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CAIRO, GEORGIA The Best City of Its Size In the Entire United States 50.52 A YEAR/ IN ADVANCE. j 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 Continued on last page) 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)