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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
' States
United
U.50-S2 A \ EAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVI.
ORMER CAIRO CITY NANAGER
LECTED TO ALBANY POSITION
lesigned After
wo Years Here
Donald P. Wolfer
Takes Albany Job
September 1st 1 .
A former Cairo City manager,
)onaid P- Wolfer, now assistant
>jty manager of San Diego, Calif.,
vas elected City manager of Al
,any Wednesday in a sudden
jailed meeting of the City Com¬
mission. Mr. Wolfer will assume
iis new duties September 1st.
Mr. Wolfer, a native of San
piego, came to Cairo as City
Manager in March 1946, and re
[igned the post January Diego 15, College, 1948.
fje attended San
jhe University of Southern Cali¬
fornia, and received his Master’s
Degree from Pittsburg College in
Pennsylvania. He was working
in his Doctor’s degree at Yale
vhen the war came, and he ent
ired the Navy, serving there un
til January 1946.
The new City Manager of Al¬
bany is 38 years old, and has four
Children.
Mr. Wolfer was elected to fill
;he unexpired term of the late
Uity Manager Quintard Wright,
rhe term expires January 9,
1950. Wolfer will draw the $8,
)00 a year salary which was set
or the former deceased city
[manager.
[ Mayor Pro Tem Richard Hobbs,
t/ho has been Acting City Mana¬
ger since Mr. Wright’s death,
bid Mr. Wolfer would be noti¬
fied immediately of his election.
He was in Albany a week ago
when the Commission failed to
act on the City Manager issue.
Major James W. (Taxi) Smith
declared in a formal statement
that the City Manager “will be
a valuable asset to our communi¬
ty and our state.”
The full statement said: “The
City Commission has elected a
City Manager, namely Donald P.
Wolfer. This man was selected
after deliberation, after over five
applications were submitted, and
afti r interviewing over fifteen
wen for the position.
The City Commission of Al¬
bany realizes that in the selec¬
tion of a man for City Manager of
tae City of Albany at this time,
this is perhaps the most import¬
ant decision they have had to
tnake during my term as Mayor.
ir.
H is my opinion that we have
elected a most capable City Man
S er . based on his record and his
Aground. We believe that he
rill do a good job and that, if
iven the opportunity, he will
lot only prove of great benefit to
; e ‘Advancement and growth of
e Clty Albany but that he
bo win be a valuable asset to
' ur “mmunitv and state.”
Medit Exchange
|' s Organized t
Stockholders of the new Grady
f Unty Credit Exchange, Inc., a
- arter f 0 r which was granted
ls We< *, met Thursday
at morn
ctor f s and Citizens Cafe to elect dir
; perfect the establish
‘ ent of fbe new agency. Forty
x representatives of local busi
concerns were listed as ori
■ lnal stockholders.
J d and ° re stockholders will be add
Members others plan to become
to receive the services
the new agency.
^ e new exchange
was decided
Id Xa< ^ reac ti va tion of the
eosr! r 10 Credit
^ngVh^ Exchange, which
11 ^ 3 fCW yearS ag °’
e war.
and ^ rS- Hill Anderson,
kv e and Janice,
exas of Houston,
nth -> are spending the week
.
Quincy, e,atives in Cairo, Whigham
Fla.
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Tb» Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out oi the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
TV/ELVE PAGES
Negro Fat Calf
Show Tuesday
The annual Negro Fat Calf
Show will be at Cairo Lives
stock Auction Co. barn at 1:30
p. m. next Tuesday. The weekly
sale will follow.
The show is sponsored by the
same Chamber of Commerce com¬
mittee which sponsors the big
shows, the 1949 attraction having
ben set for Aug. 30th.
The committee, of which Early
Gandy is chairman, will meet
next Wednesday at 3:30 p. m., at
the County Agent’s office, to
complete plans for the show and
sale this year. Many improve¬
ments are planned.
Superior Court
Gives Decision
Declares Milk Law
Unconstitutional;
Denies Injunction
In a decision filed in the Coun¬
ty Clerk’s office Thursday morn¬
ing, Judge Carl Crow of the Sup¬
erior Court, ruled, in the case of
the Moultrie Milk Shed, Inc. vs.
City of Cairo, that in the Court’s
opinion the ordinance under at¬
tack was unconstitutional.
The application for temporary
injunction, which the Milkshed
brought against the City to pre¬
vent their interfering with milk
deliveries here, was denied. How¬
ever, in denying the temporary
injunction, the court granted a
supersedeas, provided the plain¬
tiff (Moultrie Milkshed) files their
appeal and bill of exceptions
within the time allowed by law.
The Milkshed has announced its
intentions of filing an appeal to
the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Under this supersedeas, the
Moultrie Milkshed will continue
to bring its milk into Cairo until
the Supreme Court of Georgia
rules in the case.
The net result of the ruling by
Judge Carl Crow was that in the
Court’s opinion the law was un¬
constitutional, and that he would
grant a superseadeas which gives
the Moultrie Milkshed the op¬
portunity to carry it to a higher
court for decision, and at the
same time continue to sell milk
here until such a decision is
reached. 4
The ordinance in question was
one passed by the City Council
which said all milk or fluid milk
products sold in Cairo must also
be pasteurized in Grady County.
The case went through the May¬
or’s Court, then was heard before
the last session of the Superior
Court here, and is now headed
for the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Klan Visitors At
Local Churches
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
closed its revival services last
j Friday night with a visit by the
Ku Klux or Southern Klans Inc.
There may be a difference be¬
tween the two. At any rate the
leader of the group represented
himself as being the Grand Drag
j ! Georgia. on of Southern Klans Inc., in
Several people said they count¬
ed thirty-one members of the
hooded order inside the church.
Doubtless there were more out
side.
There were no visible signs of
excitement, or disorder, The
leader made a brief statement of
the purpose of the Klan, and then
presented the pastor with a con
tribution. They then passed
quietly out of the church and left.
It is understood that a similar
visit was made to Capel Baptist
Church at the closing of their
revival about a week ago.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY JULY 22, 1949.
Rev. Singletary To
Preach At Nazarene
Church Sunday
Rev. Wesley Singletary will
preach at the Church of the Naza¬
rene the two following Sundays
at both morning and evening
worship services, in the absence
of Rev. W. O. Hand who is away.
Rev. and Mrs. Hand and child¬
ren are attending the Georgia
District Camp Meeting at Adrain,
Georgia.
Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a. m.
N. Y. P. S. 7:00 p. m.
Evangelistic Service 8:00 p. m.
Everyone has an invitation to
attend the church with a friend¬
ly welcome.
Farm Tour Will
Attract Many
Enrollment Due
By Saturday On
July 28 Event
Plans neared completion this
week for the second annual Grady
Farm Tour set for next Thursday,
July 28th., Agnew Smith, chair
man cf the sponsoring committee
of Cairo Kiwanis Club reported.
Mr. Smith reported Wednes
day that nearly 200 farmers have
already enrolled for the tour,
which will start from the rear
of the Courthouse in Cairo
promptly at 7:30 a. m., and con
sume most of the day. Some 300,
or more, farmers are expected to
go and six or seven busses will
be provided. The tour will be
without cost to the farmers, ex
cent possibly for lunch or inci
dentals.
Last year the first tour exceded
expectations in interest, with
some 150 farmers making the trip.
This year all of the vet on-the
farm trainee classes plan to go
as entire groups. A group of of
ficials from the Coastal Plains
Experiment Station at Tifton will
be guests, along with other visit
ing farm leaders. County Agents
and Vocational Teachers, along
with vet class instructors, and
others, will attend, also. A loud
speaker will explain studies to
the group at each stop.
The committee must know by
Saturday how many to prepare
for so all farmers who desire to
go are urged to register, if they
have not already done so, by
tomorrow, Saturday, either with
Chairman Smith, at the County
Agent’s office or at the Grady
Farm Bureau Market.
The following form may be
written or clipped and pasted on
a postal card and mailed to Ag¬
new Smith, chairman, Agricul¬
tural Committee, Cairo Kiwanis
Club, Cairo, Ga.:
I will attend 1949 Grady Farm
Tour, starting from rear of Court¬
house in Cairo promptly at 7:30
a. m. Thursday, July 28th.
Signed:
Address:
I will also have with me:
The itinerary was not quite
complete when The Messenger
went to press but it will include
various demonstrations of inter¬
est, including temporary and per¬
manent pastures, peanut and
okra crop demonstrations, de¬
monstrati —s of corn behind lup¬
ine, fertilization studies and var¬
ious hybrid corn crops an de
monstrations, including the
Greenwood hybrid, seed corn pro¬
ject in adjoining Thomas county.
At the latter the project will
be iiost. The tour will also visit
the farm of E. V. Komarek, the
project director, in this county.
Grady Farm Bureau, the
Chamber of Commerce and var¬
ious agencies are co-operating
with the Kiwanis Club in this
outstanding work.
Rotary Speaker
Tells Growth
J. M. Hughes Says
Co-operation Key;
Praises County
Cairo Rotarians at their weekly
luncheon meeting at Citizens Cafe
Wednesday heard an inspiring
story of the growth and develop¬
ment of Cairo and Grady county
during the past 24 years and of
how an outstanding community
spirit of co-operation, which has
been responsible for it, will as¬
sure future advancement.
The speaker was J. M. Hughes,
manager of the Bainbridge-De
catur Co. Chamber of Commerce,
who served as executive officer
of the local Chamber of Com
i merce for nearly 11 years after
j it was formed in 1925. He was
I presented by Hamilton Wind as
1 program chairman. Fred Rod
denbery, who took office recently
as the Rotary president, presided.
Mr. Hughes reviewed in some
detail conditions he found here
when he came to Cairo 24 years
a g Q _three blocks of paved
streets, two or three small in
dustries, no consolidated schools,
not a foot of highway paving in
the county, and about 2,600 peo
p ] e } n Cairo, to mention a few.
He described the local effects of
the Florida boom and the big
depression but said the indomit
a ]jle co-operative spirit of the
j ‘ people, with visions of and de
termination for steady growth,
overcame these and other factors
to bring about steady growth.
1 “This fine progress quite de
J finitely has NOT been a mere
‘happen so;’ such progress never
| is and never will be,” he declared.
J The people and their spirit of co¬
operative action have in these
24 years made this community
the outstanding community that
a j s , with an economic balance
that is the best of any community
i n Georgia, he continued. He de
c lared Cairo and Grady county
have a wide reputation as the
best in the southeastern area of
the nation because of the sound
foundation, the economic bal
ance of agriculture and industry
anc j the outstanding progressive
spirit based on the Rotary motto
—“Service Above Self.”
He had praise for the local
Chamber of Commerce and its
service and mentioned that it was
one among few such agencies in
C ommuniti«5 of this size, and
larger, that has continued full
scale operations as long as 24
years. Its fine work again re
fleets the outstanding spirit of
community co-operation found
here, Mr. Hughes said.
He turned to national affairs
to sound a serious warning
against indifference of people in
governmental affairs. He praised
the policy declarations recently
of the National Affairs committee
of the local Chamber and called
upon citizens here and every¬
where to exercise a full voice in
government to save it from Soci¬
alism and to preserve the great
American system of free enter¬
prise.
“We’re going somewhere,” he
concluded; “we can’t stand still
and we’re going forward—or
we’re going backward. As com¬
munities and as a nation the
people will determine the future.
I still have the great faith I’ve
always had that you here will
continue to move forward. A
bright future is yours if you con¬
tinue to work together as you
have during the last 24 years.”
Other guests included Thomas¬
ville Rotarians Dr. John T. King
ar.d Parker Poe; Pat Mathis,
Tallahassee; E. W. Montell, River¬
ton, N. J.; and Louis A. Powell,
Cairo.
Pres. Roddenbery reported ac¬
ceptance and conveyed to the
club a Kiwanis invitation for Ro¬
tarians to Join the Grady Farm
Tour July 28th.
Mr. Elmer H. Bell, and family,
have been spending their vacation
on a trip to Washington, D. C.
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Hogs Higher
Cattle Same
Feeder Pigs Up
To 25.25c Lb.
Hogs moved still higher and
feeder pigs set a new peak for
recent months at Tuesday’s live¬
stock sale here, Cairo Livestock
Auction Co. management report
ed.
No. 1 hogs sold for 22.15c a
pound, up 105 points from last
week. Feeder pigs sold up to
25.25c a pound. Best butcher
hogs sold up to 22c a pound. Cat¬
tle prices were steady and un¬
changed. Offerings increased in
volume considerably.
C. of C, Supper
Next Tuesday
Moultrie Banker
Speaker; Fish
To Be Served
The annual Grady County
Chamber of Commerce summer
fish supper meeting set for next
Tuesday, is expected July to 26th, attract at some 7 p. 125 m., J j
of the 200, or more, members of
the organization, the sponsoring
committee said this week. The
fish—fresh-water bream and trout
—'will be served a few minutes
after 7 in Davis Park adjoining
the Woman’s Club, except that the |
club-house will be used in the •
event of rain. The meeting will 1
be strictly infcrmal in every way
and will be over in time for those
attending to see th^
games if they desire.
Especially because fresh-water
fish are being obtained, the com¬
mittee must know how many to
prepare for. Chamber members
received in newsletters mailed I
out this week postal cards to be
filled in and returned. Members
who have not returned their
cards, indicating whether or not
they will be at the supper, are
urged to do so today, Friday.
President W. E. Young, who will
preside at the meeting, has invit- 1
ed Henry Cohen, well-known
Moultrie banker and humorist, to
be the speaker, and he has ac¬
cepted. His 20-minute talk will
be mostly humor. There will be
no business; the meeting will be
in simple celebration of the com¬
pletion of 24 vears of community
service by the Chamber of Com
merce.
Other special guests invited in¬
clude: E. F. Vickers, Bainbridge,
president, Georgia Bankers Asso¬
ciation; Pres. Robert Higdon and
Mgr. J. M. Hughes, of the Bain¬
bridge Chamber; Justice Emeritus
R. C. Beil, of Thomasville, one
of the founders of the local Cham¬
ber; Pres. Hugh Gurley and Mgr.
Dewey Norwood, of the Thomas¬
ville Chamber.
The committee in charge of the
supper consists of Robert Dyson,
chairman; T. J. Williams, vice
chairman; Buddy Butler, R. S.
Jones, C. D. Nicholson, John A.
Powell, 2nd, C. H. Strickland,
Tom Walker, Byron West and T.
W. White Jr.
Midway Baptists
Open Revival
Revival services will open at
Midway Baptist Church, on the
Tallahassee Highway, Sunday
night, July 24, and continue
through Sunday night August
7th., it was announced this week.
Evening services will begin at
8:00 o'clock, and the Rev. I. J.
Thompson, Pastor, will bring the
messages. The public is cordially
invited.
Mrs. Bruce Courtney and dau¬
ghter, Dee, returned home Mon- j
day after spending two S. weeks L. Han- at ] j
Fernandino, Fla.; Mrs.
cock and daughters, Angela and
Linda joined them there for the
second week and accompanied
them home.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTt
NUMBER 28.
Farmers' Quota
Vote Saturday
1000 Are Eligible
In Grady County
Approximately 1000 Grady
County tobacco farmers are eli¬
gible to vote in the referendum
which will be held Saturday,
July 23rd, to determine whether
they want allotment quotas on
the tobacco crop, Roy Perkins,
of the AAA office here said this
week.
Tobacco farmers will have a
chance to vote for one of the fol¬
lowing three: (1) Do you favor
quotas for the next three years?
(2) Do you favor marketing quo¬
tas for only one year, 1950, or (3)
Are you opposed to any quotas at
all.
The voting places are as fol¬
lows: Whigham, school; Midway,
school; Pawnee, school; Spence,
Saddler’s Store; Elpino, Mize’s
Store; Union, G. L. Prince Store;
Cairo, AAA Office; Midway,
AAA Office in Cairo; Pine Park,
Thompson’s Store; Beachton,
Collins Store - Reno, Holton's
Store; Calvary, Joe McNair Ser
v j ce Station - Central, Miller’s
Store.
Mr. Perkins said he would like
to see every eligible farmer in
the county cas t a ballot, so that
d eC i s k>n would represent the
majority of farmers, instead of
just a few.
“Out of seventeen counties in
the Southwest Georgia district”,
jyj r . p er ]Hns said, “I hope to see
Q ra( j y t0 p Hie ]j s t w itH the high
es j- percentage of eligible voters
cas ting ballots ”
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Criminal Docket
Only Minor Cases
The July term of the city Court
did not reconvene last Monday,
reportec i j n the Messenger; in¬
stead the criminal docket is sch
eduled fof Monday , July 25th„
with a very light session expect
gd Judge G. L. Worthy will
preside.
No major criminal cases are
to be tried. The schedule is
described as the usual run of
minor cases, such as public
drunkness and the like. Many
of these are settled or paid off
before they come up for trail.
Because this was a busy sea¬
son of the year for farmers and
others, a new jury was drawn to
serve on the criminal docket,
which comes up Monday.
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve in the City Court
of Cairo, for the week beginning
next Monday, July 25th:
G. C. Connell, Jr.. E. A. Single¬
tary, P. R. Ward, G. G. Thomas,
Sr.‘, E. L. VanLandingham, H. J.
Parrish, Edgar 'Stringer, Jr.,
Leonard Maxwell, J. T. Stephens,
R. L. Reagan, F. H. Voyles, W. C.
Gainey, R. A. Harrell.
W. H. Strickland, E. A. Gandy,
Gus Harrell, B. W. Mauldin, Paul
Hand, J. W. Dollar, J. W. Pelham,
D. A. McCranie, G. J. Cook, Ault
man Palmer, W. M. Jones, W. M.
Stringer, Gus M. Maxwell, Pres¬
ton Braswell, A. U. Wilder, W.
J. Boyett, R. H. Robinson, R. B.
Belcher, U. J .Oates, F. E. Pearce,
J. E. Forsyth.
Howard Proctor, Carlos Cone,
W. F. Brim, Curtis Morrison,
Arthur Bishop, Bill Graham, L.
M. Barrett, A. L. Boyett, J. D.
Lewis, Jesse Crew, Alvin D. Sing¬
letary, T. M. Cassels, J. A. Collins,
M. L. Ponder, H. R. Madison, and
M. L. Dollar.
Messrs, Ralph Gainey and E. J.
Grimes, of the Flint River Soil
Conservation District here, and
Chamber Mgr. Louis A. Powell
were among the Grady countians
who joined a tour Thursday of
various demonstrations at the
Coastal Plains Experiment Sta
tion near Tifton. Farm leaders
from several counties joined the
tour.
Building Lots
Offered Free
Sights Offered
And $1,000 Cash
For REA, Hotel
In a letter to The Messenger
this week, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Griner announce that they are
offering to donate a building
sight for the new REA headquart¬
ers building, and a lot for a
new hotel, and in addition will
contribute $1,000 in cash to the
fund to build a new hotel.
These offers are good, Mr. Grin¬
er says, provided they are ac¬
cepted immediately, and construc¬
tion on same begun at once.
The lot ‘•bffered to the REA
building is 75 feet fronting on
Third Street, S. E., and 75 to 100
feet back. The one for the con¬
struction of a new hotel is> a lot
up to 75 feet fronting, on Second
Avenue, S. E. and back 15 to 100
feet.
“To the Hotel Company”, their
letter states, “we wjll throw in
$1,000 in cash besides the lot, as
we understand they are short on
funds.”
“We see no reason,” the letter
goes on to say, “to hold on to this
property in the middle of town
when we have only one son, who
probably will never live here.
Although it is hard to see so many
years of work in planting trees
and flowers go we have made up
our minds and are ready to carry
out these promises, if they are
accepted immediately, and con
| struction begun at once.”
Mr. A . y. Rosser, of the REA,
1 r.aid the lpjt^for then ..new,-feegdr,
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quarters building would have to
be 250 ft., front by 400 ft. deep.
He also said one or two suitable
lots were available in the down¬
town section, but that no de¬
cision had been rached on it yet,
nor did they know when con¬
struction might begin.
Kiwanis At
Whigham
Joint Meet Held
With Club There
Cairo Kiwmians held theix
weekly luncheon meeting this
week jointly with members of
the Whigham Community Club,
at the Community House in
Whigham, last Monday night—
and it proved a most delightful
occasion, A delightful baked
ham menu was served.
Cecil Crew, president of the
Whigham club opened the meet
ng and greeted the visitors, after
which Norwood Clark, the Ki¬
wanis president, took charge.
Pres. Clark hhanked the Whig¬
ham club for the invitation to
meet at Whigham, for the second
time in recent months, and prais¬
ed the people of the Whigham
community for their fine commu¬
nity spirit as manifested in the
splendid work of the club there
and especially for providing the
outstanding Community House
facilities.
The enjoyable program, of a
musical nature, was presented by
Miss Ann Groover, of Ochlocknee,
a talented young musician, to¬
gether with Misses Jeanette
Burt and Mary Ham, and Jimmy
Groover and Horace Reneau, all
of Ochlocknee, Their selections
included classical and novelty
numbers, instrumental and vocal.
Carl Ponder, Grady Farm Bu
reau Dresident, announced a dis¬
trict Farm Bureau meeting at
Camilla. Agnew Smith announc
ed plans for the second annual
Grady Farm Tour July 28th with
more than 150 farmers already
enrolled, inlcuding 70 at Whigham
before the meeting.
.Mr. W. H. Collins and family,
of San Antonio, Tex., spent a few
days here during the week, he met
his uncle, Mr. H. Grady Collins,
of Miami, Fla, here for a visit.