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* CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. «
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SEPTEMBER 19TH. 1919.
Jury list drawn to serve in
City Court of Whigham on 4th
Monday in October 1919.
Jury drawn for October term,
1919, City Court of Whigham to
be held on the 5th. Monday, same
being the 27th. day of October
1919.
This, the 13th. day of Septem
ber, 1919.
N. G. Christopher, W. L. Whig
ham, R. L. Williams D. C. Logue,,
R. L. Dixon, J. H. Autry, O. D. 1
Sellers, L. L. Gainous, A. E. |
Whigham, L. R. Maxwell, P. L.
Herring. C. R. Talley, J. W. San
ders, Joe B. Darsey, H. M. But
ler, T. E. Taylor, J. A. Autry, and
A. L. Perkins.
The Cairo Messenger has moved
into its new home on the corner
of Bryan and Wight Streets.
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CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO. *
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SEPTEMBER 14TH. 1934.
Gov. Eugene Talmadge won a
landslide re-election, taking every
county the ,, state , . , but . three. .. In
in
Grady he polled 1359 votes:
Claude Pittman got 359; and Ed
Gilliam’ received 19 in the gov
ernor’s race.
Congressman E. E. Cox, of the
second district, was re-electel,
receiving 936 votes in this coun
ty, to 802 for R. S. Roddenbery,
Jr.
Ira Carlisle was elected judge
of the City Court. In the lace of
Solicitor of the city court, G. ~
Maynard Smith received 906
votes and Charles F. Richter
859. J. P. Swann defeated C. H.
Maxwell for representative.
The Courthouse was broken
into Tuesday night and a large
quantity of liquor was stolen
from the sheriff’s office.
BIBLE VERSE
'In the days of prosperity be
joyful, but in the day of adversity
consider: God hath set the one
over against the other, to the end
that man should find nothing
after him." Ecclesiastes 7:14.
MR. FARMER: STOP
THAT THIEF!
If you were a farmer in Grady
County with 100 acress of land
under cultivation, how would you
feel if someone came up to your
farm with a drove of trucks and
earth-moving machines, and sud
denly scooped up and hauled off
all the topsoil from 25 acres of
it?
You would be greatly alarmed,
and no doubt would get out that
old shot-gun, rifle, or 44-70, and
try to drive the land thieves off
before they ruined your farm
land.
Well, it’s time you got
ed then ’ 1)6031166 th3t 1S Wh3t h3S
happened and is happening
(he cultivated farm ]and in this
county. On an average, the
has been stolen from
acre out of every four.
Soil Conservation .
E. Grimes says Grady County
has about 100,000 acres of land
in cultivation, , . t . and . that ... one
fourth „ , or op 25,000 acres v. has , lost . all
its topsoil! ...... And he says , .,
that there are 35 to 40,000 acres
w hch are fast approaching the
conditon of this ruined 25 per
cent!
But the land-thief did not
drive up to these farms with
dump-trucks and haul the
topsoil away, The thief
came from the sky in the form
of rain. It fell on your land,
and while you were not look
ing or thinking, it took a
little at the time down the
gullies, down the ditches and
branches, down the creeks,
and down into the Atlantic
Ocean, where it is very doubt
ful if it is doing anybody any
good.
Much has been done in
years, and more is being done
now, to save our land. Row
crop land has been properly
raced, cover crops such as Kudzu,
Sericea Lespedeza, and Coastal
Bermuda grass has been grown
for pastures. But much still re
mains to be done.
Georgia—and Grady among the
leading counties—Is making pro
gresis in converting from row
crops to pastures and livestock
production. The more we hurry
this progress, the better off we
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To bring attention to the con
servation of our soil, this week,
Sept. 11-18, has been designated
“g 0 d Conservation Week.” A
Proclamation to this effect by the
Governor was published in last
week’s issue of The Messenger.
iMr. Farmer, save your soil, and
save your wealth. Good soil is
(ike money in the hank.
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THE UNITED STATES
OF CONFUSION.
People are confused with all
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i about Communists and “five
percenters” making money
through influence with high gov
ernment officials and “whiskey
rackets” in Atlanta operating un
i state protection. People don’t
: know what to believe. One _ day ,
| the papers will headline a
story about a mysterious letter
that will reveal everything and
have far and wide repercussions
in high places; the next day it
is discovered that the letter writ
er was a file clerk
that had no real information, but
] instead was merely puting down
j ^ p r j va t e suspicions in a friend
| ly note to “Dear Pop.”
It just doesn't make sense; and
the newspapers and wire services
are partly to blame. They ought
not to send out a story
they know something definite.
A half-dozen different agencies
in Washington are investigating
something all the time, mostly
trying to get publicity in the
papers, and every day the Presi
dent, or some other high official
j denies everything the “investi
j gators” have reported. Would
j somebody please tell us now how
we are to know what to believe.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1949.
Undoubtedly there is a need
for some investigating, and cer
tainly the newspapers render a
| service in exposing any dishonest
and irregular dealings in the
| government; but so far all of this
! has resulted in a state of confus
ion on the part of the average
! citizen.
No doubt the situation is com
j plicated, and perhaps there is no
1 , ‘tailor-made” solution.
:
j | not have the answer. Still we do
i know there is a problem here,
land | something ought to be done
i about it.
It is high time the investigat
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in § committees in Washington
were out under some knd of or
| ganized and regulated
; And some effort along the
ough ' “> be made in trying to de ‘
; g ,, essman „ as trying to rmder
service to his country, or seek
mg publlClty and headlm6S f ° r
As it is the public has just
about lost confidence in all the
“investigators”, good or bad.
Those agencies that are trying to
do a conscientious service ought
to take the lead in trying to re
store public confidence. Other
wise, so many questionable “in
vestigators” will have cried
“Wolf, Wolf,” so much that the
! people will not believe when a
■ a real “wolf” does come along.
The suspicion is prevalent that
j the President himself may some
times stick to his friends before
,
i he will “stick to ’ the peoples’ in
! terests. Perhaps he could help
[to clear the political fog
j Washington by taking a more
straight-forward stand.
We are too far from this to of
fer a solution. We are merely
pointing out a problem and
hope sorT1 ebody will try to find a
• solution, which will to some ex
tent get us out 0 f this “state of
confusion ”
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Cairo School
NEWS
By
Margaret Kennedy
During the first weeks of
school, much time is spent in re
newing old friendships, in re
organizing vacation-* 1 weakened
clubs, and in electing school of
ficers for the year. Listed below
is a brief account of some of these
1 recent activities.
The Journalism Club has been
T esume d after a years absence
from the curiculum and the fol
lowing officers promise to do an
outstanding job on the school
Paper this year: editor-in-chief,
Azalee Wight, Associate Editor,
Vir 8 inia Gandy; editor, page two,
Frances, Walden; assistant.
Margaret Richter . editor page
. Martha Bell; assistant,
; (our , Bobby O'Neil; assistant,
j P ' erce Ragan, business manager,
Margaret Kennedy; circulation
manager, David Elkins; Joke Edi
tor, Mary Keen; Exchange Editor,
Delores Hopkins; and inquiring
reporter, Marjorie Mayfield.
Class Officers
The various class officers for
the different grades have re
cently been elected to their duties.
These include: Senior Class: pres
ident, Buddy Jones, who, at the
present time, is at the Warm
Springs Foundation in Warm
Springs, Georgia. He will # preside
at the senior meetings as soon as
he is able to return home. Stand
ing president, Walter Lundy;
! | second vice president, Gwendolyn
j j Bonner; secretary, Azalee Wight;
treasurer, Frankie Maxwell. Jun
0 r Class: president, Norwood
Clark; vice president, Spence
Harrell; secretary, Frankie Harri
son; treasurer. Ginger House.
Ninth Grade: president, Betty Sue
Arrington; vice president, Edith
Stanfill; secretary, Ray Harper;
Treasurer, Lonnie Baisden. Eighth
Grade: president, De Foist Han
coc 'k; vice president, Dewey Rob-
1 inson ; secretary. Elizabeth Wight:
! treasurer, Ann Verran.
Student Council
j The Student Council, which
held its first meeting of the year
at the Citizen’s Cafe last Tuesday
night, is made up of representa
tives from each homeroom:
eleventh grade homerooms,
bara Crew, Marjorie Mayfield,
and John Hood Powell; tenth
grade, Pat Arline, Marjorie Gain
ous, June Mixon, Frankie Harri
son, and Edna Ruth Scott; ninth
grade homerooms, Betty Rae But
ler, June Harvey, Gwinn Griner,
Martha Roddenbery, and Edith
Landingham; Music and voice,
Bussey, Caroline House, Frances
McNair, and Beth Shiver. The
i faculty advisers for the Student
j Council are Mr. House, Mr.
I Hogan, Mrs. Bob Wight, Miss Ann
Weis, Mrs. Marshall Neff and Mrs.
A. B. Reynolds.
Clubs
The Beta Club, which is an
honorary group composed of only
those who make at least an 85
average in school work, has elect
ed Wesley Cassels for its presi
dent and Marjorie Mayfield for
vice president. Miss Frances
Mills is the adviser for the club.
The Tri-Hi-Y, a club for girls
is a branch of the state YMCA.
Mary Hall is its president, Mary
Ann McCall, vice president;
Barbara Crew, secretary; and
Frankie Maxwell, treasurer. Mrs.
Chamber and Miss Kinsler are
the two advisers.
The Hi-Y, Club for boys, has
Chosen John Hood Powell for its
president, Ted Dollar, vice presi
dent, Walter Lundy, Secreatry,
Tom LeGette, assistant secretary,
and Gerald Faircloth, treasurer.
Mr. Hogan and Mr. Wright are
faculty advisers for the club.
District Meet
Plans for the District Meet in
the spring are already being
made. The different events, with
their sponsors have been an
nounced: one-act play, Mrs. Bob
by VanLandingham; reading and
declamation, Mrs. Bobby Van
Landingh^m; Music and vioce,
Marian Lewis; typing and short
hand, Mrs. Jim Honey; essay,
Miss Ann Weis; and debates, Miss
Marie Miller.
Cheer Leaders
Three new cheerleaders have
recently been selected to replace
the Tiner sisters, who did not re
turn to our school this year. The
list of cheerleaders in
elude Martha Bell, Margaret Ken
nedy, Edna Ruth Scott, Agnes
Cassels, Venona Veale, Clara
Nell Williams, and Mary Ann Mc
Call.
Three birds which cannot fly
are the emu, kiwi and ostrich.
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