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L cA IRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
A YEAR- IN ADVANCE,
olume XLVI
GRADY REA MEETING
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
( 200
Invited
Splendid Program,
Valuable Prizes
Attractions
1949 annual membership
ting of the Grady County
Membership C<Kp., the
co-op serving Decatur, j
dy and Thomas counties, will
he id at the high school gym
in Cairo next Friday after
Oct. 21st, co-op afficials
this week.
Registration of members for |
than $1,500 in valuable j I
to be given away at the
will begin promptly at!
p m The program will begin |
f
2 30 The co-op now serves i j
members in the three coun- !
and all are urged to attend
meeting—and be on hand at I
p. m. for the registration. ! ■
The valuable prizes include j
electric refrigerator, an i
range and a deep |
among numerous oth¬ I
electrical appliances, etc.,
for the meeting by t
co-op, the appliance deal¬
and Cairo business con
Nearly all of the
are now on display cn
front ground floor of the
building. North
St., in Cairo, and are
viewed with much in¬
there. Every member
have an equal opportuni¬
to win one of the valuable
it is said.
interesting program will j
an address by Dr. George '
(Pete) Donaldson, president of !
Baldwin College, Tif- j
widely-known as a speaker '
entertainer. Dr. Donaldson | !
greatly delighted local groups
and will doubtless be
by the REA members with
interest. Annual reports
co-op officers, recounting con
steady progress, will also
a small portion of the
time.
Sept. 8. 1949, the Board of
met and appointed a
on nominations com
of the following members:
Gainous, Collie Prince J
Stephens, E. M. Gainey, C. E.
’ George E. Stephenson and
Johns.
1, H. L. Davis and W.
Connell : Section 2, S. P. t>er
and T. A. Glenn; ■ Section
■J R. Kennedy and H. A.
Section 4 Alonzo Miller
Jack Freeman; Section 5,
U Maxwell, Jr., and Joe Her
Section 6, B. M. Lee and
i Hopkms; Section 7, George
«o*-e:i and B. L. Johnson.
e Scal'd of Directors an
J aced to the members that
a
e m Cae by-laws had been
The Directors from Sec
°-e. four, and seven, are to
ected for a three-year term;
C ' ors fro;T Sections three and
»
8 ‘ e * 1 be elected for
term; a two
tv/ Directors from Sec
o and five ----are to be elect
r a one-year term The Di
‘lo: then, elected in'1950, and j !
to be elected for three
P"nds The method for se
ir 'g the '
three, two and one
l0C ^ Was determined by
Board mating
^ ' cdnesd ay, Oct. 5th.
aiernb er3 arc urged to at
Rot onlv " to share in the val
Be 3R2 as, but
to enjoy the
Program.
— j
Ra ^le. of Albany,
business visitor here on
and Mrs. l. A. a Whittle
re
;!I e Monday aft ~ r spend '
dl o r avs with their
‘ son,
anc’ ianuly, in Sanford.
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EIGHTEEN PAGES
Hogs In Heavy
Volume Here
Prices About
As Last Week
The weekly livestock auction
sale at Cairo Livestock Auction
Co., here, last Tuesday, found
another heavy volume of offer
ings of grade hogs, with the best
run of cattle since the annual
Fat Calf Show-Sale, also.
Hog prices were about like last
week - with No. Is selling for
17.50c a pound, 100 points above
board quotations, No. 2s were
16.25c a pound. Feeder pigs were
again in demand and sold up to
21c a pound,
Cattle prices were about $1.00
per cwt. per grade higher than
last week, with some of the bet
te grades sold,
Observers reported bidding at
the sale Tuesday was the most
spirited in a long time, evidenc¬
ing keen competition, which is
always a wholesome condition for
sellers.
Fire Hazards Are
Some Fewer
Schools Improve;
Average Loss In
23 Fires $700
Fire Chief Aulden Hawthorn
here, leading one of the best
l° ca l observances of Fire Pieven
tion and , Fire Department Ap
prediction, Week, reported Thurs
da V some local reductions in fire
hazards, particularly in the
schools, but emphasized that
much y et should be done ’ espec1 ’
all y b y owners of business and
industrial property, as well as
residences, to minimize fire los
ses. The observance, by procla
mation of Mayor Walter Williams,
is being carried out this week by
the Cit y of Cairo ’ Cairo De ‘
Payment and Chamber of Com¬
merce with the co-operation of
-
the insurance underwriters, he
schools, and various individuals.
Firemen revealed Wednesday
that 23 fires here this year to date
resulted in an average of $700 per
alarm being paid on insurance
claims. This brings home to local
residents quite emphatically,
Chief Hawthorn says, the serious
ness of this matter of trying to
prevent fires. At least nine of
every 10 fires are called prevent
able, he pointed out. The aver¬
age here of $700 in insurance pay •
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Hard-Hitting Tifton Eleven
Meets Locals Here Tonight
Syrupmakers Up-Set Predictions To
Take Quincy 15-7 Last Friday Night
Cairo’s Syrupmakers, after de
bating a hard-hitting Quincy,
Fla., Eleven last Friday night
15 7 face here tomght one ° f
'
’
their toughest opponents of the
season, the fast and heavy Tifton
Blue Devils, who trampled
Thomasville last week 39-13.
In the fourth game of the sea
son, with the Quincy team, which
had been picked to defeat the
Syrupmakers, Cairo s first score
came when Johnny Williams re
covered a Tiger fumble on the
Q uinc y 2j and on the Uird P
with a gain of 7 yards they moved
forward for Raymond Sholai to
go over from the 7 yard line for
the touchdown. J. W. Hopkins,
fullback, bulged the line for the
extra point. Quincy
In the second quarter. ,
The Official Organ of Grady County
'The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1949
Kiwanians Set
Ladies' Night
Dr. Donaldson To
Speaks Tuesday
Cairo Kiwanians will observe
their annual “ladies’ night” pro¬
gram at Citizens Cafe next Tues
day night. Alvin Wight is pro¬
gram chairman and urges club
members to notify him by tomor¬
row, Saturday, of extra guests or
of inability ,to attend, Wives
and/or one lady friend/or mem¬
bers are not counted as extra
guests.
A brilliant program is planned
for the occasion with the feature
a humorous address by Dr. Geo.
P. (Pete) Donaldson, president,
Abraham Baldwin College, Tif
ton. Dr. Donaldson, who is wide
ly known not only as a speaker
but as an entertainer will have
with him some outstanding tal¬
ent from among the students at
the college.
Plans are being made for about
125.
Body H. 0. Lowe
Found Tuesday
Cause of Death
Has Not Been
Determined
Probably one of the most mys¬
terious suicides, acoidents or
murders ever to occur in Grady
county or this section, was the
death of Henry Oliver Lowe, his
badly mutilated body having been
found near Reno at six o’clock
last Tuesday afternoon. His body
was found in a lane near a branch,
on the farm of A. M. Maxwell,
about five hundred yards from
the Maxwell residence, Lowe
who was 44 years of age, had
been employed by Mr. Maxwell
for the past 12 years.
Following the disappearance of
the deceased and the finding of
his body, Sheriff C. H. Strickland
and Coroner H. F. Bearden were
notified, a coroner’s jury was
empanelled with Alton Hall as
foreman. After hearing the testi¬
mony of several witnesses, the
jury brought in a verdict as fol¬
lows:
“We, the jury empanelled to
investigate the death of Henry
Oliver Lowe, and after making
a thorough investigation and hear¬
ing testimony on oath, we find
that the deceased came to his
death from an unknown cause.”
From the evidence introduced
at the Coroner’s inquest, Lowe
told Mrs. Maxwell, around 5 o’¬
clock Tuesday afternoon, that he
was going down to a small branch
near the home and kill a squirrel
before supper. As supper time
neared, and Lowe failing to show
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made a sustained drive in an
effort to even the Score. Bill
Smith f or Quincy went over from
the 11 yard line for their first
The Schedule
Sept. 16—Pelham 0, Cairo 18.
Sept. 23—Valdosta 0, Cairo 1.
Sept. 30 —Thomasville 13, Cairo 13.
Oct 7—Quincy 7; Cairo 15
Oct. 14—Tifton here.
Oct. 21—Wavcross there.
Oct. 28—Moultrie here.
Nov. 4—Bainbridge here.
Nov. 11—Colquitt here.
Nov. 18—Americas there.
touchdown. Then Glenn Smith
bucked for the extra point, the
(Continued on page 2)
City Court In
Session Here
Banker Gets $2,525
For Wreck At Gin
Creek Last Year
The October term of the City
Court of Cairo having convened
last Monday, had a very light
docket of criminal cases, dealing
with only minor offenses, which
was concluded Tuesday evening
at 5:30.
Albert D. Craven, driver of
the vehicle in which Mrs. Jennie
Welch, 68, was killed on the
night of last July 30, about two
miles South of Cairo on the
Beachton Road, was charged
wifch driving under the influence
of i nt0 xicants. This accident in
which the Craven car collided
head-on with a 1936 pick-up
truck brought serious injuries to
eight other people. Craven was
found not guilty.
Mack Gray, colored, charged
with driving under the influence
of intoxicants, was found not
guilty.
Perry Williams and his wife
Willie Williams, colored were
charged with public drunkness
and engaging in a public affray.
Perry Williams was sentenced to
nine months, and Willie Williams
received a sentence of three
months, or a fine of $35.
George Daniels -and Bertha
Brown, colored, were charged
with adultery. Daniels was sen
tenced to twelve months or a fine
of $75. Bertha Brown received
the same sentence.
The first civil case to come be
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Bankers Meet
Here Nov. 14
Featuring Noted
Addresses Along
With Banquet
The Second District of the
Georgia Bankers Association will
hold its annual meeting at the
North Side Grammar School here
Monday', Nov. 14th., J. Carl Min
ter, Vice President of The Citizens
Bank and Chairman of the Group
announced this week.
Ths meeting will open at 4:00
p. m., and will feature an ad¬
dress by Hon. W. H. Lester, State
Director, of the Tax Revision
Committee, and a general dis¬
cussion on “Bank Control Board
and Private Bank Study’’ by E.
F. Vickers, President of Georgia
Bankers Association and Pres, of
Citizens Bank & Tust Co., of
Bainbridge.
Invocation will be by Rev.
Granville W. Rainel, Pastor, First
Methodist Church here. Later in
the program a report will be
heard from the nominating com¬
mittee, and the election of officers
to serve during the next year will
be held. After the selection of
the next meeting place, an inter¬
mission will be in order, and re¬
freshments served.
At 7:00 p. m. the bankers will
convene again for a banquet at
the American Legion Clubhouse,
where the Master of Ceremonies
will be W. E. Young, President,
Citizens Bank of Cairo.
The invocation will be by
Henry Hester, Sr., President,
Cairo Banking Co., and the ad¬
dress of welcome will be de¬
livered by R. A. Bell, Director
and Attorney for Citizens Bank
here. The responding address
will be made by Hugh Gurley,
Executive Vice-President, Bank
of Thomas County, Thomasville.
The executive committee of
Group two, Georgia Bankers As¬
sociation is composed of J. Carl
Minter, Chairman, Carl'CIements,
Vice-Chairman, Arlington, and
Mrs. Russell Dasher, Secretary, of
Pelham.
COUNCIL VOTES TO LET PEOPLE
DECIDE BEER ISSUE OCT. 25TH
40 and 8 Will Have
A Wreck In Cairo
Wed. Oct. 26th.
A big show and parade, the like
of which most people have not
witnessed before, is being plan¬
ed for Cairo on the afternoon
of Wednesday, Oct. 26th., when
the American Legion’s 40 and 8
club stages a “wreck".
Several groups from 40 and 8
clubs in this area will participate
in the wreck, which will feature
a parade, led by the Cairo High
Band, and terminating that
night in a dance at the American
Legion Clubhouse here.
Radio Station Is
j To Be Built
Construction At
Once Set; Call
Letters WGRA
Officials of the Grady-Mitchell
Broadcasting Co., Inc., here, an¬
nounced Tuesday afternoon that
final approval of the proposed
site for Cairo’s radio station had
been received from the Federal
Communications Commission in
Washington and that local cont
tractors will be invited immedi¬
ately to submit bids foK the con¬
struction of the studios, etc.
W. C. Woodall, Jr. said the
equipment has been on order and
that no serious delays are antic:
patjd in getting it. He would not
venture an estimate as to when
the station will be ready' to go on
the air but emphasized that it
j will be “as soon as possible.”
He also stated that FFC assign¬
ed the call letters WGRA to the
local station, which will be of
1,000 watts power, 1300 kilocycles,
daytime only. WKRO had been
suggested as call letters but a
station at Cairo, Ill. has those let¬
ters, it was found. >«A11 stations
except a few of the oldest east
of the Mississippi have call let¬
ters beginning with W. The sig¬
nificance of the other call le.tcrs
is that they are the first three
letters of Grady county.
The FFC permit for a station
here was granted three weeks ago
but final approval of the proposed
site was a necessary subsequent
action by FCC. The site is on
the south side of the Cairo-Whig
ham-Bainbridge highway (US84)
about half a mile beyond the
northwestern city limit, a part J
of the Roddenbery farm property,
an option having been in effect
thereon for some months. FCC
requires stations of 1,000 watts
power or more to have transmit¬
ters outside city limits. Studios,
transmitter and all will be built
together there.
Jim Honey, now with Station
WDWD, Dawson, whose wife is
now teaching school here, will be
manager of the Cairo station, it
is understood.
Touchdown Club
Heard Ga. Coach
Monday Night
The Touchdown Club of Cairo
held its regular weekly meeting
Monday night in the Citizens
Cafe, with a good attendance of
members, and heard an unusually
interesting football discussion by
Spec Towns, Coach at the Uni
vei'sity of Georgia, who was the
guest of honor.
In addition to his important
talk, Coach Towns showed mov¬
ies of the Ga.-Ala. game of 1948.
Guests from the local football
team included John Hester, Fred
Harper, and Roger Harper. Max
Reynolds had as his guest his
brother-in-law, Charles Kraivg.
John King, President of the Club
presided.
Lester Coleman won the prize,
(A steak supper) for picking the
most winners in last Saturday’s
football games. He picked 15
winners out of 20, a week in ad¬
vance of the games.
Special guest for next Monday
Orin night’s Mitchell, meeting of will Americus. be Coach j
.
Farmers' Goals
Are Outlined
Bureau Leader In
Brilliant- Talk
To Kiwanis
Goals of the Georgia Farm
Burea, in legislation and other¬
wise, were outlined in a brilliant
address here Tuesday to Cairo
Kiwanians by Wilson E. Still, of
Macon, state director of organiza¬
tion. He was introduced by Co.
Agt. S. E. George, a college-mate,
with Agnew Smith as program
chairman. Norwood Clark, the
club president, presided.
Mr. Still, in a most informative
manner, emphasized the great
importance of having a still
stronger Farm Bureau in Georgia
and the south, the annu il sign •
up now being in progress in
Grady and other counties. The
soundness of his logic visibly im¬
pressed the assembled group of
business and professional men, as
well as a number of farm leaders
attending as special guests.
j The speaker first emphasized
that the Farm Bureau seeks pri
mar jj v tj ie maintenance of a fair
1
level of income for farmers, along
with other groups, apd a sound
balance of the economy for all
groups. He recited how depres¬
sions have always accompanied
periods of low farm income and
how general prosperity has al¬
ways accompanied periods of fair
or high farm income.
He told of the operation of the
Federal farm price support pro¬
gram, which showed a net profit
of $79,500,000 on a three and one
half billion dollar operating fund
i >r 14 years of operations up to
a f.-vv months ago. He admitted
then- have been some ’•athcr st r
ious losses in recent operations
but said some of these losses
would be wiped out on long-range
operations and that the program
has justified itself many times.
He told of how the National
Farm Bureau Federation, with¬
out full membership by farmers
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Supreme Court
Affirms Ruling
Upholds Decision
In Pickle Case
Of much interest to the peo¬
ple of C^iro was the news Thurs¬
day that the State Supreme Court
had affirmed the Grady Superior
Court decision in granting a
temporary injunction against The
Cairo Pickle Company, prevent¬
ing said company from disposing
of sewage and waste into Little
Tired Creek.
The case was brought by S. C.
Sholar, J. A. Harrell, T. B. Bout
well, and R. C. Muggridge, and
others seeking a temporary in¬
junction against Cairo Pickle
Company, to prevent their dis¬
posing of waste and sewage into
the creek, which the Plaintiffs
alleged polluted the stream,
killing fish, killing vegetation
along the stream, poisoning the
water, and creating obnoxious
odors along the stream.
The case was tried in the regu
lar term of the Grady Superior j
Court last June, the Court ruling
in favor of the Plaintiff, and
granting the temporal y injunc -1
tion. The decision was carried j
to the State Supreme Court, and I
this court affirmed the lower
court’s decision this week.
■
L. H. Foster was the attorney
for the plaintiffs, and Cain &
Smith represented Caisp Pickle
Company.
EIGHTEEN PAGES
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NUMBER 40
i City Election
Is Set Here
To Determine If
City Will Have
Legal Beer Now
In a surprise move Tuesday
night, the Cairo City Council
voted three to two for a
special election to be held in
the City to determine wheth¬
er the people were for the
legal sale of beer or against
it. In the last minutes of
the meeting, motion was
made by Councilman Byron
White for the special elec¬
tion. Those lining up in fav¬
or of the election were Byron
White, Ira Higdon, Jr., and
Roland Williams.
When the motion was made,
and passed, it was decided then
and there to proceed at once with
all the details, and the date was
set for Tuesday, Oct. 25th., with
the poles being opened at 7 a. m.
and closed at 6 p. m. Regis¬
trars Howard Proctor and J. E.
Forsyth were appointed to bring
the voting list up to-date.
Under the law, for elections of
this nature, only those that were
on the voting list at the last gen¬
era! election (Nov. 3, 1948) are
eligible to vote in the special
election.
The ballots will say simply
“FOR BEER, and AGAINST
BEER,” and you will be instruct¬
ed to mark through the one you
do NOT want. For example, if
you favor the legal sale of beer
in Cairo, you will mark through
“Against Beer”, leaving the bal¬
lot to be counted “For Beer”.
Other business coming before
the Council included an ordinance
etting up a work camp for tile
City, where those who could not
jav fines may be worked on the
streets or other City work. Pro¬
vision is made to keep the prison¬
ers in tiie County jail when they
are not at work. It is under¬
stood that Norman Kelley will
be in charge of this work camp.
The ordinance passed unanimous
ly.
A report from the Light and
Water committee revealed that
the new lighting program is go¬
ing forward, with lines now be¬
ing constructed on Booker Hill.
The Street Committee report¬
ed that the street paving pro¬
gram was progressing nicely, and
that it would soon be concluded
for this summer. Through the
winter, grading and preparation
will be continued, so that next
Spring when the weather per¬
mits, some additional paving may
be poured at once.
Mayor Walter Williams reveal¬
ed that in the Mayor’s Court
Monday thirteen prisoners were
up for trial, three of these be¬
ing for gamblng, and ten for dis¬
orderly conduct, resulting from
excessive intoxicants.
Board Of Education
In Meet; Announce
School Holidays
The Grady County Board of
Education held its regular month
ly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 4th„
with chairman Henry Hester, W.
T. Lane, R. E. Stringer, R. T.
Ferrell> and E H . Herring, pres¬
ent.
The Board annour red there
would be two weeks granted for
Christmas holidays, schools,
both , white and co i ore d, will close
p r j da y afternoon, Dec. 16th., and
reopen Monday morning, January
2nd.
The white schools will close
Tuesday, Oct. 25th., so that
teachers may attend their annual
G. E. A. meeting in Albany.
Thanksgiving holdays will be
observed as usual, with school
closing Nov. 24, and 25th.