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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
,1.50-52 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVII.
$25,000 Suit
Filed Here
R. E. Brown Suing
Jimmie Harrison
For Assault
Attorneys for Robert E. Brown,
manager of the Dixieland Five
and Dime Store, filed suit in the
City Court of Cairo here last week
in the sum of $25,000 against Jim¬
mie T. Harrison, of Whigham,
as a result of an altercation be
tween the two men Dec. 23, last
year. ' (Robert E. Brown)
Petitioner
alleges that on “Dec. 23, 1949,
about 3:00 or 4:00 o’clock in the
afternoon while said store was
crowded with shoppers and while
petitioner was busy with his
duties in said store, defendent
(Harrison) entered, and without
any justification thereof, commit¬
ted and aggravated assault upon
petitioner."
Ira Carlisle and Louis Foster,
attorneys for Jimmie T. Harri
son, filed an answer to Brown’s
charges in the Clerk’s office
here, in which most of the
charges were denied, or reasons
given for the alleged assault.
According to the petition and
answer filed with the clerk of
the courts, the differences began
when Mrs. Harrison bought two
table lamps at the store and dis¬
covered them broken when she
got home. Mr. Harrison claimed
they were already broken when
they left the store, since they
were not inspected either by the
manager or Mrs. Harrison at the
time of the sale. Mr. Brown is
said to have insisted the lamps
were not broken when they left
the store.
In his answer to the suit, Har¬
rison alleged that he returned to
the store to discuss the matter
with Brown at which time Brown
was discourteous and referred to
Harrison’s wife in a discourteous
manner.
Cain and Smith are represent¬
ing Brown.
Large Force Soon
Be Taking Census
In This Area
A force of approximately 345
persons will be employed to take
the 17th Decennial Census in the
Second Congressional District, it
is announced by District Super¬
visor, P. M. Lancaster, for the
Albany Office, United States
Bureau of the Census. This force
will be responsible for taking the
D50 Census in April in Baker,
Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, De¬
catur, Dougherty, Early, Grady,
Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thom¬
as, Tift and Worth Counties.
The largest segment of em¬
ployees for the Census in the
local district consists of the enu¬
merators of whom there will ‘be
approximately 300. The enum
eartors will make the house to
house calls in the work of cal
lecting official Census informa¬
tion regarding the population and
housing in urban areas, and, ad¬
ditionally, agricultural activities
in the rural areas. Their work in
the field will be supervised and
checked by a force of approxi
mately 20 crew leaders. At the
Census District Office headquar¬
ters in Albany, about 17 persons
will compose the staff to edit the
enumerators’ reports, making
preliminary l°rm tabulations, and per
other office work in can
flection with the Census.
Provisional results of the Popu¬
lation Census count will be an
nouneed locally by District Sup¬
ervisor, P. iM. Lancaster when the
District Office Staff has complet¬
ed the preliminary tabulations.
Mr. A. C. Kelley, of Pensacola,
a former resident of Cairo,
A as a business visitor here Wed¬
nesday.
Mrs. Tallies Tucker of Tifton,
*^ a -> spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Whidden.
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The Official Organ of Grady County.
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SIXTEEN PAGES
Radio Station
Is On Air
Civic Groups
Offer Salute
Raido Station WGRA, Cairo,
Ga., at 1,300, “The Pleasure Spot
On Your Raido Dial,” inaugurated
regular daily broadcasting service
at 7:15 a. m. Wednesday. The
first world news program at 8 in¬
cluded the “hot item” on the free¬
ing of the Big Mo from Chesa¬
peake Bay mud a few minutes be¬
forehand.
Local civic groups arranged an
impressive civic appreciation and
dedication program from 11:30 to
noon Wednsday that provoked
many favorable comments. Rep¬
resentatives of various civic
groups spoke, following a most
impressive dedicatory prayer by
the Rev. Lee Long, pastor, East
Side Baptist Church. The pro¬
gram was concluded with an in¬
spiring address by Ed Stevens,
noted Dawson civic leader and
industrialist, one of the owners
of the station. He strongly prais¬
ed Cairo, Grady county and this
area and said Cairo was chose
as the site for the station because
of the area’s outstanding civic
spirit and steady progress.
The station now broadcast from
7:15 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. but this
time will be extended as the days
lengthen.
Staff of the station, now com¬
plete, includes: Jim Honey, man¬
ager and chief engineer: Kenneth
Flynt, program director; Royce
Jones, Chief announcer and music
director; Sara Pearce, local news
editor; Winfred Chason, announc¬
er-engineer; and Robert Davis,
announcer-engineer.
'Plant Cairo' Is
New Goal Here
Council Organized
Beautification
Program Set
The “Plant Cairo Council” was
formed here a few days ago with
its new and specific goal the
beautification of Cairo and the
community in a comprehensive,
long-range effort affiliated with
the “Plant America” program
actively supported by more than
40 prominent national organiza¬
tions.
Cairo Woman’s Club officials
sponsored the organization meet¬
ing after a Chamber of Commerce
group recently obtained from
Mayor Walter Williams and the
City Council a unanimous pledge
of full city co-operation in the
local program on a continuing
basis. Mayor Williams conveyed
the pledge of resolution by letter
to Mrs. R. R. Van Landingham,
president of the Woman’s Club,
who in turn called the meeting
of representatives of various local
groups.
The “Plant Cairo Council” will
have as its membership represen¬
tatives and alternates from all
churches and schools, the North
Side aPrent-Teacher Ass’n, the
South Side School Interest Group,
various secret orders, the Cham¬
ber of Commerce, the Woman’s
Club, the Kiwanis and Rotary
Clubs, the American Legion and
Auxiliary, and other such groups,
as well as the Mayor & Council,
the latter represented at present
by Councilman Ira Higdon, Jr.,
chairman of the parks and play¬
grounds committee, designated to
act for the city.
Cairo Woman’s Club, as a part
of the program, also assumes a
duty requested by the Mayor &
Council of nominating three per
sons as Tree Wardens. When
elected by the Mayor & Council
these Tree Wardens shall have
authority to supervise closely
work in connection with all trees
on public property in the city,
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CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1950.
March Of Dimes
Over The Top
Will Exceed Quota
By $100 This Year
$1,580 Collected
In Contrast to the last two years
here, the Grady County March of
Dimes drive this year has already
gone over the $1500 quota, J. H.
House, County campaign chair¬
man reported Wednesday. With
all reports in except the “Iron
Lung” coin collectors in Whigham,
the total collections eWdnesday
showed $1,580.58. When these
collectors are counted, it is ex¬
pected that the fund will exceed
the set quota by at least $100.
J. H. House, campaign director,
expressed appreciation to the peo¬
ple of the county for this wonder¬
ful work in giving to put the
March of Dimes drive over the
top. “I especially want to thank
the business men of Cairo for
their generous and unselfish con¬
tributions,” he said. “Also special
praise should go to the teachers
all over the county, along with
their students, whp did a fine
job with the collections.”
“I also wish to specially thank
the clubs in the Cairo School for
their splendid work and coopera¬
tion in the dirve,” Mr. House
said. These clubs included the
Hi-Y Club, Hood Powell, Presi¬
dent; the Tri-Hi-Y, Mary Hall,
President; the Key Club, Walter
Lundy, President; and the Beta
Club, Marjorie Mayfield, Presi¬
dent.
“And to all the others,” Chair¬
man House added, “who gave
dimes or dolars, I am grateful
for the splendid work all of us
together have been able to ac¬
complish in this Polio fund drive.”
A breakdown of the various col¬
lections shows the Cairo business
men leading the field with con¬
tributions amounting to $522.55;
the Cairo High School collected
$201.70; Northside Elementary
School $135.98; Southside Ele¬
mentary $271.10; the rural schools
of the county raised $109.42; the
Washington High school $194.68.
The coin colectors around
Cairo brought forth $29.15; Whig
ham School collected $70.00; and
the coin collectors at the Zebulon
Theater provided $46.00. The
American Legion, Post No. 122,
contributed $25. All of these
brought the total to $1580.58;
while the coin collectors in Whig
ham were yet to be counted.
In the Cairo Schools, Southside
Elmentary won first place by
collecting $279.10. Myrtice Ar
line’s second grade was in first
place here.
Chairman House said special
tribute should go to the Calvary
School, who lead all the rural
schools of the county. With an
enrollment of 93, Calvary collect¬
ed $73.70.
In the Cairo High School, Miss
Constance Kinsler’s eighth grade
was first. For the Northside
Elementary Mrs. Louise Sheehy’s
class took top honors.
Mr. House pointed out that
while some business men contri¬
buted direct, still others made
their contribution through the
school childrens’ collections. “No
matter how you may have contri¬
buted,” he said, “all of us con¬
nected with the drive are grate¬
ful that Grady County has made
a good showing this year.”
While the drive officially closed
Jan. 30, if there are those who
failed to contribute, and would
still like to do so, they may send
donations to Mr. House at the
Cairo High School. Since it will
be a week or more before the col- i
lections are sent in, late contribu- j
tors may still ,, help in the ,i drive. ,
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Rush, and
Patsy, of Hawkinsville, returned
home Friday after spending a
few days here as guests of Mrs.
R. M. Mott and family; Mr. Rush
made a business trip to New Or¬
leans, La., while here, going by
plane.
Legion Holds
Barbecue
Tuesday Night Is
Regular Meeting
At Club House
The local American Legion is
planning a big barbecue for the
regular monthly meeting Tues¬
day night, it was announced this
week by Bob Wight, Post Com¬
mander. Stanley Jones, of Macon,
a past State Adjutant of the Le¬
gion, will speak at the meeting.
The barbecue will be served
from 7:30 to 8:00, and all 1949 and
1950 members are welcome for the
supper. However, those who
have not renewed their member¬
ships and do not hold 1950 cards
will not be permitted to sit in on
the business meeting, since they
ceased to be active members Jan.
1st.
Commander Wight reminded
those who had not gotten their
1950 cards that they run a chance
of not being able to get back in¬
to the Legion, once they let their
membership lapse. Those with
only 1949 cards are retained as
“members in arrears” until
April 1. After that time, their
admitance to Legion membership
must be brought before a meet¬
ing. When your membership is
considered at one of these meet¬
ings, one dissenting vote can bar
a former member.
All 1949 and 1950 members are
invited to the barbecue Tuesday
night, and those who have not
renewed their membership are
urged to do so at this meeting.
The barbecue committee is com¬
posed of Byron West, Guy Van
landingham, May Drew, Bill
Gainous, T. L. Burgess, Roscoe
Maxwell, and Sam Fiscus.
Band Concert
Next Thursday
Cairo's Musicians'
In Fourth Annual
Program Here
The Cairo High School Band
will be presented in its fourth
annual concert next Thursday
night, Feb. 9, at 8:00 p. m. in the
high school auditorium. Much
hard work in preparation of the
program has been done, and a
concert well worth hearing is in
the offing. As has been custo¬
mary in the past, a varied pro¬
gram will be played; one that
can be enjoyed by everyone.
In the three and a half years
the Cairo band has been organiz¬
ed phenominal progress individual has been
made by not only the
performers in the band, but in
the finesse, the ensemble, and the
fcnal quality of the organization
as a whole.
The band is small, by compari¬
son with some of the bands from
surrounding communities, due to
several members of some length
of service dropping out for one
reason or another; but those who
have remained loyal and faithful
to the organization have worked
hard to prepare a creditable pro¬
gram the Cairo Band
In recent years
has compared very favorably with
the performances of the other
school unites in this section of
the state from the standpoint of
musicianship and this year will
prove no exception.
Each and every person in Cairo
and Grady County should back
the band with their presence at
these concerts. The members of
the band have worked hard over
a long period of time preparing
program, and it is most dis¬
to play to half an
auditorium. It is expected that
Thursday night the audi¬
will be full.
Hog Market Is
Still Rising
No. Is Rising
16.35c Lb.
The hog market is till rising,
as No. 1 hogs sold at
weekly auction sale
at 16.35 cents a pound, 40
i n ts above last week. No. 2
sold for 15.90 cents a pound.
Feeder pigs again were in de¬
with a good run of both
hogs and feeder pigs. several
For the first time in
there was a noticeable up¬
trend in the cattle market, with
generally 50 cents per cwt.
Altogether, an excellent sale
reported.
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C. of C. Dinner Is
SelFeb 13th
Noted Speaker Is
Coming; Tickets
On Sale Soon
The committee in charge an¬
nounced this week that the annual
membership dinner meeting of
the Grady County Chamber of
Commerce will be held at Citizens
Cafe here at 7:30 p. m. Monday
week, Feb. 13th. The Committee
is composed of Edwin Carlisle,
chairman, Carl Brown, Harris
Jefferson, Howard Thrower and
Hamilton Wind.
The committee has obtained the
services of one of the nation's
■foremost civic meeting speakers
for the occasion—Thurman Sins
ing, director of the Southern
States Industrial Council, Nash¬
ville, Tenn. He will combine
humor and civic inspiration, this
typ^ of speaker beng particularly
favored this year because the last
two annual dinner meeting speak¬
ers, while outstanding, were al¬
most altogether serious, Last
year the speaker was Julian H.
Lines, Industrial Agent, ACL
Railroad, New York City. The
year before the speaker was Dean
Walter J. Matherly, of the School
of Business Administration, Uni¬
versity of Florida, Gainesville.
Mr. Sensing, known personally
to Mr. Carlisle, has addressed
large Kiwanis and other meet¬
ings, and others who have heard
him confirm his range as one of
the best in the nation. He has
recently returned from Europe
and will likely comment on affairs
and conditions there in some of
the more serious phases of his
address. Especially because he is
expected to have a most worth¬
while message, the committee is
planning to strongly urge a ca¬
pacity attendance at the meeting.
The committee tried at
length to arrange for the meeting
to be a “ladies’ night” affair but
found no acceptable arrangements
for handling such a large group
as would be expected to attend it.
The Legion Club-house is the only
place large enough and it was
made available for Feb. 13th but
other serious difficulties were en¬
countered in plans to provide the
meal. The committee expressed
regret that wives and lady friends
again could not be invited this
year. However, lady members
will be urged to attend.
Tickets for the dinner meeting,
which will include only the cost
of the meal, will be on sale this
week-end at Cairo Motor Co.,
■Cairo Banking Co. Citizens Bank,
Faulk Chevrolet Sales Co*, Mi
zell Drug Co. and Oliver’s. Be¬
cause the cafe capacity is some¬
what below the Chamber mem¬
bership total tickets will be on a
first come, first serve basis.
Chamber members will be given
other details in letters by this
week-end.
Creamery Here
Becomes Co-op
Grady Producers
Are New Owners
Of Local Plant
The Mayfield Creamery in Cairo
became the Dairy Co-op of Grady
County, Inc., Wednesday of this
week when the co-operative com¬
posed of producer-stockholders
Edwin Paschal, Floyd and Stanley
Childs, Polk A. and Pratt A.
Carter, Fred Hinson, and Talbot
Jones, acquired all of the plant
facilities and other business as¬
sets of the local creamery.
Judson T. Mayfield, former
owner of the Creamery, in an
advertisment in this issue stated
his appreciation to the people of
Cairo and the county for their
patronage, and announced that
he no longer was connected with
the dairy in any capacity.
“From the bottom of my heart,”
Mr. Mayfield said, “I thank every¬
one for their patronage, their
friendly cooperation and their
valuable good will manifested in
so many ways. I established the
creamery here because of my
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GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
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RoyPerkins
PMA Officer Talks
On Farm Programs
Roy Perkins, County PMA
Administrative officer, delivered
the guest address at the weekly
Rotary luncheon in the Citizens
Cafe Wednesday. Mr. Perkins
discussed the administration of
the various farm programs com¬
ing under the local PMA office,
including the Commodity Credit
Corporation program and market¬
ing quotas for cotton, peanuts,
and tobacco.
Fred Roddenbery presided and
Rotarian Jack Boyett introduced
the speaker.
The Agricultural Conservation
program, also handled by the local
PMA office, came in for discus¬
sion by Mr. Perkins. He revealed
that this program of soil conser¬
vation—soil building, terracing,
lining, fertilizing legumes and
pastures—had put approximately
$55,000 into the hands of Grady
County farmers during 1949.
This year the amount will be
about $65,000, he said.
In the course of his talk, Mr.
Perkins reminded farmers that
March 1, will be the deadline for
them to sign their 1950 work
sheets, which signifies their in¬
tention to paricipate in the 1950
program. Failure to sign the
work sheet, he pointed out, will
result in their farm being in
eligible to receive acreage allot¬
ment for doing soil conservation
work in 1950.
Rotarians were pleased with
i Mr. Perkins’ explanation and re¬
marks on the various farm pro¬
grams which his office admini¬
sters in this county.
Rotary Sponsors
Glee Club
Emory-Valdosta
Singers Appear
February 14th
The Cairo Rotary Club is spon¬
soring an appearance here Tues¬
day night, February 14, of the
Emory-Valdosta Glee Club at the
High School auditorium. This
group is composed of 40 young
men, plus a fine guest soprano,
Mary Burnett.
Under the direction of Jarrtes
Dasher, well-known Valdosta
musician and composer, this Glee
Club has earned the title of “The
South’s Most Entertaining Club”
Last season the Club gave twenty
concerts in the southeast, climax¬
ing the. season with a visit to
New Orleans. In June of 1948
the Club ended the season by giv¬
ing two concerts in Havana, Cuba,
and plans are being made to visit i
Cuba again this year.
The program this year puts the
accent on variety. Besides the
usual classical numbers, the Club
gives numbers from musical
comedies, and closes the program
with the “Night Club” scene,
which brings in novelties and
popular music.
One of the features of the
Emory-Valdosta program here is
the “Quartet”, composed of Bobby
Morgan of Graymont, Hamp Wat¬
son of Baxley, Jack May of Co¬
lumbus, and Jack Kelly of Thom
asville. Another feature is the
“Trio”, composed of Cairo boys,
John LeGette, Billy Oliver and
Lloyd Herring. Buy your ticket
now from any member of the
Rotary Club, and enjoy an even¬
ing of music and fun.
An outstanding artist with this
group is Mary Burnett, guest!
soprano, who possesses a brilliant |
lyric voice of great beauty and
power. She will appear with the
Club in “Siboney”, “Carmena”,
and other numbers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. England, of
Rome, Ga., formerly of Cairo,
spent last week-end here with
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lundy.
NUMBER 4.
Egg Co-Op Is
Studied Here
County Producers
At Disadvantage
Under Set-Up
Grady County egg producers
are not getting a fair deal, ac¬
cording to those who know the
egg business and have observed
the way eggs are marketed here.
Acting upon the idea that the in¬
dustry is worth protecting and
promoting, a group of leading
citizens was called together by
the Chamber of Commerce Tues¬
day January 24, in the Citizens
Cafe where plans were studied
for establishing a Grady County
Egg co-op.
It is pointed out that Grady
County now ranks among the first
two or three egg-producing coun¬
ties in Georgia, and may be the
largest, insofar as commerical
said, that many egg producers
said, that man yegg- producers
are “taking a beating” by having
to pay a premium price for feed
to get someone to buy their eggs.
Local Teed dealers often sell feed
at from 50 cents to $1 a bag be¬
low what some egg producers pay
to outsiders who promise to take
their eggs.
County Agent George has con¬
j siderable information to the ef¬
fect that the county’s producers
\ are not getting what they should
for their eggs, most of which go
to Florida, and that many of them
apparently are paying too much
for feed to dealers and distribu¬
tors operating from outside the
county. The suggestion has been
made that sortie kind of egg sales
market here might be established,
possibly through the Grady Farm
Bureau Market, or otherwise,
whereby egg producers could net
more for their eggs, and at the
same time be free to buy feed
at the lowest price. The County
Agent and others who have look¬
ed into the problem believe it
justifies discussion to work out,
if possible, some plans for im¬
provement which would benefit
the egg producers of the county.
The most likely plan would be
to hold an egg auction one or
two days a week, as the supply
of eggs might demand. To this
auction would come local and out¬
side buyers.
From the meeting Tuesday, Jan.
24, it was agreed that County
Agent George and a representa¬
tive from the Chamber of Com¬
merce would go to the nearest
such co-op market, possibly in
Athens, Ga., to get first-hand in¬
formation as to how they operate
and determine some of the ad¬
vantages of setting up one here.
Egg producers who are interest¬
ed in the plan and who may wish
to adl their efforts in doing
something about the situation, are
urged to get in touch with Mr.
George.
Mr. J. T. Sellers, of Callahan,
Fla., spent a few days of the
week here visiting relatives and
friends.
"The statutes of the
Lord are right re
joicing the heart.”
(Ps. 10, viii)
Only by living up to
the precepts of God
can we attain inner
harmony, or harmon¬
ious dealings with
others. Your church
can help you achieve
this tranquility.
YOUR CHURCH NEEDS
YOU—YOU NEED
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