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CAIRO, GEORGIA The Best City of Its 5j ze In the Entire United States A YEAR- IN advance. VOLUME XLVI. 1445 VOTERS ARE QUALIFIED h SPECIAL BEER ELECTION Tuesday Within City Polls Open At 7 , Close At 6 P. M. In City Hall The special City election or ■eferendum, ordered by the flavor and Council at its regular neeting Tuesday night Oct. 11th., f fll be held according to schedule Tuesday, Oct. 25th., to determine whether the majority of qualifi d voters in the City of Cairo are or the legal sale of beer or igainst it. The polls will open it 7:00 a. m., and close at 6:00 p. a, with all voting done at the iity hall, as required by the City ’barter. Voting booths for white voters nil be set up in the fire De jartment, and Negroes will cast heir votes upstairs, back of the ibrary, in the Council room. According to City Clerk Ralph Carlisle, there will be approxi nately 1445 qualified to cast allots in this special election, [his will include 999 white voters ind about 446 colored voters. This election applies only to he voters registered within the iity limits of Cairo, and does not nclude those in the Cairo Dis irict outside the City limits. The law governing special jeferendums |ie: of this nature speci that those who are qualified o vote are the ones whose names ivero on the certified voter list it the last general election, which fas last November. No one regis ered since then is qualified to W a ballot in this election. | At the last general election here were 1576 voters on the pt; but due to deaths and pg away, the list was revised pi' pte week, registrants and the names of 121 and ten colored pe struck from the list, leaving I total of 1445 people qualified to [ 0!i in Tuesday’s election. At the primany election last pr. where most interest was wn, only 914 people voted out * a registration of 1576. It is Sieved that at least this many fill vote on the controversal is r.- °f legal beer within the City. It is understood the Mayor and ■ouncil realizes the results of the ote will not be legally binding, ® members have in^prmally 8‘°ed to abide by the results in ‘^mining whether or not legal (Continued on page four) -Giro Syrupmakers Will Meet Waycross Over There Tonight Tifton Blue Devils Beat Local 43-14 Last Friday Night Here ‘ ne Syrupmakers will c 'o Waycross tonight to meet he of ihp strongest teams . • Nh p eor6la T ^e Waycross - will out weigh the ^ >is a ad also have much more ier ial to choose from in mak \ ?er Up gives a tea m but the local team ta U P a game until the "hustle has blown, c: so "i no ', can tel! what the outcome ill be. A large 0 $ crowd of Cairo are planning on aceom nyin « the team over there to ' Same which ler should be T : beginning to end. per Tifton Blue Devils swept ' < ~ a ’ r ° Syrupmakers last hd U^ ni ght by a score of 43 to t, 7 J uhnny Lipsey scoring " Of \\ V, seven „ . , - jafl , ' Tifton . ^ *' •lanes which and 5 f ‘ t!l3 ; ked other two. Willis 0 % one extra point seven ’ ie>\ Tifton scored GJh? (torn The Official Organ of Grady County. "The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation ot the dead." EIGHTEEN PAGES 40 And 8 Wreck To Be Staged ! Public To Enjoy Parade And Fun, Ends With Dance j The long-looked-for 40 & 8 wreck will be staged in Cairo next Wednesday, Oct. 26th., be ginning about noon with a parade j j led Included by the Cairo in the High Band, parade will be ; engines and box cars of the 40 & 8 variety, along with PG’s (local Legionairres to be initiated). Fol lowing the parade the PG’s will do street work, which shoud be j interesting spectators. and The Wreck amusing will to the j come to a conclusion that night with a dance at the Legion Home, where the music is to be provided by Nat Adderly and his Orches tra, a well-known Negro band from Tallahassee. A special feature of this dance will be jit ter-bug exhibitions by three or four couples from the colored Legion Post in Cairo. Those who i have seen these couples dance, say it is “out of this world”, and certainly first-rate entertainment for anybody, The 40 & 3 is an honorary society of the Legion, which specializes in helping the Legion to carry out its many programs, especially child welfare, The name 40 & 8 was selected be¬ cause men during the first world war were transported through France in box cars marked 40 men or 8 horses. The local Post has nine 40 & 8 members, and at this Wreck four j or five more are to be initiated, To be eligible, a member must | have done some- outstanding work | in the Legion, This is the first time such a j Wreck has been held in Cairo, although they are held in various places about three times a year. Representations and units will be here from Albany, Columbus, Val¬ dosta, Pelham Camilla, Thomas ville, and probably other towns. The Wreck of the old 40 & 8 will be something to see—and re¬ member. Norman Harrison, Jr., and family have returned to their home in Newnan after spending a few days here at the bedside of his grandfather Mr. Gordy Tyrus, who has been seriously ill but is now much improved. touchdowns in the half alon S Wlth making only four first downs in the same The three in the seC ond were made by Lipsey go ing over one time and completing passes to Jones for the other two. McCorkle was in on both of Cairo’s touchdowns which were 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 14—Tifton 43; Cairo 14. 21 —Waycross there. Oct. 28—Moultrie here, Nov. 4—Bainbridge here. [Nov. 11 —Colquitt here, Nov. 18 —Americus there. made in the third and fourth quarters. McCorkle completed a pass to Hester for the first one -- (Continued on page 4 section 2) CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1949. Pecan Growers Get Marl < ctAid Agreement- Went In Effect Yesterday Georgia pecan growers and those in four other Southeastern States, yesterday (October 20) began operation under the recent pecan marketing agreement and order which was approved by growers in five states and by the Secretary of Agriculture. The. regulatory and inspection provisions are in effect after to¬ day, County Agent S. E. George said, and he listed the following places in the state where pecan inspectors will be stationed: Al¬ bany, Cairo, Valdosta, Macon, Vidalia, Cordele, McRae and Barnesville. I He continued that other in¬ spection stations will be set up if they are needed to adequately handle the work. Agent George explained that any pecans moving outside the states of Georgia, Alabama, Flori¬ da, Mississippi and South Caro¬ lina must be inspected. The nuts, to be shipped outside this terri¬ tory, must meet grade and size requirements. If growers sell nuts to local handlers, it is not the responsibility of the grower to obtain the inspection service. The handlers who buy the nuts locally, however, must obtain the inspection service before shipping nuts outside the terri tory in this instance. To be shipped outside the ter¬ ritory unshelled nuts must be at least U. S. Commercial Grade and not exceed 91 nuts per pound. Auto Thieves In Raid Here One Car Stolen; Three Others Almost Taken At the football game here last Friday night Dave Bowen’s 1949 Ford was stolen, with no trace of it reported yet, according to of Police Vanlandingfiam, and two other 1949 Fords had “straight-wired”, apparently the car-thieves being scared in the attempt, and failed to these other two. Wilburn Maxwell’s ’49 was one of those wired to be driven off without the key, for some reason it was not taken; and the other one was also a ’49 Ford belonging to St. Elmo from Meigs. It was said that a fourth one, parked out toward the signal light on the Highway, had been with, but the Police did not have t.he name of the owner. Police had no way of knowing who may have stolen the one car, and attempted to get two or three others, but they doubted if it was any local person involv¬ ed. Instead, it appeared to have been a band of professional car thieves who made a planned raid, and then for some reason were disturbed in the attempt and made off with only one. It is possible that whoever took the car had a van waiting near¬ by, and hauled it away; or the tag could have been switched, and the car driven out. Mr. Bowen related that he parked his car on 5th Ave., S. E. near Merrit’s Garage about 8:00 m and went in to see the foot p. Then coming out a ball game, little before the game was over, in order to open his Drug Store, he discovered his car was miss¬ ing He immediately reported it to' the Cairo Police, but no His trace of it has been found yet. car was covered by theft insurance, he said. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Lawhorne, of Columbus were week-end visi¬ tors here. |950 Chest Fund Campaign Soon R. P. Wight To Be Leader; Chest's i Officers Named Organization of the 1950 Fund campaign of the Grady County Community Chest will be per¬ fected next week under the di j rection of Robert P. Wight, local postmaster, as campaign chair¬ man. George T. Smith led the drive last year and Waiter J. Mc Clenny the year before. New Chest officers were also announced this week following a series of membership, director and committee meetings. Walter J. McClenny has been elected president with Charles R. Beale as vice-president. Under the ro¬ tation plan, three directors—Mrs. P. M. Baggett, Mrs. R. P. Wight and G. B. Trulock—will retire and elected to succeed them are Mrs. Marshall Neff, Mrs. Chas. P. Whidden and W. C. Lane. Di¬ rectors having another year to serve are Charles R. Beale, Jake Poller and Alvin B. Wight. Di¬ rectors elected last year and hav¬ ing two years to serve are Mrs. Frank Maxwell, Calvary, Mrs. D. P. Ward, Pine Park, and Henry Hester, Jr. Miss Lillie Shores con¬ tinues as treasurer. Louis A. Powell continues as secretary and ! ex-officio director. R. S. Jones has been chairman of a special committee, also in¬ cluding Lester Coleman, Harris Jefferson, Jake Poller and George T. Smith, that is waging a suc¬ cessful effort to collect unpaid 1949 Chest Fund pledges to en¬ able the agency to meet its fourth quarter payments to institutional members or causes in full. The budget committee will meet at the council Room at the City Hail at 9:30 a. m. today, Fri¬ day, to approve or revise the 1950 askings of the various institution¬ al members, which will deter¬ mine the 1950 chest goal. The committee recommendations are then subject to approval by the directors. The budget committee is composed of Harris Jefferson, chairman, Mrs. Clayton Baker, Mrs. W. M. Tyson, Mrs. Chas P. Whidden, Mrs. Thomas Wight, Julius Gilmore, Howard Thrower, Sr. John B. Wight. All detailed plans for the cam J paign are expected to be an nounced by next week, officials said. Hogs Up Again Slightly : is 17.75 Cts.; No. ' Volume Heavy The weekly livestock auction sale here Tuesday brought slight ly higher prices for hogs, with volume of sales again heavy. No. 1 hogs sold for 17.75c a pound, up 25 points from last week and 75 points above board quotations. No. 2 hogs were 16.80c a pound. Feeder pigs continued in strong demand, with prices therefor also slightly higher, the .. market , . man S „,C along With the h-ly move ment of grade hogs. The sale iticluded only a light run of cattle, with price* steady. CAA Officials In Cairo On Tuesday Jack Lynch and Die Lord, of the Civil Aeronautics Administra tion in Atlanta, visited here Tues day afternoon to inspect progress at the local airport. The reported CAA funds now available for participation on a 50-50 basis in construction of an administration building and other work to complete the airport and open it to air traffic, now in pros¬ pect by next May. EIGHTEEN PAGES Superior Court Meets Monday Civil Cases Are Scheduled For First Week The regular October term of Grady Superior Court will con¬ vene next Monday morning, the 24th., for a two-weeks session. Judge Carl E. Crow, of Camilla, will preside with Solicitor Maston O'Neal looking after the State’s interest. As customary, the first week of Court will be consumed with civil business, which will allow the Solicitor to devote his time with the Grand Jury. Criminal business, which is expected to be very light, will be taken up the week of October 31st. It is un derstood there are no murder cases outstanding,, with one as sault with intent to murder case pending. Indications are that all of next week, through Friday will be con sumed with civil business as there is an unusually heavy docket, The Court calendar of civil c ases, in which they are scheduled to come up for trial follows: Monday, Oct. 24th.—All divorce cases, contested and otherwise. Sainity hearing appeal vs. Bas com Norton. W. A. Walker, Jr. et d. vs E. B. Harrison in a suit for the condemnation of right of way for a public road, state Rt. 179. Riches, Inc. vs E. B. Hard son, a suit to collect an account. Tuesday, Oct. 25th. — Carl Spence vs. Mrs. W. G. Spence, a suit for the petition of land. G. L. Worthy is the attorney for Mrs. W. G. Spence. The peti¬ tioner, Carl Spence, alleges that Dis¬ 73 acres of land in the 17th. trict of Grady County,, belongs in part, to the first wife of W. G. Spence, deceased. Cain and Smith represents the plaintiff. The second case Tuesday is that James E. Rawls vs. Dr. Clayton A. Adams. Ira Carslile is the at torney fc5r the defendant. James E. Raw is is sueing Dr. Adams f >r the sum of $3,000 damages in con nection with an auto accident on (Continued on page 7) Corn Show To Be Big Feature j Farm Bureau May Give Members Fish Supper The Chamber of Commerce Fat Calf Show and Corn Contest com mittee, at a meeting at the Coun ty Agent’s office at the Court house Tuesday afternoon, map ped plans to make the forthcom ing third annual Grady County Corn Show here an outstanding J attraction. The show, as hereto > f orej w j]| climax the big Corn c on t es t among the county’s FFA an d 4 _jj club members. Final checks are now being made to determine the contest winners and all , of ... the boys who , complete , , the contest will be eligible to ex I hibit corn in the show. A check mee ting Tuesday showed th t of the 160 who entered the con t es t 130 will complete it, as ‘ uIS they are annoU nced at the show ' but they are expected to exceed 100 bushels „„ acl „ again. President Carl Ponder, of the Grady County Farm Bureau, attended the meetnig and otter ed full support of his organiza tion in attracting more farmers to the Corn Show to stir even greater interest in increasing corn yields in the county. A fish sup per was suggested for Farm Bu reau members as a feature of its membership campaign, to be serv ed in connection with the Corn Show, and final action on this proposal was to be taken at the (Continued on page four) GRADY COUNTY Greatest Diversified Farming Sect on In A me i ica Pickle Waste Disposal Set Council Approves Company's Plans The Mayor & Council here at a special meeting last Monday night unanimously approved plans of the local pickle company to provide for disposal of its in¬ dustrial sewage. Court litigation is pending which may lead to an injunction prohibiting the com¬ pany from further disposing of its untreated pickle waste in Little Tired Creek, which f 1 o w e s through the eastern edge of the c *ty. in such a manner as to be objectionable to land owners a l° n g said stream, The company plan is under¬ stood to embody dilution, as re cently suggested by city officials, or a deep well disposal, or a combination of both. Water from both local ice plants would be used in the dilution plan. The company has been stalled in its efforts to procure land for either of the methods, court litigation having held up that phase of the efforts, with a case now pending 'n the Georgia Supreme Court, The company is understood to been ready to proceed with the most feasible plans for some time, at a cost expected to run in excess of $ 20 , 000 . The city action Monday night > s a development in connection with recant court action and in line with the generally expressed desire of the people to keep exist ing industries successful as a means of attracting new indus trial development; and it is gen erally hoped that the approved plan will satisfactorily solve the waste disposal problem as a sat¬ isfactory solution is necessary to enable the pickle plant to con¬ tinue to operate here. J. F. Forrester Passes Away Beloved Citizen Buried Sunday Mr. Julian Franklin Forrester, beloved life-lond resident of Grady County, quietly passed away at his home nine miles North of Cairo at 1:20 a. m. Sat urday, October 15, after an ill ness of about three weeks; his condition was not considered cri tical until late Friday. The funeral service was held at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Tom Mashburn, of Lake City, Fla., conducting. Rev. Mashburn, a native of Grady County and close friend of the deceased, gave a loving tribute to his life as he knew him. In terment was in Pleasant Grove cemetery. The pallbearers selected were: George C. Forrester, of Warner Robins, Frank L. Forrester, of Thomasville, Allen Ward, Cairo, Pearce Belcher, of Pelham, Dr. Beverly „ , __ W. _ Forrester . of „ New „ Or- _ leans, La., and Vernon Mize, of Gainesville, Fla. Mr. Forrester was a native of this county, he was born Novem jggg ^ be son 0 f j ate “ura Pope"! 2 2 1914 until ^d a few beTnTuite^ve months ago the de- fn ce ha d the a £f a j rs G f the community and b j s p ersona i business. In issues afferting the civic ufe of his mun jty an d county he was al ways on t he side which in his opinion would be for the common good. Wherever truth and jus bce were i n question he always took h j s s t. an d. Truth to him was etema i virtue which stood as his SU p reme guide. He was interest g d the activities of his church, tbe Pleasant Grove Church, wbere he had been a member (Continued on page 7) SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT! NUMBER 41. REA Meeting Held Friday 4,200 Members Are Invited; Valuable Prizes Given Free The annual membership meet ing of the Grady County REA co-op, serving Decatur, Grady, and Thomas Counties, will con¬ vene at 2:30 p. m. today, Friday, at the High School Gymnasium here in Cairo, with 2000 or more members expected to attend. Registration of members for more than $1,500 in valuable prizes to be given away at the meeting will begin at 2:00 p. m. promptly. The meeting will be | called to order and President B. M. Lee will present the presiding officer. The co-op now serves 4,200 members in the three coun¬ ties and all are urged to attend this meeting and be on hand for registration at 2:00 o’clock. The valuable prizes include an electric rofngerator, an electric range and a deep freeze, among numerous other electrical ap Alices, all donated-or . , 4U the meet i P j mJ by the co-op, the appuance dealers and Cairo business con cerns. The prizes have been on display on the ground floor of the Telephon Building, North Broad Street, in Cairo, and have been viewed with much interest there. Every member will have an equal oportunity to win one of these valuable prizes. Program The program for the 1949 an¬ nual meeting today is as follows: 2:00-2:30 p. m.—Registration. 2:30—Meeting called to order and presentation of presiding of¬ ficer, B. M. Lee, President. 2:35—Invocation, Rev. T. S. Roote. 2:40 — Welcome, Louis A. Powell. 2:45—Reading of Notice of Meeting and proof of mailing, Reading of minutes of last An¬ nual meeting, George T. Smith. 2:55—Introduction of visitors, S. P. Cain, Presiding Officer. 3:05 Report of Officers: Presi¬ dent—B. M. Lee; Sec.-Treasurer S. P. Perkins. (Presiding officer to direct members’ attention to reports in program.) 3:10—Presentation of Director nominees. Open for nominations from the floor. Appointment of inspectors of election. Election • by secret ballot, 3:20—Introduction of Speaker, George T. Smith. 3:25 — Guest Speaker, Dr. George P. Donaldson. 3:50—Awarding of Gifts, Ag~ new Smith. Adjournment. Robbery Here Last Monday $700 Taken Off Elderly Woman Mrs. Emma Dekle, 68 , of 401 1st. Ave., S. W., was hypnotized or drugged here Monday about 2:30 p. m. by a fashionably-dress ed woman posing as a religious worker and robbed of her life savings of $700. Sheriff C. H. Strickland said an alert had been sounded to SSSMTSAlS aljout I SSLW * ng 35 pounds and driving a late m ° de i La f Salle ’ - in her room working on a quilt ^ en 'v. orT if n j e n 4 on‘Je°to e !L e d 7 and pat or rub her about the neck and body. The only thing Mrs. a “working for the Lord". This flustered and unnerved Mrs. Delcle to the point tl at sue could j t °| s SibltTthaTeSer IrdUoro form may have been rubbed on the victim’s clothing which pro duced a dazed condition; how¬ ever, Mrs. Dekle said she was never unconscious or never whol (Continued on page 5)