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TWO Jljr CCatru iflp BBCtujrr Established January ,15th, 1904. Entered as second-class matter January 14, 1904, at the Post Of fice at Cairo, Ga., under the act of March 3rd, 1879. F. J. WIND, Editor from May 1st, 1904 to September, 1922. H. H. WIND, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable in Advance) One Year (In Grady and Adjoin¬ ing Counties)____$1.50 One Year (Outside)-----$2.00 (Minimum Payment $1.00) NATIONAL EDITORIAL - 55r : In notifying us of change of ad dress, it is very important that you give both the old and addresses. Do not wait for the Post Office to report to us, as this puts extra expense on us. Copy for advertisements must be in hands of the printer not later than 9 a. m. Wednesday morn nig of the week of publica tion. Advertising rates reasonable and made known on application, I * CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO * * FEBRUARY 15TH. 1935 Rev. Wilburn S. Smith, the new pastor of the Cairo Baptist Church, arrived with his family as sche¬ duled this week, and a warm wel come is being extended to them by the people of the community. Mr. J. T. Pelham was claimed by death last Friday. He been in ill health for several months but was confined to his bed for about four weeks. • • • The $3 license fee for all motor vehicles has become law in Geor¬ gia, at least for the next two years. Miss Emmie Spence of and Mr. Murray Maxwell of Cairo were quietly married in Tallahassee last Sunday after¬ noon, Feb. 3. PAWNEE NEWS Miss Lucile Coble spent last Thursday night as the guest of her sister Mrs. Grady Davis. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Harrell and baby, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam King, and chil¬ dren visited the latter’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Tifton Mills a short time last Saturday. * • CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. * • • • FEBRUARY 20TH. 1920 A crowd estimated at about 100 representative citizens met at the court house Tuesday night and spent more than three hours in open discussion of school matters connected with the drive that was launched by the School Improve¬ ment Club to raise the debt that had been overhanging the school for some time. • • • The Board of County Commis¬ sioners met during the week. Those present were D. P. Ward, Chairman, W. A. Shiver, J. A. Wynn, T. W. Faircloth, Henry Mitchell, and C. H. Mize. • • • At the invitation of Mr. Harry Copeland, of Meigs, Messrs. Jule Forrester and J. A. Pope, have been spending several days on a hunting trip in Florida. • * • Mrs. Ruth Seligman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Pincus, erf Cairo, and her day-old infant, died in Savannah last Sunday, after an attack of influenza and pneumonia. BIBLE VERSE —**A fool is also full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?"—Ecclesiastes 10:14. LET'S HAVE SIGNS ON WATER TANK As one of our readers suggests ! in a letter to the editor, let us have some large CAIRO signs on two or three sides of the new ! water tank—painted signs for the da y time - and neon si e ns which can be seen for miles at night, This subject has been discuss ed at one or more meetings of the council, and the council seemed generally in favor of the proposal, provided it did not cost too much. We urge the council to go ahead and place both day and night signs on the water tank, so that CAIRO may be seen, as P«>P le approach the twon. V NO OPPOSITION? With the 1950 primary a short four months away, it is begin¬ ning to look as if Herman may retain his job without a serious fight. It is a sad commentary on the cit i zens of Georgia to admit tbat tbey can ’t offer any serious opposition .... to of . the most one | vulnerable candidates for public office in the history of this state. There is yet time for an out , standing candidate to get a full fledged campaign going; but time will not wait for him. And who¬ ever he is and wherever he is, if he intends to offer any sition at all, he had better be j erging on the horizon within the ' next few weeks. •V DRESS REHEARSAL IS OVER (Atlanta Constitution) Georgia’s Legislature ended in the usual flurry and the com ment on the session is “About j what was expected.” That is true if you didn’t expect much. If one figures up the cost to the State, about $150,000, the re¬ sults will seem hardly worth it. But that is true of most sessions. ! There were some few constructive j measures, although most of them i 'small: The State juvenile court i bill, the antimolesting bill, the legislation creating an authority to I lease or extend leases on W. & A. Railroad air right, the State turnpike authority, and, Jbest «of all, postponement of the inicfui tious re-registration bill. On the dubious side was the $1,000,000 in pay increases to of¬ fice holders and in appropria¬ tions, and the statutory highway reorgan ization. On the bad side was failure of House members to vote to put the antimask bill on the floor for vote. But, after all, this session was but a dress rehearsal for the next one—which likely will be called in August. The exact time de¬ pends on the primary, date for which has not yet been set. The Legislature already has been no¬ tified it must finance the Mini¬ mum Foundation for Georgia schools at the next session . . . most likely with a sales tax. The dress rehearsal is over. Ahead is the long hot Summer, the primary and, once again, the Legislature. Next time it will have to shoot or give up the gun, as they say. This time it was afraid. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor The Messenger: Many thanks to you for your recent promptness on delivery of my papers, and for your expres¬ sion of willingness to publish an article that you know, will be in opposition to your political views and writing. I think this fair and appreciate it I admire the Mes¬ senger and its staff very much, even though we sometimes dis¬ agree in our politics. We have an international cold War with Russia, we have a national War with John L. Lewis; we have sectional War with Presi¬ dent Truman; we have a state war with political factions. You are lined up against the present ad¬ ministration and the Governor, which is your privilege and no¬ body blames you. Since you are so fair and almost invite a challenge, I accept, and to cut it short as possible I will just men¬ tion a few charges and state re¬ sults. At first you criticised re-regis¬ tration. Said it was unconstitu¬ tional thereby causing indiffer¬ ence. Later you say register, so THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1950 you can vote, Talmadge wants a small vote, he thinks he can man age them easier. What happened and Talmadge asked the legisla ture to allow the use of the 1948 voters list. Was you right? Then you say Talmadge is not eligible. The attorney General says he is. Who is right? You advocate the sale of intoxicants in Cairo. You say Talmadge is a liquor man. O. K. for Cairo but wrong for the state. Is this con¬ sistency? You say we need a bus¬ iness man for Governor, right you are, it seems now that you will have to choose between Mr. Thompson and Herman and a 10 year old school child comparing the purchase of Jekyll Island and the Savannah quarter Master de¬ pot will decide in favor of Her¬ man. You say all Herman’s acts are mistakes. I guess that includes being bom of the wrong parents and bearing the name Talmadge. Don’t shy at the name. If Her¬ man did inherit the name, he will stand or fall on his own merits. And just remember this, there is a cause for every effect and that’s what makes the name Tal¬ madge so disasterous to their op¬ ponents. You say that the Tax on gas, cigarettes, Beer and whis¬ key has caused the state revenue to decrease instead of increasing. You say the ship is sinking and caused the special session. Sink or swim, If Herman’s Program gets far enough advanced before the election so that the people can see the benefit of it for safety op eration of school buses and farm to market roads and schools; old age pension, and health advant¬ ages, it will be hard to find a man that can beat him. How would you like to speak to * \ I ' f / /// I ...Milk v :.<M , *' M. \ • "N. L— ■ ■■ ,i % ■ h » 0 \ 'v, ' IBi "... ' mt m o Cj /n \ \ \ V - > 3 S/s o « oumov ""'V FREE-SATURDAY-FREE * I * ________. . i m r I * vH TO EVERYONE WHO COMES IN OUR STORE Center Cut Pound IT'S DUCHESS ICE CREAM PORK CHOPS SPECIAL: MADE FROM FRESH 2 PINTS PURE MILK AND FOR CREAM 35c Rib and Brisket Pound LIMIT: 4 PINTS PER CUSTOMER STEW ro BY POPULAR DEMAND—WE BRING YOU AGAIN! Shiver's Ginger Alaska Pink Pure REEF Fresh Ground Pound SALMON ALE 2 Quarts NO. 1 35 25c Grade A Chuck Pound ROAST TALL CAN N. S. 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I want to see the names of the candidates for coun ty executive committee placed on the ballot in order that the voters ■ will know who is offering for will be , Committeemen then it j that we can get men on the com¬ ! mittee that will require a ma¬ jority vote to nominate. This will spell democracy. Its a shame, but true, the Primary in 1936 in Grady County nominated a man for a 4 year term for County School Superintendent with . per cent of the votes. And to- | day we have an entire Board of i , County Commissioners that was nominated with less than a ma jority vote. Only one came near it. Bill Hester only lacked a frac¬ tion of a per cent in the Cairo district. There was between 900 and a 1000 votes silent. Who knows what a run over would have meant? Think this local matter over and lets return to a Democratic practice in Grady. I am respectfully, J. T. Sellars. Editor, The Messenger: Our new water tank is finished —can be seen a long ways from Cairo, in nearly every direction. Tourists coming through town could read letters on tank, if they were large enough. Those travel ing on trains can see and read s j gn on tower from the depot How many business men have thought what a cheap, won derful, advertising for the town there would ^ if Cairo in large letters is painted on side of tank, on two or three sides. Some peo ,pj e will still ride on trains, and mos tiy tourists, and people from ou ^ Q f s t a t e An old man who bas traveled all over the United states, was here some years back, and cabed Bubber’s attention to p a j n t:n,g the name of the town on wa t er tank—he told him the years he traveled on trains, from g an Francisco t 0 New York back wards and forward, twice a year, stopping only at largest cities, and he watched through every state, people would ask, what mtle place ig this> and before he - t traveling, number of qu a small towns began to paint name of town on high towers, mostly water tanks near railroad, could be geen eas j er than name on depot, and insisted on Bubber putting Cairo on water tank, and as you know, it was put on at that time. Some people all over United States have heard of Cairo, Ga., as the syrup town, and if they read the name Cairo on our tank, the first thing they think—this must be the syrup town. CITIZEN. Dear Mr. Wind: We just received our Subscrip¬ tion Statement today as you used our old address, we didn’t realize that our subscription had expired. I can assure you that we do not want to be without the Messenger because we gather some news that the home folks forget to write S The pit* Lake street in one of the papers just before Christmas was very good just wish you would have more pic¬ tures of Cairo. I am enclosing a check for our renewal. Wishing you each and everyone a very happy and pros perous New Year. Sincerely, JANET W. DAVIS, New Gilching, Germany. Editor, The Messenger: Enclosed in this letter you will find Two Dollars for another year’s subscription to the Cairo Messenger. I enjoy reading the Messenger very much and since I have been away from Cairo for some Twenty months, I can al¬ ways depend on the Cairo Mes¬ senger every week to bring me the latest news from Cairo. CHARLES A. MORGAN, Naval Air Station Coco Solo, Canal Zone. Editor, The Messenger: Last year I carried a vase from Miami to my father’s grave at Pleasant Grove cemetery. At Christmas when my sister car¬ ried flowers to place on his grave, the vase was gone. The same thing has happened to several of my friends in Cairo. I would not even break a flow¬ er in a cemetery and certainly would never take a vase or any¬ thing from anyone’s grave. I can’t understand how anyone can do such a thing, and hope the guilty ones will do better and not be tempted to do such deeds again. MRS. L. W. RIGSBY, Miami, Fla. Read The Want Ads p P; ■ ■ ■0 * # w f ^ -2. .. \ ■ * ; i Ji k J m ■* ik m ' I I , i j mmi m m •V $100,000 ROOKIE PITCHER; Los Angeles, Calif.—Paul Bettit, 18- I year-old Narbonne high school I pitching star, has been signed to a contract by the Pittsburgh Pi- I rates, with a bonus of $100,000. i The highest southpaw is to receive the j sum ever paid to a rookie. 1 Paul is telling the good news to his best girl, Shirley Jennings, also 18. MISS SHIVER, MR. LEE HONORED AT DINNER.— iMrs. A. L. Dollar and Mrs. De¬ leon Shiver entertained the mem¬ bers of the Shiver-Lee wedding party at a buffet supper Satur¬ day evening before the rehearsal. Chicken salad with ritz crack¬ ers, mints, and cookies were en joyed. (Miss Shiver looked quite girl¬ ish in a black crepe gown with a lace yoke. Land will render more rapidly and completely if the fat is cut into small pieces before being put into the kettle.