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CAIRO, GEORGIA The Best City of Its Size In the Entire United States 50-52 A year, in advance. , 1 . volume XLVII. March Of Dimes Opens Monday .. , J. H. House Named Chairman; Grady's Quota Is $1#500 The 1950 March of Dimes gets under way in Grady County and throughout the nation, Monday, January 16, and will continue un¬ til the end of the month, with a quota of $1,500 for the County this year. period, ■During that two-week /citizens of Grady County, like their fellow Americans in all parts of the country, will help write the answer to the threat of polio 1 epidemics next summer ■by providing for continued care and treatment of polio patients of 1949 and prior years. Terming the 1950 March of Dimes the most critical in the history of the National Founda¬ tion far Infantile Paralysis, Supt. of Cairo Schools J. H. House, County campaign Director, said that the fund-raising machinery is all set to launch the greatest March of Dimes ever undertaken. The Public Schools of the Coun¬ ty will serve as clearing houses for the collections, Mr. House said, and contributions may be given to any school teacher, white or colored, or may be placed in an envelope and addressed sim¬ ply to “March of Dimes, Cairo.” Assisting in the drive this year will be the Hi-Y Club, Hood Powell, President; the Tri-Hi-Y, Mary Hall, President; the Key Club, Walter Lundy, President; and t]ie Beta Club, Marjorie May field, President. Coin collectors, made this year in the form of a miniature iron lung or resperator, are at con¬ venient places in business houses over the county. “This year,” Chairman House emphasized, “we are more interested in a march of dollars rather than dimes, be¬ cause 1949 was the worst epidem¬ ic of polio in the history of the disease.” Six cases of Polio from Grady County received aid from the Foundation last year, while the funds raised here would not have horn the expense of one case. Average expense of treating one patient is $2,000. "ft is imperative,” Mr. House said, “that all know the serious¬ ness of today’s polio situation. More than 40,000 cases were re Ported last year, the worst polio onslaught in the history of the disease in this country. Thanks to public support of Previous annual appeals of the National Foundation, prompt and effective aid was rendered the stricken. But as case after case oeveloped, chapter after chapter found itself without funds. Fi nancial aid was rushed to them rom the organization’s epidemic ■feeive fund. So great was the ram tha t millions of dollars ear j/‘k a ‘V^ndled fc d for to emergency the assistance vanishing point.” consequently, Chairman House jilted ® continue out, providing if the Foundation is services to 110 patie nts in this and other ./"‘^unities, 6 ine hard” everyone must “hit paign January during the cam C;t 16-31. M - r. House /g disclosed high cost of polio, that during e height of the recent epidemic Seasor > the National Foundation ,/ Iu nds S , Ending at the March of Dimes day rate of $100,000 per to pay Patient bids alone! He s •, . l! tlS e9timated 17 000 of those Stri C m 1949 - will require con v j / ms a ‘ d h 1 1950, in addition to from prior years who also St Z need help. '0.bviou s j v ” the chairman Said - “there’s a tremendous job ail ead of us. I 0u f“ that am confident, P 0r£ dy all the people in most to County will do their ut the m eet the challenge during c °ming March of Dimes. I (Eaini ifcsaptupr The Official Organ of Grady County. "The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead." SIXTEEN PAGES Big Grady Day Program Aim Local Leaders Approve Plans A somewhat more extensive ob¬ servance of Henry W. Grady Day this year in this County and throughout the state was tenta¬ tively planned by a group of local library, school and civic leaders at a meeting a few days ago. Cairo Public Library, which has sponsored observance of the day for the past few years, will lead the observance for this year, ac oorning to plans. May 24th will be the 100th anniversary of Mr. Grady’s birth. The observance will likely be¬ gin soon on a state-wide basis with a school essay contest on the life and service of Mr. Grady sponsored jointly by the local ■agencies and the, office of Secre¬ tary of State Ben W. Fortson, Jr., through his historical assistant, Gus Bernd, the tentative plans provide. The program would include ac¬ tivities climaxed with a big pub¬ lic rally here on May 24th, wth Editor Ralph McGill, of the At¬ lanta Constitutiin, or some'other, noted leader, as guest speaker. An early afternoon time for the rally has been recommended. Rep. Paul Brown (D.-Ga.) has already introduced a bill in Con¬ gress authorizing the issuance of a Henry W. Grady commemora¬ tive postage stamp and local agen¬ cies will seek to have the stamps authorized and isued simultane¬ ously here and in Athens, and possibly Atlanta, on March 24th, as a feature of the local rally. The state-wide essay contest feature, with prizes provided by the local agencies and Mr. Bernd, would impressively bring to the attention of countless school stud¬ ents not only facts about Mr. Grady’s life and service but also the fact that this county was named for him. The local libra¬ ry would distribute information over the state, under this plan, which would also help to pub¬ licize this county and the library. Working with the local library on the plans will be Cairo Wo¬ man’s Club, Legion Auxiliary, Grady county schools, Chamber of Commerce, Cairo Rotary Club and Cairo Kiwanis Club. Legion Launches 1950 Membership Drive Here Wednesday In an effort to make the Grady County Post of the American Legion the largest in this district, ■the local drive for 1950 members begin Wednesday, Jan. 11, and is scheduled to run through Feb. 7th., with a special county-wide effort 'being made to contact every eligible veteran. i The regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 7, will fea¬ ture a big barbecue supper for all members, and a total of $125., including door anc^ membership prizes will be given away at that time. Only members with 1950 cards will be admitted, since 1949 cards expired Jan. 1st. The membership committee met Tuesday night, Jan. 10, at the Legion Home, where they map¬ ped plans for an extensive drive ■to bring in 1000 members this year for Post No. 122. Another meeting of the mem¬ bership committee will be held at 9:00 a. m. Sunday, Jan. 22, where details of the county-'Dvide drive will be worked out. Any volunteers who would like to join at that meeting are urged to be present, and help in the cam¬ paign to make the Grady County Post the largest in the second district. Mrc. Billy Story left Thursday night for her home in Louisville, Ky., after spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Whidden; her children, Martha and Bill, remained here with their grandparents. CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1950 Fire Dept. Answers 60 Alarms In 1949; $24,600 In Damages Fire damage* to buildings in Cairo and vicinity during 1949 totaled an estimated $24,600, to almost double the 1948 damages of $13,700, according to the au nual fire report submitted to the City Council Tuesday night by Aulden Hawthorn, City Fire Chief. Other figures revealed at that time show the department an¬ swered 60 alarms during the year, twelve of which were out of the city limits. 25 calls were to private resdiences and five to busniess houses. A breakdown of the estimated damage shows residence damage of $15,000, and damage to business establish¬ ments of $9,600. 'Building permits were issued during the year for 33 new resi¬ dences involving an estimated construction cost of $88,500; five business structures estimated at $73,400; and additions and re¬ pair permits amounting to $13,- 500. This brings the estimated cost of new construction and re¬ pairs in the city during 1949 to $175,450. Over the last four years—’46, ’47, ’48, ’49—'permits were issued for 314 new residences and 97 new business buildings, all of which indicate considerable growth the end and of the expansion here since | war. Fire Chief Hawthorn this week asked the public’s cooperation in following the fire trucks to fires. A lot of people, he said, speed into town when they hear the fire alarm, and then follow the trucks. “Quite often,” he pointed out “they get in the way of the volunteer firemen and prevent them from getting to the station.” We have to depend on volunteer firemen getting to their post in a hurry,” the Chief said, “and when others get in their way, it slows us down in getting to a fire.” “We would appreciate it if other people would not speed in¬ to town and follow the trucks” he said. New Loan Service Here For Grady County Farmers Representatives of the Bain bridge Production Credit Asso ciation will be at J. E. Forsyth’s i office here next Wednesday Jan. 18, and every Wednesday thereafter, fos the purpose of ■serving the farmers of Grady County with low-interest agri¬ cultural loans. The announce¬ ment was made this week by George N. Guest, Secretary Treasurer, while in Cairo mak¬ ing arrangements to serve this area, This credit co-op, owned by its members, has operated in Grady, Decatur, Seminole, and Miller Counties, with the home office in Bainbridge, for the past sixteen years; but until now has never maintained an office in Cairo. “We lend money only to farm¬ ers,” Mr. Guest said, “We do not lend Government capital or mon¬ ey. We lend farmers money to farmers, at an interest rate of 5 1-2 per cent per annum, and charge interest only on the out ■standing principal balance of a loan.” “We make loans for $100. or a $100,000”, said Mr. Guest. “The money is ready—for the farm era who can qualify.” All farmers are invited to visit Mr. Forsyth’s office on days to discuss this loan service , said. I and make applications, he I Mr. Guest or his assistant, Roy W. Wheeler, Jr. will be there all I day on Wednesdays. BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hampton, of Albany, announce the arrival of a daughter, Virginia Sharroll, at the Phoebe Putney Hospital, Albany, on Sunday, Jan. 8; weight is 8 lbs. 5 3-4 oz. Mrs. Hampton is the former Miss Hazel Laing. $4,399,019 Now In Grady Banks $4,745,658 Assets Show Leveling Off Stable Economy Statements of the three Grady County banking institutions, as of December 31, 1949, published elsewhere in this issue, show that they have on deposit a total of $4,399,019.03, which is a slight de¬ crease from the report for the year 1948, indicating a leveling off from the war-time boom period which probably reached its highest point sometimes dur¬ ing the 1948 period. The bank statements one year ago showed a total of $4,897,397.89 in deposits at the three Grady banks, or $498,378.86 more than is shown in the 1949 report. Deposits at the close of busi¬ ness on December 31, 1949, are lasted as follows: Citizens Bank $1,886,141.89; Cairo Banking Company $2,436,764.01; Whigham Banking Company $76,113.13. The deposits ol the Citizens Bank show a decrease of $222,- 611.06 from the 1948 report. Cairo Banking Company deposits de¬ creased $263,173.52; and the Whig ham Banking Company shows a decrease of $12,594.28. The statements of the three banks reveal a total in assets of $4,745,658.98, or a leveling off from the 1948 figures of $490,- 702.00 less than the assets one year ago. The Citizens Bank has assets of $2,054,981.31; the Cairo Banking Company $2,604,519.79; and the Whigham Banking Com¬ pany $86,157.88. While deposits and assets of all three banks have declined slightly since the report one year ago for 1948, which was to be ex¬ pected, they are leveling off into a more stable and prosperous economy which indicates a very healthy financial condition of the Grady institutions. Condensed statements of the three banks will be found else¬ where in this issue, and will be read with much interest by all. City Court In Light Session This Week Adjournment Due The City Court >f Cairo con vened for the January session last Monday morning, with Judge G. L. Worthy presiding and Ira Carlisle acting Solicitor Pro-Tem in the absence of Edwin Carlisle, is ill with flu. Civil cases were the first order of business Monday, and the frist case was that of J. D. McKown vs. R. A. Harrell, in a damage suit which resulted from an ac¬ cident in which Mrs. J. D. Mc Kown was injured. The Jury re¬ turned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $140. The next case tried Monday was W. F. Spring vs. G. C. Outzs, involving a damage suit for $1,000. The verdict was in favor of the defendant. On Tuesday morning the case of La Fara vs. Joseph Campbell Co., a suit about a produce con¬ tract, involving approximately $16,000. The Jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendent, Joseph Campbell Co. This trial took up most of Tuesday and Wednesday, with many witnesses being called on both sides. The jury was out five hours before coming to a decision. A few minor criminal cases scheduled for Thursday, and these were expected to be finished during the afternoon at which time this term of the City Court would adjourn. Other minor cases were settled, or were not ready for trial due to the absence of witnesses or ill¬ ness and other reasons. BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Craps, formerly of Cairo, now of Sanford, Fla., announce the birth of a 6 pound boy at the Sanford Hospital Thursday, Jan. 12. SIXTEEN PAGES Kenneth Hand Killed By Truck In Whigham Wednesday Jan. 4th. The Whigham community was saddened last week at the acci¬ dental death Wednesday evening Jan. 4th., of Kenneth Lamar (Budsie) Hand, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hand, when the town truck, which Ken¬ neth was playing around, started off and ran over the boy, report¬ edly crushing his lungs. He was rushed to the Grady County Hospital at 5:20 p. m., Wednesday evening and died at 10:20 a. m. Thursday morning. It was reported Kenneth was playing around the town truck on the street in Whigham, when the driver, not knowing anyone was around, started the truck off and one wheel 'passed over the boy’s back. Funeral services were held at Flat Creek Church in Miller County, the former home of the Hands, Thursday, Jan. 5, with the Rev. Carlton Houston officiat¬ ing. Pallbearers were Earl Davis, Charles Houston, Calvin Houston and Clarence Houston. In addition to his parents, sur¬ vivors include one eight-year-old brother, Ronnie. The death was a source of deep grief to the mem¬ bers of the family and to many friends, who had known and loved this gifted and delightful child. Arrangements were handled by Evans Funeral Home, Donal sonville. Hospital Group Will Meet Aufhority Will Gather Monday The trustees of the Grady Coun¬ ty Hospital Authority have been called to meet at the Courthouse here next Monday at 3 p. m. for some important duties, chiefly the election of a chairman to suc¬ ceed B. W. Mauldin, who resign¬ ed as a trustee some weeks ago. Mr. Mauldin served as business administrator of the hospital, without pay and at a consider¬ able sacrifice of time, from the time the Authority was establish¬ ed and the Grady County Hospital was acquired and put on a public operation basis. It is understood the County Commissioners have elected W. G. Mizell, local druggist, as a trustee to succeed Mr. Mauldin, and that three other trustees whose terms expired Dec. 31st— W. C. Lane, Whigham, S. M. Mc Kown, Cairo, and J. Slater Wight, Cairo—hav^been re-elect¬ ed for three-year terms. Other trustees are R. E. Stringer, Jr., (Continued on last page) FINANCIAL STATEMENT of the County Board of Commission¬ ers, covering the month of De¬ cember and the year 1949, will be found on page sveen, second sec¬ tion. BANK STATEMENTS of the three banks in the county will be found on page one, second sec¬ tion. JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES | : 1 a I ___.L,i.......... ♦ *o *7 tS* s3Bmr INftMTIK MBAUtlt rioirr I Ml ■ - 2 3 . SMS st. S“ 9 i 10 £ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 m 31 IDE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOI INFANTILE PARALYSIS GRADY COUNTY Greatest Diversified Farming Section In America SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT! NUMBER 1. Eye Clinic Is Meet - Topic Kiwanis Club's Project Begun The Cairo Kiwanis Club’s eye clinic for Grady county school children which has gotton under¬ way so successfully in the Cairo south side grammar school was the topic for the club’s luncheon meeting Tuesday. The clinic is a mojar project of the underpriv¬ ileged children’s work committee of the club with Max Sanders as chairman and he was program chairman Tuesday. Chairman Sanders reviewed the committee’s extensive work last year which carried invalu¬ able aid to many needy children throughout the county at a cost of some $900, emphasis being put upon services not available, other¬ wise. Miss Marion Smith, county visiting teacher, also responded in praise of the work and declared many worthwhile things that were done last year could not have been done without the Kiwanis aid. Ohairman Sanders then pre¬ sented others associated in the eye clinic project: Dr. J. W. Sumner, local optometrist; Miss Jewel Durrence, county instruc¬ tional supervisor, Mrs. Onselow Prince and Mrs. Lucile Reynolds, health department nurse; and Mesdames Bruce Courtney, Nor¬ wood Clark, Ira Higdon, Jr. and Edward Forsyth. Dr. Sumner told of this clinic staff, including several lay vol¬ unteers, and the equipment for it, being set up, as a Kiwanis pro¬ ject, to discover visual defects and needs among the school child¬ ren, so that the parents of those children with defects might have them corrected early; and that means might be found for cor¬ rection of defects among children where parents are not able to do so. He stressed that children (or parents) are free to go to the op¬ tometrist of their choice. He also stressed that many children, as well as adults, might continue until too late without knowledge of their visual defects unless tests such as those pro¬ vided by the clinic are available He discussed interestingly the nature and operaiton of the human eye. (President Sam A. Pierce, who presided, distributed lists of the club’s standing committees for 1950, which are printed elsewhere in The Messenger as public in¬ formation. Other guesits included Tallahas see Kiwanian E. G. Shelar; B. W. West and A. B. Winters, Cairo, Annual Camellia Show Here Is T omorrow, Sa tu rday, 2 To 10 Woman's Club's Fourth Event Is Open To All; Many Expected Cairo Woman’s Club’s fourth annual Camellia Show will be presented at the club-house to morrow, Saturday, Jan. 14th, from 2 to 10 p. m. Florwer-lovers from far and near are invited to see it—and a large crowd is ex pected. Entries, which are open to all, will be received at the club¬ house from 9:30 to 11 a. m. Ca mellia growers from all parts this county, particularly, are ed to make entries to help to the show an outstanding one. Rib ■bons will be awarded in all class ifications—'blue for first, red for second, and white for third. Blue ribbons count five points red three points and white one point, ■Last year’s show included hundreds of entries and attract¬ a throng of spectators estimat¬ ed at two to three thousand. The assignments have already made for arrangements of camellias with breakfast, lunch-; eon, dinner and tea tables. The classsifications follows: Section 1. (Simple): Class 1, John Faulk New C. of C. Head Elected President To Succeed W. E. Young John H. Faulk, Jr., local Chev¬ rolet dealer, was elected presi¬ dent of the Grady County Chant¬ er of Commerce for 1950 at a meeting last Friday of the direct¬ ors as reconstituted for the new year. Also chosen in balloting by the directors were: J. Norwood Clark, hardware merchant, first vice president; Howell E. McKinnon, banker, second vice-president; and J. Carl Minter, banker, treas¬ urer. John B. Wight continues as national councillor. Louis A. Powell, the Chamber manager, who is engaged by the directors without term was given a unanimous pledge of hearty support for 1950, with praise for his outstandisg service. He told the directors he would continue only with a unanimous expression of support from the board as re¬ constituted. The newly-elected officers will be installed at the annual dinner meeting of the Chamber member¬ ship to be held hoon. A special committee was named to arrange for this meeting, it being compos¬ ed of Edwin A. Carlisle, chair¬ man, Carl Brown, Harris Jeffer¬ son, Howard Thrower and Hamil¬ ton Wind. Mr. Faulk will succeed W. E. Young, local banker, who has served with credit during the past year. Accomplishments of his administration will be re¬ counted in the annual report to be distributed soon, probably at the dinner meeting. One out¬ standing feature of the past year’s activities was the launch¬ ing of a comprehensive and con¬ tinuing effort to obtain new in¬ dustries for the county, along the lines found most effective by certain Chambers of Commerce that have been quite successful in this work over a long period, and in close co-operation with some of these successful agencies. The directors authorized the use of the Chamber reserve funds accumulated during the war for this effort since the regular bud¬ get does not provide sufficient finances. The Chamber has also during the past year rendered extensive service toward pro¬ moting existing industries and keeping them successful and at (Continued on last page) single; class 2, semi-double—best red-, 'best pink, best white, best variegated. 'Section 2: Incomplete double— best red, best pink, best white, ‘best variegated. ■Section 3: Complete double (regular, no stamens showing)— best red, best pink, best white, ■best variegated. (Standard of excellence for above: Color, 16; form, 16; sub and texture, 25; size, ac cording to variety, 25; condition, 10; and foliage, 10). Section 4: Labelled Collections of five and 10 varieties. (Stand ard of excellence judged as whole: size and color, 25; general quality, 25; condition, 25; appropriate to schedule, 25). ■Section 5: Artistic Arrange¬ ments of camellias only and camellias with other flowers. (Standard of excellence: arrange¬ ment, 25; color harmony, 20; quality of blooms, 20; relation to container, 16; distinctiveness, 10; and approprite to schedule, 10). Section 6: Exhibits of oamell ias by professionals.