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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
S1.50-S2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVII.
Gly Court Bill
In Ga. Assembly
Solicitor and Clerk
To Be Placed On
Monthly Salary
A bill was introduced in the
Georgia Legislature this week by
Gra dy County’s Representative
Perry M. Baggett which will place
the Clerk and Solicitor of the
City Court of Cairo on a salary
of $200 a month, and bring a
slight change in the status of the
Sheriff- As introduced these
changes would not become ex¬
fective until the expiration of the
present terms of Clerk Leland
Harrison and Solicitor Edwin
Carlisle.
The bill would also amend the
present law to give the sheriff
35 percent of all fines and for¬
feitures collected in the City
Court, which it is understood will
amount to about the same com¬
pensation as he now receives.
These provisions do not become
effectvie until his present term
of office expires.
The last two Grand Juries here
have recommended^ of that City the
Clerk and Solicitor the
be placed salary. '
Court on a
The full text of the bill, as
furnished us by Rep. Baggett,
follows:
City Court Bill
“An Act to Amend an Act En¬
titled, ‘An Act to Establish the
City Court of Cairo, in and for the
County of Grady; to define it’s
jurisdiction and powers; to pro¬
vide for the election of a Judge
and Solicitor thereof; also other
officers thereof; to provide for
their compensation, powers and
duties; and lor other purposes,’
approved August 8, 1906, and all
acts amendatory thereof; so
as to fix the salary of the solici¬
tor and Clerk of said City Court
of Cairo and to fix the fees of the
Sheriff of said City Court of
Cairo; and for other purposes:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, by and it is hereby enacted
the authority of same, that
Section 8 of an Act creating the
City August Court of Cairo, approved
8, 1906, as amended, be
and the same is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following:
“But after the expiration of the
present term of the Solicitor of
said Court, such fees shall be
paid into the County Treasury
by said Solicitor as collected, and
in lieu thereof he shall receive the
sum of $200.00 per month, the
same to be paid out of the Coun¬
ty Treasury; and said Solicitor
shall receive no further compen¬
sation for services rendered in
said City Court,” so that when
amended the same shall read as
follows:
Section 8. Be it further en
acted that the Solicitor of the
C:ty Court of Cairo shall receive
the same fees as are now allowed
by law to Solicitor-General of
this State for similar services in
provided me Superior Counts of this State,
said Solicitor shall have
the same fees for drawing the
accusation for hereinafter
citor as are allowed by law to Soli
-General in the (Superior
Courts for drawing bill of indict
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SIXTEEN PAGES
First Rainfall In
Some Time Fell
Last Thursday
That old adage of “when
it rains, it pours” certainly
has not applied any time dur¬
ing the past five or six
months.
The local rainfall figures
since early last fall is the low¬
est in a number of years,
therefore five inches or more
of rain—not at one time—
would be a blessing to the
farmers of the county. The
first rainfall of any conse¬
quence in several months fell
last Thursday afternoon, and
believe it or not, but it was
most d e 1 i g h t f u 1—-approxi
mately one-third of an inch.
Census Takers
Start April! sf
22 Enumerators
To Work Grady
Several Weeks
Twenty-two people in Grady
County will be employed as enu¬
merators in the forthcoming 1950
census, actual work to begin April
1, P. M. Lancaster, District Sup¬
ervisor said this week while in
Cairo making plans for the job
| ahead. Mr. Lancaster said those who
;
would like to apply for positions
as enumerators may secure appli¬
cation blanks at the Cairo Post
Office. Applicants should have
at least a high school education
and be preferably between the
ages of 21 and 45.
Enumerators’ earnings will de¬
pend upon how well they do the
job and how many people, farms,
or dwelling units are enumerated,
he said. They are to be paid on
a piece-work basis.
Those selected to do the job
here will be required to take a
three to five-day training course
before beginning the work. For
this training period, enumerators
will be paid. Actual enumeration
will start April 1, and last from
three to five weeks, Mr. Lancaster
said.
“An enumerator can make as
much money in two weeks, pro¬
vided he finishes his work, as he
could make in five weeks if he
just takes his time,” the Super¬
visor stated, ‘“However,” he
pointed out, “the enumerator will
be required to complete the work
by a certain date.”
Income Tax Man In
Cairo And Whigham
Next Week
According to an announcement
i from Marion H. Allen, Collector
of Internal Revenue, Atlanta, a
representative ... from .__ that ollice
i Whigham
will be in Cairo and
next we ek, for the purpose of as
tion of their 1949 income tax re¬
turns.
The representative will be in
Cairo at the Court House next
Monday and Wednesday, Feb. 13
and 15. He will be in Whigham
at the City Hall next Thursday
Feb. 16th.
Every person who had a total
income in 1949 of $600. or more,
is required to file a return. This
service from the Office of Intern
al Revenue is free to those who
need help in filling out their re¬
turns, and who will meet the rep¬
resentative on the days designat
ed above.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kennedy
were called to Athens Saturday
1 night to be with their daughter,
I Betty, who was suffering from
a broken arm received in an
automobille accident; she is said
to be recuperating satisfactorily
now at St. Mary’s Hospital there.
Her father returned home Mon¬
day night; Mrs. Kennedy remain¬
ed there for the week. Betty is
a student at the University of
Georgia.
Sheriff Hurf Here
Sunday Night
Suffers Leg Injury
In Arresting Man
For Drunkness
Sheriff C. H. Strickland suffer¬
ed injuries to his right leg, the
small bone being broken below
knee and his ankle wrenched,
last Sunday night about 8:00 o’¬
clock, when he was called out
North of town to a disturbance
where it had been reported some
people were intoxicated.
The sheriff went out alone to
the place, just off the Pelham
Highway, near King Brinson’s
farm, on a side road, where he
found Odyessa Sellers, 32 years
old, siting in his car in an in¬
toxicated condition. According
to Sheriff Strickland, he placed
Sellers under arrest, and was tak¬
ing him to his car. Holding Sell¬
ers with one hand, the sheriff
started to open the door of his
car with the other hand when
Sellers kicked him.
The blow stunned the sheriff
momentarily, causing him to sit
down. As he did, Sellers fell
over him, injuring the sheriff’s
leg. In the scuffle, the sheriff’s
ankle was badly twisted and
thrown out of place.
Never completely turning the
man loose, sheriff Strickland at
that point pulled his gun on him
and held him until he could call
a deputy for assistance. A color¬
ed family lived nearby, and the
sheriff got the Negro woman to
hand him his microphone in order
to put in a call for help.
Deputies soon came to the
sheriff’s aid, and both Sellers and
sheriff Strickland were taken to
the Grady County Hospital for
first aid and treatment. After
treatment, the sheriff returned
home that night, and Sellers was
placed in jail.
Because of the condition of his
ankle, Sheriff Strickland returned
to the hospital Wednesday, and
was still there Thursday after¬
noon.
Odyessa Sellers, Sheriff Strick¬
land said, was out under bond,
charged with illegal possession of
dynamite, public drunkness, and
two minor traffic offenses at the
time of his arrest Sunday night.
Thursday morning he had not
been released from the Grady
County jail. Two additional
charges, public drunkness and re¬
sisting arrest have been placed
against him.
Gas Hearing Is
To Be Resumed In
Nation's Capital
The Federal Power Commission
natural gas hearing on applica¬
tions for authority to build a $110
million pipeline system to this
area will be resumed in Washing¬
ton at 10 a. m. Monday. Counsel
for interests opposing the certifi¬
cate recently filed a motion for
dismissal of the application direct¬
ly to the Commission, necessitat¬
ing postponement of the scheduled
resumption of the hearing from
Feb. 6th.
However, the Commission late
last week referred the entire pro¬
ceeding back to the Presiding Ex¬
aminer for the conclusion of the
hearing as previously planned.
Officials and the steering com¬
mittee of the Southeastern Ass’n
of Municipalities For Natural Gas
met in Thomasville last Satur¬
day afternoon to arrange for full
resumption at the final phase of
the hearing in Washington next
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lunsford
were called to Brunswick Wed
nesday on account of the death
of her father.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Maxwell
.have as their guests this week
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Jones and
son Sammy, of Montreal, Quebec,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Moddle
mog, of Texas City, Tex.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1950.
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THURMAN SENSING, Director
of research for the Southern
States Industrial Council, Nash¬
ville, Tenn., the popular speaker
who will address the local Cham¬
ber of Commerce at its annual
dinner meeting next Monday
night.
Kiwanians In
Review Of 1949
Activities
Cairo Kiwanians Tuesday de¬
voted themselves to a review of
the club’s outstanding accom¬
plishments during 1949 and a re¬
dedication to the task of making
1950 a year of even greater ac¬
complishment. President Sam
Pierce presided.
Norwood Clark, immediate past
president, who is responsible for
the achievement report already
prepared for last year, was pro¬
gram chairman. He asked Presi¬
dent Pierce, who has been in
charge of the vocational guidance
work of the boys’ and girls’ work
committee for the past three
years, to review briefly that pro¬
gram, which proved most inter¬
esting.
President Pierce told of how
the committee worked with stud¬
ents of the three highest grades
in school here to encourage them
to select a vocation in life and to
name some adult in the county
who had inspired them toward
that vocation. Efforts were then
made to get the students and
adults together to enable the stud¬
ents to work more definitely to¬
ward preparation for the vocation
chosen. During the past year, he
said, girls in the senior class were
included—and they were found
more serious-minded than the
boys.
Agnew Smith, agricultural com¬
mittee chairman, was then called
upon to review his committee’s
work last year, in which, he sum¬
marized, 1,021 farmers participat¬
ed in the club’s activities, either
as guests at the club meetings or
other displays, etc., arranged by
the club. The chief event, of
course, was the second annual
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Eisenhower And
Edgar Bergen
Visited Cairo
Cairo had two distinguished
visitors here last Sunday, al¬
though their appearance was very
brief, consisting in stopping for
gas at Mack’s Gulf Super Service
Station at the North side of
town. They were none other
than General Dwight Eisenhower
and Edgar Bergen of radio and
movie fame. Charlie McKarthy
was not along.
The General and the ventrolo
quist have been vacationing near
Albany, and passed through Cairo
last Sunday morning on their way
down into Florida. They stopped
and bought gas and Coca Colas
at Mack’s Service station on their
way down, and also stopped for
gas about 12:30 Sunday on their
way back to Albany.
At their first stop no one
around the station recognized
either of the famous men, Leroy
McEver, owner of the station said.
But the driver of their car told
McEver who they were. They
did not stop for conversation
with anyone around.
SIXTEEN PAGES
C. of C. Dinner Is
Set Monday
Tickets Check-Up
Planned Today
Program Set
The committee in charge this
week completed the program for
the annual Chamber of Com¬
merce membership dinner meet¬
ing which is to be held at Citi¬
zens Cafe next Monday, Feb. 13th,
at 7:30 p. m.
The committee plans a check¬
up today, Friday, on the sale of
dinner tickets to enable the cafe
to know how many to prepare
for. A brisk ticket sale is report¬
ed at the banks and the other
four business concerns where
tickets are available, at $1.75
each, the net cost of the meal,
featuring Grady county products.
The cafe accomodations are limit¬
ed to 175 persons, whereas the
Chamber membership is in ex¬
cess of 200, with some 25 guests
expected. Lady members of the
Chamber are urged to attend.
W. E. Young, immediate past
president, will open the meeting
with the group singing of “Ameri¬
ca” with Mrs. W. M. Tyson as
pianist. Only the invocation will
then precede the meal.
Following the meal, the first
item will be the presentation and
introduction of guests by Nor¬
wood Clark, first vice-president.
A short period of group singing
will follow. Mr. Young will then
review briefly the past year’s ac¬
tivities and present the new offi¬
cers and the board of directors
as reconstituted in elections for
1950, after which he will turn + he
meeting over to President John
H. Faulk, Jr. He will respond
briefly with a statement about
the 1950 objectives and Edwin
Carlisle, chairman of the program
committee, will then introduce
the speaker.
The speaker, Thurman Sensing,
director of research, Southern
States Industrial Council, Nash¬
ville, Tenn., as revealed in a de¬
tailed sketch elsewhere in The
Messenger, is one of the nation’s
outstanding civic speakers, and
will doubtless be heard here with
great interest. He will speak on
the theme: “Some Lessons We
Can Learn From Britain’s Ex¬
periences Under Socialism.” It
will combine humor and civic in
spiraton. His address will be re¬
corded for later broadcast over
Radio Station WGRA.
Mr. Sensing will arrive on the
South Wind about 7 a. m. Mon¬
day and will spend the entire day
here, returning to Nashville on
the South Wind that night, leav
ing Cairo about lip. m.
Prespective new members for
the Chamber are being contacted
by Edwin Carlisle and R. E. John
son. Anyone who desires to join
and who has not been contacted
is urged to see one of these men
by Saturday so that arrangements
may be made for them to attend
the meeting Monday night. Sev¬
eral of the local ministers, listed
as honorary members o>f the
Chamber, plan to attend. Cham¬
ber officials from several neigh
moring places are also expected.
Wreck Fatal To
Mrs. Sanders
J. Will Sanders
Is Also Injured
An auto and truck collision
near Dorsey Crossing just over
in Decatur County last Saturday
morning about 11:30 brought al¬
most instant death to Mrs. Mag¬
gie Bell Miller Sanders and
critically injured her husband, J.
Will Sanders. Both were brought
to the Grady County Hospital,
where Mrs. Sanders died at 1:50
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Sanders
suffered a broken leg and bruises.
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GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTS
J Set ra Feb. * n Hearing 15
Meet Here Sets
Opposition
Georgia Public Service Com¬
mission will open at 10 a. m. next
Wednesday at the state capitol a
hearing on th? A. C. L. applica¬
tion to curtail night passenger
train service between Savannah
and Montgomery, via Cairo, to
three nights a week each way.
The Ass’n For Retention of A.
C. L. Trains 57 and 58 on Daily
Schedules, which is opposing the
application, held a meeting here
Wednesday afternoon to map
final plans for the opposition
fight at the Atlanta hearing next
week and at the Alabama hearing
now set for Feb. 24th at Dothan.
■Mayor R. A. (Cheney) Griffin of
Bainbridge, president of the asso¬
ciation, presided at the meeting
here Wednesday and said after¬
wards that a large delegation
will be in Atlanta next Wednes¬
day to voice strong opposition to
the curtailment as proposed,
which, he declared, will virtually
amount to removal of the trains
entirely. Willis Conger, Bain¬
bridge attorney who is counsel
for the association, also attended
the meeting here.
Representing Cairo at the At¬
lanta hearing will be John H.
Faulk, Jr., president, and Louis
A. Powell, manager, Chamber of
Commerce; and Edwin Carlisle,
counsel for the local opposition
interests. They may be joined by
local shippers and all who desire
to appear are invited to contact
Mr. Carlisle.
Local concerns and officials
sent a flood of letters and tele¬
grams to the Commission last
year voicing strong opposition to
the move—and many this week
renewed their opposition with
new protests.
Housing Agency
Formed Here
Public Low-Renf
Housing Units
To Be Sought
The Mayor & Council here, at
a special meeting last Tuesday
afternoon, established the City of
Cairo Housing Authority, pur¬
suant to Georgia laws, the objec¬
tive of which will be public, low
rent housing projects here, re¬
garded in some places as slum
clearance projects.
The following trustees of the
Authority were named, subject to
confirmation by the State Hous¬
ing Authority: Troy Barrett,
five years; R. Arthur Bell, four
years; Guy D. Nicholson, three
years; J. L. Oliver, two years;
and Mrs. Henry Hester, Jr., one
year.
As soon as the trustee? are con¬
firmed by the State Housing Au¬
thority, the Authority will request
of the Public Housing Admini¬
stration, through the regional of¬
fice in Atlanta, ear-marking of
Federal funds for the construction
here of some designated number
of housing units, probably 125.
It is the preliminary plan for
these to be divided 60 percent
for Negroes, 40 percent for white
people. The units would be for
rent, altogether, and would call
for a like number of existing units
of sub-standard housing to be
raised to standard or eliminated
during a five-year period.
The proposed projects would
be similar to those now planned
for most other cities and would
not involve any financial obliga¬
tion upon the city or local agen¬
cies. Financing would be entire¬
ly from PHA Federal funds.
BIRTH.—Mr. and Mrs. David
Hester announce the arrival of a
daughter on Monday, Feb. 6,
Dr. (Brim’s Hospital in Pelham;
her name is Susan Leonora,
weight 7 lbs.
Library Reports
Steady Progress
72,067 Services
Last Year; Two
Per Minute
The annual board meeting of
the Cairo Public Library was held
Monday morning February 6,
with Mrs. J. W. Wight, Chairman
presiding. The following mem¬
bers heard a report of steady
growth: Mrs. D. P. Ward, Mrs.
G. B. Trulock, Harris Jefferson
and M. L. Mayes.
Circulation figures revealed
that two books were circulated
every minute that the library was
open and that the services for the
year totaled 72,067. The year
1949 saw 977 new books added
through purchase and gifts, mak¬
ing a total of 8,301 volumes in
the library. The library now has
a total of 3,362 active borrowers
with a number of people indirect¬
ly served through school deposits
and borrowing books from their
neighbor.
An increase in reference users
has heavily taxed the library for
the current year. More serious
study is shown by daily records
of questions asked. A total of
9,423 reference questions was re¬
corded for the year and were as
diversified as the feeding of live¬
stock to the hanging of draperies.
Study groups have been helped
with the planning of their pro¬
grams and the library continues
to make every effort to lead in
adult education by providing the
best books and magazines pub¬
lished. Individuals are helped
with book selections and organiza¬
tions are encouraged to use speci¬
alized material selected for their
own groups.
The library continues to serve
the schools with book collections
periodically sent to all county
schools. The library sponsored an
English Council, a group of Eng¬
lish teachers working toward bet¬
ter reading habits of students.
County service is growing and
deposits of books are sent to
homes, service stations with vol¬
unteer workers'making this possi¬
ble. The librarian reported that
progress on the catalog which is
an index of cards listing by title,
author and subject every book
in the library demanded a great
deal of time.
Gifts and memorials have been
gratefully accepted. Many beau¬
tiful books have been given in
memory of deceased residents.
One Out Of Every Three Stu¬
dents In Grady County enrolled
in the grammar grades are active
users of the library. Cooperation
of teachers, ministers contribute
toward this high percentage. A
record of an average of four books
per capita circulated was set for
the year and although $1.50 is
the minimum amount recom¬
mended, the library spent only
46c per capita and yet was able
to gain national recognition be¬
cause of outstanding service.
Many needs were discussed. It
was reported that the City Coun¬
cil in September had placed
shelves in the hall which enabl¬
ed all non-fiction books to be
shelved but that seating space
for only two reference users was
available at a time. The finance
committee with Mr. Harris Jeff¬
erson as chairman is studying
ways and plans to ask the spon¬
soring agencies to meet an ap¬
proved budget so that the library
can continue to maintain stand¬
ards set by the State Department
of Education and receive state
aid.
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Sutton
and daughter, of Nashville, Tenn.,
were guests of his mother, Mrs.
J. P. Sutton, and Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Mayes for several days re¬
cently.
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M. M. Kinchen, of Whigham,
who underwent a second opera¬
tion at Archbold Hospital, TTtom
asville, Tuesday, is reported con¬
valescing satisfactorily.
NUMBER 5.