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fice at Cairo, Ga., unde ny^e act
of March 3rd, 1879.
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F. J. WIND, Editor from May
1st, 1904 to September, 1922.
H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager
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• It is indeed hard to understand
why it takes some folks so long to
make up their mind what to do,
and nine out of ten times they in
variably change their decision.
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We should not overlook the
fact that it will not be many
weeks before cane grinding and
hog-killing times will be here.
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CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. *
Oct 3, 1919
No cigarettes sold legally here
A petition was presented to the
Mayor and Council signed
nearly a hundred business men,
asking that the tax on the sale
of cigarettes be reduced to some
nominal sum in order that they
can be legally sold in the City.
A motion was made that the
license tax be fixed at $50.
The subject was then opened
for discussion, several speeches
being made both in favor and
against the passage of the motion.
The motion was then put to
a vote and was lost by a vote of
three to two. Therefore, no cig
arettes will be allowed to be sold
legally in Cairo for the present.
CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO. *
Sept. 18. 1934
Cairo defeats Pelham 48-14
The Cairo High School football
team of 1934 was quite impressive
in defeating the Pelham Hornets
in the season’s debut here last
Friday afternoon and the players
and mentors have been drilling
with renewed enthusiasm this
week in preparation for the game
here today with the strong Car
rabelle, Fla. Mullets.
The Syrup Makers defeated the
plucky Pelham High eleven last
Friday by a score of 48 to 14. In
the first few minutes of play, the
game was rather slow, although
Coach John Herndon did not start
his full first team. When all the
regulars went in however, the
Cairoites got to clicking without
delay and tallied once in the first
period when t Harrell went over
for a touchdown, and Sadler
scored the extra point.
BIBLE VERSE
"Whatsover thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might; for
there is no work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the
grave, whither thou goest."
Ecclesiastes 9:10
HELP THE FARM
TO HELP YOU: JOIN NOW.
The Grady County Farm
Bureau is beginning a drive
to increase its membership,
and thereby increase the ef
fectiveness of the whole or
ganization in representing the
farmers' interests in Washing
ton, and wherever farm poli
cies are made.
The Grady County unit, head
ed *>3 Carl Ponder, as President,
°/> o e derating with the state or
ganization m an effort to increase
state membership this year to
90,000 members. The goal last
year was 72,000 members, and it
was reached.
The present membership in
Grady is about 600. The goal
this year is 1000 members. !
The farmer is the most isolated
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of all persons concerned in our
modern society. Nearly every
other group is organized in some , )
way. There is no possible way
for the farmer to look after him
self independently; the forces ar
rayed against him being too 1
powerful. He needs help, and he I
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needs it now, in an organized way.
On the question of farm pro- j
ducts prices, everyone is in op- ;
position to the farmer in this J
field. Consumers want cheaper
food and they are not too much
concerned how they get it.
The manufacturers, wholesalers ’
and retailers are on the side of
cheaper farm products, with the i
exception of a few cases.
The field of farm credit heeds
looking into, and so does the basic
question of fertilizer. The ques
tion of farmer co-operatives is
another promising field. We
should make greater use of them.
And there ^
are many other prob
lems facing the farmer, which
he can not cope with alone. ;
The farmer needs a forum for
his views, and an organization to
carry out his proposals. This is
where the Farm Bureau comes in
•—it gives him a place to meet,
artd discuss these problems, and i
it gives him local, state, and nat- |
ional representation. Very often !
the success of any proposal de
pends upon the number of peo
ple it speaks for back at home.
If Congressmen, Senators, and
others who make the policies!
know a delegation represents a
strong and active membership
back home, they will listen, and
do something about it.
The time is here for every
farmers to join the Farm
Bureau, to add his strength
to that of his neighbor, in the
cause of farm progress.
Any active Farm Bureau mem
ber will take your membership.
If you do not know one, see
County Agent George at the
Courthouse—and join today.
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LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR.
We, m this country enjoy a
free press, unlike some other
countries—notably Russia today.
Our press in the United States is
more free than the press in any
nation on earth, with possibly the
exception of England. The read
ers of The Messenger, and all
other newspapers, would be far
more critical, and should be, if
we deliberately refused to pub
lish letters, or other information,
just because it happened to dif
fer from our personal sentiments
on the subject.
We were criticised recently for
publishing a letter about the
school situation in Grady County.
This letter bore what we believed
to be a valid signature. We did
not necessarily agree with the
sentiments expressed by this sup
posed writer; but it was used in
line with our u$ual policy of
printing all suitable letters re
gardless of opinions expressed.
Any person in state, county, or
city politics should remember
that he is open to criticism, and
should not get upset when some
one does criticise. A man, or
woman, who can not take critic
ism, will learn sooner or later to
stay out of politics. And besides,
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1949.
columns are always open to
a rebuttal of anything that is said
in them. If a public official
can’t “give and take” in an argu
ment, and find some kind of
answer, he again better remain
in private employment.
This is our policy on letters to
the editor: Any letter directed
to us which we can read, and
which has what we believe to be
a valid signature, we print it,
re g arc ji ess 0 f its views or politics,
so long as it is not personally
obnoxious, vicious, or slanderous
toward some individual. No un
signed or anonymous letters are
printed, and none with ficticious
signatures, provided we recognize
them as ficticious. Usually we
can recognize a name* or know
it to be some real person. But
occasionally a ficticious signat
ture might get by without our
recognizing it as such. If the
letter is signed, in some cases,
we will withhold the signature, if
so requested,
The Messenger does not neces
sarily endorse the sentiments
expressed in any letter to the
Editor. They are printed as the
opinion of the person whose name
is signed to it, as a part of our
policy of a free press, carrying
out the principles embodied in
our Constitutions which guaran
tee every citizen the right to
“speak his mind” without fear or
retaliation. Readers should bear
in mind that letters may be
handled best if kept within a 300
word limit.
Our policy on this subject is
based on the oft - repeated
quotation: “I do not agree with
what you say; but will defend to
the death your right to say it.”
\y e may no t agree with what
our readers say in letters; but so
long as they are suitable for
publication, we will publish them
as a public forum and as a ser
vice to the public.
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It appears to us that most any
one could say most everything
they want to say in 300 words
w hen writing letters “to the
editor ”
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With less than 5 per cent, of
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the peanut crop in Grady County
picked to date, a week’s sunshine
would help in the harvesting of
our leading money crop, The
farmers also could get into full
swing in gathering our corn crop.
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Christmas don’t come but once
a year, neither does one’s birth
day anniversary, except those
born on February 29th, and then
it is once every four years.
—V
Instead of harping on the hous
ing question so much, why not
harp awhile on the need of re
pairs, which are needed in so
many instances.
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One should bear in mind that
when the days begin to shorten,
cold weather should begin to
strengthen. Especially is this
true for the next two months.
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DISTRICT NURSES
MEET THURSDAY.—
The regular bi-monthly meet
ing of the Second District Geor
gia State Nurses Association was
held at the Archbold Memorial
Hospital in Thomasville at 3 o’- j
clock Thursday afternoon.
The following were eligible to
attend from here: Miss Nita
Luke, Mrs. Louie Hughes, Mrs. I
M. O. Prince, Mrs. Lucile Rey
! nolds, Mrs. Paul Christopher and
Mrs. Alfred Rogers, who recently
moved to aBinbridge.
FIRST BAPTIST TO HAVE
ORDINATION SERVICE.—
Beginning next Sunday, Oct. 2,
all Baptist evening church services will of the First j
begin at I
7:30 o’clock.
The ordination service will be I
held next Sunday evening. The I
neWly elected deacons are: Wal-)
ter Dodson, J. T. Mayfield, N. E.
Pipkin, J. B. Roddenbery, Jr., i
Blanton Walker and E. J. Whid- I
den.
Fruits expected to be plentiful
for July menus are canned peach
es apricots and mixed fruits.
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