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Established January 15th, 1904.
Entered as second-class matter
January 14, 1904, at the Post Of
fice at Cairo, Ga., under the act
of March 3rd, 1879.
F. J. WIND, Editor from May
1st, 1904 to September, 1922.
H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager
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• CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. *
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DECEMBER 26TH, 1919
In the election of School Trus¬
tees for the Cairo District at the
court house, Messrs. J. B. Wight
and J. M. Poulk were re-elected
for a term of three years.
Some of the advertisers for this
■issue were: Prince Albert Smok¬
ing Tobacco, W. G. Baggett & Son,
Fertilizer agents, Cairo Banking
Company, South Georgia Stock
Yards, Edgar Thrower, Manager.
Bynum Produce Company, Poulk
Wight Co., Rosser & Jeffares, C.
F. Sanders, Jeweler, J. L. Oliver’s
Sons, W. H. Robinson, R. L.
Nicholson Stock Co., B. M. John¬
son, automobile dealer, John L.
Poulk’s Son, Wight Seed Com¬
pany, Abe Poller, C. A. Bass &
■Sons, Tony Mike, Bell & Weath¬
ers, Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Citizens Bank—and and a host of
patented medicine advertise¬
ments promising to cure every
disease known to man, including
one cold remedy guaranteed to
get better results than whiskey.
• • •
Mr. J. A. Killingsworth of Doth¬
an, Alabama, visited his daugh¬
ter Mrs. G. W. Hurst.
Misses Grace Van Landingham
returned from Brenan College
Friday.
CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO. *
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DECEMBER 21TH, 1934
1.491 Bales Of Cotton Ginned
This Year
According to the census figures
on cotton released several days
ago, the ginnings in Grady coun¬
ty show nearly a fifty per cent
increase over last year.
There were 1,491 bales of cot¬
ton, counting round as half bales,
ginned in this county prior to
Dec. 1st., 1934, as compared with
989 bales ginned to Dec. 1st.,
2933
Five persons, three men and
two women, and held incommuni
cado in Grady County jail
connection with the holdup and
robbery of the Cairo Banking
Co. early Wednesday afternoon
of last week, when bandits es
caped with a loot of $5,419.32,
and left three bank employees
and one customer locked in the
vault.
None of the five held are from
Grady County. All were arrest¬
ed by Chief J. M. Hancock of
Thomas ville.
BIBLE VERSE
For in much wisdom is much
grief; and he lhal increaselh
knowledge increaselh sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:17-18.
CHRISTIANITY OR
COMMUNISM? WHICH
WILL WIN OUT?
Americanism and Christianity
Communism and Atheism . . . .
which do you want? The ines
capable challenge facing the
Christian world today is Com
munism. Communism is Offici¬
ally Atheist. To destroy the Am¬
erican principle of Freedom of
Worship is the declared intention
of this Anti-Americanism.
About twenty years ago the
Comintern declared: “The ulti¬
mate aim of the Communist In
j ternational is to replace world
capitalist economy by a world sys¬
tem of Communism ... It will
bury forever all mysticism, reli¬
gion, and superstition.” That anti
God declaration has never been
challenged. In fact, it has
strengthened its atheist principles
to a point that has rarely been
seen before in history. The
Truth is, Communism cannot live
with Christianity, because it is a
religion unto itself, as much so
as it is a system of politics and
economics.
Communists declare theirs is
simply the “scientific” applica¬
tion of the teachings of history.
They also say theirs is not only
a “scientific” system but is the
Only System. Communists say
Christianity is superstition. They
refer to Christianity as some¬
thing especially designed to cap¬
ture the masses for exploitation
by capitalist masters. Commu¬
nists say “Down With the Cross
Which Is the Symbol of Faith For
the Christian World.” . . . There¬
fore Communism and Christiani¬
ty become the two great rival
Faiths of the Twentieth Century.
Christianity believes one thing
about the nature of man and his
destiny, the nature of morality,
the basis of ethics, and the nature
of the Universe; Communism
believes the exact opposite.
Christianity believes in the In¬
dividual and in the Rights of
Man. Communism believes the
individual is the wholly owned
Slave of the State.
This atheistic, materialistic,
conspiracy threatens to engulf the
whole world. Unless it is stop¬
ped our liberties, political, civil
and religious rights, will go the
way of the unfortunate nations
which have already been crushed
to earth behind the iron curtain
of Moscow. If you believe in
God and the Bible of the Lord
God Almighty, won’t you help
hold high the Cross. It is being
threatened by Communist ene¬
mies. For the sake of all that is
dear to you . . . attend your
church and support her good
work.
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EVERYBODY KNEW—BUT
THE STEELWORKERS
It appears to us that most any¬
one with common sense would
know that when we increase
labor cost and the things that go
to make a manufactured article,
that the finished product is sure¬
ly to go up in price. This also
applies to the unfinished product,
even when labor prices are in¬
creased.
One of the best illustrations of
the above fact is the new steel
j contracts recently entered into
the unkm leaders and the
steel , companies. The general
public is already “howling” about
i the increase in steel products
i that . are sure to come especially ”...
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automobiles. If we wish to
stabilize prices as well as reduce
inflation which conditions we are
living under, strikes especally,
and the increase in labor costs
throughout the country MUST
be reduced to a minimum—if not
discontinued. This is nothing but
just good old ‘‘horse sense” re
gardless of what John L. Lewis,
public enemy No. 1, has to say.
The Atlanta Constitution in a
recent issued carried an editorial
on the above situation that speaks
nothing but the truth, and should
meet with the approval of most
FHE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1949.
of us honest-to-goodness Ameri
cans. The Messenger is repro¬
ducing the editorial in question
for what it is worth, which fol¬
lows :
‘’What everybody—except, it
seems, the Steelworkers’ Union—
know was inevitable as a result
of the new steel contracts, now
is coming to pass in higher prices
of steel.
Union leaders pretend to be
“outraged,” as they have three
times heretofore since the wage
price spiral started spinning in
1946. They claim the steel
panies ought to absorb the
of recently won pensions and in¬
surance benefits “out of profits.”
The steel industry estimated the
cost of the 10 cents per hour re¬
commended by the President’s
Fact Finding Board for pensions
and insurance would be $300,
000,000 a year. What the work¬
ers actually got was an average
of better than 12 cents per hour
for those items. On the basis of
the same calculations, these bene¬
fits will cost a minimub of $360,
000,000 each year.
Last year a banner year for
the steel industry, profits totaled
$580,000,000. Things will not be
so good this year and next year
steel production can be expected
to slacken considerably after
mid-Summer. Profits dwindle
fast after production drops be¬
low about 70 per cent of capacity.
If the steel industry were to
pay from current profits the full
$360,000,000 which the unions
have won that would leave about
$220,000,000, even on the basis
1948 profits, the highest the
dustry has ever known.
This year the industry is spend
ing a total of $627,000,000 on ex
pansion alone. It will be recall
ed that President Truman com
plained early this year the
dustry was not expanding fast
enough and suggested the Gov
eminent step in and build
.mills in competition with private
industry. A bill to that effect has
been introduced into Congress.
It is impossible, in view of pres¬
ent high taxes, double taxes
corporate incomes and general
uncertainty over the future, to
attract a great number of invest¬
ors to private industry. Expansion
money must be had from profits
or from loans.
How then could the steel in¬
dustry be expected to pay for
such an expansion program, re¬
turn reasonable dividends to in¬
vestors and retain necessary re¬
serves on profits that would be
left after paying the union’s pen¬
sion and insurance benefits?
If the Steelworkers’ Union can
figure that one out we feel certain
the steel companies would be
grateful.”
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WHERE IS ARBUCKLE?
There are companies and pro¬
ducts that have “wandered out of
the way of advertising, and are
now in the congregation of the
dead.” For example, what ever
happened to Arbuckle coffee?
In the days gone by this was
far and away the best known cof¬
fee on the market. That is to
say, the most advertised. But we
never hear of Arbuckle now.
What happened? Historians say
that the Arbuckle company de¬
cided that since everyone knew
about their product, they could
ride the gravy train forever, and
a lot cheaper, if they cut out adv
estising. So they did stop ad¬
vertising. A new generation arose
that knew them not—and today
that brand is but a memory.
Some other early successes in
the advertising field gave up too
soon and died too. Remember
the W. L. Douglas shoe and the
bewhiskered gent for which
named? Remember the soap ad,
‘’Have you a little Fairy in your
home?” The Pear’s soap com¬
pany thought it would be econo¬
my to drop its advertising—and
found out the bitter truth—too
late.
On the other hand, some of the
earliest nationally advertised pro¬
ducts have been consistently
promoted and they are still do
ing well. These include Ivory
Soap, Smith Bros. Cough drops,
U-Need-A Biscuit, “His Master’s
Voice” Hire’s Root Beer, Johns
Manville building materials, and
Campbells (originally Huckin’s
Soup).
Local businesses and products
are no different from national
products. If you do not tell peo¬
ple about your business, your
products, your service, alas, they
too may go the way of the now
forgotten Arbuckle coffee. All of
which reminds us of the fact:
"The man who wandereth out of
the way of advertising shall re¬
main in the congregation of the
dead.”
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Editor, The Messenger:
I want to say a word about sel¬
fishness. Why encourage selfish¬
ness—what do you get out being
selfish? Many pepole especially
poor people, try to excuse their
selfishness by various excuses,
but there are no excuses for be¬
ing selfish. You might be very
poor in the goods of the world,
you might be an invalid, still you
don’t have to be selfish; no there
is no excuse for it. Business men:
stop and think of others!
Old men who can’t work any
more, maybe they are not in¬
valids, and could work and would
work—.but who will hire an old
man?
We have several old men who
live here in town, and spend the
most of their time up on the
streets, and they have a perfect
right to be on the streets. And
those who have anything to pay
taxes on, pay taxes; but if they
pay a dollar tax, they still
have a perfect right to stay on
the streets in town; so why not
make them as comfortable as pos
sible while they are up town?
j They don’t feel like leaning
against the show-windows all
j day, then why not give them a
j comfortable place to rest, as so
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Ivory Fresh Pork Pound Large Box
SOAP > c 1AM % t DUZ
2 Large Bars A? -• J I C 25
3 Lb. Can Center Cut Pork Lb.
CRISCO 79c CHOPS
Swans Down Cake Box Wisconsin Daisy Lb.
FLOUR 39c CHEESE c
Daily Ground Fresh Lb.
Blue Plate Lb. Can BEEF
COFFEE 59c t
Chuck Pot Beef Lb,
Miracle Whip Salad Pint Jar ROAST
RESSING Short Lb.
I Rib or Brisket
All CHEWING Brands GUM 6 Packages 19c S STEW UJ c
Baby Ruth 6 Bars Morrell Sliced Pound
CANDY BARS 25c BACON
Old Fashion Chocolate Lb. Bag
DROPS 25c Fresh Per Doz,
Chocolate Covered Lb. Box EGGS
CHERRIES 49c
Del Monte Seedless Box
A. J. 2 Boxes RAISINS
GRITS 25c
Complete Assortment
Hershr ys Baking 1-2 Lb. Box NUTS and FRUITS
CHOCOLATE 35c TOWN
FOR THE BEST PRICE IN
BAKERS COCOA 1-2 Lb. 19c Box APPLES-ORANGES
Buy By the Dozen or Box
BOB’S GROCERY We Deliver
Phones 185 & 415
many other towns have done.
We have no park in the middle
of town, as many places do but
we do have the court house lawn,
with one bench on it; but there’s
not room for all of them there.
They don’t want to go off and
hide in order to sit down; they
want to see what is going on, for
that is about all they get out of
life.
I‘am speaking also of the old
retired farmer who comes to town
once in a while. They like to
be on our only main street. So,
why not have benches on the side¬
walks next to the curb? The
town, or someone, has made about
a half dozen nice benches with
advertising on them, and they
are hid all in a pile down in the
park. Why not put these bench¬
es upon Broad Street on both
sides of the railroad? This would
show some improvement, and
some thoughtfulness of others.
A CITIZEN.
RECREATION NOTES
CAIRO
and
Grady County
BASKETBALL — MIDGETS
(Practice for midget boys will
continue Tuesday Dec. 27th
through Dec. 29th at the Shell
8-9-10-.il years at 8:30, 12-13-14
years at 10:30 a. m. Teams will
begin play after Jan. 1st.
Adults
Monday, Dec. 26, 8 p. m.,
Whigham vs Farmers Imp. Co.,
at Shell. *
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 7:30 p. m.,
Faulk Chevrolet and Wight Hard¬
ware vs Clark Thread at Albany.
Thursday, Dec. 29, 8 p. m., Mt.
Pleasant vs Farmers Imp. at
Shell.
Monday, Jan. 2, 8 p. m., Climax
vs Farmers Imp. at Shell.
Admission for games, Children
12 years and under 9c. Adults
20c.
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