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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— - 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. -