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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
50.52 A YEAR/ IN ADVANCE.
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volume XL VI.
jBlUEBERRY PROCESSING PLANT
WILL OPEN HERE NEXT WEEK
[loSfar! 10 Employees With
Many Find Juices
Good As Food And
Medicinal Use
Mrs. M. S. Goll, the moving
Lit Lets behind Mar-Gol Health Pro
Lnday Corporation, is opening next
cessing a blueberry juice pro¬
plant in the Carol build
png Lpo here, formery occupied by
Gas Company, which holds
(promise of helping this area in
L commercial way, as well as
peaching out to the four corners
l the world to bring better
health [ to ailing humanity.
In the beginning the new busi¬
ness will employ about 20 people,
Mrs. Goll said, and will be occup¬
ied with blueberries, for which the
Company already has contracts
kith locality. a number of growers in this
The plant will be in
[operation about eight or nine
[months [for expanding a year. later They into have the plans
pro¬
cessing vatives, and distribution of preser¬
jellies, and jams, and,
thus creating a market locally for
pears and grapes.
Mrs. Goll, who has recently
hoved here from Crestview, Fla.,
end resides in Southern Terrace
Estates, has been experimenting
pith her blueberry juice formula
for twelve years, and says it is
pill plthough in an experimental stage,
several pharmaceutical
Bouses have also been trying
kvithout success to perfect the
formula.
Copyrighted under the name
'Roberta Blueberry Juice”, and
M up in 16 oz. and Vz gal¬
lon bottles, it has been distribut
ed to indivduals all over the
United States for several years.
[Though the Juice has never been
advertised, news of its nutritional
and medicinal value has gotten
Jiound to many enthusastic users
by word of mouth. The company
Bow has plans to advertise it in
Ihe near future, and thus give
it a much wider distribution.
^e now only claim for the
blueberry juice a very high nutri¬
tional and food value,” Mrs. Goll
Pid, “but soon it will be pro
laimed for its medicinal use.
The juice contains forms of cal
ium , phosphorous, sodium, pot
ssium, titanium, silicon, mag
l ®um, copper, ii'on, lead alum
” um k° r °n, and the greatest of
’
* manganese.
Scientific experiments testing
lluebe rry juice as a medicine
f 1 years e oeen toing on for a number
now, and Mrs. Goll has
1 er possession letter from
a
n eminent doctor, suffering from
f. 1 llV) etes ’ who had given up hope
ng- With the use of blue
eri ” v ' l u ' ce he has been able to
i
Continue completely the use of
yilm, ‘Wght him and now claims it has
thers back to good health,
have reported similar re¬
mits.
J in! b N ‘ s area of Southwest Georgia
° rthwest Florida has the
( b Ueberries
hr H ’” Mrs - Go11 de -
,,. The Roberta Blueberry
r , Is P roc essed
rj,. 4 from the bush
n »r be Rabbit biue
- eye -
'Wage grows to best ad
i n this particular area
^ouse of the cosmic action
*** from re
iolet the intense ultra
coupled with In-Fra Red
feu l ming fr ° m the h dt sun of
n rg .
«rrip ff fr t' °m * a Northern and Florida. Blue
states do
^ W r the same Purpose.
>hichtJ hi u’ erry f0Und and in the Rabbit
f leaf from
icial 3UlCe is made is bene
cobtls -
fealiy Rjf** « ’ which patholo
a th Rver,
Pancreaa * stomach,
Thp i, ’ and the spleen.
4*°* C blueberry I as a food
Plinv ne s as °l d as history,
mentions the use in his
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Oktni Mtmn r'i vr (■ i
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
SIXTEEN PAGES
Baptist Church
At Reno Rebuilt
Home-Coming Day
Is August 28th.,
Revival Starts
A new and modern Reno Bap¬
tist church has literally risen from
the ashes of the old wooden stru
ture which burned after being
struck iby lightening in February
1948.
The new church, made of brick
and valued in excess of $15,000,
was made possible through the
generous contributions of people
all over Grady County, from
every denomiration. A picture of
the new Reno Church will be
published in the Messenger in
the near future.
To commemorate the opening
of the new church, Sunday, Aug¬
ust 28th., has been designated as
Home-coming Day, when all
members, former members, and
the public generally has a special
invitation to be there. The
building committee especially
urged all those who contributed
and thereby made the building
possible to come and inspect it.
This day, August 28, will also
mark the opening of the sum¬
mer revival An elaborate pro¬
gram is being planned for the
day, which includes a picnic and
plenty of food for those who at¬
tend. Rev. N. G. Christopher, of
Whigham will deliver the ser
mon. Appropriate dedication
ceremonies will be held in the
near future
The new church is modern in
every respect and represents an
effort of which Reno and all of
Grady county may well be proud.
Its modern features include
florescent lighting, toilet facili¬
ties, a baptistery, and five Sunday
School rooms
The building committee report¬
ed that in the early efforts to
erect a new church it was not
believed possible to accomplish
this result in such a short time.
Only $1,500 is still owed on the
building which is ccnsidered
worth more than $15,000.
The committee, members and
friends of the Reno Baptist
Church, expressed sincere thanks
and appreciation to all those who
contributed, and thus made pos¬
sible this fine structure, which in
truth represents the combined ef¬
forts of Grady county citizens.
Hog Market In
Sharp Drop
No. Ones Down
To 18.70c Lb.
In a succession of the sharpest
price drops in months, the hog
market found No. l’s selling for
only 18.70c a pound at Cairo Live¬
stock Auction Company’s weekly
sale Tuesday. This was some 300
points below last week.
The breaks started just after
last week’s sale here and continu¬
ed throughout the nation. De¬
clines had been generally antici¬
pated but they came a bit earlier
and were more pronounced than
some had hoped for. Buyers have
said for some time that both cattle
and hoge prices were being held
up somewhat by artificial sup¬
port factors.
Cattle prices here Tuesday re¬
mained fairly steady to slightly
lower, with last week’s level
maintained, generally, but with
some weakness evidenced over
the nation.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Massey,
of Miami, Fla., were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Williams
herq Thursday; they are also visit-,
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Massey, in Miccosukie, Fla.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs. Billy McNeill ex¬
pect to leave during the weekend
for LaGrange where he will be
employed as a teacher in Troop
County and she will resume her
studies at LaGrange College.
Thrasher Raps
Georgia Voters
"Citizens Won't
Pay Fair Taxes"
State Auditor B. E. Tharsher,
Jr., last week blistered the people
of Georgia for letting their state
government go to pot.
The man who has been the
watchdog of the state’s finances
for the last eight years spoke to
Atlanta civic club members at a
luncheon sponsored by the Fulton
County Grand Jurors Associat¬
ion.
His speech was an indictment
against all Georgians for (1) not
taking an interest in their state
government and (2) not being
willing to pay fair taxes for the
state services they demand.
He declared:
1. People do not want “good,
honest, cold-blooded administra¬
tion” bad enough to work for it.
2. Citizens drive candidates to
the side of special interests.
Economy Not Answer
3. Economy does not hold the
answer to Georgia’s problems.
4. That the state tax system
must be revised to make more
people pay a fair share of taxes
for the benefits they get.
5. Administrations should not
be limited to four years in office.
6. Fulton county citizens, on an
individual citizen basis, do very
little more than those of rural
counties to finance their govern¬
ment.
7. Georgia cannot hope for
progress until the various civic
organizations band together and
sponsor a constructive program
for proper operation of govern¬
ment.
In a question-and-answer peri¬
od that followed his talk, Mr.
Thrasher declared that if Georgia
had better trained, better paid
and more efficient help, the state
could get rid of one-third of its
present 12,000 employes.
Mr. Thrasher began by telling
his civic club audience that any
business forced to operate as the
state is operated would be bank¬
rupt in a few months. He said the
state gets paid by only 30 per
cents of those who receive its ser¬
vices.
Sanctioned by Voters
“If the state is not getting a
dollar value for expenditures,” he
said, “it is caused by the vicious
system that the citizens have
sanctioned by your vote or your
failure to vote.”
Then he criticized his audience
and other Georgians for attempt¬
ing to be “nonpolitical.”
He said citizens look on govern¬
ment officials as “necessary evils.’
He said they let them get elected
the best way they can, reserve the
right to criticize, but not to offer
constructive suggestion.
He said this attitude on the part
of the mass of citizens drives all
candidates to the side of special
interests and they have to make
commitments to finance cam
paigns and get elected.
Mr. Thrasher challenged the be¬
lief that Fulton and the other
large counties pay most of the
state’s revenue. He cited a series
of comparisons to show that on a
per capita basis the individual
citizens of Fulton county pays
little more gasoline, income, or
other taxes than a rural county
resident.
In his replies during the ques¬
tioning period, Mr. Thrasher de¬
clared (1) the solution of Geor¬
gia’s tax problems lies in a sales
tax co-ordinated with an im
proved income tax; (2) that Ful¬
ton county is assessing property
at only about 35 per cent of true
value and most other counties
have far lower assessments; (3)
that the state should get out of
the property tax field; (4) that
“green” (untrained) employes
keep state operations from maxi
mum efficiency.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 19. 1949.
Tent Revival's
Plans Grow
Morning Services
At- Theater Set
Rev. Wm. J. Hinson here an¬
nounced this week that plans for
the Methodist-sponsored inter-de¬
nominational tent revival here to
begin Aug. 29th-Sept. 2nd at the
Zebulon theater with Rev. Shan¬
non Holloway, of Pelham, a native
of this county, as revival speaker.
Plans still call for the tent for
the night services beginning Sun¬
day night, Aug. 28th, and con¬
tinuing nightly there except Sat¬
urdays through Sept. 9th or 11th.
The tent will be pitched close-in
on the lot across the street inter¬
section northwestward from Cairo
Woman’s Club, with a big park¬
ing lot nearby just east of the
Courthouse. Guest preacher for
the first week of the night ser¬
vices, at least, will be Rev. W. A.
(Bill) Kelley, of Valdosta, the con¬
ference evangelist, with musiqal
features and singing in charge of
Dan Hooks. Rev. W. E. McTier,
of Thomasville, the district sup¬
erintendent, and other ministers
of the area, are expected to join
the effort. Detailed plans will be
announced in The Messenger next
week. The people of the entire
county are invited to attend all
of the services. The tent services
will begin at 8 p. m.
4-H Clubbers
At State Meet
Agents Go With
Six Youths
Six Grady county 4-H Clubbers
have been atending the annual
Georgia 4-H Club Congress at
Milledgeville this week. They
left early Tuesday and plan to re¬
turn home Friday or Saturday.
Delegates from the county have
included Misses Mary Hall and
Love Rehberg. Dorthy B rown
went as an official song leader.
Boys attending included Dennis
Lee and Leland Rawls.
Miss Myrtle Walters, home de¬
monstration agent, and County
Agent S. E. George accompanied
the clubbers to Athens.
Rotarians See Show,
How Communism
Takes A Country
Rotarians, at their weekly
luncheon Wednesday, were treat¬
ed to the showing of a most re¬
vealing movie, on “Methods (by
which Communism gains 1 control
of a nation.”
The show, presented by Johnny
Faulk, carripci a 'warning for all
Americans to be on the look-out
for symptoms that are spreading
in the world today.
Fred Roddenbery, Club Presi¬
dent, presided. Visitors includ¬
ed Fritz Roberts, L. B. Harvard,
Langdon Flowers, and John Ross,
all of Thomasville.
Theater Jackpot
Hits $210 Mark
The Zebulon Theater is having
a difficult time trying to give
away its Wednesday night jack¬
pot. The sum was $200 this week,
and will go to $210 next Wednes¬
day night.
The name drawn this week
was Murvine Burgess, of Route
2, Whigham. She was not in the
theater. The question that would
have been asked her, was: ‘Name
one make of automobile.”
Mrs. Calvin Taylor’s name was
drawn for the consolation prize—
$10 worth of groceries. This
prize is donated each by Bob’s
Grocery.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Carter, of
Russellville, Ala., were guest of
her sister, Mrs. J. W. Crapps, here
during the weekend; Miss Fred
Purcell, who has been visiting
Mrs. Crapps here for several
weeks, returned to Birmingham
with them.
SIXTEEN PAGES
Calf Show, Sale
Next , T Tuesday i
Spectators Will
Find Attraction
Worthwhile
The annual Grady County Fat
Calf Show and Sale, set next
Tuesday, Aug. 23rd, at Cairo
Livestock Auction Co. barn and
pens here, is expected to attract
60 or more entries for the show,
a large volume of other spring
calves and beef cattle for the sale
—and a record number of spec¬
tators who will find the attraction
quite worthwhile.
Early Gandy, chairman of the
sponsoring Chamber of Com¬
merce committee this week em¬
phasized that the show itself is
open to all producers in Grady
and adjoining counties; that the
sale is open to everybody, with
existing market conditions and
extra buyers affording an unusual
opportunity; and that plans are
complete to care for the specta¬
tors better than ever before. He
urges the attendance of all FFA
and 4-H Club members, their fa¬
thers, and all vet on-the-farm
trainees, with the public invited
to attend.
The pens for the show, opening
at 10 a. m., will be arranged im¬
mediately southwest of the barn
to provide more room. A public
address system will give the pro¬
ceedings to the spectators as the
judging progresses, enabling all
to understand why the judges
choose one calf over another.
Grooming and showmanship com¬
petition will be first, followed by
the 4-H Club-FFA 1 light and heavy
classes and the adult class. The
cash prizes therefor, with the
honors, are listed below.
Calves for the show must be at
the barn by 8:30 a. m. More de¬
tailed rules are contained in an ad
elsewhere in this paper. Judges
will be Ralph O. Williams, Ex¬
tension Service livestock specia¬
list at Tifton; and head buyers
for Armour & Co. and Georgia
Packing Co.
Mr| Williams will also be the
guest speaker for the Kiwanis
Club “Fat Calf Day” luncheon
program at Cairo Woman’s Club
between the show and the sale.
Club guests will also include the
judges and other prominent visi¬
tors, the top winners in the show,
the county’s vet teachers and
members of the committee.
An added feature of the show
sale will be a cattle feed and
pasture display near the sale
barn giving detailed information
on various feeds and pasture
crops. In connection with this
display those attending the show
and sale will have opportunity
to share in 15 bags of feed, valued
at more than $100, that will be
given away.
The sale will open at 2 p. m., or
shortly thereafter, and will cli
max the day’s events, with pre¬
mium prices expected for choice
beef animals. Two years ago
the grand champion brought
$60.25 per cwt. Last year the
grand champion sold for $40 per
cwt. Correspondingly lower prices
in line with market conditions are
anticipated next Tuesday.
The prize money sub-committee
this week found Cairo and Whig¬
ham business men most co¬
operative in providing the prize
money, those contacted not in¬
cluding, except in one or two
cases, those who donated prize
money for the companion Corn
Contest, announced some weeks
ago.
The prizes and donors for the
Fat Calf Show follow:
4-H Club-FFA Light Class
(calves up to 450 lbs.); 1st, Citi¬
zens Bank, $15; 2nd, Cairo Motor
& Tractor Co., $10; 3rd, Whig¬
ham Banking Co., $7.50; 4th, Jake
Poller, $5; 5th, Mizell Drug Co.,
$4.
4-H Club-FFA Heavy Class
(calves 450 to 800 lbs.): 1st, Cairo
Banking Co., $15; 2nd, Whitfield
(Continued on page four)
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENT;
NUMBER 32.
J. T. Steward Named
President- Bank Of
Ochlocknee
J. T. Steward was elected pre¬
sident of Bank of Ochlocknee at
the recent annual meeting of the
directors, succeeding W. H. Wurst,
wiho has held the position for
many years.
The directors made their choice
after Mr. Wurst announced his
retirement. R. D. Bulloch was
named vice president. A. E.
Speer will continue as cashire.
Mr. Wurst retains his position
on the Board of Directors.
An eight per cent dividend was
paid to stockholders and an unde¬
clared amount was passed to the
undivided profits account.
Legion Will Aid
NSLI Dividends
Blanks To Be At
Local Post For
Veterans' Use
All war veterans of Georgia
who have at any time held Na¬
tional Service Life Insurance are
promised full assistance of Am¬
erican Legion Posts throughout
the state in submitting applica
tions for the insurance dividend
that will'be distributed within the
next several months.
State Legion Commander
George Hearn of Monroe , has
disclosed that more than 300
Posts of th° organization, Iocat
ed in or near every community
in the state, have been asked
make complete plans for setting
up a system of distributing the
application forms to all veterans
whenever they are available. He
emphasized that ev.ery veteran in
the state who is eligible to re
ceive the dividend is urged to
call on local Legion Posts for the
blanks, and for any assistance
needed. Throughout the state,
the Commander said, Posts have
indicated their complete and en
thusiastic cooperation in this pro
gram of service to veterans.
Post No. 122
The Grady County Post No. 122
of the Legion at Cairo, will co¬
operate fully in assisting veter¬
ans of this area in submitting ap¬
plications for NSLI dividends.
This announcement has been
made by Post Commander Bob
Wight, who said that a definite
time and place for distributing
the applications forms will be an¬
nounced within the next two or
three weeks. The Commander
pointed dut that distribution of
the NSLI applications forms will
be a service of which every vet¬
eran in this area is encouraged
to take advantage.
State Commander Hearn said
the applioat'ens blanks will be in
the hands of all local pbsts around
September l. He pointed out
that a directive issued by Carl
R. Gray, Jr., Washington, D. C.,
Administrator of Veterans Affairs,
authorizes The American Legion
to handle distribution of the ap¬
plication forms
In order to be eligible for a
slice of the $2,000,000,000 insur¬
ance dividend, a veteran must
have carried National Service
Life Insurance for at least three
(3) months at any time since
NSLI went into effect on October
8, 1940. Payment will be made
on the period from effective date
of policy through anniversary
date of poliev in 1948.
American Legion Posts are sche¬
duled to receive some of the first
order application forms to be re¬
leased from the printer, accord¬
ing to Commander Hearn.
The Rev. Morrison, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church in Cli¬
max, and his wife, were visitors
here on Tuesday.
Mr. Harris Mitchell, who under¬
went an operation at Archbold
Hospital, Thomasville, recently,
had recovered sufficiently to re¬
turn to his home Tuesday.
C. of C. Meeting
Finds Progress
Directors Extend
Welcome To New
Industry
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce at their August meet¬
ing held Wednesday afternoon
heard reports of substantaii pro¬
gress of a number of major pro¬
jects. President W. E. Young
presided, with 14 directors pre¬
sent.
Mrs. Martha S. Goll, owner and
manager of Mar-Gol Health Pro¬
ducts Corp., an interesting new
industry here, announcement new
which appears elsewhere on this
page, was informally welcomed to
Cairo by the directors after she
appeared in person to reveal her
plans. The directors voted to
arrange an appropriate formal
'• welcome and expression of appre
, ciation later; and to pledge full
| support of the organization to
i ward development of her enter
| prise.
Mrs. Goll’s plans call for esta
‘ blishment of a sound local market
for blueberries, pears, blackber¬
ries and elderberries “now virtu¬
ally going to waste throughout
this area.” These products will be
utilized in manufacture of a wide
, range of health and fancy food
products at her plant now being
established here, with operations
scheduled to start next week. She
| is buying and storing as many
blueberries as possible of the pre¬
sent crop, not only from the
j groves in this area, but from the
p ensaco i a and Crestview areas of
and Georgia points as far
[ north as Griffin . G ne of her feat
j ^gd items, manufactured for
i several years with sizeable ex
p ans j on j n prospect, is a health
pro duct, blueberry juice proces
se d by a secret formula, which
bas been termed “almost a cure
; a ll’ by some happy users. She said
I owners of existing blueberry
j groves well in this improve county and and expand area
, may
their plantings; and that local
pears will also be used in large
quantities. In addition to her
i health‘products, other items in¬
clude conserves, jellies, jams and
preserves in variety made from
blueberries, pears, blackberries
and other such products.
Mrs. Goll Told the directors she
selected Cairo for the industry
(1) because of friendliness of the
people; (2) the favorable labor
factor; and (3) Cairo central loca¬
tion in the tri-state blueberry pro¬
ducing area.
To finance purchase of a high¬
speed camera for county-wide
promotional uses, and completion
of industrial briefs in considerable
quantity to carry forward the
broad industrial development in¬
vestigations recently inaugurated
on a broad scale, the directors vot¬
ed to sell one of the U. S. Savings
Bonds held in the Post-War fund.
Alvin B. Wight,, chairman of the
industrial development commit¬
tee, reported letters will go this
week to all landowners in Grady
county asking for an immediate
expression on the prospective
strawberry acreage, which, if suf¬
ficient, will provide another new
industry here. The survey is be¬
ing conducted, with special co¬
operation of President oYung, the
Chamber of Commerce and Coun¬
ty Agent S. E. George, to give the
latter specific acreage information
which will enable him to arrange
for necessary plans which would
be set during September or Octo¬
ber.
Chamber Mgr. Louis A. Powell
reported on the vast amount of
work done in preparation for the
Federal Power Commission nat¬
ural gas hearing which opens in
Washington Monday. If the FPC
certificate is issued, Atlantic Gulf
Gas Co. has indicated its desire to
build a pipeline distribution sys¬
tem to serve Cairo and some 53
other centers in the Southeast by
1952 at a cost of more than $100
million.
(Continued on last page)