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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
si.50 $2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVL
TABLEAU AND COMMUNITY SING
P. M. Is Time
Woman's Club Sets
Program, Invites
Everyone
A bright, joyous Christmas is
approaching for the people of
Cairo and this entire area, gen¬
erally—and many features will
emphasize the true fact of Christ¬
mas this year. Churches and
various other groups have al¬
ready inaugurated a series of
special events marking the sea
son.
Local observance of Christmas
in the true spirit will be featur¬
ed in a beautiful tableau and
community sing on the Court¬
house lawn next Wednesday,
Dec. 21st, beginning promptly at
7 p. m., an attraction that will
formally usher in the Christmas
season for the entire community.
Cairo Woman’s Club is the spon¬
sor, with the co-operation of the
Receration Department, the
Chamber of Commerce and vari¬
ous other groups and individuals.
Everyone is not only invited but
urged to attend.
Trumpeters will herald the
opening of the program, follow¬
ed by a prelude by Max Sanders
with vibraharp music. A Christ¬
mas prayer will precede the sing¬
ing of Christmas carols by the
entire assembly, with members
of all emirs and othei' leaders in¬
vited to assemble to lead them.
The tableau will feature the im¬
pressive and always glorious
Nativity Scene, with several
characters portraying the Shep¬
herds, the Manger Scene and the
Wise Men. Spotlights will focus
attention upon the tableau scenes
as the Christmas Story unfolds.
Next the large magnolia on the
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Postal Receipts
Up Slightly
4 Percent Gain
Shown Over Same
Period In '48
Postal receipts at the Cairo
post office are running just a lit¬
tle higher than they were at this
time last year, according to Bob
Wight, Postmaster, in figures re¬
leased this week.
The sale of postage here
through the third quarter, or up
through Sept. 30, 1948, was $27,-
399.54. Postal receipts this year
through the same period, Sept.
30. 1949, was $28,613.32, or a four
Per cent increase over receipts
tor the same period last year.
Total receipts for last year ran
t° $40,859.50, or $859.50 over the
340.000 which placed the Cairo
postoffice in the first class cate¬
gory fo r the first time.
The amount of postage sold so
■ this ar during the fourth quarter of
year is about the same as
last year’s receipts, Mr. Wight
said. "And with the slight in
crease showing at the close of the
®ird quarter, along with the fact
hat normally December is the
°-ggest month, it is fairly certain
" nat we will again exceed the
340.000 requirement, and remain
a " a Trst class postoffice.”
Postal receipts are ordinarily
considered a fairly good baro¬
meter ;t ‘ general of business conditions and
" prosperity of the com
Jmnity, A slight increase in the
« j e of postage locally would in¬
nate a wholesome condition of
1 e ecQ nomic picture in general,
some progress being shown
0v er last year.
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The Official Organ of Grady County.
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L. L. (DICK) Davis: well-known
and beloved business man of
Cairo, whose untimely death this
week brought sadness to loved
ones and a wide circle of friends.
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Taken By Death
Injuries In Auto
Accident Fatal
To Local Man
Many friends, relatives and ac¬
quaintances of Cairo and Grady
County were shocked and sad¬
dened at the untimely passing of
L. L. (Dick) Davis, Sr. 40,
at the Grady County Hospital last
Sunday night at 9:50 o’clock, as
a result of head and chest in¬
juries sustained when 1 .is aut
mobile ran into another car and
turned over several times on the
night of December 2nd. He never
fully regained consciousness.
The accident occurred on the
Pelham-Cairo Highway, State
Route 93, near New Home School,
when the deceased, his wife and
daughter were enroute from the
football game in Albany.
Funeral services were held at
3:00 p. m. Tuesday at the East
Side Baptist Church with Revs.
Lee Long and R. C. Perry officiat¬
ing. Interment followed in the
Cairo Cemetery.
Pall Bearers were Lannis
Green, Otis J. Watts, Wilmon R.
Green, Clyde L. Broome, Joel W.
Bond, and Maurice Pearce.
The deceased was born in Ala¬
bama November 19th., 1909, the
son of the late Charlie E. and
er Locker Company, Mr. Davis
to Cairo approximately sixteen
years ago, and married the former
Miss Willie M. Trammell. As
owner of the Cairo Ice and Freez¬
er Locker Company, Mr. aDvis
had a large circle of friends here,
who will mourn his passing with
deep regret. He was a member of
the East Side Baptist Church, a
Mason, and Woodman of the
World.
His accidental death, coming in
the prime of life, is a source of
sorrow to his loved ones, and the
sympathy of many who loved and
respected him is extended them
in their hour of grief.
Survivors include his wife, one
son, L. L. Davis, Jr., two daught
ers Helen Davis of Cairo, and
Mrs. Betty Davis Harvey of Talla
hassee, Fla.; one sister, Mrs.
Irene Harper of Gainesville, Fla.,
two half sisters, Mrs. Richard
Lee, and Mrs. Marie Hutto Par
rish of Douglas, Ga.; two half
brothers Alonzo Davis, Winter
Park, Fla., and Ed Davis, Staten
ville, Ga.; and his step-mother,
Mrs. C. E. Davis of Alapaha, Ga.
Arrangements by Forsyth
Bearden Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lonnie Smith and Peggy
expect to leave today, Friday, for
Fort Richardson, Alaska, where
they will join their husband and
father, S/Sgt. Smith, who has
been stationed there for seven
teen months; they will stop in
Fort Lewis, Wash., for a visit
with Mrs. Smith’s brother, Neol
Gainey, before sailing for Alaska.
man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1949.
Legion Home
Burgalized
Sheriff Catches
John Caspor Last
Monday Night
John Caspor, 43, alias Charlie
Cospar, a resident of Grady Coun¬
ty for about two years, was ap¬
prehended last Monday night at
11:45 p. m. by Sheriff C. H.
Strickland in the local Legion
Clubhouse and placed in the
Grady County jail.
According to Sheriff Strickland
who was making a routine check
at the legion home, he was
driving around the clubhouse
with his spotlight playing on the
building and when he passed the
kitohen window, noticed a man’s
cap through one of the windows
and stopped to investigate. The
front door on the north side of
the building had been broken in¬
to by breaking glass panes and
was then relocked.
Sheriff Strickland entered
through this door by reaching
through the broken glass and un¬
locked it. He stated that the
door leading to the kitchen
where ail the club merchandise
is kept was broken into also. Aft¬
er searching the building and not
finding anyone, he searched the
front entrance or vestibule which
is used for checking coats, hats,
etc. Caspor was found crouch¬
ing behind the counter in the
vestibule and gave up without
resistance.
A series of burglaries has been
going on at the legion home for
a number of months which has
cost ne loci' post severa’ hun¬
dred dollars, Caspor is being
held on a burglary warrant
charged with breaking and enter¬
ing.
Bill Jones Talks
To Kikanians On
Labor Relations
Bill Jones, superintendent of
Watson-Scott Co., the Thomas¬
ville industrial clothing plant,
whose wife is the former Miss
Louise Baggett of Cairo, gave the
Cairo Kiwanians a highly inter¬
esting and scholarly address on
labor-management relations at
the Tuesday luncheon meeting.
Mr. Jones’ father-in-law, Rep.
P. M. Baggett, was program
chairman. The speaker was pre¬
sented by Harris Jefferson. Nor¬
wood Clark, the club president,
presided.
Mr. Jones evidenced an ex
haustive study and extensive
‘practice of his theme in setting
forth specific foundations' on
which satisfactory relations be¬
tween employers and employees:
of a /usiness or industry can be
developed and maintained. His
opening emphasis was that the
interests of labor and management
are the same and that they should
be recognized as being the same
as a prerequisite to effective ap
proach to the matter. He said it
is an erroneous idea or miscon¬
ception to say that their interests
are divergent. In conclusion, he
strongly emphasized that nothing
will ever supplant the Golden
Rule in a democracy as a sound
basis for all human relationships,
particularly those of labor and
management.
Mr. Jones held unusually close
attention of his hearers with his
thought-provoking address.
Other guests included Rev. W.
E. McTier of Thomasville, form¬
erly of Cairo; Thomasville Ki¬
wanians Bob Heirs and J. C.
Scarborough; E. F. Moore, an At¬
lanta accountant temporarily en¬
gaged here; and Key Clubber
Gerald Van Brunt.
BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. James
W. Powe announce the birth of a
daughter, Brenda Ann, at the
Grady County Hospital on Mon¬
day, December 12; weight 7 lbs.,
14 oz. Mrs. Powe is the former
Miss Amma Ulmer.
Last- Rights Sunday
For Flight Officer
Jacob Reddick, 22
The remains of Flight Officer
Jacob A. Reddick arrived here at
2:16 a. m. Wednesday from New
York to be reinterred in his na¬
tive soil.
The hero was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon D. Reddick; he was
born here and made this his
home until he entered the army.
After volunteering for service he
volunteered later for an assign¬
ment to the Airborne Division. He
went overseas the early part of
1944 and was reported “Missing
in Action Over Arnheim, Ger¬
many” on September 19, 1944.
The funeral service will be held
in the Chapel at Forsyth-Bearden’s
Funeral Home at 3 o’clock Sun¬
day afternoon, December 18, with
the Rev. G. N. Rainey officiating.
Burial will be in the Cairo ceme¬
tery.
Serving as pallbearers will be:
R. E. Jones, Tom Jones, Jr., Pow¬
ell Jones, Homer Reddick, Billy
Matthews and Clyde Nettles.
Surviving are his parents; two
brothers, Gordon Reddick, Jr.,
Burlington, N. C., and Bobby
Reddick, Winston-Salem, N. C.;
and three sisters, Mrs. Douglas
Dunlap, Tallahassee, Fla., Mrs.
Dana Scruggs, Gainesville, Fla.,
and Miss Sara E. Reddick, Bur¬
lington, N. C.
Bishop Of Ga.
Here Sunday
Rt. Rev. Barnwell
To Hold Services
At Presbyterian
For the first time in the his¬
tory of Cairo a Bishop will preach
here Sunday, Dec. 18th.
The Rt. Reverend Middleton
Stuart Barnwell, from Savannah,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Georgia, will hold services and
preach at the Presbyterian Church
at 7:30 p. m. Sunday evening.
This will be the first time the
Bishop of Georgia has come to
Cairo to hold services, and meet
the Episcopal congregation.
Everyone has a cordial invitation
to meet the Bishop and join in
the services.
Having lunoh in the Citizens
Cafe Monday, Bishop Barnwell
related the rather odd incident
through which he met the first
person from Cairo. It happened
last year in London, England. “I
was walking down the sidewalk
one day in front of Westminister
Abbey when I heard behind me
a familiar accent,” he said. “A
young lady speaking to two or
three companions, said: ‘Well
what are you all going to do this
afternoon?’,
“I turned around,” the Bishop
said, “and asked them what part
of Georgia they came from.”
Greatly surprised, one of them
answered: Cairo. It was Helen
Wight, who was in London with
a group of other students from
Columbia University.
The Rev. Barnwell has served
as Bishop of Georgia since 1936,
and before that was the Bishop
of Idaho. Born in Louisville,
Ky., the son of an Episcopal min¬
ister, he was educated at Center
College in Danville, Ky., and at
the Virginia Theological Semi
nary, Alexanderia, Virginia. He
has had many years experience
in various fields of the Church’s
work, and has used this experi
ence well in the administration
of the Episcopal Church in Geor¬
gia.
“I am looking forward to meet¬
ing and getting acquainted with
the Episcopal congregation in
Cairo,” he said.
Crystal Jean Maddox, two and
one-half year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Maddox, who
has been at Emory University
Hospital, Atlanta, for treatment
of infantile paralysis, returned
home Wednesday.
Council Meets
Tuesday Night
New Street Light
Bulbs May Not Be
Here For Xmas
The Mayor and Council met in
regular session Tuesday night
with all members present, and
considered for the most part only
i routine matters affecting the
City’s business. Most items on
the agenda was merely referred
to the committee dealing with
that particular phase of work,
and was not taken up by the en¬
tire Body.
One significant subject up for
discussion was the possibility of
resuming the 10 percent discount
on light and water bills which
have now been in effect several
months. Information was brought
out that the new street lights
would soon be paid for, and all
members were in favor of re¬
storing the 10 percent reduction
just as soon as the new light are
paid for. It is likely that this dis¬
count will go back into effect
either January 1st., or February
1st.
New street lights have now
been turned on in the Booker Hill
section, it was revealed at this
meeting.
Councilman Roland Williams
informed the Council that the dif¬
ficulty of getting materials for
the street lights on First Avenue
might delay the turning on of
these new lights. Plans had been
made to turn the new “white
way” on at Christmas Eve, and
this is what they had worked to¬
ward. However some of the ma¬
terials are hard to get, especially
bulbs, and it was learned that
these may not be shipped in time
to be lighted up for Christmas.
Everything is being done, though,
to turn these lights on as soon as
possible, said Mr. Williams.
Methodists In
Fund Drive
To Raise $31,215
In This District'
For Pensions
(South Georgia Methodists are
beginning a campaign for a $250,
000 endowment fund for superan¬
nuated (retired) ministers, accord¬
ing to Rev. W. E. McTier. Sunday,
December 18, has been designat¬
ed as the day for every Metho¬
dist Church to raise its quota in
cash and pledges.
The income from the fund will
supplement the present amount
paid to retired preachers.
Throughout Methodism there is
a similar campaign being promot¬
ed for funds.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore says-:
“This is a serious and determined
effort to provide a better retire¬
ment allowance for the ministers
who have literally worn them¬
selves out in the service of the
Church. He states further: “Many
of these heroes are turned out in
old age td face the future with
an almost pitiful allowance from
the church . . . These faithful
ministers spent their best years
meeting the claims of the Church,
cf society and of the nation. It
is reasonable to give them more
security in old age.”
The Thomasville District, Rev.
McTier states, has a quota of
$31,215 to raise. Every local
church has been making plans
for next Sunday when the pay¬
ment is to be made. The funds
will be remitted to J. Slater
Wight, conference treasurer,
Cairo, by the pastor or church
treasurer.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey, of
(Panama City, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Louis A. Powell here Mon
day. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Pow
ell are sisters.
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JACOB A. REDDICK, Flight Of¬
ficer, reported missing in ac¬
tion over Arnheim, Germany
Sept. 19, 1944, whose remains ar¬
rived here this week. Funeral
services will be held in the Chapel
at Forsyth-Bearden Funeral
Home at 3:00 o’clock Sunday
afternoon.
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Electric Rate
Accord Seen
FPC Hearing Is
Off To Jan. 23
Federal Power Commission in
Washington has again postponed,
for the fourth time, a scheduled
hearing in the electric rate inves¬
tigation proceedings involving
Florida Power Corp. and its sub¬
sidiary, Georgia Power & Light
Co., which serves Cairo, Whigham
and the other 20-odd municipali¬
ties across extreme South Geor¬
gia. Florida Power and the FPC
ataff requested the latest defer¬
ment, the latest date for the hear¬
ing having been last Monday,
Dec. 12 th.
Louis, A . Powell, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce, who
was in Washington last week at¬
tending another FPC hearing on
natural gas, also conferred at
length with FPC attaches on the
electric rate investigation, and
reported strong hopes among the
various parties involved that the
matter will be settled without a
hearing, now set to begin in Wash¬
ington Jan. 23rd.
He said FPC attaches told him
the repeated postponements of
the hearing were brought about
by the determined efforts to ef¬
fect a settlement of the issues in¬
volved without a hearing, which
all agreed would be more satis¬
factory for all.
The principal issue now appears
to be the bases for certain charges
by Georgia Power & Light to its
parent concern, Florida Power,
for services rendered the latter
by the former, and the clarifying
agreement on which the two
closely-affiliated companies will
operate, hereafter. Effectuation
of the agreement alone will have
marked advantages in future sat¬
isfaction of customers of the
Georgia concern, it is said. How¬
ever, if the charges in question
should increase the Georgia con¬
cerns’ earnings or its fiscal posi¬
tion, counsel for the South Geor¬
gia municipalities will insist that
its customers are entitled to low¬
er rates, in addition to the adjust¬
ment made earlier this year. It
is indicated, however, that such
a rate reduction, if made possible,
would become a matter for the
Georgia Public Service Commis¬
sion, since Georgia Power &
Light operations per se are not
interstate. The FPC rate inves¬
tigation was initiated months ago
by South Georgia municipal and
Chamber of Commerce officials
and is already credited with some
distinct accomplishments, includ¬
ing the rate adjustment earlier
this year.
Misses Gloria Peters, Alice Lee
McCall, Greta Weathers, Jean
Vanlandingham and Sue Nell
White, students at G. S. C. W.,
Valdosta, will arrive Saturday to
spend the holidays with home
folks.
GRADY COUNTY
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NUMBER 49.
Christmas Trade
Nearing Climax
Santa Draws Many;
To Come Dec. 17,
Also Dec. 23
Christmas trade is nearing a
seasonal climax as crowds con¬
tinue to be attracted to Cairo for
the 1949 Cairo Christinas Trade
(Festival.
Santa Claus is drawing record
throngs on his personal visits.
His first visit Dev. 3rd set a new
record for the size of the crowd
lining the business area streets
to greet him—and another new
record was set last Saturday after¬
noon when the pretty majorettes
and cheer leaders of the Cairo
School Band assisted Santa in dis¬
tributing nearly 3,000 bags of
Christmas candy, many with bal¬
loons, to the children. Visitors
from far and near taxed the ca¬
pacity of the vehicle parking
facilities.
Santa Coming Again
Santa has generously agreed to
make two more personal appear¬
ances here to be received by the
children of the Cairo area. The
“grand old man of Christmas” is
scheduled to arrive again tomor¬
row, Saturday, Dec. 17th, about
2 p. m., for another tour of the
business areas, and he has indi¬
cated he will again have gifts for
the children here to greet him.
Parents are asked to have child¬
ren scattered along all business
area streets as he will tour all
areas, he assures the local mer¬
chants.
He is also scheduled to return
for his final visit oi the pre
Christmas season as guest of local
merchants next Friday, Dec. 23rd,
about 2 p. m. He will be quite
busy after that preparing for his
annual rounds Christmas Eve.
Santa On Radio
Santa, through the co-opera¬
tion of local merchants, will again
appear at the studios of Radio
Station WKTG, Thomasville, to¬
morrow morning, Saturday, Dec.
17th, from 10:15 to 10:30 a. m.,
as he did last Saturday, to ac¬
knowledge letters written to him
by the children of the Cairo area
at the request of local merchants.
Hundreds of letters have been
sent to him in care of WKTG and
it will not be possible for him to
read them all, he says. But he
will read as many as possible and
express his appreciation for this
fine response.
Stores Open Later
Many Cairo stores will remain
open later evenings next week in
a desire to serve shoppers to the
fullest. From Monday through
Friday many of them plan to re¬
main open until 7 p. m., or as
business justifies. On Saturday,
Christmas Even, many of them
plan to remain open until 9 p. m.,
or as business justifies. Again
next week there will be no
Thursday half-holiday.
In Messenger ad messages and
otherwise local stores evidence an
earnest desire to serve the peo¬
ple of the entire trade area to the
fullest.
The Christmas holiday will be
observed locally on Monday, Dec.
26th. New Year’s Day will be
observed Monday, Jan. 2nd, as a
legal holiday, with bands and
some offices suspending—but that
day will not be a general busi¬
ness holiday here. Thursday
half-holidays will be resumed
Dec. 29th, however.
The following students from
G. S. W., Americus, will arrive
Saturday to be with homefolks
during the holidays: Misses Bar¬
bara Barineau, Lanola Simpson,
Aleta Massey, Marylil Bell, Bud¬
dy Brown, Carol Powell and
Walter Blackman.
Miss Jean Brown, student at
G. S. C. W., Milledgeville, will
arrive Saturday to spend her va¬
cation here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Brown.