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CAIRO, GEORGIA The Best City of Its Size In the Entire United States J1.S0-S2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. VOLUME XLVI. Bankers Meet Here Monday Charles Redwine, To Make Address At Annual Affair The Honorable Charles D. Red wipe, State Revenue Commis¬ sioner, will be one of the guest speakers at the annual meeting of the Second District Georgia Bankers’ Association here at Northside Grammar School next Monday, Nov. 14th., it was an¬ nounced this week by J. Carl Minter, Vice President of the Ci¬ tizens Bank, and Chairman of the Second District Bankers’ Associ¬ ation. Between 150 and 200 peo¬ ple are expected to attend, said Mr. Minter. The meeting 'vi’l open at 4:00 p. m., and there will be a general discussion on “Bank Control Board and Private Bank Study” by E. F. Vickers, President of Georgia Bankers Association and Pres, of Citizens Bank and Trust Co., of Bainbridge. Invocation will be by Rev. Granville W. Rainey, 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. The Bankers will reconvene for a banquet at the American Legion Clubhouse at 7:00 p. m., where W. E. Young, President of Citizens Bank of Cairo, will pre¬ side as master of ceremonies. The invocation will be by Henry Hester, Sr., President, Cairo Banking Co., and the ad¬ dress of welcome will be deliver¬ ed 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 the Second District, Georgia Bankers Association, is composed of J. Carl Minter, Chairman, Carl Cle¬ ments, Vice-Chairman, Arlington, and Mrs. Russell Dasher, Pelham, secretary. Cairo Defeated By Bainbridge 8-0 In Thriller Last Friday Will Play Colquitt Here Tonight In Last Home Game of the Season Coach J. P Miller’s Cairo Syrupmakers will meet a strong team from Colquitt at the local Sytup Bowl here tonight at 8.00 P m. which should be another victory in the Cairo ranks. Cairo was refeated last Friday night by a score of 8-0 by the Bearcats from Bainbridge in not ONE % of th ine P hardest fought f , . games of the +v _ season but THE HARDEST game ever played bv the local team here *The game last Fri day should have ended in a 2-0 victory for the Bearcats but the local boys suffered a penalty after holding' Bainbridge to downs which started the touchdown march of the visitors Bobbv Fiveash was outstand mg in "the Bainbradee backfield with Hopkins anH AnHersnn tak mg the honors La in wl Cairo’s back field Hester Wesley c w Tassels ' - Sf Dlaveri “ . * e n! a ZjZ made 11 li f r rst I T ' ? tried f nine L and completed four. Cairo m ade three first downs, tried six Passes and completed one. ---- Brooks scored Bainbridee’s T only touchdown on a oTSer Da rirsi F m quarter Cairo won the toss and elected 0 kick off. Gaya kicked off to own’\o Wh0 was tackled ° n hls ' 8 yard , bne Daniels was t i - . f l0SS n 3 f ° Ur yard ° VeT cen‘P v- Fiveash picked up nine . ; ards around the right end and klow hit right tackle but was 0Itp CUairfl nsanwi % Th® Official Organ of Grady County. "The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead." SIXTEEN PAGES Livestock Sale Pnces S,e ° dy Offerings Here In Some Volume Livestock market prices steady with cattle some at Tuesday’s auction sale Cairo Livestock Auction Co. ported. Hog prices, which have slump¬ ed nationally in recent weeks, showed strength, again, with No. 1 hogs selling for 16.25c a pound, 100 points above board quotations for the day. The strength in the hog market was also reflected top price of 19.25c a pound for feeder pigs. The recovery was welcomed. Cattle prices also rallied some¬ what with prices per grade 50c to $1 per cwt. higher, it was re¬ ported. Offerings here were again in some volume. Merchants To Meet Tuesday General Meeting Is Called Here All Cairo merchants have been called to a general meeting at the main courtroom at the Court¬ house to begin promptly at 2:30 p. m. next Tuesday, Nov. 15th, Albert Collins, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Merchants committee announced this week. The committee has held several meetings recently to draft plans for the 1949 Cairo Christmas Trade Festival and will submit specific plans to the general meeting Tuesday afternoon for action thereon. Other important business may come up but Chair¬ man Collins said that if every¬ one can be there on time the meeting should not last more than 30 minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Wight, of Newark, N. J., came Sautrday to spend ten days here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wight and other relatives; Mrs. John B. Wight, who had been visting in Newark for two weeks accompanied them home. stoped at the line of scrimmage. Hardage punted to Rogers who returned the ball to Cairo’s 22 yard line. Sholar hit the left side of the line for two yards and Rogers two yards more around right end. McCorkle tried a pass only to have it in tercepted by Brooks on Cairo’s qc 3 d . Fiveash tried a pass which was incomplete. Fiveash picked up nine around right end and Hard age made it a first down with a two yard gain over center. Dan iels broke away around right end for five yards only to have Five ash lose five yards on a try around left end. Fiveash tried a pass which was intercepted by Anderson, Cairo back on Cairo’s 16 yard line. McCorkle tried a pass which was incomplete and an end run but failed to gain. Tver „ to make a first down center Harper punted to DarneU Daniels who who returned the ball to ^ ^ ^ ^ cen ter of the line f r ii yeards for a first down. picked five yards , over Daniels up left tackle and Fiveash three more yards around right end. In low fumbled nn on the tne next next P play y and Hopkins recovered for the frrtTyards^y e to have R i° ger Un m hlA on the following play__ and Daniels recovered for (Continue on page one Sec. two) , CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY. GA-. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1949 I Whigham Plans 525,000 Clinic Health Facilities An Accute Need Say Planners In an effort to bring necessary medical and health facilities to the community, the Whigham Community Club has launched a program to build a $25,000 medi¬ cal clinic and health center, and along with it secure the services of an additional doctor, which is an urgent need at present, ac¬ cording to the survey made by the planning committee. To establish and build the clinic, the Federal Government will put up 60 per cent of the total, the State will provide 20 percent, and the local communi¬ ty must raise 20 per cent. Plans are now under way in Whigham to raise this 20 per cent, and vari¬ ous means are being considered, among which is the giving away of an automobile. The plans for the clinic call for a private office and examin¬ ing room for the doctor, recep¬ tion rooms, one for white and one for colored, two bedrooms, and a room for the County Health nurse. It is believed that with a well-equipped clinic, an¬ other doctor could be induced to locate in Whigham. Contributions are now being accepted, and anyone interested in helping this much-needed and worthy project should contact the Whigham Community Club. Kiwanis and Rotary Dinner Set Tuesday For Library Award Cairo Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will hold their meetings next week jointly on Tuesday at 7:30 n rn at Pitmens Tafp for a din- I ner at which Miss Wessie Con neii and Cairo (County) Public Library will be formally pre sented the John Cotton Dana national publicity contest award. The meeting will also honor Ed- I ward A nationally Wight a Cairo native who is prominent in j the library field. He is a librarian I . at the laree Newark (N J ) Citv i Library and will officially rep¬ | resent the American T.ibrarv As sociation The award is made by ALA in co-operation with the Wilson Li brary Bulletin, New York City. A certificate of the award was presented to Miss Connell at the ALA regional conference at Miami two wee ks ago. ' The dinner meeting wi n be re - stricted to Kiwanians and Rotar ians and wiU not be a “i ad i es ’ n jg b ^> affair. However, members ] q{ thg Library Board and a few | other guests will be invited . : I _ „ . . . r . ■*. LUnusrora JOIIIS i • 5neriTT • rt p orce Here l w | H. L. Lundsford, formerly with ; the Georgia State Patrol has been added to the Sheriff’s Force here and is to be in charge of acci dent investigations, according to 1 begin Sheriff his C. H. Strickland. duties Saturday, He will ] J new on November 12th. j A former Post Commander of ■ the Thomasville branch of the State Highway Patrol and a grad uate of the F. B. I. National Academy. Mr. Lundsford comes to Grady County with over 10 years ex p er ience in law enforce, ment, having been with the State Highway Patrol since 1939. At the present time, Mr. and Mrs, Lundsford and two children are making their home in South ern Terrace Estates. BIRTH.—Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roddenbery, Jr., announce the ar rival of a danghter at the Grady County Hospital on Wednesday, November 2; she has been named Rebecca Rpbecca Roddenberv Koddenbery. IT IS FOR US THE LIVING. Thirty-one years ago today, Nov. 11, 1918, World War I ended, and people all over the world rejoiced in the be¬ lief that permanent peace had been achieved at last. But events proved that the world had not been saved for de¬ mocracy; instead, the way of freedom and democracy had only gained a breathing spell. A little over four years ago, another and bigger world war came to a close after nearly five years of global fighting. Once again we have an uneasy peace, in which another tyranny threatens, where it has not already engulfed, freedom of action and thought. Our only hope for peace is to remain prepared for war, and trust that those who would dominate the world one day will give up the idea, either because it is wrong or because it seems impossible of achievement. We must work diligently to save our democracy at home in order to save our prestige abroad. If we fail here, the peoples of the world will say we do not believe in the things we preach, and they will be more inclined to fall into that insidious trap of slavery sometimes called Communism. Those whom we remember and honor today did not die in vain. They paid the price for the freedom which we now enjoy. If they had not fought and died, the Unit¬ ed States, along with all people who love liberty and the democratic way of life, would now be under a yoke of tyranny beyond our imagination. If nothing more, they bought a few more years of peace; they bought another chance for the democratic nations of the world. And if this uneasy peace again erupts into war, surely it was still worthwhile to have fought and won the battle against the forces of hate and oppression. On this day, we can do no less than rededicate our¬ selves to the principles for which so many gave “the last full measure of devotion** that men and women through¬ out the world might look up and live in dignity and free¬ dom. Council Passes Beer Ordinance To Resume Legal Sales Under Old Set-Up Soon In compliance with the result of the recent referendum, the Mayor and Council - in re S ular meeting Tuesday night, moved to resume the legal sale of beer in the City of Cairo - virtualy under tbe old ordinance which was in effect last April when the sale of beer was stopped. Applications for license are now bein £ accepted by the City Clerk, and within a few days the Coun ' cil will convene in a special meet in S to P ass on the llcense apphea tions. The sale of legal beer will be resumed under the old set-up, with the licenses increased to $60 P er year for retail. Previously the licenses for retail sales were $ 25 a year - and wholesale $100 a year - The wholesale license re mains * 100 a year - and the city will again collect 5 cents on the bottle or can on all retail sales. Four retail applications and one wholesale application had been received by the City Clerk Thursday morning. The money for the license must accompany the application. If the applica tion should be rejected, the money wil1 be returned to the depositor, The ordinance in effect last year was never repealed , , , by the Council, therefore is still in effect. The amendments changing the license fee were read and passed at the meeting Tuesday night, but will require another reading and vote before they become ef fective. At the special meeting, expected not later than Monday, the license applications will be considered, and the second read ing of the amendments will be in order. It was predicted that some places would begin the legal sale of beer early next week. Announcement was made that the new 200,000 gallon water tank for the city is expected here Mon day, and is to be erected immedi ately. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Baggett had as their guests Friday her broth er and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Register, of Montgomery, Ala., and their daughter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald, of Birmingham, Ala.; they were returning from a va cation trip in Florida. SIXTEEN PAGES '50 Chest Drive Opens Well General Canvass To Begin At 2 P. M. Monday The 1950 Fund Campaign of the Grady County Community Chest opened splendidly this week with “major gifts” contri butions totalling in excess of $2,500 after three days of work, Chairman Robert Wight reported. Nearly a11 of the invited 40 ” major gifts” workers attended a kick off breakfast at 7:30 a. m. Monday and went to work immediately, Workers reported increasing ap preciation of the Chest and its functions and said needed in¬ creases in many contributions were accepted without question, Some few still seem to think they can get by with smaller amounts to the Chest than they would give to the 10 causes if 10 separate campaigns were waged, however, il was stated - but where contri * butors tender smaller amounts key workers will go back to urge proportionate giving to assure at tainment of the $13,960 goal for the next calendar year. Chairman Wight said it is en couragaing to find that local con cerns whose principal offices are elsewhere, some of them out of the state, have come in promptly with “creditable contributions.” These include A. & P. Tea Co., Colonial Stores, Joseph Camp bell Co., Sing Oil Co. and Henry Fox, it was stated. It these con cerns are willing to do their part promptly, it was emphasized, it should behoove local concerns and individuals to rally to the cause, Chairman Wight said the gen eral canvass will begin with a rally of workers at the Court house promptly at 2 p. m. next Monday. He strongly urges all workers invited to make every sacrifice necessary to be at this rally so that the general canvass will begin enthusiastically. He said J. E. Forsyth will be county chairman for areas outside Cairo. Mrs. Richard Porter at Wight & Browne here is the drive treasur¬ er to receive funds but contribu tions may be made at Cairo and Whigham banks and to workers, generally. - James Bryant student at South western Business College, Atlan ta, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Bryant. ^ # GRADY COUNTY Greatest Diversified Farming Section In America SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT! Kiwanians Hear Scout Talk, Reports On Activities Cairo Kiwanians at their luncheon meeting Tuesday heard an interesting report on Boy Scout work in the Suwannee River Council, comprising several Southwest Georgia and North Florida Counties—and reports on several major club activities, Norwood Clark, the president, presided. The speaker was Lloyd Turner, chief executive of the Council at Tallahassee, who was presented by Grant Walling, the field exe¬ cutive. He explained various features of the Council’s program and emphasized the importance of this youth work. Announcement was made that Layne, the magician, has been booked for an appearance at the I high school auditorium here Nov. 28th for the benefit of the club underprivileged children’s com¬ mittee. In this connection, the committee announced plans for a county-wide Eye Clinic, which it will sponsor, beginning at south side grammar school next week, to cover every school child in the county. The clinic will be car¬ ried out in co-operation with the County Health Department, Dr. J. W. Sumner, local optometrist, and various ladies of the com¬ munity. The clinic is proposed to reveal visual defects and'ailments of the children. Ann 1 uneament was also made that the Kiwanis Ciub will have its meeting next week jointly with members of Cairo Rotary Club at Citizens Cafe Tuesday night at whicK Miss Wessie Con¬ nell, librarian, and Cairo Public Library, will be formally given the John Cotton Dana national publicity award of the American Library Association and the Wil¬ son Library Bulletin, New York City. The award will be made by Edward A. Wight, a Cairo na¬ tive, and now a librarian at the big Newark (N. J.) City Library. He is prominent in the library field, nationally, and will repre¬ sent ALA in the dinner program here. Perfect attendance tabs were given nine Kiwanians. The one to P. M. Baggett represented nine years of perfect attendance and those to the following others represented lesser periods: Ralph and Carl Brown, Norwood Clark, W. J. McClenny, W. M. Tyson, Tom Walker, James Wheeler and Walter Williams. Train Removal ) Hearing Now Set For December \ Georgia Public Service Com¬ mission announced this week postponement from Nov. 9th un til Dec. 15th of the hearing on the application of A. C. L. Railroad Co. to curtail its Montgomery Savannah night express, mail and passenger train service. The ap ^plication, which would reduce service to three trains a week • each opposition way, has from precipitated business strong j and in-. dustrial concerns and civic groups. The Association For Renten tion Of A. C. L. Trains 57 and 58 On Daily Schedules, formed at Thomasville recently, requested the postponement at a meeting here last week to enable oppon- ( ents to better prepare their case. Willis Conger, Bainbridge at- j torney, has been retained to rep resent the association, and will also represent-Bainbridge. Edwin Carlisle has been retained to rep resent local interests. Mayor R. A. Griffin at Bainbridge is the as¬ sociation president. It is expected that the associa¬ tion will urge from 15 to 25 ship¬ pers from each point involved to make personal appearances at the hearing, in addition to argu-' ments by each town and by the j association itself. Miss Mary Van Landingham, student at the University of Georgia, Athens, spent the week end with homefolks. * NUMBER 44. 1949 Corn Show Set Thursday Wingate To Speak Farm Bureau To Eat Fish The 1949 Grady County Corn Show, the third of these annual attractions, is set next Thursday, Nov. 17th, at the Grady Farm Bureau Market here, with a num¬ ber of special added features that are counted on to attract a big crowd. The show is the climax of the Corn Contest among the 4-H Club and FFA members of the county sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce committee, of which Early Gandy is chairman, with the co-operation of the county agents, the vocational teachers, Greenwood Plantation hybrid seed corn project, the Whigham Community Club and the Cairo Kiwanis Club, along with various Cairo' business concersn that of fer large cash prizes. The show prizes are sponsored by Cairo Rotary Club. Kiwanians provide two pure-bred gilts as contest prizes. The top contest prize will again be $1 a bushel in cash by» Ed V. Komarek, of the Green¬ wood Plantation project. Final checks are now being completed on the contest plots and top yield is exepeted to be around 100 bushels per acre, with a high ave erage for the 130 4-H Club and FFA boys who are completing the contest. All participants in the contest are eligible for displays in the show, with corn from con¬ test plots. Corn displays will be acomp lin¬ ed by charts showing kind of corn, production methods, etc. Ribbons and cash prizes will be given for the five best displays of yellow corn and the five best displays of white corn, with a sweepstakes winner if the judges choose to name one. The Kiwanis Club gilts will go to the 4-H Club and FFA boys— the one in each group—making the greatest net profit per bushel in the contest, labor included. Next cash prizes, 50c a bushel, will be by Whigham Community Club for FFA and Wight & Browne for 4-H. Next cash prizes, 30c a bushel, will be by Mixon Milling Co. and R. R. Van Land ingham, Inc. Next cash prizes, 20c a bushel, will be by W. Lannis Nicholson Seed & Ferilizer and Clark Hardware Co. Next cash prizes, 10c a bushel, will be by Belk-Hudson and Gandy Hard¬ ware Co. The special added features this year include a corn shucking con test, with a cash prize to the win ner by Greenwood Plantation pro¬ ject; and displays of the latest corn equipment, including the new corn harvester to picker, specially revised to meet the needs of this area, However, the big added feature will be the fish supper for Farm Bureau members, including those who join before or at the Corn Show, which will be at the Grady Farm Bureau Market, accompani¬ ed by an address by H. L. Win¬ gate, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, a na¬ tionally prominent farm leader. The Corn Show will open at 4 p. m. and the public, particularly the parents and friends of the pa: - tieipating 4-H Club and FFA boys, is not only invited but urged to attend. The Farm Burea fish supper will be severd shortly after 6 p. m. with Mr. Wingate speak¬ ing immediately before the sup per. The committee is called to meet at 10 a. m. Saturday at County Agt. George’s office to complex plans. Mr. and Mrs. Max Senders left Wednesday to spend a few days in Miami, Fla. .having been called there on account of the serious illness of the former’s brother, Charles, who is confined in a hos pital there.