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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size |n the Entire
United States
J1.50-S2 A YEAR- IN AD VAN CEL
VOLUME XLVI.
)eanut Combine
s Perfected
N ew Machine May
Revolutionize The
Goober Industry
I ^st Thursday, August 25th.,
He Georgia coastal plains experi
Lt station at Tifton, put machine on a
demonstration of a new
r anew harvester— that may rev
Etionize peanut farming throughout not
Ly in Georgia This but machine is a
he south.
,eanut combine harvester, de
re loped after three years of re
iearch.
Reports from Tifton by those
uto have seen the machine say
[here is very little doubt but it
I
idll prove a success.
The following AP dispatch ap¬
pearing in a number of the daily
papers a few days ago gives some
interesting information relative to
the peanut industry as well as
I the new machine in question:
It will do in an hour operations
yhich now take weeks.
In one operation, the tractor
Irawn combine will take two rows
if whole plants from the soil,
ieparate the nuts from the vines,
jag the peanuts, and drop the
lines back to the ground.
Under normal conditions the
nachine will harvest one acre of
jeanuts per hour, requiring only
;wo men.
Director George H. King of the
speriment station announced the
iuccessful development of the
:ombine harvester August 23rd.
le said it was designed and con¬
tracted by agricultural engineers
I L. Shepherd and W. D. Ken
iey of the station.
Heralds New Era
"The machine is capable of
opening a new era in peanut har
»esting,” King said. “The new
Jarvesting procedure will place
he peanut in the class with the
uany other fully mechanized
agricultural crops.”
The Georgia crop has been
ivorth about $100,000,000 per year
*recent years.
The present common harvesting
Practice involves considerable
J®ount of hand labor in digging,
shaking, stacking, and picking the
Hits.
Host farmers who harvest pea
Ws dig the rows by tractor. The
tots are raked into rows, then
e v are stacked with pitchforks—
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D 1 manual labor—around posts
ky. After the nuts dry, ma
; hines are brought to the fields to
«parate the nuts from the vines.
«ter the new machine picks
e peanu ts, they be loaded
can
“drying bins and dried by forc
d » a rm air in 48 to 72 hours.
ie speed of harvesting with
e new machine can prevent mil
“ ons of dollars damage the
by to
weather.
Losses From Rain
, 1947
U °ne third of the in
r 6 rgla - crop
' Was lost because of heavy
!FS ' w bich rotted the nuts in
+ ie nelds
‘ before
harvested. they could be
^ The loss was estimat
sta fe agricultural officials
ii 1 a “°und $30,000,000.
JfS 7 *'it of the will present crop has
!f be the middle
Member before the nuts are
u Geor to be picked.
. gia is the largest peanut
Hk) J . ng State A- this
is ' CI- eage year
J ' mated at 1,236,000. Last
'Production was 813,300,000
above alm0St 200 ' 000 000 Pounds
th '
Alab 6 ten year aver age.
es; aaia s acreage this year is
;tri; “ ,. ta at ^80,000,
8 figured and Florida’s
7> at 316,000.
K*nto leaders ° 6W 3 group harvster of agricultural wiU be
LJ rhursday. \
sa ’ d the agricultural engi
ksitv jejlturg] ° f epartmen Georgia t of the Uni
f an d the a gri¬
lle tj c jrS'neering division of
Re e P ar tment of Agricul
C r " a4ed
to th e with the station
I He s a i^ lamzation Project.
K expects the harvest
e anUfaCtUred by
tbe one or
Pick present builders of
ers an d equipment.
®hr (Cairn Hraarnari
The Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out of t he way of advertising shaU remai n in the congregation of the dead.
TWELVE PAGES
No Saturday Night
Dance At Legion
This Week
The regular Saturday night
dance at the local Legion Club¬
house will not be held this Sat¬
urday night, Bob Wight, Post
Commander announced this week.
The clubhouse will be open the
usual hours, but there will be no
orchestra. The Friday night
dance with Curtis Gordon and his
gang providing the music, will
be held as usual.
Chest's Annual
i Meet Sept. 14
Courthouse Place S •
Late Afternoon
Hour Set
Directors of the Grady County
Community Chest, in session here
Wednesday afternoon with Char¬
les Beale, president, presiding,
issued a call for the annual meet¬
ing of all members, institutional
i and individual, to be held at the
Courthouse in Cairo promptly at
4 p. m. Wednesday, Sept. 14th.
The meeting looms as highly
important, and every effort will
be made to encourage a full at¬
tendance of the membership, be¬
cause some of the directors said
the question may arise at the
meeting as to whether or not
continued operation of the Com¬
munity Chest should be attempt¬
ed.
The directors Wednesday ord¬
ered the third quarterly payment [
disbursed to institutional mem¬
bers, and the Chest expects to
meet its obligations for the fourth
quarter, also, on the basis worked
out at the conclusion of the 1949
Chest campaign last fall. Of¬
ficials declared the Chest is ful¬
filling its intended purposes
splendidly—that is, the raising of
money for seven major causes at
one time, efficiently, without
seven recurring inefficient gen
eral drives, and a multiplicity of
individual appeals for assistance,
during the year, including many
abuses—but some officials feel
that increased minimum needs of
the major causes, and the fact
that some able prospective con¬
tributors are not doing their part,
demand an aroused public sup
port, including more universal
financial support as well as more
popular interest, if the operations
are to be continued as they should
be.
The Chest leaders agreed that
dissolution of the agency, and
its chief institutional member, the
Grady County Emergency Wel¬
fare Council, would be a decided
backward step for the county.
The Emergency Welfare Council
now meets nearly all miscellane
ous emergency welfare appeals
for funds in a most efficient man¬
ner. However, some of the Chest
officials say they will insist upon
more universal and greater sup
port by able prospective contri
butors.
Institutional members, the caus¬
es for which the Chest raises
money, in addition to the Emer
gency Welfare Council, include
Cancer Control Society fund,
Public Library, Recreation Pro
gram, Boy Scouts, Salvation
Army, 4-H Clubs and USO. These
causes, in becoming instiutional
members of the Chest, agree not
to make a drive during the y ear.
However, because of the exist¬
ing situation, the Library Board
was authorized by the directors
Wednesday afternoon to make a
special canvass, in the name of
the Chest, for needed additional
funds, totalling approximately
$1,200, to balance the Library’s
budget for this year—an import¬
ant condition being that funds
must be solicited from individuals
and concerns who have not con
tributed to the Chest this year
and from Chest members with
past-due unpaid pledges, Chest
records will be made available to
the Library Board for the pur
pose so that Chest contributors
will not be contacted.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1949.
Veterans' NSLI Dividends
Handled Here By Legion
Application Blanks And Someone
To Fill Them Out At Postoffice
The American Legion is pre
pared to give full assistance to lo
cal veterans in applying for their
National Service Life Insurance
dividends.
Distribution of the NSLI divi
dend application blanks will be¬
gin Tuesday, September 6, under
sponsorship of the American leg¬
ion Post No. 122, according to
Post Commander Bob Wight.
Commander Wight said that be
ginniog on Tuesday September
6th the application blanks will be
available at the Post Office here
and may be obtained from
p. m. until 8:00 p. m. daily each
week until all eligible veterans
have filed applications. He em
phasized that all veterans entitled
to share in the $2,800,000,000 re
fund are asked to go to the Leg
ion-sponsored distribution point
to obtain the necessary applica
tion blanks.
“This service is for the benefit
of non-Legionnaires just as much
as for members of the Legion”,
Commander stressed. “Legion
members conducting distribution
of these application blanks will
give any assistance needed by vet¬
erans in making application for
the refund”, he said.
Along with this information,
Commander Wight reminded Leg¬
ionnaires that Tuesday night Sept¬
ember 6, is the regular meeting
night for the local post, and a big
fish supper is being planned.
All veterans who have held
NSLI for a period of 90 days or
more should apply for a share of
the dividend, the Legion Com¬
mander said. He pointed out that
it is not necessary for the in¬
surance to be in effect now for a
veteran to be eligible.
In the event an applicant does
not know his NSLI contract num
ber, he should go ahead and file
application, identifying himself by
service serial number, dates of
active duty and exact name by
which he was known and listed
on service records during period
of active duty. The NSLI con
tract numbers should be given
whenever possible, however, the
Legion Commander explained.
The application form that will
be used is a three-fold card, car
rying complete instructions on fil
ling in and mailing. It can be
completed in a matter of a few
minutes, according to Commander
Wight.
Dividends are to be paid on
term insurance and on all of the
various forms of converted in¬
surance, regardless of whether or
not the converted insurance has
■b’een surrendered for cash value
or has loans outstanding on it.
It is pointed out that no pre¬
dictions are being made on when
any individual veteran may ex¬
pect to receive a part of the big
dividend, or what the amount will
be. The Veterans Administration
has developed a simplified form¬
ula. The Veterans Administration
has advised that all inquiries on
amount of dividend or time of
payment will be futile, and that
HOW TO INVITE A DEPRESSION.
A man lived by the side of the road and sold hotdogs.
He was hard of hearing, so he had no radio. He had trou¬
ble with his eyes, so he read no newspapers. But he sold
good hotdogs. telling how good they
He put up signs on the highway urging people
were. He advertised in his local newspaper,
to “buy a hotdog“! And people bought. bought
He increased his meat and bun orders. He a
bigger stove to take care of his trade. He got his son home
from college to help him.
But then something happened ... listening the
His son said, “Father, haven’t you been to
radio? There’s a big depression on. The European situa¬
tion is terrible. The Domestic situation is worse.”
Whereupon the father thought, “Well, my son’s been
to college. He reads the papers and he listens to the radio
and he ought to know.”
So the father cut down on his meat and bun orders.
Took down his advertising signs, and quit advertising in
the newspaper. His hotdog sales fell almost overngiht.
“You’re right son,” the father said to the boy. “ We
certainly are in the middle of a great depression.”
I
I
I such inquiries to the VA will
j slow the speed of processing the
j applications.
The VA explains that each of
more than 16,000,000 applications
j will have to be figured individual¬ j
ly, with the amount of dividend
going to each applicant depending
upon amount of insurance carried,
the period it was in force, and age
of insured. I
1 Refunds are estimated by the
jVA at approximately $175.00 per
! veteran, and payments on first
i applications received are expected
to start in January, 1950.
! No time limit for applying for
1 1
the dividends has been set, and
! The American Legion has made
■ plans to carry on the distribution
of application blanks for at least
several more weeks, or until all
veterans have filed applications
j for the refund.
Actually, Post Commander
j Wight explained, the American
! Legion is sponsoring one of the
1 biggest projects of its kind in his
j tory in helping eligible to for locate NSLI veterans divi
| who are
‘ dends.
Veterans of World War I are
not eligible to share in the refund
unless they served in World War
II and thereby acquired National
Service Life Insurance. It is
pointed out that NSLI dividends
should not be confused with
United States Government Life
Insurance dividends which have
been distributed since 1920. In¬
formation concerning United
States Government Life Insurance
may be obtained from VA District
Offices.
The following information will
be required to properly fill out
the applications. Veterans will
save time and extra trouble if
they bring this information with
them to the Postoffice, or wherev
er they fill out their blanks:
1. Full name
2. Permanent mailing address
(this should be an address at
which you will receive mail for
at least six months)
3. County
4. Service Serial number.
5. Branch of Service.
6. Date of bii^h.
i 7. Insurance number, (includ
ing prefix-N, V, or H.)
j 8. Claim number (if any),
All veterans are cautioned that
they should not write the Veter¬
ans Administration for any of the
information listed above, since it
can be found on the discharge or
other papers in the possession of
the veteran.
Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Rogers have
returned home after spending
a two weeks vacation with rela¬
tives in Columbus, Ohio; the lat¬
ter’s sister and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. T. O. DeLiach, accom¬
panied them from Claxton.
* * •
Johnny Wight, Jr., has returned
home after spending the summer
at Monroe, Mich., where he was
employed at the Ilgenfrity Nurs¬
eries.
TWELVE PAGES
Sam A. Pierce Is
Kiwanis Head
Pecan Processor
Is Chosen For
Year 1950
Cairo Kiwanians, at their week¬
ly luncheon meeting Tuesday,
elected Sam A. Pierce, local pecan
dealer and processor, as club presi¬
dent for 1950. He will on next
Jan. 3rd succeed J. Norwood
Clark, the incumbent.
Other balloting results included
R. R. Van Landingham as first
vice-president and Agnew Smith
as second vice-president. Billy
Wells, recently named club secre¬
tary to succeed Alfred Rogers,
resigned, was also contiued in that
capacity for 1950. Mr. Rogers and
his wife have moved to Bain
bridge, where he will operate a
furniture store.
The club election committee
announced that members will be
asked to ballot next Tuesday on
club directors for 1950.
The interesting program Tues¬
day was a movie on heart ail¬
ments sponsor*d by Grady Coun¬
ty Health Department and pre¬
sented by department staff work
ers. Dr. A. W. Rehberg, a Ki
wanian and member of the Coun¬
ty Health Board, offered timely
comments on the pictures.
President Clark, who presided,
strongly urged Cairo Kiwanians
and their families to turn out
en masse for the Cairo-Thomas
j inter-club family picinc at ,.ic
I Scout Pond, between Cairo and
i Thomasville, tonight, Frida/, at
| ? ° c4oCiC - Similar cccas. ons lave
j provided unusual joy for t.io e
attending, it was pointed out, and
4oca7 Kiwanians have a responsi¬
bility in assuring a good attend¬
ance from the local club there.
The early hour will afford every¬
one an opportunity to also at¬
tend the tent revival here or
other affairs later in the even¬
ing, it was emphasized.
Price Support
On Tung Aim
Measure Passed
U. S. House
A price support program for
tung oil, which would be of great i
benefit to tung nut growers in
this area and elsewhere in the
domestic belt, is the aim of con¬
gressional legislation which has
passed the House of Representa¬
tives and is now pending in the
U. S. Senate.
H. R. 29 provide for price sup¬
port programs on both tung oil
and honey. However, the Senate
Agriculture and Forestry com¬
mittee may seek to embody the
tung program in a general agri¬
culture measure, Chances of
enactment of the tung program
legislation are considered good
but because of the unprecedented
legislative jam in the Senate
every effort will be needed to
: bring it to a vote there this year,
it is said.
The local Chamber of Commer¬
ce last week joined other active
groups in supporting the tung
price support program legislation
because competing oils are al¬
ready supported and tung oil
market prices have suffered as a
result of the discrimination. Lo¬
cal Farm Bureau officials also
this week sought active support
of National President H. L. Win¬
gate. Both Senators George and
Russell have assured their fullest
I support. Cong. E. E. Cox was
j one of the legislation sponsors in
the House.
Mr. William Wight, who spent
several weeks in New Work, N.
Y., recently taking post-graduate
{work, is spending several before days
j here visiting homefolks
returning to Miami, Fla., to re¬
sume his work at the University
nf Miami
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTi
NUMBER 34.
Monday To Be
Holiday Here
Business Will
Suspend
Next Monday, Sept. 5th., which
is Labor Day, will be a full busi¬
ness holiday in Cairo, in accord¬
ance with an agreement of long
standing. Schools will be in ses¬
sion and no special activities are
planned here—but practically all
business concerns will suspend for
the day. The Thursday afternoon
half-holiday next week will also
be observed as usual.
Labor Day is one of five regular
business holidays in Cairo. The
first was July 4th. Others later
this year will include Friday,
Nov. 11th., Armistice Day; Thurs¬
day, Nov. 24 th., Thanksgiving
Day; and Monday, Dec. 26th, for
Christmas Day.
Thursday afternoon half-holi¬
days will not be observed Dec. 1st,
8th, 15th and 22nd, according to
the agreement.
Natural Gas Aim
Of Hearing
Ass'n Committee
Meets Here To
Further Plans j
Authority for the construction
of a $100 million natural gas pipe
line distribution system to bring
natural gas to the Southeast from
Louisiana is the aim of a hearing
llow in progress before the Fedor
nlPou r Cor ..nissic n in W ar hi ig
tor The hearing t pened a. seh d
uled Aug. 22nd, with Atlantic Gulf
Gas Co. pressing its application
for a pipeline certificate. Indica¬
tions were the hearing would re¬
cess the latter part of this week
over the Labor Day holiday to be
resumed about Sept. 12th.
Cairo is among 30-odd centers
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and
South Carolina proposed to be
served in the first pipelines to be
built, with more than 20 others
included for the second year. R.
O. Wilhelmi, of Shreveport, La.,
and Atlantic Gulf Gas Co., said
recently if a certificate is obtained
in a reasonable time natural gas
could begin flowing over the syt
tem by the spring of 1952.
Southeastern Ass’n of Munici¬
palities For Natural Gas, formed
here last year, which also held a
member meeting here a few
weeks ago with about 50 cities
represented, is actively pressing
for granting of the FPC pipeline
certificate. Officials of the associ¬
ation appeared at the hearing in
Washington last week for several
days to urge, in preliminary ap¬
pearances, regional hearings in
this area to enable the various
municipalities to more conveni¬
ently submit their briefs and testi¬
mony. Congressmen and others
also argued for the regional hear¬
ings, which unofficial sources in¬
dicated might include one at Tal
alhassee beginning about Sept.
12th.
The association * steering com¬
mittee, composed of Chamber of
Commerce managers from Al¬
bany, Cairo, Dothan, Moultrie,
Tallahassee and Thomasville, and
(Continued on last page)
SANDERS TO FEATURE
INTERESTING PHOTOS
Sanders Jewelers are feat¬
uring each week in one of
their built-in show-windows a
group of photographs which
will be of interest to the gen¬
eral public.
The first pictures to be dis¬
played will be some of the
champion calves shown and
sold at the recent Fat Calf
show. Sanders has acquired
a new speed graphic camera
to be used in making the
photos.
Later there will be softball
and football shots displayed.
A11 are invited to come by
and see this photo feature.
Hester & White
Series Champs
Wight & Browne
Win Most Games
During Season
Cairo’s softball season came to
a close Tuesday night, when Hest¬
er & White took the third game
from Wight & Brown by a score
of 10-8, in a three out of five game
series, and awards were present¬
ed to the various teams.
Edwin Carlisle, a member of the
City Recreation Board, introduced
Ira Higdon, Jr., who made the
presentations of trophies on the
field, and gave the spectators a
general outline for next season’s
play, and also thanked everyone
for their interest and support dur¬
ing the softball season.
The championship trophy was
presented to Walter Williams,
sponsor of Wight & Brown team,
which had won the most
games during the season,
and Howard Thrower, Jr., who
was acting manager in the absence
of West Thomas and Herman Dol¬
lar. Second place winner, and
runner-up, was the Farm all team,
representing R. R. Van Lar ling
ham & Sons, Inc. A trophy was
presented to R. R. Van Landing
ham and the twin managers,
Carl and Carroll Ulmer.
. T. W. White, Jr., and Herman
Strickland, manage ■ rf the Hest
e r & White team received a
trophy for winning the play-off
series.
A. E. Prince was presented a
watch chain with a miniature
softball attached for his “sports
mznship, faithfulness, and inter
sst” while umpiring during the
season. A number of pictures were
taken of the championship team.
The trophies were furnished-by
Sanders Jewelry Co., and as soon
as engraving is completed these
cups will be on display at the
various places that won them.
The City Recreation Depart¬
ment expressed its appreciation
(Continued on page 11)
Cattle, Hogs
Up Slightly
No. 1 Hogs Back
To 19c Lb.
Prices paid for both cattle, and
hogs were slightly higher than
last week at Tuesday’s auction
sale here, Cairo Livestock Auction
Co. reported.
J. E. Hambrick, owner and op¬
erator of the market, said No. 1
hogs sold for 19c a pound, 45
points above last week, and 100
points above board quotations for
the day.
Cattle prices were reported cor¬
respondingly higher, with Stock¬
er caftle ranging up to $18.50 per
cwt. Common or canner grades
were in proportion, with these
grades composing the bulk of the
offerings, since choice beef grades
were in volume in the Fat Calf
Show-Sale last week.
Okra Open Market
Holding Up Well
Latest reports Thursday from
the Grady County Farmers’ Mark¬
ed showed the Okra price hold¬
ing up well, ranging over the
last week or so from $3.00 to $4.90
per hamper. R. L. Ferrell, Man¬
ager of the market, said the Okra
volume also was holding up rath¬
er well, with something like 2500
hampers per week moving
through. Young okra has been
in steady demand.
In a survey made by the mark¬
et, it was revealed that there
were about 220 acres of fall okra
planted in the county. The fall
crop of pole beans, crowder peas,
and squash will be coming in
within the next week or ten days,
and the price is expected to be
quite good this season, Mr. Fer¬
rell said.
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