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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
c;j Z e In the Entire
~ United States
[l5Q-$2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XL VI.
OIYMILK LAW IS IN SUPERIOR
HEARING SET JUNE 17TH
Stalled Elects
lo Fight if Out
i Injunction Stops Of
Interference
Deliveries Here
Cairo's milk controversy,
involving the right of the
Moultrie Milk Shed to dis¬
tribute milk in the city, has
now gone into the Superior
Court, and may well develop
into a legal battle which will
be of interest to sections far
removed from this syrup city.
A hearing has been set by
judge Carl Crowe, of the
Superior Court, June 17th.
here.
C. G. Duncan, Chairman of the
State Milk Control Board in At¬
lanta, said in a statement Wed¬
nesday morning that there were
34 milk sheds 'milk control areas)
in the state and that everyone of
these had two or more milk dis¬
tributors licensed by the Milk
Control Board. He further said
that no city in the state had an
ordinance similar to the one pro
posed here.
The most recent action on the
matter came when Mayor Walter
[Williams Lithe called a special meeting
Council Monday afternoon
in 3:00 o’clock for the purpose
lof revoking the Milkshed’s li
cense. At that time, the Mayor
[was not able to get a quorum
(three members) together, and had
to delay the meeting until 5:00
o'clock, when the Mayor, Coun
oilmen Mauldin, White and Hig
don, convened in special session.
Councilmen Brown and Williams
were reported out of town and
could not be reached.
Present at this meeting repre¬
senting the 'Milkshed were Henry
Bonar, Waldo DeLoach, Attorney
of Gibson and DeLoach in Moul¬
trie, Clayton R. Baker and R. A.
Bell, of Bell and Baker, and Ed
v; in Carlisle, City Attorney
George T. Smith was present re¬
presenting the City of Cairo.
At the session the attorneys
tor the Milkshed pointed out that
the Mayor and Council was not
sitting as a legislative body, but
were convened as a court to de¬
termine whether or not the Milk
seed's business license would be
revoked, because of selling milk
‘"e which had not been pasteuriz
^ ?; :r in Grady County in violation
‘ e recently passed ordinance,
this reason, the Milkshed’s
re Presentative had a right to
f! re
a,n m ^e Council room through
U Proceedings until the body
r ®dered a decision. They re¬
gained
, n,je Mayfield’s Creamery is
ae on y Plant equipped to
‘ pas
t . milk In
a ,,ed Grady County, the
' along with others, say
{ -f ordinance local creates a monoply
* -e producers and pro
c «sers.
the hearing Tuesday, R. A.
? P ea hmg for the defendant,
b Was the Milkshed’s con
.
Jon *hat the ordinance
VOld and was
that Milkshed unconstitutional, and
bond had filed a
su J Mrcedas Mayor ^from the City Clerk *
last Saturday after
W " C!1 °P era ted to suspend
their °a~
c n and P r °hibit the
^nse. ^ revoking the li
He ^ ls ° said that practical
v evpr, tL day things
tniiii made from
* ere milk Products which
_ .
C 0Ulbv Pressed in Grady
. ° re
soldherp ne ve r theless being
and iUc h as butter, cheese,
,
and other
‘•OHS Of were also viola
th e sam e ordinance.
that theL* " 1 further contended
0r din dy ’ hy enforcing this
3n ” „ denied
«Wal Section ' the Milkshed
under the law
Continued on page 3)
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The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
TWELVE PAGES
Cairo Seniors
Tour Capitol
50 Graduates Are
Spending Week In
Washington
Approximately 50 Cairo High
School Graduates, along with
Supt. and Mrs. J. H. House, left
Monday morning for a week of
sight-seeing in Washington, D. C.
The party, traveling by rail,
reached the Nation’s capitol Tues¬
day morning at 8:55. While there,
the Seniors were located at the
Carlyle Hotel, which is near the
Terminal Station. Tuesday was
spent in visiting public buildings
in the City.
Wednesday the class visited
Georgetown, Arlington, Alexan¬
dria and Mt. Vernon. Wednesday
night they visited the Glen Echo
Amusement Park.
Thursday was spent seeing
other points of interest in Wash¬
ington, as well as a five hour
tour of the U. S. Naval Academy
at Annapolis, Maryland.
Today, Friday, the party will
make a tour tkr0Ugla th e
. T Institute, and will leave
soman
; this afternoon for the return trip.
Stopping in Atlanta Saturday
| morning, the group will have an
hour to look through the state
capitol, returning to Cairo Sat
urday night. While in Washington,
the Seniors will have some free
1 time for shows, ball games, and
recreation.
Chaperones for the trip, be
sides Mr. and Mrs. House, are
R. C. Hogan, Principal, and Mrs.
Lloyd Godwin.
■— - : -
Kiddies' Photo
Proofs Shown
Parents Urged To
Select Good Pose
Information has been received
from the photographic studios
who recently took pictures of
many local children for publica¬
tion in the Messenger that the
proofs are ready and will be on
hand for selection by the parents,
at Grady Hotel from 1 p. m. to 8
p. m. today and Saturday, June
10 and 11th.
While the studio assures us
every effort has been made to
notify all parents by mail, the
Messenger is especially anxious
for everyone concerned to be
made aware of the day, so all will
be on hand to express their pre¬
ference of the pose to be used for
publication or, as the case may
be, the one they wish made into
personal pictures. This, parents
may do entirely of their own
choosing, for it is emphasized
again that there is no obligation
in connection with their news
paper feature.
The Messenger wishes to make
it very clear that, provided you
like your pictures, you order as
many or as few as you like,
through the representative of the
Studio. You are not obligated to
buy any if you don't like them.
But whether you order one or
twenty or none, from the studio,
the pictures will be published,
several each week as we get to
them, without any cost whatso
ever.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sumner and
family had as their guests for
the week-end Mrs. Sumner s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Red¬
dick, her twin sister, Mrs. J. B.
Parson and her nieces, Barbara
Jean Parson and Betty Jean Ben¬
nett, of Ocala, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hinson
spent last week-end in Americus
with their brother, Mr. George
Hinson, and family.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1949.
Softball League Is
Now Going Strong s •
Games Announced
The Cairo Softball League of¬
ficially opened Monday night,
June 6th., with Ira Higdon, Jr.,
throwing the first pitch to Ralph
Brown, both Cairo Councilmen.
Mr. Higdon then welcomed the
spectators, paying tribute to John
W. Walker and Elmer King for
their splendid cooperation in
making the much needed imp
provements to the softball field
which included rebuilding the
entire field, provinding showers
and dressing rooms for the play¬
ers and toilet facilities. In ad¬
dition a concession stand is pro¬
vided in the main building.
On Monday, June 13th. the
first, games were played between
Tyson Lumber Co. and Hester &
White, final score 18-1 in favor
of Hester & White. Batteries for
Tyson, Willis pitching, Thomas
catching. Hester & White: Strick¬
land pitching, Van Landingham
catching. Home runs by Bowen,
Rogers, Dodson, and Hester of
the Hester & White team.
Second game: Roddenbery
Hardware against Farmall. Bat¬
teries for Roddenbery, Dickins
pitching, Bearden catching. Farm
all: Carl Ulmer pitching, Carol
Ulmer catching. Final score,
Roddenbery 4, Farmall 17.
The first game Tuesday June
Hth was la d between Ty _
Lumber company and Rod
denb Hardware, ending with
a score of 14 _, in favor of Tyson
Lumber Com Batteries for
Tyson . Coleman ’ B Bearden
itehing> Thomas catching . Bat¬
teries {or Roddenbery . Gaya
pitchingi R Bearden catching,
Wight & Browne took the
second game from Crews Service
Station by a 5-4 margin. Batter
ies: Thrower pitching and Bow¬
ers catching for Crews, and B.
Bearden and Coleman pitching
for Tyson received much better
support from their team mates
than Gaya of the Roddenbery
team.
Many of the players this year
are out for softball their first
time, but the general thinking is
that all teams will settle down as
the season progresses.
The second game Tuesday night
between Wight & Browne and
Crews Service Station of Whig
ham, was a very close contest,
with Crews threatening in the
last inning. With Wight & Browne
leading by two runs, the Whig
ham team threatened when Cox,
first man up hit a home run.
Dick Bowers singled, L. Lodge
filled the bases on an error by
Hinton, and G. Lodge then hit
into a double play; Gibbs walk¬
ed: R. Miller singled, and Wal¬
ton hit a fly ball to Hall which
retired and eliminated the final
rally. This game, without a
doubt was the best contest in
the two days of play.
The schedule his week: Mon¬
day June 13th, 8:00 p. m. Rod¬
denbery Hardware vs Hester &
White 9:00 p. m. Tyson Lumber
Company vs Crews Service Sta¬
tion, Tuesday; Farmall vs Wight
&— Browne; Roddenbery Hard¬
ware vs Crews Service Station,
and Fartnall vs Tyson Lumber
Company.
A & P Remains In
Operation Here
The local A & P Store, reported
on the verge of closing up recent¬
ly, is now in full operation with
their usual line of Groceries and
meats, L. O. Huckbee, Manager
said this week.
Satisfactory arrangements have
been worked out regarding the
building, and they intend to re¬
main in business here. Anyone
that may have gotten the impres¬
sion the A & P had closed, Mr.
Huckbee said, had a special in¬
vitation to come in and see their
complete line of groceries.
Miss Helen Wight returned
home Friday after receiving her
M. A. degree from Teacher’s Col¬
lege, Columbia University. New
York, N. Y., on June 1.
Hog Prices At
21c lb Top
Market Is Firm
At Same Level
Hog prices which spiraled up¬
ward sensiationallly for the past
few weeks held firm at the 21c
a pound level for No. Is at Tues¬
day’s aucton sale here, the market
management reported.
Feeder pigs continued in
al demand, however, and prices
for them soared to 24c a pound.
No. 2 hogs were 20.50c a pound
and No. 3s 20c a pound. Butcher
hogs sold at 20.80c a pound.
Cattle prices remained steady,
also, at last week’s level, which is
$2 to $3 per cwt. above that of
recent weeks.
Legion Meeting
Held Tuesday
New Officers Are
Installed; Pilau
Supper Served
The regular monthly meeting
of the Grady County Post No. 122
of the American Legion was held
last Tuesday night, June 7th,
with an extimated crowd of over
250 present.
Ed Hughes of the Camilla post
was present and served as pre
siding officer during the
tion of officers for the new year,
He made a short talk to the legion
while there.
The following officers who
were elected at the April meet
ing were sworn in. Robert P.
Wight, commander, W. E. Harper,
first vice-commander; H. E.
McKinnon, second vice-command
er; Dave Singletary, adjutant;
Walter Dodson, finance officer;
Bob Graham, service officer;
Albert King, sergeant-at-arms;
Robert Wind, Historian and Nor¬
wood Clark, chaplain.
Bill Graham, O. A. Kennedy,
Frank Wight and H. M. Rey¬
nolds will be on the executive
committee along with the other
officers of the post.
Bob Wight, new commander,
made a short talk following the
installation stating portions of
the new program planned for
the forthcoming year.
A rgeeting of the new execu¬
tive officers pf the post was held
immediately following the regu¬
lar meet.
The motion made several
months ago to allow the com¬
mander to appoint his adjutant
after next year did not pass.
A chicken pilau supper with
ice tea and pickles was served to
the membership.
Commissioners In
Regular Meeting
Tuesday
The Board of County Commis¬
sioners met Tuesday in regular
session for several hours, and
heard a delegation led by Roswell
King asking that the County help
to get the Meridian Road into the
State system, The delegation
consisted of about twenty other
citizens from that section. The
Commissioners were in favor of
taking the usual and necessary
steps to see if the road can be got¬
ten into the state sysem.
Other business coming before
the group was the payment in a
lump sum to the Grady County
Hospital of the balance in tax
levy due the Hospital.
The Commissioners also au¬
thorized a check in the amount of
$323 to be paid the Cairo Library.
This is the balance of the libra¬
ry’s appropriations set aside in
the tax levy.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Griner
spent Thursday in Oxford; their
son, Howard, student at Emory
at-Oxford, accompanied them
home.
TWELVE PAGES
3 Bridges Will
Be Rebuilt
Highway Dept. To
Award Contracts
June 24th
The Messenger this week car¬
ries legal advertisements to tne
effect that the State Highway De
parment will award contracts on
bids to be received June 24th for
the complete rebuilding of three
state highway bridges in this area
badly damaged in the flash floods
March 31st-April 1st of last year.
This will be most welcome news
to the people of the county, gen
erally, because of the long
that has been necessary to bring
about the action.
The largest of the three bridges
to be reconstructed is at Big
Tired Creek four miles southwest
of Cairo on State Rt. Ill linking
Cairo, Calvary and Havana. The
temporary wooden bridge there
is now in bad condition.
The specifications for- this
bridge, in one contract, indicate
that preliminary plans will be
carried out for raising the level
of the fill several feet which will
necessitate, in reality, reconstruc
tion of both of the bridges there,
It is understood that plans call
for construction of a temporary
detour bridge at the point to
make unnecessary a long detour.
The other contract will be for
two bridges, the one at Gin
Branch near Jones’ Dairy farm a
few miles north of Cairo on State
Rt. 93 linking this city and Pel
ham, and the other at Barnet’s
Creek on the same highway link
just north of the Grady-Mitchell
county line in Mitchell county
A Bailey bridge was ereceted for
temporary use at Gin Branch but
the other bridge was repaired in
a more permanent manner. It is
understood that short detours will
be provided at both points whi’e
construcion work is in progress.
At both of the bridges in this
county serious mishaps have oc¬
curred because of the condition
of the temporary repairs—and
several damage claims against
the Highway Department devel¬
oped.
The efforts to have the bridges
rebuilt started shortly after the
flash flood last year. The Cham¬
ber of Commrece and County
and continued unrelentingly the
Atlanta several times last year
and contnued undeleutingly the
efforts that finally resulted in
plans for reconstruction being
drafted late last year. These
agencies, joined by The Messenger
and other local officials and lead¬
ers, supported the efforts early
this year and the combined pres¬
sure finally aroused the State
Highway Department to action.
Funds for the bridges, it is under¬
stood will not come from regular
allocations to this county for
highway work but from flood dis¬
aster emergency funds set aside
by the state and Federal govern¬
ment about April 15th of last
year.
Work should begin within 30 j
to 60 days after the contracts are
awarded.
Farmers Urged To
Bring In Crop
Information
The County A. C. A. office
will remain open each Saturday
during the month of June, it was
announced this week. This is
for the purpose of giving farm¬
ers and farm operators a chance
to bring in information on farm
cropland use in setting up cot¬
ton and other allotments.
Officials at the A. C. A. office
said it is very important that you
contact this office and give them
this information.
Walter Graham left Tuesday
to attend the annual Study Con¬
ference of the Georgia Banker’s
Association at Emory University,
Atlanta, for three days.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
=2
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS:
Water Ballet Will
Be Part Of Summer
Swim Program
Plans for synchronized swim¬
ming was announced by the Rec¬
reation Department this week.
Miss Helen Wight has offered her
services to the Recreation pro¬
gram to conduct a class of girls
in synchronized swimming, which
is swimming to music and water
I ballet.
Classes will begin Saturday at
9:30 a. m. at the pool. All girls
fifteen or over who are interested
are asked to report at that time,
a su ^ or ca ^ Helen Wight,
phone 6. This ballet will be de¬
veloped and will be shown at
night with the use of the under¬
water lighting at the pool,
j (Miss Wight is an instructor in
Red Cross Life Saving and has
i been an outstanding member of
the Swimming Club at the Uni¬
i versity of Georgia.
Coach Miller Is
Now On Job Here
Tells Rotarians
Of Program At
Luncheon Wed.
J. P. Miller, Cairo High School’s
new coach and Athletic Director,
was the guest speaker at the
weeklv Rotary luncheon in the
Citizens Cafe Wednesday.
Arthur Bell, club president, pre¬
sided, and J. M. Kennedy intro¬
duced the speaker.
■Coaek Miller, having assumed
hi» duties here June 3rd., discus¬
sed the athletic program of the
school mentioning plans for fin¬
ishing the football field. “We
hope to have the field completed
and in good condition by the end
of this week”, he said, “And we
want the grass growing on it by
September.”
He disclosed tentative plans for
a football camp which will last
two weeks and be held ths sum¬
mer at the Thomas County Voca¬
tional School, formerly the
Thomasville Airbase. “I" think
the camp will be valuable to the
boys/’ Coach Mller said,” in
working on fundamentals, condi¬
tioning, and for the staff and the
players to get acquainted, and
ready to work together. “One of
the most important things we
hope to accomplish,” he said fur¬
ther, “is to teach the boys that
we have to pay a price to win.
The price in this case is plenty
of hard work, close co-operation
between the players themselves
as well as between them and the
staff.’'
“I have not met the team as a
group yet,” Miller said, “but have
met several of the players indi¬
vidually. An announcement will
be made shortly for a date when
I want to meet them.”
Miller said all he knew of the
material and prospects here was
what he saw when Cairo met
Wayeross, where he was line
coach, last year. “In that game,”
he said Cairo showed a lot of
fight. In fact, our team took a
worse physical beating during the
first half of that game than in
any other encounter of the sea¬
son.” Although Cairo lost by a
rather one-sided score, Wayeross
did not make much showing un¬
til the last half. “If the Cairo
boys still show this fighting spirit,
the Coach said, “I feel like we can
make a good record this coming
season.”
Miller is now assisting Ralph
Studebaker with the City recrea¬
tion program, having charge of
the swimming pool. He has
moved his wife and two children
here. Mrs. Miller is the former
Miss Mary Frances Robinson of
Wainesboro.
The new coach holds a Masters
Degree from the University of
Georgia, where he was captain
of the team in 1945, having play¬
ed in the Orange, Oil, and Rose
Bowls. A native of South Caro¬
lina, he has coached at Pensacola
High School, Manchester, and last
year was Line Coach at Wayeross.
NUMBER 22.
Area Gas Meet
Here June 29
Natural Gas Seen i 1
Now By 1952 If %
Permit Is Won
Officials of the Southeastern
Association of Municipalities For
Natural Gas, formed here last
August, meeting in Tallahassee
last Monday afternoon, approved
issuance of a call for another me¬
eting of the association to ibe held
at Citizens Cafe in Cairo at 1:30
p. m. Wednesday, June 29th, at
■which municipal officials and
Chamber of Commerce leaders of
the area will be told how to pro¬
ceed to build their support of an
application for a Federal Power
Commission permit to authorize
construction of natural gas pipe¬
lines from Louisiana to serve
South Georgia, Northwest Flordla
and Southeast Alabama. The Fed¬
eral Power Commission hearing
on the application is scheduled
to begin Aug. 22nd, in Washing¬
ton, and to be continued at some
point in the area, probably Al¬
bany or Tallahassee.
M. N. Yancey, city manager at
Tallahassee, is president of the
association, and called the meet¬
ing in Tallahassee Monday. Louis
A. Powell, Chamber Manager
here, is vice-president, and Wal¬
ter Brown, Chamber Manager at
Albany, is secretary. They attend¬
ed the Tallahassee meeting Mon¬
day, in addition to John Arnold,
Albany utilities superintendent,
and various Tallahassee officials.
Also present at the meeting were
R. O. Wilhelmi, Shreveport, La.,
president of the Atlantic Gulf
Gas Corp., a subsidiary of United
Gas Pipelines Co., and his at¬
torney, Scott Wilkinson, of
Shreveport; and Ray R. Littrell,
a natural gas pipelines engineer,
who has agreements with a num¬
ber of municipalities in this area.
Mr. Wilhelmi, reversing his pes
imistic attitude of last August at
the association organization me¬
eting here, told the group in Tal¬
lahassee Monday that his concern
is now in position to proceed with
the construction of piplines, at a
cost of some $125,000,000, to bring
natural gas from the Louisiana
fields to this area, if the Federal
Power Commission permit is
granted, natural gas should be
made available to this area by
1952.
At the association organization
meeting held here last August,
which assembled 115 municipal
officials and civic leaders from
60-odd places in the three-state
region, the area effort to keep
the project active was launched
—and the association has been
credited with evidencing wide¬
spread area interest that has been
responsible for preventing the
appreciation as well as for de¬
veloping new interest of United
Gas and its desire to proceed
with the vast project.
The same municipalities, and
some in addition, will be invited
to send representatves here to
learn from association officials
how to proceed to prepare briefs
supporting the permit applica¬
tion for each community to be
served. This must be done as
promptly as possible so that the
association may prepare an area
brief therefrom to use in its plead¬
ings for the area before FPC.
Each municipality interested will
be required to designate some of¬
ficial who can assemble technical
information needed for the
briefs.
Making natural gas available
to this three-state region, leaders
emphasize, will spur industral
development more than any other
one possible factor, because of the
cheapness and desirability of nat
uarl gas as fuel.
The meetng here last Augurt,
with its meal which was provid¬
ed at city expense after being an¬
nounced as “a Dutch affair,” was
termed by local officials one of
the finest things of the kind ever
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