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TWO fljr ffiairu I0f aarngrr 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. 1 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 ’Has: In notifying us of change of ad dress, it is very important that you give both the old and new 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. * CAIRO 15 YEARS AGO. * • * * FEBRUARY 22ND, 1933 Announcement was made this week by Congressman Cox that the contract to build the new post office for Cairo had been given to Algernon Blair, of Mont gomery, Ala. The new building is to be erected a .ta cost of $33,- 886.00. Mr. and Mrs. John R. King, Sr., an esteemed Grady county couple of the Spring Hill Community North of Whigham, were sadden ed on their Golden Wedding an niversary by the death of their son, Harvey H. King, from pneu monia. “We find a strong sentiment supporting Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., for his vote against putting (the United States in the World Court. Time was when progressive citizens favored U. S. membership in some such world organization, but this country’s experiences in dealing with other nations, even since the World War alone justify Senator Rus sell’s action in joining the Sen ate majirity against this step.— Ed. * CAIRO 30 YEARS AGO. * FEBRUARY 27TH, 1920 In the primary election Wed nesday the largest vote in the his tory of the county was recorded. Out of a total registration of 2,- 850, 2,272 votes were cast. P. H. Herring defeated J. R. Singletary for Ordinary. P. tM. Baggett won over J. M. McNair for Clerk. R. W. Ponder nosed out Ben L. Wil lis and Robert L. 'Sellers for Tax Collector. M. L. Collins defeat ed J. Y. Jones and J. W. Cannon for Tax Receiver. D. D. Perkins was elected sheriff without oppo sition. E. L. Reagan won over H. E. Prince for Surveyor. J. S. Weathers was elected School Supt. without opposition; and H. B. Rawls defeated E. J. McKown for Treasurer. “Everybody is to blame for the high cost of living. Some of the reasons why prices are so high are: inflated currency; scarcity of staple goods in Europe; higher wages; reduced out-put due to interruption by strikes and short er hours; price fixing by the gov ernment, thus interfering with the natural laws of supply and demand.”—Ed. BIBLE VERSE "Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jeal ousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire. which hath a most vehement ’flame."—Solomons Song 8:6. CITIZENS URGED TO COOPERATE WITH CENSUS TAKERS During April of this year, the United States will take its 17th. Census with 140,000 en umerators collecting detailed in formation on population, hous ing, and agriculture. Those di recting the census hope to make this year’s count the most com plete and accurate in our history. It is most important that every person cooperate to the fullest with the census taker by answering all his questions accurately and quickly. This will he our first picture of America showing the changes that have taken place during the past decade of war and readjust ment. With millions moving from farms to cities, from one region to another, with an im mensely increased birth rate, with women expected to outnum ber men for the first time, and with significant rises in incomes and living conditions, it is vitally important that the census be as broad and comprehensive as pos sible. Everything the Census-Taker asks is important to you and your family. Your answers will help leaders in industry, business, labor and civic groups to plan such things as better schools, bet ter roads, better housing; better distribution of such services as telephones, gas, water, and elec tricity. What’s more, if you want to have a voice in the government you have to be counted in (the Census. According to the Con situation, the number of Repre sentativess your state is entitled to send to Congress is determined by the Census taken every ten years. You need not worry about answering questions of the Cen sus-Taker—about your age or anything else. Uncle Sam will keep your secret. All personal information you give the U. S. en umerator is strictly confidential. Under U. S. law such in formation is not available to any individual or to any other Government agency. Not to the Income Tax office. Not to the Justice Depart ment—not even the F. B. I. Uncle Sam takes the Census not to pry into your past and present—but to help you plan a better future. A Census-Taker will call on you sometimes after April 1. Do your part by giving clear, direct, and honest answers to his ques tions. Remember, the informa tion you give him is confidential. No one else will see it, nor will it be given to any other person or agency of the government. V SWEEP AROUND YOUR OWN DOOR FIRST Cairo’s annual Spring clean-up I and improvement drive will be gin next Monday Feb. 27th. and last four weeks. Many people are in the habit of ridiculing the idea and saying most of the acti vity is in the newspaper. All too often there is truth in this charge. But whiy is it true? Because nearly everyone simply waits for someone else to do the work. And those who complain and laugh at the project are usual ly those who have done nothing this year or any other year to make one little spot in Cairo present a better appearance. We could make the campaign mean something—if every prop | erty owner and every resident (would take a look at his own (place and determine what could be done to make it look just a little better, And then set to work and accomplish it. When you sweep around your own door, and then only, you have some right to complain about those who £ail to do anything, The clean-up drive, like charity, should begin at home. And it must begin there to be effective. THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950. If you clean up and improve your own place, and no one else in town “moves a peg”, at least you will know that your own part of town—where you spend most of your time—felt the effects of clean-up campaign. Let us make this year’s drive more effective than any in the past. Let us quit laughing at the idea and start to work. If any one thinks it a huge joke, merely put one simple question to them: “What have you done to make your town look better?” Then ask yourself the same question. And just as soon as you get through reading the Messen ger (don’t put it down right now), go and do something about mak ing your own part of town a cleaner, more attractive place. ■V NOTHING SAID HERE This is simply to fill up space here in this column. You need not read any further, because we are not going to say anything worthwhile. As a matter of fact, we strongly urged you to stop reading at the end of this sen tence, and move on to something more interesting. You haven’t stopped, have you? Why haven’t you stoped reading? Do you mean to say you don’t follow all our editorial recommendations? They are not written for the fun of it. That’s for sure. They are writ ten for the good of the com munity, the perpetuation of dem ocratic government, and the wel fare of humanity in general. We believe in humanity. Had it not been for our forefathers and fore mothers and their little human way^, where would we be? A new paragraph should have been started right here, not because we have anything new to say; that was explained in the first sentence. But a new paragraph should be started because this one is getting full, and it would be easier for you to read if we chopped it up a little. But we have been trying with the full force of the last 200 words to get you to stop reading. Why make a new paragraph? Herman Tal madge may be re-elected this year, unless some other candidate defeats him. His great strength lies in the weakness of his op position, and vice-versa. The strength of his opposition just lies. You will notice that the word “here” has been used a number of times here. That is because it was used so many times in the Gettysberg address, and may possibly have had something to do with the immortality of that document. If you are still reading this, it just goes to show how stubborn people really are. It proves that you don’t do what we tell you to do in our editorials here. It also proves beyond a doubt that you can’t keep peo ple from reading every word in the Cairo Messenger. That’s why we think they are just about as good as any people on earth. You are sorry now you read this. What did we tell you. This is the end, because we didn’t have anything to say to begin. V CHANGING PICTURE (Walton Tribune) That Georgia’s agricultural pic ture is steadily changing for the better there is no denying. Lat est evidence of this was given recently by Atlanta’s John A. Sibley, Chairman of the Trust Company of Georgia, in a report to his stockholders. Said he: M No less important to the wel fare of the State and section are the changes that are taking place in our agricultural economy. We are rapidly moving from row crops to a system of livestock, poultry and diversified and mechanized farming. “In 1928, the cash receipts of Georgians from the marketing of livestock and livestock products were $35.6 million and in the same year the cash receipts from the marketing of cotton lint and seed were $106.1 million. ‘Twenty years later, in 1948, a satisfactory cotton year, the re ceipts from livestock and live stock products were $168.8 mil lion and from cotton lint and seed, $127 million.” RECREATION NOTES CAIRO and Grady County The Grady County 7th and 8th grade Basketball Tournament opened play last Saturday, Feb 18, at the shell with nine games be ing played. Game scores follow: 7th Grade Girls Elpino 17 - Cairo Southside 6. Spence 15 - Reno 7. Midway 18 - Union 14. Cairo Northside 26 - Calvary 15. 7th Grade Boys Elpino 27 - Cairo Southside 1. Spence 35 - Reno 5. Midway 2 - Union 0. Cairo Northside 28 - Calvary 2. 8th Grade Girls Spence 24 - Elpino 15. 8th Grade Boys Spence 30 - Elpino 15. Monday games Feb. 20 7th Grade Girls Elpino 24 - Spence 4. 7th Grade Boys Elpino 27 - Spence 17. 8th Grade Girls Cairo Reds 23 - Cairo Blacks 6. Spence 31 - Whigham 8. 8th Grade Boys Cairo Blacks 18 - Cairo Reds 12. Spence 31 - Whigham 21. Tuesday Feb. 22. 7th Grade Girls Midway 15 - Cairo Northside 12 7th Grade Boys Cairo Northside 39 - Midway 4. 8th Grade Girls Cairo Reds 29 - Union 10. 8th Grade Boys Cairo Black 21 - Union 17. CARD OF THANKS: We wish to sincerely thank our friends and neighbors for their many deeds of assistance and kindness during the illness and death of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. H. C. Gleason, May God’s richest blessings abide with each of you, is our prayer. D. N. Thompson and family. The Statue of Liberty faces away from shore because she is supposed to <be inlightening the world. fs* (\W TV mM <d a 3: (t L r s * se Georgia Packing Co. 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