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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. ®hr fflairn 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 CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949 f 4 j ‘f &»] |» !H . ! * r.-Jv. y V- i. ISf it*.#" 55 I - *3 % y.Vi'-y. v ■ ■ Us ? 1 5 f: i * m & . - fifiii |J® ■ : j . -, * * , 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. u [W* 4; 4 '4, : * r* -V ft ■ MS \mv » r ' v DUE HERE AGAIN 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 , , , ,. , 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 (Continued on page 5) 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.