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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
A A EAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVI.
jly Court Will
oiweoe Monday
Civil Cases First
Criminal Docket
Following Week
Monday, July » the City
|urt of Cairo will convene, with
dge G. L. Worthy presiding,
d the first cases to come up
11 be the civil damage suits
wing out of automobile ac
ents which have occurred at
“ bridge on state route 93, ePl
m-Cairo highway, three miles
jrth of the City.
Three of these damage suits,
reality against the State High
iy Department instead of the
unty, are scheduled for Mon
y. They are E. D. Cole and
L Inez Cole, and L. Eugene
nker.
Clayton Baker, of Bell and
ilcer, attorneys for the Coles,
plained that under the law it
necessary for these suits to be
ought against Grady County
id its Commissioners; the legal
Oceedure then is for the Coun
; to vouch the State Highway
ipartment into court to defend
e suits, and after so vouched in,
e County is in reality eliminat
from the case, The cases
ereafter are defended solely
'theHighway Department, and
e responsibility rests on them
pay any judgment that may
obtained. Therefore from a
actical standpoint these suits
e actually against the state
ghyay department instead of
e County.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
reral minor civil suits are sche
iled for trial, but none expect
to take up a great deal of
ie,
Included in these suits are
ree cases in which the state
seeking to condemn and take
itomobiles caught in the illegal
importation of whiskey. These
e: Ben T. Brooks (’48 Dodge);
kyo Dixon (’48 Mercury); and
Uy Kennemur (’46 Mercury).
Attorneys say that where a
irson owns his automobile out¬
let and is caught illegally
importing whiskey in it, the
ste can take it and the owner
15 very little defense. How
' er the car is not paid for,
’
ki therefore someone else has
i interest in it, there is a pos
™y that some equitable set
imerL t can be made in the
furts.
After the civil docket is fin
M, which is expected not to
6t longer than Wednesday, the
i Urt '■'’HI adjourn until the fol¬
ding Monday, July 18, at which
r e criminal cases will be
for trial, No calendar of
foiinal i cases has been made
F Several are pending; but
p Court can not determine
Fch of these will actually come
! i0r trial, and which may be
'tied before court.
'! Urors Drawn to serve in the
’ term > City Court of Cairo,
e 3s follows:
r K B arrineau, W. A. Walk
| S E - George, W. P. Foster,
■ Harrison, Roy Perkins, A.
[jtawls. ls S. W. Wendell Gainous, Dollar, J. W. F.
- C D R. Whig
w ' w iHis, T. L. Hester,
n reen S. S.
L ' L A ’ Gainous, Arch
„ ge stri - Whittle, Alton Hall,
tll ckland, J. E. Max
fon Smith. W. L. Muggridge,
1 Ma Bonner, R- E. Cox, Jr., J.
^ell, 0av er j Ralph g Vanlandingh am,
L v . T > Kelley, L. R.
S, '^ M L Mayes Alvin
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E Taylor, J. R. Hin
,„, L. M. Rawls, H. G.
C. Crew, L. Dollar,
Wh, bless ’ J - H Collins,
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ith, Rawb - h H. o' o. Murphy, *!f cCa11 ’ Joseph Noels
I j G Collins, H. F. Smith,
L' v v Reagan.
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^ an Raring, Maxwell, D. Henry J. Brook
,j. A. Hest
' Davis, Jas. S. Mason,
Pyl es T aU °- !^‘ Wllliams R L - Bryant, G. F. J.
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J °nes gsworth, W.
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The Official Organ of Grady County.
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TWELVE PAGES
Legion Enjoys
bteak Supper
Hear Plans For
Membership Drive
At the regular monthly meet¬
ing of Post 122, American Legion,
Tuesday night, some 200 Legion¬
naires assembled for the business
meeting and for what many
called the best supper they have
enjoyed there yet. The meal
featured steak, french fries, to
matoes, and cold slaw.
(Max Reynolds, Commander of
the Post last year, was surprised
upon being presented with a
19-jewel gold Hamilton wrist
watch by Robert Wight, the new
Commander. This gift came to
former Commander Reynolds as
a gesture of appreciation from
the membership, for his faithful
and fine leadership over the past
year. Max expressed his thanks
to the Post fcr this much-appre¬
ciated gesture.
During the business meeting
Vice-Commander Clark of Thom
asville outlined some plans of the
coming membership drive
is to begin in September.
tion^Di'recto. r, 1 , ^gave’a'briertalk
to the members. He expressed
... t ., ,.
and heiped n tb^Legion'hasshown
in pushing the athletic and
reation program for the entire
county.
The members manifested much
satisfaction with the delicious
steak super which was served.
Exhibition To Be
At Poo! Tonight
Large Crowd Will
Attend The Free
Demonstrations
A big water exhibition is sche¬
duled for tonight, Friday, at the
local Swimming pool, beginning
at 8:00 o’clock—and it’s all free.
Included in the event will be
life-saving technique demonstra¬
tions, diving exhibition, along
with comedy, competitive swim¬
ming and synchronized or rhy
themic swimming.
Taking part in the diving ex¬
hibition will be Herman Strick¬
land, Huey Rushin, Venona Vale,
Elizabeth Ann McKelvin. In the
comedy diving, Herman Strick¬
land and Wesley Cassels will be
featured. Martha Bell, Venona
Veale, Frankie Harrison, and
Azalee Wight will comprise a
swimming quartet.
A life-saving demonstration
will be put on by Dot Lundy and
Wesley Cassels. Frankie Harri
son and Martha Bell will do an
aquatic waltz In the swimming
demonstration, the following will
participate: Helen Wight, side
stroke; Wesley Cassels, crawl;
Dot Lundy, Breast stroke; Helen
Wight back crawl; and Dot Lun¬
dy, butterfly.
Another feature of the evening
will be the awarding of certifi
cates to beginners in swimming,
Members of the swimming class,
include the following: Martha |
Bell, Alice Bell, Majorie May
field, Venona Veale, Marilyn Wil¬
liams, Betty Williams, Frankie
Harrison, Carol Odom, Virginia
Gandy, Azalee* Wight, Lugene
Lashley, and Becky Tyson.
The announcer will be Mar
garet Higdon and music will
will be by Ginger House.
Coach J. P. Miller who is in
charge of the pool, said he ex¬ !
pected a large crowd, since there
would be no admission charge,
and it would give the people of
Cairo a chance to see what was
being done in the way of swim¬
ming activities.
CpI. Hobson Harrell, Radio Op¬
erator of the Air Force, formerly
stationed at Gelena, Alaska, is
spending a 30-day furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mel¬
vin Harrell; at the end of his stay
here he will go to Orlando, Fla.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 8. 1949.
Coaching Aids
Announced Here
Former Team-Mate
Of Coach Miller
Joins Staff
Officials. of the Cairo High
School announced today that
Jerry Nunnally, a native of Ath
en s and backfield coach and
science teacher at Athens High
Sch ° o1 for the P ast three years,
^ as accepted the position of
backfield coach at Cairo High
School. The third member of
the coaching staff now lined up
is Marion Wright. He is a Way
cross boy, and was an outstand
lineman for Waycross High
i School, and went on to football
1 stardom at Erskine College in
South Carolina. Wright will
teach Social Science here in
school.
Nunnally, who will teach
Science in addition to handling
j the backfield coaching, is a form
er team mate of Coach J. P. Mil¬
ler, having played two years in
high school and three years on
the University of Georgia squad
h ™\, * W ° ° f * heSe ” Varsi
ty football in the position of
^ ack Under C ° ach Wallace
The new backfield coach play
ed in both the Orange and
Bowls, In high school he was an
outstanding track man, and
1940 set a State record in
120 yard low hurdles (14.1),
which still is unbeaten. He is
married and has one child.
Because of his previous ex
perience with Nunnally, Coach
Miller said he knew they could
work together most successfully,
and looked forward to a very
good year with these two assist
ants, whom he knows to be out
standing athletes.
Grady's 4-H Girls
Take First Place
In Dist. Contest
Grady County’s 4-H Club Girls
made an outstanding showing and
brought back their full share of
the prizes in the Southwest Dis¬
trict Achievement Contest held in
Americus last week, Miss Myrtle
Walters has announced. All those
taking part in the District con¬
test had previously been winners
in the County elimination judging
here.
In the Senior Girls’ classifica¬
tion three girls from this County
won first place in the Southwest
District. They were: Beth Stanifill,
winner in yeast bread; Mary Hall,
winner in Better Methods; and
Emogene Strickland, winner in
Home Improvement. This trio
will represent the District in At¬
lanta at the state competition in
October.
In the Junior girls’ contest,
Grady had four first place win
ners. They were: Hilda Childs,
best corn muffins, $3 award;
Silvia Stone, canning; Edith Stan
fill, Public Speaking; and Doris
Faircloth, Dress Revue.
Other winners in the Senior
group were Love Rehberg, egg
marketing, Dorothy Brown Fo
restry, and Nan Herring, Dress
revue. Dorothy Brown was sele
cted as one of two song leaders
from Southwest District to at¬
tend the state meet in Milledge
ville in August.
Natholyn Miller, Carolyn Mil¬
ler, Jean Gainous, and Dorothy
Brown won free trips to the state
wildlife camp at Wassaga in
North Georgia These free trips
came as a result of outstanding
project work by these members
in farm safety, wildlife conser¬
vation, and forestry.
Emogene Strickland will receive
a week’s free trip to Naval Stores
Camp at Tifton July* 11-15, as a
prize for taking first place in the
District in Home Improvement
work.
Miss Alice Lee McCall left Mon¬
day to visit relatives and friends
at points in North Georgia for
three weeks.
Credit Exchange Is
Planned Here; Group
Studies New Set-Up
A meeting of interested merch¬
ants last Friday, called by the
Chamiber of Commerce, voted to
proceed to establish or re-estab¬
lish a Credit Exchange here as
soon as possible. A. C. Roddembery
was chairman of the meeting and
named the following as the organ¬
ization committee: C. P. Whidden,
chairman, Carl Minter, W. M.
Tyson, R. R. VanLandingham and
Walter Williams.
The following membership or
stock committee was also named:
W. J. McClenny, chairman, Hoyt
j Burroughs, Norwood Clark, John
H. Faulk, Jr., Raymond Rushin,
W. L. Oliver and A. B. Wight.
The organization committee had
a meeting Thursday morning to
study plans for the new set-up
and plans an organization meet
I ing of all interested merchants
1 and businessmen soon.
Eighfr 4-H Boys
Take Prizes In
Dist. Contest
In the Southwest Georgia Dis
j trie 4-H Achievement contest
hdd in Americas last week, in
which 26 counties took part,
Grady ’ s 4 ' H boys and girls came
away with over half of the total
number of first-place winners,
j When this county’s 4-H winners
took their prizes there weren’t
many left for the other 25 coun
j ties.
In the boys’ section, S. E
| George announced he had eight
winners. They were: Billy
j Stringer, 1st place in sweet pota
to hot bed demonstration; Wayne
j Faircloth, 1st place in Marketing
and grading squash; Walter Lun
j j dy, 1st Dennis place in 2nd cattle prize pest in con- bet
trol; Lee,
ter methods; Irvin Gandy, Blue
award in livestock judging; Earl
Gandy, Red Award in Junior
Public Speaking; Charles Ward,
Blue Award in Forestry; and Jim¬
my Brookins, White Award in the
Tractor rodeo. All of these eight
winners will go to the state con
test in Atlanta in October. The
winners in this achievemnt con¬
test, both boys and girls, were
the guests of the Kiwanis Club
luncheon at the Citizens Cafe
Tuesday.
Zebulon Jackpot
Next Week $150
If James Horton had decided
to see he movie a he Zebulon
Theater any time Wednesday, he
would now be $140 richer.
His name was the lucky one
drawn, but he was not there, and
missed the jackpot. So next
Wednesd^ night the cash award
moves up to $150. The questions
seem to be getting more difficult
each week. This time it was:
“What is a broom used for?”
A second name was drawn and
a box of groceries was given,
with the compliments of Bob’s
Grocery. Mrs. Dixon was the
winner of this consolation prize.
WESTERN UNION
CHANGES HOURS.—
The local Western Union office
hours will change on July 18.
The following hours will ibe ob¬
served, opening at 8:30 a. m. and
closing at 5:30 p. m. and closing
from 12 noon to 1 p. m. for dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Smith, of
Griffin, were guests last Friday
and Saturday of their niece, Mrs.
Louis A. Powell, and Mr. Powell.
They continued to Panama City
to spend a few days with rela¬
tives and were joined there by
Mr. and Mrs. Powell for July 4th.
Miss Anne Mizell, of New
York City, arrived by plane last
Friday night for a vacation visit
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Mizell, and friends.
Mr. Wilson Young, who is do¬
ing post-graduate work at Em¬
ory University, spent last week¬
end at home.
Education Board
Meeting Tueday
To Rescend County
Supplement If Aid
Comes From State
The Grady County Board of
Education held its monthly meet¬
ing Tuesday of this week with
the following members present:
Chairman Henry Hester, R. L.
Ferrell, W. C. Lane, and R. E.
Stringer, Jr. The Board at this
meeting set the school millage
for tihe year 1949 at 15 mills.
Due to necessary repairs on
buildings and replacements to
the transportation system, the
Board stated that they were
forced to go the limit.
At a previous meeting of the
Board, they had guaranteed the
teachers of Grady County a 7
per cent supplement, for the
school year 1949-50, based on
their state pay. However, at
the meeting Tuesday, the Board
took notice of the fact that the
state may now come hrough with
a 10 per cent increase for teachers
over a twelve month period.
Therefore, the Board decided
that if the state does come
through with a 10 per cent, in¬
crease, the County will be forced,
from an economy standpoint, to
withdraw the 7 percent supple¬
ment they had previously primos
edl In line with this new policy,
the Board unanimously passed a
resolution to re-write all teacher
contracts to take care of this
change, provided the state
give a 10 per cent increase.
The Board explained that
the state does this, it would be
3 per cent more than the Coun
ty had promised and besides
would be for a twelve month
period instead of nine which the
County would have paid. They
said that if this seven per cent
is withdrawn in favor of the
state’s 10 per cent increase, it
would be used for repairs and
maintenance of buildings, old
desks, and blackboards, which
are now in a deplorable condi¬
tion. If this seven per cent can
thus be diverted to repairs and
maintenance, it will keep the
School system from having to go
to the bank and pay 5 per cent
interest on boi rowed money every
rn onth.
Approximately one-third of our
tax money is used for teacher
supplements already, and with
the exception of large City
School systems, very few coun¬
ties pay a supplement at all.
Grady would be in line with
most other counties in withdraw¬
ing the suplement, provided the
state does give an increase. A
neighboring county is planning
to follow that course.
“It's not a matter of being fair
or unfair to our teachers,” Supt.
Connel stated, “It is entirely a
question of survival for the en¬
tire Grady County School sys¬
tem. We are on the rocks, and
will have to cut corners in order
to keep the schools open at all.”
Grady Farm Bureau
Meeting Tonight
The Grady County Farm Bureau
will meet tonight, Friday, at the
courthouse at 8:30, Carl
President announced this week.
One of the features of the pro¬
gram, S. E. George said, would be
a recording of a very outstanding
speech made by Representative
Steve Pace at the state Farm
Bureau convention in Macon last
fall. This speech will be of great
interest to all farmers. And
especially are all members of the
Farm Bureau urged to be present.
Mrs. E. Clower Mott and Dick¬
ey, of Washington, D. C.', are
visiting Mrs. R. M. Mott and fami¬
ly; after their visit here they will
go to New York, N. Y., where on
July 27 they will sail for London,
England, to join their husbond and
father who is there in foreign
service.
TWELVE PAGES
H °9 s steadier
Cattle Weak
No. 1 Hogs Sell
At 21c Pound
Hog prices, steady for
time, were even stronger at
day’s auction sale here, J.
Hambrick, of Cairo
Auction Co., reported—but a
tle weakness was reflected in
cattle market for the first
in months.
No. 1 hogs brought 21c a
slightly above last week’s
No. 2s were 20.50c a pound
No. 3s were 20.10c a pound.
ever, feeder pigs continued
much demand and sold as
as 23.90c a ppund.
Cattle prices remained
steady but the weakness,
ed generally over the belt,
significant b#eause it may
cate a general long-range
it was stated. Hogs continue
short supply, generally, and
tle are also still reported in
latively short supply, but
ers have indicated some
ty in getting their beef cuts
yield over-all costs at
prices, it was explained.
Tobacco
Announced
Flue-Cured Market
Opens July 26th.
The Secretary of
this week proclaimed a
marketing quota of 1097
| pounds of fue-cured tobacco
the marketing year
July 1, 1950 Along with
announcement comes the
that the opening date for
Georgia and Florida
tobacco markets will be
July 26th.
The Commodity Credit
ation loan rates on 1949 flue
cured tobacco were also reveal
ed by the United States
ment of Agriculture. The
afe rate for 1949 untied tobacco
marketed in Georgia and Flori¬
da will be 38.9 cents per pound.
The loans will be available to all
cooperating growers on a grade
basis. The statutory provisions
call for price support at 90 per
ce nt of parity for flue-cured to¬
baco. Loan rates for united to¬
bacco will be 4 cents per pound
less than for tied tobaco market¬
ed in other flue-cured producing
States. This is the same differ¬
ential that prevailed last year.
Local Trains Change
Schedules Sunday
Officials of the Atlantic Coast
Line here have announced this
week a change in the schedule
of passenger trains, 57, 58, 180,
and 189, to be effective Sunday,
July 10.
Train number 57, from Savan
nah to Montgomery, will depart
at 2:16 a. m., instead of 2:20 a.
m. Number 58. from Montgomery
to Savannah, will depart at 1:52
a. m., instead of 1:18 a. m. Num¬
ber 180, from Montgomery to Sa¬
vannah, will depart at 3:45 p. m.
instead of $1.43 p. m. And num-
189, from Savannah to Montgom
ery, will leave at 12:49 p. m. in
steaci 0 f 12:55 p. m. All of these
times are Eastern Standard.
Train 180 will connect with
the West Coast Champion at Sa¬
vannah, for Richmond, Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and Boston. Number
180 arrives at Savannah at 9:55
p. m., and the Champion leaves
Savannah at 11:25 p. m.
These changes in schedule will
Ibe effective Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Thomas,
and three sons, of Jacksonville,
spent the holidays here and in
Climax with relatives and friends.
They also joined Miss Clara
Mauldin, sister of Mrs. Thomas,
•for a visit with their sister, Mrs.
Bill Parrish, and family in Nash¬
ville, Ga.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS:
NUMBER 26.
7 4.9 Winners
Are Lauded
Kiwanians Honor
Youths, Their
Leaders
.Seven 4-H Club boys and girls
from Grady county, who last
week for the second straight year
dominated the honors at the an¬
nual Southwest Georgia district
achievement competition at Geor¬
gia Southwestern College, at
Americus, were impressively re¬
cognized and lauded at the Cairo
Kiwanis Club luncheon meeting
Tuesday, along with their leaders.
Norwood Clark, the club presi¬
dent, presided. Walter Williams
was program chairman and W. A.
Lundy presented the special
guests, with words of praise. He
concluded with a tribute to the
veterans’ on-the-farm training
program in this county.
Presented first was Miss Myrtle
Walters, home demonstration
agent, who herself won state¬
wide recognition and a free trip
to Chicago last year for outstand¬
ing work. She presented the
Grady county 4-H Club girls who
won first places at Americus and
each responded, amid applause,
with a brief sketch of the com¬
petition activity. The winning
girls were: H'lda Childs, junior
muffins contest; *Mary Hall, bet¬
ter methods (ironing shirts); Imo
gene Strickland, home improve¬
ment (arrangement around home¬
made dressing table and stool)—
a winner for the fourth straight
year; Beth Stonfill, breadmaking
(including cinnamon rolls and
novel method of cutting them
w.ith string); and Dorothy Brown,
music and song leadership. All
except the first-named junior
clubber will compete in the state
contests later, it was revealed, /
and some have hopes of winning
places in national competition.
Presented next was County
Agent S. E. George, who intro¬
duced his assistant, Harold
Daniels. Mr. George, for the
clubs and leaders, expressed deep
appreciation to the Kiwanis Club
for its continued active support of
the 4-H program; to the Com¬
munity Chest for providing funds
for the expenses of the Americus
trip, thus avoiding a special soli¬
citation to the Chamber of Com
merece for continued active sup¬
port of the 4- activities, including
a telegram sent to the group at
Americus inspiring them with
support of the people back home;
and to all other agencies and in¬
dividuals supporting the pro¬
gram.
Mr. George then presented the
boys who won at Americus and
in brief responses they outlined
their project They are: Billy
Stringer, sweet potato demonstra¬
tion (electrically-heated plant
bed)—a three-year winner; Wal¬
ter Lundy, livestock pest control
demonstration: and Wayne Fair
cloth, vegetable grading and mar¬
keting.
Mr. Lundy, in an impressive
tribute to these winners and their
leaders, as well as the general
farm youth training program, in¬
cluding FFA declared Grady
county is known far and wide
for some of its farm products but
that the greatest of all are its
farm boys and girls, who are
constantly gaining for themselves
and the county worthwhile recog¬
nitions in all lines of endeavor.
He emphasized the fine leader¬
ship they have but also emphasi¬
zed the splendid work of the
youths themselves in developing
leadership through the 4-H pro¬
gram.
Turning to the vet farm train¬
ing program, he declared it had
produced amazing results right
here in this county and urged its
continuance on some basis after
the present set-up expires “to
assure these young farmers the
technical and scientific know¬
how while using their own farms
as their laboratories.” He reveal
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