval of the extra tax
question on April 5.
We feel that much of the
Uona! .axes that the voters are
asked to authorize will go to
It'budget St “doubt ” ^
We the wisdom a, this
time, of saying * to the Georgia
Legislature, “OK boys, we ap
Prove any new tax you may see
111 First ‘° VOt of f„ all we can help „, hut
believe the General Assembly
sidestepped its responsibility and
“passed the buck” in asking for
a special tax referendum.
The General Assembly is the
authorized body to adopt a bud
get and vote taxes to meet the
budget.
Never before in the history of
Georgia can wo find an instance
when the General Assembly side
stepped its responsibility in this
respect.
But that is beside the question.
The real question is “Will Geor
gia get the needed extra services
if the voters approve additional
taxes?”
If the voters approve additional
taxes, what sort of taxes will be
passed?
In our opinion, if the voters
of Georgia approve additional
taxes it will be the same as giv¬
ing the General Assembly a per¬
fectly good chashier’s check, all
signed but the amount deft off.
Now Gov. Talmadge has esti¬
mated that the State’s income
will be several million dollars
short of income last year. That
means that, should, there ibe a
lack of funds to meet the regular
budget of the state, any
| monty raised from extra
I taxes would first be used to meet
this budget. And though the ex¬
tra taxes were approved by the
voters to supply additional money
for schools, none of this extra
money will go into that channel
until the needs of the regular
budget have been met.
Now the only single tax that
would raise the additional $50,
000,000 is the proposed sales tax.
_
(Continued on page 5)
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY. GA., PRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1949.
C. of C. Directors
To Meet Tuesday
The regular March meeting of
the board of directors of the local
Chamber of Commerce will be
held at 7:30 p. m. next Tuesday,
March 29th, at the Council Room
in the City Hall. A full attend¬
ance is urged.
The meeting was deferred un
tu la st Tuesday night because
of a bi * sch ° o1 meeting conflict.
n |<3| m .
Sail BfcUlllCII I
I
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j
_ Dr. Solomon Dowis, .
Noted Evangelist ! |
To Preach !
Revival services will begin at j
the First Baptist. Church April 3,
continuing through April 10, and
will include services on Saturday.
In addition to the morning service
at 9:30 and evening services at
8:00, there will be a morning ser¬
vice at 7:45 for school people. This !
service met with such enthusi-,
astic approval last year that it I
has been included in this revival,
Students and teachers will go di- 1
rectly to their respective schools j
and class rooms from the service, j
The 9:30 service will be forty-five
minutes, and it is expected that
many of the business people will j
arrange to attend. !
Dr. Solomon F. Dowis of the
Home Mission Board, Atlanta,
will be the visiting evangelist.
Dr. Dowis has had long pastoral
experience, and, his present duties
a3 Superintendent of Cooperative
Missions of the Home Mission
Board cause him to travel all over
further familiarizing him with the
work and needs of the day.
Mr. Jack Jones, i Minister _________ of
Music, Tabernacle
Church, Atlanta, will direct
music A>r this, series of services,
Jones directs a number
^he f u 0 j rs . j n vefy b iq c ~ hureh boys and
girls through the adult choir,
«* *“* f ” Ge ° r -
L ncerning h j s ability in exceS getting
^ion to « and inthe S
numbers
choirs under his direction. Mrs.
j oneS) hi s w if e , is a very talented
organ i s t. She will play the organ
rnd work with her husband in the
rlus i c program of the church dur
ing the meet ing.
The public Is cordia lly invited
t0 a ttend all services of this evan
gelistic intensive .
The various organizations of the
church are carrying on an inten
sive v j s it a tion campaign, and a
j, umber 0 f QO ttage prayer services
in the var i ous neighborhoods of
town have teen planned for
next
*
Prayer Meetings j I
The prayer meetings will be
held in the following homes: Tues
day March 29, Ward .1 Mrs. Paul j
Harrison. Mrs Harris Jefferson
leading. Ward 2, Mrs. A. L.,
Thompson. Leader Mrs. Carl Min
ter. Ward 3, Mrs. Perry Baggett,
leader Mrs. Bryan Kemp. Ward
3, (Mrs. E. J. Whidden, leader
Mrs. R. C. Perry, Jr. Ward 4, Mrs.
Harry Walker, leader Mrs. W. F.
O’neal. J
Thursday March 31: Ward 1,
Mrs. Wh Muggridge, leader Mrs.
B. W. West. Ward 2, Mrs. Eu¬
gene Shiver, leader Mrs. L. A.
Powell. Ward 3, Mrs. M. L. Lid
ford, leader Mrs. W. J. Boyette.
Ward 3, Mrs. W. H. Reddick,
leader Mrs. H. K. Rushin. Ward
4, Mrs. P. O. Chason, leader Mrs.
R. L. Carter.
Friday, April 1: Ward 1, Mrs.
Elmo Hancock. Mrs. Howard
Proctor leading. Ward 3, Mrs.
Tom Walker, Mrs. E. M. Gainey
leading. Ward 3, Mrs. Elmer
King, Mrs. C. P. Whidden leading.
Ward 4, Mrs. Bill Waitt, Mrs. J.
B. Roddenbery leading.
School Benefits
In Plan Upped
Connell Tells Club
Tax Plan Will Aid
Grady Even More
Grady county’s schools stand to
receive even greater (benefits than
previously listed from full state
financing of the Minimum Foun
dation Program for Education un
der the tax plan to he voted on
April 5th, County School Supt.
C. Lloyd Connell told the Cairo
Kiwanis Club a + its weekly meet
ing Tuesday. As the speaker at
the meeing he was presented by
Harris . Jefferson, club program
chairman. Norwood Clark, the
club president, presided. Voters
°f fbe sf a f e will cast (ballots ApAl
5th on a general tax plan which
be to the Legislature to
work out.
Supt. Connell said he had just
received an official statement
from Dr. J. I. Allman, Ass’t State
School Superintendent, declar
that Grady county schools
will receive, in additional school
fnnds from the state, if the pro
gram is fully fmanced, a total of
$175,400 annually. Earlier esti
mates have been around $144,000
annually in additional state school
funds,
He stated definitely that if such
a total should be forthcoming
mom the state in addition to
state school funds now being
ceived, the county-wide school
tax ^ ev y fhis county can be re¬
duced from 15 mills, the cons
titutional limit now being
to eight mills, annually, which,
be pointed out, will be quite a
tax-payers, while at the same
time the schools will receive some
where near adequate financing
for the first time.
Without this program, he de¬
dared, I cannot foresee just
what will happen, but I do have
great fears that our educational
system will
Such a collapse would be
tS thf Hr ^ s aifhTcalt "w“ visualize that
have a better opportunity to be
come what they should be be
cause the people o, this county
would pay in the proposed new
taxes, whatevei they might be,
only a small ractional part o
what the county will receive in
return. Mentioning other bene
fits . including some $35,000 ad
ditionally each year for county
toads uom the state, he said he
does not like the manner in which
the tax program is being submitt
ed to the P e °Pj e ^ nd that does
not like other features of the pro
position, or even all features o
the Minimum Foundation Pro¬
gram as finally drafted. On the
other hand, however, he said the
needs of the schools are desper
ately urgent, and that approval
of the tax plaa in the April 5th
referendum is the only hope for
the needs to be met.
Guests included Dr. Walter
Stillger, of Hicksville, Long Is
land, N. Y., a Kiwanian, and his
wife, who stopped over on a tour
0 f the south for the meeting;
6n d Thomasville Kiwanians Elzie
McLeod, president of the Thomas¬
ville club, J. H. Faulk, Sr. Odis
Johnson, Jim Keyton and Ernest
Spence.
President McLeod took motion
pictures of the club in meeting to
be used in a movie of the Thomas¬
ville club. Od:s Johnson urged
full attendance of Cairo Kiwanis
at a big inter-district Kiwanis
rally at Thomasville April 16th
when the International Kiwanis
President will speak. This divis¬
ion will be host, he said. Edwin
Carlisle secured several local del¬
egates to the divisional meeting
at Tifton April 6th. Harris Jef¬
ferson announced four Marianna
Kiwanians will bring a Kiwanis
“bread board” program here next
Tuesday, with local Kiwanians re¬
turning a program to some Flor¬
ida club soon.
SIXTEEN PAGES
Livestock Here
About Some
No. 1 Hogs 18.90c ^ •
Feeders In Demand
Livestock prices at the local
auction sale T lesday continued
with little change in a narrow |
trend.
No. 1 hogs sold for 18.90c a
pound, five paints above last
week. Feeder pigs, however,
were in strong demand and sold
up to 22.10c a pound. No. 2 hogs
were 17.65c a pound with other
grades ranging downward to
17.05c a pound.
The top price for beef steers
was- $23.20 per cwt., with com¬
mon or canner grades about the
same as last week.
Rainy weathci cut the volume
of offerings.
Jeff West Quits
As Cairo Coach
I New Director To Be
Hired In Due Time
Says Connell
Jeff West, football coach and
'physical education director at the
l Cairo High School, this week re¬
vealed that he had tendered his
resignation to local school offi
Nearing the end of Spring foot¬
1 ball practice just now, West said
bis resignation is effective at the
end of the present school term.
i He said he had not made de
finite plans for the future but
: that he has been offered a fsl
j | lowship at St. Louis
j which he might accept. He said he
i also has offers of physical educa
j tion instructor positions in Illi
| nois, where he formerly coached
| high school football, and in the
midwest. He is a native of Miss-
1 i.ssipp,.
I he C r
Class B
-'ootball title in 1946. The champs
defeated Titton 40-thaUhe South
Georgia played m Mou , d
‘hen apse Rockmart, 40-19, for
“^h^ad ^'“‘^"feams won^state sphere in
laurels He
prominently identified
thg caching*profession af f a , rs 0 f the high
in this
- •
^ ^ d Connel said no one
for the position>
gztihev**W vac-ancy “will will be fill
Meanwhi i e , the 1949 grid sche
Qf the Syrup Makers was
rgDorted completed, with 10
listed fo- the Class A, Re¬
gion entry.
The games are:
Sept. 16, Pelham, here, ept.3 ,
Thomasville, there; Oct. 7, Quincy
(Fla.), there; Oct. 14, Tifton, here;
Oct. 28, Moultrie, here; Nov. 4,
Bainbridge, here; Nov. 11, Col¬
quitt, here (pending); and Nov.
18, Americus, there.
Capt. Macdonald To
Be Buried Safurday
The funeral service for Capt.
j William Macdonald, who was
killed by a Jap sniper on the
front lines at Okinawa on June
17, 1945, will he held at the
Chapel of Dorsey Funeral Home
in Abbeville at 1:30 p. m. Sat¬
urday afternoon March 26th. In¬
terment will follow at the Na¬
tional cemetery in Andersonville.
Capt. Macdonald was drafted
1 into service in June 1941; he
served in the Pacific for one
year. His wife was awarded the
silver star, bronze star and aok
leaf cluster, posthumously, at
Fort Benning tor his bravery.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Jean MauMin Macdonald, of
Cairo; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. W. Macdonald, of Abbe¬
ville, and one sister, Mrs. W. B.
Pate, of Lake Worth, Fla.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS
NUMBER 11.
COUNTY HAS PAVING CONTRACT
FOR WHIGHAM; TO START SOON
Sgt. Brock's Remains
£ nr<>ute J 0 Cairo
Mrs. J. W. M. Brock received
message during the week ad¬
vising her that the remains of
her son, S/Sgt Fred E. Brock, is 1
among the number of Georgians
who are now erroute home. He
was killed in action in Luxem¬
bourg, Germany, on February 13,
1945; he left for overseas service
on September 6, 1944 where he
was with Gen. Patten’s famious
Third Army. Sgt. Brock was in¬
ducted into service on March 20,
1944, received his basic at Camp
Croft, S. C.; at the time he was
sent overseas he was stationed at
Fort Meade, Md.
The deceased was born in
Grady county on December 12,
1908 and lived here continuous¬
ly prior to his induction.
His survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Nadine Brock Douglas, of
Miami, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs.
Jack Shepard, of Miami; two sons,
Bobby Brock, of Miami, and Jack
Block, U. S. Navy; his mother,
Mrs. J. W. M. Brock, of Cairo;
three brothers, Lonnie Brook, of
Cairo, Alma Brock, of Albany,
and Alton Brock, of Tallahassee,
Fla.; and four sisters, Mrs. J. C.
Clark, of Cairo, Mrs. W. C. Sel
lars, of Whigham, Mrs. W. N.
Brinson of Jacksonville, Fla., and
Mrs. R. M. Goolsby, of Tallahas¬
see, Fla.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced through the South
Georgia Funeral Home upon the
| arrival of his body in Cairo.
$1,000 Worth Of Free Gifts
In Contest
Quack quack! The goose has
come *o town—to eat some corn
and let you iguqss how much she
eats in thir;y days. Do 1
you
HoJ £ ^ I '
*£• wta 'W
| J in this popular goose- $681J
uessing c „„,eT, a total of
|00 worth of ,ree merchandise
gifts . Au ot , he pnzes to be
* * “ al ^
048.00 in merchandise.
A collection of the prizes to be
awarded will be on display in the
window of Burrough’s Furniture
Store. i
The goose, sponsored by 53
Cairo merchants, came to the
Zabulon Thea*er last Saturday,
where it is to spend seven days,
and then with the contest begin- [
ning Saturday, March 26, the
goose will mov'e about to the
various business places which are
co-operating in the contest to
bring you special goose bargains.
Most merchants give one tick-!
on w hich you make your
guess, with each one dollar pur
chase, or the same amount paid
on account; but others may give
extra guesses with special bar
gains. The Zebulon Theater will
give one guess-ticket with each
paid admission on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. You make as many
guesses as you can get tickets
for. When you have marked
down the number of grains of
corn you think a goose will eat
in thirty days on your ticket,
merely drop it in the box, pro
vided for the purpose, in the lob
by of the Zebulon Theater.
In, addition to the grand first
prize, there are three others. The
person guessing nearest to the
number of grains of corn the
goose ate in thirty days wins the
first prize, a total of 53 gifts in
merchandise, contributed by the
participating merchants, valued
at $681.30. The next closest
guess takes second prize, con
sisting of 25 gifts in merchan
dise with a value of $216.55. And
the third prize includes 28 gifts
in merchandise worth $119.88.
Fourth and last prize is the goose
and cage, valued at $30.00.
The contest, approved by the
Seek
Contractor Now
$8,000 Is Cut From
Original Agreement
Under Thompson
Grady County once again has
an approved contract from the
State Highway Department, for
approximately three and one-half
miles of grading and paving on
State Route 179 in and just north
of Whigham, A'though county of¬
ficials doubt if the new contract
calls for enough money to do the
specified work, all efforts are be¬
ing made to go ahead and find
a way to complete the project.
The County first received this
contract under the Thompson ad¬
ministration last September, just
before the election. When the new
administration came in, the con¬
tract was canceled, and only now
has been given hack to the co¬
unty. However, there is an $8,000
cut in the new contract from what
it was originally, therefore it may
be difficult to find a contractor to
undertake the job under the pres
ent set-up.'
Jt is understood that contrac¬
tors who have been contacted
about the new contract think it
is too low, and can not be done for
the amount of money specified.
The County commissioners
j
(Continued on last page)
Cairo Chamber of Commerce, is
being sponsored by the local Fire
j> 6par tment. Norman Pipkin,
secretary at the Fire Depart
-nt, said there is absolutely no
way to -«x" this contest so that
certain f person ought win. Here
is , he w y , operate s: Each
raerchant w h 0 keeps the goose
wlll count the grains of c „ m he
*•* * «** “ «“
grains or a thousand. But the
grains he gives it are counted,
and the number written on a
piece of paper and sealed in an
envelope. These envelopes are
lben gj ve n to Mr. Pipkin to keep
urdd a n are turned in. No mer
cban t w ju know how much an
0 ^ ber one f ed goose, and Mr.
pjpj^^ no t know how much
any ^ bein -f ed jt, until the con
j g ove r, and the envelopes
opened and the numbers added
together.
When the contest closes Sat
urday, April 26, the envelopes
f rom var i ous merchants who have
£ ed g OOSe wd i be opened,
Then all the guesses will be
j 00 k ed at, and those coming
] oses t the number of grains
corn ac tual!y eaten by the
g^gg w ju w j n the four prizes,
j^. w jp take a few days to look
^ £ be g uesseSj and determine
| be w ; nners _ The winners will
announced from the stage of
Zebulon Theater, Tuesday
May ^ at 9;00 p m But you do
no j. bave to be there to get your
jf the winners are not in
theater, the lucky tickets
j pio S ted on the box-office
i ndow the next day, and you
c t a tm your prize,
rp be goose and corn wa s furn
by Smith Feed and Seed
q 0 ^ and the rage was built by
w M Tyson Lumber Co.
So step right up> {olks . None
^ 00 young, none too old. The
g rea t e3 t goose-guessing contest
on earth> Don -f pUsh> don’t shove,
j] very ,bcxly will have a chance,
Everybody wins—if not a prize,
then a bargain. Get your goose
bar g a i ns , get your tickets. Make
your guesses, and Win your
valuable prizes. Nothing else
like it in captivity.