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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
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11 50-52 A YEAR.
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VOLUME XLVII.
C OF C. SPEAKER IMPRESSIVE;
WARNS AGAINST SOCIALISM
Unirman Sensing
Moves Group
Said England May
Have Missed The
Boat Already
In a brilliant address interspers¬
ed with appropriate and enter¬
taining humor, Thurman Sensing,
before a packed. Citizens Cafe
audience at the annual Grady
County Chamber of Commerce
meeting and dinner Tuesday
night, issued a timely and elo¬
quent warning for this country
to stir clear of socialism and avoid
the tragic error made by Eng¬
land during the past five years.
Having recently made and in¬
tensive eight-week study in Bri¬
tain of that country’s socialistic
experiment, Mr. Sensing, who is
Director of Research, Southern
States Industrial Council, declar¬
ed: "The experience of Great
Britain during the past five years
convinces me quite thoroughly
that it makes no difference wheth¬
er you believe in socialism or not
—it just won’t work. It violates
some fundamental laws of both
economics and morals that make
it possible to work.”
Introduced by Edwin Carlisle,
Program Chairman, Mr. Sensing
told of his study abroad: “I
was sent to Great Britain,” he
said, "this past year by the Board
of Directors of the Southern
States Industrial Council to bring
back to them a first-hand report
of a socialist government in op¬
eration, and its effects upon a
people’s freedom and upon, a peo¬
ple’s economy.
“For eight solid weeks, I de¬
voted my full time and attention
to getting the best I could the
story I was sent over there to
get. I contacted all sorts of peo¬
ple and all sorts of organizations
all over England, Scotland, and
Wales.
Sympathy v vs#T
“I have tremendous sympathy
for the people of Great Britain,”
he continued, “but that sympathy
is based on their long and honor¬
able career as a nation, it is not
for their present socialist govern¬
ment. I reached the k conclusion
at the end of my eight weeks’
study that if Great Britain re¬
mains under its present form of
socialist government another five
years—and they have set the
election for February 23rd—they
are headed for a very low rung
on the ladder of nations.
May Be Too Late
"Even if they change govern¬
ments now,” the speaker pointed
ou t “I don’t know but what they
have already missed the boat.
The last five years have been
(Continued on page 4)
God is our refuge
and strength, a very
present help in trou¬
ble.' (Ps. 46, i)
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and consolation there
is but one place to
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ceix’e, but to attain
your understanding church attend
regularly.
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Th* Official Organ at Grady County
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EIGHTEEN PAGES
Prominent Visitors
Among Guests At
C. Of C. Dinner
A number of prominent out-of
town guest attended the annual
Chamber of Commerce meeting
and dinner Monday night. Among
these were John Humphress, well
known Tallahassee banker, presi¬
dent of the Tallahassee Chamber
of Commerce, and Mrs. Hump¬
hress; also from Tallahassee Bill
Meigs, assistant Chamber mana¬
ger, and Miss Jane Wooten.
Guests from Thomasville were
C. E. Bauldry, manager of the
Clark Thread plant there and
vice-president of the Thomasville
Chamber of Commerce; John
Faulk, Lee Kelley of the Thomas¬
ville Times Enterprise and form¬
er president of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Attending from Pelham were
J. B. Newhouser and J. C. Cal¬
houn, members of a committee
who are organizing a Chamber of
Commerce in Pelham, a commit
tte with which the local Chamber
of Commerce is working closely to
that end.
S. K. Simon, pecan dealer of
Albany and new owner of the
Grady Hotel made a brief talk
about the many improvements
now being made at the local hotel,
and invited the cooperation of all
the people in Cairo in making
the Grady a hotel which residents
and visitors might be ^’•ou rl of
Accompanying Mr. Simon were
Mrs. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. D’en
glare of Albany, and Mrs. W. F.
O’Neal, manager of the Grady
Hotel.
Honorary members present
from Cairo were Rev. W. O. Hand,
Rev. Robert C. Perry, Jr., and
Rev. G. N. Rainey.
Recent new members of the
Chamber of Commerce were in¬
troduced by vice-president Nor¬
wood Clark. They included Jim
Honey and Royce Jones of Radio
station WGRA, Sam A. Pierce,
Grady C. Burgess of the B. & B.
Seafood Market, Edwin Maxwell,
and James Mercer of Faulk Chev¬
rolet Sales Co., W. David Reddick,
as new manager of Roddenbery
Hardware Co., and Dr. J. L. Mar¬
tin, Chiropractor.
Kiwanians Enjoy
Garden Movie At
Weekly Luncheon
The Kiwanians enjoyed a movie
program at their weekly meeting
Wednesday under the direction of
Program chairman Agnew Smith.
Johnny Faulk was in charge of
the movie, which dealt with gar¬
den clubs, and was shown in the
interest of the “Plant Cairo”
council and beautification drive
now under way here.
.President Sam Pierce presided.
Visitors included Mrs. Roscoe Van
Landingham and Mrs. Slater
Wight who appeared on the pro¬
gram to encourage and promote
interest in improving the appear¬
ance of Cairo. Mrs. Van Landing
ham made a short talk on this
subject, in which she urged full
cooperation of every citizen, be¬
cause eventually the. program
would benefit every resident by
making their town a more pleas¬
ant place in which to live.
Charles Jones, Kiwanian from
Albany, was present, and had as
his guest Jack Jones of Cairo.
Other guests were two Key-Club¬
bers from Cairo High School, Bil¬
ly Mitchell .and Tom LeGette.
The Kiwanians agreed to have
a joint meeting with the Cairo
Rotary Club at Spence Tuesday,
Feb. 28, at the invitation of
Spence. .
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SnUh?wS-e° U d e h^wi«h hb
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Strickland.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. QJL. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1950
Calf Show, Corn
Committee Meets
Here Saturday
The Fat Calf Show and Corn
Contest committee of the Cham¬
ber of Commerce, of which John
B. Hinson is chairman, will meet
at the office of County Agent S.
E. George at the Courthouse at
10 a. m. tomorrow, Saturday, to
adopt rules for these programs
for 1950.
Anyone interested is invited to
meet with the committee.
The exact date for the Fat Calf
Show is expected to be decided
upon, along with any changes in
the rules for it and the Corn Con¬
test.
FFA Banquet
Next Week
Annual Father-Son
Affair Held Next
Wednesday Night
Highlight for the Grady County
Future Farmers next week will
be the annual Father-Son banquet
to be held Wednesday night at
7:30 in the Citizens Cafe. Billy
Howard, State FFA president, will
be guest speaker.
Cairo and Whigham F. F. A.
chapters will join with other
member of the Future Farmers of
America in the annual observance j
of F. F. A. week February 18-25.
A proclamation officially setting
aside that period as “Georgia
Future Farmer Week” has been
signed by Governor Herman Tal
madge. In early 14,000 Georgians
are members of this national or¬
ganization for farm boys who are
studying vocational agriculture
in high school. Billy Howard of
Plains is state president.
Howard says that Future Farm¬
ers annually observe the week of
George Washington’s birthday as
national F. F. A. week. At Mt.
Vernon, Washington practiced
good farming methods which are
today an example and an inspira¬
tion for boys studying agriculture,
Howard explained.
F. F. A. members in this state
now actually cultivate more than
50,000 acres of land and have
nearly a million dollars invested
in livestock, crops and equipment,
according to Howard. Among
their more outstanding activities
he listed the planting of around
two million pine seedlings this
winter, many" of them given to
the boys by Junior Chamber of
Commerce through a joint pine
planting project; and the develop¬
ment of permanent and tempo¬
rary pastures.
More than 7,500 acres are now
green with grasses, clovers and
small grains planted by 2,682 boys j
for winter grazing. f 1
Howard also pointed up the j !
outstanding livestock programs
of Future Farmers who own near¬
ly 12,000 hogs, 2,300 dairy cattle
and 1,930 beef animals. He says
that approximately 725 different
boys annually receive without
cash outlay purebred gilts through
a statewide pig chain sponsored
by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation.
This chain reaches into 145 rural
communities and in the last five
has been big factor in get¬ 1
years a
ting better breeding hogs on the
state’s farms.
To encourage F. F. A. members
to carry on better supervised
farming programs at home,
Howard revealed that about
twenty statewide cbntests for in¬
dividuals and chapters will - be
conducted during 1950. Among
these are home improvement, for¬
estry, ’painting, farm mechanics,
soil find water management, farm
and home electrification, cotton, j
winter grazing, public speaking
and quartet. Cash prizes to the
winners of these events will total
about $6,000, he said., - .
.wo years this org^izaUon^.of
(Continued on page 5)
Superior Court
Meets March 6
Light Session Is
Expected; Jurors
Listed Below
The March term of the Superior
Court will convene here Monday,
March 6, in what is expected at
this time to be an unusually light
session. No murder charge is
pending for this term of Court.
While no court calendar has
been drawn up yet, two damage
suits will probably take up con¬
siderable time at this session.
These suits, brought by E. F.
Groover and J. P. Andrews of
Camilla, involve an auto acci¬
dent at the bailey bridge just
North of Cairo on the Pelham
Highway last year, in which their
wives were injured. In previous
court action Mrs. Rena Andrews
and Mrs. Groover have brought
separate damage suits. In the
October, 1949 term of Superior
Court, the jury found in favor
of the plaintiff, J. P. and Mrs.
Rena Andrews in the sum of $5,
000. This case is still in process
of being carried to higher court.
Now the husbands of both wo¬
men, who were riding in the
same car when the accident oc¬
curred, are bringing separate
suits for damages resulting from
the loss of their wives services
* n the home and for hospital and
medical expense.
Here is the list of Grand and
Petit Jurors drawn to serve in
the March term of Superior Court,
which convenes Monday, March
6 .
Grand Jurors: Ralph McBroom,
Albert Collins, L. L. Draffin,
Martin Harrell, James S. Mason,
Jr., Carl M. Brown, B. W. West,
R. C. Hollingsworth, W. F. Wells,
R. A. Harrell, J. E. Stephens, E.
A. Gandy, M. J. Perkins, George
Harvey, M. J. Johnson, Judson
Ponder, C. T. Williams, C. I.
Gandy, W. J. Boyett, W. B. McCall,
N. I. Maxwell, W. C. Crew, A. M.
Gainey, Sr., J. D. Strickland, Al¬
ton B. Cooper, L. C. Wilder, W.
G. Maxwell, J. T. Stephens, F. O.
Oates, and S. W. Gainous.
List of Petit Jurors drawn to
serve the first week of the March
Term of Grady Superior Court
1950.
John Thompson, H. G. Maxwell,
Miles Harrison, Charles E. Beal,
W. C. Voyles, Coy Miller, J. D.
Harrell, Douglas Harrison, Carlos
Cone, T. H. Gainey, W. M. Jones,
Aultman Palmer, J. R. Gandy,
Horace Gainey, Ira Lee, Alto
Sellars.
R. L. VanLandingham, Eugene
Miller, Earl U. Brinson, H. K.
Barrineau, J. O. Herring, Coy
Gainous, G. D. Garland, Harry
McCall, J. W. Lee, Roy Cassells,
W. H. Reddick, Walter Graham,
Frederick L. Perkins, W. G. Bui
loch.
E. B. Stone, Jr., W. M. Stringer,
Elmer Muggrideg, Dewey A.
Thompson, A. L. Rawls, John W.
King, A. T. Johnson, J. W. Don
alson, L. O. Maxwell, Wesley
Baggett, H. F. Smith, Alton Bon¬
ner, L. R. Maddox, Wendel Dol¬
lar, J. T. Mayfield, Judson Har¬
rell.
Julian Maxwell, Wesley Collins,
H. E. Mckinnon, N. M. Brinson,
H. A. Walker, Rupert B. Gainous,
P. B. Butler, Hansel Humphries,
T. L. Hester, J. R. Garland, Ray¬
mond Johnson, J. A. Aldridge,
M. L. Ponder, and J. L. Oliver.
List of Petit Jurors drawn to
serve March Term Superior
Court for Second Week.
Ellis Maxwell, R. C. Hogan,
Dan N. Mitchell, Dan Harrell,
Perry Miller, Curry Powell, R.
, A. A „ B. Collins, _ J. T Cs _
E. Thomas,
Cox, Roscoe I. Cliett, Joe*McNarr,
Frank C. White, W. B. Bell, W.
H. Carroll, Jimmy E. Sellars,
Milliard, Emory Barrett,,
"o'wSb:
Chamb.iss, B. F. Br»k.ey, And
(Continued on page 5)
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Grady Contract
Advertised
Whigham-Hopeful
Road To Be Paved
This issue of The Messenger
carries the legal ad for bids to
be submitted on the construction
of a little over six miles (6.250)
of grading and paving to be done
in Grady County on what is
known as the Whigham-Hopeful
road, which begins 3.3 miles North
of Whigham and extends to Hope¬
ful.
The sealed bids will be accept¬
ed at the State Highway Depart¬
ment office in Atlanta until 11:00
a. m. Friday, March 3.
The work will begin within ten
days after the formal execution
of the contract, and is to be com¬
pleted within 140 working days.
Gas Hearing Is
Now Complete
Would Pipe Natural
Gas From Louisiana
To 55 Communities
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from Washington Wed¬
nesday, the hearing on an appli¬
cation by Atlantic Gulf Gas Co.
of Shreveport, La., to serve 55
communities in Georgia, Florida,
and Alabama, including Cairo,
was completed Wednesday.
Examiner George Liddell of the
Federal Power Commission called
for briefs within d0 dt vs after
which he will submit his report
to the commission.
In ending the hearing, Liddell
denied a continuance of the case
for 90 days which the company
said it would need to obtain the
additional evidence requested yes¬
terday by commission counsel.
The counsel said unless it had
more information about gas sales
contracts and reserves it would
have to oppose the application.
Liddell Wednesday made it
plain to attorneys that he was
“not making any request for fur¬
ther evidence.” He said he had
not known of the * commission
counsel’s desire for additional
data until the request was made.
Scott Wilkinson, Atlantic attor¬
ney, estimated it would take three
months to obtain the sales con
(.Continued on last page)
City Council Met
Tuesday; Beer Has
Brought In $4,000
The Mayor and Council met in
regular session Tuesday evening
at 6:30 in what was a compara¬
tively short meeting.
The beer ordinance was amend¬
ed to permit a policeman to ride
the beer truclf and collect the city
tax from retailers as they receive
the beer. L. A. Prince was as¬
signed this duty. * >
A representative from the Ro¬
tary Club appeared before the
council requesting permission to
hold a Grady County Fair next
fall. While the Council seemed
generally in favor of th§ proposal,
actioft on the matter was defer¬
red. until next meeting.
It was brought out at this meet¬
ing that new street lights had re¬
cently been placed in Southern
Terrace Estates, as wgll as the
new ones on First Ave., N. E.
Several delegations from other
towns have come over to inspect
the new and modern lights on
First Avenue, it is said, and senti¬
ment seems to be growing to have
similar lights installed on Broad
Street.
City Clerk Ralph Carlisle re¬
ported Thursday that beer reve¬
nue tlje City had received since
the resumption of sales here Nov.
20, would amount to approximate¬
ly $4,000. Receipts in the City
office-showed $3,985.60 early
Thursday morning.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENT!
Valdosta Glee Club
Enjoyed By Large
Audience Tuesday
A packed auditorium here Tues¬
day night, including many from
Thomasville and other towns,
gave their resounding approval
to the Emory-Valdosta Glee Club
concert sponsored by the Cairo
Rotary Club. Under the direction
of James A. Dasher, the visiting
choral group provided two hours
of exceptional entertainment.
The group included several
boys from this area. Among them
were three Cairoites, William
Oliver, Lloyd Herring and John
LeGette; Oris Blackburn of Quit
man and Jack Kelly of Thomas¬
ville were also members of the
club. The quartet including the
Cairo boys won outstanding praise
from the audience.
Mrs. Mary Burnett, formerly
of Thomasville, but now with
her husband Mr. Carey Burnett,
City Manager of Valdosta, was
guest soprano, and was another
audience favorite. Miss Lily
Howell was accompanist for the
singers.
The program was divided into
three parts. The first part con¬
sisted of group singing; the second
part was made up of individual
acts; and the third was perform¬
ed in the similated setting of a
night club. This last section of
the program was especially well
received, and Lloyd Herring of
Cairo sang “In The Garden of
My Heart” in a very creditable
manner. The other numbers in
this act, as well as the entire pro¬
gram, was especially enjoyed by
the large and attentive audience,
who responded with generous ap
plause, and left with the feeling
that they had been privileged to
vee and hear an outstanding per¬
formance by a group of talented
young people.
Jerry Kohler
At Legion
Plays For Dance
Saturday Night
For the first time in several
weeks, the local American Le¬
gion is sponsoring a popular band
in this area Saturday night, Feb.
18th. for a dance at the clubhouse
here. Jerry Kohler will bring
his orchestra from Tallahassee to
provide the music.
Mr. Kohler has played at the
Legion before, and was quite
popular with those attending. It
is expected that a large crowd
will attend this dance to enjoy
the excellent music of Jerry Koh¬
ler.
The Legion’s regular Friday
night square dances are still be¬
ing held, and for the most par:
are well attended. Curtis Gor
den and his Hill Billies are fea¬
tured on the Friday night pro¬
grams, and usually draw large
crowds.'
The public has a cordial invita¬
tion to either the Friday night
square dances or to the Saturday
night dance where good orches¬
tras are always provided.
Laymen's Revival At
First Baptist Here
Begins Sunday
A laymen’s revival will be held
at the First Baptist Church in
Cairo beginning Sunday and run¬
ning . through next Wednesday,
Feb. 22, it was announced this
week. This revival will empha¬
size the role the layman should
play in his church.
In connection with the meeting
a Church supper is being planned
for Monday night at the Womans’
Club for the men and boys. All
men and boys, from 9 to 90 are
jnvited to come out and enjoy the
supper. The supper will be car¬
ried to all those over 90.
Miss Mary Spear left Wednes
day for Atlanta where she will
spend ten days as the guest of
Mrs. Cecil Spear and Tommy.
NUMBER 6.
Audience Lauds
Cairo's Band
Attendance Small
At 4th. Annual
Concert Here
The Cairo High School Band
presented its best performance
last Thursday night in its fourth
annual Concert, before a smaller
crowd than should have attended
a performance of this type.
After the National Anthem the
Program got under way with the
playing of “Doxology” by Leidz
en. This number is one which
has been satisfactorily performed
by the Famous Goldman Band of
New York City. It was not the
best number played by the Cairo
High Band partly because of the
cornet section, but was neverthe¬
less done in a workmanlike man¬
ner, and well received by the
audience.
Next was heard, Mr. Elmer
Ziegler in clarinet solo. Mr.
Ziegler is an accomplished musici¬
an and performer. Although his
major instrument is violin, he
performed creditably on the
elarient. For his first number Mr.
Ziegler chose the “Interlude” by
John J. Morrissey, which is rep¬
resentative of modern American
works. For encore Mr. Ziegler
played the popular tune by Hoagy
Carmichael “Stardust”. This
number was so well received that
it was necessary for him to play
another chorus as an additional
encore. Mr. Ziegler’s playing of
this number brought to mind the
playing of Ted Lewis, a perform¬
er of some years ago.
The high point of the program
came in tht presentation of the
“Suite Atlantic”. This is the story
in music of the mythical island
j of Atlantis that was supposed to
have been somewhere in the At¬
lantic Ocean. All of this was well
done with special honors going
to David Elkins on Baritone t -*Ct
Tommy Roote on cornet. This is
a good production number and is
also a fairly difficult one for a
high school band. It was sur¬
prisingly well done.
By way of a novelty was heard
“In a Chinese Temple Garden”
by Ketelbey. This was well done
and certainly different. Proko
fieff’s “Love for Three Organes
March” was well played, al¬
though some of this modern Rus¬
sian music is not too well re¬
ceived. Not any political impli¬
cations, but because of the some¬
times radical departures from the
accepted in music. It is well,
however to explore these fields
to see what contemporary com¬
posers are doing. The program
ended with two novelty numbers
which were well presented and
showed that the band also can
count showmanship as one of its
qualities, along with all pf the
others.
Throughout the prograin sev¬
eral Marches were played as en¬
cores, all well done although on
Storm King and Colonel Bogey
the tempo was a little ‘up’. Man¬
hattan Beach and the three Fill¬
more marches were played well
and made the program really a
complete one.
The chief comment that might
be made about the program was,
first, there were not enough peo¬
ple to hear it. Second the band
needs to be larger. Although
Miss Arline performs well on the
French horn, there is no doubt
that three more horns would help
the overall sound of the band
immeasurably.
There is still need for tympanii
in the band as well as bass and
also elarient. In short, with what
there is to work with Mr. Verran
has done a surperb job. With
more equipment and more willing
personnel there is no limit to
the things that could be accom¬
plished with the Cairo High
School Band.
Miss Jewell Dvrrence expects
to spend the week-end with re¬
latives in Claxton.