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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
11.50-52 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
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Christmas Trade
Volume High
Santa Due Friday;
Store Holidays
Plans Given
Christmas trade volume hit the
seasonal peak this week with in¬
dications it will equal if not ex¬
ceed last year’s, a survey reveal¬
ed. Beginning with a rainy
Monday morning it was plain
the final week before the “day of
days” would develop good busi
ness in most lines.
The post office has been bust¬
ling with activity and congested
as Christmas mail and parcel
post appeared to edge ahead of
last year’s record volume here.
Bus and rail passenger travel,
and express shipments, showed
a sharp uptrend. Everywhere
there has been this week the
usual appearances of a bright,
joyous holiday season, with many
former residents and visitors
here on visits.
Santa's Final Visit
Santa Claus, who has been
quite generous in co-operating
with Cairo merchants in their
1949 Cairo Trade Festival, will
make his final visit here in per,
son today, Friday, shortly after
2 p. m.; and the children of the
area are again invited to be here
to greet him. For his Friday
tour of the business areas he may
ride in a shiny new convertible
rather than the big red city fire
truck that he has been using. His
tour will again include all busi¬
ness area streets, weather permit
ting.
Santa,' on his second and third
visits last Saturday afternoon and
the Saturday before, distributed
nearly 6,000 packages of candy
and other gifts to children, with
the assistance of the majorettes
and the cheer leaders of the
Cairo School Band. The Dec.
10th throng here to greet him
set a new all-time record—and
nearly as many people braved
threatening weather last Satur¬
day to jam the business area
streets for his tour. The band
paraded for him on his first visit
Dec. 3rd and Turner Radio Ser¬
vice supplied Christmas music
for the Dec. 10th tour. Santa
also acknowledged over Radio
Station WKTG hundreds of let¬
ters sent to him at the request of
the Cairo merchants.
Stores Open Later
Cairo stores, generally, will
remain open later than usual to¬
night, Friday, and tomorrow
night, Christmas Eve, to serve
shoppers to the fullest. The sug¬
gested closing hour tonight is 7,
or as business justifies, and that
Saturday night is 9 instead of 8,
°r as business justifies.
These changes in the usual
schedules apply, of course, to
Places of business carrying holi
d ay merchandise and related
items.
Store Holiday Schedule
Christmas will be observed
here as a business holiday next
Monday, Dec. 26th, giving nearly
everyone a double holiday. There
were reports earlier some offices,
and - possibly some businesses,
Planned to remain closed Tues¬
day, also, but it appears busi
n ess operations will be resumed,
generally, next Tuesday. Banks
and offices, generally will join
easiness concerns in suspending
Monday.
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SIXTEEN PAGES
MAKE YOUR GIFT
MORE PERSONAL
This is the time of year when
we lose some of our usual sel¬
fishness and concern over our
own problems to remember
others and think of those less
fortunate.
For many families right here
in our midst, Christmas will
not be merry, and the new
year will not be happy—un¬
less those who are more fortu¬
nate decide to help. For those
who wish to make their holi¬
day giving a little more per¬
sonal than mere donations to
agencies—although worthwhile
and necessary—there is a list
of families at Mizell’s Drug
Store who may have trouble
providing their own Christmas
cheer. You may choose a fam¬
ily, and your contribution will
go to them. Here a little gift
can mean so much to someone
who might otherwise find
Christmas lonely and empty.
1100,000 Loan
For REA Here
For Additional
Lines To Serve
180 Consumers
The Grady County Electric
Memebrship Corp. received word
Tuesday that approval had been
obtained on a $100,000 loan for
five miles of new distribution
line to serve 180 rural consumers,
and to assist in improvements and
two way radio communication
facilities, B. M. Lee, President
of the local REA announced.
Construction of these new lines
will begin immediately, Mr. Lee
said, but are not to exceed 5000
feet from the existing lines.
At present the REA co-op has
1,144 miles of line, serving 4,193
consumers. During the last year
59 additional miles of line was
put up through membership ser¬
vice extensions to serve 429 con
sumers.
The site for the proposed $85,
000 headquarters building for the
REA has already been approved,
and is to be constructed North
of Cairo near the present tern
porary offices on the Cairo
Bainbridge highway. Construc¬
tion will begin on this new build¬
ing probably early in the Spring,
it was stated by B. M. Lee.
Kiwanians Honor
3 4-H Clubbers, 2
Hi-Y Croups Here
Cairo Kiwanians
their efforts to promote
groups and their activities at
luncheon meeting last Tuesday
when they honored three new
Grady county Master 4-H Club¬
bers and presented “honor club”
placques to presidents of the Tri
Hi-Y and Hi-Y clubs of Cairo
High School. Norwood Clark,
the club president, presided. The
meeting opened with the singing
of several Christmas carols, led
by W. G. Mizell.
County Agent S. E. George, his
assistant, Harold Daniels, and
Miss Myrtle Walters, home dem¬
onstration agent, presented the
three new Master 4-H Club mem¬
bers who recently had free trips
by reason of winning state cham¬
pionships. Love Rehberg, poul¬
try achievement champion, and
(Continue on page seven)
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1949.
Milk Co-Op Is
Planned Here
Would Offer Many
Advantages Over
Present Set-Up
Dairymen and milk producers
of Grady County have decided
among themselves, with the sup¬
port of some local business men,
to form a co-op here to process
and sell milk and milk products
on a cooperative basis, according
to plans formulated at a joint
meeting last Friday morning of
the producers, the Chamber of
Commerce, and Judson Mayfield,
operator of the local milk pro¬
cessing plant.
Under the new set-up, May
field’s Creamery would be pur¬
chased by the co-op, and owned
jointly by the dairymen and other
stockholders. Under the coop¬
erative system, which has proved
very satisfactory* and successful
in other places, all are agreed
that the milk producers stand a
chance to realize a better profit
from their milk and at the same
time are in a better position to
meet competition from outside
areas.
At the meeting last Friday a
committee, composed of Alvin
Wight, Chairman, Johnny Faulk,
and Howard LeGette, was ap¬
pointed to contact local business
men in the interest of the co¬
operative, which is now schedul¬
ed to begin operation early in
the new year, not later than
February 1st.
(Present plans are to sell pre¬
ferred stock in the co-op, while
the milk producers would own
the common stock. No stock¬
holder will be allowed to own a
majority of the stock. The or¬
ganization will be controlled *by
a five-member board of
elected by the stockholders,
operated similar to the REA
op.
At present there are only
milk producers in the
Talbot Jones, Edwin
E. A. Gandy, Floyd Childs,
Hinson, and Pratt Carter. But
is believed that as more
are developed, and other
drastically reduced by the
ernment, more and more
ers will be turning to
and will be able to enter the
op.
Under the new system,
ers plan to use as much grade
milk as possible, using the B
in manufacturing purposes
as ice cream, cheese, butter,
The co-operative plan
many ad’ antages over the
set-up. Among these is the
portant element of financing
system. The Bank of
atives, located in South
will finance up to 60 per cent
the necessary capital, based
the appraised value of the.
plant. Such capital can be
at a lower rate of interest
the banks charge. ,
Another advantage is that
ops are exempt from income
and from certain license
franchise taxes, Other
ations are that the ‘ middle man
is eliminated, and whatever
it or income is realized from
undertaking goes back to
producers and the
The most important
of all probably is the fact
the public, or at least many
(Continued on page three)
Grady4-H club
Youth Winnfir
Fairclot-h Gains
National Honors
Wayne Faircloth, the Whigham
4-H Club member who was re
cenly declared Georgia’s 1949
champion in vegetable grading
and marketing, County Agent S.
E. George here, returned home
Sunday from spending last week
in Washington, D. C., where the
former won national honors in
competition at the National Juni¬
or Vegetable Growers Ass’n con¬
vention in session there with 500
4-H Club, FFA and other farm
youth group members from over
the nation attending.
Mr. George reported Wayne
won first place, nationally, in
grading and marketing of vege
(Continued on page 8) ,
County Delegates
Choose Committee
For PMA Tuesday
The Grady County PMA con¬
vention was held in the county
office Tuesday afternoon at 2:00
p. m. where ten of the twelve re¬
cently elected community dele¬
gates gathered to elect the Coun¬
ty PMA committee, who are re¬
sponsible for administering the
farm price, marketing, and quota
program on the county level. The
present county committeemen
were all re-elected, and Roy Per¬
kins was reinstalled as county ad¬
ministrative officer for the com¬
mittee.
The committee is composed of
Chairman H. L. Davis, Vice
chairman Lester B. Golden, regu¬
lar member J. J. Collins. First
alternate is Vasco Butler, and
second alternate is Ira L. Godwin.
All members were elected u
nanimously, with no opposition,
which came as a surprise to some,
since these committeemen have
had to set acreage quotas on cot¬
ton, peanuts, and deal in other
matters which sometimes prove
unpopular with farmers. The fact
that there was no opposition to
the re-election of these officers
reflect the apparent general ap¬
proval which farmers feel for the
committee in recognition of the
fair and impartial way in which
they have discharged their duties.
The committeemen have given
their time and service diligently,
the unanimous vote of the dele¬
gates reflect this general approval
of their efforts.
Roy Perkins, County Adminis¬
trative officer, said all office per¬
sonnel will continue in the same
capacity so far as is known at the
present time.
LITTLE TOWNS
There is a peace that comes on Sabbath Day
To Little towns where men are wont to pray.
To villages that look upon the sea
And hills, where men have learned humility.
I thank God has a special care for them
For Christ was born in humble Bethlehem,
And dwelt in Nazareth, a lowly place
Made sweet by simple folk of single grace;
In manhood years He loved each stone and tree
That marked the quiet walks of Galilee!
There is a Peace that comes on Sabbath Day
To little towns where men are wont to pray
I think God has a special care for them
$$ For Christ was born in humble Bethlehem. %
¥ —Mary Lavelle Kelley.
SIXTEEN PAGES
FederalSpending
Attack Object <
Local Group Also
Opposes Brannan,
Medical Plans
The United States Chamber of
Commerce a few days ago re¬
newed a nation-wide attack on
certain prospective legislation be¬
fore the forthcoming Congress—
and the local Chamber of Com¬
merce has joined the fight by
reiterating its strong opposition
to certain of the major pending
proposals—it developed this
week.
The U. S. Chamber is centering
its broad attack on Federal budget
proposals with a view of reducing
deficit spending for all causes,
particularly calling for reduction
in the 2,000,000 civilian employees
in the Executive branch of the
Federal government now drawing
some six billion dollars a year
in salaries. Its attack also in¬
cludes continued strong opposi¬
tion to legislation for socialized
medicine and it has also joined
the Farm Bureau Federation and
other agencies in unqualified op¬
position to the Brannan farm
plan. The U. S. Chamber has
declared several billion dollars
should be lopped from the Feder¬
al budget—which for the current
fiscal year calls for 43 and one
half billion dollars—so that Fed¬
eral taxes can be reduced, rather
than increased as high Federal
officials have recently proposed.
The local Chamber of Com¬
merce, through its National Af¬
fairs committee, of which W. J.
McClenny, has reiterated its
widely-publicized opposition ear¬
lier this ear to present Federal
spending and to socialized medi¬
cine legislation. The committee
urges individaul citizens to write
Georgia members of Congress be¬
fore their return to Washington
expressing their opposition views
on these two points—and also
plans to distribute pamphlets re¬
vealing the U. S. Chamber’s de¬
tailed opposition reason on “the
iniquitous Brannan farm plan”
which Georgia Farm Bureau
President H. L. Wingate, in an
address here recently, and other
southern farm leaders, so definite¬
ly condemned.
Most of the more than 2,000
local Chamber groups throughout
the .nation will be instrumental in
arousing local citizens in the dif¬
ferent communities to a fuller
knowledge of the facts and the
need for action against certain
legislative proposals.
On Federal spending, the local
(Continued on page three)
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS
NUMBER 50.
This Vu es w Wggk ck , Up
Sales Volume
Increases
Livestock prices and sales
volume were up this week at the
Tuesday auction sale of Cairo
Livestock Auction Co., E. B. Ham
brick, the manager, reported.
No. 1 hogs were back to 16c a
pound, 100 points above board
quotations for the day. No. 2
hogs were 15.25c a pound and
feeder pigs continued to sell well,
with demand good.
Cattle prices ranged $1.50 per
cwt. higher, with virtually all
grades reflecting the higher trend,
it was reported. ,
The increased offerings on both
cattle and hogs made it one of
the best auctions in several wekes,
generally.
C. of C. Election
Here Finished
8 Directors Named
In Membership
Balloting
The election committee of the
local Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday morning counted the
final or general election ballots
of the Chamber membership and
declared elected for three-year
terms the following eight new
directors:
Carl M. Brown, Earl U. Brin¬
son, Curtis I. Gandy, J. Carl Mint
er, Henry Hester, Sr., Ira Higdon,
Jr., Harris Jefferson and H. M.
Sumner.
To assume office Jan 1st, they
will succeed the following eight
whose terms will expire on that
date under the rotation plan
(Continue on page seven)
Okra Sales Here
Bring 1220,957
Biggest Day In
Sales Brought
$11,630.66
.•
According to figures compiled
by the Georgia Experiment sta¬
tion at Griffin, Snd released this
week by County Agent George,
okra sales at the Cairo Farmers’
Market through Sept. 30, brought
a grand total of $220,957.81 to
Grady County farmers.
From May 10th., through Sept.
30, 27,221 separate sales were
made in which 77,651 hampers
were sold at an average price
per hamper of $2.85. On an av¬
erage each sale consisted of near¬
ly three hampers which brought
$ 8 . 12 .
The average price per hamper
ranged from a high of $6.45 on
June 16th., to 97 cents on July
28th. The best month of the
season was June, when a total
number of 27,146 hampers brought
$120,721.99, with an average price
per hamper of $4.45. The slack
month of the season was July
when 29,000 hampers sold
$44,572.17, averaging only $1.49
per hamper.
The biggest day in the season
in volume was June 6, when 1,
978 hamper's brought
averaging $5.88 per hamper.
Grady ^ armers
Favor Quotas
By Vote Of 58-8;
330 Cast Ballots
On Committeemen
Cotton growers in Georgia were
favoring the use of marketing
quotas for the 1950 crop* by a
substantial majority on the basis
of incomplete returns from 151
cotton growing counties the State
Production and Marketing Ad¬
ministration Committee said this
week.
Unofficial and incomplete re¬
turns from last Thursday’s refer¬
endum reported by phone to the
State PMA office show a total of
42,427 growers appi'ove quotas
and 5,770 are opposed. This is a
majority of 88.0 per cent in favor
of quotas, safely in excess of the
required 66-2/3 per cent.
“Since the use of marketing
quotas is determined on a nation¬
al basis, the actual result of yes¬
terday's referendum will not be
known until the national tabula¬
tion is completed,” Mr. Breed¬
love, State PMA Commtitee
ohairman, explains.
The chairman is satisfied with
the size of the turnout of last
week’s referendum. Interest has
been running high among cotton
producers for several weeks, he
explained, since one result of the
vote will be the determination of
the price support level for the
1950 crop. If quotas are approved
nationally, cooperators will be
eligible for price supporting CCC
loans at 90 per cent of parity—the
same level as this year. If quotas
are not approved, the price sup¬
port level to cooperators drops to
50 per cent of parity. Cooperators
are those farmers who plant with¬
in their cotton acreage allotment.
In Grady County 66 farmers,
out of approximately 175 who
were eligible, voted on the cotton
quotas. Of these 66, 58 voted for
1950 quotas, and 8 against.
330 farmers in Grady voted on
community PMA committeemen
and delegates to the county con¬
vention, held in Cairo Tuesday
afternoon. At this convention the
delegates from the twelve com¬
munities elected the County PMA
committee, which is responsible
for administering the price-mark¬
eting program at the county level.
In this election Pawnee polled
45 votes, Wayside 30, Whigham,
24, Beachton 15, Pine Park 14,
Union 14, Spence 47, Elpino 26,
Cairo 27, Reno 32, Calvary 19,
and Central 37.
Those elected were as follows:
(PAWNEE: Chairman Ralph
Kelly, Vice-chairman O. F. Logue,
Regular member Judson Harrell,
1st Alternate J. M. Stalling, 2nd
Alternate T. D. Davis, delegate
Coy Mills.
WAYSIDE: Chairman P. H.
Newberry, Vice- Chairman Mar¬
shall Martin, Regular Member J.
J. Newberry 1st Alternate Bill
Gainous, 2nd Alternate Judson
Ponder, delegate Graham Mob¬
ley.
WHIGHAM: Chairman Ed¬
ward Brock, Vice Chairman John
Hullender, Regular Member J. R.
Walden, 1st Alternate Luther
Powe, 2nd Alternate Emory
Stone, Jr., delegate Jim T. Harri¬
son.
CENTRAL: Chairman G. E.
Morrison, Vice Chairman Jack
Bell, regular member E. L. Moore,
(Continued on page three)