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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
Ji.59-$2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVI.
Rotarians Hear
Dr. R. D. Carr
Experiences In
Orient Subject
Of Address
Dr. R. D. Carr, Veternarian of
Thomasville and President of
South Georgia Utilities Company
delivered a stimulating and in¬
spiring address before the Rotary
Club at its weekly luncheon in
the Citizens Cafe Wednesday. His
talk centered on observations and
conclusions made during four
years he spent in the Orient—
China and Korea—during the re
cent war.
Fred Roddenbery, President of
the Club presided, and Bruce
Courtney, program chairman, in¬
troduced the speaker. Many
Grady Countians will recall the
speaker’s brother, Dr. Frank
Carr, who was a practicing veter¬
inarian in this county for many
years.
Dr. Carr said the trouble with
other countries that were under
going serious economic difficul
ties was the dollar shortage, and
the fact that we here in this coun¬
try have become to a great ex¬
tent self-sufficient. That is, the
United States does not need the
things from the other countries
which we once did, therefore we
are not buying their exports, and
they have no other way to get
dollars other than selling to us.
He pointed out that we used
to import great quantities of silk,
and Nitrate of soda, for examples;
but now we use nylon which is
made in this country, and the
large development of electric
power in this country has made
it possible for us to manufacture
our own nitrogen.
In China, the speaker said, they
have a serious dollar shortage,
and no money to pay for imports.
We don’t need the things they
have to export, therefore they
can’t sell to us and acquire any
more dollars.
One of the things lacking in
these countries, he said, was
brotherhood, a lack of willing¬
ness or desire to work together
for the good of alt.
“Coca Cola, American chewing
gum, and jazz music is being sold
to foreign countries in a big way,”
Dr. Carr said, “but our govern¬
ment is lagging far behind in
selling to these people under¬
standing of our way of life and
the principles of democratic gov¬
ernment.”
Dr. Carr’s talk was enjoyed by
the Rotarians more than any ad¬
dress recently, and his many ex¬
periences in the foreign coun¬
tries made interesting topics
thought.
Dr. Carr was the instigator and
helped to organize the
Guard in Thomasville in 1934, and
was mobilized when the Guards
were late in 1940. Soon after¬
wards, he was assigned to the
Air Corps, and later went to
China, where he was
into m bringing the Flying
the American Air Force.
From China, he was
to Korea, spending a year and a
half there, and returned to
country to be discharged in 1947.
Visitors included Byron
ell, Cairo, Lloyd Watson,
ng Jones III, and John R.
°* Thomasville, R. H. Dunn,
Camilla, W. C. Woodall, Jr.,
Dawson, and J. R. Mills
Cairo.
Open City Office Now
During Noon
Beginning December 1,
continuing for an indefinite
time, the office of the
■wk and Treasurer, where
; nc bills and City taxes are
gaming open during the
11 felt that the
« the public can be served
»%h tf* by making this change,
Carlisle, City Clerk.
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The Official Organ of Grady County.
"The man who wandereth out of t he way of advertising shall remai n in the congregation of the dead.
SIXTEEN PAGES
LAY THAT CHRISTMAS
TREE DOWN, BABE
A lot of farmers and land¬
owners have complained about
people cutting Christmas trees
on their land without permis¬
sion. Most of them say they
wouldn't mind giving a Chris
mas tree away—if you ask for
it. Bui if you insist on grab¬
bing a tree without permis¬
sion, somebody may get shot.
That's what they say.
I So the safe way would seem
to be: Get permission before
you get that tree.
New Water Tank
Now Going Up
Holds 200,000 Gal.
Or Four Times Old
Tank Capacity
Cairo’s new 200,000 gallon wat¬
er tank has been rising toward
the sky at a rapid rate for the
j past two weeks, and will soon
re pi ace the old tank which holds
only 46,000 gallons.
This new steel, elipsoidal bot¬
tom, all welded tank is costing
the city $40,000, which includes
erecting it and painting it.
With this much greater water
supply the city will move one
step nearer to securing lower fire
insurance rates for the town. If
a serious and prolonged fire should
break out, there is danger the
oresent water supply would prove
inadequate. But with the new
and larger tank with a capacity
nearly four times the old one,
officials say the supply will be
more than adequate to handle
any probable emergency.
The new tank will stand 120
feet from the ground to the bot¬
tom of tl e tank. Funds for its
construction comes out of reve¬
nue certificates issued last May.
Six workmen have been busy on
the erection for the past two
weeks, and it is expected to be
ready for use by Christmas.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works
is putting the tank up.
Mrs. W. F. O’Neal spent the
week-end in Barwick as the guest
of Mrs. Ward Manley.
Cairo Girls Defeat Bainbridge
37-16; Boys Lose 38-27 Tues.
I In the first basketball game of
the season in the High School
Shell Tuesday night, Cairo di¬
vided a double bill with Bain
bridge, with the local girls tak¬
ing a 37-16 victory, and the boys
losing 38-27. The local teams go
to Colquitt Friday night, and
meet Thomasville in a double
header here Tuesday night.
Girls Game
Dora Long led the Cairo girls
in tallies for the evening, drop¬
ping 13 points through the hoop.
Massey was second with 10 points.
The local girls led all the way
through the game with Bainbridge
never offering serious threats,
The first quarter ended with a
score r of 12-5 in favor of Cairo.
At the half time the score was
26-10; at the third quarter Cairo
girls had run the score up to
29-11; and the game ended with
a final tally of 37-16.
The starting lineup included
Long, Massey, and Ouzts for
wards, Hancock, Tuggle and God
^Eve^member of the squad
had day an night- -u^'^Those'playing were:
Shirley Tuggle v Vemice • Godwin, Godw^,
Lottie Faye en Mason,
Carolyn ’ TA Qra Long,
Radden
IS— bery, J^ock^Bett^Ing
Janeue and
ram, Amngton.
Betty Sue
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SANTA PARADE (above) showing hundreds of people assembled on the streets of Cairo to greet
Santa Claus on his first visit here last Saturday, Dec. 3rd. This picture was made by Johnny Faulk,
from the top of the Zeublon Theater looking South on Broad Street. Chamber of Commerce Photo
Service.
Hear Cairo Band
Recording Sat-.
If you missed the Cairo Band
concert at the Methodist
Church last Sunday afternoon,
you may still hear it by tuning
in Radio Station WPAX,
Thomasville, Saturday after¬
noon at 2:00 p. m.
A recording was made of the
concert, and the WPAX pro¬
gram director throught it good
enough to be broadcast. This
is a tribute to the excellent
quality and fine musical per¬
formance of the local High
School Band. Director Bill
Verran invites all to tune in
and hear this concert, and let
him know what you think of
it.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Harrison,
of Jacksonville, Fla., were the
guests of relatives and friends
here recently; they also visited in
Havana and Quincy, Fla.
Mrs. A. B. Ausburn and daught¬
er, Zannie Mary, attended a clinic
in Atlanta on November 28.
Boys Game
The Bainbridge boys started
early with a lead over Cairo, and
held it throughout the game,
with the local boys giving them
close competition most of the
way. The first quarter ended
with a score of 6-5 in favor of the
visitors. At the half, Bainbridge
had run this up to 16-8. The
third quarter closed with
bridge leading by 28-16. Cairo
came back in the last quarter to
do their best playing, crowding
the visitors with a 27-38 final
score.
Frazier paced the local boys to
net 12 points. The line-up for the
home team included Perkins,
Courtney, Waters, Whiddon, and
Frazier.
Willis, of the Bainbridge team,
was high man, also with 12
points. ’ Their line-up included
Arnold, Brooks, Stokes, Sander
lin, and Willis.
Duncan Lester of Havana re
fereed both games.
The Bainbridge boys’ coach was
Tom Avirett, and the girls’ coach
is Miss Irma Dollar.
J. P. Miller and his coaching
staff handling the Cairo basket
ball team, and’Miss Marie Miller
is the girls coach.
The games Tuesday night were
well attended and all
said Cairo made a good showing
in their first encounter of the
season. This was especially true
of the girls, who are mostly
ninth graders, and have not had
a great deal of experience.
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DAY: Santa Claus (above) is
duled to make his second of
series of pre-Christmas visits
Cairo, as the guest of local
ants, tomorrow, Saturday,
10 th., shortly after 2 p.
which time he has promised
have gifts for the children,
are invited to greet him
scattered along .the business
streets. Santa was a central
ure in a gala welcome, with
School Band parade, last
day, on his first visit. Santa
invites children of the
trade area to write their
to him in care of Radio
WKTG, Thomasville, some
will be read over the air
row. Saturday, from 10:15 to
30 a. m. and again at the
time Dec. 17. The Cairo
majorettes Will assist him in
tributing his gifts to the
here.
5-Minute Ceremony
At Pearl Harbor
Mark "Infamy"
Eight years ago Wednesday,
„ <7 1941 harbor, The Japaneese
pearl pi un gmg this
c ^ t ' int0 war . President
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Rooseve c arac e e
as one that would live in in
famy”. Only a solemn five
minute ceremony above the
sunken batleship, Arizona, mark
tbe e j gbtb anniversary Wed
nesday> Dee. 7 , Q f the Japanese
’
attack on Pearl Harbor.
A small group of military com
manders and acting Governor
Q ren g Long gathered at 8 a. m.
tbe b our when the Japanese
attack was a its height—
to hear an invocation by Pacific
F]eet chaplain Capt. E. B. Harp,
His p ra yer was followed by a
moment G f silence and then a
bugler p i aye d “taps.”
The serv j ce was arranged on the
eve ^ be anniversary at the
sug g est ion of Pacific Fleet Com
mander -in-Chief Adm. Arthur W.
Radford.
A Navy spokesman said Rad
ford d j d not wan t the day to go
uno bserved but wanted a mini¬
mum of fanfare.
Other branches of the military
bek j no special services to corn
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SIXTEEN PAGES
Auto Accident
Injures Two
Dick Davis Hurt
Seriously Last
Friday Night
An automobile accident which
brought serious injuries to L. L
(Dick) Davis, owner of the Cairo
Ice & Cold Storage Co. here, oc¬
curred last Friday night about
11:00 o’clock on the Pelham-Cairo
Highway, state Route 93, near the
New Home School at the point
where the Spence road turns off
the highway. Mr. Davis’ new
Nash was completely demolish
ed.
Mr. Davis, his wife, and daught¬
er, Helen 16, were driving back
from the football game in Al¬
bany when their 1949 Nash
struck the rear end of a 1938
Chevrolet driven by James L.
Anderson, of Route 3 Pelham, and
turned over “two or three times,”
finally stopping on its wheels
facing the highway some 40 feet
away. It was reported that Mr.
Davis was thrown clear of his
car about 60 feet.
According to Dr. S. L. Han¬
cock, Mr. Davis suffered a con
cusion of the brain and many
bruises over the body, and had
not completely regained consci¬
ousness at the Grady County
Hospital Thursday. His condi¬
tion wjjs described as “serious”.
Mrs. Davis received cuts and
bruises about the face, and was
still in the hospital Thursday.
Their daughter, Helen, suffered a
bruise across the nose, but was
| not zatlon injured . . enou S h ^ , hospitali- ....
; ‘
i James L. Anderson, driver . . of .
the other car, and the other oc
him time of
accident were not seriously .
injured. Mr. Anderson also trav¬
eling in the direction qf Cairo,
stated that he had started to
make a left turn to go toward
Spence, when the Davis car hit
the right rear of his car.
The rear of Anderson’s car was
banged up some, but damage was
not great. Mr. Anderson also
stated, according to Deputy Sher¬
iff H. L. Lunsford, that he fail¬
ed to give a signal indicating that
he was going to make the turn.
A case was made against him for
failing to give a signal. No other
case has been made, since Mr.
Davis has been conscious only at
rare intervals since the accident,
and has been in no condition to
be questioned.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Pierce Butler and Sarah
Jane regret to know that they
were called to Savannah Wed¬
nesday on account of the death of
his brother, Mr. Edgar Butler.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENT!
Farmers Vote
Next Thursday
Anyone Producing
Cotton Last Year
Is Eligible
The County office of the Pro
duction and Marketing Admin
istration stressed this week the
fact that tenants and sharecrop¬
pers as well as landlords, who had
an interest in a crop of cotton
produced in 1948, are eligible to
vote in the national cotton mark¬
eting quota referendum next
Thursday, December 15.
u We are laying special empha¬
sis on this point,” says Mr. Davis,
County PMA Committee chair¬
man, “because we do not have
the names of most tenants and
sharecroppers in Grady County,
and are therefore not able to mail
information and notices about
the referendum to them directly.”
The chairman explains that al¬
though community referendum
committees will use registers of
elegible voters as a guide to vot¬
ing eligibility, any person whose
name does not appear on the reg¬
ister will be allowed to cast a bal¬
lot if he believes he is eligible to
vote. Such ballots may be “chal
langed”, however, if the person
is unable to prove that he had an
interest in a cotton crop in 1948,
and eligibility will be determin¬
ed by the Gounty PMA commit¬
tee before such ballots are count
ed.
“We recommend, however,
any person who has not
a notice of the referendum
who believes he is eligible to
in the referendum get in touch
with the County PMA office in
Cairo, Mr. Davis says. “In
way, eligibility can be determined
ahead of time and there will be
no delay in voting or counting the
ballots.”
Growers voting in the refer¬
endum will decide if
quotas will be used for the 1950
crop to help adjust cotton
duction line with
A two-thirds majority of those
voting is required to
quotas. Cotton growers in
cotton growing community in
United States will participate
the referendum.
Price Supports
For Tung Oil
Believed Certain
Now For '49 Crop
Say Officials
It seems certain now that
Government will set price sup¬
ports on tung oil and tung nuts
for the 1949 crop. This «vas the
news brought back from a tung
oil price support meeting in Bilo¬
xi, Miss., last week by J. S.
Wight, H. L. Stoddard, and Roy
Perkins of Grady County.
From discussions at this
ing, recommendations were made
to Washington that price supports
be set on these products for this
year’s crop. This support price
will be between 60 and 90 per cent
of parity, which is at the discre
tion of the Secretary of Agricul¬
ture. Parity now is roughly $100
per ton, therefore from 60 to 90
percent of this would mean the
price would range from $60 to
$90 per ton.
Five states were represented
the price support meeting in
Biloxi—Georgia, Miss., Fla., Ala.,
and Louisiana. Representatives
from these states met with mem¬
bers of the Production and Mark¬
eting Administration in Washing¬
ton.
Loan agreements, which is the
form the price supports are apt
to take, will be handled on the
county level by the local Pro¬
duction and marketing adminis¬
tration office.
NUMBER 48.
Only 500 Voters
Re-Qualified
Don't Wait Until
Last Minute, Says
Board Chairman
The re-registration of Grady
bounty voters has moved along
1 at snail-like since the
a pace
move started Monday November
28th., with only 500 citizens hav¬
ing applied for the right to vote
in future elections, M. G. Patter¬
son, Chairman of the County
Board of Registrars said Wednes¬
day.
Mr. Patterson said he was dis¬
appointed in the lack of interest
voters have shown in protecting
their ballot. During the* first
nine days of the drive, only about
492 white voters and eight Neg¬
roes re-registered, he reported.
Fears Last-Minute Rush
Mr. Patterson said “folks are
going to be badly disappointed if
they think they will be able to
re-register at the last minute. We
will be forced to close the books
when the law says and those who
have not re-registered will just
be out of luck.”
He said it is costing the county
money to operate the office, es¬
pecially when the registrars are
just sitting around waiting for
something to happen.
The office, located in the Court¬
house on the second floor, is open
Monday through Saturday be¬
tween the hours of 9:00 a. m.
and 5:00 p. m.
Persons who can not read and
write are required to answer ten
out of 30 questions about state,
national, and local government.
Those who can read and write
are required to read and then
copy a paragraph of the Georgia
Constitution.
The other two registrars serv¬
ing with Mr. Patterson are W. L.
Prince and E. A. Gandy.
The many friends here of Mrs.
J. Q. Smith will be interested to
know that she is now at the home
of her son, Mr. G. Maynard Smith,
596 West Wesley Road, N. W.,
Atlanta, following an operation at
the Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta,,
on Thursday, December 1; she
is recuperating satisfactorily.
Honest- People
Still Exist
. Contrary to the opinion of
many people, there still exists
some human beings that are
honest, especially when it
comes to money matters.
■Last Friday afternoon, Dec.
2nd, The Messenger received
an unsigned communication,
postmarked Cairo, Ga., in¬
cluding a considerable sum of
money in a small purse—
enough cash to buy the aver¬
age family a number of nice
Christmas presents. The com¬
munication requests that The
Messenger attempt to locate
the owner of the purse and
the money, but overlook sign¬
ing their name, which under
j the circumstances, is very
I necessary.
j Due to the amount of mon¬
I ey involved, and the season of
j the year, The Messenger is
i naturally anxious that the
owner describe both purse and
cash in order that it may be
returned to party who lost the
same. Without the name of
the party who mailed in the
“find”, this particular case is
somewhat a mystery, which
we would like to see solved as
soon as possible.
In the meantime, we most
respectfully request the party
who was so nice to forward
the purse and contents, to
please let us know their name
and address, not necessarily for
publication, but for our own
information, which will aid us
in returning the same to its
rightful owner.