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Established January 15th, 1804.
Eentered as second-class matter
fanuary 14, 1904, at the Post Of
fice at Cairo, Ga., under the act
of March 3rd, 1879.
F. J. WIND, Editor from
1st, 1904 to September, 1922.
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H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager
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CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. *
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NOVEMBER 14TH, 1919.
Last Saturday November 8th,
was the first real “syrup day”
for Cairo this season, when 600
or more barrels of syrup was
marketed.
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The Cairo Orpheus Club
at the home of Mrs. A. C.
Wednesday afternoon.
Cairo observed Tuesday, Nov.
11th., in common with the rest
of the world, the first anniver¬
sary of the advent of peace.
Different indeed from armistice
day last year and yet with some¬
thing in it of the same spirit of
rejoicing and holiday making.
All business houses were
in the afternoon, During
noon hour, the school
about 400 in number,
down Main Street and then
turned to the school
where they were dismissed
the afternoon.
CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO.
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NOVEMBER 9TH, 1934.
At the regular monthly
ing of the Grady County
of the American Legion
Tuesday night, the following
officers were elected.
Commander—Walter
Vice-commander—J. M.
Adjutant—James H. Shaw,
nance Officer—C. B.
Service Officer—R. A. Bell,
at arms—Ebb F. Willis,
—S. Wilkes Dendy.
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Judge Ira Carlisle and S.
Cain, attorneys for Roamie
James, announced that they
decided not to seek a new
or otherwise contest the
of’ the jury in their client’s
viction of manslaughter here
week as a result of the death
James Edward Horton, 10-year
old nephew of the defendent.
James was sentenced to serve one
to three years in the penitenti¬
ary.
An elaborate function of the
week was the bridge party on
Thursday evening when Misses
Margaret Crine, Clara Mauldin
and Carrie Wight entertained at
bridge at the Woman’s Club
house.
BIBLE VERSE
"For we know that if our
earthly house of ihis labernacle
were dissolved, we have a build
ing of God, an house noi made
with hands, eternal in the
heavens."—Corinthians 5:1.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1949
I BOOK WEEK IS HERE.
Certainly a mapority of us,
young and old in this community,
is interested in books for child
ren, in their having more and
better books, more in the home,
more in the library. Without
j this common interest Book Week
WO uld not have survived these
! thirty-one years, much less have
! gathered in momentum and in¬
creased in usefulness.
The reading age of a boy or
| girl moves on year by year, but
they retain their affection for the
books that once pleased them,
and keep them on their shelves.
Yes, they "keep them there, no
matter how battered with affec¬
tionate use the bindings and
pages are, when a passing novel
or a weighty biography gets
pushed aside. .ALICE IN WON¬
DERLAND, WINNIE THE
POOCH, HUCK FINN, JOHNNY
TREMAIN—you know your fav¬
orites—get the kind of re-read¬
ing that every author covets.
“But how,” parents and others
so often say to themselves, “how
are we to fnd our way to the
books our boys and girls will most
enjoy ”
Unlike the Bibical path, this
one is not straight and narrow.
Every boy and every girl, every
child and every youth is different
—in taste and temperament, dif¬
ferent in background, different in
hopes and desires. Books are
just as varied and, happily, the
right books are available for the
right boys and girls. Nor is it
as hard as some people make out
to find these “right books.” Be
guided by the parents devoted
interest, the teachers’ knowledge
of the child, the lbrarians’ in¬
sight into reading needs. But
perhaps above all, we must hold
to our faith in the instincts of our
boys and girls themselves. It
has been proved so many times
that when we make fine, live
books plentfully available in the
home, in the school and library,
our boys and girls will find their
way to the right things.
So Book Week arriving when
winter reading time is just ahead,
brings on talk about books and
reading and, out of knowledge
and love of books, to put the
cause of children’s reading
squarely before the whole com¬
munity. A great nation is a
reading naton, and in this broad
country of ours books should be
freely available for every boy
and girl. The Cairo Public Li¬
brary is ambitious to this end.
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PUT YOUR MONEY
IN THE BANK
For anyone who will heed it
there is a lesson in the recent in¬
cident here where an elderly
woman lost her life savings
$700. This money was taken
her person by a low-down crook
w r ho claimed to be “working for
the Lord” and selling pillow¬
cases. These incidents are not
unusual; they happen every day.
If this $700 had been in the
bank, the woman would have
still had her life-savings. With
the safe condition of banks to¬
day, there is no excuse for peo¬
ple to carry any large sums of
money around with them.
For all of those who don’t
know it, this world is full of
people who will do almost any¬
thing to get money without work¬
ing for it. And a surprisingly
large number of these crooks are
never caught.
The Federal Government in¬
sures all bank deposits up to $5,
000, and it has been several
years now since any one heard
of a bank failure. If a bank
should close, the Federal Govem
ment protects the small deposit
or.
I If you have money, don’t carry
it around with you. Be wise, put
your savings in a bank where the
i swindlers and crooks can’t get to
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F^)d the Want Ads
Up in Atlanta the Chief
Police is going to buy a drunko
• j meter, a gadget to tell when
person is drunk. We think
will be a very progressive
The Atlanta Police Station is
enough to the capital so
they might borrow it three
four times a week in order
keep the politcal record
scientifically..
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Not calling any names,
casting any insinuations,
you noticed that a number
city and county officials’
relatives as well as close
tives of some editors, are
in need of standing an
nation to learn how to
an automobile, especially
it comes to giving correct
signals.
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In case you are
there are only 36 more
days before Christmas.
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LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Dear Mr. Wind:
You may not remember me
I remember all of you very
I was formerly Janet
who worked for Strick
years. Here I am in
with my husband who is in
vice and our 20 months
daughter Linda.
Linda and I have been in
new home since the 10th of
and thought you might be
ested in what it’s like over
We are very fortunate, have
very nice home only 1-2
from the Base. The
homes have been
for the American families.
have a nine room house with
the modern conveniences
a nice fenced in yard. We
stationed in the southern part
Germany just west of
The country is beautiful
mostly farming done in this
tion.
Our visiting has been
so far but we spent one day
Buchtesgarden. There we
“The Eagles’ Nest”
Goring and Dr. Bormen’s
The Eagle’s Nest is a
House on the very top of
mountain it was a birthday gift
Hitler from Dr. Borman. It
25,000,000 Marks, which is
$9,000,000 to build it and
only went up there five
The mountain is 5,500 feet
and the last 400 feet you go
by elevator. It wasn’t
but the sight seers have
the place of everything.
was a beautiful marble fire
and it has been chipped up.
Back down the mountain
H itler’s home. We went
it and it is completely
they did a good job of
it. From there you can see
ing and Borman’s homes also.
S. S. Barracks and a big
which were also bombed.
From there we went
one of the oldest salt mines.
was very interesting
there isn’t much to say about
Our visits have also
Garmisch which is a big
center. The Alps
there allow them to have
the year-round.
Germany is making a
recovery, In Munich you
new stores opening every day.
can tell a great improvement
the people’s dress since I’ve
over.
We can buy nearly
we want. The
have a good line of foods
what you can’t find in the
there’s always good old
and Roebuck” and we do
wonderful service from
over here.
The climate is very good in
area. We have had some real
summer time although it is al
ways cool at night. Fall is here
now, the trees have such beauti¬
ful leaves. I think our lowest
temperature has been 42 this
fall.
Our Messenger doesn’t get here
regular and we miss a few but
we really enjoy the ones we do
get. Over here we don’t hear
or see any advertising and
like to see that as much as we
the rest of it. We don’t even
know if “Duz still does every¬
thing.”
One of the Nazis biggest con
cetration camps is only twenty
miles from here. We went
though it. It’s Dachou. That’s
where 238,000 people are said to
have been cremated. The place
has been cleaned up but you
still see the huge ovens where
they cremated them and the big
ga schamber where they could
kill about 20 persons at a time.
This camp was for Jews and
Germans who opposed the Nazi
party.
We like it fine over here but
will be looking forward to our
return to the good ole U. S. and
! Cairo, Georgia.
Best wishes to everyone.
( JANET W. DAVIS.
Mr. H. H. Wind,
Editor, Cairo Messenger,
Dear Sir:
j I received a copy of the Cairo
Messenger today which was
dated October 21, 1949. While
reading the paper, I came in con¬
tact with a picture of the Pine
Level Baptist Church congrega
i tion. As I was once a resident of
| that community, I wonder if it
would be at all possible for me
to § e t a copy of that picture. If
so I would like for you to let me
| know by return mail how much
1 the picture would cost and I will
j send you the money, I sure en
joy reading the Cairo Messenger
i each week. And according to
the paper, Cairo is sure pro¬
gressing. Things sure has chang
I ed a lot since I left.
Charles A. Morgan,
Coco Solo, Canal Zone.
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POPPY SALE CONTINUES
THROUGH FRIDAY.—
The rale of the little red pop¬
pies sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary will continue
through Armistice Day.
The blossoms were sold in the
business sections Saturday, Nov.
5th; during the week they have
been offered through the schools
and homes of the city and v/ill
continue to be sold through today,
Armistice Day.
Those wearing poppies will be
helping disabled veterans in hos¬
pitals in Atlanta and Augusta
also contributing to the welfare
of disabled veterans’ children in
Grady County.
Mrs. Bruce Courtney is Chair¬
man of the local unit committee
in charge of the sales.
THOMAS MAXWELL TO GO
TO NATIONAL SHOWS.—
Thomas R. Maxwell, of Tarpon
Springs, Fla., 4-H Club leader,
will go to the National livestock
shows at Chicago, Ill., in Decem¬
ber, as a Florida champion. Dur¬
ing the past six years he has won
many county and state awards
for his outstanding work in rais¬
ing cattle and poultry. He is
now studying at the University
of Florida, Gainesville, where he
won the Sears and Roebuck
scholarship. His parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Alton R. Maxwell, of
Tarpon Springs; Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Whitfield, of Grady County
are his grandparents.
L. E. Cumingham, Assistant
agent of Pinellas County, will ac¬
company Thomas to Chicago.
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