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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
,,.50-52 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVI.
Corn Show Set
For Nov. 17
Wingate Speaker
Farm Bureau To
Eat Fish
Grady County Farm Bureau
has voted to co-operate fully
wi th and boost attendance for
the third annual Grady County
Corn Show here, with Thursday
afternoon and evening, Nov. 17th,
as the definite date, the sponsor
ing Chamber of Commerce com
mittee announced this week.
H. L. Wingate, president of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation,
will be the principal speaker at
the show and the Grady Farm
Bureau will serve a fish supper to
its members in connection with
the show to boost its membership
sign-up campaign now in pro
gress.
Corn displays for the show will
be by various 4-H Club and FFA
members in the Corn Contest,
130 of whom will finish the con
test, winners of which will be
announced at the show. The
Corn Contest prizes will be by
the Greenwood Plantation hybrid
seed corn project (Ed V. Komarek,
director), Cairo Kiwanis Club,
Whigham Community Club and
various Cairo business concerns.
The Corn Show prizes will be by
Cairo Rotary Club. The show
will be at the Grady Farm Bu
reau Market.
Other features wlil be displays
of corn production and harvest
ing equipment, including the new
com pickers; a corn shucking
contest and possibly other con
tests. The Cairo School Band
will be invited to furnish music.
The attraction is expected to
prove a forerunner of a Grady
County Fair (without a carnival)
which Cairo Rotary Club plans
to sponsor next year, with the
Corn Show and 4-H Club and
FFA rallies as features. Final
checks on the Corn Contest plots
are now being completed and
much interest is already evidenc
ed in the climax of the contest
and the show, in which many
youths will receive valuable
prizes. The show itself is ex
pected to be a real attraction
since displays will be accompani
ed by charts showing pertinent
data on production, etc.
Waycross T akes Syrupmakers
20-7; Play Moultrie Tonight
With Three Home Games In Row
Cairo Stands Chance To Win All
After a 20-7 defeat by the un
beaten Waycross Eleven, regard
ed as one of the big class A pow
ers in the state, there last Fridav
ni ght, the Cairo Gridders face
Moultrie here tonight, Oct. 28th..
w dh a better chanco for victory
than they have had recently.
Gene Evans gave the Waycross
Bulldogs a lead in the first
quarter on a 30-yard scoring end
sw eep. Red Knight’s pass to
Allen was good for the extra
Point. Knight tallied the second
TD before the half and again pas
sed to Allen for a 14-0 lead at
halftime.
The Syrupmaker’s counter
thrust came in the third period
'■'•hen Billy McCorkle sneaked
" Ver from the four after a con
centrated drive of 65 yards. He
Passed to John Hester for the
e xtra point.
Second Period Play
As the second quarter got un
der way, the Waycross Bulldogs
m oved to paydirt. Evans ripped
off right guard for six and Joyce
ma de seven more down to the
^ fou airo ght 27. their Joyce and Mulligan
way to the 19.
Gene Evans then streaked!
.
r °ugh left tackle, moved
•hrough a nest of Cairo tacklers
^ Bulldog er,t a U the way for the second
score. Again Evans lo
cated Charlie Zeigler in the end
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The Official Organ of Grady County.
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Grady Registrars
Make Plans For
Re-registration
The Registrars of Grady Coun
ty—M. G. Patterson, Whigham,
W. L. Prince, Spence, and E. A.
Gandy, Cairo — appointed by
Judge Carl Crow of the Superior
Court Oct. 8 , met for the first
time Monday of this week, and
set about making plans for re
registering Grady County voters.
M. G. Patterson said equip
ment was ordered, such as re
gistration blanks, and a filing
cabinet. “We should have every
thing ready, and be set up for
the task of re-registeration by
Nov. 15th.”, he said.
At least the board hopes to be
ready by the 15th., Mr. Patterson
said. However further announce
ments will be made in plenty of
time for all to register.
1950 Grady Fair
Rotary Goal
Clark Thread Co.
Official Club
Speaker
Cairo Rotary Club has adopted
a set of goals which includes de
finite plans for sponsorship of a
Grady County Fair (without a
carnival) in the fall of 1950, in
co-operation with various other
interested agencies and groups,
it was revealed by club officials
this week. R. E. Johnson, the
committee chairman, has called
a meeting of interested leaders
for 10 a. m. next Tuesday at
Citizens Cafe.
Fred Roddenbery, Rotary presi
dent, said the Fair was adopted
as a goal after considerable in
vestigation to determine interest
in which many leaders expressed
the feeling such an attraction
should be “a must” for next
year.
-Other Rotary goals include: In
viting two male students of seni
or class to Rotary meetings until
all have attended; sponsorship of
basketball teams from 5th, 6 th and
7 th grades in community athletic
program; contribution of $10
monthly to Youth Center here;
monthly contributions to purchase
theater tickets for hoys of School
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zone for the PAT.
Cairo still could not find a vul
nerable spot in the Bulldog line.
Their running attack lost 12
more yards on a series of downs.
Just before the halftime, the first
Cairo offensive got underway.
John* Fesperman fumbled and
guard Julian Harrel recovered at
the Bulldogs’ 41. The Syrup
makers drove to the Waycross stoppeef
36 where their drive
when Joyce intercepted Red
Rogers’ pass.
Third Period
The Cairo Eleven came to life
early in the third period after
recovering Red Knight’s fumble
at the Waycross 25. Waycross
drew a 15-yard penalty for
roughing and McCorkle and
Rogers carried the pigskin to the
one. Then McCorkle bulled his
way over, The versatile quarter
back hit end John Hester for the
extra point.
The final period was just a
minute old when the Bulldogs
scored their third TD. Evans ran
Billy McCorkle’s kick back to the
Cairo 45. Then he showed his
heels to the Syrupmakers m the
top offensive play of the game.
He dashed around left end, cut
back and scampered down the
sidelines on a 45 -yard jaunt with
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CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1949
$26,576 Damage
Suit Face City
Involving Plant
Sewage Disposal
In Tired Creek
The Mayor and Council met in
regular session Tuesday night,
with a very light agenda, taking
up routine business. One signi
ficant developement coming from
the meeting was the announce
ment that the City would be sued
for $26,576 in connection with
alleged damages suffered by
Polk A. Carter from sewage dis
posal being put into little Tired
Creek and Big Tired Creek.
Notice of intention to file suit
was sent by Custer & Kirbo, at
| torneys of Bainbridge, represent
ing Mr. Carter. The City has 30
days to either pay the alleged
damages, or refuse to do so. It
is understood the City would re
fuse to pay, and it is assumed the
suit will be filed when the 30
days are up.
The notice of intention to sue
follows below in full:
“Mayor and Aldermen,
City of Cairo
Gentlemen:
“Please consider this a formal
demand upon, you for damages
amounting to $26,575.00 incurred
by Polk A. Carter by reason of
the negligence and the actions of
the City of Cairo in polluting and
causing to be polluted the no
navigable streams known as Lit
tle Tired Creek and Big Tired
Creek. Because of the actions of
the City in construction of the
sewerage which diverted the sew
age, refuse and waste from the
plant of W. B. Roddenbery, Inc.,
and Cairo Pickle Company, these
streams became polluted on or
about September 1947 with cer
tain poisonous chemicals which
destroyed all plant and animal
life and created obnoxious and
harmful ordors in, around and
along the streams.
Polk A. Carter owned approxi
mately 252.7 acres of land in Lots
Nos. 220, 181, and 180 in the 18th.
District of Grady County, Geor
gia which these streams run on
and across. As a direct result of
the pollution of the streams, Mr.
Carter lost thirty-five head of
cattle of the total value of $7,-
575.00. As a result of the effect
of the poisonous chemicals in
said streams, he lost the produc
tion of approximately seventy
five head of cattle; the loss
amounting to $3,000.00
Because of the effect that the
poisonous chemicals has upon the
pasture and vegetation, Mr. Cart
er has lost the use of his property
for two years and it is reasonably
worth $ 2,000 per year or a total of
$ 4 , 000 . 00 , and there is a perma
nent damage to said property of
$ 10 , 000 . 00 .
Likewise, in determining the
cause of the injuries to Mr. Carter
and in an attempt to avoid loss
from the action of the City in pol
luting the streams, he has been
to an expense of $ 2 , 000.00
It is Mr. Carter’s contention
that all of these losses resulted
directly from the actions of the
City of Cairo in polluting the
streams or causing the same to
be polluted or in procuring or
assisting another to pollute the
same.
It will be appreciated if you
will give us a yes or no answer
upon this demand at your next
regular meeting.
Mr. Polk A. Carter has directed
us to enter this demand upon
you.”
Very truly yours,
Custer & Kirbo
Attorneys for Polk A Carter.
CORRECTION
In the story on the Superior
Court in last week’s issue, one
case was listed as Riches, Inc.
vs E. B. Harrison, a suit to col
lect an account. This was an
error. It should have been
Riches, Inc. vs Eva Henderson.
The Messenger is glad to make
this correction.
'50 Chest Drive
Opens Nov. 7
Goal Is $13,960
About Same As
For 1949
Officials of the Grady County
Community Chest, at a lengthy
meeting last Tuesday, voted to
open the 1950 Fund Campaign
Monday week, Nov. 7th, for $13,
960, about the same as for 1949.
At the meeting W. J. McClenny
was formally elected Chest presi
dent and Robert P. Wight, local
postmaster, was officially named
leader for the 1950 Fund cam
paign.
of the $13,960 to be raised for
ne xt year, $13,630 was approved
f or eight institutional members,
w ith $330, or les than three per
cen t, for all Chest expenses. Al
locations to the eight causes,
which will be announced in de
tail next week, are largely in
proportion to those for this year,
except that the library allocation
was increased to meet urgent sup
plemental needs of that institu
t i on .
Also to be published next week
j s a statement of 1949 operations
which will show $361 needed to
be paid during the remainder of
this year on unpaid pledges to
enable the Chest to complete
gi v i n g the eight causes it supports
J a total of approximately $11,000
i n accordance with apportion
ments fixed at the first of the
year. The 1949 operations, it is
emphasized, made unnecessary
seven separate major drives dur
ing the year, and, in addition,
provided for numerous emerg
ency welfare assistance appeals to
be met efficiently without store
to-store begging.
Chairman Wight will spend
much of next week organizing his
various groups of workers for the
1950 Fund campaign, which is ex
pected to be successfully com
pleted before Thanksgiving.
C. of C. Schools
Survey Is Seen
Directors Think It
Worthwhile; Train
Fight Mapped
Directors of the Grady Co.
Chamber of Commerce, in month
ly session Tuesday night, formally
approved plans for a county
wide survey to determine school
needs from a strictly civic stand
point, and to draft a long- range
program to meet those needs.
Directors were given a U. S.
Chamber brochure outlining how
such surveys may be made, for
study and final action at the
next meeting. Viewing the con
tinuing enrollment increases for
the next several years, the di
rectors foresee an increasingly
critical situation developing,
which, it was stated, will demand
long-range planning on a sound
basis if a serious breakdown is
to be avoided,
G. B. Trulock, who served on
the C. Board of Education for j
a number of years, was among {
the directors who spoke out em- j
phactically for such a survey and j
program, mapped by civic and
business leaders from the most j
practical viewpoint. Chambers in
at least five Georgia counties
have recently made such surveys,
whic have been enthusiastically
accepted, it was reported.
The directors also authorized
Chamber employment of counsel
to assist in leading the fight
against curtailment of the A. C.
L. Montgomery-Savannah express
and mail service as provided by
the night passenger trains, the
application assigned of the for railroad hearing having by the j j
been
Ga. Public Service Commission on |
^ Nov. 9th. Many local patrons j
-
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SIXTEEN PAGES
Superior Court
In Session
$6,000 Damages
Awarded In Auto
Accident
The October term of the Grady
Superior Court conVened last
Monday, Oct. 24th., for a two
weeks session, with Judge Carl
Crow of Camilla presiding, and
Solicitor Maston O’Neal repre
senting the State,
As customary, the civil busi
ness is being taken up this
week; and the criminal business,
which is very light, will be taken
up next week. It is understood
there are no murder cases out
standing, with one assault with
intent to murder case pending,
The grnad jury was organized
shortly after the opening Mon
day with the election of Glenn
Griffith, of Calvary, as foreman,
J. Carl Minter as clerk and Sam
McKown as bailiff. Judge Crow,
in a 35-minute charge to the
grand jury, dealt mostly with how
jurors are chosen and the im
portance of grand jury duties.
He said he had a letter a few
days ago from a man wanting to
know why his name was not in
the jury box and from that pro
ceeded to outline and emphasize
that there is nothing s-o ?tive I
: about how names are placed in
the jury box or about how they
are selected for jury service from
time to time.
Jury revisers, serving with
staggered terms and not succeed
ing themselves, revise the jury
boxes every two years, it was ex
plained, by taking names from
the tax receiver’s books, with a
sufficient number of the “intelli
gent and upright” citizens being
selected for general jury duty—
and from among them a suffici
ent number of the “More intelli
gent, upright and experienced”
citizens selected for grand jury
duty. Names are drawn from the
boxes for service in open court
in a manner that anyone may
watch, it was stated further.
Emphasizing the solemnity and
importance of the oath grand
jurors take, “with God’s help,”
he quoted carefully the substance
of the oath: “You shall diligent
ly inquire and true presentments
make of all such matters and
things as shall come t« your
knowledge touching your present
service.”
Grand jurors usually set the
moral and law enforcement stand
ards of the county to a large ex
tent, he declared. When grand
jurors do a good job it encourag
ed others to do so, but when
grand jurors fail it is naturally
discouraging, he stated. He con
cluded importance with of emphasis grand jurors upon keep- the^
ing secret all that transpires in
the grand jury room unless they
are called upon to testify—and a
review of numerous laws which
he is required to give in charge.
The grand jury adjourned
Wednesday noon, and submitted
its presentments which will ap
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Thomasville Bulldog Pups Take
Jr. Syrupmakers Last Thursday
Thomasville High coaches re
ce j ve( j a favorable indicator of
their two platoon system here last
Thursday night when the Rose
City “B” team rolled to an 18-0
conquest of a smilar Cairo High
aggregation.
The two teams played ground
games throughout. Not a pass
was completed during the even
ing in the nine attempts of both.
Action started slow. An ex
change of kicks was followed by
Billy Ponder blocking a fourth
down boot of Cairo, after Jack
Tonkin had nailed Bearden for
a 10 -yard loss on a preceeding
play. Jimmy Binder scooped up
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT:
CITY VOTES TO RESUME BEER
SALES BY MAJORITY OF 114
Sale Of Pecans
Begins Here
13 Buyers Move
5,000 Pounds
Pecan sales at the local Farm
Bureau Market began Wednesday
of this week, with approximately
5,000 pounds of nuts sold the first
day, and some thirteen buyers on
hand.
Prices were considered good,
with Seedlings selling for 20
cents; Money Makers 19 cents;
Moores 18 cents; Success 20 cents;
Fracuser 22 cents; and Stew
arts 23 1-2 cents.
Hereafter during the season,
sales will begin at 1:30 p. m.
each Wednesday and Saturday, R.
L. Ferrell, Market Manager said,
At the opening sales Werines
day spirited bidding was seen,
and many producers were on
hand from out of the County.
Much satisfaction was express
e( j in Wednesday’s sales, and a
rood volume of business is ex
p £ ec ( cn succeeding sale dry
tfnou; iou the season,
Jt \ [ft B
I nllvIlU
R. E. A. Meet
67 People Given
Valuable Prizes
At Gym Here
A throng estimated at 2,500 peo
ple far overflowing the high
school gymnasium here last Fri
day afternoon to attend the an
nual meeting of the Grady Coun
ty Electric Membership Corpor
ation, the REA co-op which ser
ves some 4,200 rural users of
tricity in Decatur, Grady and
Thomas counties. Officials de
dared it considerably the largest
attendance in the 10 years the
co-op has served the area.
B M. Lee, the president, open -
ed the meeting and called on
George T. Smith, attorney, to
serve as master of ceremonies.
The invocation was by the Rev.
T. S. Roote of this county. Fol
lowing words of welcome by
Louis A. Powell, manager of the
Grady County Chamber of Com
merce, Mr. Smith read the offi
cial meeting notice and minutes
of the meeting a year ago. An
nual reports of officers, distrib
uted in mimeographed form, were
approved without being read to
expedite the business. Mr. Smith
then explained the method of
balloting on several directors to
handle the affairs of the co-op
and named managers to receive
and count the ballot, with win
ners in the seven districts to be
announced later.
Mr. Powell then introduced the
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the ball and waltzed 38 yards for
a touchdown,
That was all until the third
quarter when the Bullpups raced
to two touchdowns. Charles
Grant, John Ragan, and William
McTier sparked a quick thrust
to the Cairo 42. Thomasville was
pushed back,, however, and Grant
got off a beauty of a quick kick
to Cairo’s three-yard line—the
ball traveling 65 yards in the air.
After a Cairo player touched it,
Lyle Cooper fell on the ball for
a recovery there. Grant quickly
bucked over for the score.
Tonkin recovered another fum
(Continued from page 1, section 1)
NUMBER 42
814 Ballots Are
Cast On Tuesday
Council Expected
To Call Special
Meeting Soon
The legal sale of beer won
out in the Special elec
tion held here Tuesday. Oct.
25th., by a 114 majority,
when 814 voters, out of a
total registration of 1445.
went to the polls and cast
ballots on the controversai
! issue of whether or not the
| sale resumed of legal in the beer City. would be
j
The white voters cast their
ballots in the front of the fire
station, and negroes voted up
s tairs in the Council room of the
city Hall A total of 651 white
vo t e s were cast, and 163 negroes,
j n ^jje white vote, the count was
j 333 against beer, and 313 for
j beer. In the colored vote there
were 150 for beer, 11 votes
against, and two thrown out.
Combined, this gave a total of
4t)3 votes in favor of the legal
sale of beer, and 349 against
legal beer.
Although nothing definite had
been done by the Council Thurs
day, it was learned that a special
meeting probably would be call
■ ed in a day or two, and some ac
tion taken in response to the
election results. It is believed
the council will be in favor of
resuming legal beer on or about
November 1st.
Though there were 631 regist
ered voters in the city who did
I not cast a ballot either way, still
the turnout was considered fair
J ly issue good, and since candidates there was involved, only one
1 no
In the primary election last year
with many candidates involved,
only 914 votes were cast, or an
even 100 more than voted Tues
day.
With the polls opening at 7:00
a. m. and closing at 6:00 p. m.,
voting was rather brisk through
out the day, with occasional
lulls. Although the beer ques
tion has been an issue in past
elections, this was the first time
the direct question had ever
been voted on.
The special referendum was
called by the Mayor and Coun
cil at its regular meeting Oct.
11th., when Councilman Byron
White made a motion for an ex
pression by the -voters. Support
ing the motion was Councilmen
White, Higdon, and Williams.
It is understood that the Coun
cil is not legally bound to fol
low the results of this election,
but they had previously agreed
informally to abide by the re
sults.
There is the possibility that
the beer sales will not be resum
ed under the old ordinance, but
that a new ordinance may be
written setting out more strict
control on its sale. However,
there has been no indication by
the Council that an excessive
license will be placed on it.
Under the old set-up licenses
cost $25 and the City collected 5
cents a bottle tax on beer. $50
has been mentioned as a possible
license fee, but the Council has
made no definite decision.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Pow
ell, Sr., of Denver, Colo., are
planning to visit relatives here
Nov. 6 th and 7th. They will be
enroute home from Baltimore and
Washington, where he attended
to business for Colorado Public
Service Co., of which he is an
official. He is a native of Cairo.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hall are
visiting with Mrs. John R. Hall
and children. Their home is in
Ramona, California.