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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
A YEAR, in advance.
rCLUME XLVI.
chool Faculty
iimounced
13 New Teachers
Join Cairo Staff,
Supt. Reveals
j H. House, Supt. of the Cairo
tblic Schools, this week an¬
ounced the complete faculty for
1940-50 school term, which
le Sept. 1st., for
E „: ns Thursday,
ifwhite and colored schools in
rradv County.
For the Cairo High School, the
m 0W ing teachers will comprise
le faculty: R. C. Hogan, Prin
ipal and Math; Miss Sarah Camp,
[ath; Mrs. Bob Wight, Math;
|iss Pearl Belcher, Math; Miss
to ces Mills, English; Mrs. Lloyd
[odwin, English; Mrs. G. L.
Lrthy, Lie, English; Miss Nunnally, Adolyn
English; Jerry
[atural Science and Assistant
btural Science;
bch; Miss Constance Kinsler,
|Miss Anne Weis, Social Science;
[ rs Jim Honey, Social Science,
.
[arion Wright, Social Science
(id Assistant Coach; II. R. Madi
L Vocational Agriculture; Mrs.
Marshall Neff, Home Economics;
Its. R. D. Dyson, Home Econom
|s; Miss Marie Miller, Foreign
anguages and Bible; Wh Mug
Hdge, Industrial Arts, D. C. T.;
[iss Helen Holloway, Commer
ial and Typing; J. P. Miller,
}ead Coach, Physical Education,
iealth and Safety; W. T. Verran,
and; and Mrs. Lena Jo Chamb
rs, Librarian.
Northside School
R. A. Bowen, Principal; Mrs.
;. R. Madison, Miss Marguerite
[atthc'.s, Mrs. Guy Nicholson,
[iss Irene Hurst, Mrs. A. L.
oimes, Mrs. Louisa Sheehy, Mrs.
sderick Hester. Miss Myrtice
avis, and Mrs. T. W. Kennedy.
Southside School
Mrs. E. M. Gainey, Principal,
fcs Marjorie Nichols, Miss Vir
inia Lawson, Miss Mary Alice
;urst, Mrs. A. C. Dickey, Mrs.
rank Smith, Miss Elizabeth
'avis, Miss Ludell Barrineau,
liss Ruth Belcher, Miss Myrtice
xline, Miss Hazel Williams, Mrs.
• B. Peters, and Mrs. Mildred
[aylock.
Special Teachers
Miss Marian Lewis, Piano and
>ice; Mrs. R. L. Van Landing
im > Speech and dramatics.
New Teachers
the following teachers are new
' the Cairo Schools: Miss Frances
ills of Albany, a graduate of
fercer University. Mr. Jerry
unnalh’ of Athens, graduate of
le University of Georgia, and for
le Past three years taught
cience and served as Backfield
® ch in the Athens High School.
Mrs. Ji m Honey, a graduate of
’• s - C. W„ Mr. Martin Wright,
Waycross, a graduate of Ers
f thens, College, J. p. Miller of
radua new head coach, is a
te of the University of
(*°rgia, and also has his Master’s
r‘ ee there. He formerly
Ught and coached at Pensacola,
ft ‘ rs Manc Lena hester, Jo Chambers and Waycross.
°J G S. a grad
r - C. W. For the past
• a Fears she has been librar
f pquitt. at Miller County High in
iMiss Majorie Nichols of Shell
.* Ga., is a graduate of G. S.
C„ Valdosta. Miss Virigina
1Ws on Climax is
p Georgia a graduate
a !esboro. Teachers College,
iUrst Miss Mary Alice
.
.
U 0 is com P ietm g her
at ft ,*
“‘taiied Williams of Whig
Andrew College
to ‘ C w For the past
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be “ on the
arj City Schools.
tno and an Lewis, of Quitman,
>nor voice teacher, is an
graduate of Wesleyan
^tory, |j Macon. Mrs. Mil
adt m Gr aS taught the first
a and Decatur
n ^es f or
a numb f years,
C. college training
Mrs. 1 '
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Th» Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
SIXTEEN PAGES
Tent Revival
Set Aug. 28
Methodists To
Sponsor It
Rev. William Hinson, the new
home mission pastor of the First
Methodist Church here, announc
ed plans this week for a tent re¬
vival to be held in Cairo beginn¬
ing Sunday, Aug. 28th., to con
tinue nightly for 10 days or two j
weeks. The revival will be in¬
ter-denominational but will be
sponsored by Methodist pastors
here and throughout this area,
with all co-operating.
Guest preacher for the first
week, at least, will be the Rev.
W. A. (Bill) Kelly, of Valdosta,
the conference evangelist. The
song leader and music teacher will
be Dan Hooks, who works regu¬
larly with Rev. Mr. Kelly. The
latter would make his talents
available in advance of the ser¬
vices to those who desire general
instruction in music and singing, j
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r ' e y no * rema i n I° r
entire . series Methodist
ie pas
tors at Pelham, Thomasville and
other places in the area will join
the campaign. Services will be]
only at night except on Sundays.
PeopJe of the entire area will be
invited to attend.
It will be the first tent revival
of its kind here in several years
and much interest therein is an¬
ticipated. The site and other de¬
tails will be announced later.
30-Car Motorcade i
Of Klansmen Pass
Through Cairo
A motorcade of from 25 to 30 j
cars, filled with white-robed i
alleged Klansmen passed quietly I
up through Broad Street here last 1
Saturday night about 9:00 o’clock. I
'
Observers along the street said
the automobiles carried license
plates from Florida, Alabama, and
Georgia, none of which were cov¬
ered. The Klansmen had on
their white robes, but most had
the part that covers the face
pushed back, so that their faces
could be seen.
The lead car carried a cross
on the front, lighted with red
electric bulbs. The parade was
unscheduled but orderly, and
rode through without any dis¬
turbance or incident.
As near as could be ascertained
from various reports, the motor¬
cade came into Cairo from the
Tallahassee Highway, down Se¬
cond Avenue by the Grady Coun¬
ty Hospital, crossed Broad and
went over into Booker Hill. From
there they came back into Broad
Street by way of First Avenue,
S. W., by the depot, and continued
on up North Broad.
Although the Messenger has
no exact information, it was be¬
lieved by many that the same
motorcade showed up later the
same night in Thomasville, where
they drove through the main
section of town, and around mid¬
night burned a cross there. A lit¬
tle later, early Sunday morning,
a group of about the same num¬
ber of cars entered Iron City,
where they were met with a
warm welcome — bullets and
buckshot.
It was reported that the robed
figues disliked this kind of wel¬
coming committee so much that
at least one of the cars fled into
Alabama at the rate of 100 miles
an hour.
So far as is known, there has
been little activity and no vio¬
lence connected with the Klan
in Grady County. i
Prices |
Livestock
Steady, Unchanged
Prices on both cattle and hogs
were steady and unchanged at
Tuesday’s sale at Cairo Livestock
Auction Co.
*The market is making special
preparations for the annual Fat j
Calf Show and Sale on Aug. 23rd. j
__ i
Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Isler, of
Meigs, were among the visitors
in Cairo for the day Tuesday.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. 1949.
Cairo F. F. A. Is
Awarded Plaque
H. R. Madison Wins
E ee A Trir» ’*P' ■Of 1 rilS U •
Olltstanding Work
_ . _ A _ Fai
aaio u m o mers last week
were awarded a plaque for
ing the most outstanding FFA
chapter in Southwest Georgia.
The plaque was presented at the
2ilst annual state FFA
by T. H. Bonner, director of the
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bu¬
reau which sponsors the chapter
achievement contest.
As a result of the outstanding
work done by the chapter, H. R.
Madison teacher of vocational ag¬
riculture at Cairo high school,
will receive an expense-paid trip
to the national FFA convention
in Kansas City, Mo., October 10-
13
Chapters from other
districts in the state which re
ce j vec j similar recognition were
Waverly Ha ll, Rabun G and
Baxley
In pres6nting the award, Mr.
Bonner gave the on the
work of the Cairo ehapter .
“The Cair0 chapter has 82 ac _
tive, 17 associate and four honor¬
ary members. Of the active mem¬
bers, 48 are Junior Farmers and
ten are Georgia Planters. This
alone is evidence that the boys are
growing into farming. In fact,
they have an average investment
in farming of slightly over $ 200 .
These 72 boys cultivate a total of
379 acres, and every one of them
^ as l eas t one cash crop plus
improvement and supplementary
Projects.
“ The record of cooperation by
these boys at Cairo is remark
able. Forty-six members bought
shrubbery with which to land
scape their homes, 59 bought fer
tilizer for their corn, 16 purehas
ed purebred livestock—and all of
these were cooperative purehas
es. The chapter has cooperated
with the Kiwanis and Rotary
olubs, Chamber of Commerce and
the Farm Bureau in shows, con
tests, crop improvement work and
in the promotion of a better for
estry program.
“This chapter had the national
FFA president speak at its father
son banquet. To provide leader¬
ship training. The Cairo chapter
held a training course in parlia
mentary procedure, had 17 boys
participate in the public speaking
contest, 12 in the quartet com¬
petition, 17 showed calves in the
Grady county fat calf show and
ten had hogs in the fat hog show.
“To improve its community,
the members repaired and re¬
conditioned farm machinery as a
group activity conducted a chapel
program on f arm safety, carried
on an organization program for
the eradication of fleas, cattle
lice, mosquitoes, and flies and
46 members landscaped their
home grounds and 14 painted
their homes. In addition to their
father-son banquet, the chapter
had recreational programs which
included picnics, motion pictures,
baseball and basketball games, j
“Cairo sent delegates to the
state convention and rally, and
last year provided the drum
major—Fred Carter—for the na¬
tional FFA band.”
New Radio Station
Official Visitor
W. C. Woodall, Jr., manager of
Raido Station WDWD, Dawson,
who is associated in the Grady
Mitchell Broadcasting Co., Inc.,
which proposes a new radio sta¬
tion of 1,000 watts power here,
was a visitor here Monday.
He prepared to submit plans for
the studio building to local con
tractors for bids in anticipation of
approval of a Federal Corn
munications Commission permit
to build the station here. If the
is granted shortly as hope
for, the station should be ready to
go on the air by late October, it
said.
Baptist Revival
Leader Speaker At
Kiwanis Meeting
Perry Ginn, a University of
Georgia student who is guest
P rea c her for the annual Youth
Reveval at First Baptis Church
here this week, was the interest
ing speaker at Cairo Kiwanis Club
j Tuesday. The church pastor, Rev.
< R | G Perry, Jr., was program
chairman, with Pres. J. Norwood
j Clark Mr. Ginn presiding, inspired his hearers
I with his talk stressing the fact
| that belief in God and the dignity
I of the individual must continue
as the basic factor of civic and
social progress, and the American
democracy, if peace and security
and defense against atomic de¬
struction are to be assured. He
praised the local recreation pro¬
gram as a worthwhile develop¬
ment process for “our citizens of
tomorrow.”
Wright Gellerstedt, who is lead¬
ing the revival devotions, was
presented. Lewis Smith, church
music director for the summer,
presented a vocal solo with his
own piano accompaniment.
Guests included Kiwanians Car
ey Ragsdale, Albany, and Dewey
Gnner Griner ’ Ray Ray Stephens Stcphens and A1
Stringer, Thomasville.
Bids Sought On 3
Bridoes Here
Hawthorn Trail's
Bridge In Aug.
26 Group
Legal advertisements starting
in this issue of The Messenger
reveal that the State Highway
Department is seeking bids Aug.
26th on three highway bridges
directly affecting this county,
Two of the projects had been
anticipated, since they were with
drawn from a recent letting at
the last hour because engineers
said specifications should be re
vised to provide more water ca
pacity. These are the projects at
Gin creek, three miles north of
Cairo on State Rt. 93 linking
Cairo and Pelham; and at Bar¬
nett’s creek at the Grady-Mitchell
county line on the same highway.
Both were flood-damaged.
An additional project, which
will be greatly welcomed here, is
that for the bridge at what is
commonly known as Sapp Mill
creek four miles, north of Cairo
on State Rt. 112 linking Cairo and
Camilla. This project will in¬
clude the bridge and paved ap¬
proaches. It revives hopes of
early award of contracts for the
completion of the surfacing on
the Cairo-Camilla Hawthorn
Trail, the Mitchell county end
having its final surfacing nearing
completion. An old Cecil H.
Dunn Construction Co., contract
for regrading and surfacing of
about five miles northward from
Cairo has been hanging fire with¬
out work thereon for months and
repeated promises have come
from various officials to various
local leaders that this contract
would be completed this summer.
The latest promises of “resump
tion within 10 days” expired
some two weeks ago.
Meanwhile contractors prepar¬
ed this week to begin work on
rebuilding the flood-damaged
bridge at Big Creek on State Rt.
Ill linking Cairo, Calvary and
Havana. Scott Construction Co.
has the bridge contract and has
sublet the grading to John Mono
ghan, Inc. A short detour bridge
is to be built there to avoid neces
sity for a long detour.
The contractor is also at work
completing the surfacing on the
Cairo-Meigs link of State Rt. 111.
This link has been 1 closed to
through travel while the work is
being finished there.
Mrs. Robert Dyson plans to at¬
tend a short course for home eco¬
nomics instructors at the Univer¬
sity of Georgia, Athens, next
week.
SIXTEEN PAGES
"Triple G" Club
Has Supper
Annual Chicken
Feasf Greatly
Enjoyed
“Triple G” (“Grady Go-Gett¬
ers”) 4-H Club, the community
group serving the Pine Park com¬
munity and some adjacent areas
in the eastern part of Grady Coun¬
ty, staged its big annual party
Tuesday night — a delightful
chicken supper which was served
to some 300 members and guests.
The abundant hospitality for
which this club and area are noted
was never more in evidence as
great pans of hot fried chicken
and chicken pilau—and every¬
thing else to be desired in the
way of good food—were lavished
upon the throng, leaving a large
portion to be taken home.
The supper was served just
about sunset on the beautiful
grounds of the club’s splendid
club-house and the group then
assembled in the building for an
intresting and inspiring program,
with club officers handling it like
veterans. A program prelude was
the spontaneous group singing of
“Happy Birthday” for County
Agent S. E. George, who, with
Miss Myrtle Walters, Home Dem.
Agent, and Mr. George’s assistant,
Harold Daniels, provide leader¬
ship for the 4-H Clubbers, along
with the club advisers: Mesdames
Ed More, N. W. Stanfill, Mack
Stringer and D. P. Ward and Earn
Gandy, Alton Hall, W. A. Lundy
and A. L. Rawls.
The club president, Chai'es
Ward, opened the program w.ch •
the 4-H pledge and appropriate
words of welcome. Chamber of
Commerce Mgr. Louis A. Powell
responded with words of praise
for the fine hospitality and com¬
munity spirit exemplified. Beth
Stanfill gave the devotional and
Dorothy Brown sang the national
4-H Club song, “Dreaming”. Billy
Stringer, a past club president,
reviewed briefly some of the
club’s outstanding achievements.
The club had 14 contestants in
the Southwest Georgia district
achievement meet at Americus
and five won first places, with
state competition a few years ago,
carried out numerous projects,
including grounds improvement
and shrubbery planting at com¬
munity churches, planting of
Arizona pines for Christmas trees,
club grounds and club-house im¬
provements, entertainment of
Cairo Kiwanis Club at a luncheon
meeting with proceeds used to
purchase a public address systenl
for the club, a Sunday 4-H Club
program at one of the churches,
a 4-H Club exhibit in Cairo, and
provided many entries in Co.
Home Dem. Council flower show,
in addition to countless projects
of individual members.
Officers of the club, in addition
to President Ward, are Mary Hall,
girls’ vice-president; Jimmy Bro¬
okins, boys’ vice-president; Emo
gene Strickland, secretary; Walter
Lundy, treasurer; and Beth stan¬
fill, reporter.
An oustanding feature of the
program was the rural electrifi¬
cation demonstration by Mary Hall
which won district honors and
should win the state competition
later. It was a most instructive
demonstration in ironing men’s
shirts. Various kinds of irons that
might be used were explained, the
value of the right kind of sprinkl¬
ing was emphasized and many
short cuts to make the job easier
and the results better were includ
ed.
The major item on the program
was the address by C. Lloyd Con¬
nell, county school superintend
dent, who was presented by Mr.
George. The school leader stres¬
sed the need for conservation of
both human and natural resour¬
ces God has given us without con¬
serving and improving them in
such a manner that they can serve
later generations even better.”
The program closed with the
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GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS.
JUDGE J.M.C. TOWNSEND TAKES
BOLD STAND AGAINST MOBSTERS
Cairo Coach Sets
Date, Football
Training Camp
Coach J. P. Miller announced
plans this week for a two-weeks
football camp to be held near
Thomasville, for members of the
Cairo team this year. Candidates
for the team who are planning to
attend the camp are urged to
read the following instructions.
All candidates will meet in
front of the High School on Sun¬
day evening August 21, at 7:00 p.
m. Buses will be there to trans¬
port players to camp.
On Saturday, August 27, buses
will be standing by to return the
boys to Cairo for the week-end.
Sunday evening, Aug. 28th.,
they will again meet at the High
School and go back to camp for
a few more days of concentrated
football training and condition¬
ing. Final drills will be held on
Wednesday, Aug. 31, after which
the players will return to Cairo
in good condition for classes,
which begin Sept. 1st.
Letters of instructions are be¬
sent out to all known pros¬
who will be in the nineth
or higher during the coming
If there are any boys who
not receive letters, they are
to contact Coach Miller or
House.
Ca c High Band
F ee?rears ires On
AUCJUft’ 2Sth
Since school opens on Thursday,
1st this fall, the Cairo High
Band will reorganize and
rehearsing the previous
Thursday, August 25th, at
band building at 10:00 A. M.
This is necessary, said Major
because of the fact
the Cairo -football sea¬
opens before any of the
schools. Of neces¬
several days are lost from
practice for the issuance
instruments, music, and uni¬
and therefore the band be¬
practicing before school
Practically all of the
used this fall will be new
and much rehearsing will
needed for this reason.
If all band members who will
back in school this year re¬
the band the Cairo musical
will be larger and better
a tany previous time in the
of the year. The balance of
should be good for
marching band, the experience
the oldc" members will help
the organization, and
band should appear to advan¬
during the football season,
of the older members have
secured their instruments
practice, a few have studied
time to time during the
and a high degree of
is already being shown for
coming year.
Several new members should
their places in the band be
the football season is very old.
new member, Tommy White
drums, will open with the band,
Verran announces that six
will be used with
marching band. Three new
will take their places
front of the crack unit when
takes the field at the opening
Bussey, and the Rey¬
twins, Jane and June. The
experienced majorettes
be back in their places again
Harrison, Anne Verran,
Dot Barineau. New uni¬
will grace the figures of
six girls.
All members who will be back
school are urged to be present
the first rehearsal, to secure
instruments and music and
back in practice for a most
year.
REMEMBER: Thursday, Au¬
25th, 10:00 o’clock in the
at the band building.
accordingly.
NUMBER 31.
Tells Rotarians
Of Americanism
Noted Jurist Says
"Bill Of Rights"
Is For Every Man
Judge J. M. C. (Red) Townsend,
member of the Sitate Court of Ap¬
peals, delivered a stirring and
forthright address on American¬
ism here Wednesday at the week¬
ly luncheon meeting of the Rotary
Club in the Citizens Cafe.
The prominent and well-known
jurist, who hrs been mentioned as
a possible candidate for governor
next year, was introduced by
Editor H. H. Wind. Fred Rod
denberry, President, presided.
Many prominent lawyers of this
area were on hand to hear the
judge.
In his talk, the Judge outlined
details of the founding of this
country, from the time the pil¬
grims set foot on the continent up
until now. Every colony, he
pointed out, that settled along the
seaboard came there looking for
freedom—freedom of religion, and
a place where they could throw
off the yoke of oppressive govern¬
ment.
Then came the revolutionary
war, which was fought to gain in¬
dependence and liberty in this
country. After this war came the
• constitution, including these free¬
doms set out in the first ten
amendments consisting of our Bill
of Rights.
This Bill of Rights Judge
Towsend emphasized, guarantees
freedom of the press, free speech,
freedom of religion, the right of
peaceful assembly, protects peo¬
ple from illegal searches, cruel
and unusual punishment, and
guarantees fair and impartial
trials.
“The point to remember here,”
he said, “is this: these people who
came and settled this country
seeking these freedoms, which
they gained, were people of every
nationality and every religion—
Catholics, Protestants, and Jews.
All of them settled in colonies,
and all made their contributions
to the nation. And any organiza¬
tion which sets about to stir up
strife and hatred between relig¬
ions or races is subversive and
unamerican.”
“When we salute the flag,” the
jurist declared, we say: I pledge
allegiance to the flag of the Unit¬
ed States, and the Republic for
which it stands; one nation, in
divisable, with liberty and justice
for all.”
“This means liberty and justice
for all, not just some people. It
takes all of these different peo¬
ples and races to make this one
nation. And let me repeat: any
organization or group that preach¬
es or believes anything contrary
to this is subversive, dangerous,
and unamerican. They seek to
undermine the principles upon
which our nation is based. They
seek to destroy the principles and
laws that have given us the lib¬
erty and fredom which we have
enjoyed in this great country.’'
The Judge then related a situa¬
tion that he recently encountered
in his home town, Trenton, Dade
County, in North Georgia. He
said there was a neighborhood of
Negroes, living on their own
farms, all minded their own busi¬
ness and were well-respected.
Then some White people built
homes near-by, and wanted the
Negroes to move, although that
had been the Negroes’ homes
since they were freed from slav¬
ery.
The sheriff of Dade County,
Judge Townsend said, and his
deputies led a group of “hooded
mobsters” to the Negro commun¬
ity, and took eight of them out
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