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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. ®hr (Eatrii iHrssrttnrr 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 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, (Continued on last page) 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. SIXTEEN PAGES 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 (Continued on last page) GRADY COUNTY Greatest Diversified Farming Section In America SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS: 4ear 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 YOUR CHURCH