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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. ffiata J % 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 • (Continued on last page) 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 (Continued on Page 9) 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 (Continued on last page) 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 (Continued on last page) 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 GRADY COUNTY (greatest Diversified Farming Section In America SINGLE. COPIES. 5 CFNTi. 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.