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CAIRO, GEORGIA
Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States ,
[ 50-52 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
iLUME XLVI.
today Night
Wreck Fatal
Mrs. Jennie Welch
Killed; Eight More
Receive Injuries
. head on collision between a
.
u 6 Ford fordor convertable
[ L da >35 Gradyville, Chevrolet pick-up about truck two
iles South of Cairo at 8:30 last
iturday night brought instant
ath to Mrs. Jennie Welch, 68,
Cairo, and serious injuries to
Ut others, one of which was
Hi unconscious Thurday morn
in the Grady County Hos
ig
ital.
The car driven by Albert D.
L ’ w miles
ve n, who lives . about , five
jit of Cairo on the Beachton
L in which Mrs. Welch was
ping, was coming toward Cairo,
L the truck, driven by Dan
tips Mickins, Cairo negro, riding in
[ hich six Negroes were
the body, was traveling
, u th when the two ve
icies crashed together in the cen
jj 0 f the comparative level
tretch of road
Both the car and the truck was
umpletely demolished to the ex
;nt that they are fit only for
mk. Patrolmen said Mrs.
felch died of a broken neck and
crushed chest when thrown
gainst the dashboard.
Craven received lacerations of
« head and cuts and bruises
bout the face and body, but did
ot stay in the hospital.
Other occupants of the Craven
ar besides the driver, Parker,
nd Mrs. Welch, who was killed,
re re Mrs. Welch’s son, and Miss
■ucy Brock. They received first
id treatment for scratches but
id not remain in the hospital,
'arker was treated for head
raises, and dismissed from the
ospital Monday.
Occupants of the truck, riding
a the body back of the cab, were
hrown over the truck cab and
[ver the other car for some forty
eet, where they lay in the ditch
mtil ambulances arrived and
!>ok them to the Grady County
fospital for treatment.
David Carter, Negro of Climax,
offered head and facial injuries,
nd had not regained consciou
i® at the Grady County Hospital
phen the Messenger went to
iress. Edward Mickens who re
*iwd head injuries and a lacer
|ted scalp, is still in the hospital,
loosevelt Mickens, treated
pr chest and chin bruises, was
ismissed from the hospital Tues
ay.
Patrolmen lodged a charge of
driving u nder the influence of
“toxicants' against Craven and
“larged Mickins with “reckless
Ilvm 8 a nd driving without a
tense.”
Occupants of the vehicles could
t tell very clearly what hap
j, ned ' w ar all so sudden un
r ^ on t know how it happen
L’ .„
one °P the injured Negroes
1 ' ; '“ nd observers the
on scene
mediately afterwards were
!y at a loss to know why the
Aou ld have crashed together
| ‘ e m iddle of the road. But
^ r act apparent of the from the terriffic
* • two vehicles that
or both were traveling at a
rate of speed.
, F
L U " e !' al services for Mrs. Welch
K® d at Lon g Branch Baptist
lur L 0 • clock, Monday interment afternoon at
C metery following
iT UEhW i, nearby ‘ Elder
3 er of Tallahassee, Fla.,
i d , Were . the ’ David Services ' Ph¬
illis ?Roh , 6ldlBi11 Lasseter,
Slater ’ d ^ph
r Bryant and Ned Sher *
>,*,? e deceased is survived by
qnn Lee
• a„ d James
jhtere' M rS s C0Unt y; three dau
Eff Fletcher and
tile, Bry ant of Thomas
ana IrS Elvie
bis <0Jr! count ' Coliss . of
y ; one br °ther, Pasco
* “WS, Fla., and
hu •»bttof C ,h* he i Latter , rcn ' She Day was Saints a
rc h Forsy r th-Bearden
ra] c: Fun
n r in of the
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"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
SIXTEEN PAGES
Presbyterians
Hear Dr. Leach
M Noted Minister . . . .
To Preach Here
several Sundays
Dr. Fred H Leach Assistant
Professor of Religion in the Philo
sophy sopny department Department of ot the the Florida h lorida
State University, at Tallahassee,
was asked and has consented to
fill the pulpit of the Cairo Pres
byterian Church for the next
several Sunday mornings, with |
the exception of August 14th.,
when Mrs. Judson T. Mayfield,
Jr. will preach.
The Presbyterians have loaned
the Church to local Episcopalians
for use in holding evening wor¬
ship services, and the Florida
professor will preach only at
Sunday Morning Worship Ser¬
vices.
Local^ people who have heard
Dr. Leach preach at the local
Presbyterian Church on two pre
vious occasions say that he is one
of the most highly educated mini
sters in the South, a thoroughly
consecrated man, and recommend
him to all people who are inter¬
ested in deep religious thought
as applied to the problems and
activities of modern man.
Dr. Leach is a native of Detroit,
who studied theology at Dallas
Seminary and Princeton Theolo¬
gical Seminary and received his
Ph. D. in Religion at the Univer¬
sity of Toronto, in Canada. While
Studying in Canada, Dr. Leach
was active in the Ministry in serv¬
ing one of the large Canadian
Churches at Toronto. After leav- j
ing Canada, Dr. Leach taught in [ |
Texas ing to and Florida California to accept before his mov- pre- j
.
sent position with Florida State I
University.
Cairo Presbyterians consider
themselves fortunate in procuring
the services of such teachers and
preachers of broad knowledge
and deep spiritual understanding
as Dr. Leach and Rev. Geo. W.
Shirley, and they extend a cordial I
invitation to all people of Cairo
and Grady County to avail them¬
selves of an opportunity to hear
such men as Dr. Leach every Sun¬
day morning and Rev. George
W. Shirley, Rector of St. Thomas
Episcopal Church at Thomas
ville, every Sunday evening.
Peanut Price Is
Pegged At $209
$187 Per Ton For
Runner Variety
Good Quality
The government this week an¬
nounced a support price of $209
per ton for the 1949 crop of
Spanish peanuts and $187 for the
runner variety, according to in¬
formation received by local buy¬
ers.
This compared with $215 for
Spanish and $195 for runners last
year. The price props announced
are for producers in Georgia
Florida-Alabama and are based
on a 70 percent sound meat ker
nels for Spanish and 65 percent
on runners.
On the Spanish there is a
premium of $3 per point above
70 percent and a penalty of $3
a point down on runners one per¬
cent damaged-and $2.80 per point
adjustment.
In fixing support prices, the
government gave some considera¬
tion to the shift in production
from Spanish to ^runners, The
spread, officials said, gives slight¬
ly more favorable prices to the
growers of the Spanish variety
of peanuts.
There is a much better edible
market for Spanish than there is
for runner peanuts.
Miss Kathryn Butler returned
home Sunday after a visit with
relatives in Orlando and Daytona
Beach, Fla.
I
Farm Tour Wins
Great Praise
1950 Event 'Winter
Pasture Tour Are
Already Goals
The S6Can nUal Fa ™
T T ° Ur ° n Thursday , of last week
has been widely hailed as one of
the s , ever arranged in lhe
stale ._ and already the tine in .
terest ha5 led t0 detinite lans
bei made for „ a bigger and
better .. tour nex , 5Ummer , with
a winter pasture tour thrown in
for good measure. Plans will be
formulated soon for more special
demonstrations and for them to be
reached as conveniently as possi¬
ble. Efforts will be made, also,
leaders say, to “iron out” all of
the kinks” discovered last week.
The first tour last year attracted
150, more than anticipated, and
the tour last week increased en
route to at least 360. If the at
tendance continues to increase
the problem of transportation will
become a real one.
Agnew Smith, chairman of the
sponsoring Cairo Kiwanis Club
committee, County Agt. S. E.
George and various other leaders
this week thanked the farmers
themselves for their fine interest
and attendance; all other agencies
and individuals who contributed
to the great success of the tour;
and particularly the Greenwood
hybrid seed corn project and Ed
V. Komarek for their fine hospi¬
tality in supplying the delightful
fish dinner for the group, which
consumed more than 300 pounds
0 f fi sd
State Extension Service, Flint
River Soil Conservation District
and Coastal PIain Experiment
station officials on the tour prais
ed the tour and its invaluable
benefits. Cairo Rotary Club com¬
mended Cairo Kiwanis Club in
a special letter. Various news¬
papers publicized it constructively
and farm magazines plan cover
age. It was another “first” for
Grady county and the splendid
co-operation of the farming and
busines and civic groups to have
a tour of such magnitude and
success.
Corn and pastures featured the
studies, which also included the
new improved Spanish 146 pea¬
nuts and numerous other new
crops and methods. At the Edwin
Paschal dairy farm north of Cairo
the comparatively new Coastal
Bermuda grass yielding two tons
of hay per acre while providing
the most excellent grazing; Pan
gola grass and combinations of
Ladino clover with Kentucky 31
and Alto fescues amazed the tour¬
ists.
At the Greenwood project, the
always interesting studies of the
development of hybrid seed corn
continued, with definite pros¬
pects, as stated last week in The
Messenger, that Grady in two to
four years may gain national re¬
cognition as the first county to
go “all ou’ for hybrid seed corn,
with marked yield increases re¬
sulting.
At the Ed Komarek farm in the
southeastern part of this county
pastures were again the feature.
Bahia grass was the principal crop
there, with 100 Black Angus cat¬
tle thereon a beautiful sight. A
Negro youth, who opened the
gates for the tour, was said to
have been the only worker in
evidence even on such a big pro
duction.
The farmers themselves were in
somewhat general agreement that
they did not know and could
hardly believe their own eyes that
corn and pasture possibilities in
the county are as great as they
have been demonstrated in such
a practical way to be. The tour
not only gave the farmers new in¬
spiration and new ideas but a
great deal of added faith and con
fidence in their own potentialities,
-
Miss Nancy Perkins is spend
ing several days in Tallahassee,
Fla., with her grandmother, Mrs.
J. J. Blanton.
The Official Organ of Grady Coilnty.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY AUGUST 5. 1949.
Grady's First- Bale
Cotton Is Ginned
Grady’s first bale of cotton for
the 1949-50 season was ginned in
Cairo Tuesday by the Farmers
Peanut Co. The cotton was grown
by Edgar Burgess on the P. o.
“
purchased by the Farmers Pea
nut Co > at a premium price of
35 cents P er P ound - bein S classed
as middling, and weighing 503 lbs.
The number of acres planted in
cotton in Grady county this year
is much more than has been
planted in some time, and the
crop is considered generally good,
but the continued rain and show¬
ers is expected to cut the yield.
New Pecan Pad
Is Explained
Referendum Soon
On Important
Proposal
i A proposed market¬
pecan crop
ing agreement, of major import¬
ance to thu vast pecan industry,
in whch Grady is a larger produc¬
ing county, was explained by of¬
ficials of the co-operating state
! and Federal agencies at a meet¬
j ing at the Courthouse here Wed¬
nesday morning of pecan growers
and handlers in Decatur, Grady
and Seminole counties.
It was one of a series of such
meetings to explain to the grow¬
ers the terms of the proposal,
which will be voted on by the
j growers in a referendum soon,
j tentatively set for the week of
August 21st. Ballots with ex¬
planations will be mailed to all
known growers and about a week
will be allowed for ballots to be
mailed in. Growers not receiving
ballots may procure one from the
office of the County Agent.
County Agt. S. E. George open¬
ed the meeting here and called
on Dist. Agent J. C. Richardson,
Albany, to state its purpose. Mr.
Richardson called on C. G. Garn¬
er, Athens, Extension Service
marketing specialist, for a gener¬
al statement. The proposed mar¬
keting agreement was then ex¬
plained in detail by E. E. Pinks¬
ton, of the Atlanta area office of
the Production and Marketing
Administration.
All speakers urged a full vote
by growers, two-thirds of whom
must approve it for it to become
operative. They declined to en¬
dorse it, but, in answer to an in¬
quiry, Mr. Pinkston said the pro¬
posal is quite similar to the mar¬
keting agreement for peach grow¬
ers “which the peach growers
would not do without,” they hav¬
ing recently approved continu¬
ance with a favorable vote of
95.5 percent.
The porposed agreement is de¬
signed to provide better market¬
ing of pecans to stabilize the mar¬
ket. Basically, it requires that
pecans below U. S. commerical
grade (with a minimum of 65 per¬
cent sound No. 1 nuts) not be per¬
mitted to go into established mar¬
ket channels outside the south¬
eastern producing area.
If approved in the referendum,
the agreement provides for a mar¬
keting committee of nine produc¬
ers (four from Georgia) to be
elected to administer the market¬
ing program, along with an ad¬
visory council on which handlers
will be represented. Only un¬
shelled pecans are covered and
price supports are not now a part
of the program. Cost of the pro¬
gram, except for inspectors, will
be borne by a small levy on hand¬
lers in accordance with volume
of pecans handled.
Inspections will be provided for
all growers who desire them but
will be required on all except
small lots shipped outside the
southeastern pecan producing
area. Federal-state inspectors
will be paid actual costs, estimated
at not more than a cent a pound,
Speakers pointed out that the
(Continued on page four)
SIXTEEN PAGES
School Opens
September 1st.
Bus Drivers Will
Get Raise; Other
School Facts
The Grady County Board of
Education held its regular month¬
ly meeting Tuesday with the fol¬
lowing members present: Henry
Hester, Chairman, W. C. Lane,
R. E. Stringer, R. L. Ferrell and
E. H. Herring.
From this meeting the Board
would like to pass on to parents,
principals and teachers some im¬
portant information.
On Ivionaay, August 29, at
eight-thirty A. M. all teachers
and principals will report for
duty. On Thursday September 1,
school will officially begin for
all white and colored schools of
this county. School buses will
make regular runs on that day
and all boys and girls are expect¬
ed to report one hundred percent.
Boys and girls reporting for
school for the first time must
have reached their sixth birthday
on or before November 1 and
upon entrance they must submit
a birth certificate.
The Board voted not to observe
Labor Day as a school holiday
this year, therefore the Board
expects all boys and girls to be
in school Labor Day.
The Board would like to pass
out some information for school
bus drivers. Monday of this week
the Board of Education was offi¬
cially notified from the State De¬
partment of Education that school
bus drivers would receive a
small salary increase for the
school year 1949-50, also the
Board of Education. They voted
to retain and operate all buses
at county expense therefore there
will be no buses for sale to pri¬
vate individuals at this time.
Commissioners
Set lax Rate
Funds fcar-Marked
For Forest- Fire
Control System
At the regular monthly meet¬
ing Tuesday of the Board of
i County Commissioners, most of
the time was taken up in fixing
the property tax rate for the year
1949, and determining how it
would be used. The tax levy
included 6 cents on each $100
worth of property to establish a
forest fire control unit, in co¬
operation with the state Forestry
Commission, which climaxes a
long effort by the Rotary Club
and other groups to inaugerate
such a program.
The levies include $1.58 on each
$100 worth of property (or 15.8
mills) subdivided as follows: 12
cents to pay administration ex¬
penses of the County government;
20 cents to pay expenses of the
courts; 10 cents for the maintain
ence and support of prisoners and
to pay the Sheriff; 9 cents to pay
the expenses of receiving and col¬
lecting the tax; 40 cents to build
and maintain roads and bridges;
5 cents to pay the salary and of¬
fice expenses of the County
Agricultural Agents; 5 cents for
the Cairo Public Library; 13
cents for the welfare dpartment;
2 cents for supporting the paupers
of the county; 13 cents for public
Health purposes; 10 cents to pro¬
vide medical and hospitalization
care for the indigent sick, in
accordance with the contract
with Grady County Hospital
Authority; 8 cents to build, main¬
tain, and repair the courthouse,
jails and other public buildings; 5
cents to pay any other lawful
charges against the county not
specifically provided for in this
levy; and 6 cents to establish and
maintain a Forest fire control
system in the county.
(Continued on page four)
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT!
FAT CALF SHOW, SALE AUG. 23
GETTING FINAL PREPARATIONS
Committee To Seek To Care Better
For Spectators; Buyers Invited
Cattle, Hogs
Unchanged
Feeder Pigs In
Less Demand
Livestock prices remained about
the same at the weekly auction
here Tuesday, the market man¬
agement reported.
Feeder pigs, which have been
in unusual demand recently, de¬
veloped a bit less spirited bidding,
with a top price of 23c a pound.
No. 1 hogs sold for 22c a pound.
Butcher hogs ranged from 18c to
20c a pound.
Cattle prices were almost ex¬
actly the same as last week, grade
for grade.
Ccundl Hears
Gas Proposal
Reports Taxable
City Property At
$5,848,574.00
The City Council in regular ses
sion Monday night spent most of
the time listening to a discussion
by Ray Littrell, natural gas engi
neer, about the prospective gas
for this area, which is now pend¬
ing before the Federal Power
Commission.
Mr. Littrell, who has agree¬
ments with a number of munici¬
palities in this Section, proposed
that the City employ him to make
a survey of the proposed natural
gas for Cairo, which would de¬
termine the size of the plant
needed, how much it would cost,
in which he would work out a
plan for financing it, sell the cer¬
tificates, and handle all the de¬
tails. The Council, realizing the
necessity of having someone who
knew the natural gas situation,
took his proposal under advise¬
ment, and is now studying it.
The Council unanimously de¬
clared its approval of the applica¬
tion of Atlantic Gulf Gas Com¬
pany, now pending before the
Federal Power Commission, for a
certificate of convenience and
necessity to supply natural gas
to this city, and other municipal¬
ities of this area.
(Continued on page four)
Taxpayers Are Now Feeling
Effect Of Special Session
Old-Age Pensions To Be Restored
To $50 A Month, Governor Says
The extra session of the Georgia
legislature is over and taxpayers
have begun to feel the effect
its labors. Immediately after the
lawmakers adjourned at 4:50 p.
m. last Thursday, Gov. Talmadge
announced that old age pensions
again will receive a maximum
payment of $50 a month effective
in September.
The lawmakers wound up on
their ninth working day, and
talmadge signed on Monday the
four new tax measures they pass
ed at his request.
The new taxes became effec¬
tive at once, but it may be a few
days before some of them begin
to nick the taxpayers’ pocket
books.
A one cent a gallon upping in
gasoline tax probably will be
levied at the retail level without
delay. A two-cent hike per pack¬
age of cigarettes and per bottle
of beer will fall at the wholesale
level, but is already being added
to the retail price.
A boost from 5 1-2 to 7 per cent
NUMBER 30.
The big annual Fat Calf Show
and Sale Here, set for Tuesday,
August 23rd, is getting final pre¬
parations by the committee, which
always finds the attraction a big
job.
The sponsoring Chamber ot
Commerce committee, of which
Early Gandy is chairman, is work¬
ing out plans to better accomodate
spectators at the show, since the
event is primarily an educational
attraction. Show pens are to be
arranged this year southwest of
the Cairo Livestock Auction Co.
barn where more room for spec¬
tators will be provided. A public
address system will carry to the
spectators all details of the judg¬
ing, with explanations form the
judges as to why certain calves
are chosen, and other interesting
information thereon. All live¬
stock producers and their boys
are urged to attend.
A pasture and feed demonstra¬
tion is also planned in connection
with the show, which will open
promptly at 10 a. m. The first
event will be the FFA 4-H Club
grooming and showmanship com¬
petition. Then the judging for
the three classes (as outlined in an
ad elsewhere in this issue) will
proceed. Efforts will also be
made to have the prize calves
packed-graded for the informa
j j tion Ralph of the spectators, Williams,
O. Ga. Extens
ion Service Livestock Specialist
at Tifton, will be one of the judges
and will also be the speaker for
the “Fat Calf Day” program at
the Cairo Kiwanis Club luncheon
meeting at noon.
The sale will begin at 2 p. m. '
Invitations to more than a score
of special buyers to attend the
sale went out this week. The
sale will be open to all cattle, in
addition to show calves, and pro¬
ducers with cattle to sell should
find an excellent market here
that day, particularly.
Chairman Gandy has named
the following subcommittees to
make final preparations for the
show and sale:
To raise prize money from
Cairo and Whigham business con¬
cerns, M. L. Mayes, chairman, S.
E. George, Early Gandy; to re¬
ceive show calves (which must be
at barn by 9 a. m. day of sale):
R. L. Williams, chairman, S. E.
George, Harold Daniels, Cecil
Crew, J. D. Lewis, H. R. Madison
(with FFA and 4-H Club leaders
certifying eligibility of youth en
(Continued on page four)
| in corporation income taxes will
i apply on all 1949 earnings. It
will not he collected until next
year.
The Governor also raised the
warehouse fee on liquor $1 a gal¬
lon. Many dealers have laid in
a heavy stock in anticipation of
this increase and either they or
their customers may benefit tem
j porarily from their foresight,
All the new money-raising
taxes is calculated to produce
about $21,000,000 annually which
Talmadge in his call for the ses¬
sion, explained is urgently needed
for schools, roads, health and wel¬
fare services.
The legislators amended the ap¬
propriation bill to provide for the
spending of the money. The
amendments, however, give the
governor considerable leeway in
the fund distribution.
A month after the next taxes
fall, some 17,000 old pensioners
will have a May cut restored and
their payments put back at $50 a
month.